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nirwan

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Ox. 3145. to rebuke Ná neirwð (nirwed ?) hé non arguet, Ps. Rdr. 93, 10. Þú nyrwdest mann corripuisti hominem, 38, 12

rúh

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Ox. 5189. Rhúge, 2, 429. Add Rúh wærihtnys callositas (quos dira cutis callosilas elephantino tabo deturpans, Ald. 49, 15), Hpt. Gl. 490, 36. v. healf-, un-rúh

staþol-fæst

(adj.)
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Ox. 1420

ge-ánlícian

(v.)

to join together

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Ox. 863

Linked entry: án-lícian

á-deorcian

(v.)
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Ox. 56, 200. Hwý is ðis gold ádeorcad ( obscuratum )? Past. 133, 10

Linked entry: deorcian

á-sciran

(v.)
Grammar
á-sciran, (e, y); p. -scær, pl. -scǽron; pp. -scoren
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Ox. 2, 337

Linked entry: á-sceran

á-meallian

(v.)
Grammar
á-meallian, p. ode
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Ox. 61, 4 (see the note). Ámeallud exinanita (faex ), Ps. Spl. C. 74, 8. Cf. á-mællad

clifer

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Ox. 5341: Germ. 399, 337. 'Þú þis weorc mid þínum clifrum dó' . . . Sóna seó leó mid hire clifrum scræf geworhte, Hml. S. 23 b, 786. ifras ungulas, Germ. 400, 551

fóre-smeagan

Grammar
fóre-smeagan, -smeágean. l. fore-smeág(e)an,
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Ox. 193. For foresmeá[gende] ob indaganda, 1504, Ne foresmeáge gé hwæt gé specan nolite praecogitare quid loquamini, Mk. 13, 11. Foresmeánde praecogitandum, Lk. p. 10, 14. for last line substitute and add:

ge-rósod

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Ox. 3278. Gerósodne, 2, 185

fúlian

(v.)
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Ox. 1213. Fúligendum limum putrescentibus membris, Scint. 45, 7. Add

heáh-sǽþeóf

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Ox. 4039 is: Archipirata, i. summus latro flotman), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 44. Heáhsǽðeóf, 5, 28. See next word

numol

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Ox. 3101. biting Swá swá deáðes geféran, swá forfleóh þú ꝥ numele wín ut mortis socium, sic mordax effuge vinum, Chrd. 74, 10

síþ

Grammar
síþ, <b>. IV.</b>
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Ox. 592. Add Hé cóm tó his bréðer, and his síð be endebyrdnysse sǽde, Hml. Th. ii. 358, 25. 1. Add Ǽne síþa semel, Ps. Srt. 61, 12: 88, 36

un-þæslic

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Ox. 27, 26. Swýðe unþæslic (inconveniens) mæg beón geþúht ꝥ sé nyte Drihtnes andgit, sé ;Þe mid him byð geworden án gást, Gr. D. 136, 21. ;Þá cwæð se hálga wer ;ꝥ Add

ǽwisce

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ǽwisce, (and ǽwisc?), es; n.
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Ox. 21, 6

Linked entry: ǽwisc

fore-witig

Grammar
fore-witig, -wittig.

sagacious ⬩ foreknowing ⬩ presaging ⬩ prophetic

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Ox. 3707: 2868. Mid forewittigere gelícnysse praesago simulacra, 1968

for-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweorcan, to grow dark.
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Ox. 2, 369. (Cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 7 supra.)

hǽwen

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Ox. 5318 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 56. Héwen (ex) iacintho, 77, 19. Hǽwen, hiacincto, viridis, An. Ox. 35, 2. Hǽwenre deáge, 1058. Þá hǽwnan sǽs marmora glauca, Wrt.

neádian

(v.)
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Ox. 1621. to force to do something Neádiende compellens (scandere), An. Ox. 2463. Neádod conpellitur, i. angariatur (per vim amittere), 2660.

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