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gástlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gástlíce, gǽstlíce; adv.

Spirituallyspirĭtāliter

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C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 16 : Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 25; Lchdm, iii. 280, 11 : Cd. 220; Th. 283, 7; Sat. 301

Linked entry: gǽstlíce

hrér-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hrér-ness, e; f.

Motiondisturbanceagitationcommotionstorm

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Motion, disturbance, agitation, commotion, storm Hroernis michelo geworden wæs in motus magnus factus est in mari, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 24. Gást hrýrenesse ł stormes spiritus procellæ, Ps.Lamb. 106, 25. Eorþ hroernisse terræ motu, 27, 54.

mǽg-cild

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-cild, es; n.

A young kinsman

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Ðý læs ǽnig man cweðe ðæt ic míne mǽgcild mid wó fordémde lest any man say that I wrongfully decided against my kinsmen (nephews), Chart. Th. 486, 27

ge-reáfian

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

To rob, steal, spoil

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Secgaþ ðæt his ðegnas gereáfodan his líc on us and forstǽlan say that his disciples robbed his body from us and stole it away, Blickl. Homl. 177, 29. Gereáfydon diripiebant, Ps. Spl. C. 43, 12.

Linked entries: -reáfian gereófage

ymb-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-licgan, p. -læg.
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Seó líne ðe wile xxxiii síða ealne eorðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Salm. Kmbl. 152, 6. to lie about, along. v. ymb, 1 d Se cyng ðæt land on ða sǽhealfe mid scipum ymbelæg, Chr. 1072 ; Erl 211, 2

and-leofa

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofa, -lifa (an-), an; m.
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Eal hé sealde búton ðone dæghwámlican andleofan þe hé néde big lifgean sceolde, 213, 20: Sat. 522. Eów andlifan syllan and eów eówre þearfe forgifan quae uictui sunt necessaria ministrare, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 11. Andleofan, 20.

Linked entry: an-leofa

cólian

(v.)
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Sax. kólón.] Add

efen-sárgian

(v.)
Grammar
efen-sárgian, p. ode
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To compassionate, sympathize Eálá ꝥ mín sáwl efensárgaþ þises wífes sáre dolori hujus mulieris anima mia compatitur, Gr. D. 216, 1. Þá rihtwísan þe lifgende beóþ ne efensárgiað ( compatiuntur ) ná þám unrihtwísum mannum deádum, 336, 18.

Linked entry: sárgian

ge-ferian

(v.)
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Hám geferian, bringan tó bolde, Sae. 148. Hé wæs gefered excipitur, An. Ox. 4698. Geferod vectus, Wülck. Gl. 254, 10. Gefered wæs heáfod his in disc allatum est caput ejus in disco, Mt. L. 14, ii. Geferedne delatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 75.

hwaþerian

(v.)
Grammar
hwaþerian, hwoþerian; p. ode
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Drihten cóm gangende on ðǽre ; þá ýða árison, ac hé hí oftræd; se brym hwoðerode under his fótswaðum ( the sea roared beneath his footsteps ) ac swá ðeáh hé hine bær, wolde hé nolde hé, Hml. Th. ii. 388, 19. See next word

Linked entry: hwoþerian

reónig

(adj.)
Grammar
reónig, ;adj.;

Mournful, sad, gloomy, weary;

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; Mournful, sad, gloomy, weary; Á mín hige sorgaþ reónig reóteþ and geresteþ nó ;ever hath my heart care, mournful laments and hath not rest,; Elen. Kmbl. 2163; El. 1083.

sárig-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig-mód, adj.

Sad-hearted, of mournful mood

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Sad-hearted, of mournful mood Ðonne féhþ seó weáláf sorhful and sárigmód geómrigendum móde synne bemǽnan, Wulfst. 133, 13. Geneósige ða ðe beóþ sárigmóde and seóce, L. Pen: 16; Th. ii. 282, 28. Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum, Beo. Th. 5876; B. 2942.

sceard

(n.)
Grammar
sceard, es ; n.

A gap,notch

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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic

wægn-scilling

(n.)
Grammar
wægn-scilling, es; m.

A toll of a shilling on each waggon standing to be loaded at a salt-pan

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A toll of a shilling on each waggon standing to be loaded at a salt-pan Se wægnscilling and se seámpending gonge tó ðæs cynges handa swá hé ealning dyde æt Saltwíc (cf. sine aliquo tribute dominatoris gentis praedictae, id est statione siue inoneratione

of-féran

(v.)

to overtake

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to overtake (an enemy) Pharao tengde æfter mid eallum his here and offérde hí æt ðære Reádan Pharaoh pressed after with all his host, and overlook the Israelites at the Red Sea, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 16: Chr. 948; Erl. 118, 19.

Linked entry: of-faran

CNYTTAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNYTTAN, p.cnittan; cnytte; pp. cnytted, cnytt, cnyt

To tiebindKNIT; necterenexereligare

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Genim ðysse ylcan coliandran sǽd, endlufon corn oððe þreóttyne, cnyte mid ánum þrǽde take seed of this same coriander, eleven or thirteen grains, knit them with a thread Herb. 104, 2; Lchdm. i. 218, 20

Linked entries: be-cnyttan cnittan

on-sín

(n.)
Grammar
on-sín, -sién, -sýn, e; f.

Lack, want

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Nis on ðæm londe ne sár wracu ne wædle gewin ne welan onsýn luctus acerbus abest, et egestas obsita pannis, 201, 13; Ph. 55. Ðǽr him nǽnges wæs eádes onsýn, 225, 32; Ph. 398

Linked entries: -sín on-sýn

toren-íge

(adj.)
Grammar
toren-íge, adj.

Blear-eyed

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Wiþ eágena sár, ðæt is ðonne ðæt hwá torníge (toraneáge, MS. B.) sý ad lippitudinem oculorum, Lchdm. i. 108, 23. Wið eágena sáre, ðæt ys ðæt wé cwéðaþ torníge (-ége, MS. H.) ad epiphoras oculorum, 156, 18

Linked entries: toran-eáge torn-íge

efen-þeówa

(n.)
Grammar
efen-þeówa, an; m: efen-þeów, efn-þeów, es; m.

A fellow-servant conservus

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Gesáwon hys efen-þeówas ðæt his fellow-servants saw that, 18, 31

Linked entry: efn-þeów

feorh-bana

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-bana, -bona, feorg-bona, an; m.

A life-destroyermurderervitæ interfectorhŏmĭcīda

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Hí gesáwon feorhbanan fuglas slítan they saw birds tearing the murderers, 96; Th. 125, 32; Gen. 2088. He ne meahte on ðam feorhbonan fǽhþe gebétan he might not avenge the feud on the murderer, Beo. Th. 4921; B. 2465

Linked entries: feorg-bona feorh-bona