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ofer-ferian

(v.)
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Ox. 3680

Linked entry: ferian

sceáp-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
sceáp-lic, adj.
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Ox. 11, 187

scild-truma

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Ox. 3796. Férde hé him hindan tó mid ðrým scyldtruman ( he went forth behind them in three companies, 1 Macc. 5, 33), Hml. S. 25, 423

synderlic

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Ox. 1842. Add Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn, and án synderlic eórod of eásternum leódum swíþe crístene menn þám cásere folgiende, Hml. S. 28, 9

láþ

(adj.)
Grammar
láþ, adj.
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Láþ inuitam (but perhaps the glosser has read inuisam ), An Ox. 5406

leóma

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Ox. 3772. Leómum (flammarum) globis, 2813. Leóman (clibani) globos, 1658

reccan

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Ox. 5167. Rehte protulit (ad exemplum militiae Christianorum agonem protulit gymnicorum), An. Ox. 57; ederet, i. enarret, 8, 284. Þá reccinge þe hé rehte, Hml. S. 30, 376.

burg-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
burg-spræc, -spæc (burh-).
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Ox. 9, 13

ceace

(n.)
Grammar
ceace, an; f. (?)
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Ox. 3859) tortellis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 63. [Hire cake bearneð o þe stan, H. M. 37, 36. Icel. kaka.] Cf. cicel

ga-máhnes

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Ox. 3614

grunde-swelge

Grammar
grunde-swelge, Add: <b>gunde-swelge, grund-swelge</b>
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Ox. 56, 379. Grundswylige senecio, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 42

wǽden

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽden, adj.
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Ox. 8, 374: 7, 372. Wið ðý wédenan áttre, wið ðý geolwan áttre. . . wið ðý wonnan áttre, wið ðý wédenan áttre . . . wií ðý basewan áttre, Lch. iii. 36, 18-20

Linked entries: wéden cyne-wǽden

manigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
manigfealdian, p. ode
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Ox. 5215

bǽl

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Ox. 17, 49. Pyre béle, id est fýr, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 42. Bǽla pyrarum, 85, 39. On bǽl gearu, B. 1109. On bǽl dón, hladan, áhebban, 1116: 2126: Gen. 2903. Add

ceahhetung

Grammar
ceahhetung, ceahhettung.
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Ox. 4500. Ic hí tó ceahhetungum bysmerlicum ástyrede I excited them to shameless shouts of laughter, Hml. S. 23 b, 375. Þá higeleáslican ceahhetunga ineffrenatos cachinnos, An. Ox. 3171.

bryce

(n.)
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Ox. 56, 70. Gesomnode se bisceop þá brocu (brycas, v. l.), Mart. H. 140, 12. <b></b> a tile, brick (v. N. E. D. brick) :-- Tigelum, brycum imbricibus , An. Ox. 2256

for-hæfednes

Grammar
for-hæfednes, and -hæfnes
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Ox. 47, 2. Add:

for-neáh

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Ox. 3421. Hé forneáh hungre swealt, Ors. 4, 6; S. 170, 30. Seó dǽd wearð forneáh Rómánum tó ðǽm mǽstan hearme, 4, 13; S. 210, 10. Fornéh propemodum (satis cruenta), An. Ox. 3788. Forneáh wyrs bereáfode, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 14.

ge-mæstan

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Ox. 23, 27

ge-máhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-máhlíce, <b>ge-máglíce, ge-málíce</b>
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Ox. 2945. pertly, saucily: — Þæt hí ná gedyrstlǽcan gemáhlíce [procaciter) bewerian ꝥ heom gesawen bið, R. Ben. I. 18, 2. importunately, pertinaciously Gemáh[líce] pertinaciter (perseverare in precibus), An Ox. 3391; perseveranter, Hpt.

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