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a-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swícan, p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [a from, swícan to go]

To go away from any oneto desert any oneto deceivebetrayoffenddescisceredeficereproderescandalizare

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Gif ðín swíðre hand ðé aswíce si dextra manus tua scandalizat te, Mt. Bos. 5, 30

a-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þencan, -þencean ; p. -þohte ; pp. -þoht.

to think outdeviseinventexcogitareto thinkintendcogitareintenderevelle

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to think out, devise, invent; excogitare Gif we hit mǽgen wihte aþencan if we may devise it in any way, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 2; Gen. 400 : 179; Th. 224, 35; Dan. 146 : Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 28. to think, intend; cogitare, intendere, velle He ðis ellenweorc

Linked entries: a-þohte a-þoht

dyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
dyrstig, adj.

Daring, bold, rash audax, ausus

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Daring, bold, rash; audax, ausus Ðeós and ðis dyrstige audax, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 60; Som. 13, 41. Dýrstig oððe gedyrstlǽht ausus, 41; Som. 43, 29. Hú wǽre ðú dyrstig ofstician bár quomŏdo fuisti ausus jugŭlāre aprum? Coll. Monast.

fór-word

(n.)
Grammar
fór-word, es; n.

A fore-wordstipulationagreementpræcautiopactum

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Ðis synd ða fórword ðe Æðelréd cyng and ealle his witan wið ðone here gedón habbaþ these are the agreements which king Æthelred and all his counsellors have made with the army, L. Eth. ii. prm; Th. i. 284, 6

lane

(n.)
Grammar
lane, an; f.

A lane

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 33, 7. On ða ealdan lanan, 456, 3. Ðínne líchoman geond ðisse ceastre lanan hié tóstenceaþ thy body shall they scatter through the streets of this city, Blickl. Homl. 237, 5: 241, 21, 25

mǽl-sceafa

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-sceafa, an; m.

A canker

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Voc. 161, 23 maseles translates rugeroles (see also Skeat's Dict. s. v. measles'), so mǽl, in this word, would mean a spot

Linked entries: mæsle-sceafe sceafa

níd-dǽda

(n.)
Grammar
níd-dǽda, an ; m.

One who does something under compulsion

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One who does something under compulsion Gif hé æfter sunnan upgonge ðis déþ ( kills the housebreaker), hé biþ mansleges scyldig, and hé ðonne self swelte, búton hé niéddǽda (nýd-, MS. H.) wǽre (unless he were forced to do it in self-defence ), L.

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e; f.
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 122, 15 ; and see streám-racu. [Ryde doun þis ilk rake, bi ȝon rokke syde, Gaw. 2144. Out of the rake of riȝtwisnes renne suld he nevire, Alex. 3384.]

ge-wenge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wenge, es; n.

The cheekmaxilla

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The cheek; maxilla And ðam ðe ðé slihþ on ðín gewenge et qui to percutit in maxillam, Lk. Bos. 6, 29; and to him that schal smyte thee on o cheke, Wyc.

á-hwergen

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwergen, -hwærne, -wyrn, ó-wern; adv.
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Nǽnige swaþe his ówwern ætýwdon nullum ejus uspiam vestigium apparuerit, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 473, 9. v. ná-hwærn, ǽg-wern, and á-hwærn in Dict

flíman

(v.)

to rontto banishexile

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Take here flýman in Dict., and add Fugat flícþ, aufert flýmþ, Wülck. Gl. 244, 27. to ront Seó ród nú on middangearde áwergde gástas flémeþ, Bl. H. 91, 25. to banish, exile Ealdbriht wrecca gewát . . .

geongling

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Take here <b>iungling</b> in Dict., and add Iungclingc eam ic adolescentulus sum ego, Ps. L. 118, 141. Iunglincg, Gen. 4, 23. Iunglingc pubescentem, An. Ox. 3608. Cnihtas, geonglingas puberes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 12.

ge-rýnelíce

(adv.)
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Dis wed wé healdað gerýnelíce, Hml. Th. ii. 272, 7. Gerý[nelíce] tropice, i. tipice, An. Ox. 5088

giddian

(v.)
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Take here <b>geddian</b> in Dict. and add Se wísdóm geod-dode þus, écte þæt spell mid leóðe. Bt. 12 ; S. 26, 22. Ongon hé gieddigan and þus singinde cwæð, 32, 3 ; S. 73, 22.

girran

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Take here <b>georran</b> in Dict., and add Ic (a file) gyrre garrio (garrio, voce carens, rauco cum murmure stridens, Ald. 252, 25), An. Ox. 26, 13. Gyrran grunnire (porcinus paganorum strepitus grunnire desisteret, Ald. 60, 36), 4337.

hirtan

to refreshrevivecomfort

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Take here hyrtan in Dict., and add:

Linked entries: hyrtan heortian

land-mearc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
land-mearc, adj.
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[v. mearc ; (in Dict.)] Se landmearca Galaad, Ps. L. 59, 9. (Similar glosses in Ps. L. are : Arabiae þæs landes, 71, 15. Sylo þǽre stówe, 77, 61. Libanum þone holt, 71, 16. Iuda þǽre mǽgþe, 67, 28. Hermon þǽre dúne, 132, 3. Cf.

on-teón

(v.)
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Ger. ant-(in-)ziohan ab-, de-, dis-trahere, extricare: Ger. ent-ziehen.]

sealm-sang

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Professus sum monachus, et psallo omni die septem synaxes cum fratribus, Coll. M. 18, 31), Hpt. 33, 239, 18. Gebróþrum sealmsange (psalmodię) underþeóddum, Angl. xiii. 391, 376. Man gehýrde mycelne sealmsang coepit psalmodiae cantus audiri, Gr.

sceaþenness

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþenness, e; f.

Injury, damage

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Injury, damage Án wíf mihte gegán bútan ǽlcere sceaþenysse fram sǽ tó sǽ ofer eall ðis eálond ut etiam si mulier vellet totam perambulare insulam a mari ad mare, nullo se laedente valeret, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 2.

Linked entry: sceþeness