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scild-weall

(n.)
Grammar
scild-weall, es; m.
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A shield-wall, the shields held by a line of soldiers: — Ðonne strǽla storm scóc ofer scyldweall, Beo. Th. 6227; B. 3118. Cf. scild-burh

Linked entry: bord-weall

healsed

(n.)
Grammar
healsed, healsod, healscod

a cloth for the head

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Lind. 19, 20. Mið halsodo sudario, Jn. Skt. Rush. [halscode, Lind.] 11, 44. Halsodu sudarium [hascode, Lind.] 20, 7

Linked entry: háls

ge-talian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-talian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad, ed

To tellnumberreckonconsider

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Lind. 15, 28

Linked entries: talian ge-tellan

bærs

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Baers (bers (r above the line between e and s)) lupus, Txts. 74, 592. Bærs, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 2: 281, 65. Bears, ii. 51, 21. Add

ge-horian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-horian, pp. ad

To spit

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Lind. 14, 65. Gehoræd biþ conspuetur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 32

þeahtung

(n.)
Grammar
þeahtung, e; f.
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Lind. 27, 7. Ðætung consilium, 28, 12. Ðæhtung, p. 16, 14: Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 6: 15, 1: Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 30. Ðæhtunge, Mk. Skt. Rush. 3, 6

twínen

(adj.)
Grammar
twínen, adj.
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Of linen, linen Bam (read ham, v. the corresponding gloss ham subucula, Hpt. Gl. 526, 30: at the same place, byssina is rendered by línen) twínen subucula bissina, Anglia xiii. 37, 285

Linked entry: twín

weorc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-mann, es; m.
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Lind. 10, 10. Woercmonn (werc-, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 7. Wercmenn operarii, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 37. Woercmenn, 20,1: Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 2. Ǽlc riht cynestól stent on þrým stapelum . . . laboratores syndon weorcmenn, Wulfst. 267, 14.

þeóstrig

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstrig, adj.
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Lind. 6, 23: Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 34. Ðióstrig ł blind hearta caecatum cor, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 17. Ðurh ðrióstrie wegas per vias tenebrosas, Kent. Gl. 21

Linked entries: þýstrig þrióstrig

seleness

(n.)
Grammar
seleness, selnes
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Lind. 15, 2, 3 : Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 7, 3, 9

Linked entry: selnes

beád

(n.)
Grammar
beád, es; m.

A tablemensa

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Lind. War. 16, 21. Beádas, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 12

ge-ráwan

(v.)
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to make a row or line Geráwende infindens (labara per terram trudito dextra, quatuor infindens directo tramite sulcos, Ald. 153, 33), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 24: 47, 22

Linked entry: ráwan

wíf-healf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-healf, e; f.

The female sidefemale line

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The female side, female line On ða gerád ðæt hí gecuron heora kynecinn ða on iía wífhealfa, Chr. Erl. 3, 16. (Cf. wíf-cynn, I. ) v. preceding word

un-ádrysnendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádrysnendlíc, adj.

Unquenchableinextinguishable

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Lind. 9, 45: Lk. Skt. Lind. 3, 17 (unádryssenlíc, Rush.)

lám-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
lám-wyrhta, an; m.

a potter

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A worker in clay, a potter Lámwyrhte [-wrihta, Lind.] figuli, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 7. Lámwyrhtæ [-wrihtæs, Lind.], 10

píslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
píslíce, adv.
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Lind. 13, 15 : Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 11, 53. v. preceding word

sóþ-hwæðere

(con.)
Grammar
sóþ-hwæðere, conj.

Howeveryetnevertheless

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Lind. 26, 64: Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 42

plett

(n.)
Grammar
plett, e; f.
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A fold Óðre scíp ic hafo ða ðe ne sindun of ðisse pletta (from ðissum plette, Lind.) ... biþ ánn pletta (án plette, Lind.), Jn. Skt. Rush. 10, 16. In scípa plett ł locc in ouile ouium, Lind. 10, 1

los-wist

Grammar
los-wist, lose-wist, e; f: es, m.[?]

Hurtlossdestructionwaste

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Lind. 16, 26. Losuist [losewest] gedóe, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 36: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 25

gristbitung

(n.)
Grammar
gristbitung, e; f.
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A gnashing of the teeth Tóþa gristbitung [gristbiottung, Lind.] stridor dentium, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 12: 13, 42, 50: Blickl. Homl. 185, 7: Cd. 220; Th. 285, 7; Sat. 334. Gristbiotung, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 30. Gristbittung, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 28

Linked entry: gristbátung