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-scígan

(suffix)
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in ge-scígan Heora ǽlc sceal án .c. þearfendra manna fédan and ealle ða gescýgean (provide them all with shoes), Chart. Th. 616, 26

Linked entries: scógan -scýgean

un-fǽle

(adj.)
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un-fǽle, adj.

Evil ⬩ ill ⬩ bad

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Ȝef heo is atbroide þenne heo is unfele and forbrode, O. and N. 1381.] applied to inanimate objects Ofet unfǽle ( the forbidden fruit ), Cd. Th. 45, 7; Gen. 723. Unfǽle dira (the passage is: dira vinculorum ligamina, Ald. 44), Anglia xiii. 34, 178

fercian

(v.)

to bring ⬩ carry ⬩ conduct ⬩ to support ⬩ To go

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To go, moke one's way On þám forman geáre gǽð seó sunne on ǽrnemergen on ꝥ tácen þe ys aries genemned . . . þý þriddan heó síhð tó þám tácne oð ǽfen, and on þám feórðan geáre heó ferecað on middre nihte tó þám foresprecenan tácne, Angl. viii. 307, 21

ge-wirpan

(v.)
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Wearð him ðá geðúht swilce heó gewurpan (áwyrpan, v. l. ) mihte, ac heó gewát of worulde, Hml. S. 20, 65. reflex.

Linked entry: ge-wyrpan

ceoler

(n.)
Grammar
ceoler, ceolre; f.

The COLLAR ⬩ throat ⬩ guttur

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The COLLAR or throat; guttur Sind gefægnunga Codes on ceolre oððe þrote heora sunt exallationes Dei in gutture eorum, Ps. Lamb. 149, 6

eldra

(adj.)

elder, older ⬩ sĕnior

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elder, older; sĕnior Heora eldran fæder of their older father, of their grandfather, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 32, MS. Cot; comp. of eald

ge-mét

(n.)
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ge-mét, es; n.

A meeting, assembly ⬩ conventus

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A meeting, assembly; conventus Hí hæfdon ǽlce dæge heora witena gemét they had their meeting of counsellors every day, Jud. Thw. 161, 31

mann-myrþra

(n.)
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mann-myrþra, an; m.
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A homicide, murderer Þá wíf þe dód áwegáworpnesse heora bearna . . . sýn hý geteald to manmyrðrum habeantur pro homicidis, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 36

Linked entry: myrþra

nǽder-fáh

(adj.)
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nǽder-fáh, adj.
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Hé wæs on dracan heówe and eall hé wæs nǽdderfáh, Hml. A. 175, 183

un-æþelness

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For 'Dial. 2, 23' substitute Seó aeþelnes heora gebyrda gegearwað þæs módes unæþelnesse solet nobilitas generis parare ignobilitatem mentis, Gr. D. 151, 24

sápe

(n.)
Grammar
sápe, an; f.

Soap, salve

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Monie of þas wimmen smurieð heom mid blanchet, þet is þes deofles sápe (unguent?), O. E. Homl. i. 53, 24. Þe wreche peoddare more noise he makeð to ȝeien his sope, þen a riche mercer al his deorewurðe ware, A. R. 66, 18. Similar entries (? v. sáp)

Linked entry: sáp

á-wiht

alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything

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Heó ówiht swylces ne hýrdon, El. 571. Ymbe ówiht elles, Seef. 46. Ǽniges teónan óht ongitan, Gr. D. 35, 27.

MILTE

(n.)
Grammar
MILTE, es; m.: an; f.

The MILT ⬩ spleen

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Hyt gelamp hwílon ðæt man þearmas mid ðære miltan uppan ðás wyrte gescearp, ðá geclyfude seó milte tó ðysse wyrte and heó hrædlíce ða miltan fornam . . hý beón bútan miltan gemétte, Herb. 57, 1; Lchdm. i. 160, 3-10.

á-þreótan

To make weary. ⬩ alone

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Heó wile late áþreótan þæt heó fǽhðo ne týdre she will be slow to weary of exciting enmity, Sal. 447. with dat. infin. Mé sceal áðreótan tó ásecgenne taedet referre, Ors. 1, 8;S. 42, 12. personal. Dele the meanings given

Linked entries: þreótan a-þreát

wíf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-mann, (wím-, wim-?), es; m. (but seó wífman occurs). I.

a woman ⬩ female

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Heó freóde Hægelflǽde hire wímman, Chart. Erl. 253, 16.

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friðo-wǽr

(n.)
Grammar
friðo-wǽr, e; f.

A covenant of peace ⬩ pācis pactum

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A covenant of peace; pācis pactum Ic manige geseah men ða ðe noldan heora friðowǽre fæste healdan vīdi non servantes pactum, Ps. Th. 118, 158

blód-wíte

(n.)
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blód-wíte, es; n.

Blood ⬩ sanguis

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[blód, wíte mulcta] Blood; sanguis Ná ic gegadrige gesamnunga heora of blódum oððe of blódwítum non congregabo conventicula eorum de sanguinibus, Ps. Lamb. 15, 4

Linked entry: wíte

þurhtogenness

(n.)
Grammar
þurhtogenness, e; f.

A religious reading in monasteries ⬩ especially after meals ⬩ collatio

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A religious reading in monasteries, especially after meals; collatio Þurhtogenessa and gesetnessa heora lífes conlationes patrum et instituta vile eorum, R. Ben. Interl. 118, 7

wyrdness

(n.)
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wyrdness, e; f.

Condition ⬩ state

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Condition, state Se godcunda foreþonc heaþeraþ ealle gesceafta ðæt hí ne móton tóslúpan of heora endebyrdnesse (wyrdnesse,v. l.), Bt. 39, 5 ; Fox 218, 32

forca

(n.)
Grammar
forca, force, an; f. (v. meox-force)
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Ðá cwelleras tugon þá gléda under ðæt bedd, and wiðufan mid heora forcum (cf. geaflum, l. 5) hine ðýdon. Hml. Th. i. 430, 11. Add: