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ge-leáfleást

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Seó burhwaru ( of Jerusalem ) forférde for hyre geleáfleáste, Hml. A. 46, 549. For heora geleáfleáste þá þá hí wurðodon hǽþængyld, 102, 5. Ádrǽfde þín lár þá geleáfleáste from mé, Hml. S. 5, 110.

spornan

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Th. i. 386, 9. to strike against with the foot, stumble upon Hí spurnon mid hyra fótum æt (on, v. l.) þám hálgan were in ipso impingebat, Gr. D. 16, 22. (2 a) to stumble, totter :-- Spurnende lapsanti, titubanti, An. Ox. 50, 7

wil-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
wil-gifa, -giefa, -geofa, an; m.

A giver of what is desirable, a giver of goodthe giver of all good

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God, hyra wilgifan, Exon. Th. 34, 4; Cri. 537. Willgifan, Elen. Kmbl. 2221; El. 1112

smeócan

(v.)
Grammar
smeócan, p. smeác, pl. smucon; pp. smocen

To smoke, emit smoke To smoke, fumigate fumo, fumigo

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Heortes mearh gebærned óþ ðæt hyt smeóce Lchdm. i. 338, 13. Eall folc gesáwon ðone munt smeócan Ex. 20, 18: Engl. Stud. ix. 40. Smeócende (smécende, Lind. : smíkende, Rush.) flex linum fumigans Mt. Kmbl. 12, 20. trans.

Linked entries: smícan smocian

flocc-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
flocc-mǽlum, floc-mǽlum; adv. [mǽlum, dat. pl. of mǽl, es; n. a measure, q. v.]

By flocksflockwisein companiesgrĕgātimcătervātim

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flocmǽlum slógon they slew them in companies, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 6. Hí ferdon ǽghweder flocmǽlum they went everywhere in flocks, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 25

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sweartian

(v.)
Grammar
sweartian, p. ode
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To make or to become black Ðanne sweartigaþ (sweratiged, MS.) ( the teeth ) and feallaþ (-eð, MS. ), Lchdm. iii. 104, 17. Hé sweartade ( but see spearcian), Cd. Th. 269, 24; Sat. 78. Ðá árás se wind, and ða wolcnu sweartodon, Homl.

wuldor-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-gifu, e; f.

A glorious gifta gift of heaven

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A glorious gift, a gift of heaven Wuldorgife, Hy. 9, 44. Ðý læs hé for wlence, wuldorgeofona ful, mon móde swíð, of gemete hweorfe, Exon. Th. 294, 33; Crä. 24. Dé beorht Fæder geweorðaþ wuldorgifum, cræfte and mihte, Andr. Kmbl. 1875; An. 940.

lutian

(v.)
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Wunda lutigendra vulnerum latenfium, Hy. S. 33, 25. Add

forhórwade

(v.)

was dirtyobsorduit

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was dirty; obsorduit, Hymn

geómor-mód

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Geómormódes drúsendne hyge, Gú. 1033.

scín-feld

(n.)
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scín-feld, dat. a; m.
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Hwǽr wuniaþ ? Malifica and Intimphonis (in Ternpis?), ðæt is on sunfelda and on sceánfelda (sceón-?), Salm. Kmbl. 202, 2. On scénfeldum in Tempis , Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 16: 89, 72

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curs

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For first passage substitute Bisceopum gebyreð ꝥ hí ǽfre on ǽnine man curs ne settan, bútan nýde scylan, Ll. Th. ii. 318, 5, and add :-- Bietsung fæder . . . curs móder benedictio patris . . . maledictio matris, Scint. 174, 6.

ge-wrǽðan

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Gif hí hwylc man gefón wille, þonne gewrǽðað sóna grimlíce ongén ( they resist savagely). The Latin is: Si quis eos (certain animals ) uoluerit apprehendere, corpora sua inarmant), Nar. 34, 7

ísern-gelóman

(n.)
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Ðæt wǽron mi stáncræftigan . . . gesénedon ǽlce morgen heora ísern-gelóman, Shrn. 146, 15. v. í-gelóma

ymb-trymian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-trymian, <b>. I.</b>
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Add ymbtrymbdon mé, Ps. Spl. 21, ii. Folces ymbtrymmendes mé populi circumdantis me, Ps. L. 3, 7. Heó wæs mid hálgum mægnum ymbtrymed and mid engla þreáturn, Hml. Th. i. 444, 6.

mod-þryðu

Grammar
mod-þryðu, l. þrýþ,
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and add: cf. hyge-þrýþ

þider

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Hit gebyreð rihtor intó West-Sexan; þyder scylan gafol syllan, Ll. Th. i. 356, 19. Add Far nú þider þe (swá hwider swá, v.l. ) þú wille, Gr. D. 25, 1

ge-lettan

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Hine ne meahte Meotudes willan longað gelettan, Gú. 330. to hinder a person from progressing or developing bodedon on Róme Crístendóm, ac se deófles man gedrehte and þæt folc gelette wundorlíce swýðe, Wlfst. 98, 18. to hinder the movement of a

rihtung

(n.)
Grammar
rihtung, e; f.

direction guidancecorrection setting right correction reproof a direction rule regularis

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On ða gerád ðæt seó bóc heam sý geara, gyf hyre beþurfan tó ǽnire rihtinge on the condition that the charter be ready for them, if they need it for any correction, Chart.

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cídan

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Cocc þá wiþsacendan cít gallus negantes arguit, Hy. S. 7, 3. with preps. Ðá men cíddon ongeán ðone blindan (cf. 156, 10 above), Hml. Th. i. 152, 17.