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a-bacan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bacan, ic -bace, ðú -bæcest, -bæcst, he -bæceþ, -bæcþ, pl. -bacaþ; p. -bóc, pl. -bócon; pp. -bacen

To bakepinserecoquere

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To bake; pinsere, coquere Se hláf þurh fýres hǽtan abacen the bread baked by the heat of fire. Homl. Pasc. Daye, A. D. 1567, p. 30, 8; Lisl. 410, 1623, p. 4, 16; Homl. Th. ii. p. 268, 9

festnian

(v.)

to confirmconfirmāre

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to confirm; confirmāre Ic Ceólréd abbud ðas úre selene mid Cristes róde tácue trymme and festnie I Ceolred abbot ratify and confirm this our gift with the sign of Christ's cross, Th. Diplm. A. D. 852; 106, 10-12

freót-man

(n.)
Grammar
freót-man, -mann, es; m.

A freedmanlībertus

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A freedman; lībertus Hió hyre an ðara [MS. ðere] manna and ðæs yrfes, bútan ðám freótmannum [MS. -mannon] she gives her the men and the stock, except the freedmen, Cod. Dipl. 1290; A. D. 995; Kmbl. vi. 131, 10

tún-cressa

(n.)
Grammar
tún-cressa, an; m. : -cærse, -cerse, an; f.
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Town-cress (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names), garden-cress, nasturtium; lepidium sativum Tuuncressa nasturcium, Txts. 79, 1359. Túncǽrse, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 4, 64: i. 67, 70. Túnkerse, 31, 50. Nim túncersan sǽd, Lchdm. ii. 90, 18

esole

(n.)
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esole, (-ele), an; f.
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A she-ass Ofer eoselan folan sitteude, Bl. H. 71, 5. Gyt gemétaþ eoselan (asinam) gebundene and hire folan, 79, 28: 69, 35. Eosula and fola asinam et pullum, Mt. R. 21, 7. Eoslena asinorum, Gr. D. 185, 3

Linked entries: eosele esol

fald-gang

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The pasture land grazed by the animals belonging to a fold (?). (Cf. fold-course a sheep-walk, N. E. D.) Sceóte man ælmessan, swá æt heáfde peninc, swá æt sulhgange peninc, swá æt faldgange pening, Wlfst. 170, 37. Substitute:

Linked entry: fald-gang-penig

frimdig

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Ic eom fyrmdig ðám híwum þæt hine ceósan, C. D. ii. 114, 18. underfǽng þone cnapan swá swá frymdig wæs he received the boy even as he requested, Hml. S. 3, 13. Cf. firmettan. Add

ge-mæc

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ge-mæc, ge-mæcc, ge-mæce.
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Voc. ii. 132, 75. Of ðǽre wísan mæg beón ongyten, heora bégra geearnung wæs gemæce (mæcc ?; -mæc, v.l.) qua ex re colligitur, quia utrorumque par fuerat meritum, Gr. D. 313, 23. Add

greótan

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Hwí ne bidst þú þé beþunga lífes lǽcedómes þú scealt greótan, teáras geótan cur tua non purgas lacrymis peccata profusis, et tibi non oras placidae fomenta medelaet? Dóm. L. 82. [v. N. E. D. greet.] Cf. grétan. Add

híwcúþ-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
híwcúþ-lic, adj.

domesticfamiliar

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Voc. ii. 141, 70. Of híwcúþlicere geférrǽddene domestica sodalitate, An. Ox. 2531. used substantively: On híwcúðlicum ðínum in domesticis tuis, Scint. 194, 9. familiar Mid híwcúlþlicre byldo familiaritatis ausu, Gr. D. 32, 9

níþan

(v.)
Grammar
níþan, p. de
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To envy Þweora manna þeáw is æfestiað óþra manna góddǽde and hefelíce níþað þá selfe ðý ǽr habban willað mos pravorum est invidere aliis virtutis bonum quod ipsi habere non appetunt, Gr. D. 117, 5

spówan

(adv.)
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Add ǽfre tihton þínre geþafunga, þeáh ðe ús hwónlíce speówe, Hml. S. 8, 34. Add Him þyses ne speów, Hml. Th. ii. 478, 34. Add Him speów nánþingc (adv. ) þǽron, C. D. iv. 58, 7

ufe-weard

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ufe-weard, <b>. I.</b>
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add: ofe-weard Strýc þú of ufwerdum heáfde mid þínum twám scytefingran nyþerweard, Tech. ii. 119, 17. Andlang mearce on ðone gáran ufwerdne, C. D. v. 356, 17.

un-áspringendlic

(adj.)
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un-áspringendlic, adj.
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Unfailing Hire byþ se deáþ undeádlic and seó wanung unáspringendlic and se ænde ungedállic ei mors immortalis sit et defectus indeficiens et finis infinitus. Gr. D. 337, II. In heofona ríce is éce líf and unáspringenlic gefeá, Nap. 64

Linked entry: á-springendlic

un-gewiss

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ad/. Add him þá gewát swíðe gewisfullíce (-wiss- v.l.) swilce ungewis wǽre recessit scienter nescius, Gr. D. 95 30. Ungewiss for costnunge per tentalionem imperita, 265, 9. beóð deáde and ungewisse þæs écan lífes, 264, 10

wæter-seáþ

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(super laci ripam), Gr. D. 113, 21. Wæs gewinnful niþer ástígenne þám wæterseáðe ( ad lacum), þonne sceoldon heom wæter hladan, 112, 18. Add

waroþ

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warode ad litus, An. Ox. 8, 420. Be sǽs wároðe (waroðum, v.l.) sicut arenam quae est in littore maris, Gr. D. 55, 12. Lócian égðer ge ofer þone warað ge ofer þá sǽ, Solil. H. 45, 20. Add

wundor-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-hús, es; n.
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An upper chamber, upper part of a house Þá se mæssepreóst gestód in þám solore þæs mynstres. . . þá þurhwuniendum unonwendedlíce eallum þám getimbre þæs hámes wundorhús (solarium) sylf gefeóll, in þám stód se preóst, Gr. D. 119, 27

be-creópan

To creepreach by creeping

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Substitute: To creep, reach by creeping Becreáp (ge-, v. l.), þǽr inn þám hálgan men sum swýðe unhýre nǽddre, Gr. D. 211, 13. Timotheum ácwealdon þǽr ðǽr becropen wæs, Hml. S. 25, 502: Met. 25, 36

am

amsum

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am; sum Ic am ego sum. Mt. Lind. Stv. 26, 22: 11, 29: Jn. Lind. War. 7, 34. Ic am witnesse I am witness. Chr. 1121; Erl. 39, 23 [vide p. 28, note 3, for the date, A. D. 1121.]