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on-bærnan

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Add hét onbærnan Rómeburg urbis Romae incendium fecit, Ors. 6, 5 ; S. 260, 30. Add Mid hira ágenre gewilnunge hié bióð onbærnede (-bærnde, v. l.) sua cupidine accensi, Past. 27, 18. <b>III a.

on-hǽtan

(v.)

to heatof violent emotion, to inflame

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to heat Hét ðone stán onhǽtan, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 19. Blód onhǽtan, Salm. Kmbl. 88; Sal. 43. Ofn onhǽtan, Cd. Th. 229, 31; Dan. 225. Onhǽted, 231, 7; Dan. 243.

Linked entry: in-hǽtan

filstan

(v.)

to helpaidassist

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to help, aid, assist Gif he nelle filstan if he will not help, L. N. P. L. 54; Th. ii. 298, 19

eornoste

(adv.)
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eornoste, eorneste; adv.

in earnest, earnestly, seriously, courageously, stronglysērio, strēnue, sēdŭlo, vĕhĕmenter

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in earnest, earnestly, seriously, courageously, strongly; sērio, strēnue, sēdŭlo, vĕhĕmenter He feaht eornoste he fought earnestly, yrht. Th. 140, 1; By. 281: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 39; Jud. 231.

ge-bǽte

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ge-bǽte, ge-bǽtel.
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hét þǽm þearfan ꝥ hors syllan mid þám cynelican gebǽtum (gerǽdum, v.l.) praecepit equum, ita ut erat stratus regaliter pauperi dari, 3, 14; Sch. 257, 14. v. preceding word

cwide

Grammar
cwide, <b>; IV.</b>
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Add Þá geceás Laurentium ... and þurhwunode in his cwide ( sententia ), Gr. D. 329, 18. an agreement ná tó him hwearf æfter heora cwyde (gecwide, v.l. condictum ) ... wæs gemyndig heora cwydes, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 329, 18

dolg

(n.)
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dolg, n. and m. (Hml. S. 20, 67).
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Hét Isaias wyrcan ǽnne clyþan tó þæs cyninges dolge jussit Isaias ut tollerent massam de ficis et cataplasmarent super vulnus (Is. 38, 21), 18, 431: Hml. Th. i. 476, 1

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, e; f.

The share pubes

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Heo þuruh stihten Isboset adun into schere. Her seið seint Gregorie: 'In inguinem ferire est etc.' Þe ueond þuruh stihð þet scher, A. R. 272, 12-14. Schare pubes, Wrt. Voc. i. 183, 29. The shore le penul, 148, 17. Schere pubes, 246, col. 2.

be-sprecan

(v.)
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be-sprecan, part. -sprecende, ic -sprece, ðú -sprecest, -sprycst, he -spreceþ, -sprycþ, pl. -sprecaþ; p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen, -spræcen; [be by, sprecan to speak]

To speak to, to tell, pretend, plead, speak against, to complain, charge, accuse, impeachobloqui

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To speak to, to tell, pretend, plead, speak against, to complain, charge, accuse, impeach; obloqui Fram stefne besprecendre oððe ofersprecendes a voce obloquentis, Ps. Lamb. 43, 17. Cristene Róma besprycþ Christian Rome complains, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44,

rúm-gál

(adj.)
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rúm-gál, adj.
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Rejoicing in ample space in which to move (applied to the dove when sent from the ark) Seó culufre wíde fleáh óþ ðæt heó rúmgál reste stówe funde far the dove flew, in flight unconfined rejoicing, until a place of rest she found (cf. heó rúme fleáh,

deófol-gild

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Þá cwæð tó þám deófulgylde: 'Tówyrpe þé Críst'; þá sóna gefeól þǽs deófolgyldes húses sum dǽl, 140, 2-5. eóde intó ðám temple tó ðám deófolgylde Astaróð, Hml. Th. i. 454, 16. Búton þǽm deófolgelde þe bærnan ongan, Bl. H. 221, 17.

Linked entry: ge-deóful-geld

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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Take here hæft-néd in Dict. aud add : custody, durance, confinement álǽdde mé of þám drósnum ǽlces ðeówdómes and ǽlcere hǽftnýde, Ps. Th. 39, 1.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

nunn-líf

(n.)
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the life of a nun Þá þá . . . háliges nunlífes drohtoþ (sanctimonialis vitae conversationem) heó sóhte, Gr. D. 199, 16

be-dyppan

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Heó wæs gelǽded tó ánre eá and bedypped in ꝥ wæter (in aquam mersa), Gr. D. 73, 24. Add

ge-orwénan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-orwénan, p. de; pp. ed [wén hope]

To despair, to be out of hopedespērāre

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Ðæt he ðý earmlícor georwénedre hǽlo hér nú forwurde quo mĭsĕrābĭlius ipse despērāta sălūte pĕrīret, Bd. 5, 14; S. 635, 3

Linked entry: or-wénan

orgellíce

(adv.)
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hét him æteówian orhlíce swíðe þone hálgan sanct, Hml. S. 32, 234. Add

Linked entry: orglíce

myrgen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
myrgen-líc, adj.

Morning

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Morning Ðýs myrgenlícan dæge heó biþ gongende of líchoman she will depart before evening, Blickl. Homl. 141, 33

æt-ealdod

(adj.)
Grammar
æt-ealdod, adj.
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Too aged Þonne heó forwerod byð and teámes ætealdod ( too old to bear children), Hml. A. 20, 159

hǽren

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Heó gegyrede hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. Add

sorgung

(n.)
Grammar
sorgung, e; f.

Sorrowinggrievingsorrowgrief

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Sorrowing, grieving, sorrow, grief Ðǽr (in hell) is sorgung and sárgung and á singal heóf, Wulfst. 114, 4