murnan
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Take here the examples given under meornan in Dict., and add: Oferfyll bið þǽre sáwle feónd . . . hit ne murneð for nánum men, ne for fæder ne for méder ne for bróðter ne for swustor, Wlfst. 242, 6.
þeód-wrecan
to avenge thoroughly, ⬩ take great vengeance for
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to avenge thoroughly, take great vengeance for Grendles módor gegán wolde sorhfulue síð, sunu þeódwrecan (Ettmüller would read suna deáð wrecan; but perhaps the force of þeód- here and its composition with a verb may be illustrated by the case of full
á-wreón
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Take here the passages given under á-wríhan, -wrióhan, dele -wreóhan, -wrióhan, and add:
ferhþ-cearig
Anxious in soul ⬩ anĭmo sollĭcĭtus
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Anxious in soul; anĭmo sollĭcĭtus Sarra ongan, ferhþcearig, to were sínum mæþlan Sarah, anxious in soul, began to speak to her consort, Cd. 101; Th. 133, 28; Gen. 2217
weorold-geþyngþ
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Worldly dignity Ǽlc heáh ár hér on worulde bið mid frécnessum embeseald; efne swá ða woruldgeþincþa (-geþingþa, v. l.) beóð máran, swá ða frécnessa beóð swíðran, Wulfst. 262, 3
on-sprǽc
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Add: talk, conversation: — Hêr hwêne wiðufan þîne word and anspræ̂c rehte and smeáde be þâm wîtelicum hellestôwum paulo superius sermo de locis poenalibus inferni versabatur, Gr. D. 332, 9
týtan
To stand out ⬩ be conspicuous
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Ne týtaþ hér tungul ac biþ týr scæcen stars shall not shine forth, but glory shall have departed, Exon. Th. 447, 26; Dóm. 45
scima
Shadow ⬩ gloom
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Shadow, gloom Ne hér (in hell) dæg lýhteþ for scedes sciman, Cd. Th. 271, 15; Sat. 106. Hýdeþ hine ǽghwylc æfter sceades sciman, Salm. Kmbl. 233; Sal. 116
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drop-fáh
Drop-coloured, variegated in spots, spotted ⬩ stillātus
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Drop-coloured, variegated in spots, spotted; stillātus Stillātus, ðæt is on úre geþeóde, dropfáh stillātus, that is in our language, spotted, Herb. 131, 1; Lchdm. i. 242, 14.
in-swán
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The herd who had charge of the lord's swine Ǽlc gebúr sylle .vi. hláfas ðam inswáne ðonne hé his heorde tó mæstene drífe omnis geburus det vi. panes porcario curie quando gregem suum minabit in pastinagium, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 21
mónaþ-seóc
lunatic ⬩ epileptic ⬩ suffering from mónaþádl
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Kmbl. 4, 24: Herb. 10, 2; Lchdm. i. 100, 18. suffering from mónaþádl Bearneácnigende wíf and mónaþseóc, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 4
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á-ceápian
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Add: To buy off or out, where a result is obtained by payment Hǽþenne here him fram áceápian, C. D. B. iii. 75, 3. Búton hé him wille fǽhðe of áceápian unless he will buy off the feud from himself Ll. Th. i. 150, 2.
fore-gísel
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Salde se here him forgíslas (gíslas, v. l.) and micle áþas þæt hié of his ríce uuoldon, and him eác gehéton þæt hiera kyning fulwihte onfón wolde; and hié þæt gelǽston swá, 878; P. 76, 13. Substitute:
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fore-settan
prefer
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Take here fór-settan (l. for-), and add Foreset praepositus, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 19. of order in time or place, to put before Foresettaþ praeferant, i. anteponant, An. Ox. 2001.
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ge-scildnes
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Hí bǽdon Godes gescyldnysse wið þone Syriscan here, Hml. A. 107, 70- Gescyldnesse tutamini, i. protectioni, An. Ox. 394: clypeo, 2100 : defensaculo, 2390 : defensionem, i. gubernationem, 2795.
ge-wirdan
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Take here <b>ge-wyrdan</b> in Dict., and add Eác hylpð gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð ( turns the milk ), Lch. ii. 218, 24.
hand-lín
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[Take here the two instances given in the Dictionary.] Ðonne þú handlín habban wille, ðonne stríc þú mid þínre swýðran handa eclinga ofer þíne wynstran, Tech, ii. 120, 1
synderlíce
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Se here þe tó Grantanbrycge hiérde hine gecés synderlíce him tó hláforde (the Danes of Cambridge acted by themselves ), Chr. 921; P. 103, 19
on-bútan
About
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Se here sceolde bión getrymed onbútan Hierusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 25. Seó eá gǽþ onbútan ðæt land, Gen. 2, 11. Ðæt folc him sáh eall onbútan, Homl.