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á-bídan

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Hé forlét his here ábídan mid Scottum, Chr. P. p. 5, 6. Nú wolde ic gebétan, gif ic ábídan móste ( if I might continue to live ) . . . ac ic wát ðæt ic ne eom wyrðe ðæs fyrstes, Hml. S. 26, 251. with gen. Hwæs ábítst ðú?, Hml. S. 24, 23.

bréme

(adj.)
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Þú tóbrýttest þone bréman here, 25, 370, 629, 658. Brýmest celeberrimus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 64. Seó (Athens) wæs þá brémost (brýmest, v. l.) on láre, Hml. S. 3, II. Se brémesta ł wyrðfullesta celeberrimus, i. nobilissimus, An.

ciric-weard

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Take here passages under cyrc-, cyric-weard, and add Ðæs cyricweardes tácen is þæt mon sette his twégen fingras on his twá eágan and dó mid his handa swylce hé wille áne hangigende bellan teón, Tech. ii. 118, 16.

ge-seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seóþan, p. ge-seáþ; pp. ge-soden
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[Take here <b>ge-soden</b> in Dict.] Gedó on ceác fulne wínes and geseóþ . . . þonne hió gesoden sié, Lch. ii. 30, 23. Gáð and geseóðað (coquite) úra wyrhtena sufl, Gr. D. 201, 24.

Linked entries: seóþan ge-soden

ge-sylhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sylhþ, a plough. Substitute: a team (of oxen)
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Here (unless ánre might be read for án?) sylhðe seems to be neuter (an iþja- stem, v. Kl. Nom. Stam. &sect;&nbsp;70), and to be similar in form and meaning to M. H.

strídan

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'Ecce uenit saliens in montibus et transiliens colles' 'here he cumeð stridende fro dune to dune, and ouerstrit þe cnolles,' O. E. Hml. ii. 111, 34.] Þe leome gon striden a seoue strengen, Laym. 17982. Towarde þe autere gon he stride, C. M. 10235.

tó-brítan

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Tóbrýt nú þísne bréman here, Hml. S. 25, 629. Andweard þám árleásan mid ánrǽdum geleáfan ꝥ his wódnys swá wurðe tóbrút, Hml. S. 37, 78. to crush with pain, hardship, &amp;c. Seó éstfulle heorte ne bið tóbrýt for nánum ungelimpum, Hml.

ǽs

food ⬩ a bait

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Næs se here swá strang ðæt on Angelcynne ǽs him gefetede, Chr. 975; P. 121, 12. a bait Ðá getímode ðám deófle swá swá déð ðám grǽdigan fisce, ðe gesihð ðæt ǽs, and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðám ǽse sticað: bið ðonne grǽdig ðæs ǽses, and forswylcð ðone

for-wered

worn out ⬩ decrepit

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Take here for-werod in Dict., and add: Used-up Foruerit abusus, Txts. 109, 1135. of material, worn out In wéde ald ł foruered in vestimentum vetus, Mt. L. 9, 16. of persons, decrepit Forwered decrepita (anicula), An. Ox. 2109.

Linked entry: for-werod

ge-dreccednes

Grammar
ge-dreccednes, ge-drecednes.

tribulation, trouble ⬩ physical ill-treatment, torture ⬩ trouble in a medical sense

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Add: tribulation, trouble Earfoðlic is tó átellanne seó gedrecednes. . . and ꝥ geswinc . . . þe eall Engla here dreáh. Chr. 1056 ; P. 186, 32. Gyt weorþeð máre . . . wracu and gedrecednes Wlfst. 91, 7.

wyrtig

(adj.)
Grammar
wyrtig, adj.
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Full of herbs On ánum wyrtigan hamme, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 312

béhþ

(n.)
Grammar
béhþ, e; f.

A token ⬩ sign ⬩ proof ⬩ signum ⬩ testimonium

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A token, sign, proof; signum, testimonium Heó hét hyre þínenne ðæs herewǽðan heáfod to béhþe blódig ætýwan ðám burhleódum she ordered, her servant to shew the bloody head of the leader of the army to the citizens as a token Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 6; Jud

cǽg-loca

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The cǽglocan in the passage are the repositories which the wife could lock up with keys (v. cǽg supra); if the stolen property were not put into these, the keys of which were in her keeping, she was to be held guiltless

fram-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
fram-síþ, fram-síþ (from-), es; m.

Absence on a journey

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Ful oft mec hér wráðe begeat fromsíð freán, Kl. 33. Substitute:

spircan

(v.)

to sparkle ⬩ to fall in drops.

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Spyrcendum scintillantibus, 499, 43. to fall in drops. v. spircing Hé hét mycel ád ontendan on ymbhwyrfte ðæs mǽdenes and mid pice hí besprencgan and mid spyrcendum ele with oil that bespattered her Homl. Skt. i. 9, 118

Linked entries: spearcian spyrcan

weoloc-scill

(n.)
Grammar
weoloc-scill, e; f.

A shell-fish ⬩ a whelk ⬩ cockle

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Hér beóþ oft numene missenlícra cynna weolcscylle and muscule exceptis variorum generibus conchyliorum, in quibus sunt et musculae Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 17

wyrt-cynren

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-cynren, es; n.
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The genus plant, plants, herbs Wyrtcynren herbam, Ps. Lamb. 146, 8

fremedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fremedlíce, adv.

Perfectly

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Perfectly Þurh þæt fremedlíce ( perfecte) ys ge-herud, Scint. 129, 3

firding

Grammar
firding, (-ung).

military service ⬩ fighting ⬩ marching ⬩ an expedition ⬩ militia ⬩ troops ⬩ armament ⬩ military forces

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S. 30, 300, Hí lágon úte on fyrdinge ongeán þone here, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 16. figurative: pá concurrentes gehwyrfað mid sóðre fyrdunge, ꝥ ys mid fullum gesceáde, Angl. viii. 302, 30. an expedition: Se cásere his fyrdinge geendode. Hml. S. 28, 118.

be-æftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind, ⬩ after

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Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan þǽr beæftan, 905; P. 94, 5. after Þára twelf noman hér stondað áwritene beæftan, C. D. ii. 150, 35