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næster

(n.)

cancale

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κανκαλίs wild carrot), Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 74

Linked entry: eáse

Syro-fénisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Syro-fénisc, adj.

Syro-phoenician

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Syro-phoenician Wíf Sirofénisces cynnes, Mk. Skt. 7, 26

ná

(adv.)
Grammar
ná, <b>, nó;</b> adv.

No ⬩ not ⬩ non

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Wíse sweltende samod ná wís sapientes morientes, simul insipiens, Ps. Spl. 48, 9. Grammar ná, an adverb or adverbial phrase Nis nó ðæt án ... ac eác not only ... but also, Blickl. Homl. 85, 15.

Linked entries: ne nó

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, es; m.

A BITE, pain, the biting or pain of a wound, a biting disease or cancer ⬩ morsus, cancri morbus vel cancer

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Gnættas cómon ofer ðæt land mid fýrsmeortendum bítum gnats came over the land with fire-smarting bites, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 30. Wið cancerádle, ðæt is, bíte, against cancer-disease, that is, a biting disease, L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 108, 9

be-hýdan

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Ne mæg hine nán man behýdan wið hire hǽto, Ps. Th. 18, 6. Nis mín bán wið þé behýded (occultatum), 138, 13: Bl. H. 93, 35. Behéd lác munus absconditum, Kent. Gl. 780. Of þám díglum stówum þe hí on behýdde (abditi) wǽron. Bd. I. 16; Sch. 44, 14.

eást-ern

(adj.)
Grammar
eást-ern, -erne; adj. [ern a place]

EASTERN, oriental ⬩ orientālis

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EASTERN, oriental; orientālis Ðonne cymþ eásterne wind then comes the eastern wind, Cd. 17; Th. 20, 27; Gen. 315. Se wer wæs swíðe mǽre betwux eallum eásternum ĕrat vir ille magnus inter omnes orientāles, Job Thw. 164, 7

a-scádan

(v.)

to separate

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Wih. 3; Th. i. 36, 19

clénsian

(v.)
Grammar
clénsian, to cleanse,

clear oneself

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Win. 22; Th. i. 42, 4

be-sceredness

(n.)
Grammar
be-sceredness, e; f.

Deprivation ⬩ abdication

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Deprivation, abdication Bescyrednesse abdicatione, Wit. Voc. ii. 7, 57

Linked entry: be-scyrednes

æl-fylc

(n.)
Grammar
æl-fylc, es; n. [æl, folc].

a foreign land ⬩ aliena provincia ⬩ foreigners ⬩ a foreign army ⬩ an enemy ⬩ peregrinus exercitus ⬩ hostes

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Kmbl. 72; El. 36. foreigners, a foreign army, an enemy; peregrinus exercitus, hostes Ðæt he wið ælfylcum éðelstólas healdan cúðe that he could keep his paternal seats against foreigners, Beo. Th. 4731; B. 2371

un-treówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-treówlíce, adv.

With bad faith ⬩ perfidiously

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With bad faith, perfidiously Agothocles gedyde untreówlíce wið hiene, ðæt hé hiene on his wárum beswác and ofslóg per Agathoclem insidiis circumventus, occisus est, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 9. Ðá bæd hé ðæt mon dyde beforan him ðone triumphan.

un-hírsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-hírsumness, e; f.

Disobedience

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Gefriða mé wið ðises folces unhýrsumnesse eripies me de contradictionibus populi, Ps. Th. 17, 41. Hé déð unhiérsumnesse Gode, Past. 54; Swt. 421, 32

wócor

(n.)
Grammar
wócor, e; f.

Increase ⬩ fruit ⬩ offspring

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Ða gemunde God sunu Larneches, and ealle ða wócre ðe hé wið wætre beleác, 85, 3; Gen. 1409. Híwan lǽd ðú, ; and ealle ða wocre ðe ic nerede, 90, 4; Gen. 1490

butere

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Gemeng wið ferscre buteran, Lch. ii. 74, 21. On*-*legena geworhte of butran, 244, 20. Drincan ámylte buteran, 106, 3. Gif þú buteran habban wylle, þonne stríc þú mid þrím fingrum on þíne innewearde hand, Tech. ii. 123, 22.

hwilc-hwegno

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc-hwegno, hwilc-hwegnu, hwilc-hweogne, hwilc-hwoene, hwilc-hwóne.
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Gif huæt gié habbað wið hwelchuóne óðer (hwelchwoegu óðer ðing, R. si quid habetis aduersus aliquem Mk. L. 11, 25. sub-stantival, anything, something Hé gefrægn hine gif hwelchwoegnu ( aliquid ) gisége, Mk. R. 8, 23. Welchwoegnu, Lk. R. II, 54

mersc

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Hí wendon ofer Temese . . . and swá wið Caningan mærsces (mersces, v. l. ), Chr. 1010; P. 141, 6. Segor stód on midwege betweox ðǽm muntum and ðǽm merscum ðe Sodoma on wæs. Add

útan

Grammar
útan, <b>. A. II.</b>
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Add Se petra oleum is gód andfeald tó drincan wið innantiédernesse and útan tó smerwanne. Lch. ii. 288, 16. (3 a) add :-- Gif hé ǽnig þing wundorlices wyrcð útan þurh Godes gife mira quae foris fiunt. Gr. D. 45, 6

or-ildu

(n.)
Grammar
or-ildu, (o); f.

Extreme old age

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Á ic wundor ðín weorðlíc sægde and ic ðæt wið oryldu áwa fremme usque nunc pronuntiabo mirabilia tua, et usque in senectam et senium, Ps. Th. 70, 16

Linked entries: or-yldu or-eldo

swellan

(v.)
Grammar
swellan, p.sweall, pl. swullon; p. swollen

To swell ⬩ tumere, turgere, obturgescere ⬩ inflatio

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Wiþ ǽlcre yfelre swellendre wǽtan, Lchdm. ii. 6, 26. Swellende yfele swilas, 264, 12

Linked entry: a-swellan

fræfel-líce

(adv.)

Cunningly ⬩ craftily ⬩ wantonly

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Gl. 405, 50) sollerter, curiose, Frefelíce hiene gesóhte seó cwén mid þrím hund wífmonna tó þon þæt heó woldon wið Alexander ... bearna striénan regina, excitata suscipiendae ab eo subolis gratia, cum trecentis mulieribus procax invenit.