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pistol-rǽding

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Hit is gereht on ðyssere pistolrǽdinge (Acts, c. 2) se Hálga Gást on ðisum dæge cóm tó ðám geleáffullan heápe Crístes hýredes, Hml. Th. i. 314, 1.

hámettan

(v.)
Grammar
hámettan, p. te

To provide with a home, to house

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To provide with a home, to house Denewulf bisceop lýfde Beornulfe his mége ðæt he, móste ða inberðan menn hámettan tó Ebblesburnan nú hebbe ic hámet bishop Denewulf allowed Beornulf his kinsman to house the inborn people at Ebblesburn.

á-firran

(v.)
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. , place whence not given Se deáþ hit áfirreþ (-ferreð, v. l.) . . . cymð . . . ꝥ ꝥ líf áfyrre (-ferre, v. l. ), Bt. 8 ; F. 26, 4-7. Heó hyt áfyrreð, Lch. i. 280, 2 : 284, 8. Dióblas áfirde ( eiciebat ), Mk. L. R. I. 34.

wǽdlian

(v.)
Grammar
wǽdlian, p. ode.

to be poorindigentneedyin wantto be in want of somethingto lacknot to have enoughto beg

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wǽdlian (wéðlien, Ps. Surt.) mendicent, Ps. Spl. 108, 9. Sum blind man sæt wið ðæne weg wǽdligende (mendicans), Lk. Skt. 18, 35; Wǽdliende, Blickl. Homl. 17, 31, 34. wédlat mendicabit, Kent. Gl. 731

for-déman

to condemnto condemnsentence to punishmentto confiscatesequestratedecidedetermine

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habbaþ démena naman, and ... hié for feós lufan earmne fordémaþ búton scylde, Bl. H. 63, 11. Heó nolde seccgan unsóð and sylfe fordéman, Hml. S. 12, 241. 'Ðú eart fordémed.'

wealcan

(v.)
Grammar
wealcan, p. weólc; pp. wealcen

To roll, toss. of the movement of watertrans. of other movement literal metaph. of action of thought, trans. To turn over in the mindto revolve, consider with a preposition intrans.to turn over, deal with

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hine beþóhte and ða hellícan pínunge on his mód weólc, Homl. Th. i. 448, 17. Ðæt éce líf on his móde wealce vitam aeternam animo suo revolvat, R. Ben. Interl. 29, 2: Hymn. Surt. 121, 9.

Linked entry: wealcian

un-myndlinga

(adv.)
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un-myndlinga, adv.

undesignedlywithout meaning to do somethingunexpectedly

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where an act is not intended or expected by the doer of it, undesignedly, without meaning to do something Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ðæt swylces hwæt unmyndlinga gebyrige, þonne ne can ongitan for hwí God swylc geþafaþ nec mirum, si quid ordinis

Linked entry: myndlinga

ge-þicgan

Grammar
ge-þicgan, [The strong and weak forms may be taken under one head.]
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landriht geþah he became entitled to the same rights as a native of the country in which he had settled, became naturalized, Exod. 354. to take food Lima wyrm friteð ... and þá wist geþygeð, Reim. 76.

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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Cf. míl-gemearc Þæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla gemearcodes, Sae. 724. to make a mark on Martirius gemearcode þone hláf, Gr. D. 86, 12.

un-gerýdelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gerýdelíce, adv.

Violentlywith impetus

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Ða felga bióþ fyrrest ðære eaxe, for ðæm faraþ ungerýdelícost (-réde-, Cott. MS. v. (?) un-gerǽdelíce), Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 21

á-cwilman

(v.)
Grammar
á-cwilman, p. de
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To kill hine bysmorlíce ácwylmdon, oftorfedon mid bánum, Chr. 1012; P. 142, 22 note. Sélre ús ys ðæt wé ús sylfe ofsleán, ðonne hig ús yfelum deáðe ácwylmon, Hml. A. 185, 138. hét Pilatum ðám fúlestan deáðe ácwylman, 190, 257.

Linked entry: cwilman

á-fleán

(v.)
Grammar
á-fleán, p. -flóh, pl. -flógon; pp. -flægen
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To flay, strip off the skin him hét of deádum áfleán þone þwang fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh ejus cutem jam mortui a vertice usque ad calcaneum incidit , Gr. D. 198, 9.

Linked entry: fleán

eorþ-styrung

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.), Chr. 1048; P. 166, 24: 1089; P. 225, 11: Hml. S. 15, 60. sǽde ꝥ his hús feólle fǽrlíce mid eorðstyrunge, 25, 842. Eorðstyrungurn geswenced terrae motu fatigata, Gr. D. 134, 1. Add

hefig-mód

troublesomevexatioussad-hearted

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Similar entries v. hefig; VIII. 1 Hefigmóde wǽron mé molesti erant mihi, Ps. Spl. T. 54, 3. sad-hearted, having a heavy heart, Similar entries v. hefig; XIII. 1 a Þǽr (in heaven) him nǽfre ne hingrað, ne hefigmód ne bið, Nap. 36

munuc-líf

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D. iii. 128, 20. add On ðám munuclífe þe is Lindisfarneá geháten, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 6. wel hit férde mid ús þá ðá munuclíf wǽron mid wurðscipe gehealdene. Hml. S. 13, 149

wíc-stów

Grammar
wíc-stów, <b>. I.</b>
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onfóð ánre méde, and beóð tódǽlede in manige wícstówa, 315, 23. Add

á-dwelian

(v.)

To wander, stray

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To wander, stray Nýtenu hét faran áweg tó ðǽre eówode ðe of ádwelodon, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 23. Ðá hrægel from hǽlo gife ne ádweledon indumenta a gratia curandi non vacarunt, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 6. trans. Similar entries (in Dict.) v. next word

ofer-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-þearf, e; f.

Extreme need

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Extreme need Gif ðæs oferþearf síe ǽr mete, ðæt spíwan mǽge. Lchdm. ii. 226, 9: Wulfst. 134, 21. Ágan ða yldran ðæs oferþearfe, ðæt heora gingran Gode gestrýnan, 38, 23. For oferþearfe ilda cynnes. Elen. Kmbl. 1039; El. 521.

of-sceamian

(v.)

to put to shame

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wearþ of-sceamod Homl. Skt. i. 12, 214. Se drý stód eádmód and ofsceamod the sorcerer stood humble and ashamed Homl. ii. 416, 30. gecyrdon him hám hearde ofsceamode 518, 31

Linked entry: on-sceamian

wénan

(adj.)
Grammar
wénan, <b>. I.</b>
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Cóm swá mycel unweder him tó ꝥ him ne wéndon þæs lífes, Hml. S. 31, 1137. Ðonne hit ðé frǽcnost þynce, wén ðé ðonne frófre and áre and gesǽlda, Prov. K. 75. Þéh þe hié him leána tó þǽre díéde wénden, Ors. 5, 2; S. 218, 18