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earfoþ-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-sǽlig, adj.

Unblessedinfēlix

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Unblessed; infēlix Ne biþ ǽnig ðæsearfoþsǽlig mon on moldan there is not any man on earth so unblessed, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 1; Crä. 8

Linked entry: sǽlig

ge-sewenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sewenlíce, adv.

Visibly

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Visibly Ðú miht sóþlíce and gesewenlíce ðíne mihte gecýðan on Marian thou canst truly and visibly make thy power known on Mary, Blickl. Homl. 157, 3

Linked entry: ge-sáwenlíce

sibsumness

(n.)
Grammar
sibsumness, e; f.
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Peaceableness, peace, tranquillity Hé ðæt ríce heóld on gódre geþuǽrnesse and on micelre sibsumnesse. Chr. 860; Erl. 70, 34. Lufa sibsumnysse and geþwǽrnysse, Wulfst. 247, 1

tigel-ærne

(n.)
Grammar
tigel-ærne, (-a ?), an; f. (m.?)
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A building made of brick (?), a building for making bricks (?), brick-kiln (?) Forð on ða mearce in on ða tigelærnan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 29

Linked entry: ærne

un-águnnen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-águnnen, adj.

Not begunwithout a beginning

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Not begun, without a beginning On unágunnenre Godcundnysse and on ongunnenre menniscnysse of Divinity without beginning and of humanity with beginning, Homl. Th. iii. 292, 16

Linked entry: á-ginnan

wlite-seón

(n.)
Grammar
wlite-seón, -sín, e; f.

A sight to gaze ona spectacle

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A sight to gaze on, a spectacle; Wæs be feaxe on flet boren Grendles heáfod, and ðære idese mid, wliteseón wrǽtlíc. Beo. Th. 3304; B. 1650

be-þearfod

(adj.)
Grammar
be-þearfod, (-ed); adj.

Needy

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(ptcpl.) Needy, brought to want Gif þú hwæne on neádþearfe ongitst, and gif þú hwæne on wǽdle beþearfodne (-þreaf-, MS.) ácnǽwst, Engl. Stud. viii. 474, 50

Linked entry: þearfian

bytming

(n.)
Grammar
bytming, e; f.
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Ground-floor of the Ark On ðǽre nyðemystan bytminge wunodon þá réðan deór . . . on ðǽre bytminge wæs se arc rúm, Hml. Th. i. 536, 10-14

earfoþ-wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-wilde, adj.
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Hard to subdue His foregengan þe wǽron . . . on ǽnegum gewinne earfoþwylde nǽfre þisne andweald on swá micelre sibbe smyltnesse gehealdan ne mihton, Lch. iii. 436, 12

Linked entry: -wilde

gor-gráf

(n.)
Grammar
gor-gráf, gor-grǽfe
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a muddy copse (?) Æt gorgráfes slædę ... eft in on gorgráfes slæd, C. D. vi. 120, 8-26. Of gorgrǽfan, v. 579, 18. On gorgráues, 380, 4

Linked entry: gráf

pirige

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On þǽre pyrigean styb; þonne of pyrigean stybbe on þone þorn, C. D. B. iii. 396, 37. Æt ðǽre pyrgean, C. D. iii. 453. 39. Add

sicomorus

(n.)
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a sycamore Hé ástáh uppan án treów ðe is on bócum geháten sycomeres treów, E. S. 49, 353. Úp on án treów sicomorum, Lk. 19, 4

wáwan

(v.)
Grammar
wáwan, p. weów; pp. wáwen

To blow, be moved by the wind

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To blow, be moved by the wind Hnescre ic eom micle halsrefeþre, seó hér on winde wǽweþ on lyfte, Exon. Th. 426, 30; Rä. 41, 81

riht-fæstendæg

(n.)
Grammar
riht-fæstendæg, es; m.

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A regularly appointed fastday Ǽlc ðara manna ðe yt oððe drincþ on ðam hálgan lenctene oððe on rihtfæstendagum, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 76 : Wulfst. 117, 15

Linked entry: fæsten-dæg

spigettan

(v.)
Grammar
spigettan, p. te

To spit

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To spit Gif hire fæder spigette (spuisset) on hire nebb, Num. 12, 14. Ðá ongan se Catulus him spigettan on, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 5

spong

(n.)
Grammar
spong, e; f.

A spongy excrescence (?)

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A spongy excrescence (?) Gif on eágan weaxen reáde sponge drýpe on hát culfran blód . . . óþ ðæt ða sponge áweg synd, Lchdm. ii. 308, 17 : 300, 5

scip-here

(n.)
Grammar
scip-here, es; m.
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a collection of skips of war, a naval force, a fleet of war Sciphere classis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 56: Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 75: classica, ii. 131, 62. Flota, sciphere clasis, 14, 45. Sciphere eów nymþ reducet te Dominus classibus in Aegyptum, Deut.

be-hionan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-hionan, Past. pref.

on this side

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on this side

bi-heonan

on this side

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on this side

feaxede

(adj.)
Grammar
feaxede, fexede; adj.

Having long hairlong-hairedcŏmātus

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Having long hair, long-haired; cŏmātus Sume men cweðaþ ðæt cométa síe feaxede [fexede, Th. 162, 9, col. 2, 3; 163, 10] steorra, forðæm ðǽr stent lang leóma of, hwílum on áne healfe, hwílum on ǽlce healfe some men say that a comet is a long-haired star

Linked entries: fexede ge-feaxode