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cwylm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
cwylm-bǽre, adj.

Death-bearing, pernicious ⬩ mortifĕrus

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Death-bearing, pernicious; mortifĕrus Cómon ða cempan mid cwylmbǽrum tólum the soldiers came with deadly tools, Homl. Th. ii. 260, 7

foor

(n.)
Grammar
foor, es; m.

A pig ⬩ hog ⬩ porcaster

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A pig, hog; porcaster Foor porcaster, Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 28; Wrt. Voc. 22, 69: Glos. Epnl. Recd. 161, 39

frum-byrdling

(n.)
Grammar
frum-byrdling, es; m.

Pūbe tĕnus

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Homl. 2nd series, p. 41.]

fyrd-truma

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-truma, an; m.

A martial band ⬩ an army ⬩ exercĭtus

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A martial band, an army; exercĭtus Swá egeslíc swá fyrdtruma as terrible as a martial band, Homl. Th. i. 442, 34

Linked entry: fird-truma

ge-arfoðe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-arfoðe, adj.

Difficult ⬩ diffĭcĭlis ⬩ molestus

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how difficult this is to explain! Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 33

medmicle

(adv.)
Grammar
medmicle, adv.

Humbly ⬩ meanly

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Homl. 77, 24

ge-hátian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hátian, p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud

To become or be hot ⬩ concălescĕre

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To become or be hot; concălescĕre Gehátude heorte mín on in me concăluit cor meum intra me, Ps. Spl. 38, 4

ge-sægen

(n.)

a saying, telling, tradition,

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Homl. 55, 26

ge-máglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-máglíce, adv.

Urgently, importunately

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Urgently, importunately He tiht ǽlcne swíðe gemáglíce to gebedum he exhorts everybody very urgently to prayers, Homl. Th. i. 158, 13

Linked entry: ge-máhlíce

un-gelíca

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelíca, an; m.

One not like another

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One not like another Ic hæbbe óðerne lufiend, ðínne ungelícan ( a very different person from you ), Homl. Skt. i. 7, 28

un-réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-réðe, adj.

Not fierce ⬩ gentle

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Not fierce, gentle Wé rǽdaþ be ðære culfran gecynde, ðæt heó is unréðe on hire clawum, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 25

Linked entry: réðe

un-mǽrlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽrlíc, adj.

Ignoble

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Ignoble Hwæþer ðé þynce unweorþ and unmǽrlíc seó gegaderung obscurumne hoc, atque ignobile censes esse? Bt. 33. 1; Fox 120, 29

cnæpling

(n.)
Grammar
cnæpling, es; m.

A stripling, ⬩ youth ⬩ boy ⬩ adolescens, ⬩ puer

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A stripling, youth, boy; adolescens, puer Eom ic cnæpling I am a boy Homl. Th. ii. 576, 14: Mone B. 2514

on-hádian

(v.)

to degrade from holy orders

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to degrade from holy orders Gif preóst óðerne man ofsleá . . . hine biscep onhádige, L. Alf. pol. 21; Th. i. 76, 1

Linked entry: un-hádian

togian

(v.)
Grammar
togian, p. ode

To tug, ⬩ drag, ⬩ pull

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Homl. Ass. 178, 308

Linked entries: togung tycgan

þǽr-in

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-in, adv.

Therein ⬩ wherein

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Homl. 73, 3

síd-feaxode

(adj.)
Grammar
síd-feaxode, -fexede; adj.

Long-haired

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.), Homl. Skt. i. 19, 221. Sídfexede capillatus, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 256, 10

fágetung

(n.)
Grammar
fágetung, e; f.

A changing, change ⬩ vărietas, dīversĭtas

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A changing, change; vărietas, dīversĭtas Hér is ðære lyfte fágetung here is a changing of the air, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 33

næcedness

(n.)
Grammar
næcedness, e; f.

Nakedness

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Ðé ne sceamaþ ðínre næcednysse, Homl. Th. i. 432, 5

pínung-tól

(n.)
Grammar
pínung-tól, es; n.
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An instrument of torture Decius hét gearcian eall ðæt pínungtól, Homl. Th. i. 428, 18. Mid eallum ðisum pínungtólum getintregod, 424, 22

Linked entry: tól