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fearr

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Garganus ðone fearr gehwǽr sóhte . . . heora nán ne dorste ðám fearre geneálǽcan, Hml. Th. i. 502, 11-22. Flésc ferra carnes taurorum, Ps. Srt. 49, 13. Se micela ylp þe ðá módigan fearras mid ealle ofbeát, Hml. A. 63, 285.

ge-þeáwían

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeáwían, pp. od
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Ðás eahta eádignyssa ( the beatitudes) synd eów mǽdenum tó lufigenne ꝥ gé wíslíce lybbon and wel geþeáwode (virtuous ) beón ... ne nán unðeáw ǽfre on eów ne ríxige, 47, 574

heorcnian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Þá hét se bisceop ꝥ hé heorcnode geornlícor; hé siód þá and hlyste . . . and ne mihte nán þing þǽre myrþe gehýran, Hml. S. 31, 1391. Suwian and heorcnian (audire) leorniccnihtum gedafenað, R. Ben I. 26, 10.

ord-fruma

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Ǽlc ðing hæfð anginn and ordfruman ðurh God, ac God . . . næfð nán angin ne nǽnne ordfruman, Hex. 22, 1. Hé eallum gesceaftum anginn and ordfruman forgeaf, Hml. Th. i. 274, 30. 1 a.

oþ-hrínan

(v.)
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Hé hire fét mid his teárum þwóh, ne geþrýstlǽhte hé nán óþer þæs líchaman oðhrínan, Hml. S. 23 b, 745. to touch the heart, mind, &c. Ic wearð gelǽd mid þǽre hǽtu þæs geleáfan, and mid þám trúwan oþhrinon (æthrinen, v. l. ), Hml. S. 23 b, 456

Linked entry: hrínan

sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceandlíce, adv.

disgracefully, shamefully, infamouslyopprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly

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Nán cristen man ne sceal sceandlíce flítan, 13, 122. Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle, and hé sceandlíce sáwlode, Homl.

of-gangan

(v.)

to requireto extort, exact what is not dueto acquire, obtain

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Ne sý nan man ðe ðyses landes ǽniges dǽles brúke, bútan hé hit ofgange æt ðám híwum mid rihtum landrihte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 435, 34. Similar entries v. preceding word

Indéas

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Add:, Indie Indians; or using the name of the people for that of their country, India ꝥ deór Indéos hátað dentes tyrannum, Nar. 15, 15: 22, 8. Indos, 26, 19. On Indéa londe is xliiii þeóda India habet gentes xliiii, Ors. 1. 1; S. 10, 17. India, 15.

oððe

(con.)
Grammar
oððe, conj. I.
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Nú ðonne óðer twega, oððe ðara nán nis, oððe hí nánne weorþscipe nabbaþ, Bt. 27, 4; Fox 100, 16. Gif onfunden biþ ðæt héáðer oððe... oððe..., L. E. I. 16; Th. ii. 412, 11

Linked entry: eðða

cwide

(n.)
Grammar
cwide, cwyde , cwyðe,es; m.

the expression of a thought, a sentence, period sententia a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum a legal enactment, decree edictum, deretum

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the expression of a thought, a sentence, period ; sententia We todǽlaþ ða bóc to cwydurn, and siððan ða cwydas to dǽlum, eft ða dǽlas to stæfgefégum, and siððan ða stæfgefégu to stafum; ðon beóþ ða stafas untodǽledlíce, forðonðe nán stæf ne biþ náht,

trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
trúwa, trúa, an; m.
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Hig nefdon nánne trúwan tó nánum folce they could not trust any people, Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 24. Gif heó it swá gehylt, swá ic hiræ trúwan tó hæbbe as I have confidence in her (that she will do). Chart.

Linked entry: trúa

eallunga

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Ðætte ðá untruman mód mon ne scyle ellenga tó heálíce lǽran quod infirmis mentibus omnino nan debent alta praedicari, Past. 459, 4

tempel-hálgung

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Templhálgunga, þæt is symbelnessa hyra eardungstówa wé ne begýmaþ schenofegias, id est sollemnitates tabernaculorum, non obseruamus, An. Ox. 40, 36. Add

be-hwirfan

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add : to barter Hí ne behwyrfon þá reáf þe hí ágifan sceolon uestes quas reddere debent, non commutent , Chrd. 48, 23

Lǽden-word

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-word, es; n.
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A Latin word Ðás word ne beóþ lédenword gif se r byþ áweg gedón, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 54

hygeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
hygeleáslíce, adv.
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Thoughtlessly, with levity, carelessly Efston ealle preóstas tó cyrcan, and higeleáslíce ( non inhoneste uel inconposite ) gangon in, Chrd. 34, 5

berbéna

(n.)
Grammar
berbéna, æ; f. Latin : berbéne, an; f.

Vervainverbēna

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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man περιστερεών, and óðrum naman berbénam, nemneþ, heó ys culfron swíðe híwcúþ. Vervain. This plant, which they call vervain, and by another name verbena, in colour is very like to doves, Herb. 67, 1; Lchdm. i. 170, 11-14.

CÆRSE

(n.)
Grammar
CÆRSE, cerse, an; f. CRESS, watercress; nasturtium, cardămum = κάρδαμον
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Man nasturcium, and óðrum naman cærse [cerse B.] nemneþ one nameth nasturtium, and by another name, cress, Herb. 21, 1; Lchdm. i. 116, 17.

Linked entries: cesena cerse cresse

finul

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

Fennelfēnĭcŭlum

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Fennel; fēnĭcŭlum Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman, ðe man fēnĭcŭlum, and óðrum naman finul nemneþ take roots of this herb, which is named fēnĭcŭlum, and by another name fennel, Herb. 126, 1; Lchdm. i. 238, 1: 382, 1.

gár-clife

(n.)
Grammar
gár-clife, an; f.

Agrimonyagrĭmōnia eupătŏria

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Agrimony; agrĭmōnia eupătŏria Genim ðas wyrte, ðe man agrimoniam, and óðrum naman gárclife nemneþ take this herb, which is named agrimony, and by another name garclive, Herb. 32, 1; Lchdm. i. 130, 3. Genim gárclifan take garclive, L.