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fæder-éðel-stól

(n.)
Grammar
fæder-éðel-stól, es; m.

Father-land, paternal-seat ⬩ patria, sēdes patria

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Father-land, paternal-seat; patria, sēdes patria Carram ofgif, fæderéðelstól renounce Harran, thy father-land, Cd. 83; Th. 105, 4 ; Gen. 1748 : Exon. 15 a ; Th. 32, 22; Cri. 516

wíd

Grammar
wíd, I.
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Scs Petrus cyrice is þreó hund fóta lang and twá hund wíd, Salamones templ ys sixtig fæþma lang and sixtig heáh and þryttiges wíd, Angl. xi. 4, 5-10. Add

a-swárnung

(n.)
Grammar
a-swárnung, e; f.

Bashfulness

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Lamb. 43, 16

fléuwþ

(v.)
Grammar
fléuwþ, = fléwþ; 3rd sing. pres. of flówan.

flows

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Lamb. 57, 9

for-wyrþaþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrþaþ, = for-weorþaþ; pl. pres. i-s/>of for-weorþan.

perish

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Lamb. 101, 27

magu

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Dele last passage, and add:

wyn-dreám

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In 1. 2 dele 'Lamb'

lytlian

(v.)
Grammar
lytlian, p. ode

to lessen ⬩ diminish

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Cristes lage wanedon and cyninges lage lytledon Christ's laws waned, and the king's laws were weakened, L. Eth. ix. 37; Th. i. 348, 19. Lytligen ða grambǽran hiera gedréfednesse damnent iracundi perturbationem, Past. 40, 2; Swt. 291, 2.

lætsum

(adj.)
Grammar
lætsum, adj.

Slow ⬩ late

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Slow, late Wæs swíðe lætsum geár on corne and on ǽlces cynnes wæstmum it was a very late year for corn and crops of every kind, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226, 18

ende-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
ende-tíma, an; m.
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Last day, last hour Ne geþristlǽce hé ꝥ hé Drihtenes líchaman underfó ǽr his endetíman (ante diem suum extremum), Ll. Th. ii. 268, 25. On úrum endetíman, Btwk. 220, 37

swice

(n.)
Grammar
swice, and (?) swicc, es; m.
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Span, husmo smell, scent; andar a la husma to be on the scent; husmear to find out by smelling), Txts. 83, 1468. Swice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 57. Ðæt wæs swéte stenc . . . tó ðæm swicce men þrungon, Exon. Th. 359, 21; Pa. 66

ǽg

(n.)
Grammar
ǽg, e; f.

water ⬩ water land ⬩ an island

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water, water land, an island

ǽn-lípie

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽn-lípie, = ǽn-lípige

singulos

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Lamb. 7, 12

diópnys

(n.)
Grammar
diópnys, -nyss deepness, depth, an abyss; ăbyssus =
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Lamb. 32, 7

dryg-nes

(n.)
Grammar
dryg-nes, -ness

dryness

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Lamb. 94, 5

fleáh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fleáh, p. of fleón.

fled

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Lamb. 113, 3;

fluge

(v.)
Grammar
fluge, fleddest;

fugisti

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Lamb. 113, 5;

for-sewen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-sewen, pp. of for-seón.

despised

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Lamb. 118, 141;

Linked entry: -sewen

bóc-æceras

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-æceras, pl. m.

Booked acres, book-land, freehold

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Booked acres, book-land, freehold

ge-cíaþ

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cíaþ, = ge-cígaþ, pres. pl. of ge-cígan.

call

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call,Ps, Lamb. 19, 8

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