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wracu

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Add: wrace (?), an Grimre wrace (wræc, v.l.) þá fyren-fullan ðeóde þæs grimman mánes wæs æfterfylgende acrior gentem peccatricem ultio diri sceleris secuta est, Bd. l, 14; Sch. 39, 12

eáster-dæg

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Add: the day of the Passover Eásterdæg wæs se forman dæg on þǽre ealdan ǽ, þonne se móna wæs .xiiii., and þá seofon dagas þe þǽr æfter wǽron wǽron gecíged dies azimorum, Angl. viii. 330, 19. On Eásterdæges freólstíde in die solemni Paschae, Lk. 2, 41

grymetan

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grymetan, l. grymettan, grymetian.
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Take here <b>grimetan</b> in Dict., and add Ic grimette (grymetige, [grimmete, 12 cent.] v. ll.) fremo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 168, 1. Grymetteþ frendit, i. stridet dentibus, rugiet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 55: gemit, clamat, 59. Grymettende irascens, frendens

neáh

(adv.)
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neáh, adv. prep.
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Add 'Hér is án lytele burg swíðe neáh' . . . Hé cwæð ðæt hió wǽre swíðe neáh ' est civitas hic juxta . . . parva' . . . Iiuxa dicitur, Past. 399, 25 Sió sunne þǽr gǽð neár on setl þonne on óðrum lande, Ors. l, I ; S. 24, 18. Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas

-ere

(suffix)
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-ere, -er, es; m. as the termination of many nouns, signifies a person or agent, v. fulwer and fullere a fuller, bleacher, Mk. Bos. 9, 3: from wer a man; plegere a player; sǽdere a sower; wrítere a writer.

hǽle

(adj.)
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hǽle, ; adj.
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Hale, sound, whole, safe Sýne hǽle pupillam incolumem, Hpt. Gl. 487, 69. Þá woldan hié on ecnesse hǽle and trume wið deófla níþum and helle wíturn, and deáþ geþrowodan for Godes naman, Bl. H. 171, 30

grad

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grad, l. grád,
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and add In grádum in gradibus, Ps. Srt. 47, 4. [Compare Hml. Th. ii. 512, 11 with :-- Martinus stáh tó ánre úpflóra; þá wǽron þǽre hlǽddre stapas áléfede ... ꝥ hé feól ádúne, Hml. S. 31, 601.]

on-wunian

(v.)
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Add: [ to inhabit, v. Dict.] to be instant in, apply one's self to Þá þe mangungum onwuniað (on wuniað ?) qui negotiis insistunt, Chrd. 111, 3. Hwænne hé gebedum onwunige [on wunige] quando orationibus insistat, 116, 34

tredan

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add: to press with the foot, hold the foot on something Hé worhte him áne anlícnesse þe ... mid ðáre swíðran hand þone hwǽte hlód, and mid þám winstran fét þá mittan træd, Ap. Th. 10, 13

un-rihtlic

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Ꝥ is unrihtlic and unálýfedlic ǽnigum men tó cweþanne quod dict nefas est, Gr. D. 334, 22. Þá þe of him selfum áceorfað unryhtlico weorc qui affectum in se pravi operis abscidunt, Past. 409, 2. Add

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un-þæslic

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Unþæslic absurdus, An. Ox. 27, 26. Swýðe unþæslic (inconveniens) mæg beón geþúht ꝥ sé nyte Drihtnes andgit, sé ;Þe mid him byð geworden án gást, Gr. D. 136, 21. ;Þá cwæð se hálga wer ;ꝥ Add

wærcan

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wærcan, <b>. I.</b>
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for second passage substitute Wið healswíerce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh ; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5-7. dele. Cf. Ps. Rdr. 76, 4 Ic worhte exercitatus sum

fúlian

(v.)
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Sealf wiþ þon ꝥ dolh ne fúlige . . . ceów þá rinde on ꝥ dolh, ne fúlaþ hit, Lch. ii. 96, 16, 9. Fúliendum fexe squalente capillatura, An. Ox. 1213. Fúligendum limum putrescentibus membris, Scint. 45, 7. Add

á-gán

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Dele and add: to go off, away Ágá, yrming, út of ðysum mæn, Gr. D. 223, 10. Þá hé út ágán wæs cum ille abiisset , Gen. 27, 5. Þá hí út ágáne wǽron cum essent in agro, 4, 8: cum fuissent egressi , Num. 12, 4: Mt. 9, 32. Wǽron þá men uppe on londe of

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búan

(v.)
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búan, bún, búgan (-ian, -ean), búian, búwian, bógian, q.v. in Dict.; býa in N. Gospels; p. búde, búgede, bógode, býede; pp. bún, búd, býed.
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Add: intrans. To dwell Huér búes (býes, R.) ðú ubi habitas? , Jn. L. 1. 38. Þá búað oð Méda burh habitantes usque ad Medorum civitatem, Nar. 33, 16. Þá þe in Norþhymbrum búgeað, Chr. 894; P. 86, 7: 924; P. 104, 20. Gé bógiað (búgiað, v.l. ) on þám fíftan

ge-sprecan

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Add: absolute, to speak, (i) to have the faculty of speech, not to be dumb Dumbo dyde ꝥte hiá gesprecas mutos fecit loqui, Mk. L. 7, 37. Gebróht wæs him dumb, and geleicnade hine suǽ ꝥ hé gespræc, Mt. L. 12, 22. Ðreátas geségon monigo gesprécon, 15,

ge-dryht

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Add: a band, company; of large numbers, a host Sóðfæste ( the righteous at the day of judgement), eádigra gedryht, El. 1290: Ph. 635. Gǽsta gedryht Hǽlend hergað, 615. Seó æðele gedryht the host of heaven, Sal. 456. Mid þá leóhtan gedryht, wuldres áras

lacu

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lacu, For 'A pool ...
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lake' substitute: A stream, water-course, and add In australi atque in occidente habens torrentem cuius uocabulum Fiscesburne ... in oriente aquam quae Anglorum lingua Lake nominatur habens, quae est duarum, quae ibi sunt, ulterior ... Insuper memoratam

on-scunian

(v.)
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take here from Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 16: 2, 23: 4, 74: 100, 41, and add Onscuniend aporians, i. respuens (olidarum polluta nuptiarum contubernia aporians, Ald. 24, 26), An. Ox. 1785. (Cf. aporia, abominatio subitania, Ld. Gl. H. 61.) Add Gif hit mín geréfa

burg

(n.)
Grammar
burg, burh, burhg, buruh (-ug, -ig), byrg, byrig; gen. byrig, burge, burhge, burcge; dat. byrg, byrig, byrh, burh; n. acc. pl. byrg, byrig, burh, burga, burha; gen. pl. burga, burha; dat. pl. burgum, burhum, byrgum.
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Add: a fortified place Becom hé tó þǽre cynelican byrig ( ad urbem regiam), seó is nemned Bebbanburhg (-byrig, -burh, -burg, v.ll.). Ðá hé þá geseah ꝥ seó burh (buruh, burg, v.ll. ) wæs tó þan fæst ꝥ hé ne mihte hié ábrecan, hé áslát þá túnas ymb þá