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fird-weorþ

(adj.)
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fird-weorþ, -wirþe; adj.
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fit to serve in the fird Ealle ðá men ðá beón mótwerði, ferðwurði (ferduurði, 210, 14), C. D. iv. 208, 32. fit to bear arms, mighty in war: Fyrdwyrðeman (Beowulf), B. 1316

ge-wácian

(v.)
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Ealle þá getimbru þissere burge geseóð midlangre ealdunge gewácode hujus urbis aedificia longo senio lassata videmus, Gr. D. 134, 11. The Latin of Ors. 3, 4 is: Nisi otio torpuisset. Add

god-dohtor

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'Ic þé wille biddan, Sum geréfman wǽre þára þe onfénge ánum mægdene æt fullwihte ... bæd þá ylcan his goddohter, heó mid him þá niht wunode, Gr. D. 308, 17. Add

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missen-lic

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Is þes middangeard missenlicum wísum gewliteged, . 32, I. þá eádignesse begytaþ þurh missenlicu weorc ( per opera diversa Gr. D. 315, 25. Him se steóra bibeád missenlice gemetu, Sch. 46. Add

missenlic-ness

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is án eádignes þe þǽr onfóþ, and ungelíc missenlicnes þæs edleánes (dispar retributionis qualitas), Gr. D. 315, 24. Seó missenlicnes (diversitas) manna líchamena . . . seó missenlicnes manna synna, 333, 23. Add

neáh-fæder

(n.)
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a neighbouring father of the church, one not belonging to distant parts ic þus swíðe behealde þá neáhfæderas þe mid ús wǽron dum vicinis valde patribus intendo, Gr. D. 179, 7

of-sceamian

(v.)
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Ongann ofsceomage ðǽm burgum coepit exprobrare civitatibus, Mt. L. 11, 20. þá swýðe gescynd andofsceamod (scamiende, v. l.) eóde confusus valde exivit, Gr. D. 142, 3 : Hml. S. 2, 178. Add

reccend

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Add Eádgár Angla reccent (engla cyning, v. l. ), Chr. 975; P. 119, 14. Be reccendrum de rectoribus, Scint. 116, 2. gesette gewisse práfostas and reccendas substitutis praepositis, Gr. D. 119, 21

scot

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add: a part of a building shut off from the rest, a chancel Sume þá men þe stódan beforan þám sceote quidam ex his qui extra sacrarium stabant, Gr. D. 236, 1

sméþness

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Add Þǽr náhwǽr næs nǽnigu sméðnes man mihte áht þan lytelne wyrtún þám bróþrum nytte gewyrcan ad quemlibet parvum hortum fratribus excolendum nulla patebat planities, Gr. D. 49, 4

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
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Add On steápan hlinc; of steápan hlince, C. D. iii. 82, 4. For Hml. Th. l. Hml. S., and add Ne standað ealle steorran on ðám steápan rodore, Hex. 12, 30

súþerne

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Súðerne secg a man from the south of Europe (?), . 63, 9. Súðernes zephiri, An. Ox. 26, 67. Þú sealdest súþerne land terram australem dedisti mihi, Gr. D. 245, 18. Add

þiling

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Ofer þǽre þylinge (þilincge, v.l.) unwærlíce forlǽten (capisterium) super mensam incaute derelictum, Gr. D. 97, 4. Of þám cipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá þylinge (ðilinge, v.l. ) tóslægene, 248, 24. Add

þweora

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Add Wickedness, depravity, perversity, v. þweorh ; Geswícað fram ðám þweoran þǽre þýðe a furti pravitate cessate, Gr. D. 202, 12. wæs gecyrred fram þám þweoran ( pravitate ) þæs Arrianiscan gedwolan, 239, 18

weóce

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For third passage substitute Þá gefyllde mid wætere ealle þǽre cyrcean ciellan and sette weócon (tapor, v.l.) onmiddan ( in media papyrum posuit), and þá mid fýre ontennde, Gr. D. 44, 15

wilwan

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wilwan, I.
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ungyrede hine his hrægle and hine sylfne nacodne áwearp and wylewede (wylede, v.l. ) on þám ordum þára þorna . . . and þár þá wæs lange welwed (volutatus), Gr. D. 101, 14-18. Add

cól-pyt

(n.)
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cól-pyt, -pet; gen. -pyttes, -pettes; m.

A COAL-PIT carbonis fossa

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A COAL-PIT; carbonis fossa Fram Hlypegete to ðam cólpytte: fram cólpette from Lipgate to the coal-pit: from the coal-pit Cod. Dipl. 1322; A. D. 1035; Kmbl. vi. 186, 9

irþ-land

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Ierðland arvo (- a ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 2. Ǽgðer ge etelond ge eyrðlond ge eác wudoland, C. D. ii. 95, 14. Sextig æcera earðlondes . . . and twelt æceras miédwelandes, 150, 16: vi. 219, I.. quod Anglice dicitur xxxvi æceras yrðlandes, Midd.

cýf

(n.)
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Dele 'cýfe, an; f.' and citation from Wrt. Voc. 83, 25, and add Cýf dolium, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 316, 17. seó ǽmtige kýf ( dolium ) wearð mid ele gefylled, Gr. D. 93, 26. Hig gebróhton Ióhannem binnan þǽre cýfe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 19.

swǽr-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr-mód, (swár-); adj.
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Of an indolent, sluggish disposition Sum welig man wæs prútswongor and swǽrmód, and him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete syllenne, Wulfst. 257, 12 MS. D. v. swǽr, V. and next word