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ge-treówfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-treówfæst, adj.
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Geinsæglod mid twám sylfrenan insæglan þe þá twǽgen getreówfæste menn þǽrinne lédon, 757

list-wrenc

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For ' Lye' substitute Mid listwrence híwian unsóð tó sóðe, Wrfst. 128, 5. Þá þæ yfel cunnon híwian tó góde and unsóð tó sóðe þurh lytigne listwrencg, 81, 37

milts

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Ðá ongann hé (Orpheus) biddan hiora (the Fates ) miltse; þá ongunnon hí wépan mid him, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 28. Milse veniam, An. Ox. 5, 43. Add

snytro

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Mid helwarum ne byð ne weorc, ne gesceádwísnes, ne snyttro, ne wísdóm nec opus, nec ratio, nec scientia, nec sapientia erit apud inferos, Gr. D. 328, 2. Add

sǽtnere

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtnere, es; m.

One who lies in wait

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One who lies in wait. but used in the following case to gloss seditiosus Mid setnerum cum seditiosis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 7. Similar entries v. sǽtnian, sǽtere ;

Linked entries: sǽtnung sétnere

ord-bana

(n.)
Grammar
ord-bana, an; m.

One who slays with (the point of) a weapon (ord, cf. ecg-bana), a murderer

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One who slays with (the point of) a weapon (ord, cf. ecg-bana), a murderer Ic fylde mid folmum ordbanan Abeles ( Cain ), Cd. Th. 67, 7; Gen. 1097

swítan

(v.)
Grammar
swítan, (?); p. swát in for-swítan

to exhaust, impair, impoverish land

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Ðe lond æt Moran ic mid míne wífe bigat, and ic it siðen náwer ne forswát (-swác?) ne forspilde, Chart. Th. 584, 5

fremsum-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fremsum-lic, adj.

Benign

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Benign Býcnode hé tó hyre mid onhyldum heáfde swyþe fremsumlicre ansýne, swá hé ealling byð cui ille benignissimi ut est vultus inclinato capite annuit. Gr. D. 280, 10

giest

(n.)
Grammar
giest, es; m.

A guest

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A guest Mid giestum with the guests, Cd. 112; Th. 148, 11; Gen. 2455: 112; Th. 147, 15; Gen. 2440: Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 11; Reim. 11

gedwol-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
gedwol-sprǽc, e ; f.

Heretical speech, heresy

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Heretical speech, heresy Twégen ðsér wǽron bisceophádes men þe ǽlces yfeles heáfodhebban wǽron . . . hí Godes gelaðunge drehton and mid heora gedwolsprǽce eall folc ámyrdon, Hml. S. 23, 369

ymb-hegian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hegian, pp. od

To hedge about, surround

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Emhegod mid weorodum mǽdena septus choreis virginum, Hymn. Surt. 140, 12

Linked entry: ymb-hagian

ærdon

(v.)
Grammar
ærdon, = ærndon? from ærnan; p. de

To run ⬩ run away ⬩ currere

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To run, run away; currere He gehleóp and his bróðru mid him begen ærdon he fled and both his brothers ran away with him, Byrht. Th. 137, 25; By. 191

a-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hrínan, -hrýnan; p. -hrán, pl. -hrinon; pp. -hrinen

To touch ⬩ tangere

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To touch; tangere Ge ne ahrínaþ ða seámas. mid eówrum ánum fingre uno digito vestro non tangitis sarcinas, Lk. Bos. 11, 46. Ahrýn múntas tange montes, Ps. Spl. 143, 6

Linked entry: a-hrýnan

FETEL

(n.)
Grammar
FETEL, gen. feteles, fetles; m.

A girdle ⬩ belt ⬩ cingŭlum ⬩ balteus

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Mid fetlum with belts. Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 5

Linked entries: fetlum sweord-fetels

fót-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
fót-ádl, e; f.

A foot-disease ⬩ the gout ⬩ podagra

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A foot-disease, the gout; podagra Wæs Mellitus mid fótádle swíðe gehefigad ĕrat Mellitus podagra grăvātus, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 12. Wið fótádle against gout, Lchdm. i. 376, 1

Linked entry: fót-cóðu

ge-firenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-firenian, -firnian; p. ode; pp. od

To sin ⬩ peccāre

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To sin; peccāre We gefirenodon mid fæderum úrum peccāvĭmus cum patrĭbus nostris, Ps. Spl. C. 105, 6. Ic gefirnode I sinned, St. And. 10, 19 : Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 4

be-smittian

(v.)
Grammar
be-smittian, p. od

To pollute ⬩ defile

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Ox. 4156. moral Heora for*-*mænig mid ídelum lofe byþ besmittad multos ex eis cenodoxiae morbus commaculat, R. Ben. 139, 19

Linked entry: smittian

efen-nys

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Th. 36, 36. comparison Mið efennesse comparatione, Mt. p. 15, 12: 17, 6

ge-mæclic

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Þá þe gálnysse flaesces mid gemæclicum (coniugali) wyrþscype gewríþað, Scint. 182, 16. (Ge)mæclican anten[dnyssa] tedas iugales, An. Ox. 18, 27. Add

Linked entry: -mæclic

ge-súpan

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Add: [a wk. past súpede occurs in Mk. p. 4, 3: see passage in Dict. under ge-suppan] Mið ðý gebirigde ł geseáp (gustasse) nalde drinca, Mt. L. 27, 34