efn-lícnes
Evenness, equality ⬩ æquālĭtas
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Evenness, equality; æquālĭtas Hie healdaþ má geférrǽdenne and efnlicnesse ðonne ealdordóm they observe companionship and equality more than authority, Past. 17, 9; Hat. MS. 24 b, 6
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elmestlíc
Charitable ⬩ mĭsĕrĭcors
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Charitable; mĭsĕrĭcors Swé hit him bóem rehtlícast and elmestlícast wére as might be most righteous and most charitable for both, Th. Diplm. A. D. 830; 465, 23
fugol-wylle
Bird-springing ⬩ producing birds ⬩ abounding in birds ⬩ ăvĭbus ăbundans
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Bird-springing, producing birds, abounding in birds; ăvĭbus ăbundans Hit is fiscwylle and fugolwylle it is abounding in fish and fowl, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 41
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ful-boren
Full-born ⬩ noble-born ⬩ nōbĭlis nātu
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Full-born, noble-born; nōbĭlis nātu Mid eahta and feówertig fulborenra þegena with eight and forty noble-born thanes, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 4
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geáp
Expanse ⬩ room ⬩ latĭtūdo ⬩ spătium
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Expanse, room; latĭtūdo, spătium Ðás hofu dreórgiaþ, and ðæs teáfor geápu these courts are dreary, and its purple expanse [?], Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 27; Ruin. 31
un-ornlíc
Poor ⬩ plain ⬩ mean
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Poor, plain, mean Hí námon him ealde gescý and unornlíc scrúd they took old shoes and mean apparel; tulerunt calceamenta perantiqua, induti veteribus vestimentis, Jos. 9, 5
an-gríslíc
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and add Þǽr bið angrislic ege and fyrhto, Wlfst. 139, 16. Se angrislica súðwesterna wind him ongeán stód, Ap. Th. 11, 4. v. on-grislic in Dict
clyppan
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Hé gelæhte hine be þám swuran and cyste and clypte, Hml. S. 30, 336. Ꝥte clioppende (cliopende, R.) wæs ut complexus esset, Mk. L. 9, 36. Add
ed-geong
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Áríseð se Fénix of dǽðe and bið edgung . . . á emb þúsend wintra hé hine forbærneþ and eft ediung úp áríseþ, E. S. viii. 479, 85-89. Add
gefeá-lic
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Gyf him þince ꝥ hé mid cyninge sprece, him cumeð gefeálic gifu tó and gód, Lch. iii. 172, 3. Fæger and gefeálig fugles tácen, Ph. 510. Add
ge-feálíce
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Joyously, in joy Þæt wé ealle mótan on þás hálgan tíde ǽghwæðer ge for Gode and for worolde þý gefeálicor and þe blíþelícor lifian, Wlfst. 284, 16
in-snǽd
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A piece of woodland kept in the lord's hand(?) Tó Óswaldingtúne hiérð holenhyrst ... and triphyrst and insnádis (-as ?) intó Óswaldingtúne, C.D. ii. 228, 4. Cf. in-wudu
on-ásetedness
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A laying on, imposition Ðá ðá foryldað and forgýmeleásiað ꝥ hig nellað heora bearn tó þám fulwihte and tó þǽre onásetednysse þæs bisceopes bletsunga bringan, Nap. 85
þǽnan
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Dele the second passage, for which see beþian, and add Hé ontýnde þone ǽspryng godcundra gewrita, and þǽnde ( rigabat ) þá mǽdwe geleáffulra móda, Gr. D. 34, 20
snǽdan
To take food, take a meal ⬩ a meal ⬩ food, meat
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To take food, take a meal Ðá hé com to Cantwarbyrig, ðá snǽdde hé ðǽr and his menn, and tó Dofran gewende Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 31
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ge-stence
Fragrant ⬩ odorous
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Fragrant, odorous He hafaþ hwítne wyrtruman and swýðe gestencne [-stæncne, MS. B.] it has a white and very fragrant root, Herb. 156, 1; Lchdm. i. 282, 19
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ge-þang
Growth
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Growth Gyfe pund, ðanon him wæs geseald se fæt and geþang a pound of grace, thence was given him the fat and growth, Salm. Kmbl. 180, 12
Weolud
the river Welland
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the river Welland Him cirde tó þurferþ eorl and ða holdas and eal se here ðe tó Hámtúne hiérde norþ óþ Weolud Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 29
Acsan mynster
AXMINSTER in Devonshire ⬩ hodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi
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AXMINSTER in Devonshire; hodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi; ita dictum quod situm est ad ripam fluminis Axi Se Cynewulf rícsode xxxi wintra, and his líc líþ æt Wintan ceastre, and ðæs æðelinges æt Ascan [Acsan, Gib. 59, 3; Ing. 71, 28] mynster Cynewulf
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Frysisc
Of or belonging to Friesland ⬩ Frisian ⬩ Frīsĭcus
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Of or belonging to Friesland, Frisian; Frīsĭcus Nǽron hie náðor ne on Frysisc gesceapen ne on Denisc they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor as the Danish, Chr. 897; Th. 176, 2, col. 2; 177, 2. Ðǽr wearþ ofslegen Lucuman, and ealra manna, Frysiscra
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