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fiþerian

(v.)

to flutter

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to flutter Sum fugel ongon fléogende and fiðergende ymbe his onsyne avis circa ejus faciem volitare coepit, Gr. D. 100, 19. Add:

unriht-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-wíf, es; n.

A woman of bad character

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A woman of bad character Godwine hæfð gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hine tihte, Chart. Th. 373, 32

ge-sáweled

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Add: ge-sáwlod endowed with life Ǽr þám þe hit (utero conceptus) gesáwlod wǽre antequam animatus fuit, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 17

wíf-gemǽdla

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-gemǽdla, an; m.

A woman's fury

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A woman's fury Wiþ wífgemǽdlan; geberge on neaht radices moran, ðý dæge ne mæg ðe se gemǽdla sceþþan, Lchdm. ii. 342, 10

un-met

(adj.)
Grammar
un-met, un-mett, -mete; adj.

Without measureimmenseexcessive

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Without measure, immense, excessive Wæs seó éhtnysse unmetre eallum ðám ǽrgedónum quae persecutio omnibus anteactis immanior fuit, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 23

Arabisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Arabisc, adj.
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Hie Fenix, swá hátte án fugel on Arabiscre ðeóde, 70, 12

ganot

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Ganot (gonot) vel dopænid fulix Txts. 62, 419 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 20. Ganet cygnus Germ. 394, 221. Ganotes fulice, Bl. Gl. Add

FRIÐIAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRIÐIAN, freoðian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [friþ peace] .

to keep the peacetowards, make peaceto protectdefendkeeppācĭfĭcāre protĕgĕretuēri

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Ne fúl náwar friðian ne feormian that they shall not protect nor harbour a guilty one anywhere, L. Ed. 7; Th. i. 162, 26. Ðæt hí Godes þeówas friðian and griðian that they shall protect and defend God's servants, L. E. B. 1; Th. ii. 240, 6.

Linked entry: freoðian

ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ranc, adj.
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So were theih daungerouse for wlaunke; And siththen bicom ful reulich, that thanne weren so ranke, Pol.

Linked entry: ranc-strǽt

ge-wemmedness

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Mid þon gewunon þǽre gewemmednesse synna and mána full, Bl. H. 75, 6. <b>II a.</b> of improper sexual intercourse :-- Geheald þás þíne þínena wið ǽlcere gewemmednysse, Hml. Th. ii. 478, 10. <b>II b.

medumlíce

(adv.)
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Manige wé sceáwiað nú, and swá þeáh nú gýt wé hí ná full medomlíce (perfecte) oncnáwaþ, Gr. D. 331, 13. Hweln úre mæg áreccan medemlíce úres Sceppendes willan?, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 11. Bútan hé hit medomlíce gebǽte ǽr his ænde, C. D. vi. 35, 2

hunig

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Mon ðás ðing selle . . . mittan fulne huniges oðða twégen uuínes, sué hwaeder suae ðonne begeotan mæge, C. D. i. 293, 14 : 299, 23. Sester fulne huniges, 312, 10

þrostle

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Add: — Sum swýþe sweart and lytel fugel, sé is on folcisc þrostle geháten nigra parvaque avis, quae vulgo merula nominaiur, Gr. D. 100, 19

sæp-spón

(n.)

a chip or shaving with sap in it

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a chip or shaving with sap in it Genim geongre ácrinde hand fulle . . . sceafe ðæt gréne, wylle ða sæpspóne on cúmeolce, Lchdm. ii. 292,27

hyrel

(n.)
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Andlang ðære fyrh ðæt hit cymþ tó hyrel; ðonne þwyres ofer hyrel on ða furh ofer clǽnan dúne, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 435, 9

wuhhung

(n.)
Grammar
wuhhung, wuhung, e; f.

Fury

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Fury Him (Nero) ðære wuhhunge ge-steóran vertere insani rabiem Neronis, Bt. 16, 4 ; Fox 58, 14. Wuhunga furias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 74

cú-wearm

(adj.)
Grammar
cú-wearm, adj.
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Warm from the cow (of milk) Scene fulne cú-wearmre meolce, Lch. ii. 354, 2. Mid cúwearmum [meolcum], 15. On cúwearme meolce, 358, 24

Linked entry: wearm

a-rásian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rásian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. trans. [a, rásian to raise, uncover]

To lay opendiscoverexploredetectreprovecorrectseizedetegereinvenireexplorarecorriperereprehendereintercipere

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Beón arásod reprehendi, Fulg. 5. Arásad wæs interceptus est, Cot. 109. Arásod beón on hefygtímum gyltum gravioris culpa noxæ teneri, R. Ben. 25: 34

HOLT

(n.)
Grammar
HOLT, es; m. n.

a HOLT, wood, grove, copsewood;lignum

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Ful oft unc holt wrugon wudubeáma helm, Exon. 129 a; Th. 496, 1; Rä. 85, 7.

Linked entries: gár-holt hilt

treówleásness

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Add: perfidy; in an ecclesiastical sense, heresy Hé wæs fylgende ðæs arrianiscan gedwolan treówleásnysse (trýw-, v.l.) perfdiae fuit arianae, Gr. D. 162, 20: 240, 13