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eád

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Hié eád bryttedon, oð þæt hié ne meahton leng somed ... heora bégra þǽr ǽhte habban, 1891. His aferan eád bryttedon, welan, wunden gold, Dan. 672. Hé lét weaxan heora eád and ǽhta, Gen. 2756. Frumbearnes riht, eád and æþéla, Exod. 339.

ge-mang

Grammar
ge-mang, among.
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Þunor ofslóg fela þúsend monna gemong þǽm gefeohte, 6, 13; S. 268, 17: 2, 2; S. 66, Gemang þǽm gefeán hié hié selfe oferdrencton, 5, 3 ; S. 222, 5.

byrþre

(n.)
Grammar
byrþre, an;
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(Sc̃a Marian) wé wǽron gehǽlede, and þurh þæt gebyrðor wé wurdon álýsede, Wlfst. 251, 13. v. burþre in Dict

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efestung

(n.)
Grammar
efestung, e; f.
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Haste Swá þæt nánra þinga mid ǽnigre efestinge mannes hí mihton beón undón ut dissolvi tam concite nulla hominum festinatione potuissent, Gr. D. 164, 15. Mid oefestunge cum festinantia, Ps. Srt. 77, 33

gramian

(v.)
Grammar
gramian, p. ode.
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Þonne se feónd þis gesihð, ... þonne gramað (ofþingð, v. l. ) him þæt swíðe hearde, Wlfst. 199, 2

sand-ceosol

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Heora tel bið swá menigfeald þæt hit oferstíhð, be ðæs wítegan cwyde, sandceosles gerím, Hml. Th. i. 536, 30-35. Add

lustfullian

(v.)
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Ongan hé lustfullian þæs bisceopes wordum Merbis delectatus, 2, 9; Sch. 148, 8. Ongan se bysceop lustfullian þæs iungan snytro and his wíslicra worda delectabatur antistes prudentia usrborum innenis, 5, 19 ; Sch. 658, 23.

hors-hús

(n.)
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The passage glossed is: Ad imperialis ypodromi vestibulum, Ald. 40, 33, to which refer also yppodromi þæs húses, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 24: imperialis hypodromi þæs cáserlican húses, 48, 45), An. Ox. 2998. (?)

heáh-biscop

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Þæs heáhbyscpes (þæs heán biscopes, v. l.) leomu pontificis summi (Gregory) membra, 2, 1 ; Sch. 107, 23. of one not Christian Se heáhbiscop ( the high priest ) Isachar, Hml. A. 129, 430.

hangian

(v.)
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Hangaþ þǽr leóhtfæt, Bl. H. 227, 28. Wearþ hé gefæstnod be þǽre swíþran handa tó þǽre bǽre ꝥ hé hangode tó eorþan ( he hung by his right hand without being able to reach the ground with his feet ), 151, 19.

á-teorigendlic

getting exhaustedweariedfailingtransitoryperishabledefective

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A. 46, 536. in grammar, defective þæt is áteorigendlic, Reor is defectivum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 161, 20. Sume word syndon gehátene þæt synd áteorigendlice, defectiva, 203, 2

dún-land

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ꝥ gemǽre þæs dúnlandes, C.D. iii. 413, 31. Add

and-fenga

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Gif þæs ondfengan ellen dohte, Rä. 62, 7. Add

rihtes

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Add: v. eást-, norþ-, þǽr-, west-rihtes; wiþer-ræhtes

ceaster-leód

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-leód, pl. leóde
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a citizen Þǽr úre bídaþ úre ceasterlióde, Nap. 12

neoþera

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., inferior Þæs niðeran (nyþeran, An. Ox. 593) lífes inferioris uitae, Hpt. Gl. 420, 34. Ne onscunige ic nó þæs neoþeran and þæs unclǽnan stówe, Bt. 5, I; F. 10, 15. Hú nearwe and hú ænge wǽron ealle ðá neoðerran gesceafta, Gr. D. 174, 16.

á-lísedness

(n.)
Grammar
á-lísedness, e; f.
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Salvation, redemption þæt mannes álýsednys wurde gebodod, Scrd. 21, 39. Ánes engles geearnung ne genihtsumode tó álýsednysse ealles mancynnes, 17, 37. Álésednessa saluationum, Ps. L. 27, 8. v. á-lýsednys in Dict

bifung

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Seó swuster eallum limum cwacode . . . hí þæt mihton tócnáwan on ðǽre swuster bifunge, Hml. Th. ii. 32, 21, 33. Add

forcel

(n.)
Grammar
forcel, es; m.

a pitch-fork

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, a pitch-fork (cf. furculus tridens, merga, Migne) Þæt hús (hell) is mid swíðe egeslican fýre áfylled, and helle hús hafað forclas miccle, Nap. 23

for-hylman

To cover upneglect

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To cover up, leave unperformed, neglect Cwæð Dryhten: 'Ic bebeóde . . . þæt þeós onlícnes eorðan séce' . . . Ne dorste þá forhylman Hǽlendes bebod wundor fore weorodum, ac of wealle áhleóp fyrngeweorc, An. 736. Substitute: