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styria

(n.)
Grammar
styria, styriga, styrga, styra, an; m.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27. Andlang strǽte út on styrian pól, vi. 9, 6. Mereswýn and stirian delphinos et sturias, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9

Linked entry: stiria

tættec

(n.)
Grammar
tættec, (-a, -e?)

a rag, tatter

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Dip. Kmbl. v. 112, 35. Tættucæn stán, 340, 35. Tættaces stán, 325, 30. Tædduces stán, 253, 4. Could the word mean beggar? In the first mentioned charters lodderes sæccing (sæxcing) occurs

tulge

(adv.)
Grammar
tulge, cpve. tylg; spve. tylgest; adv.
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Ic bí me tylgust secge ðis sárspell I make this lament mostly about myself, Exon. Th. 458, 5 ; Hy. 4, 95

Linked entry: tylg

þreodung

(n.)
Grammar
þreodung, þridung, e; f.

deliberationhesitation

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Ðá cwæð án ðæra deófla tó hyre: 'Hwæt is ðín þriding? hwí nelt ðú út gán?' Wulfst. 140, 13. Tweógendlícere tweónunge þrydunge ancipiti ambiguitatis scrupulo, Hpt. Gl. 422, 34

Linked entries: þridung þrydung

eft-sóna

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Ne þincð mé nǽfre ꝥ hit sóð sý ꝥ þis sý Efesa byrig . . . ac ic nát eftsóna, ne ic nǽfre git nyste ꝥ ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende búton Ephese ánre methinks it cannot be true that this is Ephesus, but again I do not know, nor ever yet did I know, that

hlýde

(n.)
Grammar
hlýde, an; f,

torrent

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v. hlúd, and cf. hlyn, hlynn), torrent Andlang díc; ꝥ on hlýdan; andlang hlýdan on brádan mór, C. D. B. ii. 374, 14. Andlang cumbes innan hlýdan ǽwylmas; swá andlang hlýdan, C. D. v. 107, 13. In ðá hlýdan; of ðǽre hlýdan, iii. 80, 10: 37.

seohtre

(n.)
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Tó ðám fúlan siðre; of ðone fúlan siðre on ðæt díc, v. 304, 24. [On sihterwíc, vi. 56, 16.]

Sæfern

(n.)
Grammar
Sæfern, e; also indecl. f.

The river Severn

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 10. Of Sæfern, 405, 29. Westweardes on Sæferne, Latin forms in the charters are Saberna, i. 64, 11: Sabrina, 84, 2: Saebrina, ii. 59, 18. ii. 150, 9, 14

weall-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
weall-fæsten, weall-fæstenn, es; n.

a walled stronghold a fortress a wall for defence a bulwark

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Dip. Kmbl. ii. 86, 27. Hé ongan ceastre timbran, ðæt wæs weallfæstenna ǽrest, Cd. Th. 64, 31; Gen. 1058. a wall for defence, a bulwark Forhwan ðú tówurpe weallfæsten his ? quid deposuisti maceriam ejus? Ps. Th. 79, 12.

smolt

(adj.)
Grammar
smolt, smeolt; adj.

Serene, quiet, peaceful

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Smolt dæg ł restdæg (smolte dæge, Rush.) sero die Jn. Skt. Lind. 20, 19. Éfern ł smolt (efern smolt, Rush.) sero Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 47. Wé hæfdon smolte niht nox serena reddita est nobis Nar. 23, 52. [With smeþe smylyng and smolt Gaw. 1763.]

Linked entry: smeolt

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.

roomy, spacious, ample, extensive roomy, open, unencumbered. long, extended ample, great, liberalunrestricted, clear, free from conditionslaxample, far-reachingliberal.great, noble, august

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 258,29 . Ðé weorð on ðínum breóstum rúm your mind will be freed from the trammels hitherto restricting it, Cd. Th. 33, 13; Gen. 519. not restrained within due limits, lax Rúme regulas, Exon.

costnung

(n.)
Grammar
costnung, costung, costing, e; f. [costnian, costian to tempt, try]

A temptationtryingtrialtribulation tentatioprobatiotribulatio

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Æfter dæge costunge secundum diem tentationis Ps. Spl. 94, 8. Ne gelǽd ðú us on costnunge ne nos inducas in tentationem Mt. Bos. 6, 13; 26, 41; Mk. Bos. 14, 38; Lk. Bos. 11, 4; 22, 40, 46; Homl. Th. ii. 596, 9; 600, 16.

Linked entries: costing costung

dagung

(n.)
Grammar
dagung, e; f.

A dawning, dawn, day-break aurora, tempus matutinum, diluculum

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On dagunge ðæs fiftan dæges quinta inlucescente die, 5, 19; S. 640, 26

dimnes

(n.)
Grammar
dimnes, dymnys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.
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Ðis biþ gód lǽcedóm wið eágna dimnesse this is a good remedy for dimness of eyes, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 26, 9. Wolcnu and dimnys on his ymbhwyrfte nubes et cālīgo in circuitu ejus, Ps. Lamb. 96, 2: Mone B. 3240.

Linked entry: dymnys

fléwsa

(n.)
Grammar
fléwsa, an; m. [flówan to flow]

A flowingfluxfluxus

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Ðý sylfan dæge hyt ðone fléwsan belúceþ eōdem die fluxum comprĭmet, 178, 6; Lchdm. i. 312, 16: 175, 3; Lchdm. i. 308, 1. Heó ða fléwsan gewríþ it stops the flux, 128; Lchdm. i. 240, 5

hider-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
hider-cyme, es; m.

A coming hither, to this world advent

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A coming hither, to this world, advent; — Ðín hidercyme thy advent, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 12; Cri. 367. Fram Cristes hidercyme ab incarnatione Domini, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 16: 1. 4; S. 475, 26. On his hidercyme in his coming hither [to Hell], Blickl.

Linked entry: hider-tócyme

scytta

(n.)
Grammar
scytta, an; m. A shooter, an archer
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 132, 22. On scyttan mere; ðæt on scyttan dúne, 381, 11. Wulfsiges módor scyttan, vi. 212, 5. Ðá gegaderade Regulus ealle ða scyttan ðe on ðæm færelte wǽron, ðæt hié ( the serpent ) mon mid flánum ofercóme, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 5.

Scyttisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Scyttisc, adj.
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. ¶ Of speech :-- Sind on ðís íglande fíf geþeóde . . . Scyttisc, Chr. Erl. 3, 3. Se cyning Scyttysc ( linguam Scottorum ) geleornad hæfde, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 39. On ðam mynstre ðe on Scyttisc is nemned Rathmelsigi, 3, 27; S. 558, 35

Linked entry: Scittisc

un-ásmeágendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásmeágendlíc, adj.

Unsearchablepast finding outinscrutable

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Ðín myldheortnys is swíðe mycel and unásmǽgendlíc, 3, 548. Ðære sáwle brógan, unásmeágendlícu yrmðu ( misery beyond the power of man to explore ), Wulfst. 249, 19. He mé gefrætwode mid unásmeágendlícra wurðfulnesse, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 31.

Linked entry: á-smeágendlic

wudu-bearu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bearu, (-o), wes; m.

A grove of treesa wood

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 350, 7. Da wudubearwas nemora, Nar. 22, 15. Drihten sende ceferas, ða ádilegedan ealle wudebeorwas. Wulfst. 221, 17