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blótan

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Swelce hwá wille blótan ðǽm fæder tó ðance and tó lácum his ǽgen bearn quasi qui victimat filium in conspectu patris sui, Past. 393, 9. Add: [a weak past seems used (ofredon and blótten (-on. Th., blóten, S. 162, 30)) in Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 18; cf.

crocca

(n.)
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Swylce þǽr tóburste sum mycel crocca ( olla ), Gr. D. 87, 19. Hwer ł crocce lebes, Ps. L. 107, 10

dǽl-niman

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Dǽlnimende ic eam particeps sum, Ps. L. 118, 63. Bistú daelniomende alra góda, Txts. 174, 11. Dǽlnimende participes, Rtl. 35, 35. Þæt hié sýn dǽlnimende þínra geofena mid mé, Bl. H. 191, 25. Hé ús gedyde dǽlnimende þæs heofonlican ríces, 11, 2.

ge-swel

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Án geswel (-swell, v. l.) weóx mycel under þám cynnbáne tumorem maximum sub maxilla habebat, Hml. S. 20, 51. Atelicum getwelle informi tumore, Hpt. 33, 238, 13. Wearð Cúðberhtes cneów mid heardum geswelle áléfed, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 24.

in-lenda

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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe blód ytt sceal losian of his folce, beó hé inlenda beó hé ælðeódig ( homo quilibet de domo Israel et de advents qui peregrinaniur inter eos,. si comederit sanguinem, disperdam animam illius de populo suo, Lev. 17, 10), E.

rícetere

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, Wlfst. 144, 32. add: undue display of power, arrogance Wæs sum man, Leófstán geháten, ríce for worulde . . . sé rád tó þám hálgan mid rícetere swíðe, and hét him æteówian orhlíce swíðe þone hálgan sanct, Hml. S. 32, 233

sand

Grammar
sand, sand.
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Ox. 7, 162. of deserts Ðá férde wé þurh þá weallendan sond and þurh þá wǽdlan stówe wætres per feruentes arenas et egentia humoris loca profectus sum, Nar. 6, 9

wæl-mist

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-mist, es; m.

A mist that covers the bodies of the slain

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Sum sceal on galgan rídan ... hé, blác on beáme, bídeþ wyrde bewegen wælmiste, Exon. Th. 329, 30;Vy. 42

weg-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
weg-leás, adj.

without a road, impassable out of the way, erroneous, unreasonable

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Surt. 24, 13

æt-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-hrínan, p. -hrán, pl. -hrinon; pp. -hrinen

To touchtakemovetangereapprehenderemovere

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Nellaþ híg ðá mid heora fingre æt-hrínan digito autem suo nolunt ea movere, Mt. Bos. 23, 4

Linked entry: et-hrínan

fæst-hafol

(adj.)
Grammar
fæst-hafol, -hafel, -hafod; adj.

Fast-having, sparing, miserly tĕnax, parcus, sordĭdus

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Surt. 11, 2. Fæsthafel tĕnax, Ælfc. Gl. 82; Som. 73, 42; Wrt. Voc. 47, 46. Sint to manianne ða fæsthafolan the miserly are to be admonished, Past. 45, 2; Cot. MS. Fæsthafod oððe uncystig tĕnax, Wrt. Voc. 76, 5

flicerian

(v.)
Grammar
flicerian, flicorian; p. ode; pp. od [fleógan to fly]

To move the wingsflutterFLICKERmōtāre ālasvŏlĭtāre

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Swá earn his briddas spænþ to flihte and ofer híg fliceraþ sīcut ăquĭla prōvŏcans ad vŏlandum pullos suos et sŭper eos vŏlĭtans, Deut. 32, 11. Án blac þrostle flicorode ymbe his neb a black thrush flickered about his face, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 22

Linked entries: fyrclian flacor

plante

(n.)
Grammar
plante, an ; f.
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Surt. 43, 12. Gesáwena plantan plantaria, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 13.

glæd

(n.)
Grammar
glæd, es; n.

Gladnessjoy

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missenlíce meahtig dryhten eallum dǽleþ sumum earfeþa dǽl sumum geógaþe glæd thus diversely does the mighty Lord allot to all, to one a share of troubles, to one the gladness of youth, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 14; Vy. 68; Perhaps here the form given by Lye ǽr sun

glæsen

(adj.)
Grammar
glæsen, adj.

Made of glassgreyvitreus

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Ðǽr is ahangen sum glæsen fæt there is hung a glass vessel, Homl. Th. i. 510, 1: ii. 158, 16: Blickl. Homl. 209, 4, 7. Hí toslógon his glæsenne calic they broke his glass chalice, Shrn. 114, 25. Sǽ glæsen mare vitreum, Mt. Kmbl. p 10, 3

till

(n.)
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On ðam gim ástíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre and of tille ágrynt in it (June) the sun mounts up into the skies highest in the year and declines from thai point, Menol. Fox 220; Men. 111. [Cf. O. H. Ger. zil destinatum: Ger. ziel.]

þrinen

(adj.)
Grammar
þrinen, adj.

Threefoldtrinus

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Surt. 105, 3. God þrynen and án, 115, 37: 137, 31. Þrynenum gebede trina oratione ... Mid þrynum tódále trina partitione,Anglia xiii. 380, 214, 217.

Linked entry: þrynen

un-tǽlwirðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tǽlwirðe, adj.

Not blameableirreprehensiblepraiseworthy

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Surt. 18, 8. Ðæt hé gecnáwe óðerra monna weorc untǽlwierðe (-wyrðe, Cott. MSS.) ut laudabilia aliorum facta cognoscant, Past. 30; Swt. 205, 5. Ðæt hié ðæs ðe untǽlwyrðran wǽren, 32; Swt. 215, 1

Linked entry: tǽl-wirðe

weorold-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-weorc, es; n.
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worldly work, secular occupation Ðǽm tídum þonne gé ða rǽdinge háligra bóca forlǽten and ða gebeda, þonne sculon gé on sum nytlíc weoroldweorc fón, L. E. I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 10.

wit-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wit-seóc, adj.

Lunaticpossessed

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Lunatic, possessed Hrýmde sum wód mann ðurh deófles gást . . . Wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðam fúlan gáste . . . Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, Homl. Th. i. 458, 2-8. Hí deóflu fram wittseócum mannum áflígdon, ii. 490, 23.