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dróf-lic

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[Mid droflicen witan, Laym. 1026. Add:

gyrretynde

(n.; adj.; part.)

roaringrugiens

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Lamb. 21, 11

on-ásendedness

(n.)

glosses immisio

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Lamb. 77, 49

Linked entry: á-sendedness

on-leóhtness

(n.)
Grammar
on-leóhtness, e; f.

Illuminationilluminatio

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Lamb. 138, 11

hlenor-teár

(n.)
Grammar
hlenor-teár, es; m.

Hyssop

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Lamb. 508

á-slacian

(v.)

to slackenbecome slackto make slack

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Ðý lǽs se anwald áslacige (-slacie, v. l.) ðæs recendómes ne solvantur jura regiminis. Past. 118, 4. Ðý lǽs hira lufu áslacige ne eorum dilectio torpeat, 143, 9. Þæt hí ðurh orsorhnesse ne ásleacion. Hml. Th. i. 610, 16.

Linked entry: á-slæcian

gár-secg

ocean, seaa particular part of the general body of water, an ocean

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Swá swá lyft and lagu land ymbclyppað, gársecg embegyrt gumena ríce, Met. 9, 41. Gársecg fandað hwæðer ác hæbbe æðele treówe, Rún. 25. Þú gársecges grundas geworhtes, Hy. 10, 7. Gár-secges gæst (the whale), Wal. 29. On gársecge oceano Wrt.

ge-setnes

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Gesettnisse (lage, W.S.), Mt. R. 15, 2.

castel-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
castel-weorc, es; n.
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Castle-work; castellorum opus Hí suencten ðe men of ðe land mid castelweorces [for castelweorcum] they oppressed the men of the land with castle-works [castellis ædificandis], Chr. 1137; Th. 382, 20

wyn-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-dreám, es; m.

A joyful soundjubilation

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Lamb. Spl. Blickl. Gl. 150, 5. On wyndreáme in jubilo, Ps. Spl. 46, 5 : in jubilatione, Blickl. Gl. Wyndreám jubilationem, Ps. Spl. Lamb. 88, 15

a-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten

To dwell togetherconsidere

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To dwell together; considere Secgas, mid sigecwén, aseten hæfdon, on Créca land the men had a dwelling together with the victorious queen, in the land of the Greeks, Elen. Kmbl. 1993; El. 998

GEARN

(n.)
Grammar
GEARN, gern; es; n.

YARNspun woolpensumlāna nēta

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YARN, spun wool; pensum, lāna nēta Gearn pensum, stāmen, lāna, Cot. 85. Unwunden gearn unwound yarn, a ball or clew of yarn; glŏmus, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 67; Wrt. Voc. 59, 36

Linked entry: gern

a-swand

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-swand, p. of a-swindan.

languished away

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Lamb. 106, 26;

ende-mæst

(adj.)

endmost, last extrēmus

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endmost, last; extrēmus, Som. Ben. Lye

for-swelhþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-swelhþ, 3rd sing. pres. of for-swelgan.

swallows up

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Lamb. 57, 10;

ge-yrfweardian

(v.)

to inherit

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Lamb. 24, 14

wiþ-steppan

(v.)

glossespraetergredi

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Lamb. 79, 13

setla

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Add: v. ancor-, fót-, land-setla

éðel-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-cyning, es; m.

A country's king, king of the land patriæ vel terræ rex

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A country's king, king of the land; patriæ vel terræ rex Eall ǽr-gestreón éðelcyninga all ancient treasure of the kings of the land [earth ], Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 6; Cri. 997

for-ðig

(con.)
Grammar
for-ðig, conj.

Forbecauseĕnimetĕnimquiaquŏniam

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For, because; ĕnim, etĕnim, quia, quŏniam Forðig he áhte ǽgðer ge Engla land ge Normandige for he owned both the land of the English as well as Normandy, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 3-4