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pliht

(n.)
Grammar
pliht, es ; m.: e ; f.
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Surt. 114, 3

Linked entry: pleoh

gengan

(v.)
Grammar
gengan, p. de, pl. don; pp. ed

To go, passire, meare, currere, ferri, converti

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He feára sum beforan gengde wong sceáwian he with a few went before to view the plain, Beo. Th. 2829; B. 1412. Him oft betwuh gnornword gengdon words of sadness passed oft between them, Cd. 37; Th. 47, 27; Gen. 767.

stihtan

(v.)
Grammar
stihtan, p. te.
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Stapas on his heortan hé stihte ascensiones in corde suo disposuit, 83, 6.

Linked entry: a-stihtan

streówen

(n.)
Grammar
streówen, streón, strén, e; f.
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Surt. 131, 3. Stréne míne stratum meum, 6, 7: 40, 4: 62, 7. Ðá héht hé him streówne gegearwian (bedd gewyrcian, MS.

Linked entry: streón

swaru

(n.)
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Of alle sunnen . . . of sum uals word, of sware, A.R. 344, 3. He sahtnesse mid sware (treoðe, 1st MS.) hadde ifastned, Laym. 10893.]

be-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sirwan, (-si(e)rian); p. (e)de

To ensnareentrapcircumvent

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To ensnare, entrap, circumvent Hé ofslóg and besirede his getreówne ðegn devotum militem sub studio fraudis extinxit, Past. 393, 8. Hiene Artabatus besirede and ofslóg per Artabatum circumventus occiditur, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 84, 24.

Linked entry: be-syrewian

bold-getæl

a districtprovince

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Wæs sum wer in Samni þám boldgetæle (boltgetele, v. l.) . . . swá manige men swá cúðon Samni ꝥ boldgetæl (-tel, v. l.) erat in Samnii provincia quidam vir . . . quot Samnii provinciam noverunt, 229, 6-11.

efen-hleta

(n.; adj.)
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Mid þám efenhlétum (-hlyttum, v. l.) his hádes cum consortibus sui gradus, 5, 8; Sch. 587, 7

pistol-rǽdere

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Cf. sub-, under-diácon

wiþ-habban

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Add: to restrain Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán; ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege, Hml. S. 31, 154.

ríclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ríclíce, adv.

powerfullywith poweras one possessing powersplendidlysumptuously

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Lamb. 44, 4. splendidly, sumptuously Sum welig man dæghwamlíce ríclíce (splendide) gewistfullude, Lk. Skt. 16, 19

Linked entry: ríc-líc

brýd-guma

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-guma, brýdi-guma, an; m.

a manA bride-man, bridegroomsponsus

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[brýd, guma a man] A bride-man, bridegroom; sponsus Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbúre tamquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo, Ps. Th. 18, 5.

Linked entries: bréd-guma brýdi-guma

rift

(n.)
Grammar
rift, riftees;n.

a veil, curtain, cloak

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Surt. 103, 6. Ðý áwundenan ryfte plumario Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 15. Hé nywolnessa swá swá ryfte him tó gewǽde woruhte, pallium Ps. Th. 103, 7. Sprenge se sacerd seofon síðon on ðæt ryft velum Lev. 4, 17

Linked entries: ryft bán-rift

hætera

(n.)
Grammar
hætera, hæteru, pl.

Garmentsrent clothescrutum, pannuciapannis, mastrugisrag, clout

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Sume hí cuwon heora hætera some of them chewed their garments, 404, 5. Gá hé út mid his hætron swyclon hé in com let him go out with his garments such as he came in with, Ex. 21, 4

ge-swutelung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swutelung, e; f.

A making clearplaina manifestationdeclaration

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A making clear, plain, a manifestation, declaration Ðæt sum tácn wǽre on heora líchaman to geswutelunge ðæt hí on God belýfdon that there might be some token on their body as a manifestation that they believed on God, Homl. Th. i. 92, 32: Cod.

Linked entry: sweotolung

líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
líðe, líð; adj.

Lithesoftgentlemeekmildserenebenigngraciouspleasantsweet

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Surt. 65, 11: 126, 2. Manna mildust, leódum líðost, Beo. Th. 6346; B. 3183

Linked entry: líð

solor

(n.)
Grammar
solor, soler[e?], es; m.

An upper chamber, a solerflat roof of a house an upper room solarium, coenaculum

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An upper chamber, a soler Ic wilnige ðætte ðeós sprǽc stigge on ðæt ingeþonc ðæs leorneres suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre óððæt hió fæstlíce gestonde on ðæm solore ðæs módes until it stand firmly in the upper chamber of the mind Past. proem.; Swt. 23, 18.

Linked entry: solere

tyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
tyhtan, p. te.
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Surt. 28, 31. Gif mid rícan mannan wé wyllaþ sum þinc tihtan ( suggerere ), R. Ben. Interl. 53, 6. to instruct, teach, v. ge-tyhtan

Linked entries: a-tyhtan tihtan

on-ufan

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Onufa lehtfæte supra candelabrum, Lk. L. 11, 33: 20, 18: 13, 4: Jn. p. 4, 16. ꝥ tácon se groefa gesette ofer ł onufa ðǽr róde (super crucem) Jn. L. 19, 19.

oden

(n.)
Grammar
oden, e; f.

A threshing-floor

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Beóþ sume on búre, sume on healle, sume on ódene, sume on carcerne, and lybbaþ ðeáh æalle be ánes hláfordes áre, Shrn. 187, 23. On odene cylne macian, Som