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el-þeód

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Sume hé on elðióde him wið feó gesealde 3, 9; S. 126, 16. Eall þæt folc on ellþeóde him wið feoh gesealde reliquos sub corona vendidit, Bos. 64, 11. On ellþeóde forsendan, 3, 7; Bos. 62, 35 note. Add

irsian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 416, 16. with dat. Ǽlc ꝥ yrsað (eorsaþ, R.) hys bréðer omnis qui irascetur fratri suo, Mt. 5, 22. with prep. Hwí irsast þú wiþ ús?, Bt. 7, 5 ; F 22, 36. Ðonne hé wið hine iersað. Past. 63, 3.

sceabb

(n.)
Grammar
sceabb, scæb, sceb, es; m.

Scab, a scab

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Wið sceb (scæb, MSS. H. B.), 150, 5: 316, 22. Wið sceab, 66, 21. Se hæfþ singalne sceabb se ðe nǽfre ne blinþ ungestæððignesse.

Linked entries: scaed sceb

in-coðu

(n.)
Grammar
in-coðu, e; and an; f.
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An internal disease Wið incoðe, L. M. 2, 55; Lchdm. i. 276, 6. Fela incoða hé gehǽlde untrumra sáwla mislícra manna many diseases of sick souls of diverse men he healed, Homl. Th. ii. 560, 33. Incoða infirmitates; incoðe fibras [ = febris ? ], Hpt.

lenden-brǽð

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lenden-brǽð, lende-brǽð, e, f: -brǽda, an; m.

A loin

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Wið lendenbrǽdena sáre against lumbago[?], Herb. 1, 10; Lchdm. i, 74, 3. Sió helt ða lendenbrǽdan it [the liver] has a hold on the false ribs, L. M. 2, 17; Lchdm. ii. 198, 1

weriend

(n.)
Grammar
weriend, werigend, es; m.
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Hig woldon sumne weriend habban, ðe hí geheólde wið ðæt hǽðene folc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 43

Linked entries: wergend werigend

belgan

(v.)
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Hé hine bealg wið Samuel, Past. 35, 16. intrans. Þára wóhnes bealh for þám þeáwum his riht-wísnysse quorum tortitudo in norma ejus rectitudinis offendebat, Gr. D. 104, 14. Hiá bulgon bituih him seolfum indigne ferebant intra semel ipsos, Mk. L.

leahtrung

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Þú hí gescyldst wið ǽlcere tungan leahtrunge proteges eos a contradictione linguarum 30, 23. On heora oferméttum and on heora leahtrunga (leahtungra, MS.) in superbia et contemptu 20

prætt

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Be þám ꝥ preóstas hí warnien wið þá scýnlican híwinga deófla prættes (prettes, 7, 26) ( ante transformationes daemonum), Chrd. 98, 33. Cwæð se Hǽlend him tó, 'Foxas habbað holu' . . .

eorl

a hero

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Gif wið eorles birele man geligeð .xii. scill. gebéte. Gif wið ceorles birelan man geligeð .vi. scillingum gebéte, 6, 11.

síd

(adj.)
Grammar
síd, adj.
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Wíf habbaþ beardas swá síde óþ heora breóst, 38, 2

Linked entry: síd-folc

mid-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ness, e; f.

Middlemidst

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Middle, midst In midnesse ðæs mynstres ... wit wǽron on midnesse miccles eges; ðá genámon wit on midnysse ðæs eówdes twegen buccan, Shrn. 41, 20-27

am-byre

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am-byre, (am-byre = and-byre).
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Substitute: Unfavourable, contrary (of wind) Þyder, hé cwæð, þæt man ne mihte geseglian on ánum n, mónðe, gyf man . . . ǽlce dæge hæfde ambyrne wind, Ors. l, I ; Bos. 21, 20. [Cf. Icel. aud-viðri a head wind. Mod. Icel. and-byrr (= mðt-byrr). (Dr.

drencan

(v.)
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</b> to plunge, sink :-- Þæt hý wið deáða duru drencyde wǽran, Ps. Th. 106, 17. of water, to drown Hí ne mihte fýr bærnan ne wæter dræncean, Shrn. 66, 17. intrans.

ge-springan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-springan, p. -sprang, -sprong, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen.

To springboundarisego outgo forthprosilireexoririabireprocedereTo get by going[?]to cause to springeructare

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, to cause to spring; eructare Wíd-gongel wíf word gespringeþ a rambling woman gets words [ = a bad reputation, or reproofs?] by wandering, Exon. 90 a; Th. 337, 15; Gn. Ex. 65. [Or has gespringan the same meaning as in the following?]

Linked entry: gi-sprunt

wraxlian

(v.)
Grammar
wraxlian, p. ode

To wrestle

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Ða wraxlode (luctabatur) án engel wið hine, Gen. 32, 24. Ic wæs on unmǽtutn costnungum winnende and wraxligeude, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 578. Wraxliendum luctando. Germ. 389, 91. Pleglícum ł wræxliendum palaestricis, Hpt. Gl. 405, 6

Linked entries: wrǽstlian wræxliende

hell-sceaþa

a fiendthe grave

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Add: a fiend ꝥ hié ús sýn on fultume wið helsceaíum, Bl. H 209, 28. hell personified, the grave. Similar entries Cf. hell; I, 1 For ðon ná helsceaða andet ðé and ne deáþ herede quia non infernns confitebitur te neque mars laudabit te. Ps.

Linked entry: helle-sceaþa

ælmes-georn

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Ælmesgeorne and árdǽde wið earme men, 131, 2. Mildheorte and ælmesgeorne, 95, 26: Wlfst. 109, 12. Add

heáh-synn

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-synn, e; f.

Mortal sin, crime, wickedness

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Bebeorh ðé wið ða eahta heáhsynna cave tibi ab octo capitalibus criminibus, L. Ecg. C. pref; Th. ii. 132, 5. Héhsynna scelera, Rtl. 5, 16. Héhsynno facinora, 42, 15

bennian

(v.)
Grammar
bennian, bennegean; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ben a wound]

To woundvulnerare

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Ic geseah winnende wiht wído bennegean [benne gean, Th.] I saw a block [wood] wound [lit. to wound = wounding] a striving creature 114 a; Th. 438, 4; Rä. 57, 2