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Indisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Indisc, adj.

Indian

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Indian Ðone gársecg mon hǽt Indisc e qua oceanus Indicus vocari incipit, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 8. On indisc sprecende indice loquentes. Nar. 25, 16. Indisce mýs mures indici, 16, 5. Indiscum wordum indico sermone, 29, 8

newe-seóða

Grammar
newe-seóða, niwe-, nu-seóða, an; m.

The pit of the belly

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Sió biþ on ða swíðran sídan áþened óþ ðone neweseóðan, 198, 1 : 242, 19 : 258, 6. Nuseóðan, 160, 12

scín-gelác

(n.)
Grammar
scín-gelác, , es; n.
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A magical practice Hí ongunnon secgan ðæt hit drýcræftum gedón wǽre scíngelácum ðæt se stán mǽlde they said that it was done by the sorcerer's arts, by magical practices, that the stone spoke , Andr. Kmbl. 1531 ; An. 767

un-feormigende

(adj.)

inexpiable

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inexpiable Ðá onhrán mín mód hǽlo andgit mid mé sylfre þencende ðæt mé ðone ingang belucen ða onfeormeganda mínra misdǽda the inexpiable circumstances of my misdeeds had closed the entrance for me, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 426

Linked entries: on-feormeganda feormian

firenian

(v.)
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Fyr[n]gende flǽsc caro luxurians, Dóm. L. 214. Take Seel. 103 under II, and add to I

sútere

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Him wæs gesǽd þæt ðá gebytlu wǽron gemynte ánum sútere . . . hé áxode ymbe ðone sútere (cf. hé ongan ácsian be ðám lífe þæs sceóhwyrhtan, Gr. D. 322, 5. v. scóh-wyrhta), Hml. Th. ii. 356, 1-3. Add

weg-farende

(adj.)
Grammar
weg-farende, ; adj. (ptcpl.)

Wayfaring

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Wayfaring Sum wegfarende (-férende, v. l.) man férde wið ðone feld; ðá wearð his hors gesicclod, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 204. Seó nædre ligeþ on ðam wege, and wyle ða wegfarendan mid hire tóðum slítan, Wulfst. 192, 23

geán-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
geán-cirr, es; m.

return

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Ðone réðan wiðer-sacan on his geáncyrre gegladian, Hml, Th. i. 450, 19. Geáncyr post-liminium, reuersionem An. Ox. 7, 187

Linked entry: cirr

a-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-licgan, -licgean; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen

To liefailconfineperishjacereconquiesceredeficereaboleri

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His dóm alæg its power failed, Beo. Th. 3061; B. 1528

Linked entry: a-legen

feðer-fóte

(adj.)
Grammar
feðer-fóte, adj.

Four-footedquadrŭpes

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-fóta] neáta ðone téðan dǽl to þearfum syllan wolde Eadbyrht would give the tenth part of four-footed cattle to the poor, Bd. 4, 29; S. 608, 17, note, MS. B

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, p. -reórd, -réd, -rǽd

To give counsel, advise, bring about by adviceconsilium dare

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To give counsel, advise, bring about by advice; consilium dare Ðe him ðone teónan gerǽd who brought that injury upon them by his counsel, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 12; Gen. 774: 37; Th. 49, 25; Gen. 797

Linked entries: ge-rǽde ge-rádian

þanan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
þanan-weard, adj.
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Moving thence Bebeád hé him, ðæt hé geara wiste, ðæt hé hine nǽfre underbæc ne besáwe, siþþan hé þononweard wǽre lex dona coerceat, ne dum Tartara liquerit, fas sit lumina flectere, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 9

démere

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Hí beóð ðá démeras and him ne bið nán dóm gedémed, Hml. Th. i. 396, 19. Doemeras judices, Mt. L. 12, 27. Hwǽr syndon démra dómstówa?, Wlfst. 148, 31. Add

west

(adv.)
Grammar
west, adv.
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Ðonne heofones gim west onhylde, Exon. Th. 174, 32; Gú. 1186. marking relative position Seó burh is west ðonon from ðære stówe on ánre míle the town is a mile to the west of the place, Blickl. Homl. 129, 3.

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Ne com ic tó ðon on eorðan ðæt mé mon ðénóde, ac tó ðon ðæt ic wolde ðegnian filius hominis non venit ministrari, sed ministrare (Mt. 20, 28), Past. 41; Swt. 301, 2.

Linked entry: þénian

sýl

(n.)
Grammar
sýl, e; f.
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A pillar, column Sc̃s Arculfus sagaþ ðæt hé gesáwe on Hierusalem áne sýle . . . ðonne seó sunne byþ on ðæs heofones mydle ðonne nafaþ seó sýl nǽnige sceade . . . and swá ða dagas forð on sceortiaþ, swá byþ ðære sýle sceade lengra.

smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ, es; m.

A smith, a worker in metals or in wood faber faber, cudo

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. . . wið ðon ðe smiþ ðæs þýstran modes and dǽde his deáþe neálǽhte . . .

Linked entry: helle-smiþ

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, es; m.

A raven

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Saluwigpádan ðone sweartan hræfn hyrnednebban the black raven, dusky-coated, hard-beaked, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 10; Æðelst. 61. Hí læccaþ eallswá gýfre hremnas of holde dóþ they seize just as greedy ravens do from a corpse, L. I.

Linked entries: hræm hrefn hrem hremn

a-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
a-feallan, p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. -feallen

To fall downcadere

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To fall down; cadere Ðæt hús afeóll domas cecidit. Lk. Bos. 6, 49: Cd. 202; Th. 251, 1; Dan. 557: Jud. 16, 30. Wearþ afeallen Æðelrǽdes eorl Ethelred's earl fell [in the battle ], Byrht. Th. 137, 46; By. 202

Linked entry: a-feóll

forþ-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
forþ-boren, part. [pp. of forþ-beran]

Born forthnoble-bornhigh-bornclāris parentĭbus ortusnōbĭlis

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Born forth, noble-born, high-born; clāris parentĭbus ortus, nōbĭlis We lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig forþboren preóst ne forseó ðone læsborenan we enjoin that no high-born priest despise the lower born, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 20