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Wigestas

(n.)
Grammar
Wigestas, (-e ?); pl. m.
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The name of some people in England Wigesta landes is nygan hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 20

Gifle

(n.)
Grammar
Gifle, Giflas ?; pl.
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The people of a district in England Gifla landes is þryú hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 22

or-mǽte

(adv.)
Grammar
or-mǽte, adv.
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Excessively, exceedingly, without measure Mé ðínes húses heard ellenwód æt ormǽte ( or adj. ?), Ps. 68, 9

á-wéstness

destructiondevastation

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Add: destruction,devastation Húses áwéstnes, Lch. iii. 168, 16. Áwéstnesse his góda ðæt tácnað, 176, 5

sporu

(n.)
Grammar
sporu, a heel.
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and add Hé spearn hine mid his spuran hunc calce pulsavit, Gr. D. 254, 27

frécen-lic

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frécenlic ðæt is quam perniciosa sintea. Past. 441, 8. Froecenlic dearfscip periculosa praesumtio, Mt. p. 1, 4. Hit ús is frécenlic, ꝥ wé hit eów ne cýðen, Hml. A. 139, 24.

íþe-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
íþe-lic, adj.
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easy to do iéðelic bið tó forgiefenne sió geðóhte synn, Past. 419, 10.

Linked entry: eáþe-lic

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder atto regard with surpriseadmirationto make wonderfulmagnify

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Homl. 153, 7. with preposition and clause Wundrade heó ymb ðæs weres snyttro, hé swá geleáfful on swá lytlum fæce ǽfre wurde, Elen. Kmbl. 1914; El. 959. Hwá is moncynnes, ðæt ne wundrie ymb ðás tungl, hý sume habbaþ scyrtran ymbhwearft?

Linked entry: wyndrian

ge-reónian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reónian, p. ode; pp. od
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Æfter manegum dagum gereónodon ða Iudeiscan hí done Godes cempan acwellan sceoldon after many days the Jews conspired how they were to kill that champion of God, Homl. Th. i. 388, 5

Linked entry: reónian

cwiddian

(v.)
Grammar
cwiddian, cweddian, cwydian (q. v. in Dict.); p. ode, ede
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Befrán hé woruldmenn be him cwyddedon . . . His apostoli him andwyrdon: 'Sume men cwyddiað (cf. sume men cweðað, 364, 16) þæt ðú sý Jóhannes, Hml. Th. i. 366 5-10. v. be-, hearm-, teón-, wiþer-cwid[d]ian

Linked entry: cweddian

elcora

(adv.)
Grammar
elcora, elcra; adv.
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Else, otherwise Ac elcra, elles sed secus, i. aliter (ellcra, Hpt. Gl. 481, 47), An. Ox. 3202. Hwylc beren mǽnde hé ðonne elcora (elles, Bl. H. 39, 27) bútan heofona ríce?, ib. note. Wæs his rest on his hǽran oððe elcora (elles, Bl.

hridder

Grammar
hridder, Add: <b>, hríder, hriddern</b>
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hé geedstaðelode, ꝥ tóbrokene hridder ( capisterium) . . . hé genam þá sticcu þæs tóbrocenan hriddres (hridderes, v. l.) . . . and hire ágæf ꝥ hriddern (hridder, v. l. ) . . . þá landleóde áhéngon ꝥ ilce hriddern (hridder) in þǽre cyrcan ingange, Gr

récan

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Gif sinwe síen gescruncene . . . wyl on wætre, beþe mid, and réce þá sinwe geornlíce, 328, 8. to cause to emit smoke, burn incense Ꝥ (= heó) récte ut adholeret (thymiama diis), An. Ox. 8, 238. Rícenne turificare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 63: 26, 76

for-clingan

(v.)
Grammar
for-clingan, p. -clang, pl. -clungon; pp. -clungen

To shrink upmarcescĕre

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To shrink up; marcescĕre Wǽron sume on forclungenum treówe ahangene some were hung up on a shrunken tree, Nath. 8

Linked entry: CLINGAN

tó-ceówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ceówan, p. -ceaw. pl. -cuwon ; pp. -cowen
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To chew to pieces, break up by chewing, masticate Ðæt húsel biþ betwux tóðum tócowen, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 33

West-Wixan

(n.)
Grammar
West-Wixan, pl. m.
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The people of some district in England West-Wixna landes is syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 20

Bilmigas

(n.)
Grammar
Bilmigas, pl.
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The name of (a people occupying) some district in England Bilmiga syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 28

eást-Wille

(n.)
Grammar
eást-Wille, (-as?); pl.
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The people of some district in England Eást-Wlla landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 29

gistlíþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gistlíþ-ness, (gæstlíþ-ness, gestlíþ-ness, q. v. in Dict.)
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Wæs hé on sumum húse inne þe hé hwílum on gæstlíþnesse wunode ( hospitari solebat ), Guth. Gr. 171, 16. Cf. cum-líþnes

Peác-

(prefix)
Grammar
Peác-, Péc-sǽtan; pl.
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The occupiers of the Peak Pécsǽtna [land is] twelf hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414. 17