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nyttol

(adj.)
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nyttol, adj.

Useful ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial

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Useful, advantageous, beneficial Ðæt ilce ( the same treatment ) biþ nyttol wið hundes slite, Lchdm. ii. 86, 2

gearo-wita

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Add: (gearo-wite?) Orþanclic wíse and ná gearawite (gearewyta, v.l.) argumentum non apparentium, Gr. D. 269, 14

ge-hlyttrod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlyttrod, part.

Purified ⬩ pure ⬩ mĕrācus

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Purified, pure; mĕrācus Gehlyttrod wín mĕrācum vīnum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 62, 7; Wrt. Voc. 27, 61

feoh-georn

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Leófan men, beorgað eów wið deófles lára . . . ne beón gé tó feohgeorne, Wlfst. 40, 17 note.. Add

milte-seóc

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Add: milt-seóc Wið miltan sáre, genim þás wyrte. . . heó þone miltseócan gehǽleþ, Lch. i. 276, 16

steall

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(v. treów-, wíg-steall). v. beorg- (borg-), cyric-, him-, mæsse-, mere-, sealtærn-, tún-, wígbed-steall

án-gilde

(n.)
Grammar
án-gilde, n.
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Ic ꝥ mynster fram ǽghwilcum gafolum gefreóge . . . bútan ángilde wið óþrum . . . , C. D. ii. III, 15. Add

heáfod-ece

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ece, es; m.

Head-ache

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Head-ache Wið heáfodece for head-ache, Lchdm. i. 4,15: Herb. 75, 6; Lchdm. i. 178, 15

Linked entry: ece

ge-þynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þynd, es; n.

A swelling

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A swelling Wið geþind against a swelling, Herb: 46, 4; Lchdm. i. 150, 1. [Cf. to-þunden.]

Linked entry: ge-þind

symbel-wlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
symbel-wlanc, adj.

Elate with feasting

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Elate with feasting Siteþ symbelwlonc, lǽteþ wíne gewǽged word út faran, Exon. Th. 315, 32; Mód. 40

hǽtu

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Ǽlc wiht mæg bet wyð cyle þonne wið hǽte ( omnia animantia patientius ad summum frigoris quam ad summum caloris accedant ), Ors. 1,1; S. 24, 30.

ESNE

(n.)
Grammar
ESNE, es; m.

A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis

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Uton agifan ðæm esne his wíf let us give to the man his wife, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 7

æfstig

(adj.)
Grammar
æfstig, adj.

Envious ⬩ emulous ⬩ æmulus

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Envious, emulous; æmulus Æfstig wið óðra manna yflu æmulus contra aliena vitia, Past. 13, 2 ; MS. Hat. 17 a, 11

drisn

(n.)
Grammar
drisn, e; f?

A wig, false hair ⬩ capillāmentum, galerĭcŭlum

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A wig, false hair; capillāmentum, galerĭcŭlum Rupe vel drisne capillāmenta, Ælfc. Gl. 35; Som. 62, 96; Wrt. Voc. 28, 73

Linked entry: drysn

ellen-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ellen-líce, adv.

Boldly, daringly ⬩ fortĭter, strēnue, pŏtenter

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Boldly, daringly ; fortĭter, strēnue, pŏtenter Wíf beorn acwealde ellenlíce the woman daringly slew a warrior, Beo. Th. 4250; B. 2122

sundor-mǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-mǽd, f.
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-Seó méd ðe ðártó gebyreþ wið Hummingtún seó his sunderméd, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 354, 30

un-hírsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-hírsumlíce, adv.

Disobediently

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Disobediently Ic ne dyde árleáslíce ne unhýrsumlíce wið mínne Drihten nec impie gessi a Deo meo, Ps. Th. 17, 21

Linked entry: hírsumlíce

ge-berst

(n.)
Grammar
ge-berst, es; n.
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Wið ómena geberste, Lch. iii. 42, 29. Add

rýne-mann

(n.)
Grammar
rýne-mann, es; m.
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One skilled in explaining mysteries Ða clamme ðe ða rǽdellan wið rýnemenn heóld, Exon. Th. 429, 32; Rä. 43, 13

wæter-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ádl, e; f.

Dropsy

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Wið wæterádle . . . seó wæterádl út áflóweþ, 364, 19-20, 11

Linked entry: wæter-seócness