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á-styrung

(n.)
Grammar
á-styrung, á-styrungee; f.

a stirring ⬩ removal, ⬩ stirring up.

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Similar entries v. á-styrian Wið þæs innoðes ástyrunge, Lch. i. 254, 8 : 272, 17. Wiþ migþan ástyringe, 58, 5, 10

frí

(adj.)
Grammar
frí, adj.

Free ⬩ noble ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis

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Free, noble; līber, ingĕnuus, nōbĭlis Fríes mannes wíf the wife of a free man, L. Ethb. 31; Th. i. 10, 6. Ic ðé on folcum fríne Drihten écne andete I acknowledge thee amongst the people, a noble eternal Lord, Ps. Th. 56, 11

swíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-líc, adj.

very great, exceedingly great ⬩ with the idea of violent disturbance, violent, strong (of storm, wind, etc.) ⬩ of energetic, violent action, vehement, violent ⬩ of that which affects the senses or the feelings, strong, intense, severe ⬩ of feeling, or emotion, intense, vehement ⬩ of discipline or conduct,stern, severe, strict

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Hig cumaþ mid swíðlícum ǽhtum ( cum magna substantia ), Gen. 15, 14. with the idea of violent disturbance, violent, strong (of storm, wind, etc.) Reóhnys swýðlíc tempestas valida, Ps. Lamb. 49, 3. Swégde swíðlíc wind of ðam wéstene, Homl.

fót-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
fót-ádl, Add: es; n.

gout ⬩ podagra

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Wið fótádle þeáh ðe heó hefegust sý, 246, 22. Heó fótádle gelíðigað, 304, 25. as a translation of regia pestis, regius morbus Fótádles, fótcoþu regie pestis (virulenta incommoditate populari), An. Ox. 2792.

mægþ-bót

(n.)
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The mann of l. 2 seems to be the same as the wif of l. 5, mann = wíf-mann

circul-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
circul-ádl, e; f.

Circle-disease, the shingles ⬩ zona, circĭnus

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Circle-disease, the shingles; zona, circĭnus Lǽce-dðmas wið ðære ádle ðe mon hǽt circuládl leechdoms for the disease, which man calls the circle-disease or shingles, L. M. Cont. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 8, 18: L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 5

Cúþ-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Cúþ-wulf, es; m.
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Hér DLXXI Cúþwulf feaht wið Bretwalas æt Bedcan forda in this year, A. D. 571, Cuthwulf fought with the Brito-Welsh at Bedford, Chr. 571; Th. 32, 25, col. 1

fór-syngian

(v.)
Grammar
fór-syngian, -singian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [syngian to sin]

To sin greatly ⬩ multum peccāre

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To sin greatly; multum peccāre Ne wurþ ǽnig man on worlde swá swíðe fórsyngad, ðe he wið Gode gebétan ne mǽge no man in the world is so very sinful, that he may not make atonement to God, L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 282, 1

liþ-seáw

(n.)
Grammar
liþ-seáw, es; n.

synovia

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Manegum men liþseáu sýhþ ... wið liþseáwe, L. M. 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 10-13

Linked entries: liþule seáw

nǽting

(n.)
Grammar
nǽting, e; f.

Blaming ⬩ upbraiding

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Blaming, upbraiding Ac hú wéne wé hú micel scyld ðæt síe ðæt monn áþreóte ðære nǽtinge yfelra monna and nime sume sibbe wið ða wierrestan pensandum ergo est, quando ab increpatione quiescitur, quanta culpa cum pessimis pax tenetur, Past. 46, 6; Swt.

Parthe

(n.)
Grammar
Parthe, pl.
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Hié hæfdon gewin wið Parthe, 6, 13; Swt. 268, 6, 8. Hé com ǽrest tó Parþum, Bt. 18, 2 ; Fox 64, 12

un-leoþuwác

(adj.)
Grammar
un-leoþuwác, adj.

Inflexible ⬩ intractable ⬩ implacable

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Ðá wæs mín hláford in micle hátheortnysse, and hé wæs swíðe unlioðewác geworden wið mé, and hé gebrægd his swurd and wolde mé ofsleán, Shrn. 39, 14

efen-éhþ

Grammar
efen-éhþ, -néhþ.
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Add: Three of the four MSS. have efennehþe, and this form points to connexion with efen-neáh, and to the idea of neighbourhood. For this sense cf. the later efen-nexta neighbour Gif þú agultest wið þine efennexta, O. E. Hml. i. 17, 32

pín-treów

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Wæs án píntreów wið ꝥ templ swíðe hálig geteald, Hml. S. 31, 390.

út-here

(n.)
Grammar
út-here, gen. -her(i)ges; m.

A foreign army

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Ða scipu sceoldan ðisne eard healdan wið ǽlcne úthere, 1009; Erl. 141. 25

út-lagian

(v.)
Grammar
út-lagian, p. ode

To outlaw ⬩ banish ⬩ proscribe

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Wið ðam ðe hí ǽfre ǽlcne Denisc[n]e cyning útlagede of Englalande gecwǽdon, 1014; Erl. 150, 15

wásend

(n.)
Grammar
wásend, es; m.

The weasand ⬩ gullet

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Lǽcedómas wið gealhswile and þrotan and wásende, Lchdm. ii. 44, 8 : 46, 7. In ðane wásend ingluviem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 30

gedwol-þing

(n.)
Grammar
gedwol-þing, es; n.

a false thing ⬩ (magical) delusion, sorcery

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(magical) delusion, sorcery Balzaman smyring wiþ scínláce and wiþ eallum gedwolþinge, Lch. ii. 288, 14. Wið ǽlces cynnes gedwolþing, 290, 16

neáh-gebýren

Grammar
neáh-gebýren, [Put this before neáh-gebýrild.]
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His fóstormódor ábæd án hrídderu hire tó lǽne æt óðrum wífe hire neáhgebýrene (-gebúrene, v.l.) nutrix illius a vicinis mulieribus praestari sibi capisterium petiit, Gr. D. 97, I. Þá wíf his néhgebýrne (neáhgebúrena, v.l.) vicinae mulieres, 251, 25.

ge-spannan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spannan, -sponnan; p. -speón; pp. -spannen

To join ⬩ span ⬩ clasp ⬩ fasten

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Ðá héht cásere gesponnan fiówer wildo hors to scride then the emperor ordered to harness four wild horses to a chariot, Shrn. 71, 34

Linked entries: spannan ge-span