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sceón

(v.)
Grammar
sceón, de

To fall to a person's lot

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Heom (heo, MS.) on riht sceóde (sceo, MS.) gold and godweb Iosepes gestreón gold and purple, Joseph's treasure rightly fell to the share of the Israelites (after the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 215, 21; Exod. 586

on-fón

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gesǽde swefen cyninge, þæt onfón ne meahte on his breóstlocan he told the king the dream, that he could not remember (cf. ne wisse word swefnes sínes, 125), Dan. 166. add: to receive what is sent, &c. to take into the hand (lit. or fig

wyrm-galdere

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-galdere, es; m.

A serpent-charmersorcerer

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A serpent-charmer, sorcerer hét sumne wyrmgaldere micle næddran hire in tó gelǽdan, ðæt seó hí ábítan sceolde. Ðá stód seó fǽmne forð on hire gebede, and seó næddre stód be hire; ðonne seó fǽmne onleát, ðonne onleát seó næddre.

cáf

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Se eorðlica kempa bið ǽfre gearo and cáf, swá hwyder swá faran sceal tó gefeohte mid ðám kininge, Hex. 34, 19. Þæt hý sýn cáfran tó Godes þeówdóme, R. Ben. 68, 19. Petrus wæs cáfost on Crístes lufe, Hml. Th. ii. 388, 29. Add

ofer-eáca

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forðteáh þá fíftig mancsas, and þám abbode sealde and cwæð, 'Nim þis feoh, and gif ic hér þurhwunige se ofereáca hider cymð,' Hml. S. 33, 145-155. Syllað ðone ofereácan eów ( the rich ) tó ælmesdǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 3

seáþ

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hét ðá gebróðor in ðæs húses flóre hím seáð (foueam) ádelfan, 4, 28; Sch. 520, 9. Danihel wearð áworpen intó ðára leóna seáðum, Hml. S. 16, 81. Add

un-cýðig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cýðig, adj.

Ignorantunacquainted

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Ðá wundrade heó ymb ðæs weres snyttro, hú swá geleáfful on swá lytlum fæce ond swá uncýðig ǽfre wurde gleáwnysse þurhgoten she wondered at the man's wisdom, how in so little space and (previously) so ignorant he should ever become so full of belief

wiþþe

(n.)
Grammar
wiþþe, an; f.

witha thongcord

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hét hí ( Agatha ) on hencgene ástreccan, and ðráwan swá swá wiððan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 113. bebeád ðám cwellerum, ðæt hí hine mid wiððum handum and fótum on ðære róde gebundon, Homl. Th. i. 594, 31: 596, 21

eówd

Grammar
eówd, eówde.
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hét nýtenu faran tó þǽre eówode þe hí of ádwelodon, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 23. Ðý lǽs ðe án wannhál scép ealle ðá eówde besmíte, i. 124, 33: Gr. D. 109, 11

sápe

(n.)
Grammar
sápe, an; f.

Soap, salve

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biþ ðonne áþwogen fram his synnum þurh ða untrumnysse, swá swá horig hrægl þurh sápan, Homl. Th. i. 472, 6. Monie of þas wimmen smurieð heom mid blanchet, þet is þes deofles sápe (unguent?), O. E. Homl. i. 53, 24.

Linked entry: sáp

BRÉMEL

(n.)
Grammar
BRÉMEL, brémbel, brǽmbel, brémber, es; m.

A BRAMBLE, brier, blackberry bush ribulus, vepres, rubus fruticosus,

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H.] the herb rubus, that is bramble, Herb. cont. 89; Lchdm. i. 34, 21. Genim ðás wyrte ðe man brémel [brǽmbel MS. H.] nemneþ take this herb which a man calls bramble, Herb. 89, 1; Lchdm. i. 192, 9. Brémelas vepres, Wrt. Voc. 80, 23.

pínian

(v.)
Grammar
pínian, p. ode
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Ðæt his heortan and his mód mid hreówsunga suíðe pínige ut per afflictionem poenitentiae cor prematur, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 199, 25. Ðá hét hi pínian (pínigan, MS. C.), Homl. Skt. i. 5, 371.

á-spíwan

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Se hund wille etan ðæt ǽr áspáw. Past. 419, 27:Hml. Th. ii. 602, 26. Heó ꝥ réðe áttor út áspáw, Hml. S. 2, 138. (la) used reflexively:-- sceal gán and hyne styrian ǽr ðám ðe hyne áspíwe.

Linked entry: spíwan

drygan

Grammar
drygan, l. drýgan,
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Heó his fét mid hire loccum drýgde, Bl. H. 69, 2. Drégde, 73, 19. geseah Godes engel drýgan mid sceátan Sc̃i Laurentius limu, Shrn. 115, 23. Drégende tergens (os suum ), Kent.

un-wynsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wynsum, adj.

Unpleasant

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Unpleasant Ðeós woruld hwíltídum is myrige on tó wunigenne, hwílon heó is swíðe styrnlíc, and mid mislícum þingum gemenged, swá ðæt heó bið swíðe unwynsum on tó eardigenne, Homl. Th. i. 184, 1.

bósum

wombuter

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Ox. 4162. of things Seó sǽ wunað on ðǽre eorðan bósme, Hex. 10, 31. Tunnena bósmum cuparum gremiis, An. Ox. 3513. womb; uter : Þý syxtan mónþe þæs þe Sct.

fram-bringan

(v.)
Grammar
fram-bringan, p. -brang, pl. -brungon; pp. -brungen

To bring from or awaydedūcĕre

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To bring from or away; dedūcĕre Gyf he ðone him eáðelíce frambringan ne mǽge if he cannot easily bring it away from him. Herb. 158, 2; Lchdm. i. 284, 24

gyrstan-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gyrstan-dæg, gestran-dæg, gysternlíc-dæg

yesterdayheri

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yesterday; heri Gyrstan-dæg heri, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 57. Swá he wæs gyrstan-dæg and ǽran dæg sicut erat heri et nudius tertius, Gen. 31, 5

bismer

(n.)
Grammar
bismer, n.

infamyshamedisgraceignominyhumiliationscorncontumelyinsult blasphemy

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gehýrde þæt bysmor mínra worda, Hml. S. 23 b, 366. Tóeácan þǽm bismrum þe dónde wæs, hét onbærnan Rómeburg, Ors. 6, 5; S. 260, 29. disgrace, ignominy, humiliation Hwæþer ... hié ácwealde, þe hié libbende tó bismre gerénian héte.

Linked entry: bismer-sprecan

snód

(n.)
Grammar
snód, e; f.

A snood, fillet, head-dress

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Ðá lǽrde hí sum man, ðæt heó náme ǽnne wernægel of sumes oxan hricge, and becnytte tó ánum hringe mid hire snóde . . . Ðá geseah heó licgan ðone hring on ðam wege mid snóde mid ealle . . .