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ge-trýwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-trýwlíce, adv.

Faithfully ⬩ confidently ⬩ fĭdēlĭter ⬩ fīdūciālĭter

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Lamb. fol. 201 b, 29: 202 b, 42. Getrýwlíce oððe baldlíce ic dó on him fīdūciāĭiter ăgam in eo, Ps. Lamb. 11, 6

ǽ

(int.)

alas!

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. = eá, Lamb, MS. fol. 183b, line 11

for-get

Grammar
for-get, = for-git, -giteþ; 3rd pres. sing. of for-gitan: for-getst

forgets ⬩ forgettest

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Lamb. 43, 24, =

lícwyrþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lícwyrþ-ness, e; f.
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Lamb. 88, 18

micel-sprecende

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-sprecende, adj.

Talking big ⬩ boasting

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Lamb. 11, 4

ge-wéstan

(v.)

to lay waste ⬩ desolare

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to lay waste; desolare Gewoested biþ desolabitur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 25

sealm-glig

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-glig, -gliw, es; n.
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Lamb. 143, 9

ge-edwistian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edwistian, p. ode; pp. od

To feed ⬩ support

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Lamb. 22, 2

Linked entry: edwistian

scínendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
scínendlíc, adj.
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Lamb. 18, 9

teónere

(n.)
Grammar
teónere, es; m.
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Lamb. 71, 4

un-hálig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hálig, adj.

Unholy

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Lamb. 42, 1

be-brúcan

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Add Gif þás lác ne beóð bebrocene þurh Bél, Shrn. 4, 5

smúgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
smúgendlíc, adj.

Creeping, reptile

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Lamb. 68, 35

hleápe-wince

(n.)
Grammar
hleápe-wince, an; f.

The lap-wing

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The lap-wing Hleápewince cucurata, Wrt. Voc. 62, 22: cucu, 280, 27

Linked entry: -wince

tó-cwæstedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cwæstedness, e; f.

Destruction

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Lamb.) cessavit quassatio, Ps. Spl. 105, 29

un-wæstmbǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmbǽre, adj.

Unproductive ⬩ barren ⬩ sterile

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Lamb. 112, 8. Ic wyrce ðín land unwæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 34. Sume treówu hé cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7

Linked entry: wæstm-bǽre

slite

(n.)
Grammar
slite, es; m.

a slit, tear, rent in cloth, ⬩ a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite ⬩ a coil ⬩ a breach, infraction of a law

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lices clyniende vipera sarmentis laqueos corporis inplicans Germ. 401 24. a breach, infraction of a law Similar entries v. lah-slit

Linked entry: slítan

sceran

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Add Swá swá lamb þonne hit man scyrð quasi agnus coram tondente, Hml. Th. ii. 16, 22. Swá swá lamb beforan þám scyrendan hit, An. Ox. 40, 33

a-hiéðan

(v.)

to destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ despoil

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to destroy, lay waste, despoil, Salm. Kmbl. 147, MS. A; Sal. 73

mamme

(n.)
Grammar
mamme, an; f.

A teat ⬩ breast ⬩ mamma

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A teat, breast (Lat. mamma) An mamman in papillas, Germ. 401, 77

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