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beór

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Ne dranc hé beór ne ealu ne nán ðǽra wǽtan ðe menn of druncniað, Hml. Th. ii. 38, 6. Biór siceram, Knt. Gl. 1128. Beár, Lk. L. R. i. 15

irfe

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Ürum cildum wé tiochiað úrne eard and úrne éðel and úre ierfe eall ætsomne tó te forlǽtanne pueris tota simul patrímonia heredibus reservamus, Past. 391, 28. property Willa ic gesellan of ðém ærfe ðe mé God forget . . . LX ambra maltes . . . C.

úþ-wita

(n.)
Grammar
úþ-wita, -weota, an; m.

a philosopherscribegeo metrician

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Se gomola, eald úðwita (cf. fród fæder módsnottor 300, 4; Fä. 1), Exon. Th. 304, 6; Fä. 66. Uðweota a councillor, senator, Andr. Kmbl. 2211; An. 1107. Úðuuta philosophus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 24.

Cwén-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Cwén-sǽ, gen. s; m.

The White Sea hyperboreus oceanus

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The White Sea ; hyperboreus oceanus Fram ðære eá Danais, west óþ Rín ða eá . . . and eft súþ óþ Donua ða eá. . . and norþ óþ ðone gársecg, ðe man Cwénsǽ hǽt: binnan ðǽm syndon manega þeóda; ac hit man hǽt eall, Germania from the river Don, westward to

for-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
for-cuman, p. -com, -cwom. pl. -cómon, -cwómon; pp. -cumen, -cymen

To surpassovercomedestroyharasswear outsupĕrārevexāre

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Yrfe ðin eall forcóman hæredĭtātem tuam vexāvērunt, Ps. Th. 93, 5. Bring us hǽlo líf, wérigum wíteþeówum, wópe forcymenum bring to us weary slaves, worn out by weeping, a life of health, Exon. 10a; Th. 10, 13; Cri. 151

Linked entry: for-cinnan

miscian

(v.)
Grammar
miscian, p. ode

To mixto mix in due proportion

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To mix, to mix in due proportion Hé of ðæm heán hrófe hit eall gesihþ and ðonan miscaþ and metgaþ ǽlcum be his gewyrhtum qui, cum ex alta providentiae specula respicit, quid unicuique conveniat, agnoscit, et, quod convenire novit, accommodat, Bt. 39,

wérigian

(v.)
Grammar
wérigian, p. ode
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M. 78, 22), eall ðæt is of untrumnysse ðæs gecyndes esurire, sitire, aestuare, algere, lassescere, ex infirmitate naturae est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 15. Ðá ongan his hors semnninga wérian (wérgian, Bd.

Linked entry: wérgian

chor

(n.)
Grammar
chor, es; m.
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Andswarige eall chor, 410, 644. Oþ þæt chor endige, 646. Cild swíþran chores, 645. Ne hé ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé hine þǽm chore geþeóde, R. Ben. 69, 5: 70, 13

scearpe

(n.)
Grammar
scearpe, an; f.

A scarification

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Ða scearpan ásleá, and ðæt eall swígende gedó, 104, 6-11: 84, 4: 100, 4: 126, 21: 130, 10

á-seóþan

to clear from impurityto clear impurity from somethingto tryexamine

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Þæt eall ꝥ se ofen þǽre costunge of ásude (excogueret ), Bd. 4, 9;Sch. 393, 16. to try, examine Ásude examinasti, probasti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 57. Tó áseódenne expendere (see á-seódan above, d sometimes-= ð in this glossary), Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 2

Linked entry: á-seódan

á-sprýtan

Grammar
á-sprýtan, l. á-spryttan,

to sprout outspring upto put forth sproutssprout out

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and add: of a plant, to sprout out, spring up Eall gærs and wyrta ǽr þan þe hig upp áspritton omnem herbam prius quant germinaret, Gen. 2, 5. Ðeáh hié up áspryttæn, Past. 67, 23.

Linked entry: á-sprettan

múþ

(n.)
Grammar
múþ, es; m.

The mouththe mouth as an instrument of speechthe faceA mouthopeningorifice

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Eall ðæt on ðone múþ gǽþ, gǽþ on ða wambe, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 17. Múþum buccis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 16. the mouth as an instrument of speech Be ǽlcon worde ðe of Godes múþe gǽþ, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 4. Hé æt his sylfes múþe gehýrde, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 40.

úhta

(n.)
Grammar
úhta, an; m.

the last part of the nightthe time just before daybreakthe time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturnsDe nocturna celebratione.

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Eallum cristenum mannum is beboden ðæt hí ealne heora líchoman seofon síþum gebletsian mid Cristes róde tácne, ǽrest on ǽrnemorgen ... seofoþan síþe on úhtan, Blickl. Homl. 47, 19

á-mearcian

(v.)
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Nú wylle wé heom hér ámearkian eall gewiss ymbe his ryne, 328, 14. Yfen hér æfter ys ámearkod the symbol for the hyphen is given afterwards, 333, 30.

Linked entry: mearcian

framigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
framigendlíc, adj. [framigende, part. of fremian and líc]

Profitablebeneficialsalubrissalūtāris

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Profitable, beneficial; salubris, salūtāris Ðæt sylfe is framigendlíc lǽcedóm ongeán ealle áttru the same is a beneficial medicine against all poisons, Herb. 159; Lchdm. i. 288, 2

mésan

(v.)

to feedeat

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to feed, eat Ic mésan mæg meahtelícor ealdum þyrse I can eat mightier meals than an old giant, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 26; Rä. 41, 62

self-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
self-cwalu, e; f.
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Self-slaughter, suicide Sum sceal ful earmlíce ealdre linnan . . . and hine tó sylfcwale secgas nemnaþ speak of him as committing suicide, Exon. Th. 330, 24; Vy. 56

un-fæderlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fæderlíce, adv.

In an unfatherly manner

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In an unfatherly manner Saturnus wæs swá wælhreów, ðæt hé fordyde his ágene bearn ealle bútan ánum and unfæderlíce macode heora líf tó lyre, Wulfst. 106, 6

Linked entry: fæder-líce

Cumere

(n.)
Grammar
Cumere, (-as ?); pl.
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The Britons of Strathclyde Ealle ðá cyningas þe on þysum íglande wǽron Cumera and Scotta cómon tó Eádgáre, Hml. S. 21, 451. v. Cumber-land in Dict

ed-staþelung

Grammar
ed-staþelung, restoration.
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Ben. 36 substitute Mancynna Ealdor for úre edstaðelunge þǽre róde gealgan underféng, Hml. Th. i. 588, 19. Tó edstaþelungum ad lumina vitae, An. Ox. 2214