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ofer-brǽdels

(n.)
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ofer-brǽdels, m.
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Add: and n. (?) Ic eom oferwrigen mid þám oferbrǽdelse Godes wordes, Hml. S. 23 b, 584. Twá mæssereáf. . . ij weóvedsceátas and ij overbrǽdels, C. D. B. iii. 660, 34

on-sprǽc

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Add: talk, conversation: — Hêr hwêne wiðufan þîne word and anspræ̂c rehte and smeáde be þâm wîtelicum hellestôwum paulo superius sermo de locis poenalibus inferni versabatur, Gr. D. 332, 9

semnend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
semnend-lic, semmended-lic; adj.
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Sudden Slagen mid sæmnedlicre (semnendlicre, v. l.) blindnesse subita caecitate percussus, Gr. D. 235, 3. In þǽre fǽrlican (symnenlican and fǽrlican, v. l.) wafunge in subito stupore, 284, 23

Linked entry: symnen-lic

slǽd

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slǽd, sléd. l. slæd, sled, slead,
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and add Andlang slades, C. D. v. 379, 19. Sleades, 70, 26. On slade . . . eft on sled, 286, 27-34. Of sleade, iii. 384, 28. v. wæter-, wíþig-slæd

þiderweardes

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Þá sæt se Godes wer feorron lóciende on þone þe þiderweardes wæs gangende (behealdende þone cumendan Riggo, v.l.) vir Dei sedebat eum venientem conspiciens, Gr. D. 131, 25. Add

un-fægerness

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hálige wîf ne ondréd hire náht þǽre útran scame and unfægernesse sancta mulier nihil exterioris deformitatis (cf. valde ignea conspersio corporis inerat) timuit, Gr. D. 379, 15. Add

weoruld-geþyngþ

Grammar
weoruld-geþyngþ, weoruld-geþyngþu.
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Ús, þám þe God swá micele heálicnysse woruldge þingða forgifen hæfð, is seó mǽste þearf hwílon úre mód gebígean gástlicum rihte, Gr. D. I. 7. Add

ýtera

Grammar
ýtera, <b>. II.</b>
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Þá þe in him sylfum ne magon oferswíðan þá lytlan and þá ýtemestan uncyste qui in semetipsis vincere parva vitia atque extrema non possunt, Gr. D. 204, 9. Add

æcer-geard

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-geard, es; m.

An enclosure of arable landor the fence of a field

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An enclosure of arable land (? = Icel. akra-, akr-gerði) or the fence of a field (? v. geard) On ðone æcergeard; á be ðǽm gearde, C. D. iii. 458, 24

Linked entry: geard

ge-þæf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þæf, adj. [geþafian to agree, consent]

Agreeingcontentconsentiens

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Agreeing, content; consentiens He his geþæf wæs he was not a consenting party to it, Cod. Dipl. 183; A. D. 803; Kmbl. i. 222, 35: R. Ben. 7

Linked entries: ge-dæf ge-þafa

ge-félan

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Add: to feel an object, perceive by the sense of touch Ne mihte nán man swýn geseón, and swá þéh hit mihton gefélan Gr. D. 226, 6. to know by sense of touch or organic sensation (with clause or acc. and infin.)

ferd-wíte

(n.)

a fine for neglecting to pay the contribution to the army

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a fine for neglecting to pay the contribution to the army, L. In. 51; Th. i. 134, 10, note 23, MS. B: Th. Diplm. A. D. 1044; 359, 3

gafelian

(v.)
Grammar
gafelian, p. ode; pp. od

To rentcondūcĕre

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To rent; condūcĕre Ic geann ðárto twegra hída ðe Eádríc gafelaþ I give thereto two hides which Eadric rents, Cod. Dipl. 699; A. D. 997; Kmbl. iii. 305, 6

Linked entry: gafolian

be-neoðan

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And beneoþan þám et infra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 59. Swýþe feorr beneoðan þan ( valde infra ) ic gelýfde , Gr. D. 218, 20. Beniðan inferius. An. Ox. 580. Add

bises

bissext

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The intercalary day in leap year, bissext (v. N. E. D.) Bútan þænne bises geboden weorðe feórðan geáre except when bissext is ordered every fourth year, Men. 32. Substitute:

bíg-nes

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Mid bígnysse his ágnes onrǽses reflexione sui impetus, Gr. D. 48, 7. Þæt fenn mid menigfealdan bígnyssum þurhwunað on norðsǽ, Guth. 20, 7. On liþa bígnyssum, 90, 21. Add

cǽg-hyrde

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cǽg-hyrde, l. -hirde,
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and add Caeghiorde clavicularius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 21. [Ðe heuenliche keiherde Sainte Peter, O. E. Hml. ii. 193, 16. Cf. N. E. D. key-keeper.] Cf. cǽg-bora

Linked entry: hirde

bydel-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
bydel-æcer, es; m.
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Land allotted to a bydel (cf. Bydele gebyreð sum landstycce for his geswince, Ll. Th. i. 440, 7) On ðæene bydelæcer, of ðám bydelæcere, C. D. vi. 152, 31

derung

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Swilce nǽfre náne derunge (-inge, v. l., laesionem) his líchaman ne þolode, Gr. D. 82, 33. Swylce hit fleónde wǽre þæs Godes weres deringe ( laesionem ), 214, 1. Add

furh

(n.)
Grammar
furh, (?) [ ; pl. fyrh], or fyrh (?); f.
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A fir, pine Of ðá[m] ellen*-*stubbe on ðane óðerne ellenstubbe; ðanone on ðá ealdan fyrh, C. D. vi. 102, 26. On ðá ealdan firh, iii. 97, 24