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mæðlan

(v.)
Grammar
mæðlan, meðlan,

to speak

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a word occurring only in poetry, to speak Ðǽr (at the day of judgment) hé (Christ ) tó ðám eádgestum ǽrest mæðleþ, Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 14; Cri. 1338. Gehýreþ cyning mæðlan, sprecan réðe word, 19 b; Th. 50,9; Cri. 797.

Linked entries: mæðel maðelian

nípan

(v.)
Grammar
nípan, p. náp, pl. nipon; pp. nipen

To grow dark

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To grow dark Ðonne won cymeþ, nípeþ nihtscúa, Exon. Th. 292, 24; Wand. 104. Náp nihtscúa, 307, 29; Seef. 31. Nípende niht, Beo. Th. 1098; B. 547 : 1302; B. 649

por-leác

(n.)
Grammar
por-leác, es; n.
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Wé hæfdon cucumeres and pepones and porleác in mentem nobis veniunt cucumeres et pepones porrique, Num. 11, 5. v. next word

geó-sceaft-gást

(n.)
Grammar
geó-sceaft-gást, es; m.

A fatal, dire spirit[?] or ancient spirit[?]

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Ðanon wóc fela geósceaftgásta wæs ðæra Grendel sum thence arose many dire spirits, Grendel was one of them, Beo. Th. 2536; B. 1266

sulh-hæbbere

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-hæbbere, es; m.
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Voc. ii. 79, 24. v. next word

Linked entry: hæbbere

úf

(n.)
Grammar
úf, es; m.

An owlvultur

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An owl; the word also glosses vultur Uuf bubo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 28. Úf, i. 29, 45. Ðes úf hic uultur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 48, 17 note

Linked entries: húf húf

wudu-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wudu-líc, adj.

of a woodwild

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of a wood Wudulíc siluester, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18 ; Zup. 44, 16. Wudelícra treówa arborum silvestrium, Hpt. Gl. 419, 42. wild Wudulíce oððe wilde agrestes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 60

á-metendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
á-metendlic, adj.
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L. 38, 6. v. next word

Linked entry: -metendlic

bóc-holt

(n.)
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a beech-wood In bócholte, C. D. B. i. 344, 11. An cinges bócholte fíf wéna gang, C. D. ii. 103, I. xii. manentium quae dicuntur bócholt, i. 232, 20

ge-beácnung

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Substitute: The word glosses cathegoria Gehíwunge oððe gebeácnunge cathegorias (cf. cathegorias (= Aristotelicas categorias, Ald. 43, 7), i. nuntiationes ł praedicationes lára, bodunga, An. Ox. 3128), Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 12

ge-wyrms

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wyrms, adj.
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See next word

Linked entry: ge-wurms

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, e;
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Ger. ] See next word, and hǽþung, for-hǽþan

leahter-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
leahter-lic, adj.
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Vicious, faulty, defective Ic bidde þone gelǽredan and þone geleáfullan, gif hé hér hwylc hleahterlic word onfinde obsecrans, si illic vitiosus sermo aures eruditi lectoris perculserit Guth. Gr. 101, 11

un-lifigende

(adj.)
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Þá word þára unlifigendra verba mortuorum, 346, 10. Add

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, a weir. v. mylen-waru.
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Perhaps the word might be taken under wara protection: <b>-waru.</b> Add: v. Cant-, ciric-waru: <b>waru</b> wear. Add:

rihtwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rihtwíslíce, adv.

Rationally justly

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Rationally justly Hú mæg ǽnig man ryhtwíslíce and gesceádwíslíce ácsigan, gif hé nán grot rihtwísnesse on him næfþ Bt. 35, 1 ; Fox 156, 5 : Met. 22, 45. v. preceding word

Linked entry: rihtwís-líc

smiþ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ-cræft, es; m.

Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood

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Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood Wæs sum bróðor syndrilíce on smiþcræfte well gelǽred erat fabrili arte singularis Bd. 3, 14; S. 634, 14

ge-mǽrsian

(v.)
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Gemérsad (divulgatum) is word ðis, Mt. p. 20, 5. Wæs gemérsad mérsong of him in all stóue ðæs londes, Lk. L. 4, 37. Wéron gemérsad alle worda ðás, l, 65.

hlinc

(n.)
Grammar
hlinc, es; m.

a link, linch, rising ground'agger limitaneus, parœchias, etc, dividens,'a hill, rising ground

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Fearnhlinc, landsore hlinc, sweord hlincas, wotan hlinc In later times, the word is given with a similar sense in provincial glossaries, e.g. in Suffolk some woods are called links: linchets grass partitions in arable fields, Lisle: linch a bawke or litele

for-lure

(v.)
Grammar
for-lure, 2nd sing. p. of for-leósan: for-lure would lose,
  • Chr. 81
  • ;
  • Erl. 8, 4: Past. 7, 1
  • ;
  • Hat. MS. 12 a. 5
  • ;
p. subj. of for-leósan.

hast lostdidst lose

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hast lost, didst lose. Exon. 28 a; Th. 85, 30; Cri. 1399;