lencten-sufel
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Food for the spring or for Lent Syster beána tó længtensufle i. sester fabe ad quadrigesimalem convictum, L. R. S. 9; Th. i. 436, 31
náwiht-ness
Worthlessness ⬩ cowardice
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Worthlessness, cowardice Heom seggan Brytwalana náhtnesse (MS. E. náhtscipe. Cf. secgan Brytta yrgþo ( segnitia ), Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 15), Chr. 449; Erl. 12, 6
ge-winfullíce
Laboriously ⬩ with difficulty ⬩ laboriōse
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Laboriously, with difficulty; laboriōse Ðæt eahta and twentig wintra gewinnfullíce he heóld id per annos viginti octo laboriōsissĭme tĕnuit, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 17
ge-syndlíc
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Prosperous, healthy, happy; prosperus On ðám gesyndlícan þingum ... and on ðám wiðerweardum þingum in prosperous ... and in adverse circumstances, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 21
goung
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A sighing, sobbing, mourning; gemitus On ðæs tuddres forþlǽdnysse biþ goung and sár in prolis prolatione gemitus, Bd. 1, 27 reap. 8; S. 493, 21
riht-handdǽda
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The actual perpetrator of a crime Gif hwá wrace dó on ǽnigum óðrum bútan on ðam rihthanddǽdan, L. Edm. S. 1; Th. i. 248, 12
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risne
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Fitting, becoming, suitable Hé sóna ðám risne andsware ( congrua responsa ) onsende, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 35, MS. B. v. ge-risene and next word
swíþ-stríme
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Having a strong stream Ðá com hé tó swíþ*-*strémre (swíðstrangre, MS. B.) eá pervenit ad flumen meatu rapidissimo, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 4
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twádæg-líc
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Lasting two days Twádæglíc (twydæglíc, Bd. M. 350, 32) fæsten is genóh tó healdenne biduanum sat est observare jejunium, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 8
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þri-leáfe
Trefoil
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Trefoil (cf. later, three-leaved grass, triple grass. v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) Geáces súre vel þriléfe trifolium, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 24
un-ásecgendlíce
Unspeakably ⬩ in a way that cannot be told ⬩ ineffably
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Unspeakably, in a way that cannot be told, ineffably Háligne Gást forþleórendne of Fæder and of Suna unásecgendlíce ( inenarrabiliter ), Bd. 4, 17; S. 586, 14
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ǽn-líce
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Ǽnlíce gefretewod, Hml. S. 9, 24: 18, 341. Ðá cwæð ðæt folc ðæt hé ǽnlíce spræc, 18, 111: 36, 79: Hml. A. 103, 44. Add
á-wógian
To woo
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To woo Ðá foreward ðe Godwine worhte wið Byrhtríc þá hé his dohter áwógode, Cht. Th. 312, 11: Hml. S. 7, 14, 299: 9, 58
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be-stealcian
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To proceed stealthily so at to surprise (cf. deers*-*talking) Hinguar swá swá wulf on lande bestalcode, and þá leóde slóh, Hml. S. 32, 40
be-sǽtian
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To lie in ambush for Hé forsǽtade hié ðǽrðǽr hió geþóht hæfdon p hié hiene besǽtedon insidiantes insidiis capit. Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 146, 11
cwén-fugol
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Icel. kvenn-fugl). For 'Som . . . Lye,' substitute Nán man ne wát hweþer hit ( the Phenix ) is þe carlfugol þe cwénfugol, E. S. viii. 479, 91
cynelíce
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Hé wel cynelíce gefeaht he fought right royally, Ors. 5, 13; S. 244, 25. Se cyng him cynelíce gifode, Chr. 994; P. 129, 19. Add
clyccan
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To clitch (v. N. E. D. s. v.), to bend, incurve the fingers Clyce þíne fingras swilc þú blæchorn niman wille, Tech. ii. 128, 19
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efen-byrde
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Of equal birth Hé genam him gemeccan efenbyrde his cynne he took a wife of as good family as his own, Hml. S. 33, 3
ge-hýþþu
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Commodity, suitable provision Ic mé þrý hláfas gebohte: ic mé hæfde genóh gehýððo tó mínes síðfætes geblǽdfæstnysse, Hml. S. 23 b, 492. (v. ge-blǽdfæstness.)