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þúsend-ealdor

(n.)
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Ox. 4747. (?)

æncnetrym

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
æncnetrym, = ǽn(i)gne trym (?) or ængne trym (?)

a narrow step ⬩ a little bit

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Ox. 7, 221: 8, 165) is glossed by this form in the passage: Qui pedetemptim in pubertatis primordio instrumentis medicinallbus imbuti, Ald. 41, 33

Linked entry: trem

á-stihting

(n.)
Grammar
á-stihting, e; f.

Instigation

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Ox. 2707. [So also Hpt. Gl. 469, 65.Napier (v. note) takes the word as an error for átihtinge, but cf. Paulus for his líchaman stihtunga bæd, (de carnis suae stimulo) Gr. D. 166, 25.]

yfelness

(n.)
Grammar
yfelness, e; f.
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Skt. ii. 26, 13, misfortune, ill fortune Oxan grasiende gesihð sige ceápas getácnaþ; oxan slápende gesihð yfelnysse ceápes getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 200, 10

earm-lic

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Ox. 46, 15. Gemildsa mé nacodum forlidenum, næs ná of earmlicum birdum geborenum, Ap. Th. 11, 20

fæc

(n.)
Grammar
fæc, (n. and) m.

distance ⬩ room

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Ox. 1177-1182

for-dyttan

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Ox. 2086. Fordytte þinc abstrusa, 2335

ge-þræc

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Ox. 778. Geþrece, 7, 59: 8, 87: Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 53. Fyrdungce, geþræce (Scythica gens cum infinito duelli apparatu proficiscens, Ald. 64, 10), An. Ox. 4560: Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 72: Hpt. Gl. 512, 9. Geþrece, An. Ox. 7, 313: 8, 252.

ge-tyngnes

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Ox. 319

glitnian

(v.)
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Ox. 1196. Gliteniendum uernantibus (atque coruscantibus gemmis ), 4295. to be splendid from excellent qualities Agustus mid feówrum rihtingum glitnað gerisenlíce swýðe, Angl. viii. 302, 2

á-syndran

Grammar
á-syndran, (á-syndrian).

to separate objects already connected ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ to except ⬩ to place at a distance ⬩ to prevent intermixture ⬩ keep apart ⬩ to prevent association ⬩ participation ⬩ cut off

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Ox. 2626

be-gímen

(n.)
Grammar
be-gímen, be-gímenn, e; f.
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Ox. 3915. Begýmyne operam, i. studium, 7, 86

cwíðend-líc

(adj.)
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Ox. 5092. Cf. also genuina matrice glossed by ácennendlicum cildhaman, 1243), Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 49

flicce

(n.)
Grammar
flicce, es; n.
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Ox. 53, 44 (and note). Mon selle .IIII. scép and tuá flicca, C. D. i. 293, 9. Feówer swín and feór fliccu, 164, 31. Add

fore-wítegian

(v.)
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Ox. 1541. Add

Linked entry: wítegian

ge-líman

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Ox. 3016. Gelímedre conglutinatae, 9, 6

Linked entries: LÍM límian

ge-wyrdelic

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Ox. 3792. Þá gewyrdelican áwendennessa fortuitas permuta-tiones 190. of narrative, recording events, historical, v. ge-wyrd; Fram gewyrdelicere race ab istorica relatione An. 3028. Hyra óðer áwrát þás gewyrdelican race, Hml. S. 6, 366

Linked entry: -wyrde-lic

heálicness

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Ox. 3529. of rank, dignity, etc. Eálá ꝥ swá mycel heálicnys swilces weres ús þeówode, Hml. S. 30, 281

mis-lár

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Ox. 56, 323

moþþe

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Ox. 50, 37. Add

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