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edwistlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
edwistlíc, adj.

Existing, subsisting, substantial, substantive substantiālis

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Existing, subsisting, substantial, substantive; substantiālis Ic eom, is edwistlíc word I am is the substantive [existing] verb, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 24

Linked entry: edwistfull

platian

(v.)
Grammar
platian, p. ode
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Áplatedum obryzo, 456, 47. v. next word

Linked entry: ge-platod

rǽd-þeahtende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
rǽd-þeahtende, part.
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Cf. rǽd-hycgende and next word

biscop-heáfod-lín

(n.)

a bishop's head linen, an ornament which bishops wore on their headsinfula

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a bishop's head linen, an ornament which bishops wore on their heads; infula Biscop-heáfod-lín infula, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 10

Linked entry: bisceop-heáfodlín

þeówincel

(n.)
Grammar
þeówincel, es; n.
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A young slave, a slave Ðiówincelu familici (the word has been taken as if connected with famulus ), Ps. Surt. ii. p. 186, 15

cásus

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Verbum ys word, án dǽl lédensprǽce mid tíde and háde bútan cáse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 119, 9. Tó sumum cásum, 107, 4. Add

clæppan

(v.)
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to throb Wið heáfodsár . . . þis syndon þá tácnu þæs sáres, ꝥ is ǽrest þá ðunewenga clæppaþ, Lch. iii. 88, 5. v. next word

Linked entry: clappan

drync-leán

Grammar
drync-leán, drynce-leán.
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The word occurs under the heading: De officiis domino debitis

eáþ-módig

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-módig, (?); adj.
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Cf. ofer-módig, and v. next word

fin

(n.)

a fin

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Finnum squamis the word occurs in a riddle on the cuttle-fish (loligo), Aid. 251, 281, An. Ox. 26, 10. Add

geótend

(n.)
Grammar
geótend, es; m.
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See next word

ge-singallícode

(v.)
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See preceding word

hege-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
hege-þorn, (?)

hawthornhaythorn

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The word seems to occur in the compound hegeðonhyrs (l. (?) hegeðornhyrst), C. D. i. 261, 8

Linked entry: þorn

wórian

(v.)
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Wóri-endum færeldum uagabundis meatibus, 4857

-cýðig

(suffix)
Grammar
-cýðig, -known? notus?
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In German, however, kündig known, is used as a simple word, and as a compound

meagol-ness

(n.)
Grammar
meagol-ness, e; f.

Earnestness

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Homl. 65, 23. v. preceding word

stæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
stæððig, adj.
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Th. ii. 134, 7. v. ge-, un-stæððig, and next word

Linked entry: stæðig

þurh-lócung

(n.)
Grammar
þurh-lócung, e; f.

A looking through or over, a preliminary examination(?) of a bookprohemium

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of a book; but the word glosses prohemium Ðurhlócung prohemium, forespǽc praefatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 38

hlæder-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder-wyrt, hlædder-, e; f.

Ladder-wort, ladder to heaven, Jacob's ladder;polemonium cæruleum or polygonatum multiflorum

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Ladder-wort, ladder to heaven, Jacob's ladder; polemonium cæruleum or polygonatum multiflorum [v. E. D. S. No. 26, 'ladder to heaven'], Lchdm. iii. 8, 25

ge-gnídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gnídan, p. -gnád, pl. -gnidon; pp. -gniden

To rubrub togethercomminutefricaredefricarefricando comminuereplanarelevigare

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Genim ðas wyrte on wætre gegnidene take this wort rubbed in water, Herb. 84, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 1. Ic gegníde plano vel levigo, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 8