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hrægel-hús

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Ben. 89, 2. Ágifen á þá ealdan þonne him man níwe reáf sylle and tó hrægelhúse (rægel-, R. Ben. I. 92, 8, vestiario ) betǽcen þearfum tó dǽlenne . . . Ðá þe on ýtinge farað nimon him bréc of hrægelhúse . . .

hyge-leást

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Ben. I. 26, 13

ár-weorþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ár-weorþlíce, adv.

Honourably ⬩ reverently ⬩ solemnly ⬩ kindly ⬩ honorifice ⬩ reverenter ⬩ solemniter ⬩ clementer

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Ben. 58, Lye: Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 8: 1, 27, resp. 8; S. 495, 17: Gen. 45, 4

earn-geáp

(n.)
Grammar
earn-geáp, [earn an eagle, geáp shrewd, cunning] A vulture, species of falcon; vultur, harpe = ἅρπη
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Voc. 62, 2, Ben. Lye

dón-lic

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Ben. I. 23, 12. Dónlicum agendis, 44, 14

wín-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
wín-drenc, es; m.

Wine

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Ben. Interl. 72, 10, 12. Ða cempan him budon drincan gebitrodne wíndrenc, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 16

Linked entry: wín-drync

cnyll

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Ben. 74, 5. Þone óðerne cnyll secundum signum, R. Ben. I. 82, 13

hédd-ern

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hédd-ern, héd-ern

a store-room

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Ben. 71, 17; R. Ben. I. 82, 2. Hwá gefylþ cleafan (cellaria) his oþþe hédderna (-e, Coll. M. 28, 17: promptuaria) búton cræfte mínon (the sailer's) ?, Wrt. Voc. i. 9, 23. Add:

Linked entry: hædern

fóre-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-gleáw, adj.

Very prudent ⬩ provĭdus ⬩ præ aliis săpiens

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Ben. 64: Homl. Th. ii. 152, 2. Fóregleáwe ealde úþwitan very prudent ancient philosophers, Menol. Fox 328; Men. 165

sceót

(adj.)
Grammar
sceót, adj.
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Ben. 97, 16. — Hweðer hé carful sý and sceót (gesceót, W. F.) tó godcundum weorce and tó hýrsumnesse si sollicitus est ad opus Dei, ad obedientiam

Linked entries: ge-sceót ge-sceót

lengan

(v.)
Grammar
lengan, to be long.
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Ben. 68, 9. Lenged protractum, An. Ox. 28, 17. Add

ge-hradian

(v.)
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Ben. 73, 14

ang-sum

(adj.)
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Ben. 20, 9. Add

ge-hýþelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hýþelíce, ge-hýþlic; adv.
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Ben. 83, 18. Gehýþlícor commodius, congruentius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 3

Linked entry: -hýþelíce

ge-staþolung

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Ben. 113, 23

a-windan

(v.)
Grammar
a-windan, ic -winde, ðú -wintst, -winst, he -wint, pl. -windaþ; p. -wand, pl. -wundon ; pp. -wunden [a, windan to wind] .

To wind ⬩ bend ⬩ plectere ⬩ torquere ⬩ To strip off ⬩ detrahere ⬩ To whirl or slip off ⬩ labi

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To wind, bend; plectere, torquere Hí him onsetton þyrnenne helm awundenne imponunt ei plectentes spineam coronam, Mk. Bos. 15, 17. v. trans.

Linked entries: a-wint a-wunden

hylc

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Substitute: a bend, winding, tortuous way; anfractus (cf. anfractum, iter tortuosum vel difficile, Corp. Gl. H. 18, 657) Stíge mistlicum hylcum dweliende (a recto) tramite errabundis anfractibus exorbitant. An. Ox. 3696 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 54.

clerc-hád

(n.)
Grammar
clerc-hád, cleric-hád, cleroc-hád, es; m.

priesthood ⬩ sacerdotium, clericatus

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Ben. 60. Clerochád clericatus, Cot. 45

un-áteorigendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áteorigendlíce, adv.

indefatigably ⬩ unceasingly ⬩ without failing

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Ben. Interl. 22, 13. God ðe wé unátirendlíce ( incessanter ) ondrǽden, Chart. Th. 316, 33

Linked entry: á-teorigendlíce

dæg-hwámlic

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Ben. I. 48, 11. Gemunon wé úre dæghwámlican synna, Bl. H. 25, 15. Add

Linked entry: -hwámlic

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