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hyse

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Ox. 3476. Swá ungebyrdum hysse, 7, 247. Ungebarde hysse, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 33. (All three are glosses to Ald. 48, 2.) a shoot, scion Hisses, hosses pampinos, Hpt. Gl. 419, 69

úp-lic

Grammar
úp-lic, <b>. I.</b>
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Ox. 404. Tó þám úplican lífe ad superos, 2214

híg

hay ⬩ mown grass

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Ic sceal fyllan binnan oxan mid híg (foeno), Coll. M. 20, l. 'Hé máweþ heig (gærs, v.l. fenum) on þissere dene' . . . þá geseah hé ꝥ hí ealle meówon ꝥ heig . . . ' Ber þis gréne híg (gærs, v.l.) þám horsum tó mete,' Gr. D. 36, 2-29.

Linked entry: hefung

be-gíman

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Ox. 40, 24, 37. Begýmað þisse gesetednysse, Ex. 12, 25. Þás niht sceolon Israhéla bearn begíman, 42. to observe, watch a person Hig begýmdon hine, Lk. 14, l

boh

Grammar
boh, l. bóh,

sprig

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Ox. 2016: Hpt. Gl. 496, 76

be-gleddian

(v.)
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Ox. 380

bile

(n.)
Grammar
bile, m.
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Ox. 2410. Twégen hremmas his hús tǽron mid heardum bile, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 21. Fugelas on heora blódigon bilon ðǽra martyra flǽsc bǽron, Hml. S. 23, 80. Add

bisceop-híred

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-híred, es; m.
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Ox. 3006 :-- Cleri, i. familię, i. populi preósthíredes), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 28: 18, 28. Se biscop þrowade martyrdóm mid ealle his biscophírede, Shrn. 105, 18

Linked entries: bisceop-hyrde híréd

cin

(n.)
Grammar
cin, cinn, es; n. (not f.).
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Ox. 46, 4. Add

coc

Grammar
coc, cocc.
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Ox. 4891. Cocca, 2, 398. Add

dág

(n.)
Grammar
dág, es; m. (?).
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Ox. 56, 58. Hit sié swilc swá dáh, Lch. ii. 118, 14. Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 5

deád-líce

(adv.)
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Ox. 379. Þá beóð ádwealde þe wénað þæt se man scyle deádlíce swyltan ( die and have no life after death ), efne swá nýten, Wlfst. 5, 9

drǽfan

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Ox. 4865. Add

ed-wille

(n.)
Grammar
ed-wille, es; m.: -wille, -walle (-a), an; f. (m.)
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Ox. 53, 11. Ýþ, ædwella flustra, i. unda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 67

Linked entries: ed-walle ed-wielle

ge-síman

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Ox. 2644

Linked entry: ge-sýman

ge-edleánian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edleánian, p. ode
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Ox. 1519

ge-wyrdelíce

(adv.)
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Ox. 4261. Isaias wítegode be Críste swíðe gewislíce, swilce hé godspellere wǽre, swíðe gewyrdelice ( as if recording actual events ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 8. See preceding word

glówan

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Ox. 4409. Þæt fýr wearð þá ácwenced, ꝥ þǽr án col ne gleów, Hml. S. 7, 240. Gewyrme mid háte glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 236, 31: 216, 1. Lecgað ðá ísenan clútas háte glówende tó his sídan, Hml. Th. i. 424, 35

mǽg-rǽdenn

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Ox. 2810. Hé cwæð tó his hláforde þe him wæs þurh his dohtor on mǽgrædenne accersito ejus domino sibi per f iliam propinquo Gr. D. 181, 19. Be his freóndum þe him gesibbeste synt and þurh mǽgrǽdenne nébste, Hml. A. 139, 36. Add

micgern

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Ox. 2, 105. Mycgernne seuo, 2763. Micgernu exugiam, Lch. i. lxxiv. 3. Midirnan, lxx. 2

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