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awóh

(adv.)
Grammar
awóh, adv. [a, wóh crooked]

AWRY ⬩ unjustly ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ badly ⬩ tortè ⬩ obliquè ⬩ malè

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AWRY, unjustly, wrongfully, badly; the same as mid wóge with injustice, or unjustly; tortè, obliquè, malè Gif mon ðæt trod awóh drife if one wrongfully pursue the footstep [tread], L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 10.

be-nǽman

(v.)
Grammar
be-nǽman, be-néman; p. -nǽmde, -némde; pp. -nǽmed, -némed [be, niman to take]

To deprive ⬩ take away ⬩ auferre ⬩ privare

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Wuldre benémed deprived of glory Cd. 215; Th. 272, 18; Sat. 121

Linked entry: be-néman

cépa

(n.)
Grammar
cépa, an; m.

A chapman, merchant ⬩ mercator

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A chapman, merchant; mercator Nǽnig cépa ne seah ellendne wearod no merchant saw a foreign shore, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 58; Met. 8, 29. Ne geseah nán cépa eáland no merchant visited an island, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 13.

fæted

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fæted, fætt; part.

Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented ⬩ bracteātus

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Gesáwon fæted wǽge, dryncfæt deóre they saw the golden cup, the precious drinking vessel, Beo. Th. 4499; B. 2253: 4553; B. 2282: Exon. 113 b; Th. 434, 27; Rä. 52, 7: Andr. Kmbl. 601; An. 301

Linked entries: fætt fǽtan

ful-wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-wíde, adv.

Full widely ⬩ all around ⬩ round about ⬩ circumcirca

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Full widely, all around, round about; circumcirca Lóca fulwíde ofer londbúende look all around over the land-dwellers, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 23; Sat. 684: Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 13; Kl. 46.

GEÁ

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
GEÁ, adv.

YEA ⬩ ĕtiam

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Bos. 21, 15, 16; ĕtiam, Domĭne, Vulg Cweþ [cwæþ MS.] nú geá say now yea, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 9

Linked entries: GEÁTAN iá gee GESE

meagol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
meagol-líce, adv.

Earnestly ⬩ strenuously

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Th. i. 504, 7 where in the same narrative geomlíce bǽdon occurs) gebǽdon they earnestly prayed to the living God and the holy archangel Michael, Blickl. Homl. 201, 13.

gránung

(n.)
Grammar
gránung, e; f.
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GROANING, lamentation; gemitus Me ymbhringdon sár and sorga and gránung circumdederunt me gemitus mortis, Ps. Th. 17, 4. Mín gránung ðé nis na forholen gemitus meus a to non est absconditus, 37, 9.

senep

(n.)
Grammar
senep, (-ap, -op), es; m.
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Senepes sǽd. Mk. Skt. 4, 31: Lchdm. ii. 20, 11. Mid sinope gníde, 186, 6. Gerénodne senep, 184, 9 : 20, 22

Linked entry: senap

swin

(n.)
Grammar
swin, swinn, es; m.
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[From the same root as Latin sonus?] v. ge-swin, and following words; and cf. hlyn[n], hlynsian for similar formation

Linked entry: ge-swin

ancra

Grammar
ancra, ancera an anchorite.
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Paulus and Antonius ðá ǽrostan ancran, Sal. K. 190, 24. Óþer muneca cyn is ancrena, þæt is wéstensetlena, R. Ben. 9, 5. Add

ecg-lást

(n.)
Grammar
ecg-lást, [The gender is doubtful, the word occurring both m. and f. in the only passage where it is found: lást a track is m.]
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is mildra ðonne middangeardes swétnissa; and seó winstre ecglást ðæs ilcan wæpnes hé is scearpra ðonne eal middangeard, Sal. K. p. 150, 14-22

firen

(adj.)
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Ealra fyrena leás, 135, 2, Hé gyt feola cwide firna herede he spoke of many troubles, Sat. 160. þeáh ðe hí gelíce fyrene fremmen etsi similia crimina committant, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 29. Add

ofer-heáfod

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[Overhofen sal be over Yban his fruyte, Ps. 71, 16. Goth. ufar-hafjan sik to exalt oneself: O. H. Ger. ubar-heven sih.]

sǽdere

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oððe hwí sceolde seó eorðe hyre wæstmas ofteón þám unscyldigum sǽde for ðám scyldigan sǽdere?, Hml. A. 36, 311-37, 315. Add

sin-niht

(n.)
Grammar
sin-niht, f.
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Hé geseah deorc gesweorc semian sinnihte sweart under heofonum he saw dark cloud lower, black night under heaven, Gen. 109

a-ríman

(v.)
Grammar
a-ríman, p. de; pp. ed

To number ⬩ count ⬩ enumerate ⬩ numerare ⬩ enumerare ⬩ dinumerare ⬩ recensere

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To number, count, enumerate; numerare, enumerare, dinumerare, recensere He aríman mæg regnas scúran dropena gehwelcne he can count every drop of the rain-shower, Cd. 213; Th. 265, 21; Sat. 11 : Ps. Th. 89, 13: 146, 5.

Linked entry: ríman

ár-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
ár-stæf, gen. -stæfes; pl. nom. acc. -stafas; m.

Favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ benefit ⬩ help ⬩ gratia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ auxilii latio

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Favour, kindness, benefit, help; gratia, beneficium, auxilii latio Fæder alwalda mid árstafum eówic gehealde síða gesunde may the all-ruling Father hold you with kindness safe on your ways, Beo. Th. 639; B. 317.

Linked entry: stæf

doppettan

(v.)
Grammar
doppettan, p. te; pp.ed

To dip often, dip in, immerse ⬩ mersāre

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To dip often, dip in, immerse; mersāre Geseah he swymman scealfran on flóde, and gelóme doppettan adúne to grunde, éhtende þearle ðære eá fixa he saw gulls swimming on the water, and frequently dipping down to the bottom, eagerly pursuing the fishes

eorl-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-scipe, -scype, es; m.

Manliness, bravery, courage, supremacy, nobility ⬩ vĭrīlĭtas, nobilĭtas

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Eorlscipes, Salm. Kmbl. 22; Sal. 11. He eorlscype fremede he effected supremacy, Exon. 85a; Th. 320, 31; Wíd. 37

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