seldor
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More seldom, less frequently Seldan raro, seldor rarius, ealra seldost (-ast, MS. H.) rarissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38 ; Zup. 240, 13. Tó seldan hit biþ, beó hit seldor on dæg ðæt wé God herian ðonne seofon síðum, Btwk. 194, 11.
swicollíce
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Aman smeáde swicollíce embe ðæt hú hé eall ludéisc cynn fordyde Haman plotted how to destroy all the Jewish race, Homl. Ass. 96, 145
un-wérig
Not weary ⬩ fresh
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Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorðe geteorad, nime betonican...; ðonne bið hé sóna unwérig, Lchdm. i. 76, 8.
wíse
Wisely ⬩ with wisdom
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Gemune ðínes módes, ða miclan geniht ðínre wéðnesse wíse sæcgenum roccette, and rǽd sprece memoriam abundantiae suavitatis tuae eructabunt, 144, 7
cnyttan
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Þá cnitton hí rápas hire tó handum and fótum, Hml. S. 9, 100. Ðæt hé ne cnytte ðæt underfongnfe feoh on ðǽm swátlíne, Past. 59, 13. Tó cnyttende annectens, Angl. xiii. 406, 588. Add
for-grípan
To seize ⬩ To destroy
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To seize, seize and carry off Ic ætbréde vel ic forgrípe diripio, i. rapio, abstraho, eripio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 48. Ealle hí se stranga deáð forgrípeð and nymð, Guth. 78, 15. Genom ł forgráp appraehendit, Lk. L. 5, 26.
ge-clystre
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Srt. ii. 193, 1. ꝥ tó láfe wunodon swýþe feáwa geclystru þára wínbyrgena ut rari racemi remanerent, Gr. D. 57, 9.
ærn
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a-hycgan
To devise ⬩ search ⬩ invent ⬩ excogitare ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ invenire
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Bæd him ðæs rǽd ahicgan besought them to devise counsel for this, Cd. 94; Th. 122, 24; Gen. 2031: 178; Th. 224, 3; Dan. 130. Hie ahogodan heoro they invented the sword, Exon. 92 a; Th. 346, 9; Gn. Ex. 202
Linked entry: a-hicgan
frox
A frog ⬩ rāna
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A frog; rāna To ðé and to ðínum folce and in to eallum ðínum þeówum gáþ ða froxas ad te et ad pŏpŭlum tuum et ad omnes servos tuos intrābunt rānæ, Ex. 8, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13: Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 25.
Linked entry: FROGGA
seld-hwanne
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Ðeáh seldhwænne leáf geseald sié tó sprecenne quamvis rara loquendi concedatur licentia, R. Ben. 21, 16. Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 44. Seld*-*hwonne biþ ðaette áuht manegum monnum ánes hwæt lícige, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 64, 29
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smicere
Finely, fairly, elegantly
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In burh raðe smicere cymeþ wlitig scríðan þrymlíce on tún Maius Menol. Fox 150; Men. 76. Ðonne singþ hé smælor and smicror minutas ac tenues voces format Past. 63; Swt. 461, 3
tosca
A frog
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A frog Sceomiende (the glosser has taken rubeta as connected with rubeo) ða ðió is ácuoeden tosca rubeta illa quae dicitur rana, Rtl. 125, 27. Sette him heard wíte hundes fleógan and hí ǽtan eác yfle tostan (toscan ?)
BYCGAN
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Ðæt góde men mid feó bicgaþ which good men buy with money, 114a; Th. 436, 37; Rä. 55, 12. Ðæt bohte Abraham quam emit Abraham, Gen. 49, 30: Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 27. Menn heora land bohton [MS. bohtan] men bought their land, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 10.
lagu-flód
Sea ⬩ ocean ⬩ stream ⬩ wave ⬩ water
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Fercþ oft lagoflód on lyfte oft bears water aloft, 114 b; Th. 440, 3; Rä. 59, 12. Ǽr gescóp éce dryhten laguflóda bigong before had the Lord eternal created the course of the waters, 54 b; Th. 193, 29; Az. 129: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 345; Met. 20, 173.
ge-treówe
True ⬩ trusty ⬩ faithful ⬩ fīdus ⬩ fīdēlis
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Hý habbaþ freónda ðý má tilra and getreówra they will have the more of excellent and faithful friends, Exon. 107 a; Th. 409, 2; Rä. 27, 23. Beó getreówra be more trusty, Prov. Kmbl. 76.
gripe
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For mínum gripe for my grasp, Exon. 126 a; Th. 484, 11; Rä. 70, 6: Beo. Th. 2300; B. 1148. Staþole strengra ðonne ealra stána gripe stronger in position than the hold of all stones, Salm. Kmbl. 154; Sal. 76
Linked entries: greóp hilde-frófor
god-web
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Geolo godwebb yellow silk, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 25; Rä. 36, 10. Godwebba cyst choicest of textures [the veil of the temple], Exon. 24 b; Th. 70, 8; Cri. 1135
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six
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Da siex stafas sweotule bécnaþ, 407, 4; Ra. 25, 10. Syx (sex, Lind. , Rush. ) dagon ǽr, Jn. Skt. 12, 1. <b>1a.</b> in multiplication Ceorles wergild is . cc. scił ł. Ðegnes wergild is syx swá micel, L. M. L. ; Th. i. 190, 3.
scín
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Th. 385, 29; Rä. 4, 52. Swá biþ scinna þeáw, deófla wíse, 362, 4; Wal. 31. Scinnum scenis (cf. scina gríma, 94, 904), Txts. 97, 1831. Ðam deófle wiðstandan ðonne hé his wód scinn (wóde scín, MS.