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ceorfan

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Add: to cut, cut off, &c Cearf cederet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 5. Cearf hine abscide eum, Mt. L. 18, 3: 5, 30: amputa ilium, Mk. L. 9, 44. Man ceorfe him þá handa of, Ll. Th. i. 394, 10. Hét ic ceorfan ðá bearwas jubeo cedi nemus, Nar. 12, 18.

ciric-sócn

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L. 30, 4. seeking a church for protection, a church as sanctuary. v. sócn, Be ciricsócnum. Gif hwá sié deáðes scyldig, and cirican geierne, Ll.

earm-sceapen

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Ne mihte earmsceapen ( the youth about to be eaten by the cannibals ) áre findan æt þám folce, An. 1131. in a moral sense Saga, earmsceapen unclǽne gǽst, Jul. 418: An. 1347. Earmsceapen on weres wæstmum ( Grendel ), B. 1351.

eorcnan-stán

(n.)

a jeweltopazpearl

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H. 149, 3. of things Ne geweorpaþ ercnanstánas (margaritas) eówre beforan swínum, Mt. R. 7, 6. [See Grmm. D. M. (trans.) p. 1217.]

fearr

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Voc. ii. 122, 5. Et suovetaurili(a) oðða þá þe æt þǽm geldum þǽr wæs swín and sceáp and fear, 31, 35: Bl. H. 199, 7. Fearr, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 59. Hwæþer sién strengran ðonne leó oððe fearr, Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 26.

for-leósan

to loseto destroy

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Add: to lose. with acc. Ne forleósaþ þone willan, Bt. 36, 7; F. 184, 27. Titus sǽde þæt þone dæg forlure þe nóht góde on ne gedyde, Chr. 81; P. 8, 8. with dat. (inst.) nǽfre forlýst ðám leánum, Bt. 36, 7; F. 184, 25.

fore-weard

(n.)
Grammar
fore-weard, e; f.
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forewearde æfter his dæi scolde land in þe minstre, 852; P. 65, 22.] Dele ', an ', and add:

ge-hende

(adj.; prep.)
Grammar
ge-hende, prep.
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Th. ii. 506, 26. becóm ánre birig gehende Ephesan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 32. Seó rǽding cwyð wel gehende þám ende, Angl. viii. 323, 32. Þá Judéiscan ðe on Críst gelýfdon wǽron him gehendor stówlíce, Hml. Th. i. 106, 19.

ge-mǽnnes

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I. 27. joint occupancy of a place, fellowship of those who together occupy a place - áscyred fram beódes gemǽnnesse privatur a mense participatione, R. Ben. 49, 2.

ge-receness

(n.)
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ge-receness, e; f.
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K. p. 150, 4. interpretation, explanation mǽgwlite gást-licre (-a, v. l.) gerecenesse (-a, v. l.) ad formam interpretationis, Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 696, 4. proof, testimony. C. ge-reccan ; III. 6 Gerecenesse congerie (v. (?)

Linked entries: rece-ness ge-recness

ge-wǽdian

(v.)
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Add: -wǽdan To wrap up :-- Ðęt on gewuǽd quod inolcuerit ( = involucerit ? cf. involucrum gewynd, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 25), Angl. xi. 171, 9. to clothe, a person Gwédon hine tunuc induerunt eum tunicam, Mt. L. 27, 28. Gewóedað hine induite illum, Lk.

heáfod-stocc

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stocc, es; m. This word, which occurs several times in charters that describe the boundaries of land, seems from the following passage to mean
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S. 23, 71-76. Instances of occurrence in charters are Æfter Foss þám heáfodstocce, C. D. iii. 384, 29. Of ðǽre hylle andlang ðǽre díc úp heáfodstoccan; of heáfodstoccan andlang strǽt, v. 110, 34: 217, 14.

heáh-setl

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Add: a seat of honour 'Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum þonne ðú on healle heálic biscop sitte.' Ðá cwæð þæt wurðe nǽre ðæs heáhsetles, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 30. an official seat, of a king, a throne On héghseðel Godes in throno Dei, Mt.

láreów-dóm

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Ongunnon him befæstenne heora cild Godes láreówdómes ( coepere suos ei filios omnipotenti Deo nutriendos dare Gr. D. l. 2, c. 3), Hml. Th. ii. 160, 2. Sume þá apostolas þe síþodon mid Críste on his láreówdóme ( as his disciples ), Hml.

of-teón

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Add God hwílum sylð þǽre wítegunge gást, hwílum his oftýhð ( subtrahit ), Gr. D. 146, 31. (toothache) ne ofteáh ðes gemyndes þæs þe ic ǽr leornode, Solil. H. 41, 1. monegum mǽgðum meodosetla ofteáh, B. 5.

oþ-hrínan

(v.)
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hire fét mid his teárum þwóh, ne geþrýstlǽhte nán óþer þæs líchaman oðhrínan, Hml. S. 23 b, 745. to touch the heart, mind, &c. Ic wearð gelǽd mid þǽre hǽtu þæs geleáfan, and mid þám trúwan oþhrinon (æthrinen, v. l. ), Hml. S. 23 b, 456

Linked entry: hrínan

þanc

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Add is swíðe mycel þanc þæt þú gehátst. Solil. H. 26, 11. <b>III c.</b> add :-- Þis is on þance gratias agimus, Gr. D. 203, 9.

hǽmed

(n.)
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hǽmed, es; n.

A lying with, sexual intercourse, marriagecoitus

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Mægþhád biþ forloren on hǽmede maidenhead is lost in intercourse, ii. 10, 5 : 220, 4. Be hǽmede de coitu, L. Ecg. C; Th. ii. 128, 26. On unrihton hǽmede in adulterio, Jn. Skt. 8, 4 : Shrn. 132, 6.

Linked entry: dreám

hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
hiwian, p. ode; pp. od.

To form, fashion, shape, colour, feign, pretend

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To form, fashion, shape, colour, feign, pretend Hiwian colorare, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 112; Wrt. Voc. 54, 54. Ic hiwige fingo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 61.

Linked entry: hiwung

be-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lecgan, bi-lecgan; p. -legde, -léde pl. -legdon; pp. -legd, -léd; v. a.

To lay or impose uponcoverinvestloadafflictchargeaccuseimponereafficereonerareaccusare

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Se ðe hine belecge he who accuses him L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 30 : 4; Th. i. 354, 15

Linked entry: bi-lecgan