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bi-fóran

(adv.)
Grammar
bi-fóran, adv.

Before, of oldantea

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Before, of old; antea Swá ǽr bifóran as ere of old, Exon. 14 b; Th. 29, 26; Cri. 468

eall-gód

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-gód, adj.
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All-good, infinitely good God sylf ys eallgód, and ǽlc gód cimð of him, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 29

fore-witol

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Se forewitola Scyppend wiste on ǽr hwæt hé of hyre gedón habban wolde, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 26. Add

Linked entry: -witol

mǽr-furh

(n.)
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Æt mǽrfurh, 28. [v. N. E. D. mere-furrow.]

morgen-steorra

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Ǽr r

timber-land

(n.)
Grammar
timber-land, es; n.
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Land on which to grow timber .x. hýde æt Ercecombe tó tymberlonde, C.D. v. 236, 12. Cf. wudu-land

twi-fingre

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Substitute: Two fingers thick, a term applied to fat on swine Æt twyfingrum spic, Ll. Th. i. 132, 19

un-dolfen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dolfen, adj.
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Not dug Hí ádulfon gehwylcne dǽl þæs wyrt-geardss þæs þe þær ǽr undolfen wæs, Gr. D. 202, 4

hand-cweorn

(n.)
Grammar
hand-cweorn, -cwyrn, e; f.

A hand-mill

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A hand-mill Héton hine grindan æt hira handcwyrne ordered him to grind at their mill, Jud. 16, 21

tiht-bisig

(adj.)
Grammar
tiht-bisig, adj.
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Gif hé fúl wurðe, æt ðam forman cyrre béte ðam teónde twygylde . . . And æt ðam óðran cyrre ne sý ðǽr nán óðer bót bútan ðæt heáfod, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 9-282, 2.

fǽmne

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Æt Sc̃a Marian, þǽre unwemman fǽmnan, Wlfst. 251, 8-13. Add

hón

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Add: to place a thing so that it is supported from above Mon héhþ ǽnne heáfodbeáh æt ærneweges ende, Bt. 37, 2; F. 188, 8. Hí gedydon ánne scyld and áne anlícnysse, and áhéngon (héngon, v. l. ) hí úp on heora Capitolium, Ors. 6, 25 ; Bos. 125, 2.

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
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Manige wundra scínaþ and mǽrsiað (clarescunt) þe lange ǽr wǽron mannum bemiþene, 330, 21

FRUM

(adj.)
Grammar
FRUM, def. se fruma; adj.

Originalprimitivefirstnātīvusprīmĭtīvusprīmus

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Æt fruman at first [cf. æt ǽrestan], H. R. 103, 34

nunne

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Add: of a Christian woman Þá berád mon þæt wíf þæt hé hæfde ǽr genumen . . . ofer þára biscopa gebod, for ðon ðe heó wæs ǽr tó nunnan gehálgod, Chr. 901; P. 92, 14. Nunnena sanctimonialium, An.

Cyren-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Cyren-ceaster, Cyrn-ceaster

Cirencester, Cicester, Gloucestershire

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Cirencester, Cicester, Gloucestershire Æt Cyrenceastre at Cirencester, Chr. 1020; Th. 286, 12, col. 2: Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 22

ful-sóþ

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-sóþ, full-sóþ; adv.

Full soothvery trulyverissĭme

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Ælf. C. 6; Th. ii. 344, 22

Linked entry: full-sóþ

ge-lǽte

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Gif hwá gǽð út on strǽte oððe gǽð sittan æt wega gelǽtan ( in biuiis residere temptauerit ), Chrd. 61, 6. Add

síþ-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-dagas, pl.
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Cf. ǽr-dagas

sweord-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
sweord-wund, adj.
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-Oft æt hilde gedreás swátfág and sweordwund sec[g] æfter óðrum, Wald. 7; Vald. 1, 5