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smirwung

(n.)
Grammar
smirwung, smiring (-ung), e; f.

anointing, unctionan ointment

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anointing, unction Ðus cwæð se apostol be ðære smyrunge seócra manna L. Ælfc. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 27.

Linked entries: smiring smyring

ǽg-ðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-ðer, [ = ǽg-hwæðer] ; pron.

Eithereachbothuterqueambo

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hatedon ǽgðer ge me ge mínne fæder they hated both me and my father, Jn. Bos. 15, 24

Linked entry: égðer

ágnian

(v.)
Grammar
ágnian, = áhnian; part. ágnigende; p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od; v. a.

To ownpossessto appropriate to himselfto prove or claim as one's ownpossiderevindicare sibi

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O. 13; Th. i. 184, 5. Swá he hit ágnode [MS. B. áhnode], swá he hit týmde as he claimed it as his own, so he advocated it, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 160, 8. Áhnodon, Ps. Spl. 43, 4

Linked entries: áhnodon ægnian

a-secgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-secgan, -sæcgan; p. -sægde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd [a out, secgan to say]

To speak outdeclareexpresstellsayrelateexplainannounceproclaimedicereeffariexprimerereferreenarrareannunciare

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Ðá asǽdon his geféran then said his companions, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 33. Óþ ðæt ic asecge donec annunciem, Ps. Th. 70, 17

a-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
a-smeágan, -smeán ; p. -smeáde ; pp. -smeád

To look closely intoexaminetrace outelicitmeditate uponconsidercontemplateponderjudgedeembe of opinionthinkperscrutariinvestigareindagareelicerecontempláripensarecensere

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Ic déme oððe ic asmeáge censeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2 ; Som. 28, 51

be-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lúcan, he -lýcþ; p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen; v. trans. [be, lúcan to lock]

To lock upinclosesurroundshutshut upconcludererecludereincluderecircumcludereamplectiobserareclaudere

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Ðá hét he hine gebringan on carcerne and ðǽr inne belúcan he gave an order to take him to prison and therein lock him up Bt. 1; Fox 2, 26 : Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 40 : Gen. 41, 49 : Ps. Spl. C. T. 16, 11.

huntnaþ

(n.)
Grammar
huntnaþ, huntnoþ, es; m.

Hunting

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I will that every man have the right to hunt in wood and in open country on his own property. And let every man leave my hunting alone where I wish to have it preserved, L. C. S. 81; Th. i. 420, 23-6.

Linked entry: huntaþ

nytenness

(n.)
Grammar
nytenness, e; f.

ignorancelazinessdisgraceignominy

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Th. ii. 568, 5. Ðæt men for nytennysse misfaran ne sceolon, 314. 5. Ðú cniht ne cúðest manna Hǽlend ... ic for ðínre nytennysse geornlíce bæd, i. 66, 30. Se ðe tódrǽfde ealle nytennysse ðære ealdan nihte, 36, 29. Crist mæg ðíne nytennysse (MSS.

Linked entries: nyten nitenness

ge-eádmédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eádmédan, -eáþmédan, he -eádmédeþ; p. -médde, -métte; pp. -méded, -mét; v. a.

To humblehumiliatesubduesubmit one's selfhumble one's selfdeigncondescendadoreworshiphumiliaredignaricondescendereadorare

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Hine to him geeaþmédde he submitted himself to him, 8, 2 : Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 9. We cómon us him to ge-eádmédenne venimus adorare eum, Mt. Bos. 2, 2. Geeámédun ðe ealle mǽgþa may all nations adore thee, Gen. 27, 29 : Ex. 11, 8; Mt. Bos. 20, 20

Linked entry: ge-eáþmédan

þider-inn

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-inn, -in; adv.
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Into that place, where motion is expressed or implied Þeáh hwá his ágen spere sette óðres mannes húses dura, and þiderinn (-in, MS. B.) ǽrende hæbbe, L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 5. Ic þyderinn eode, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 500.

un-sýfre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sýfre, adj.

Impureuncleanfoul

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Voc. ii. 65, 15. moral Forhwan ðú ðæt selegescot, ðæt ic on ðé gehálgode, þurh firenlustas fúle synne unsýfre ( or adv.? Cf. O. H. Ger. un-súbro sordide ) besmite, Exon. Th. 90, 34; Cri. 1484.

Linked entry: sýfre

wicca

(n.)
Grammar
wicca, an; m.
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Th. ii. 330, 28 : Wulfst. 27, 1. Be wiccum, wíglerum, etc. Gif wiccan oþþe wigleras . . . L. E. G. 11; Th, i. 172, 20 : L. Eth. vi. 7; Th. i. 316, 20 : L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 7. Wiccum a pythonibus, Hpt. Gl. 504, 66.

be-windan

girdleencirclesurround

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Add: to wrap an object in or with something Heó bewand þá hand on godwebbe, Shrn. 59, 35. hine biwand in líne turn involvit sindone. Mk. R. 15, 46. Biuundun (ligauerunt) mid hræglum, Jn. L. 19, 40.

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, l. bite,

a bitethe bite

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H. 67, 17. the bite, cut of a weapon, &c. Ðǽr is benda bite and dynta dyne, Wlfst. 114, 23: 209, 17. Gif bánes bite weorð if the bone be cut, Ll. Th. i. 12, 5. (Cf. O. Frs. bénes biti.)

ge-deorfan

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Voc. ii. 85, 60: 60, 68. Ðá oninnan þǽm sǽfærelde wǽron, þá gedu[r]fon (a letter is erased before the f) ealle and ádruncen obruta est et interfecta universa Aegypti multitude, Ors. 7; S. 38, 33.

hám-stede

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Add: ¶ the word occurs as a place-name in the charters, but in some of the following instances (e. g. vi. 35, 34) it is or may be a common noun, and in some perhaps to ham rather than to hám should the first part of the compound be referred On hámstedes

morgen-gifu

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Nabbe (the suitors for the speaker's daughter) gódne tíman áredodne . . . ac . . . áwrítað eówre naman on gewrite and hire morgengife, þonne ásænde ic þá gewrita mínre dohtor heó sylf geceóse hwilcne eówer heó wille, Ap. Th. 20, 7 [v. N. E.

á-settan

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Add: <b>I b.</b> to put into a position or condition, place, with complement Ic hine ásette ealra heáhstne, Ps. Th. 88, 24. with adv. or prep, phrase Þú ús ásettest on sárcwide úrum neáhmannum, Ps. Th. 79, 6.

sceamol

(n.)
Grammar
sceamol, es; m.

A bench, stool.

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Þe 'halewen makeden of al þe worlde ase ane stol (scheomel, MS. C.: schamel, MS. T. ) to hore uet, A. R. 166, 16. I sal set þe faas of þe schamel of þi fete to be, Ps. 109, I

Linked entry: sceamel

wemman

(v.)
Grammar
wemman, p. de.

to spotmarspoildisfigureto defilepolluteprofane

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Gif óðres ceorles wíf wemme (maculaverit) L. Ecg. C. 14; Th. ii. 142, 12