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scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e ; f.
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Sió scír hátte Hálgoland ðe (Ohthere) on búde. Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 9. áxode ðære þeóde nama wǽre ðe of cómon . . . Gyt ðá Gregorius befrán ðære scíre nama wǽre ðe ða cnapan of álǽdde wǽron, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 27-33.

Linked entry: scýr

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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Ðence ǽlc mon nytwyrðe sié and gehiórsum ðǽm ðe mid ryhte hiéran scyle on ðám ðe déð penset quisque quid subjectus egerit, Past. 57, 14.

án-rǽd

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hine hét þæt ne tweóde, ac þæt wǽre ánrǽd, Guth. 30, 7. Eádgár se æþela and se ánrǽda cyning. Jud. p. 163,11. Rihtwísnysse mid ánrǽdum móde symle healdan, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 19: Hml. S. 1, 166. Beóð ánrǽde and habbað sum eornost, Hml.

of-teón

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ofteáh his bréðer landes and ǽhta bútan hwæt æt him geearnode,C. D. vi. 127, 9. heofonan scúras oftugon, and eft miltsigende getíþoden, Hml. Th. i. 540, 29

frignan

(v.)
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Hine frugnon (frúnon, v.l. ) his geféran for hwan þis dyde, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 361, 12. Heó cwæð þæt heó frugne (frúne, frægn, v. ll. ) hwæt sóhton, 3, 8; Sch. 222, 15. Hine frignan (frínan, v.l. ) for hwan . . . 4, 22 ; Sch. 457, 19.

clipung

(n.)
Grammar
clipung, e; f.
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ne synd ná mid ealle dumbe, ac habbað lytle clypunge, 8. form of address (of pronouns). v. stefn, Se ðridda hád ( the (pronoun of the) third person ) hæfð syx clypunga, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 93, 7

Linked entries: cleopung clepung

bærnan

to expose to the action of heatto cauterizeto cause to give lightto consume by fire

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ongan bærnan sum deófolgild, Bl. H. 221, 6: B. 2313: Dan. 242. Mul wærð on Cent bærned, Chr. 687; P. 39, 34

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, <b>. II.</b>
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</b> add :-- him áþas swór, þæt him gearo wǽre, Chr. 874; P. 72, 30. him áþas swóron on þám hálgan beáge þæt hié of his ríce fóren, 876; P. 74, 9

á-stífian

(v.)

to become incapable of motionto become incapable of action from fear, wonder

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Voc. ii. 63, 62, 65. lit. to become incapable of motion ástífode and se earm stód ungebígendlic, Gr. D. 254, 36. Heora handa ástífedon, Hml. Th. i. 598, 11. Þá múlas ástífodon, Hml. S. 31, 985. ástífod lǽge, Bl. H. 193, 8.

earm-cearig

(adj.)
Grammar
earm-cearig, adj.

Miserable and sadmĭser et tristis

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Miserable and sad; mĭser et tristis ic, earm-cearig, íscealdne sǽ, winter wunade how I passed a winter, miserable and sad, on the ice-cold sea, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 27; Seef. 14: 76 b; Th. 287, 26; Wand. 20

eówian

(v.)
Grammar
eówian, p. ode; pp. od

To shewostendĕre

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To shew ; ostendĕre Hi eówodon me ða wunde monstrāvērunt mihi vulnus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 17. Ðá hét he his tungan forþdón of his múþe, and him eówian linguam prōferre ex ōre, ac sĭbi ostendĕre jussit, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 6

Linked entry: iówian

ilce

(adv.)
Grammar
ilce, adv.
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In the same way ne eom ic monn suá ilce suá ðú am I not a man the same as you are? Past. 17, 6 ; Swt. 115, 12. Eft swá ilce again in the same way, Bt. 16, 1 ; Fox 50, 10

sylian

(v.)
Grammar
sylian, p. ede
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To sully, soil, pollute, defile on unscyldgum eorla blóde his sweord selede (cf. besyled, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58. 18), Met. 9, 60. Sió sugu wille sylian on hire sole æfter ðæm ðe hió áðwægen biþ, Past. 54; Swt. 419, 27

Linked entries: selian sulian be-sylian

un-gesibsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesibsumness, e; f.

Proneness to discordquarrelsomenessdiscord

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Proneness to discord, quarrelsomeness, discord Wé magon gecnáwan on ðara ungesceádwísra niétena gesibsumnesse micel yfel sió gesceádwíslíce gecynd ðurh ða ungesibsumnesse gefremeþ si solertes aspicimus, concordando sibi irrationalis natura indicat

Linked entry: ge-sibsumnes

cild-geogoþ

(n.)
Grammar
cild-geogoþ, e; f.
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Swá ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe, Lch. iii. 438, 10. Sprǽcon embe heora cildgeogoðe, Hml. S. 30, 320. 374

Linked entries: cild-hád cild-ildu

land-mearc

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Þegnas and ceorlas habbað landmearke, mycele má geríst hyt ꝥ seó tíd hæbbe mearke, Angl. viii. 326, 12. Add

fyrn-geár

the preceding year

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Quam gibod Godes fernun gére, Hél. 217) Gif þú wille witan eald se móna wǽre fyrngeáre on þysne dæg, Lch. iii. 228, 9, 14. [Þe lost of uernyere, Ayenb. 92, 4.]

á-wacan

(v.)

to springarise

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fela þeóda áwócon of his iii. bearnum?, Sal. K. 182, 24, 26. Add

Linked entry: wacan

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Heó mid wundrunge wearð befangen, Hml. S. 2, 251. Wearð befangen mid hreónesse he was caught in a storm, Gr. D. 248, 18.

hlystan

listento listen

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S. 30, 321. to listen as a learner, be a regular auditor: hine þǽr áfédde feówer geár. . . and hine sóhton þá crístenan and his láre hlyston, Hml.