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mete-cweorra

(n.)
Grammar
mete-cweorra, an; m.
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Wið metecweorran, Lch. iii. 60, 4

Linked entries: -cweorra á-cweorran

ofer-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hát, adj.
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Excessively hot Wið ómum oferhátum, Lch. ii. 10, 6

stunian

(v.)
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Add Stunað heó wið attre, Lch. iii. 36, 7

wund-spring

(n.)
Grammar
wund-spring, es; m.
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An ulcerous wound Wið wundspringum, Lch. i. 356, 20

togung

(n.)
Grammar
togung, e; f.

Spasm

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Spasm Wið sina togunge, Lchdm. i. 136, 9, 19

scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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. ¶ Scyldan wið to shield from, guard against: — Ic ðé wið weána gehwam scylde, Cd. Th. 131, 3; Gen. 2170. Wið ða speru hié hié scildaþ, Past. 35, 4; Swt. 245, 10. Mé sóðfæstnes mín scylde wið feóndum scuto circum-dabit te veritas ejus, Ps.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun

tóþ-rima

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ-rima, -reoma, an; m.

A gum

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Wið tóþa sáre and tóðreomena, Lchdm. i. 318, 1, 4. Wið tóþreomena geswelle, 370, 29. Gníd golóme ða tóðreoman, 346, 14

þrymm

Grammar
þrymm, <b>. IV.</b> add: — Betwyx þám þrymme þǽre módignysse and þǽre swelgende þǽre áswundennysse inter aciem superbie et uoraginem Chrd. 65, 19. Hwý noldest ðú biddan þé árfulle þingeras wið ælmihtigan þrym þǽre hálgan þrynnesse and æt þǽre sóðan ánnesse. , Wlfst. 240, 10. v. hláford-, mann-þrymm.

feorh

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On þám teóþan mónþe ꝥ wíf ne gedígð hyre feore (will not escape with life), gif ꝥ bearn ácenned ne biþ, Lch. iii. 146, 22. Ǽlc crísten mann sceolde be his ágenum feore (under pain of death) þám Hǽlende wiðsacan, Hml. S. 11, 6.

ciern

(n.)
Grammar
ciern, es; n?

sapa

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Must or new wine toiled thick; sapa, Cot. 170: 184

líþ-wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
líþ-wǽge, es;

A drinking-cup ⬩ wine-cup

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A drinking-cup, wine-cup, Beo. Th. 3969; B. 1982

síd-ece

(n.)
Grammar
síd-ece, es ; m.
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Side-ache Drenc wið sídece, Lchdm. iii. 48, 9, 18

on-þeón

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Wit þæ̂re beadwe bêgen ne onþungan, Rä. 85, 23. Add

ceol-wærc

(n.)
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pain in the throat Wið ceolwærc, Lch. ii. 312, 2

runol

(adj.)
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Wið ðý (ða, MS.) runlan áttre, Lchdm. iii. 36, 17

malscrung

(n.)
Grammar
malscrung, e; f.

Bewitching ⬩ fascination

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Wið malscrunge, Lchdm. iii. 36, 13. Wið feóndes costunga and nihtgengan and maran and malscra (malscrunga?), L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 13

blǽst

(n.)
Grammar
blǽst, es; m.

A blowing, BLAST or gust of wind, a breeze ⬩ flatus

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[bláwan to blow; flare] A blowing, BLAST or gust of wind, a breeze; flatus Sǽgrundas súþwind fornam, bæþweges blǽst the south wind, the sea breeze, dried up the depths of the sea, Cd. 158; Th. 196, 11; Exod. 290

Linked entry: blǽd

min

Grammar
min, [For another explanation of this word see N. E. D. min, where minne is taken as the nominative form : but the word may be taken as belonging to the same declension as mid[d]
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Add Wið feóndes hond and . . wið malscrunge minra wihta, Lch. iii. 36, 14

geócend

(n.)
Grammar
geócend, es; m.

A preserver, Saviour ⬩ servator, salvator

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A preserver, Saviour; servator, salvator Wís biþ se ðe con ongytan ðone geócend he is wise who can understand the preserver, Exon. 54 a; Th. 191, 14; Az. 88.

brýd-lác

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-lác, es; n.

A marriage gift or feast, the celebration of a marriage ⬩ nuptiale offertorium, nuptiarum celebritates

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where a man marries a second wife, or a woman marries again, L.

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