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HNECCA

(n.)
Grammar
HNECCA, an; m.

A NECK, ⬩ nape of the neck, ⬩ back of the head

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A NECK, nape of the neck, back of the head Hnecca cervix vel jugulum, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 116; Wrt. Voc. 43, 44: Wrt. Voc. 70, 26: Wá ðǽm ðe willaþ lecggean bolster under ǽlcne hneccan menn mid tó gefónne ... Ðonne biþ se hnecca underléd mid bolstre

Linked entry: snecca

geond-scrípan

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Þæt mód geondscríð geond eallo þing otiosa mens per omnia discurrit, Verc. Först. 147. Add

ropp

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Þás þing magon wið roppes ge wið wambe and smælþearmes ádlum, Lch. ii. 234, 29. Add

wanian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
wanian, p. ode. I. trans.
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To make less, lessen, diminish, curtail Hí sculon ǽlce dæg eácan ðæt mon ǽlce dæg wanaþ, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 94, 1. Symble hé bið gyfende, and hé ne wanaþ nán þing his, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 46: L. Edg. S. 1 ; Th. i. 272, 10. Hwæt tó bóte mihte æt ðæm fǽrcwealme

Linked entry: a-wanian

hand-cræft

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Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing heora ( artifices monasterii ) handcræftes, R. Ben. 95, 16. Add

wynsum

(n.)
Grammar
wynsum, es; n.

The pleasant

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The pleasant Ðæt nán wiht ne sý ðæs wynsumes, Wulfst. 184, 20

an-sægdnes

(n.)
Grammar
an-sægdnes, an-segdnes, -ness, e; f. [ansægd affirmed; pp. of an-secgan]

A thing which is vowed, or devoted ⬩ an oblation ⬩ a sacrifice ⬩ sacrificium

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A thing which is vowed, or devoted, an oblation, a sacrifice; sacrificium.Bd. 1. 7; S. 477, 39

nemnigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nemnigend-líc, adj.

Nominative

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Nominative Nominativus is nemnigendlíc, mid ðam casu wé nemnaþ ealle þing, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 17

or-trúwian

(v.)
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Þreó þing syndon þe ne beóð forgifene . . . þrydde, þæt man ortrúwige Godes mildheortnysse, Wlfst. 299, 16. Add

smeoruwig

(adj.)
Grammar
smeoruwig, adj.

Fatty, greasy, unctuous ⬩ greasy

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Fatty, greasy, unctuous Eal ða wǽtan þing and ða smerewigan sint tó forbeódanne Lchdm. ii. 210, 27

Linked entry: smerewig

hwurful-ness

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Hine ne meahte nán scúr hwurfulnesse ( mutabilitatis aura ) ástyrigean, Past. 308, 10. Add

big-spell

(n.)
Grammar
big-spell, bí-spell; g. -spelles; pl. nom. acc. -spell, -spellu; n. [big, bí, spell a history]

A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, story ⬩ parabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio

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A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, story; parabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio Gehýre ge ðæs sáwendan bigspell vos audite parabolam seminantis, Mt. Bos. 13, 18. Ic ahylde on bigspelle eáre mín inclinabo in parabolam aurem meam

Linked entries: an-lícnes bí-spell

feorm-fultum

(n.)
Grammar
feorm-fultum, es; m.

Food-support ⬩ purveyance ⬩ victus auxĭlium ⬩ commeātus ⬩ prōcūrātio

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Food-support, purveyance; victus auxĭlium, commeātus, prōcūrātio Ðæt him nán man ne þearf to feormfultume nán þingc syllan, bútan he sylf wille that no man need give him anything as purveyance, unless he himself be willing, L. C. S. 70; Th. i. 412, 22

crypel

(adj.)
Grammar
crypel, adj.
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Crippled[ Nán unhál cild, ne crypol, ne dumb, Hml. A. 179, 322.]

moþ-freten

(adj.)
Grammar
moþ-freten, adj.
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Moth-eaten: — Heora reáf nǽron nán þingc moðfretene, Hml. S. 23, 437

wana

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wana, adj. generally indeclinable. I.
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wanting, lacking, absent, with substantive verb, wana wesan to bs wanting Ic eom wana of ðam getele desum, Ælfc. Gr. 32 ; Zup. 202, II. Án þing ðé is wana (wona, Lind., Rush.) unum tibi deest, Lk. Skt. 18, 22 : Mk. Skt. 10, 21. Wæs eów ǽnig þing wana

in-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
in-líce, adv.

Inwardly ⬩ internally ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ heartily

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Inwardly, internally, thoroughly, heartily Hé hine bæd and hét ðæt hé inlíce ðam biscope freónd wǽre amicum episcopo fieri petiit et impetravit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 8. Ðú miht openlíce ongiton ðæt ðæt is for inlíce gód þing ðæt ... you can plainly perceive

Linked entry: for-inlíce

leóþ-wíse

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Þás þing magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged, Angl. viii. 304, 3. Add

grot

(n.)
Grammar
grot, es; n.
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A particle, an atom; particula Nán grot rihtwísnesse no particle of wisdom, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 6. Nán grot andgites no particle of sense, 41, 5 Fox 252, 22. Uneáþe ǽnig grot staþoles aðstód hardly any particle of foundation remained, Ors. 6, 1; Swt.

Linked entry: grytt

wíglian

(v.)
Grammar
wíglian, p. ode

To practise divination or sorcery

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To practise divination or sorcery Wígliaþ stunte men menigfealde wígelunga on ðisum dæge æfter hǽð;enum gewunan, swylce hí magon heora líf gelengan, oþþe heora gesundfulnysse. Homl. Th. i. 100, 19. Ne sceal nán cristen mann nán þincg be ðám mónan wíglian

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