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neáh-nunnan-mynster

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See preceding word

yfel-dónd

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Add:: Cf. gód-dónd, and see next word

ágend

(n.)
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In B. 3075 the word denotes the Deity

a-screpan

(v.)

to bear out

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Dele, and see preceding word

fæsten-gewerc

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-gewerc, es; n.

Fortification work, fortification fortĭfĭcātio, arcium mūnīmentum

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Fortification work, fortification; fortĭfĭcātio, arcium mūnīmentum, Heming, p. 104

eald-a-wered

(adj.)

worn, wasted with agevetustus

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worn, wasted with age; vetustus R. Ben. 51, Lye

heoru-wearh

(n.)
Grammar
heoru-wearh, gen. -wearges; m.

A savage, bloody wolf,

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A savage, bloody wolf, Beo. Th. 2538; B. 1267

Linked entry: wearg

wand

(n.)
Grammar
wand, [, e; f. ?]
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a mole Wond (wand, uuond) talpa Txts. 101, 1973

Linked entry: wande-weorpe

cnot-mǽlum

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glosses strictim, Angl. xiii. 35, 201. v. next word

for-wenedness

(n.)
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glosses insolentia Forwenednessa insolentiam, Nap. 25. v. preceding word

Linked entry: -wenedness

ge-fædera

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For 'godfather,' l. 2 substitute 'gossip.' v. next word

ofer-trúwa

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See next word. Add

on-cígung

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In 1. 2 dele '114, 3'; see previous word

wudu-byrþra

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-byrþra, an; m.
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A bearer of wood Wudubyrþran calones, An. Ox. 869

Linked entry: byrþra

gúþ-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-wudu, a; m.

War-wooda spear

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War-wood, a spear, Fins. Th. 11; Fin. 6

wæl-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-wulf, es; m.

a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolfa fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf

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as an epithet of a warrior, a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolf Wódon wælwulfas, wícinga werod, Byrht.

íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, e; f.

An island

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The word occurs in names of places: -- Án ígland ðæt is Meresíg háten, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 24. Hér hǽðne men on Sceápíge sǽtun, 855 ; Erl. 68, 23. Æt Æðelinga íge, [eigge, MS. A.], 878; Erl. 81, 5. Of Ceortesíge, 964; Erl. 124, 3.

ge-risenlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-risenlíc, comp. m. -lícra, f. n. -lícre; adj.

Convenient, suitable, befittingconvĕniens, aptus

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Ðé is gerisenlícre ðæt ðú sí mid rihte ofersteled, ðonne ðú oferstele óðerne man mid wóge it is more befitting thee to be overruled with right than to overrule another with wrong, Prov. Kmbl. 8: Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 23

cwalu

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Him næs on þám hláfe forholen seó cwalu (wól, v. l. pestis ), Gr. D. 118, 9. Hwæt bið unáberendlicre tó gesiónne ðonne ðæs bearnes cwalu ( mors ) beforan ðæs fæder eágum?, Past. 34. 3, 11.

æf-wirdla

Grammar
æf-wirdla, -werdla.

Dispendium, i. damnum, impedimentum, defectio, periculum, detrimentum

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Dispendium, i. damnum, impedimentum, defectio, periculum, detrimentum æfwerdla, wonung, wom, wana, vel hénþa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 68. Æfwyrdlan dispendio, An. Ox. 353: detrimentum, i. contemtum, 452: jacturam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 67.

Linked entry: ǽwirdla