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Afen

(n.)
Grammar
Afen, Afn, e; f: Afene, an; f.

AVON

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AVON, the name of a river in Somersetshire East óþ Afene múþan east at the Avon's mouth. Chr. 918; Th. 190, 4. also of other rivers in different parts of England Into Afenan múþan into Avon's mouth, Chr. 1067; Th. 342, 5

græs

(n.)
Grammar
græs, es; n.
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Sume hió twiccedan ða grasu mid hiora múþe some of them pulled the grass with their mouth, 41, 2: Past. 23, 1; Swt. 173, 20

swiling

(n.)
Grammar
swiling, and swilling, e; f.
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Wyrc ðus swilinge tó heáfdes clǽnsunge . . . habbe on múþe lange, ðonne yrnþ ðæt gillister út. Eft óþru swiling . . . súpe wlæc and ðæt geagl swile and þweá his múð, 24, 14-23.

Linked entry: swilling

þeówan

(v.)
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S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539. Wé þæt ǽbylgð nyton þe wé gefremedon on þysse folcscere, þeódon bealwa wið þec, El. 403

réþigian

(v.)
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Ꝥ hé gesáwe þone feónd réðian (réðigian, v. l. saevire) on hine mid his múþe, Gr. D. 122, 11. Hí ongunnon má réðian (reðgian, v. l. ) and hí gebelgan, 219, 10. Réð giende (reðigiende, v. l.) hí Libertinum sóhton, 16, 16: 104, ll.

openung

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Add: opening Openung múþes his apertio oris illius, Scint. 96, 11

biter-nys

(n.)
Grammar
biter-nys, -nyss, e; f.

BITTERNESSamaritudo

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Ðæs múþ full is biternysse cujus os plenum est amaritudine, Ps. Spl. second 9, 8. Nolde his onbyrian for ðære biternysse he would not taste it for its bitterness, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 18, 19

Linked entry: bitter-nes

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a
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ceorl Twelfhyndes mannes wer is twelf hund scyllinga. Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł. ( the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum

ampre

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Wiþ wóum múþe genim ompran, 54, 22. Ádelfe ompran, 78, 1. Ampron, iii. 16, 12

mán-ídel

(adj.)
Grammar
mán-ídel, adj.

Wicked and vain

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Wicked and vain Ðara múþas sprecaþ mánídel word quorum as locutum est vanitatem, Ps. Th. 143, 9, 13

Linked entry: ÍDEL

Cent

(n.)
Grammar
Cent, indecl. n.

KENT Cantium

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Se múþa Limene is on easteweardre Cent the mouth of the Limen is in the east of Kent, 893; Erl. 88, 26

(n.)
Grammar
eá, a river.
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Se múþa þǽre ié (íe, MS.), Ors. 1, 1; S. 10, 13. Ælfe múþa þǽre ié, 16, 6. Cymþ ꝥ wæter úp æt ðám ǽwelme, wyrþ ðonne tó bróce, ðonne tó eá, ðonne andlang eá oþ hit wyrþ eft tó sǽ, Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 20. On twá healfe þǽre é, Chr. 894; P. 87, 22.

FÚL

(adj.)
Grammar
FÚL, adj.

FOULdirtyimpurecorruptrottenstinkingguiltyconvicted of a crimefœdusimmundussordĭdusobscœnusspurcuspūtĭdusfœtĭdusculpæ consciuscrīmĭne convictus

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Fúl fýr of heora múþe bláwende de ōre ignem pūtĭdum efflantes, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 41: 5, 12; S. 630, 12.

Linked entries: a-fúl FÚL fúl

Pedrida

(n.)
Grammar
Pedrida, Pedreda (e ?)
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E.) múþan, Chr. 845; Erl. 66, 23: 658; Erl. 34, 2

lígen

(adj.)
Grammar
lígen, adj.

Flamingfiery

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Se ealda deófol hine æteówode mid byrnendum múþe and lígenum eágum, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 23

sacc

(n.)
Grammar
sacc, es; m.

A sack, bag

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Ðá undyde hira án his sacc ... hé ðæt feoh geseah on his sacces (saculi ) múþe, Gen. 42, 25,28 . Ðá guton hig hira hwǽte of hira saccon, 42, 35. Fylle hira saccas and lege hira ǽlces feoh on his ágenne sacc, 44, 1

Linked entry: sæcc

heáh-sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sǽl, e; f.

Great happiness

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Great happiness Mínes múþes mé módes willa on heáhsǽlum hraþe gebringe voluntaria oris mei beneplacita fac, Ps. Th. 118, 108

wíd-mǽrsung

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽrsung, e; f.
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Proclamation, publication Openung múþes his wídmǽrsung (infamatio) ys he openeth his mouth like a crier (Ecclus. 20, 15), Scint. 96, 11

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, a raven.
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Hí sǽdon þæt seó glóf of ánes hrefnes múþe feólle, 145, 27. Þá geségon hí þone hræfn mid þan swearton nebbe þá glófe teran uppe on ánes húses þæce, 144, 16. Flugon tó hrócas and hremmas and þára martyra eágan út áhaccedon, Hml. S. 23, 77. Add

dumb

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Dumbre swígan mutae taciturnitatis, An. Ox. 1936. Spǽcleáse ł dume elinguia, Germ. 398, 72. Add