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butere

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Gemeng wið ferscre buteran, Lch. ii. 74, 21. On*-*legena geworhte of butran, 244, 20. Drincan ámylte buteran, 106, 3. Gif þú buteran habban wylle, þonne stríc þú mid þrím fingrum on þíne innewearde hand, Tech. ii. 123, 22. Hi ðicgað on ðám earde (Italy

beorht-hwíl

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On beorhthwíle in puncto, An. Ox. 3247. Hí wurdon ábitene on ánre beorhthwile, 2370, note. On ánre berhthwíle uno momenta, Ll. Th. ii. 172, 33: R. Ben. 20, 5. Breohthwíle, Gr. D. 150, 13. Breohthwíle (bearht-, v. l.), 160, 23. Add:

efen-wyrhta

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Hí woldon efenwyrhtan beón on sǽ and on lande, Chr. 972; P. 119, 11. Ic gewilnode mid him tó farenne ꝥ ic þe má emwyrhtena on þǽre þrowunge mínes wynlustes hæfde, Hml. S. 23 b, 358. Gemang þám emnwyrhtum, 97. Add

sceald

(adj.)
Grammar
sceald, adj. ?
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Shoal, shallow Andlang streámes út on scealdan fleót; ðonnen andlang scealdan fleótes, C. D. iii. 431, 21. Tó scelden mære, iv. 158, 10. Útt on scealdan ford (cf. on ðæs deópan fordes ende, iii. 431, 12), v. 256, 16: 300, 19

horu-seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
horu-seáþ, es; m.

A foul pit, sink

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A foul pit, sink Gesihst ðú nú on hú miclum and on hú diópum and on hú þióstrum horaseáþe [MS. Cote. horoseáþa] ðara unþeáwa ða yfelwillendan sticiaþ videsne igitur quanto in cœno probra volvantur, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 1

Linked entry: hora-seáþ

cyne-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
cyne-líce, adv.

Royallyregie

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Royally; regie Ðú miltse on us gecýþ cynelíce shew mercy royally on us, Exon. 10a; Th. 10, 24; Cri. 157

eástor-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
eástor-ǽfen, es; m.

Easter-evendies ante festum paschæ

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Easter-even; dies ante festum paschæ On eástor-ǽfen on easter-even, L. E. I. 41; Th. ii. 438, 24

esl

(n.)
Grammar
esl, e; f.

A shoulder hŭmĕrus

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A shoulder; hŭmĕrus He on esle ahóf he raised [him] on his shoulder, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 18; Sat. 681

stigel-hamm

(n.)
Grammar
stigel-hamm, es ; m.
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An enclosure reached by a stile (?) On stigel*-*hammas; of stigealhammum on wígferðes leáge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 289, 2

strewung

(n.)
Grammar
strewung, e; f.
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What is spread to lie on, a couch On bedde mínre strewunge in lectum strati mei, Ps. Lamb. 131, 3

Linked entries: streáwung streówung

un-geleáfsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geleáfsumness, e; f.

Unbeliefinfidelityheathenism

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Unbelief, infidelity, heathenism Monige on Angelðeóde, mid ðý hí ðágyta on ungeleáfsumnysse ( infidelitate ) wǽron, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 22

Linked entry: ge-leáfsumness

wyrm-slite

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-slite, es; m.
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A snake-bite In weán and on wyrmslitum betweónan deádum and deóflum, in bryne and on biternesse, Wulfst. 188, 1

burg-wille

(n.)
Grammar
burg-wille, -welle, an; f.
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A spring that supplies a burg(?) Onlong bróces ðæt on burhwellan, of burhwellan on ðá burhwalles, C.D. iii. 394, 28

crístelmǽl-beám

(n.)
Grammar
crístelmǽl-beám, es; m.
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A tree on which a cross is fixed(?) On crístelmǽlbeám ( in a list of boundaries ), C. D. v. 389, 13

ge-blǽdfæst

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Substitute : Prosperous, flourishing Him on láste setl wuldorspédum welig stódan gifum grówende on Godes ríce, beorht and geblǽdfæst, Gen. 89

hleów-fæst

warm

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warm On cealdum eardum is neód ꝥ ðæs reáfes máre sig, on hleówfæstum (calidis) lǽs, R. Ben. 88, 7. Add:

ísig

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On ðǽm clife hangodan on ðǽm ísgean bearwum manige swearte sáula be heora handum gebundne, Bl. H. 209, 35. Add

á-spendan

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Add: with a concrete object Hé áspende (dispersit) his ðing, Hml. Th. i. 254, 21 : Bl. Gl. Man wíslíce his ǽhta áspende, Hml. S. 16, 327. Áspendre erogatae (stipis). An. Ox. 1841. with abstract object (time, life, talents, etc.) Þá ðe mid gýmeleáste

DRǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRǼDAN, ic drǽde, ðú drǽdest, drǽtest, drǽst, he drǽdeþ, drǽt, pl. drǽdaþ; p. dréd, dreórd, pl. drédon; pp. drǽden

DREAD, fear timēre, pavēre

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To DREAD, fear; timēre, pavēre: found in the compounds a-drǽdan, an-, on-drǽdan, ondrǽd-endlíc, on-drǽd-ing: of-drǽd

eaxle-gespan

(n.)
Grammar
eaxle-gespan, gen. -gespannes; n.

The shoulder-span

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The shoulder-span Fífe gimmas wǽron on ðam eaxlegespanne five gems were on the shoulder-span, Rood Kmbl. 17; Kr. 9