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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

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.

big-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
big-cwide, bí-cwide, es; m. [be, big by; cwide a saying]

A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, taleproverbium, fabula

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A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, tale; proverbium, fabula Ge forwurðaþ þurh bigspell and bigcwidas eris perditus in proverbium et fabulam, Deut. 28, 37. Bícwide proverbium, Prov. 22

Linked entry: bí-cwide

sidesa

(n.)
Grammar
sidesa, (?) , sidsa, an ; m.
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Icel. síða to work a charm ; seiðr a spell, charm, enchantment.] Cf. ælf-siden

Linked entry: sidsan

twiccere

(n.)
Grammar
twiccere, es; m.
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Voc. i. 27, 20. v. next word

wyrt-forbor

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-forbor, es; n.
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Cf. next word

Linked entries: for-beran for-bor

fore-wrítan

Grammar
fore-wrítan, fore-writen; pp.
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. ¶ the word also glosses praescriptus: Mid forewritenum collectum cum prescriptis collectis, 391, 372: 384, 276: 444, 1129. Substitute:

ge-meode

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v. ge-medemian; but see next word) ðú wére tu formam corporis adsumere dignatus es, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 202, 38

gram

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hefeld-gyrd

(n.)
Grammar
hefeld-gyrd, hefeld-gird, e; f.
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A weaver's beam Hebelgerd liciatorium (the word is glossed by hebild, 74, 602), Txts. 75, 1219. Hefeldgyrd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 3. (Forliciatorium v. i. Sam. 17, 7.) Substitute:

on-funden

(adj.)
Grammar
on-funden, adj.
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See next word

Linked entry: -funden

on-sprǽc

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Add: talk, conversation: — Hêr hwêne wiðufan þîne word and anspræ̂c rehte and smeáde be þâm wîtelicum hellestôwum paulo superius sermo de locis poenalibus inferni versabatur, Gr. D. 332, 9

hiwere

(n.)
Grammar
hiwere, es; m.

One who pretends, a hypocrite

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Wá eów hiwerum woe to you hypocrites, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 17

tó-ætícan

(v.)

to increase

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Similar entries v. next word

mucg-wyrt

Grammar
mucg-wyrt, mug-wyrt, e; f.

mug-wortmuggartmuggonmother-wort

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A plant name mug-wort, (Scott. ) muggart, muggon, also called mother-wort. In the Herbarium, Lchdm. i, three kinds of mug-wort are mentioned Mugcwyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man artemisiam and óðrum naman mucgwyrt nemneþ (Artemisia vulgaris), 102, 1-3.

lust-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
lust-bǽre, adj.

desirousdesirablepleasantagreeable

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Ðás word sind lustbǽre tó gehýrenne these words are pleasant to hear, Homl. Th. i. 130, 16

hyrst

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Add: a wood, copse Hec sunt pascua porcorurn . . . ilia silua sandhyrst norninatur, C.

be-beorgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-beorgan, p. -bearg, pl. -burgon ; pp. -borgen

To defend oneselfto take carecavere ab aliqua re

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To defend oneself, to take care; cavere ab aliqua re He him bebeorgan ne con wóm he cannot defend himself against the evil, Beo. Th. 3497; B. 1746 : 3520; B. 1758

land-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
land-geweorc, es; n.
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The principal stronghold of a country, one which it has been the work of the country to build [cf. Beo. Th. 135-152; B. 67-76], Beo. Th. 1880; B. 938

þweor-timbre

(adj.)
Grammar
þweor-timbre, (?); adj.

Cross-grainedstubborn

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, stubborn Ic wát ðæt ic ǽr ne síð ǽnig ne métte þrístran geþohtes ne þweorhtimbran ( Grein suggests -tímran, v. next word ) mægþa cynnes, Exon. Th. 275, 15; Jul. 550