swefen
sleep ⬩ a dream ⬩ a dream ⬩ sleep: a dream ⬩ sleep ⬩ sleep
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For ðære gesihðe ðe hé on ðæm swefne geseah, Past. 16;Swt. 101, 18. Ðá stód him sum mon æt ðurh swefen ( per somnium ) . . . Ðá hét heó secgan ðæt swefen. Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 11-31. Swefn, Cd. Th. 159, 16; Gen. 2635.
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ge-fullwihtan
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Hér wæs Críst gefulluhtud, Chr. 30; P. 6, 8
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wiþ-ufan
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Hér hwéne wiðufan þú wǽre seofiende paulo superius questus es, Gr. D. 271, 23. Add
ge-tácnung
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Hwílon hé ( the preposition ) geeácnað and gefylð þǽra worda andgit þe hé tó cymð, and hwílon hé áwent heora getácnunge and hwílon wanað, 268, 2.
fægnian
to rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ welcome
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Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 11. with gen. of pronoun and clause Heó fægnað (fagenaþ, v. l.) þæs þæt heó mót brúcan þæs heofonlican, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 16. Hé fægniaþ þæs ꝥ hé heora wealt, 39, 13; F. 234, 29.
cúþice
Clearly ⬩ manifeste
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Clearly; manifeste Forðon ic cúþlíce [MS. cuþice] on ðǽm, hér nú cwicu lifige quia in ipsis vivificasti me, Ps. Th. 118, 93
unriht-tíd
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An improper time for doing something Þá þe hér swídost on unrihttídum on oferfyllo bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30 Verc. Först. 176
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prician
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Punctus a pungendo dicitur, forðan ys se prica gecweden, forðan hé pricaþ, Anglia viii. 317, 18. Ðornas priciaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 20. Hé hét ðæs pápan lima gelóme prician, 312, 11. Ðonne man ǽnne prican ápricce on ánum brádum brede, Wulfst. 146, 21
ge-molsnian
To corrupt, decay, wither ⬩ putrefacere, tabefacere, macerare, marcescere
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Swá gemolsnad wyrt as a withered herb, Ps. Th. 89, 6
þeówan
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to press. [ passages here might be taken to next word, q. v. ] Add Þá scóc án oxa his heafod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539.
irfe-numa
an heir
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Gif se bónda ǽr hé deád wǽre beclypod wǽre ðonne andwyrdan ða yrfenuman swá hé sylf sceolde ðeáh hé líf hæfde if the man of the house before his death were cited; then let the heirs answer as he himself would have had to do if he had lived, L. C.
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strǽl
An arrow, shaft, dart
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Hé cwæð tó ðam deófle: 'Ðú heardeste strǽl tó ǽghwilcre unrihtnesse, 241, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 2380; An. 1191. Hé his costunge streále on ðam móde gefæstnode ðæs cempan. Hé mid ðære geǽttredan streále gewundod wæs . . .
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læt-byrd
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words: 'May this help me with the troublesome late birth,' Lchdm. iii. 66, 21
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berbéna
Vervain ⬩ verbēna
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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man περιστερεών, and óðrum naman berbénam, nemneþ, heó ys culfron swíðe híwcúþ. Vervain. This plant, which they call vervain, and by another name verbena, in colour is very like to doves, Herb. 67, 1; Lchdm. i. 170, 11-14.
missenlíc-ness
Variety ⬩ diversity
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Ðeós wyrt is gecweden iris illyrica of ðære missenlícnysse (variegated character ) hyre blóstmena, for ðý ðe is geþuht ðæt heó ðone heofonlícan bogan mid hyre bleó geefenlǽce, Herb. 158, 1; Lchdm. i. 284, 14. Missenlícnesse varietatibus, Ps. Spl.
ge-þegnsum
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Take here <b>ge-þénsum</b> in Dict., and add: of persons Godes ege myndgað þæt mon þearfum and elþeódegum monnum geþénsum sý, R. Ben. 85, 6. Malchus se geþénsuma (cf. Malchus heora ðénigmann þá þénunga heom geornlíce þénode, 239), Hml.
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be-ládian
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Hé for his wífe ne dearr hine sylfne beládian ðæt hé ne scule faran, Hex. 34, 21. to offer as excuse ꝥ nán man ne ðorfte hine beládian, ꝥ hé fæt næfde that nobody need offer as excuse that he had not a vessel, Hml.
ele-tredde
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An oil-press, press in which olives are crushed Wǽron feáwa eleberian . . . hét hé þá gegaderian and dón on eletreddan ( in praelo ), Gr. D. 50, 29. Of þǽre eletreddan ( ex prelo ) nǽnige gemete ǽnig dǽl eles út eóde, 251, 2
ge-íwian
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Take here <b>ge-ýwan</b> in Dict., and add Hé hí gehýt . . . and eft geéwð, Bt. 39, 8; S. 131, 7. Gehíwygiende meditata (meditari indicare, significare, Migne), Germ. 390, 98. Ðá wǽron geiéwde, Past. 195, 18
of-stingan
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Hét hé hý mid sweorde ofstingan, Shrn. 143, 12. Add