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gærs-swýn

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-swýn, es; n.

A pasturage swineherbāgii porcus

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A pasturage swine; herbāgii porcus He sceal syllan gærs-swýn dēbet dăre porcum herbāgii, L. R. S. 2; Th. i. 432, 9

mid-lifiend

(n.)
Grammar
mid-lifiend, es; m.

One co-existent with another

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One co-existent with another Uppstige ðæs midlifiendes [ðæs lifigendan, MS. Ca.], Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 24, note. v. next word

Linked entry: -lifiend

níd-behóflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behóflíc, adj.

Necessary

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Necessary Hé sǽde ðæt him wǽre his líf nýdbehóflíc quia multum necessaria sibi esset vita ipsius, Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 3

onweg-ácirredness

(n.)
Grammar
onweg-ácirredness, e; f.
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A turning away (from right belief), apostasy Seó onwegácerrednes fram Cristes geleáfan Angelcyninga apostasia regum Anglorum, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 8

Linked entry: á-cirredness

secg-leác

(n.)
Grammar
secg-leác, es ; n.
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Chive garlic, rush garlic, rush leek (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) ; allium schoenoprasum, Lchdm. ii. 128, 11 : iii. 28, 11

ge-bytlu

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Wyrcan þá healle ǽrest and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan ... twelf hús tógædere, Hml. S. 36, 96. Add

ge-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feolan, p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen, -feolen

To stick topersistinsistere

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To stick to, persist; insistere Ðæt he ðám, hálwendum ongynnessum georne gefeole ut captis salutaribus insisteret, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 11

ge-frignys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-frignys, -nyss, e; f.

Inquiryquestioning

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Inquiry, questioning Ðis syndon andsware to geðeahtunge and to gefrignysse Sct. Augustinus responsiones ad consulta Augustini, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 44

Linked entry: ge-frygnys

tintreg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tintreg-líc, adj.
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Tormenting, torturing, of hell Be fyrhto ðæs tintreglícan (tintreganlíces, MS. B.) wítes de horrore poenae gehennalis, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 16

Twide

(n.)
Grammar
Twide, Tweode, an; or indecl. (cf. Humbre for declension)
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; f. The Tweed In ófre Tweode (Tuidon, Bd. M. 360, 29) streámes in ripa Tuidi fluminis Bd. 4, 27 ; S. 603, 34

þrítigoða

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítigoða, num. adj.

Thirtieth

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Thirtieth Se þrittigoða (ðrítogoða, þritteogoða, þreotteogaþa) tricesimus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 283, 10. Ðý ðrittigoþan geáre, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 29

á-miltan

(v.)
Grammar
á-miltan, p. te
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To melt (trans.) Lǽt ús ámyltan þá sylfrenan godas, Hml. S. 5, 233. Drincan ámylte buteran, Lch. ii. 106, 3: 268, 12

an-wealda

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Hé wæs swá milde swá him nán onwald (an-wealda, v. l. ) næs ǽr þǽm, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254, 22. Add

Linked entry: on-wealda

blód-reád

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His micgge bið blódreád swilce hió blódig sié, Lch. ii. 198, 20. His fét syndon blódreáde, E. S. viii. 477, 34. Add

beów

(n.)
Grammar
beów, es; n.

barley

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Bigg (v. D. D. s. v.), barley Hondful-beówes (beóuuas, beouaes, baeues) manticum, Txts. 77, 1278. Beowæs, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 45

brego

Grammar
brego, (-a).
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Sum árleás cynincg, Cosdrue geháten, wæs swá upáhafen, and swá árleás brega, ꝥ hé wolde beón God, Hml. S. 27, 27. Add

fræt-genga

(n.)
Grammar
fræt-genga, (frǽt- ? cf. frǽtum given under fiǽte)
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glosses apotas[s]ia (=apostasia?) Fretgenga apotassia, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 11: ii. 8, 32. Fraetgengian apotasia, 100, 47. Frætgengan, 7, 8

Linked entries: fræc-genga frecgenga

grama

(n.)
Grammar
grama, an; m.
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A fiend Ꝥ heó wǽre gramena mǽge, þeóstra gefǽra, Hml. S. 2, 173. Forligr macað of Godes temple gramena wununge, 16, 279

húdenian

(v.)
Grammar
húdenian, Dele the suggested connexion with hýd, and add '
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Húdenian . . . gehört offenbar mid ndd. húdern vor Kalte zittern' . . . und bildet die s-lose nebenform von me. ndd. schudderen', Beiblatt xv. 350

réwett

(n.)
Grammar
réwett, m. n. (?).l. n.
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and add Hí ꝥ líc tó scipe bǽron . . . and efeston mid reówte (reówette, v. l. ) on þǽre eá, Hml. S. 31, 1478

Linked entry: reówtt