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ge-leccan

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Dele last passage, and add: to moisten, irrigate land Geleht eorðe inrigata terra, Scint. 50, 14.

prica

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Seó tíd stent on feówer pricon, gyf ǽlcum geáre ǽnne prican, þonne gýt þǽr byð án tó láfe, 309, 2-4

Wandale

(n.)
Grammar
Wandale, Wænle, Wendle; pl.
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Wend(e)las (-e)

Linked entry: Wendlas

ferhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ferhþ, fyrhþ, ferþ, ferht, es; m. n.

the soulspiritmindanĭmusmenslifevīta

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Noe læg ferhþe forstolen Noah lay deprived of mind, Cd. 76; Th. 95, 15; Gen. 1579: Ps. Th. 131, 2. Hí ferdon forþ ðonon, ferhþum fægne they went forth thence, rejoicing in their minds, Beo.

mynster-mann

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, mynsterman, wylt þú witan hwæt þis tácnaþ ?, Angl. viii. 323, 16: Wlfst. 224, 17. Wé þencað iunge mynstermen tó gegrétanne, Angl. viii. 321, 38. Add

sacan

(v.)
Grammar
sacan, p. sóc , sócon; sacen.

to fight, strive, contendto disagree,to wrangleto bring a suitto accuse, blameto refuse, deny.

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Gód sceal wið yfele, líf sceal wið deáþe, leóht sceal wið þýstrum, fyrd wið fyrde, feónd wið óðrum, láð wið láðe ymb land sacan, Menol. Fox 568; Gn. C. 53. Sceal fǽge sweltan and dógra gehwam ymb gedálsacan middangeardes, Exon. Th. 335, 4; Gn.

LUFU

(n.)
Grammar
LUFU, e and an [v. Anglia vi. 176]; f.

LOVE

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And ðar þegen áge twegen costas lufe oððe lage and hé ðonne lufe geceóse and where a thane has a choice of two courses, love or law [an amicable settlement or appeal to law] and he choose the former, L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 298, 5.

Linked entry: lufe

ge-híredlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-híredlic, adj.
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That is heard, audible hwá sprecð myhta Drihtnes gehéredlice dó ealle herunga his quis loquetur potentias Domini?auditas faciet omnes laudes eius? Ps. L. 105, 2

friþ

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Sió láf wiþ þone here friþ nam, Chr. 867; P. 68, 26: Ors.

BLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓD, es; n.

BLOOD, goresanguis, cruor

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Lamb. 13, 3: 49, 13: Andr. Kmbl. 46; An. 23.

sweord

(n.)
Grammar
sweord, swurd, swyrd, es; n.
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They are precious heirlooms, handed down through many years (v. epithet eald above); so Beowulf speaks of his sword as 'eald láf,' Beo.

Linked entry: swyrd

heonu

(int.)
Grammar
heonu, heono, henu, hona; interj.

Lobehold

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Hona mín hláford ecce dominus meus, Shrn. 60, 14

Linked entries: onu eno eonu

á-bycgan

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Lay. 8158, Bute ȝif he abugge þe sunne þet he wrouhte, A.

offrung

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Add Salomon geoffrode Gode micele lác, þæt wǽron þúsendfealde onsægednessa æt ánre offrunge, Hml. Th. ii. 576, 8.

rǽcan

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Ðǽm ic láf ráhte ł ic rǽco uællo (hláf hráhte ł ic rǽce wyllo, R.) cui panem porrexero, Jn. L. 13, 26. Copp full of æcced ráhton tó his múðe (obtulerunt ori eius), Jn. L.

ge-riht-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht
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Lamb. 36, 24. He ðǽrbinnan wunode gerihtlǽcende ðæt folc mid láre to geleáfan he dwelt therein directing the people by teaching to belief, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 113.

ǽþ-rýt

Grammar
ǽþ-rýt, l. ǽ-þryt[t], -þryte,
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and add Náht is lang, náht ys ǽ þryte ( longum ) ꝥ ná on sceortum sý geendud, Scint. 217, 6. Gyf hit ne þúhte ǽsþryt (-þrytt. v. l. ) tó áwrítenne. Lch. iii. 276, 3. Þý lǽs ðe hit eów ǽðryt þince, Hml. Th. i. 88, 32.

gid

(n.)
Grammar
gid, gidd, gied, giedd, gyd, gydd, ged, es; n.

a songlaypoemcantuscantilenacarmenpoemaA speechtalesermonproverbriddlesermodictumloquelaproverbiumænigma

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Gliówordum gól gyd æt spelle sung in metre a lay in his discourse, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 4; Met. 7, 2. Geríseþ gleómen gied a song is proper for a gleeman, Exon. 91 b; Th. 344, 1; Gn. Ex. 167. Cúþ gyddum known in lays [songs], Beo. Th. 304; B. 151.

Linked entries: gidding gied ged gyd

fild-cumb

(n.)
Grammar
fild-cumb, es; m. [cumb II. a liquid measure]

A milk-pailmulctrālemulctrum

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A milk-pail; mulctrāle, mulctrum Gif meoluc síe awyrd, bind tosomne wegbrǽdan and giþrifan and cersan, lege on ðone fildcumb, and ne sete ðæt fæt niðer on eorþan seofon nihtum if milk be spoilt, bind together waybroad and cockle and cress, lay them on

mære

(adj.)

pure

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pure, in the phrase mǽre peningas = Lat. meri denarii i.e. coins made of pure silver, v. Ducange s.v. merus, quoted by Schmid. The passage in which the word is found occurs in L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 10 Mid V. pundum mǽrra pæninga.