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tweohsn

(prep.)
Grammar
tweohsn, tweoxn occurs in the place name Tweoxneám
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= between streams Ðone hám æt Winburnan and æt Tweoxneám ( Christchurch, in Hampshire ), Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 27

earfoð-fynde

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoð-fynde, adj.
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Hard to find Earfoðfynde wæs ðár se man þe swilc ne mihte hreówan, Hml. S. 23, 82

Linked entry: fynde

earfoþ-lǽre

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Substitute: Hard to teach, indocile Benedictus forlét þá earfoðlǽran bróðro Benedictus indociles deseruit, Gr. D. 110, 19

for-heard

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Þú mé forhæardne lǽrst thou dost teach me a very hard doctrine, Solil. H. 42, 18. Add

on-tíned

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Add: An earlier MS. has: Sǽ and ealle eá beóð mid fixum áfylde, Archiv cxxviii. 66, 7

cearc-ern

(n.)
Grammar
cearc-ern, es; n.

A prisoncarcer

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A prison; carcer Ic wæs on cearcerne eram in carcere, Past. 44, 7; Hat. MS. 62b, 22

efen-þrówian

(v.)
Grammar
efen-þrówian, p.ode ; pp. od

To suffer together, to compassionate, commiseratecompăti, commĭsĕrāri

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To suffer together, to compassionate, commiserate; compăti, commĭsĕrāri, Past. 16, 1; Hat. MS. 20 a, 25, 26

sweord-wegende

(adj.)
Grammar
sweord-wegende, sword-bearing:?-Swurdwege[n]de anbidian gehende saca mǽste getácnaþ (in a dream)
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to await men carrying swords betokens strifes at hand and very great ones, Lchdm. iii. 204, 28

mægenig

(adj.)
Grammar
mægenig, (?), ménig; adj.
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Strong Þurh ménige hand ( per rnantum fortem) hé hig út forlǽt of þís lande, Ex. 6, l

Linked entry: menigdu

mearc-pæþ

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Take here El. 233, given under mearc-wæd (the facsimile reprint of the Codex Vercellensis has mearcpaðu)

ge-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd, es; n: e; f.

Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemorationremembrance

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In gemyndum to habbanne to be had in mind, Nar. 4, 9: 2, 8

FLEAX

(n.)
Grammar
FLEAX, flex, es; n.

FLAXlīnum

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FLAX; līnum Of ðære eorþan cymeþ ðæt fleax flax comes from the earth, Past. 14, 6; Hat. MS. 18b, 13. Fleax līnum, Wrt. Voc. 82, 6. Þurh ðæt fleax by the flax, Past. 14, 6; Hat. MS. 18b, 14.

Linked entry: flex

ge-dæftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dæftlíce, -dæftelíce, -deftlíce; adv.

Fitlyseasonablyopportūnecommŏde

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Gedæftelíce seasonably, 15, 6; Swt. 96, 17; Hat. MS. 20 a, 22

Linked entry: ge-deftlice

be-smiþian

(v.)
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Nim þás næglas and heó besmiþian hát on þínes sunu brídle take these nails and order them to be set in thy son's bridle (cf. þú þás næglas hát . . . on his brídels dón, El. 1175. The Emperour dyde doo sette the nayles in his brydel, H.

ge-metlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-metlǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To moderate

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To moderate We hit eft gemetlǽcaþ we afterwards moderate it, Past. 16, 2; Swt. 101, 12; Hat. MS

tæfle

(adj.)
Grammar
tæfle, (?); adj.

Given to play

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Given to play Hond tæfles monnes the hand of the gamester, Exon. Th. 345, 8; Gn. Ex. 185

á-healdan

(v.)
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to hold Hál from suǽ hwælc unhǽlo uére áhaldan sanus a quocumque languore tenebatur , Ju. L. 5, 4

Linked entry: healdan

earfoþ-sǽlig

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Add:, having hard fortune. After moldan add: þæt hine se árgifa ealles bescyrge módes cræfta. Cf. heard-sǽlig

fnǽstian

(v.)
Grammar
fnǽstian, p. ode

pant

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To breathe hard, pant Þá men beóð mægre . . . fnǽstiað swíþe (breathe with great difficulty), Lch. ii. 242, 7

Linked entry: fnæstiaþ

slipung

(n.)
Grammar
slipung, (?), e; f.

Viscidity

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the text has slipegrum wǽtum. v. slipig) wǽtan ðæs miltes Lchdm. ii. 166, 24