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ge-treówleás

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Add: perfidious Hé wæs getreówleáses módes wer perfidae mentis fuit, Gr. D. 130, 27. Mid þám getreówleásan deófle þe hí tihte tó ðám swicdóme, Hml.

gyrdels

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Hé hét ádelfan seáþ oþ gyrdyls deópne, and bebeád ꝥ mon þone Godes wer bebyrgde in þám seáðe oþ þone gyrdels, Shrn. 125, 32. Gerdels cingulum, Kent. Gl. 1149. In gyrdelsum in zonis (Mt. lo, 9), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 43. Add

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, es; m.
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A well, spring, fountain Se wylle fluvius, Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29 note. Hé is se libbenda wylle (-a ?) fons vivus Ps. Th. 41, 2. An tuddeles þorn, and an hróces wylle; . . . þonne an lawernwylle . . .

Linked entries: welle willa

festlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
festlíce, adv.

Firmlyvigorouslyfirmĭter

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Firmly, vigorously; firmĭter Hí on ða burh festlíce feohtende wǽron they were vigorously fighting against the town, Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 11

wyn-burh

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-burh, f.

A town where life is pleasant,a delightful town

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A town where life is pleasant, a delightful town Þú eádig leofast, and ðé wel weorðeþ on wynburgum, Ps. Th. 127, 2

loddere

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Add: The word occurs in local names Lodderþorn, Loddere-lacu, Loddæræs-sæccing, Lodres-wei, Loddera-beorh, -strǽt. v. C. D. vi. (Index)

nefe

(n.)
Grammar
nefe, (?), an ; f.
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mid hire were, Ap. Th. 27, 9

Linked entry: fór-nefe

wǽtan

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Add: to become wet, emit moisture Hí gemétton ꝥ stán-clif swǽtende and wǽtende rupem maneis sudantem invenerunt, Gr. D. 113, 10

sóþfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
sóþfæstness, e; f.
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gen. with weg ) weg tó wuldre, Elen. Kmbl. 2296; El. 1149.

pening

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Gafolhwítel sceal beón .vi. pæninga (penega; -inga, v. ll. ) weorð, 130, 5. Oxan horn bið .x. pæninga weorð, Cun horn bið twégea pæninga. Oxan tægl bið sciłł. weorð. Cuus bið fífa penega. Oxan eáge bið fíf p. weorð.

mann-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
mann-cyst, e; f.
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Manly virtue Healdan þæt mid gódum dǽdum and mid æðelum mancystum, þæt beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé dón magon, and in ðám dǽdum þe þurhteón magon, Verc. Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst

Linked entry: cyst

freórig

(adj.)
Grammar
freórig, adj.

freezingchilledfrigidfrozenfrīgensfrīgŏre rīgensfrīgĭdusgĕlĭduschilled with fear or sorrowtremblingsadtrĕmenstristis

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Land wǽron freórig cealdum cýlegicelum the lands were frozen with cold icicles, Andr.

earning

(n.)
Grammar
earning, e; f.

A merit mĕrĭtum

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A merit; mĕrĭtum Nó ðæs earninga ǽnige wǽron for this were not any merits, Exon. 118b; Th. 456, 17; Hy. 4, 68

hand-geswing

(n.)
Grammar
hand-geswing, es; n.
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Stroke given by the hand Ðǽr wæs heard handgeswing there were hard blows dealt by the hand, Elen. Kmbl. 229; El. 115

Linked entry: ge-swing

lícend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lícend-líc, adj.

Pleasingpleasant

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Pleasing, pleasant Forðon on his folce is fægere Drihtne wel lícendlíc quia beneplacitum est Domino in populo suo, Ps. Th. 149, 4

Linked entries: lícan líciend-líc

orweg-stíg

(n.)
Grammar
orweg-stíg, e ; f.
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Horwegstíg ( but cf. horu-weg), 25, 25

rest-gemána

(n.)
Grammar
rest-gemána, an; m.
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Conjugal intercourse; concubitus Hié noldan leng heora hláforda ne heora wera ræstgemánan sécean, Blickl. Homl. 173, 16. Restgemanan, Lchdm. i. 350, 10

heáh-strǽt

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Cf. heáh-weg. Add

irfa

(n.)
Grammar
irfa, an; m.
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An heir Ðet hé ðis wel healde his dei and siððan forð bebeóde his erbum tó healdenne, C. D. i. 297, 5

Scyttisc

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wel cúþe Scyttysc, and Aidan ne mihte gebígan his sprǽce tó Norþhymbriscum gereorde swá hraþe þágít, Hml. S. 26, 67. Add