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stunian

(v.)
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Add Stunað heó wið attre, Lch. iii. 36, 7

wund-spring

(n.)
Grammar
wund-spring, es; m.
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An ulcerous wound Wið wundspringum, Lch. i. 356, 20

togung

(n.)
Grammar
togung, e; f.

Spasm

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Spasm Wið sina togunge, Lchdm. i. 136, 9, 19

scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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. ¶ Scyldan wið to shield from, guard against: — Ic ðé wið weána gehwam scylde, Cd. Th. 131, 3; Gen. 2170. Wið ða speru hié hié scildaþ, Past. 35, 4; Swt. 245, 10. Mé sóðfæstnes mín scylde wið feóndum scuto circum-dabit te veritas ejus, Ps.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun

tóþ-rima

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ-rima, -reoma, an; m.

A gum

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Wið tóþa sáre and tóðreomena, Lchdm. i. 318, 1, 4. Wið tóþreomena geswelle, 370, 29. Gníd golóme ða tóðreoman, 346, 14

stunian

(v.)
Grammar
stunian, p. ode.
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Ðá wearð stearc storma gelác; stunede sió brúne ýð wið óðre one dark wave dashed against the other, Met. 26, 29

Linked entry: stinan

þrymm

Grammar
þrymm, <b>. IV.</b> add: — Betwyx þám þrymme þǽre módignysse and þǽre swelgende þǽre áswundennysse inter aciem superbie et uoraginem Chrd. 65, 19. Hwý noldest ðú biddan þé árfulle þingeras wið ælmihtigan þrym þǽre hálgan þrynnesse and æt þǽre sóðan ánnesse. , Wlfst. 240, 10. v. hláford-, mann-þrymm.

síd-ece

(n.)
Grammar
síd-ece, es ; m.
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Side-ache Drenc wið sídece, Lchdm. iii. 48, 9, 18

céne

(adv.)
Grammar
céne, adv.
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In warlike wise Céne belliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 38

on-þeón

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Wit þæ̂re beadwe bêgen ne onþungan, Rä. 85, 23. Add

ceol-wærc

(n.)
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pain in the throat Wið ceolwærc, Lch. ii. 312, 2

runol

(adj.)
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Wið ðý (ða, MS.) runlan áttre, Lchdm. iii. 36, 17

malscrung

(n.)
Grammar
malscrung, e; f.

Bewitching ⬩ fascination

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Wið malscrunge, Lchdm. iii. 36, 13. Wið feóndes costunga and nihtgengan and maran and malscra (malscrunga?), L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 13

min

Grammar
min, [For another explanation of this word see N. E. D. min, where minne is taken as the nominative form : but the word may be taken as belonging to the same declension as mid[d]
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Add Wið feóndes hond and . . wið malscrunge minra wihta, Lch. iii. 36, 14

brýd-lác

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-lác, es; n.

A marriage gift or feast, the celebration of a marriage ⬩ nuptiale offertorium, nuptiarum celebritates

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where a man marries a second wife, or a woman marries again, L.

fyrhþ-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrhþ-gleáw, adj.

Wise-minded ⬩ prudent ⬩ prūdens ⬩ săpiens

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Wise-minded, prudent; prūdens, săpiens, Elen. Kmbl. 1758; El. 881

on-birging

(n.)
Grammar
on-birging, e; f.

Tasting, taking (food)

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Tasting, taking (food) Wið áttres onbyrgingce, Lchdm. i. 136, 12

Linked entry: birging

inne-fare

(n.)
Grammar
inne-fare, an; f.

The intestines

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The intestines Wið wambe cóðe and wið inneforan sáre for dysentery, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 22. Sió filmen biþ þeccende ða wambe and ða innefaran the film covers the stomach and the inwards, 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 17

ge-ríþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríþe, es; n.
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B. iii. 37, 24; but see on dá ðá eá, 27, wid ( = wið, 29) tó íám neorgan, C. D. iii. 430, I

Linked entry: riþ

ge-tácnigendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-tácnigendlíce, adv.
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Figuratively, symbolically Þæt wíf cwæð . . . 'þá hwelpas etað of ðám crumon þe feallað of heora hláfordes mýsan.' Swíðe getácnigendlíce spræc þis wíf. Seó mýse is seó bóclice lár . . . æfter gástlicum andgite þá hwelpas etað ðá cruman, Hml.

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