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full-cúþ

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Take here <b>ful-cúþ,</b> and add: familiar. Cf. seld-cúþ him ealdor gesette ús eallum fulcúðne, Brihtnóð geháten, Cht. Th. 242, 3. Hig wǽron farende þurh án wésten on hiora fulcúðne weg, Shrn. 37, 33

leáden

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ðá líc léde on áne leádene (lǽdene, v. l. ) ðrúh, 24, 71. Se cásere hét hý cwice belúcan in leádenum cistum, Shrn. 146, 24. Lédene plumbeos Germ. 393, 122. Add

BESMA

(n.)
Grammar
BESMA, besema, an; m.

A BESOM, brooma rodscopæ, virga

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Bos. 11, 25 he fyndith it [hous] clensid with beesmes, Wyc. h He [Brutus] hý [his fíf suna] hét gebindan, and mid besman swingan he [Brutus] gave orders to bind them [his five sons], and scourge them with rods [virgis cecidit, Hav.]

Linked entries: bysm bisme besema

of-stingan

(v.)

to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce

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hiene (the elephant) on ðone nafelan ofstang, 4, 1; Swt. 156, II. (Pilate) hiene selfne ofstong sua se transverberans manu, 6, 3; Swt. 258, 10: Shrn. 33, 5. wolde ofstingan Eádwine, ac ofstang Lillan his þegn.

Linked entry: of-stician

Scot-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scot-land, es; n.
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( Fursetis ) férde geond eal Ýrrland and Scotland, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 29

scír-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gemót, es; n.
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Gif æt ðam þriddan cyrre náh riht næbbe, ðonne fare feórþan síðe tó scírgemðte, L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 14. Hǽbbe man tuwa on geáre scírgemðt, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 3. Habbe man twá scírgemót on geáre, L. C. S. 18; Th. .i. 386, 5.

wed-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wed-lác, es; n.

a pledge, securitywedlock, espousals

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Heo þat her wedlac brekeþ, Misc. 150, 105. Þei wrouȝt wedlokes aȝein goddis wille, Piers P. 9, 152. Wedlok matrimonium. Prompt. Parv. 520. Wedloke maritagium, Wulck. Gl. 595, 5.]

LÚTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÚTAN, p. leát; pl. luton; pp. loten

To loutbowstoop

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árás and ðá tó eorþan leát he rose up, and then bowed to the ground, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 74, 7. leát tó ðæs cáseres eáre he bent down to the emperor's ear, Homl. Th. i. 376, 28.

Ine

(n.)
Grammar
Ine, es ; m.
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D. 688 to 726 Hér Ine féng tó Wesseaxna ríce and heóld xxxvii wint., Chr. 688; Erl. 42, 4. Hér Ine férde tó Róme and ðǽr his feorh gesealde, 728 [726, MS E] ; Erl. 44, 33. Ine wæs Cénréding. pref; Ert. 4, 10.

Linked entry: Cénréd

tó-fleógan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-fleógan, p. -fleág, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen.
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to fly asunder, fly to pieces slóh ða næddran, ðæt heó on viiii tófleáh he struck the adder so that it flew into nine pieces, Lchdm. iii. 34, 26. to fly apart, to crack, have breakings out (of a diseased body) Wið hreófe and wið tóflogen líe for

Linked entry: fleógan

ge-fnæd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fnæd, es; n.

A hem

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A hem Gif ic huru his reáfes gefnædu hreppe if I only touch the hems of his garment, Homl. Th. ii. 394, 10

Linked entry: fnæd

sǽtung

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Úre Drihten mid his sylfes willan tó eorþan ástág, and hér manige sétunga and searwa ádreág æt Iúdéum, Bl. H. 83, 33. Add

á-meldian

(v.)
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ámeldodon heora crístenan mágas, Hml.

hymen

(n.)
Grammar
hymen, es; m.

A hymn

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A hymn Be ðam hymene ðe wé be hire geworhton of the hymn that we composed about her, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 16

Linked entry: ymen

pallium

(n.)
Grammar
pallium, m.
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S. 36, 160. the archiepiscopal pall Hér Wulfréd ærcebisc̃ pallium onféng, Chr. 804; P. 58, 12

telgestre

(n.)
Grammar
telgestre, an; f.
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A dyer Manige þára tælgestrena (-eona, MS.) þe hér eardiað tinctorum, qui hic habitant, plurimi, Gr. D. 342, 3. Cf. bæcestre for the suffix

weorod-líce

(adv.)
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Ic wundrige hú nú on wintres dæge hér lilian blóstm oþþe rosan brǽð swá wynsumlíce and swá werodlíce stincað, Hml. S. 34, 105. Add

CLOCCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLOCCIAN, ode; od

To CLUCK, sighglocire, glocitare, singultire, bombum sive sonitum edere

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To CLUCK, sigh; glocire, glocitare, singultire, bombum sive sonitum edere Ðeáh seó bródige henn sárlíce cloccige though the brooding hen sorely cluck, Bridf. 76

Wil-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Wil-tún, es; m.

Wilton in Wiltshire

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Wilton in Wiltshire Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wiþ alne ðone here lytle werede æt Wiltúne, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 5. Hér forðférde Ælfgár cinges mǽg on Defenum, and his líc rest on Wiltúne, 962; Erl. 120, 3.

clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
clǽnsian, clénsian, to clǽnsianne; clǽnsiende; ode, ade; od, ad [clǽne clean, pure]

To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneselfmundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare

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Heó ða iungran lǽrde and clǽnsade ge mid hire láre ge mid lífes býsne she taught and purified the younger ones both by her doctrine and by the example of her life, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 23. Clǽnsa me munda me, Ps. Spl. 18, 13.