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tácor

(n.)
Grammar
tácor, ,(-ur)es; m.

A husband's brother, brother-in-law

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A husband's brother, brother-in-law Tácor (tácur) levir, Txts. 74, 598. Tácor, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 20: levir, i. frater mariti, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 31. Tácor, ðæt is brýdguma[n] bróðor levirum, ii. 84, 16. Tácor, 50, 30: Hpt. Gl. 498, 75

flugol

Grammar
flugol, (-ul, -el).
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Fingul fugitivus, i. interdum qui fugit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 10. Flygul (printed by Wright fligul) fugax, i. fugitiva, fugiens, Wülck. Gl. 244, 24. Se freóndscipe of næfte scort ys and flugol (fugitiua), Scint. 198, 8, Mid flugelum færeldum fugitiuis discursibus

ge-endodlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-endodlic, finite. v. un-gendodlic
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in Dict

ge-trimmed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trimmed, part. [ge-trymman to draw up]

Drawn up ⬩ instructus

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Drawn up; instructus Getrimmed féða cuneus, Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 79; Wrt. Voc. 18, 31

Behémas

(n.)
Grammar
Behémas, pl. m: Béme, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The Bohemians ⬩ Bohēmi

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The Bohemians; Bohēmi Hí Maroaro habbaþ, be westan him Þyringas, and Behémas, and Bægware healfe they, the Moravians, have, on their west, the Thuringians, Bohemians, and part of the Bavarians Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 42

Linked entry: Béme

oflinnendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
oflinnendlíce, v. un-oflinnendlíce: <b>ófost.</b> l.
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ofost

hearm-cweþan

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Gebiddað fore ðǽm harmcuoed[end]um iúih orate pro calumniantibus uos, Lk. L. 6, 28. Add:

steór-róðor

(n.)
Grammar
steór-róðor, (-er, -ur), es; n.
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A rudder, lit. and fig. Steórróþer remus (an oar used for steering), Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 11. Steórróðer palmula, ii. 67, 68. Steórróðor, 116, 52. Steórróþur gubernaculum, i. 63, 52. God is steórróþer and helma clavus atque gubernaculum, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158

ge-lífenness

Grammar
ge-lífenness, v. un-gelífenness, gelífen.

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mǽt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽt-líc, v. or-, un-mǽtlíc.

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a-wurtwarian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wurtwarian, p. ude; pp. ud

To root up ⬩ exterminare

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To root up; exterminare Awurtwarude hine exterminavit eam, Ps. Spl. M. 79, 14

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.
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Ðonon ðe hí útan bióþ áhæfene, ðanon hié bióþ innan áfeallene, Past. 50; Swt. 391, 12

Linked entries: þanan-forþ þanon þonan þonon

Úse

(n.)
Grammar
Úse, Wúse, an; Ús (or Úse; indecl.?), e; f.

Ouse

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Tó Úse stæðe (cf. uulgare prisco usu nomen imposuerunt Use, l. 2), v. 226, 14. Up on Úsan óð Wætlinga-strǽt, L. A. G. i; Th. i. 152, 10. Eall hira land betwuh dícum and Wúsan, Chr. 905; Erl. 98, 20. Betwyx Úsan and Tréntan, 1069; Erl. 207, 16.

Linked entry: Wúse

á-pínedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
á-pínedlíce, v. un-ápínedlíce
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in Dict

be-willan

Grammar
be-willan, v. un-bewilled.

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Burgende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
Burgende, gen. a; dat. um; m.
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The Burgundians, inhabitants of Burgundy, an old province in the east of France; Burgundiones Profentse hæfþ be norþan hyre ða beorgas, ðe man Alpis hǽt, and be súþan hyre is Wendel-sǽ, and be norþan hyre and eástan synd Burgende, and Wascan be westan

ge-reordedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-reordedlic, ge-reordlic. v. un-gereordedlic.

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an-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
an-týnan, p. de; pp. ed [an = un un-, týnan to inclose]

To unclose ⬩ open ⬩ recludere ⬩ aperire

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To unclose, open; recludere, aperire Ic antýne on bigspellum múþ mínne aperiam in parabolis os meum, Ps. Spl. 77, 2

an-wlitegian

(v.)
Grammar
an-wlitegian, p. ode; pp. od [an = un un-, wlitigian to form]

To unform ⬩ change the form of anything ⬩ deformare

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To unform, change the form of anything; deformare Ða he þwaraþ and gewlitegaþ; hwílum eft unwlitegaþ [MS. Cot. anwlitegaþ] these it tempers and forms; sometimes again it unforms, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 9

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
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a host, troop, band, multitude, crowd Weorod agmen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 58. Werod, 6, 42. Werud cetus, i. congregatio, conventus, multitudo, 130, 79. Ðæt æfterfylgende weorod the multitudes (turbae, Mt. 21, 9) which followed, Blickl. Homl. 81, 14. Ðá cwom

Linked entries: eóred weored weorod-líst weorud werud

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