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áþ-swyrd

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-swyrd, es ; n.

An oathjuramentum

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An oath; juramentum Gemyndig wæs áþswyrdes [MS. áþswyrde] his memor fuit juramenti sui, Ps. Surt. 104, 9

wísere

(n.)
Grammar
wísere, es; m.

sign-post

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Tó Afene; on wísere; on ða fúlan lace, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 301, 36

eow

(n.)
Grammar
eow, es; m? A griffin; gryps = γρύψ, gryphus
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Eow, fiðerfóte fugel griffin, a four-footed bird; griffes [=gryphus], Ælfc. Gl. 18; Wrt. Voc. 22, 44

Linked entry: ÍW

ge-brytsen

(n.)
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a fragment Twelf wylian fulle þǽra gebrytsena (bryt-sena, v. l. ), Mt. 14, 20: Jn. 6, 13

Linked entry: brytsen

hen-fugol

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Take here hæn-fugul in Dict. and add:

iú-geára

(adv.)
Grammar
iú-geára, adv.

Formerly

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Formerly Breoton wæs iúgeára Albion háten Brittania cui quondam Albion nomen fuit, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 8

swefel

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Add: — God sende ðá fýr and fúlne swefel him tó and forbærnde hí ealle, Hml. S. 13, 211

un-wælgrim

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wælgrim, adj.
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Not cruel, gentle Hé wæs swlíe unwælgrim (eallunga lǽs wælhreów, v.l.) minus crudelis fuit, Gr. D. 133, 6

sticol

(adj.)
Grammar
sticol, adj.
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Wæs án myrige dún . . . ful sméðe . . . se streám arn of ðære sticolan dúne, 19, 108-115. Hét hí ástígan tó ánre sticolre dúne, 3, 235. lofty, placed high, situated at a great height Wé biddaþ ðæt ðú ástíge tó ðam sticelan scylfe, Homl.

Linked entry: sticel

dreám

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dreám, drém, drím.
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Þá eáran ásláwiað þe wǽron ful swifte tó gehýrenne fægere dreámas and sangas, Wlfst. 148, 3. v. ǽfen-, píp-, sang-, wóden-dreám

ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ríp, es; n.
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Surt. 79, 13] :-- Wíngeardas (-es, MS.) rípe fulle gesihþ blisse getácnaþ if he sees vineyards full of fruit ready to gather, it betokens joy, 210, 32

Linked entry: ripa

fægernes

ornamentbeautypleasantness

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Þes middangeard wæs ealre fægernesse full, Bl. H. 115, 6. Þá hié emb þá fægernesse þæs temples sprǽcan . . . hé cwæþ: 'Hwæt gé geseóþ ealle þá fægernessa þissa getimbra, 77, 31.

pistol-rocc

(n.)
Grammar
pistol-rocc, es; m.
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The vestment worn when reading the epistle v. fulle mæssereáf, ii. dalmatica, iii. pistolroccas, Chart. Th. 429, 22

georne

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Wé witan ful georne, Wlfst. 157, 7. Mage wé wénan oþþe georne witan, Ll. Th. i. 238, 23. Þone þe rǽdgeþeaht georne cúðe, El. 1163. Ongitan giorne, Met. 29, 3. Hí þæt ongeáton and georne gesáwon, By. 84.

axigean

(v.)

to askinterrogare

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to ask; interrogare Ne nán ne dorste hyne axigean neque ausus fuit quisquam eum interrogare, Mt. Foxe 22, 46

un-áfylledlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áfylledlíc, adj.

Insatiate

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Insatiate Hí ( hell and avarice ) habbaþ unáfylledlíce grǽdignysse ðæt hí fulle ne beóð nǽfre, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 285

molsn

(n.)
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decay, corruption Hí gemétton þone líchaman þæs cildes mid molsne ( tabe ) gebrosnode and wyrma fulne, Gr. D. 198, 24

níd-nimend

(n.)
Grammar
níd-nimend, e ; f.
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Rapine Fulle sindun nédnimende and unclénnisse pleni sunt rapina et immunditia, Mt. R. 23, 25. Cf. þeófend for suffix

Linked entry: -nimend

sunn-lic

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Þonne se fulla móna ðæs sunlican leóhtes bedǽled bið ðurh ðǽre eorðan sceadwunge, Hml. Th. i. 608, 33. Add

wíþig-will

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-will, es; m.

A spring by which willows grow

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A spring by which willows grow On ðone fúlan wylle . . . on wýðigwylle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 213, 16-21