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óxn

(n.)
Grammar
óxn, e ; f.
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Heó ðone fúlan stenc ðæra óxna áfyrreþ, Lchdm. i. 284, 7. [O. H. Ger. uohsana ascella.] Cf. óhsta

fót-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fót-lic, adj.
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on foot, that is done on foot Folga mé ná þæt án on fótlicum gange, ac eác swilce on gódra ðeáwa geefenlǽcunge. Hml. Th. ii. 468, 21. fig. pedestrian, low in style Fótlic pedestre, i. uile. Germ. 403, 12

greótan

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Dóm. L. 82. [v. N. E. D. greet.] Cf. grétan. Add

ufe-weard

Grammar
ufe-weard, <b>. I.</b>
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Andlang mearce on ðone gáran ufwerdne, C. D. v. 356, 17. Gyndleccing ofeweard . . . gyndleccing neaþewerd inriguum superius . . . inriguum inferius, Scint. 27, 6

rówend

(n.)
Grammar
rówend, es; m.

A rower, sailor

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Ðæt scip wile hwílum stígan ongeán ðone streám, ac hit ne mæg, búton ða rówend hit teón, Past, 58; Swt. 445, 11

Linked entry: rórend

handlung

(n.)
Grammar
handlung, e; f.

Touching, handling

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Touching, handling Ðone ðe se eádiga Benedictus ná handlunge ac on beseónde fram his bendum álýsde whom the blessed Benedict not by touching him, but by looking on him, had released from his bonds, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 4

Linked entry: handlinga

ge-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeón, p. -þeóde

To docommitperformperficerepatrare

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To do, commit, perform; perficere, patrare Ðæt we siððan forþ ða séllan þing symle móten geþeón that henceforth we may ever do those better things, Exon 13 a; Th. 23, 31; Cri. 377

haga

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Inn on bróc; of ðám bróke inn on ðone hagan: æfter ðám hagan, iii. 382, 14.

Linked entry: hecge

óþ

(prep.; con.)
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Óþ ðone deáþ, 59, 30. Óþ ðæt until :-- Óþ ðæt (donec ) hé forgite ða þing ðe ðú him dydest, Gen. 27, 45: Beo. Th. 4084; B. 2039: Andr. Kmbl. 535; An. 268. Óþ ðæt hiene án swán ofstang, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 22. Ót ðet donec, Ps. Surt. 70, 18.

Linked entry: ót-

ÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÞ, es; m.

an OATHa swearingjuramentum

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Ðæt he ðonne áþ funde gif he mæhte ungecorenne that he bring forward the oath of persons unchosen if he could, L.

Linked entries: aaþ ánfeald áþ

streáwian

(v.)
Grammar
streáwian, streówian; p. ode: stréwian; p. ede
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Mid ðǽm hé strewede ðone weg, Past. 16; Swt. 103, 13. Sume of ðám treówum heówon and streówodon (streówedon, MS. A. : strewedon, MS. B. ) on ðone weg, Mk. Skt. 11, 8. Strewodun (streówedon, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 21, 8. Streówodan, Blickl.

Linked entries: streówian strewian

rust

(n.)
Grammar
rust, es; m. n. (?)

Rust

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Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlíc gesuinc and ðeáh ne meahte moon him of ániman ðone miclan rust... Hé wolde from ús ádón ðone rust úrra unþeáwa, Past. 37; Swt. 269, 11-15. Ǽrest ic wille beón gefremed in litlum weorce, ðæt ic mǽge sum rust (sinnrust (?))

ǽ-melness

want of energy or of interest, slothweariness, tedium, disgust

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Ðǽr beóð ealle unrótnyssa, ádl and yrre and ǽmelnys taedia, tristitiae, indignatio, languor (Dóm. L. p. 25, 115), Wlfst. 139, 18: Dóm. L. 228. Unrótnes, ǽmelnys taedia, tristitiae, 260. Snoffan ǽmylnysse nausiae tedio, Angl. xiii. 369, 50.

reng-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
reng-wyrm, es; m.

A maw-worm, a worm in the intestines

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Wið ðæt reng-wyrmas ymb ðone nafolan wexen, 218, 14

wulf-haga

(n.)
Grammar
wulf-haga, an ; m.
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M. 20, 15 (v. wulf; ) for need of protection) On ðone wulf-hagan midne; of ðám wulfhagan, C. D. iii. 78, 22. Tó ðæn ealdan wulthagan, vi. 9, 10

horweht

(adj.)
Grammar
horweht, adj.

Foul, filthy, dirty

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Foul, filthy, dirty Hine ðá lǽddon on ðone sweartan fenn and hine ðá on ða horwehtan wæter bewurpon they led him then to the black fen and flung him into the foul water, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 9

Linked entry: horheht

tó-déman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-déman, p. de

To judge between,distinguishdijudicare

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Mihtig Freá eall manna cynn tódǽleþ and tódémeþ the mighty Lord will divide and will distinguish in his judgement between all mankind, Dóm. L. 20

hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
hwyrft, es; m.

A turnrevolutiongoingcourseorbitcircuitorbcircle

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Hwá ne wundraþ ðætte sume tunglu habbaþ scyrtran hwyrft ðonne sume habban who does not wonder that some stars have a less orbit than others? Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 18.

Linked entry: hwearft

læssa

(adj.)
Grammar
læssa, adj. cpve.

Less

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Ðone læstan dǽl þunges the least bit of aconite, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 268, 31. Ðara læstena worda hreówsian se de tenuissima verbi laceratione reprehendunt, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 199, 15.

Linked entries: lærest læst

hergung

(n.)
Grammar
hergung, heregung, e; f.

Harryingharrowingplunderingdevastationwaging waran irruptionincursioninvasiona raidplunder

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Ðæt mǽste yfel ðe ǽfre ǽnig here dón mihte on bærnette and hergunge and on manslihtum the greatest evil that any army could do in the way of burning and plundering and manslayings, 994; Erl. 133, 18.

Linked entry: heregung