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scip-líðend

(n.)
Grammar
scip-líðend, es; m.
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Ealla ða þing ða ðe scyplíðendum ( navigantibus ) nydþearflícu gesewen wǽron, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 26. v. next word

Sciððia

(n.)
Grammar
Sciððia, Sciððiu; indecl. : Sciððie, an; f.
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Ðæt lond mon hǽtt þa ealdan Sciððian, 1, 1; Swt. 14, 17. v. preceding word

ge-bryddan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bryddan, p. de; pp. ed

To frightenterrifyterrēre

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To frighten, terrify; terrēre Gif ðú mec gebringest, ðæt ic sí gebrydded þurh ðæs cantices cwide Cristes línan if thou wilt bring me, that I may be frightened through the word of the canticle of Christ's discipline, Salm. Kmbl. 32; Sal. 16

Linked entry: bryddan

sige-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
sige-wíf, es ; n.
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Grimm supposes this word may be a general denomination of wise women, D. M. 402 ; the passage in which it occurs is a charm, where it is addressed to bees when swarming Sittaþ gé, sigewíf, sígaþ tó eorþan, Lchdm. i. 384, 24

sundor-nytt

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-nytt, e; f.
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Th. 1339; B. 667. v. preceding word

swǽs-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽs-líc, adj.
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Kindly, pleasant, agreeable Sárge gé ne sóhton, ne him swǽslíc word frófre gé sprǽcon, Exon. Th. 92, 20; Cri. 1511. He ( Antecrist ) winþ ongeán Godes gecorenan mid swǽslícum gifum.

wógian

(v.)
Grammar
wógian, p. ode

To woomarry

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To woo, marry Náht framaþ flǽsc habban mǽden gif on geþance aenig wógaþ nihil prodest carnem habere uirginem si mente quis nupserit, Scint. 70, 7. Bearn worulde ðissere wógiaþ (nwbunt) . . . hí ne wógiaþ (nubunf), ne hí ne lǽdaþ wíf, 68, 14, 17

ed-wilm

(n.)
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Cf. preceding word

Linked entry: éd-wylm

flocan

Grammar
flocan, flócan; p. fleóoc

clap

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To beat together, clap with the hands, as an expression of joy or grief Oft ic (a sword) wífe ábelge, wonie hyre willan: heó mé wom spreceð, flðceð hyre folmum . . .ungód gæleð, Ru. 21, 34. Flócende conplosis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 14. Substitute:

ge-sméþan

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ge-cóplic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cóplic, adj.
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Gecóplice word forðstæppan of múðe þínum þænne þú gecóplicne tíman fintst oportuna uerba procedant ex ore tuo cum oportunum tempus inueneris, Scint. 81, 18

Linked entry: cop-lic

be-tweoh

Grammar
be-tweoh, <b>A. I 1 a</b>.
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Add Hé betweoh gebedum (betwih gebedes word, v. l. inter uerba orationis ) his líf geendode, Bd. 3, 12; Sch. 245, 15. <b>B. II 2</b>. add : See preceding passage

bróc-minte

(n.)
Grammar
bróc-minte, an; f: bróc-mint, e; f.

BROOKMINT, horsemintmentha sylvestris Σισύμβριον sisymbrium officinale

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Genim ðysse wyrte wós, ðe man sisymbrium, and óðrum naman brócminte nemneþ Brookmint. Take the juice of this plant, which men call σισύμβριον, and by another name, brookmint, Herb. 107; Lchdm. i. 220, 17

spír

(n.)
Grammar
spír,

a spire

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The word is also used of tapering trees, v. Baker's Northampt. Gl. Hreódes spír Lchdm, ii. 266, 10

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, -býrigan, -bírian; 3rd sing. ; p. ede; pp. ed; 3rd sing. ; p. ode; pp. od. [The cognate words point to a short vowel.]

To happento fall outto pertain tobelong toevenireacciderecontingerepertinere adIt pertains toit is fitting or suitableit becomesit behovespertinet adconvenitoportetdecet

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v. intrans. To happen, to fall out, to pertain to, belong to; evenire, accidere, contingere, pertinere ad ÐDonne hit gebýrigan mæg when it may happen, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 22; Met. 4, 11. Syle me mínne dǽl mínre ǽhte, ðe me to gebýreþ da mihi portionem substantiæ

Linked entries: býre ge-bíraþ

eást-lang

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-lang, adv.

Along the east orientem versus

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Along the east; orientem versus Se wudu iséastlang and westlang hund twelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, from east to west [lit. along the east and along the west], is one hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 30

hulc

(n.)
Grammar
hulc, es; m. [?]

a hulkliburna

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A light ship, a hulk [but in later times the word is applied to a heavy ship of clumsy make]; liburna, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 102; Wrt. Voc. 56, 23. Si adveniat ceol vel hulcus, L. Eth. iv. 2; Th. i. 300, 9

þíht

(adj.)
Grammar
þíht, adj.
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This word seems to be the second part in each of the two compounds found in the following charm Gehwér férde ic me ðone mǽran magaþíhtan mid ðysse mǽran meteþíhtan ðonne ic mé wille habban and hám gán, Lchdm. iii. 68, 17

wyrm-galere

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-galere, es; m.
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A serpent-charmer, sorcerer Wyrmgalere marsum (the word occurs in reference to the incident given under wyrmgaldere ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 11: 55, 11.

eást-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-weardes, adv.
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Hé geseah þæs wífes líchaman orsáwle licgende, and þá handa . . . eástweardes gewende, 743. v. preceding word

Linked entry: weardes