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teám-byrst

(n.)
Grammar
teám-byrst, es; m.

The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit.

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Ðá bæd Byrhferhð ealdor-mann Æðelstán his wer for ðam témbyrste, Chart. Th. 207, 4

and-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
and-sæc, n.
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Berst se teám swá wel swá hé sylf andsæc worhte . . . á bið andsæc swíðere þonne onsagu, Ll. Th. i. 290, 15-17. Ne beó hé nánes andsæces wyrðe he shall not be entitled to make denial, 288, 9. Þone þe tó nánan andsæce ne mæge, 228, 14.

or-wéne

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geswicon Rómánum and tó Hannibale gecirdon, for þon þe hié wǽron orwéne hwæðer ǽfre Rómáne tó heora anwealde becómen omnis Italia ad Annibalem, desperata Romani status reparatione, defecit, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 4. dele last passage, and add Sum eáwfæst wer

under-standan

Grammar
under-standan, <b>.
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</b> add Ic geanbidode swíþe wet oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, and hú þú hit understandan woldest; and eác þý furþor ic tiolode geornfullíce ꝥ ðú hit forstandan mihtest I waited till I knew what you would, and in what way you would conceive of it

trega

(n.)
Grammar
trega, an; m.

Paingriefvexationhurtill

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Weá wæs árǽred, tregena tuddor, Cd. Th. 60, 27; Gen. 988

glæd-scipe

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Þæt magon cuman tó þám eásterlican dæge þe aa byð mid fullum glædscipe and wynsumnysse and écere blisse, Angl. viii. 323, 40. Add

ge-ǽsce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ǽsce, [an; f. ?]

Inquiry

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Inquiry witon swíþe lytel þæs þe ǽr ús wæs búton be gemynde and be geáscunge (geǽscum, v. l.), Bt. 42 ; F. 256, 26

Linked entry: ǽsce

tó-cweþan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cweþan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To forbid,prohibit

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To forbid, prohibit nellaþ secgan . . . for ðan ðe hyt tócwǽdon ða wísan láreówas, and . . . ða hálgan bóceras forbudon tó secgenne, Homl. Ass. 24,7

flésc

(n.)
Grammar
flésc, es; n.

Fleshcăro

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Flesh; căro We hæfdon hláf and flésc genóh on Egipta lande in terra Ægypti sedēbāmus sŭper ollas carnium et comĕdēbāmus pānem in sătŭrĭtāte, Ex. 16, 3

steór-wirðe

(adj.)
Grammar
steór-wirðe, adj.
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Deserving reprobation Ðonne hwæthwugu stiórwierðes ongietaþ on ða ðe ús underðiédde bióþ cum ea quae in subditis arguenda cognoscunt. Past. 28, 4; Swt. 194, 3

mynster-mann

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þencað iunge mynstermen tó gegrétanne, Angl. viii. 321, 38. Add

wiþer-cora

Grammar
wiþer-cora, ;<b> I.</b>
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Add synd oferswíðede . . . strewiað geond eall tóbrocene tigelan . . . and þǽron ástreccaþ þysne wiíercoran, Hml. S. 37, 180. Add Wiðercora apostata, transgressor, Hpt. 31, 15, 380

galdor-sang

(n.)
Grammar
galdor-sang, es; m.

An incantation

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Ne galdorsangas onginnen, Wlfst. 253, 10

scort

(adj.)
Grammar
scort, adj.
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hit sæcgaþ eów on ða scortostan wísan we will tell it you in the briefest fashion, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 140. as a grammatical term Seó forme geendung is on scortne a , Ælfc. Gr. 9, 1 ; Zup. 32, 17. Mid fíffétedum ł scertrum brachycataleclico, Hpt.

Linked entries: scyrtra sceort

a-rétan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rétan, ic -réte, he -réteþ, -rét; p. -rétte; pp. -réted, -rét; v. trans. [a, rétan to comfort]

To exhilaratecomfortdelightrestorerefreshset rightexhilararelætificarereficere

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Ðæt ge bróðor míne wel arétten that ye should well cherish my brethren, Exon. 30 a; Th. 91, 33; Cri. 1501. Ǽghwylcum wearþ mód aréted every one's mind was delighted, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 2; Jud. 167.

GRAMA

(n.)
Grammar
GRAMA, an; m.
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Wel hí sind Dere gehátene forðan ðe hí sind fram graman generode well are they named Dere [ = de ira], for they are saved from wrath, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 35: 124, 9. Se upplíca grama the wrath of heaven, 538, 28.

æt-wítan

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Se hálga wer him ætwát ꝥ ꝥ hé on þám wege dyde ei vir sanctus hoc quod in via egerat improperavit , Gr. D. 129, 23. Hé ætwát him sylfum þæt hé ne hreówsode his synna, Ps. Th. 31, arg. Þæt hié ætwite inproperasse , Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 39: 47, 9.

sogoþa

(n.)
Grammar
sogoþa, an; m.

hiccough, heartburngastric juice

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Gyf men sý sogoþa getenge oððe hwylc innan-gundbryne . . . ðonne wéne ic ðæt hyt him wel fremie ge wið sogoðan ge wið ǽghwylcum incundum earfoðnyssum Lchdm. i. 196, 16-21.

nyllan

(v.)
Grammar
nyllan, = ne willan
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Sam willan, sam nyllan, Bt. 35, 12; Fox 154, 7. Nyllan gé nolite, Ps. Th. 61, 11. Nellaþ, 61, 10. Bútan nellendes andsware, R. Ben. 20, 19

Linked entries: willan nillan

steorra

(n.)
Grammar
steorra, an; m.
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Ðone beorhtan steorran ðe hátaþ morgensteorra; ðone ilcan hátaþ óþre naman ǽfensteorra, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 2-4. Tácna on steorrum, Lk. Skt. 21, 25