of-settan
to beset, press hard, oppress
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Th. ii. 120, 8. Se ðe on wræcsít gesihþ mid micelum gyltumheom ofsett getâ cnaþ if a man dreams of being in exile, it betokens that Tie will be weighed down with great crimes, Lchdm. iii. 212, 23.
ge-beðian
To wash ⬩ bathe ⬩ foment ⬩ cherish ⬩ warm ⬩ lăvāre ⬩ fŏvēre
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Byþ langum ǽrðamðe heó eft gebeðod sý it is long before it is again warmed, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 9, 21, 22; Lchdm. iii. 252, 8, 10.
swinsung
melody, harmony ⬩ sound that is not harmonious
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Voc. ii. 57, 27. sound that is not harmonious Swinsunge sǽs sonitus maris, Lk. Skt. Rush. 21, 25. Wið eárena swinsunge and ungehýrnesse for singing in the ears and hardness of hearing, Lchdm. iii. 70, 23
Linked entries: dreám-swinsung swinsian
leax
A salmon ⬩ lax
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In. 70; Th. i. 146, 19
Linked entry: læx
gleáwe
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Gé þe on Godes húse gleáwe standað and on cafertúnum Godes húses gearwe syndan qui statis in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri, 134, 2. Ic wát and can þæt þú mín God gleáwe wǽre agnovi quoniam Deus meus es tu, 54, 8.
mǽg-bót
The 'bót' paid to the kinsman of a slain man for the slaying of the latter
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E. 2; Th. i. 360, 7
spelian
To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another
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Th. ii. 592, 29
Linked entry: speliend
hreóh-ness
storm ⬩ tempest
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Th. ii. 384, 26
Linked entry: hréð-ness
wirman
To warm ⬩ make warm
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To warm, make warm Ic wyrme mé calefacio, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 218, 5. Ic mé wyrme, 222, 1. Ðæt wyrmð and heardaþ ðone magan, Lchdm. ii. 188, 18. Heó mec wǽteþ in wætre, wyrmeþ hwílum tó fýre, Exon. Th. 393, 35; Rá. 13, 10.
Linked entry: wyrman
cwylmian
To suffer, suffer torment or pain ⬩ cruciāri
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Gehwylce mánfulle geféran on ðám écum tintregum cwylmiaþ all wicked associates shall suffer in everlasting torments, i. 526, 27
dýgan
To do good, benefit ⬩ prodesse, vălēre
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Ðæt ys to gelýfenne ðæt hit dýge it is to be believed that it may benefit, Herb. 2, 15; Lchdm. i. 84, 19
Linked entry: ge-dígan
for-smorian
To smother ⬩ choke ⬩ suffocate ⬩ stifle ⬩ suffōcāre
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Th. ii. 92, 8-11. On úrum gástlícum fulluhte biþ se deófol forsmorod fram us in our spiritual baptism the devil is stifled by us, ii. 200, 19
be-spirian
To inquire, trace ⬩ inquirere, investigare
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Ath. iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 13.
Linked entry: be-spyrigan
stær
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A starling, a stare (the latter is the name used in some dialects. v. E. D. S. Pub. Bird Names, and Halliwell's Dict.) Staer sturnus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 17. Stær, i. 63, 6: turdus, 77, 30. Stær turdus, se máre stær turdella, 29, 40, 41.
búc
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[Wright gives the accent in the last two.)
grep
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Voc. ii. 82, 20 seems pl.) A ditch, drain [On] gengan grép in latrinae cuniculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 66. Grép (the MS. has the accent) cuniculum, 18, 24. Grép cuniculi (cloacarum ), 82, 20.
heardian
To be or become hard, to harden
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To be or become hard, to harden Ic heardige dureo and duro, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 6: 37; Som. 39, 26: Herb. 1, 19; Lchdm. i. 76, 18: 2, 11; Lchdm. i. 84, 4. Ðæt wyrmþ and heardaþ ðone magan it warms and hardens the stomach, L.
Linked entry: hyrdan
óman
Erysipelas, erysipelatous inflammations ⬩ erysipelas.
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Voc. ii. 45, 34: 110, 52. Lǽcedómas wið ǽlces cynnes ómum, Lchdm. ii. 98, 21. In the section of which this is the heading the word frequently occurs. Of hómena stiéme cymþ eágna mist, 26, 26.
Linked entry: hóme
fúl
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Nyste ic on þám þingum þe þú ymbe speast fúl ne fácn, Ll. Th. i. 182, 1-3