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earm-scanca

(n.)
Grammar
earm-scanca, an; m.

An arm-bone [ = shank] ⬩ crus

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An arm-bone [ = shank]; crus Gif ða earm-scancan beóþ begen forade if the arm-bones be both broken, L. Alf. pol. 55; Th. i. 94, 26

Linked entry: sceanca

sceaþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceaþan, scód, sceód ; sceaþen . [This strong form seems almost confined to the poetry, the prose maiking use of sceþþan, q. v.]

To scathe, hurt, harm, injure

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To scathe, hurt, harm, injure, with dat. Ðé ne sceaþeþ ǽnig, Ps. Th. 90, 7. Oft ic ó;ðrum scód, Exon. Th. 401, 22; Rä. 21, 15. Hé tóswengde líges leóman, swá hyra líce ne scód, 189, 16; Az. 60: 197,9 ; Az. 187. Se ðe nǽngum scód, 90, l; Cri. 1467. Ðæt

min

Grammar
min, [For another explanation of this word see N. E. D. min, where minne is taken as the nominative form : but the word may be taken as belonging to the same declension as mid[d]
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; pl. midde, so min[n]; pl. minne. Holthausen rejects the word altogether, v. Beiblatt, xvi. 228.] add(?) On minnan linche, C. D. B. iii. 494, 31. Add Wið feóndes hond and . . wið malscrunge minra wihta, Lch. iii. 36, 14

un-gestæððiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gestæððiglíce, adv.

Unsteadily ⬩ without stability

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Unsteadily, without stability Ðonne mon ða fæstrǽdnesse his módes innan forlíst, ðonne bið hé hwílum swíðe ungestæððiglíce ástyred útane on his limum qui statum mentis perdidit, subsequenter foras in inconstantiam motionis fluit, Past. 47; Swt. 359,

hús-carl

(n.)
Grammar
hús-carl, es; m. [A word apparently taken from the Scandinavians, as the English form would be hús-ceorl.]
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A member of the king's bodyguard Ðurstán mín húskarll præfectus meus palatinus Ðurstanus, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 202, 4. Urk mín húskarl, 221, 6. On gewitnesse eallra ðæs kynges húscarlan [-carla?], 291, 15. Ða Densca húscarles, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 25

EÁGE

(n.)
Grammar
EÁGE, ége; gen. dat. -an; acc. -e; pl. nom. acc. -an, -on; gen. -ena, -na; dat. -um, -on; n.

EYE ⬩ ocŭlus ⬩ the eye of a needle ⬩ forāmen

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Exon. 26 a; Th. 76, 26; Cri. 1245. the eye of a needle; forāmen þurh nǽdle eáge per forāmen acus, Mt. Bos. 19, 24: Lk. Bos. 18, 25

Linked entry: ége

glǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
glǽdan, to cause to slip or totter. A compound form, á-glǽdan, seems to be concealed in the gloss
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Labefacare agleddęgo, Txts. 111, 9. Cf. O. Sax. biglédda labefactat, Gall. 23

Linked entry: á-glǽdan

swǽpels

(n.)
Grammar
swǽpels, (m.?). l. , es; m. ; for 106, 3 l. 103, 6,
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and add: Ps. Vos. 103, 6

su-

(prefix)
Grammar
su-, For words beginning with su- followed by a vowel see
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sw-

mægen-þrymm

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Swilce ic stande æt his wuldorfullan mægenþrymme foran, Hml. S. 23, 830. Seó hálige þrynnys on ánre godcundnysse ǽfre wunigende, on ánum mægenþrymme (v. mægen-þrymnes) and on ánum gecynde, Hml.

hwilc-hwega

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc-hwega, -hwugu, -hugu [in the Northern Gospels the whole form is declined, elsewhere only hwilc]; pron.

Some ⬩ any ⬩ some one

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Some, any, some one Gehrán mec huoelchuoege tetigit me aliquis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 46. Hwilc-æthwega yfel wǽte some evil humour, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 284, 27. Bróðer huoelchuoeges frater alicujus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 28. Swá hé síe mid hwilcre-hwega

sunu

(n.)
Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
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a son Mín se gecorena sunu (sune, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 3, 17. Sum man hæfde twegen suna (suno, Lind. Rush.) . . . ealle his þing gegaderude se gingra sunu (suno, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 15, 11, 13. Sunu Healfdenes, Beo. Th 1294; B. 645. Féng tó Beornica ríce Æþelfriþes

Linked entry: suna

ǽfen-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereord, e; f. es; n. Substitute: add: Used in pl. for a single meal
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Gif hit beó seó tíd ǽfengereordes, árísen hý sóna swá hý heora mete hæbben, and sitten on ánre stówe si tempus fuerit prandii mox ut surrexerint a cena sedeant omnes in unum, R. Ben. 66, 15. Æfter his ǽfengereorde post caenam, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 12: Angl

þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
þyrel, (from þyrhel, v. þurh), þyrl, es; n.

A hole made through anything ⬩ an aperture ⬩ orifice

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Ic borige terebro, ðyrl foramen, 84, 65: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Zup. 40, 16. Is on ðam wáge ðyrl geworht est foramen in pariete, Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 17. Gif án þyrl ( foramen ) open byð forlǽten, ðanon fram feóndum beó inn ágan, Scint. 140, 6.

Linked entries: þirel þyrl

spilcan

(v.)
Grammar
spilcan, spelcean; p. te

To bind with splints

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Gif scancan forade synd . . . hú mon spelcean scyle, Lchdm. ii. 6, 12

Linked entries: spelc spelcean

a-fǽded

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-fǽded, part. [for a-féded; pp. of a-fédan to feed, nourish]

Fed ⬩ nourished ⬩ brought up ⬩ educated ⬩ nutritus

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Fed, nourished, brought up, educated; nutritus, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 37

bed-þén

(n.)
Grammar
bed-þén, es; m. [bed a bed, þén for þegn a servant]

A chamberlain ⬩ a servant who has the care of a chamber ⬩ lecti minister ⬩ camerarius

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A chamberlain, a servant who has the care of a chamber; lecti minister, camerarius, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 101

styltan

(v.)
Grammar
styltan, prs. subj. (wið-)stylte; p. stylte, stylde, (for-)styldte; pp. stylted
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To be amazed, confounded, be at a loss, be doubtful:?-Stylton stupebant, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 51. Styldon (stylton, Rush.), 1, 22. Hiá stylton haesitantes, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 22

Linked entry: a-styltan

ge-beógol

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-beógol, ge-bugol, ge-búgol ? ( but for the vowel cf. flugol); adj.
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Ready to yield Beó ðú swýðe gebeógul (-bugol, v. l.) mid gebýgedum (-bíg-, v. l.) móde þínum wiðerwinnan esto consentiens adversario tuo cito, Hml. A. 4, 93. Ús ne hét ná se Hǽlend him ( the devil) beón gebeógole (-bug-, v. l. ), 5, 123

Linked entry: ge-bugol

hunig-swéte

Grammar
hunig-swéte, For Th. An. 45, 4' substitute: Hml. Th. ii. 118, 22,
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and add: lit. Gutta, ꝥ ys hunigswéte dropa, Angl. viii. 299, 48. Huniswéttre mellite (dulcedinis gustum), An. Ox. 336. fig. Huniswé[te] lippan mellea labia, An. Ox. 3183. Orþiende wyrtbráþa swétnyssa líflicra hunigswéte spirans odorum balsama vitalium

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