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tunece

(n.)
Grammar
tunece, an;
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Rush. ), Lk. Skt. 3, 11: Blickl. Homl. 169, 13

Linked entry: tunice

sweostor

(n.)
Grammar
sweostor, swistor, swystor, swustor (-er, -ur); indecl. in sing.; pl. sweostor, sweostra, sweostru (u, y); f.
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.: swæster, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 56. Swustra (suoestro, Lind.: swester, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 6, 3. Swestro, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 3. Ic seah vi. gebróþor and hyra sweostor mid, Exon. Th. 394, 13; Rä. 14, 2. Ðe ne onfó swustru (swustra, MS.

Linked entries: suster swuster ge-sweostor

ge-incfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-incfullian, p. ade; pp. ad

To offend ⬩ scandalize

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Rush. 17, 27. Se ðe ne biþ in me geincfullad qui non fuerit scandalizatus in me, 11, 6 : 15, 12

Linked entry: incfullian

tappa

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tappa, teappa?
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Of rúwan beorge on teappan treów; of tappan treów on westleás hagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 277, 21. Teppan hýse, i. 194, 36. On teppen cnolle, iii, 415, 19. Ad Tapan halan, ii. 344, 6

Linked entry: teappa

un-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
un-sǽlan, p. de

To untie ⬩ unbind ⬩ loose

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Rush. 21, 2. Onlésed, unsǽled desolutus, i. liberatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 29. Unmidled vel unsǽled effrenus, 142, 60

ge-cnúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnúwian, pp. ge-cnúwad, ge-cnúad
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To pound together Genim rúdan and wermód, gecnúwa and meng wiþ eced and ele, Lch. ii. 18, 6: 12: 19. Gecnúa on ceald wæter, 20, 3: 94, 6: 322, 26. Finoles wyrttruman gecnúadne, 30, 6

healsed

(n.)
Grammar
healsed, healsod, healscod

a cloth for the head

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Rush. [halscode, Lind.] 11, 44. Halsodu sudarium [hascode, Lind.] 20, 7

Linked entry: háls

on-gang

(n.)
Grammar
on-gang, es; m.

an entrance ⬩ an irruption, attack, a going with violence

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Ongeong (-gong, Rush.), impetus, Mk. Skt. Lind, 5, 13

wudu-bend

(n.)

wood-bine

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Rush. l, 6. v. wudubind, and cf. wiþo-bend

Linked entries: wiþo-bend wudu-bind

hæleþ

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Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást-Denum . . . þus Heardingasþone hæleð nemdun, Rún. 22. Byð for eorlum æðelinga wyn hors hófum wlanc, þǽr him hæleþe ymb welege on wicgum wrixlað sprǽce, 19.

ór

(n.)

beginning, origin ⬩ front, van

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Th. 492, 6; Rü. 81, 10. Cwealmes on óre at the beginning of the destruction, Cd. Th. 153, 32 ; Gen. 2547. Gif ðú his ne meaht ór áreccan if you cannot tell even the beginning of your dream, 224, 9 ; Dan. 133.

þrí

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrí, þrý, þrié, þreó; m.: þreó, þrió, þré; f. n. (ðreá, ðriá, ðreó, ðrió in North.); gen. þreóra, þrióra (and ðreána in North.); dat. þrim (þrím? ðriim in North., but cf. Goth. þrim), later þreom.

Three

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A.: ðreó, Lind.: þreó, Rush.) synt gegaderode, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 20. Beóð fífe on ánum húse tódǽlede, þrý (ðrió, Lind.: ðriá, Rush.) on twégen and twégen on þrý (þreó, MS. A.: ðrió, Lind., Rush.), Lk. Skt. 12, 52.

Linked entries: þreó þrió þrý

candel-treów

(n.)
Grammar
candel-treów, es; n.
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Rush. 5, 15

cyric-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-hálgung, cyrc-hálgung,e; f. Church-hallowing, consecration of a church; encænia = ἐγκαίνια , ecclesiæ consecratio
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Ðys sceal to cyric-hálgungum this shall be for the consecration of a church, Rubc. Jn. Bos. 10, 22; Notes, p. 580. Æt ðære ealdan cyrchálgunge at the old church-hallowing, Homl. Th. ii. 582, 27

Linked entry: cyrc-hálgung

bísen

(n.)
Grammar
bísen, gen. bísne, bísene; f.

An example, similitude, command, precept

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Rush. War. 13, 6: Cd. 27; Th. 36, 13; Gen. 571

þeahtung

(n.)
Grammar
þeahtung, e; f.
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Rush. 3, 6

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, (?); p. wreahte; pp. wreaht, wræht, wreht

To twist ⬩ to strain ⬩ to torment

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Rush. 5, 7

hirde-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hirde-leás, adj.

Without a shepherd

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Rush 9, 36

þing-stów

(n.)
Grammar
þing-stów, e; f. A place of meeting, a public place
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Rush. 7, 4

on-fenge

(adj.)
Grammar
on-fenge, adj.

Taken, accepted

Entry preview:

Án geonfenge (onfenge, Rush.) biþ una assumetur, 17, 35. Onfengo suscepta, Rtl. 9, 7

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