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scotere

(n.)
Grammar
scotere, (?) one who shoots or
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hurls, a warrior Nó hé ðære feoh*-*gyfte for scoterurn (? scotenum, MS.) scamigan þorfte, Beo. Th. 2056 ; B. 1026

be-wuna

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Hé þæt feoh tó sellanne næfde his here swá hié bewuna wǽron, Ors. 3, 7; S. 116, 15. Add

weá-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
weá-þearf, e; f.

Grievous need

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Grievous need Ic mé féran gewát folgað sécan, wineleás wræcca, for mínre weáþearfe, Exon. Th. 442, 10; Kl. 10

wift

(n.)
Grammar
wift, e; f.

Some implement used in weaving

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Some implement used in weaving Hé sceal habban fela towtóla . . . pihten, timplean, wifte, wefle, wulcamb, Anglia ix. 263, 12

spilling

(n.)
Grammar
spilling, e; f.

Destructionwasteconfusio, deperdicio

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Destruction, waste Nán þing . . . búton folces geswinc and feós spylling and heora feónda forðbylding, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 37

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

un-leánod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-leánod, adj.

Not repaid

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Not repaid Ic wille, gif ic ǽnigum menu ǽnig feoh unleánod hæbbe, ðæt míne mágas ðæt geleánian, Chart. Th. 491, 5

ge-mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽran, to divulge.
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Wæs þis geworden on Beornica mǽgðe, and feor and wíde gemǽred (longe lateque diffamatum), Bd. 5, 14 ; Sch. 647, 16. Add

gylden-feaxa

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>gylden-feax, gylden-feaxe;</b> adj. Golden-haired Gyldenfeaxa auricomus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 39

oþ-fleón

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Wæs þæs folces fela on án fæsten oþflogen ad Olympum montem universi Gallograeci confugerant, Ors. 4, 11; S. 206, 13. Add

ge-dreóg

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-dreóg, ge-dreóh; adj.
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Hí sceolon an gedreógum húse (in competenti hospitali ) ælmesmanna fét þweán. Nap. 29. quiet, orderly. of persons, serious in behaviour; gravis.

ofer-brǽdan

(v.)

to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering overto overspread, put a covering over

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Mid ðy feó oferbrǽded and beþeaht, Blickl. Homl. 199, 3. Bewrigen and oferbrǽded mid baswe godwebbe, 207, 16. Apollonius mid rósan rude wæs eal oferbrǽded, Ap. Th. 22, 4. to overspread, put a covering over God oferbrǽdde byrnendne heofon nette, Cd.

Linked entries: of-brǽded fore-brǽdan

ofer-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-sprǽce, adj.

speaking too much, talkative, loquaciouszungun linguam magniloquumsaying more than is just or true

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Ne beo ðú tó oferspréce ac hlyst ǽlces monnes worda swíðe georne ' give every man thy ear, but few thy voice, ' Prov. Kmbl. 58. Salamon cwæþ, ðæt sélre wǽre tó wunigenne mid león and dracan ðonne mid yfelan wífe and ofersprǽcum, Homl.

ofer-weorpan

(v.)

to overthrow, throw downto throw (water, etc.) upon, to sprinkleTo fall down

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to overthrow, throw down Nim eorþan, oferweorp mid ðinre swíðran handa under ðínum swíðran fét, Lchdm. i. 384, 19. Gif hé hié oferweorpe, mid x sciłł. gebéte, L. Alf. pol. 11; Th. i. 68, 15.

ge-gada

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gada, an;

A fellow-travellera companionassociatecomescomplexconspirans

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He feóll ðá adún and ealle his gegadan into helle wíte he fell down then and all his companions into hell torment, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 59, 93, 87. Afeóll se deófoll mid his gegadum the devil fell with his companions, Hexam. 10; Norm. 16,18

ham-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
ham-scyld, [?]
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Leo in his work on Anglo-Saxon Names quotes a passage from Richthofen in which skeld occurs in the sense of fence; so that the crime referred to in the passage would be the breaking through the fence which surrounded the ham. v. the translation of Leo

méd-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
méd-sceatt, es; m.

payment in reward of service donea rewardwagesfeepayment for service or favour expecteda giftpresenta bribe

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payment in reward of service done, a reward, wages, fee Ne onféng hé ðæt tó médsceatte he did not accept it as a fee, Shrn. 135, 4. Hé ne sealde Gode nánne métsceat for his sáule ...

ge-frédan

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Ðon má ðe mon his, feax mæg gefrédan bútan ðám felle, 139, 21. Sé þe bær líc gefréddan wolde, hé hyt scolde myd barum handum gefrédan, Solil. H. 43, 14. (2 a) to feel a blow, heat, cold, &amp; c. :-- Ðú þás dyntas náht ne gefrétst, Hml.

earh

(adj.)
Grammar
earh, adj.

Swift, fleeing through fear, timorous, weak fŭgax

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Swift, fleeing through fear, timorous, weak; fŭgax, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 60; Som. 13, 43: Byrht. Th. 138, 50; By. 238

túdor-teónde

(adj.)
Grammar
túdor-teónde, producing offspring or
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fruit Hét sǽs and eorðan tuddorteóndra teohha gehwilcre wæstmas fédan. Cd. Th. 59, 5; Gen. 959: 201, 14; Exod. 372