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in-gesteald

(n.)
Grammar
in-gesteald, es; n.

Household goods

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Household goods Tó scypum feredon eal ingesteald swylce hie æt Finnes hám findan meahton sigla searogimma, Beo. Th. 2314 ; B. 1155

mæðel-hergende

(adj.)
Grammar
mæðel-hergende, past. pres.

Speech-praising ⬩ esteeming conversation highly

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Speech-praising, esteeming conversation highly Monige beóþ mæðelhergendra, sittaþ æt symble, wordum wrixlaþ, Exon. 83 b; Th. 314, 13; Móð. 13

corflian

(v.)
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Swylce hé hine corflige swá swá mon ǽl déð þonne hine mon on spite stagan wyle, Tech. ii. 124, 10. Add

K

Grammar
K, In one instance k seems used for
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g Ðæt mód ðé ǽr wæs keléd (áléd, v. l.) of his gewunan cum cogitatio extra usum ducitur, Past. 57, 9

port-mann

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Æt Portmanna hýðe, 49, 22. [v. N. E. D. port-man]. Add

sǽtnian

(v.)
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xl. snacca lágan æt Sandwíc manega wucan; þá sceoldon sǽtnian (cépan, v. l. ) Godwines eorles, Chr. 1052; P., 178, 22. Add

ed-hwyrft

Grammar
ed-hwyrft, <b>.
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</b> Add: Hé ús edhwyrft forgeaf tó þám écean lífe þe wé ǽr forworhton, Verc. Först. 78, 18

sǽ-faroþ

(n.)

the sea-shore

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the sea-shore Ceólas léton æt sǽfearoþe sande bewrecene, Elen. Kmbl. 501; El. 251. Sæfaroþa sand, Cd. Th. 236,18 ; Dan. 323

á-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lísan, (-lýsan, q. v.
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Leahtra álýsed, Dóm. 77. with prep, (æt, fram, of) Mildheortnyss álýst fram ðám écan deáðe, Hml. Th. ii. 102, 3. Þæt hine God álýsde ǽgðer ge æt his mettrumnesse ge æt his feóndum, Ps. Th. 27, arg.

Linked entry: á-lýsan

of-féran

(v.)

to overtake

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Se cyng férde him the Danes æt hindan, and offérde hí innan Eást-Seaxan, and ðǽr tógædere heardlíce féngon, 1016; Erl. 158, 1

Linked entry: of-faran

riftere

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Sum tún wæs . . . ǽlce geáre áwést þurh hagol, swá ꝥ heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere ꝥ geríp gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1218. Ic cweþe tó þám riftrum, 'Gesomniað þá weód. . . ' Witodlíce þá riftras, ꝥ beóð þá englas . . . Gr. D. 316, 1-3.

á-spelian

(v.)
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Ben. 101, 5. ꝥ se mæssepreóst æt þám þingum þone bisceop áspelian móte ut presbytero in illis rebus episcopi munere fungi liceret, LI. Th. ii. 176, 34. Sý se hordere áspeled (-ad, v. l.) æt þǽre þénunge cellarius excusetur a coquina, R. Ben. 59, 2.

Linked entry: spelian

eást-ende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
eást-ende, es; m.

The east-end ⬩ pars orientālis

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The east-end; pars orientālis Æt ðæs wuda eást-ende at the east-end of the wood, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 28

feorh-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-þearf, e; f.

Distress of life, urgent need ⬩ vītæ necessĭtas

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Distress of life, urgent need; vītæ necessĭtas Drihten me hraðe gefultuma æt feorhþearfe Dŏmĭne ad adjūvandum me festīna, Ps. Th. 69, 1

Linked entry: þearf

maca

(n.)
Grammar
maca, an; m.

A make ⬩ mate ⬩ match

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A make, mate, match Fadores æc gimaca ðæm maca patrisque compar unice (the glosser seems to have misunderstood unice ), Rtl. 165, 11

ge-seón

Grammar
ge-seón, <b>; X.</b>
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Ðá hwíle ðe God gesegen hæbbe ( may have seen to it ) ðæt fulwiht æt ðeosse stówe beón móte, Txts. 175, 13. Add

Biedan heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
Biedan heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; m. [Biedan Bieda's, heáfod head : Flor. Bidanheafod, A.D. 1114]
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- Hér Wulfhere and Æscwine gefuhton æt Biedan heáfde here, Wulfhere and Æscwine fought at Bedwin A. D. 675

Linked entry: Bedan heáfod

un-dréfed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dréfed, adj.

Untroubled ⬩ not made turbid

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Untroubled, not made turbid Gé gedréfdon hiora wæter mid iówrum fótum, ðeáh gé hit ǽr undréfed druncen, Past. 2; Swt. 31, 3

unriht-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-wíf, es; n.

A woman of bad character

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A woman of bad character Godwine hæfð gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hine tihte, Chart. Th. 373, 32

wiþer-talu

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-talu, e; f.

Reply ⬩ defence

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Reply, defence Hé ðǽrrihte ádumbode, for ðan ðe æt Godes dóme ne bið nán beládung ne wiþertalu, Homl. Th. i. 530, 6