clyfer-féte
Claw-footed, talon-footed, cloven-footed ⬩ fissipes
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Claw-footed, talon-footed, cloven-footed; fissipes Ða fugelas ðe be flǽsce lybbaþ syndon clyferféte the birds which live by flesh are cloven-footed, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 19
circul-cræft
Circle-craft, the zodiac ⬩ sphæræ cognitio
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Circle-craft, the zodiac; sphæræ cognitio Sceal on circule cræfte findan hálige dagas shall by circle-craft [or the zodiac] find out holy days, Menol. Fox 134; Men. 67
fífel-dór
Monster or terror-door ⬩ monstrōrum mărīnōrum porta
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Monster or terror-door, the river Eider, the boundary between Holstein and Schleswig; monstrōrum mărīnōrum porta Bí fífeldóre by the monster-door, Exon. 85a; Th. 321, 8; Wíd. 43
fóre-stihtung
A fore-appointment ⬩ prædestĭnātio ⬩ dispensātio
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A fore-appointment; prædestĭnātio, dispensātio Mid fórestihtunge ðære godcundan árfæstnesse by the dispensation of the divine mercy, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, note 42: Homl. Th. ii. 364, 29
full-cáflíce
Full quickly ⬩ very eagerly ⬩ velocissĭme
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Th. 136, 19; By. 153
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heorten
Of a hart
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Of a hart Healfes pundes gewihte beran smeruwes and heortenes of bear's grease and of hart's, by weight of half a pound, Herb. 101, 3; Lchdm. i. 216, 15
ge-wærlǽcan
To remind ⬩ admonish ⬩ commonefăcĕre
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To remind, admonish; commonefăcĕre Cain wiste his fæder forgǽgednysse, and næs þurh ðæt gewærléht Cain knew his father's transgression, and was not admonished by it, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 40
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súsl-cwalu
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A destruction or death accompanied by torment Ða árleásan geseóþ heora wíte and heora súselcwale hym tóweard, Wulfst. 238, 23. Ðú scealt habban súselcwale á on écnysse, 241, 13
sundor-genga
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One who goes by himself:?-Sum fearhrýþer ðæs óþræs ceápes geférscipe oferhogode, and him gewunode ðæt hé wæs geond ðæt wésten sundorgenga, Blickl. Homl. 199, 5. Cf. án-genga
wyrt-forbor
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Restraint from an action by the operation of herbs Wiþ wyrtforbore (cf. Gif mon sié wyrtum forboren, 114, 8) and yflum gealdorcræftum, Lchdm. ii. 306, 12. Cf. next word
cancer-wund
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The wound made by cancer Wið cancorwund, Lch. i. 370, 7. Wið cancorwunda, genim þás wyrte . . . lege tó ðám wundum, ealne þone bite þæs cancres heó áfeormað, 296, 20
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ge-hlytta
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Rdr. 44, 8. one chosen by lot Betweox midde gehlyttan inter medios cleros Ps. Rdr. 67, 14. Cf. efen-hlytta
hefeld-gyrd
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A weaver's beam Hebelgerd liciatorium (the word is glossed by hebild, 74, 602), Txts. 75, 1219. Hefeldgyrd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 3. (Forliciatorium v. i. Sam. 17, 7.) Substitute:
hwíte-
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The compound character of the following words with hwíte as first component seems supported by the instances given under hwíte-clǽfre (Lch. ii. 326, 21) and under hwíte-hláf
on-funden
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Having experience of, having by experience knowledge of Gedó mé lufiende and onfundne þínes wísdómes jubeas me esse amatorem perceptoremque sapientiae tuae, Solil. H. 14, 7. See next word
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weddian
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add: of the part played by the priest at the marriage Brýdguman and brýde mæssepreóst sceal weddian be lagum sponsus et sponsa a sacerdote legibus sponsentur, Chrd. 81, 9
on-lísness
Deliverance, redemption
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Deliverance, redemption Ða ðe on helle synt biddaþ ðínre onlésnesse ask for deliverance by thee, Blickl. Homl. 81, 23: 67, 3. Onlésnisse redemtio, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 21, 28
ge-síclian
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Sé þe un-endebyrdlíce mægenu gegrípan hogað, raþe hé byð gesíclud (períclitatur), Scint. loi, 15. Hé wearð gesícelod. Hml. S. 7, 65. Wearð his hors gesíclod (-sícclod, v.l.) and sóna feóll (v. Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 18-), 26, 205.
scírig-mann
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Th. 275, 276, and in this sense it is taken by Kemble, v. Saxons in England, ii. 168 sq. In another charter the same person is mentioned, but without the title: a grant of land is made by Ethelred to Winchester 'ofer Wulfsiges dæg preóstes,' Cod.
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glóf-wyrt
lily of the valley ⬩ convallāria mājālis ⬩ hound's tongue ⬩ cynoglossum officĭnāle
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Ðeós wyrt ðe Engle glófwyrt, and óðrum naman hundes tunge hátaþ this plant, which the English call glovewort, and by another name hound's tongue, Herb. 42; Lchdm. i. 144, 3