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getyng-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
getyng-cræft, es; m.
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Rhetoric [v. ge-tynge; I. 3; but the word is put as a gloss to mechanica] Getincgcræft mechanica, Hpt. Gl. 479, 50

loddere

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Add: The word occurs in local names Lodderþorn, Loddere-lacu, Loddæræs-sæccing, Lodres-wei, Loddera-beorh, -strǽt. v. C. D. vi. (Index)

neáh-wudu

(n.)
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a neighbouring wood Án hrefn wæs gewunod ꝥ hé cóm of þám neáhwuda (ex vicina sylva), Gr. D. 118, ii : 229, 20

on-scendan

(v.)
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See preceding word

wíte-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-weorþ, wíte-wirþe; adj.
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Punishable, liable to punishment Nú ꝥ unnytte word bið wítewyrðe (wítes wyrðe, v.l. poenalis) þe bútan níðe byð, Gr. D. 208, 8

on-hirdan

(v.)

to comfort, strengthen, encourage

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to comfort, strengthen, encourage Manegum wearþ hige onhyrded þurh his hálig word, Apstls. Kmbl. 105 ; Ap. 53: Elen. Kmbl. 1678; El. 841

ǽ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-líc, adj.

Belonging to law ⬩ lawful ⬩ legalis ⬩ legitimus

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Tyn ǽlícan word the ten commandments Som

Linked entry: ǽw-líc

racent-teáge

(n.)
Grammar
racent-teáge, an ; f.
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A chain Se ðe tóbræc ða raceteágan ymbútan eówrum swuran qui confregi catenas cervicum vestrarum, Lev. 26, 13. v. next word

weorf-tord

(n.)
Grammar
weorf-tord, es; n.
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Th. 112, 6. v. preceding word

Linked entry: tord

wyrt-gælstre

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-gælstre, an; f.
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Cf. previous word

Linked entry: gælstre

wyrt-gemengness

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-gemengness, e; f.
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A spice Hig bebyrigdon Andreas líchaman myd wyrtgemengnyssum and myd swétum stencum, Shrn. 153, 17: Wulfst. 263, 5. v. preceding word

Linked entry: ge-mengness

hreóh-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóh-lic, adj.
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See preceding word

idig

(adj.)
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If idge be an independent word the vowel should be long

íþrung

(n.)
Grammar
íþrung, (?), e; f.
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See preceding word

Linked entry: éþring

minte

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. ¶ the word occurs in several local names, v. C. D. vi. 315. Add

níd-hǽmestre

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See preceding word, where the passage glossed is given

smitta

(n.)
Grammar
smitta, l. smitte; f.
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Add: pollution Wom, smittan inluuiem, i. inmunditiam, An. Ox. 3491. Sió sáwl sceal nýde habban smittan þæs líchoman unþeáwa, 648, note

un-ymbfangen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ymbfangen, adj.
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See next word

Linked entries: un-ymbwriten ymb-fangen

glengista

Grammar
glengista, The translator seems to have misunderstood the passage to mean: 'In order that thy diligence and genius may add somewhat to the knowledge of these things of mine.' In some way ingenium is represented by glengista. Could this word be the superlative of an adjective, glenge well-ordered, and the passage be completed ?þín] glengista [orþanc?]
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; cf. glengan; III

un-eáðness

(n.)
Grammar
un-eáðness, e; f.

uneasiness of mind ⬩ anxiety ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ difficulty ⬩ severity ⬩ harshness

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uneasiness of mind, anxiety, trouble, grief, difficulty Hé ealle ða word gehýrde, and ǽfre wæs his uneáðnys wexende, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 621. Ne biþ ðǽr sár ne gewinu, ne nǽnig unéþnes, ne sorg ne wóp, Blickl. Homl. 103, 35.

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