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cyfel

(n.)
Grammar
cyfel, (cýfel?), es; m.
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Man sceal habban cyflas, Angl. ix. 264, 11

Linked entry: cufel

cirn

(n.)
Grammar
cirn, cirin, e; f.
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Man sceal habban . . . cyrne, cýsfæt, Angl. ix. 264, 11. v. ceren in Dict

Linked entries: cyrin cyrn

frig-nes

Grammar
frig-nes, frige-nes.
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Þú ætíctest on þínre frignysse, hú þá þing man gyldan sceolde addes etiam, quomodo ea reddere debeant, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 67, 18. Add

hálig-wæter

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man mid háligdóme út and mid háligwætere, Wlfst. 173, 13. Sprænge se mæssepreóst háligwæter ofer hig ealle, Ll. Th. i. 226, 23. Add

méle

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Man sceal habban bleda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17. [v. N. E. D. meal.] Add:

wǽg

Grammar
wǽg, weight.
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Add Ælc man þe riht démeð, hé hæfð wǽga on handa, and on ǽgðere sceale hé byrð rihtwísnesse and mildheortnesse, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 6

wǽpen-berend

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-berend, es; m.

An armed man

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An armed man Se stronga woepenberend (wépend-, Rush.) gehealdaþ ceafertún his fortis armatus custodit atrium suum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 21: p. 7, 5

gúþ-beorn

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-beorn, es; m.

A man of war, warriorvir bellicosus, bellator

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A man of war, warrior; vir bellicosus, bellator Gúþbeorna sum wicg gewende one of the warriors turned his charger, Beo. Th. 634; B. 314

spittan

(v.)
Grammar
spittan, p.te

To dig with a spittle

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To dig with a spittle In Agusto and Septembri and Octobri man mæg máwan, wád spittan, fela tilða hám gæderian, Anglia ix. 261, 16

slacian

(v.)
Grammar
slacian, slæcian, sleacian; p. ode
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To slacken, relax an effort Gif hé lithwón slacode . . . his handa ne slacedon sin autem paululum remisisset . . . factum est, ut manus illius non lassaréntur, Ex. 17, 11, 12. Ðæt ne ða sleacgiendan ( pigritantes ) hé ofhreóse, Hymn. Surt. 18, 15

ge-cnyccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnyccan, p. ge-cnyhte; pp. ge-cnyht
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Gebundeno foet and hond gecnyht (honda gecnyted, R.) ligatus pedes el manus institis, Jn. L. 11, 44

Linked entry: cnyccan

in-geþóht

(n.)
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conscience Þá gewordenum þám ǽrmergene heó wearð on hire ingeþóhte (geþóhte, v. l.) áfyrhted for þon þe heó þá þurhtogenan lustas on hire líchaman gefremede cum mane facto conscientiam deterreret perpetrata carnis delectatio, Gr.

Linked entry: in-gehygd

æl-myrca

(n.)
Grammar
æl-myrca, an; m.

All sallowa black manan Ethiopianomnino fuscusÆthiops

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All sallow, a black man, an Ethiopian; omnino fuscus, Æthiops On ælmyrcan éðel-ríce in the realm of the Ethiopian, Andr. Kmbl. 863; An. 432

Linked entries: eal-myrca Gúþ-myrce

burh-wita

(n.)
Grammar
burh-wita, an; m.
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A knowing and polished man of the city, city-counsellor, citizen; urbanus, homo civilis, urbis consiliarius, municeps Portgeréfa vel burhwita municeps, Wrt. Voc. 18, 41

folc-gestealla

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gestealla, -gestælla, an; m.

A noble companiongentis cŏmespŏpŭlāris

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A noble companion; gentis cŏmes, pŏpŭlāris Mid swilcum mæg man fón folcgesteallan with such, one may obtain adherents, Cd. 15; Th. 19, 6; Gen. 287

Linked entry: folc-gestælla

árleás-nes

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Hwilc mán and hwilce árleásnesse se unrihtwísa cásere worhte, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 2. Add

cwén-fugol

Grammar
cwén-fugol, (cwén- ? cf.
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Lye,' substitute Nán man ne wát hweþer hit ( the Phenix ) is þe carlfugol þe cwénfugol, E. S. viii. 479, 91

hlytman

(v.)

to allot

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Wé sculon tilian þæt wé tó þám écan gefeán becuman móton. þæt bið ǽlc man tó his yldrum hlytmeð(-ed?), Verc. Först. 167

lǽþettan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽþettan, p. te
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To make hateful Se oferlyfa on ǽte and on wǽte déð þone man unhálne, and his sáwle Gode lǽðetteð, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 6

Linked entry: láþettan

plúm-feþer

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For '43' at end substitute 144, 4, and add On plúmfeðerum hé ( the rich man ) líð, ac þéhweðere oft ǽblǽce, E. S. viii. 473, 19

Linked entry: feþer