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bismerian

(v.)
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Hé þá biscepas for þǽre sægene swíþe bismrade irridens eos, 3, 10; S. 140, 2. Hé hine bismerode adortus est ilium contumeliis, Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 28. Hié hine on þǽm tǽldon and bismrodan, ꝥ ..., Bl. H. 215, 9.

deád-lic

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Ic wát ꝥ ic on libbendum men and on gesceádwísum eom and þeáh on deádlicum scio me rationale animal atque mortale esse, Bt. 5, 3; F. 12, 28. On ðissum deádlican flǽsce, Past. 159, 5.

ge-árian

(v.)
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Ðætte ðonne hira niéhstan ðurh hié beóð gereorde and geárode, ðæt hié selfe ne fæsten ðæs hláfes ryhtwisnesse cum per eos carnis subsidiis reficiantur proximi, ipsi remaneant a justitiae pane jejuni, 137, 24. to refrain from unkindness, spare Se ilca

á-wirdan

(v.)

to corruptspoil,to injureannoyafflict a personto hinder

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afflictos, 40, 29. to hinder Ne wallað hiá áwoerda (werda, R.) nolite eos uetare, Lk. L. 18, 16

Linked entry: á-wyrdan

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Dóþ eówre heortan hige hále and clǽne effundite coram illo corda vestra, Ps. Th. 61, 8. Nyllan gé eów on heortan ða hige staðelian nolite cor apponere, 11

ge-sceaft

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Th. ii. 318, 17. of other things Hwí eów þince þǽre ungesceadwísan gesceafte gód betere þonne eówer ágen gód, Bt. 13; F. 40, 5.

féðe

(n.)
Grammar
féðe, es; n.

The power of going on footwalkinggoingmotionpacefăcultas pĕdĭbus eundiambŭlātiogressuspassus

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Swift ic eom on féðe I am swift of pace, Exon. 104b; Th. 396, 10; Rä. 16, 2: Beo. Th. 1944; B. 970. Habbaþ hringa gespong afyrred me mín féðe the clasping of rings has taken from me my power of going, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 17; Gen. 379.

Linked entry: an-féðe

lám

(n.)
Grammar
lám, es; n.

Claymudmireearth

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Áfæstnod ic eom on láme grundes I sink in deep mire; infixus sum in Iimo profundi, Ps. Spl. 68, 2. Genera mé of láme deliver me out of the mire; eripe me de luto, C. 68, 18.

munuc

(n.)
Grammar
munuc, munec, es; m. [Lat. monachus]

A monk

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Ic eom geanwyrde monuc professus sum monachum, 18, 28. Godes þeówas, biscopas, abbudas, munecas, preóstas, L. Eth. v. 4; Th. i. 304, 26. Wé willaþ ðæt munecas regollícor libban ðonne hí nú ǽr ðisan on gewunan hæfdon, ix. 31; Th. i. 346, 27.

Linked entry: munec

be-rǽdan

(v.)

to dispossessbetray

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Hú hé mihte þæt manncynn berǽdan quo aditu possit obtinere eos (the people of besieged Bethulia), Hml. A. 109, 239. to consult about (v. N. E. D. be- rede ): þǽr ðá mihtigan wíf hyra mægen berǽddon, Lch. iii. 52, 22

ge-fillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fillan, p. de.
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. :-- Hé úp áhóf hond his ofer hié ðæt hé gefælde hié (ut prosterneret eos), Ps.

ǽn-lic

(adj.)

only, singlealone, solitaryexcellent, peerless,

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Spl. 34, 20. alone, solitary Ǽnlic unicus and ðearfa ic eom, Ps. Spl. 24, 17. excellent, peerless, &c. Hú beorht, mire, ǽnlic O preclara, i. splendida, An. Ox. 1266. Ǽnlic aurea, 1461: Hy. S. 24, 7.

Linked entry: án-lic

spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
spédig, adj.

having good speedprosperoushaving meanswealthyopulentrich in material wealthrich inabounding inabundantcopiouspowerfuluber, efficax, brevis

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Ic ne eom swá spédig (dives) ðæt ic mǽge bicgean mé wín, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 17. Of spé[digre], of gestreónfulre sumptuosa, copiosa. Hpt.

ranclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ranclíce, adv.
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showily (v. ranc, II) Ne eówer reáf ne beó tó ranclíce gemacod, L. Ælfc.

wóda

(n.)
Grammar
wóda, an; m.

A madmanan insane personone possessed

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eode út tó ðám earmum wódum, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 203. Wódan inergumenos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110. 57; 45, 8

hám-weardes

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Add: cf. hám-weard; Fór Swegen eorl in tó Wealan, and him man gíslode. Þá hé hámwerdes wæs, Chr. 1046; P. 164, 28. cf. hám-weard; Hú hý sceoldon beón álǽd of Babilonia þeówdóme, and Gode þancian þǽra ára þe hí be wege hædon hámweardes, Ps.

of-sendan

(v.)

to reach by sending, send for, summon

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to reach by sending, send for, summon Ofsænd se cyng Godwine eorl the king sent for earl Godwin Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 7.

and-wlita

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Eówer mód is áwend and eówer andwlita, Hml. Th. i. 62, 32. His andwlita sceán, ii. 518, 11. Wearp seó eorþe hit tó þæs mannes andwleotan, Bl. H. 127, 2 : 223, 35. Ond-wleatan vultu. Ps.

fór án

(num.; prep.; adv.)

onlytantumtantummŏdo

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Fór án eówre yrfe sceal beón hér ŏves tantum vestræ et armenta remăneant. Ex. 10, 24

port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es ; m.
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Eode ðe Hǽlend in tempel in ðone port ( in porticu ) Salamonnes, Jn. Skt. Rush. 10, 23. Fíf portas quinque porticos, Lind. Rush. 5, 2. Ða him sǽton sundor on portum qui sedebant in porta, Ps. Th. 68, 12