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spátl

Grammar
spátl, [El. 300. The MS. has spald.]
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Se sácerd æthrínð mid his spátle þæs mannes nose and eáran, Wlfst. 35, 12. Add

un-sehtness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sehtness, e; f.
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Discord, variance, quarrel Þurh þæt áríseð unsehtnesse betweoh twám cyningum and twám gebróðrum, Nap. 66

blácern-leoht

(n.)
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lamplight Þæs blácernes leóht næs gesýne ... hé geseh eft ꝥ blácernleóht, Vis. Lfc. 54-59

ge-ágan

(v.)

to possess

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to possess Þæt hí gelýfon tó geágenne þá écan welan, Hml. Th. i. 64, 19

Linked entry: ágan

blæst

Grammar
blæst, l. blǽst, take with blǽst

flameblast

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flame,blast, Ðǽra lyfta leóma and þǽra lígetta blǽst. Wlfst. 186, 5. and add

costnung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
costnung-stów, e; f.
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A place of temptation On þǽre costnung*-*stówe in loco tentationis, Deut. 6, 16

fore-settendlic

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Praepositinae, þæt sind foresettendlice, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 267, 6. For 'Som. Ben. Lye.' substitute

meolcian

(v.)
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Hí on þǽm mónðe þriwa on dæge mylcedon heora neát, Shrn. 78, 1. Add

náwiht-ness

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Ignauia, þæt is ábrodennyss oððe náhtnyss, Wlfst. 58, 18 ; Angl. xi. 109, 39. Add

un-andgitfull

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Add: not rational Ꝥ unandgitfulle gesceaft þæs wætres elementum irrationabile, Gr. D. 194, 7

un-meahtiglicness

(n.)
Grammar
un-meahtiglicness, e; f.
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Powerlessness Wiþ unmihtilicnysse þæs migðan for inability to pass urine, Lch. i. 56, 15

Linked entry: meahtiglic-ness

earm

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Add: the arm of a cross Under þǽre róde swýðran earme, Vis. Lfc. 53

bismerian

(v.)
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He arn ... bysmrigende þæs drýes yfeldǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 26

Athénisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Athénisc, adj.

Athenian

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þǽre Athéniscan byrig, 29, 78

lange

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Be þǽre róde þe ǽr in legere wæs lange bedyrned, El. 602. Gelǽstan þæt hé lange gehét . . . in fyrndagum, Exod. 557. Lange siððan woruld bryttade, Gen. 1215.

hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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Ger. hliodar, and add: a sound, noise Ongan þǽr beón gehýred swýþe mycel swég and hleóðor swylce þǽr wǽre sum mycel mænigo in gangende coepit quasi cujusdam magnae multitudinis ingredientis sonitus audiri Gr. D. 284, 24.

clif-stán

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Hé sceolde beón tósliten for þám clifstánum ( scopulis ) þe þǽr gehwǽr út sceoredon of þám munte, 213, 4

gnirran

(v.)
Grammar
gnirran, to snarl, gnash or
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chatter (with the teeth) Hwýlon þá téð for mycclum cyle manna þǽr gnyrrað (gryrrað, Dóm. L. 195) nunc nimio stridentes frigore dentes, Wlfst. 138, 29.

Linked entry: gnyran

moþþe

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Ne behýde gé eówerne goldhord ... þǽr ðǽr moððan hit áwéstað, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 30. Mohþ[um] tineis, An. Ox. 50, 37. Add

scín-lǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
scín-lǽce, scín-lác; adj.
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Þá bróðru þe hé gemétte þǽr mid þám scínlácan (gedwimorlácum, v. l.) fýre bysmrian fratres quos phantastico reperit igne deludi, Gr. D. 124, 10. Ꝥ preóstas hí warnien wyð þá scínlácan híwinga deófla prettes (transformationes dęmonum). Chrd. 7, 25.