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sýl

(n.)
Grammar
sýl, e; f.
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Ger. O. H. Ger. súl columna: Icel. súla a pillar. Cf. Goth. sauls a pillar.] Cf. syll

slǽp-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-ærn, -ern, es; n.
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Ic begeat ðæt stǽinene slápern and ðlǽrtó ðæs landes be súþan ðaelig;n slépern .xxiiii. gerda on lange. Chart. Th. 156, 20-27

Linked entry: sláp-ern

un-gemyndig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemyndig, adj.

Unmindful ⬩ forgetful

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Ungemyndig oblitum, Germ. 388, 36. Ungemyndigne, 388, 24. Hí wurdon ðæs treówes ungemyndige, ac God wæs his gemyndig, Homl. Th. ii. 146, 2

wed-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wed-loga, an ; m.

One who is false to a pledge or engagement

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One who is false to a pledge or engagement On ðison gére swác Harðacnut Eádulf eorl under his grðle, and hé wæs ðá wedloga. Chr. 1041 ; Erl. 166, 33. Ic ðé eom andetta mínra synna . . . ic eom wedloga, Anglia xii. 501, 19.

ofer-ǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ǽt, es; m.

over-eating, gluttony, excess in eating ⬩ rioting, feasting, an entertainment where excessive eating takes place ⬩ comessationes ⬩ crapula, commessatio.

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Ger. ovar-át: O. H. Ger. ubar-ázi, -ázzi; f. crapula, commessatio. ]

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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generally feminine, but see the genitive. a plough Sulh aratrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 2: 289, 76. Sul, ii. 6, 19: Ælfc. Gr. 17; Zup. 109, 18. Swá seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer gegá, L. Eth. ix. 7; Th. i. 342, 11: L. Eiig. i. 1; Th. i. 262, 9: L. C. E. 8; Th.

Linked entries: sulh-ælmesse sulh-gang sulincel syl sylan sylh syll

scirdan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
scirdan, p. de
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Ger. giscartit uuerd dolet.]

Linked entries: scyrdan ge-scirdan sceard

þyrre

(adj.)
Grammar
þyrre, adj.

dry ⬩ lacking water ⬩ lacking sap or moisture ⬩ dry

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Ger. thiori holt), Ps. Th. 117, 12. as a medical term, dry Hine dreceþ þyrre hwósta, Lchdm. ii. 264, 13. Eallum þyrrum líchomum hǽmedþing ne dugon ac swíþost þyrrum and cealdum; ne dereþ hit hátum and wǽtum, 222, 28-30

ír

(n.)
Grammar
ír, [íre, es; n. ?]
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Ger. öhr handle.]

Linked entry: ére

orped

(adj.)
Grammar
orped, adj.

Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold

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Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold Lá orpeda cleric, gif ðú wylle witan ða terminos ðe wé ymbe sprǽcon, wite hwylc gér hyt sý ðæs mónan ðæt man hǽt lunaris, Anglia viii. 325, 5.

earfoðe

(n.)
Grammar
earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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Bútan earfeðum easily, Jul. 359: Gú. 216: El. 1292. bodily pain, labour of childbirth, disease, hardship Sió áheardung is on twá wísan gerád.

fore-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
fore-wyrd, fore-wyrd, -wyrde, es; n.

a proviso ⬩ agreement ⬩ condition

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Þá Pyhtas heom ábǽdon wíf æt Scottum on þá gerád (ꝥ forewyrd, v. l.) ꝥ hí gecuron heora kynecinn on þá wífhealfa, Chr. P. 3, 16.

Linked entries: -wyrd fore-word

hand-bred

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Handbrede palmula, Germ. 399, 462. Ástrehtum handbredum tó heofenlicum rodore, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 10. Úpáwendum handbredum wiþ þæs heofones weard, Hml. S. 26, 118.

plyccan

(v.)
Grammar
plyccan, p. plyhte.
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To pluck, pull Plicet (for t instead of þ in the inflexion see stirgit, 391, 30, geþwǽrat, 397, 439, fordyttat, 398, 95) adludit (ut vitulum lupus rapturus adludit prius), Germ. 397, 20.

Linked entry: plicettan

tó-springan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-springan, p. -sprang, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen

To spring asunder ⬩ fly to pieces ⬩ to crack ⬩ burst open

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Tósprang dissilit, Germ. 399, 272. Tóspringe crepet, 398, 112

þweorh-furh

(n.)

a cross furrow ⬩ a rough place

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Ger. furihi salebras; sulcos ), Txts. 95, 1761. Ða unsméþan ðwerfuru salebrosos (complanans) anfractus (Ald.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 26. Þwyrhfero anfractus (the passage in Aldhelm is: Errabundis anfractibus exorbitans), 83, 6. Ðweorhfyro, 2, 20.

Linked entry: -fýre

glýman

(v.)
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Ger. (13th cent.) ein glúmender hunt a savage dog. In Ld. Gl. G. 3, 59 is given from another Leiden MS. glimnit sevit. Perhaps here for glimnit might be read grimmit. v. grimman.] (?)

Linked entry: glimith

sadian

(v.)
Grammar
sadian, ode.

to satisfy, satiate ⬩ to become satisfied,

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Ger. satón saturare. Cf. Icel. seðja to satisfy.]

Linked entry: ge-sadian

meter-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
meter-geweorc, es; n.

Verse

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Verse Paulinus béc of metergeweorce on geráde sprǽce ic gehwyrfde I turned Paulinus' books front verse into prose, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 21

Linked entry: ge-weorc

átor

(n.)
Grammar
átor, áttor, áter, átter, ǽtor, ǽtter, ǽttor; gen. átres, áttres; n.

Poison ⬩ venom ⬩ venenum

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Poison, venom; venenum Átres drync the drink of poison, Andr. Kmbl. 105; An. 53. Áttre gelícost most like to poison, Cd. 216, Th. 274, 32 ; Sat. 162. Flór áttre weól the floor boiled with venom, 220; Th. 284, 8 ; Sat. 318. Áttru venena, Scint. 28. Wið

Linked entries: ǽtor-cyn ǽtter áter áter-drinca átter átter-berende átter-láðe áttor áttor-coppe áttor-láðe áttor-sceaða áttor-spere

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