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á-sláwian

(v.)

to become dull of hearingto become torpidsluggish inert

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Ox. 18b, 64. physical, to become dull of hearing Ðá eáran ásláwiað þá þe ǽr wǽron swifte tó gehýrenne, Wlfst. 148, of conduct, to become torpid, sluggish, inert Swá ðeáh hé ásláwað quamvis torpescat, Past. 282, 7.

un-tígan

(v.)
Grammar
un-tígan, p. de

To untieunbindloose

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Ne untígð ( soluit ) eówer ǽlc on restedæge his oxan oððe assan fram ðære binne? Lk. Skt. 13, 15. Gyt gemétaþ assan folan getíged ... untígaþ hyne. Gif inc hwá áhsaþ hwí gyt hyne untígeaþ ...

bismerian

(v.)
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Ox. 1474. Bismriende mid myclere bismre, Bl. H. 243, 7. Se mon bið bismrod (-ad) (inluditur) swá swá ðurh swefen, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 93, 10. Bismrud, Lk. 18, 32. Add

éce

(adj.)
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éce, adj.
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Ox. 40, 19. On écium fýre, Past. 328, 9. Ne synt ðreó écean, Ath. Crd. 11. Gooda gifu, þeáh hí éca ne sién, Solil. H. 53, 4. Þára écena háma, 2, 14

for-hogian

(v.)

to disdainto disdain

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Ox. 3920. Hié forhogodan ege ealra eorðlicra cyninga, Bl. H. 137, 5. Ne forhogiaþ wísdóm, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 26. Forhogot spreta, An. Ox. 11, 72. Bið forhoged confunditur, 520.

ge-mǽnelic

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Ox. 1447. denoting co-operation, association (Ge)mǽnlicere (ge)férrǽdene contuberniali sodalitate, An. Ox. 2353. Swá oft swá gé eów gemǽnelice gebeórscipas gegearwiað, Hml.

Linked entry: -mǽne-lic

ge-wunelíce

(adv.)
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Ox. 2765. in accordance with fixed custom, properly, regularly. v. ge-wunelic; Gewunelíce rite (et regulariter congruere ), An. Ox. 5145

heolstor

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heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Ox. 2052. Holstrum (heolstrum, Hpt. Gl. 476, 9) latebra, loca occulta, 2968. Of díglum dimhofum ł heolstrum obstrusis latibulis, Hpt. Gl. 405, 61. Of heolstrum de recessibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81. 10: 26, 51.

á-wirdan

(v.)

to corruptspoil,to injureannoyafflict a personto hinder

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Ox. 4, 6. Heó weóp for ðǽre áwyrdan (the broken sieve), lǽne Hml. Th. ii. 154, 17. a non-material object Se dióful ðæt mód áwiert (corrumpit), Past. 415, 24. Sé þe his ágene sprǽce áwyrt, hé wyrcð barbarismus, Angl. viii. 313, 19.

Linked entry: á-wyrdan

flíma

(n.)

a run-awaydeserteran apostatean outlawexilean outcastwretch

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Ðá forstæl hé ðá oxan . . . and tú hine héte ðá flýman, Cht. Th. 173, 7. a fugitive from ecclesiastical law: Be Godes flýman. Gif hwá Godes flýman (flíman, v.l.

Linked entry: flýma

gleáw

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Ox. 56, 117. Wísra ł gleáwra augustior, Germ. 399, 28. Swá swá þá gleáwestan desertissimi, Wrt.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Ox. 5057

settan

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Þá sette Boia þás spéce wið Ælfríce; ꝥ wes ꝥ Putrael sealde Ælfríce viii oxa, Cht. E. 274, 4. Hé sætte mycel deórfrið . . .

án-wille

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Ox. 2955 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 39: rigidus, 93, 29. Yfele ánwille male pertinax, Germ. 388, 14. Swá ánwille þæt him leófre bið þæt hé lybbe ǽfre be his ágenum dihte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 7: Prov. K. 8.

carte

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Ox. 2308. Kærtena, 7, 142: 8, 117. Add

ceosel

(n.)
Grammar
ceosel, m.
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Ox. 2, 287. Cyslum, 2879:4102. Ceoslas glareas, 2, 51: 7, 96. ¶ The word is found in local names, e.g. Cysel-hyrst Chiselhurst v. C. D. vi. 269

brýd-búr

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Ox. 3376) thalami, Hpt. Gl. 485, 54. Se heofonlica cyning gearwaþ þínne innoþ his suna tó brýdbúre, Bl. H. 9, 10, 26. Ðǽre forman brýdniht, þá hí twá wǽron on ðǽm brýdbúre, Shrn. 49, 3. On þǽre nyhte þá heó wæs ingelǽded on þone brýdbúr, 149, 22.

cnoll

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Ox. 853. Cnol apicem, Wrt. Voc. 73, 64: arcem, 7, 27. Þá mǽran cnollas almos clivos, Hpt. 31, 18, 515. Ofer þá pirescan cnollas trans pirenas ninguidos, Germ. 397, 540. v. mǽr-, stán-cnoll. Add

eardung-stów

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Ox. 40, 37. Add

fleardian

(v.)
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Ox. 1218. Substitute:

Linked entry: fleardere