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hagal-scúr

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Ne bið þǽr hagulscúras hearde mid snáwe non veniet . . . nix, grando, procella, Dóm. L. 264. Add

heofon-wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
heofon-wlitig, adj.
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Of heavenly beauty Wé magon gedón þæt eorðcundlice men magon gewiorðan hiofonwlitige, Forst. Verc. 115, II

ná-þing

(pronoun.)
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Ne gefrédde hé náþinc þæs brynes, Hml. A. 196, 48

níd-behéfness

(n.)
Grammar
níd-behéfness, e ; f.
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What is needful Ealle nýdbehǽfnysse hé wæs dǽlende þám þe þæs behófodon, Hml. S. 30, 8

Linked entry: be-héfness

ofer-hygdlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hygdlic, adj.
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Proud, arrogant, presumptuous Wé gehýrdon and ongeáton þá oferhygdlican gedyrstignesse þæs elreordgan kyninges, Nar. 19, 11

seócness

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Mid godcundum dihte byð gedón þæt lengtogran leahtras seócnyss (egrotatio) lengre bærnð, Scint. 161, 19. Add

stocc-gemǽre

(n.)
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Andlang stódfaldgemǽres þæt hit cymð tó stoccgemǽre, Cht. Crw. 25, 43

swín-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
swín-lic, adj.
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Of swine, swinish Þæt swínlice (printed sym-lice) gestun porcinus strepitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 31

tó-gædere

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Add Hé þá folc gelǽdde þǽr hié tógædere gecweden hæfde, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 31

geond-scrípan

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Þæt mód geondscríð geond eallo þing otiosa mens per omnia discurrit, Verc. Först. 147. Add

be-þearflic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-þearflic, adj.

Useful ⬩ profitable

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Useful, profitable Syle mé þæt beþearflice gebed þínre fulfremednysse, Hml. S. 23 b, 242, note

Linked entry: beþearfaþ

ed-lesendlic

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Relatiuum, þæt ys edlesendlic (-læs-, v. l. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 99, 1: 116, 16. Add:

ge-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wíte, es; n.
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Punishment, torment Þæt hé him ásecge on hwilcum gewíte ic eom, Solil. H. 68, 5

Gotisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Gotisc, adj.
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Of the Goths Þǽr æfter cóm Gotiscra manna here Gothis supervenientibus, Gr. D. 194, 14

heáfod-gold

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Ne beóð þǽr forþ borene sigele ne beágas ne heora heáfodgold, Wlfst. 254, 1. Add

in-wunung

(n.)
Grammar
in-wunung, e ; f.
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In-dwelling, residence Forlǽtað hí þone godcundan þeówdóm and þæs mynstres inwununge, Chrd. 10, 29

mǽþ-leás

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Bebeád Martínus þám mǽðleásum scealfrum ꝥ hí geswicon þæs fixnoðes, Hml. S. 31, 1322. Add

tungol

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Se seldcúða tungel gebícnode þǽs sóðan cyninges ácennednysse, Hml. Th. i. 106, 27

þæslíce

(adv.)
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In l, 3 for 47 l. 147 and Add Þæs[líce] congruenter, An. Ox. 1715

el-þeódig

foreign ⬩ stranger ⬩ foreign

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Sécaþ sumne ælþeódigne man þæs nama is Andreas, 239, 33.

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