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wang-beard

(n.)
Grammar
wang-beard, es; m.
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A whisker Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13

Linked entry: beard

wiþ-reótan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-reótan, pp. -roten

To clamour against

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Gé ðam rihte wið*-*roten hæfdon, onscunedon ðone scíran Scippend, Elen. Kmbl. 738; El. 369

word-sáwere

(n.)
Grammar
word-sáwere, es; m.

A word-sower

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A word-sower Héton menn wordsáwere ðone æðelan láreów praedicator egregius seminiverbiits esfvocatus, Past. 15; Swt. 97, 4

Linked entry: sáwere

ge-hoferod

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Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod, and ðearle gebíged þnrh ðone brádan hofor, Hml. S. 21, 95. Add

hæsel-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
hæsel-wrid, es; n. m (?). l. <b>hæsel-wríd, -wriþ,</b> es; m.
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and add On ðone miclan hæslwríð wiðneoðon ðæt gráfet; of ðám hæsl-wríðe, C. D. v. 194, 14

of-frettan

(v.)
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to eat up, devour Ðá ðe offreattas (freotas, R. ) húso widuwana qui devorant domos uiduarum, Mk. 12, 40

on-fengness

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Seó anfengnes médsceata on dómum ys sóðfæstnesse forlǽtnes susceptio muneris dimissio est veritatis, Ll. Lbmn. 476. 30. Add

æf-grynde

(n.)
Grammar
æf-grynde, es; n.

An abyssabyssusan abyss

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An abyss Þíne dómas synt swá deópe swá swá æfgrynde judicia tua abyssus multa Ps. Th. 35, 6

Linked entry: grynde

heáh-ealdor

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-ealdor, es; m.

A chief ruler

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A chief ruler Hí cómon on ðæs heáhealdres hús veniunt in domum arche-synagogi, Mk. Skt. 5, 38

on-tyhtan

(v.)

to incite, instigate, impel

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to incite, instigate, impel Wæs ðæt gifeðe tó swíð ðe ðone ðyder ontyhte, Beo. Th. 6164; B. 3086

ge-smyltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smyltan, p. te; pp. ed [smylt serene]

To appeasequietplācāre

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To appease, quiet; plācāre He ðone aþundenan sǽ gesmylte tŭmĭda æquŏra plācāvit, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 8

Linked entry: smyltan

for-settan

(v.)
Grammar
for-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett

To obstructobstruĕre

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To obstruct; obstruĕre Hí ðone heofonlícan weg forsetton they obstructed the heavenly way, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 4

besema

(n.)
Grammar
besema, an; m.

A besomscopæ

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A besom; scopæ He gemét hyt [hús] geclǽnsod mid besemum invent eam [domum] scopis mundatam, Mt. Foxe 12, 44

ge-sæhtlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sæhtlian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [sæhtlian to reconcile]

To reconcilereconcĭlĭare

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To reconcile; reconcĭlĭare Wearþ Eádgár wið ðone cyng gesæhtlad Edgar was reconciled with the king, Chr. 1091; Erl. 228

Linked entries: sehtlian ge-sehtlian

stige

(n.)
Grammar
stige, es ; m.
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A going up or down Drihtnes stige on heofonas up, Menol. Fox 129 ; Men. 64. v. niþer-, up-stige

unriht-dónde

(adj.)
Grammar
unriht-dónde, adj.

Evil-doingan evil-doer

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Evil-doing; substantive, an evil-doer Him wæs beboden ðæt hí sceoldan ðǽm unrihtdóndum stéran, Blickl. Homl. 63, 12

hrís-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hrís-weg, es; m.
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A road made by laying down brushwood, and covering it with earth(?) On hrísweg, C. D. iii. 384, 6

un-ymbfangenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ymbfangenlic, adj.
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Incomprehensible Hú unymbfangenlice syndon his dómas quam incomprehensibilia sunt judicia ejus, Gr. D. 137, 26: 138, 22: 139, 19

Linked entry: ymbfangenlic

sméðan

(v.)
Grammar
sméðan, p. de

To make smooth, to soothe

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To make smooth, to soothe Him is tó sellanne ðæt ðone innoþ stille and sméðe Lchdm. ii. 210, 20

hlinaþ

(n.)
Grammar
hlinaþ, hleonaþ, es; m.

A place to lie down in

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A place to lie down in Ic getimbre hús and hleonaþ, Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 10; Gú. 222

Linked entry: hleonaþ