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níd-wædla

(n.)
Grammar
níd-wædla, an; m.

A needy person

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A needy person Ðú scealt on wræc hweorfan nacod niédwædla, neorxna wanges dugeþum bedǽled, Cd. Th. 57, 16; Gen. 929

Linked entry: wǽdla

nihte-gala

(n.)
Grammar
nihte-gala, an; m.

A nightingale

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A nightingale Nihtegala luscinia, Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 25

níþ-draca

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-draca, an; m.

A hostilemalicious dragon

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A hostile, malicious dragon, Beo. Th. 4538; B. 2273

níþ-sceaða

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-sceaða, an ; m.

A malignant foe

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A malignant foe, Exon. Th. 397, 23; Rä. 16, 24

ge-truma

(n.)
Grammar
ge-truma, an; m.

A company, troop of soldierscohorsexercĭtus

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A company, troop of soldiers; cohors, exercĭtus Wið ðara cyninga getruman with the kings' troop, Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 19, 21. Ðeáh hí wyrcen getruman wið me si consistant adversum me castra, Ps. Th. 26, 4

stán-gella

(n.)
Grammar
stán-gella, -gilla, an; m.
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A stone-yeller, a bird whose cry is heard among the rocks (gellan is used of the cry of the hawk, Rä. 25, 3), a pelican Stángella pellicanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 20. Gelíc geworden ic eom ðam stángillan (-gyllan, MS. C.: stánegellan, Ps.

Linked entry: gella

syla

(n.)
Grammar
syla, ( = sylha), an; m.
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A ploughman Syla arator, Hpt. Gl. 461, 72

Súþ-Gyrwas

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Gyrwas, (-e, -an); pl.
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The southern division of the Gyrwas Súþ-Gyrwa syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 18. Súþ-Gyrwa ealdormon princeps Australium Gyruiorum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 21. Súð-Gerwa, Shrn. 94, 20. Súð-Gyrwena, Lchdm. iii. 430, 14

þrowing-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
þrowing-tíma, an; n.

A time of suffering

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A time of suffering Ðonne mín ðrowungtíma cymþ, ðonne geswutelaþ seó menniscnys hire untrumnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 2

þúsend-ríca

(n.)
Grammar
þúsend-ríca, an; m.

A ruler of a thousand men

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A ruler of a thousand men Þúsendríca millenarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 9

úht-floga

(n.)
Grammar
úht-floga, an; m.

A creature that flies in the early morning

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A creature that flies in the early morning Ðæs wyrmes denn, ealdes úhtflogan, Beo. Th. 5513; B. 2760

úht-wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
úht-wæcce, an; f.

A nightly vigil

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A nightly vigil Be ðám úhtwæccum de nocturnis vigiliis, R. Ben. 40, 10

un-gelíca

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelíca, an; m.

One not like another

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One not like another Ic hæbbe óðerne lufiend, ðínne ungelícan ( a very different person from you ), Homl. Skt. i. 7, 28

unfriþ-flota

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-flota, an; m.

A hostile fleet

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A hostile fleet Se[o] unfriðflota wæs ðæs sumeres gewend tó Rícardes ríce, Chr. 1000; Erl. 137, 5

Linked entry: flota

wlæcce

(n.)
Grammar
wlæcce, (?), an; f.

Lukewarmness

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Lukewarmness Wlæccan frigum, Germ. 397, 448

bisceop-setl

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-setl, an episcopal see.
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hymlíce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hymlíce, hymlice ?, an ; f.

Linked entry: hymblícae

hwicce

(n.)
Grammar
hwicce, hwice (?), an; f.
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A box, chest: — Huice trio (tria columbarium species, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 76. Hwicce clustella (ut t In loco ubi ruricoli nominantur Huiccewudu, C. D. ii. 10, 5

Linked entry: hwæcce

riht-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
riht-tíma, an; m.

A right, proper time

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A right, proper time Ǽlc wuht from Gode wiste his rihttíman, Bt. 5, 3 ; Fox 12, 8

Linked entry: riht-tíd

up-gange

(n.)
Grammar
up-gange, an; f.

Landing.

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Hí bǽdon ðæt hí upgangan ágan móston they asked for leave to land, Byrht. Th. 134, 20; By. 87

Linked entry: up-gang