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a-springan

(v.)
Grammar
a-springan, -spryngan, -sprincan; p. -sprang, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen; v. intrans.

to spring upariseoriginatebreak forthsurgereassurgereoririexoririrumpiprorumpito spring outlackfailceasefall awaydeficeredesinere

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Wróht wæs asprungen strife had ceased, Cd. 5 ; Th. 6, 4 ; Gen. 83 : Ps. Th. 54, 10. Ðæt ne asprungan fram heora geleáfan ne a fide deficerent, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 6

gleó-man

(n.)
Grammar
gleó-man, glí-man, glii-man, gliig-man, glig-man, -mann, es; m.

A glee-manmusicianminstreljesterplayerbuffoonmusicuscantorjoculatorhistrioscurramimuspantomimus

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Gl. 61; Som. 68, 59, 60; Wrt. Voc. 39, 42, 43. Gligman mimus vel scurra 73, 69: sophista, parasitus, Hpt. Gl. 406, 483, 504: seductor, Gl. Prud. Gif preóst glíman wurþe if a priest become a gleeman, L. N. P. L. 41; Th. ii. 296, 11.

Linked entry: glí-man

be-smítan

(v.)
Grammar
be-smítan, p. -smát, pl. -smiton; pp. -smiten; [be, smitta smut]

To BESMUT, defile, dirty, pollute, contaminatepolluere, inquinare, coinquinare, contaminare

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Bos. 7, 15: Cd. 127; Th. 162, 14; Gen. 2681: Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 12; Jud. 59: Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 8; . 85. Ic besmíte polluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 49: Ps. Spl. C. 88, 34.

Linked entry: smítan

ge-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brecan, he -breceþ, -bryceþ; p. -bræc, ðú -brǽce , pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen; v. trans, [ge-, brecan to break]

To breakbruisecrushdestroyshatterwastefrangĕreconfringĕrecontrībulārecontĕrĕreconquassāreattĕrĕre

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He him on fæðm gebræc he crushed them into his grasp, i. e. subdued them, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 32; Gen. 62: 97; Th. 127, 15; Gen. 2111: Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2.

syn-full

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-full, adj.

Sinful; used substantively, a sinner

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Þeáh ðe se mæssere synfull , L. Ecg. C. 7; Th. ii. 140, 1. ðonne se synfulla his líf geendaþ, Blickl. Homl. 61, 2. Beó ðú milde synfullum, Lk. Skt. 18, 13. ðæt gebiddan for ðam unwyrðestan synfullan,Anglia xi. 103, 95.

þeód-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-sceaþa, an; m.
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Ðonne móton ða hyrdas beón swíðe wacore, ðe wið ðone þeódsceaðan folce sceolon scyldan, L. C. E. 26; Th. i, 374, 22-28: Wulfst. 191, 6-13. Þeódsceada, fýrdraca, Beo. Th. 5369; B. 2688: 4545; B. 2278. Se þeódsceaða ( famine ), Andr.

un-cystig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cystig, adj.

Niggardlyparsimoniousnot liberal

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Voc. ii. 109, 18: 36, 5: frugi vel parcus, i. 47, 37: parcus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7; Zup. 180, 13. Uncystig oððe spærhynde frugi, 9, 78; Zup. 74, 12. Fæsthafol oððe uncystig tenax, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 5.

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un-maga

(n.)
Grammar
un-maga, an; m.: un-magu; f.

a person without meansa needy persona person who cannot maintain himselfone who is dependent upon others

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a person without means, a needy person Se maga and se unmaga ne beóð gelíce, ne ne magon gelíce byrðene áhebban ... and ðý man sceal gescádlíce tóscádan ... welan and wǽdle, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 16: L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 6.

Linked entry: un-mægness

wracnian

(v.)
Grammar
wracnian, wræcnian; p. ode

To betravel in a foreign countrybe a pilgrimstranger

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To be or travel in a foreign country, be a pilgrim or stranger Ic wræcnige peregrinor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 145, 19 note. Ic wracnode mid Labane apad Laban peregrinatus sum, Gen. 32, 4.

Linked entry: wræcnian

á-cólian

(v.)
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Ðæt se líg in him sylfum ácólode ( refrigesceret ), Gr. D. 48, 10. Seó hǽto ðæs fýres ácólode, Hml. S. 30, 451. Se ofon ácólode sóna, Shrn. 31, 22. Ðú ðíne fét léte in deáðe ácólian, Angl. xii. 508, 15. Gif wund on men ácólod , Lch. i. 194, 23.

bold

a dwellinga town

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For ðám þá æftercyningas him bold (uillam) worhton on ðám lande þe Loides hátte, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 173, 14-22. se líg náht þǽre burge boldes ne gehrínan ne dorste ut flamma contingere quidquam aedificii non auderet, Gr. D. 48, 11.

earming

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Add: with the idea of suffering is seó tíd, earmincg Zosimus, þú gefremme þé beboden is, ac . . . ic nát mid hwí ic delfe, Hml. S. 23 b, 763. Earming, ne geýc ðú swýðor þíne yrmða, Hml. Th. i. 594, 27.

feng

a takingembracegamecaptureseizure

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Add: a taking Faengae, fenge pro captu, Txts. 82, 727. a taking hold by way of greeting, embrace: On fænge (fenge, 102, 61) ge on clyppe, Angl. xi. 99, 76. a taking of fish, game, &c.: Feng fisca captura piscium, Lk. p. 4, 17.

ge-risenlíce

(adv.)
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Add: - I. suitably, appropriately Hwá mseg þá , þe ic beeóde, gerisenlícor tóweorpan bonne ic sylfa yuis ea, quae colui, aptiusquam ipse destruámf, Bd. 2, 13 ; Sch. 168. 3.

ge-þrístlǽcan

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Ic ne dorste geðristlǽcan þára mínra áwuht feala on gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 21. Geðrýstlǽcende áht secgan, Hml. S. 23 b, 645. with dat. infin. þú geþrístlǽce ... gánne, Ll. Lbmn. 414, 1.

háte

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Substitute: of the sun, hotly, hot. cf. hát; 1 Of heofnum háte scíneð þeós beorhte sunne, Gen. 810. Þonne sunne hátost scíneð, Ph. 209. Ðonne þǽre sunnan scíma hátast scínþ, Bt. 5, 2 ; F. 10, 29. of glowing iron.

leger

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<b>, II.</b> [the last passage under should be transferred to ]. Add ábád on ðám legere áne feáwa dagas (cf. læg þá swá forþ áne feáwa daga, Hml. S. 31, 1349) mid fefore gewǽht, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 29.

á-dídan

Grammar
á-dídan, Add: to a-dýdan:

to destroy, &c.to deaden, make torpid; to mortifymorti tradere, mortificare

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Se unlybba ne mihte hine ádýdan, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 12: Hml. S. 17, 176: Scrd. 22, 29. Wearð se mǽsta dǽl mid hungre ádýd, Hml. Th. i. 404, 11: Hml. S. 17, 33: 4, 428. On ðám inran menn ádýdd, Hml. Th. i. 492, 4.

Linked entry: a-dýdan

CNAPA

(n.)
Grammar
CNAPA, cnafa, an; m.

a boyyoung manKNAVEpuerjuvenisadolescensa servant servus

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Heó sealde ðam cnapan drincan dedit puero bibere 21, 19: 22, 19: 42, 22: 48, 16: Homl. Th. i. 186, 14. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan habeo quemdam puerum Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 27.

ǽrend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend, ǽrende, ǽrynd, es; n: pl. nom. acc. ǽrendu, ǽrendo

An ERRANDa messagean embassynewstidingsan answerbusinesscarenuntiummandatumnegotiumcura

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He his hláfordes ǽrende secgan sceolde he should tell his lord's message, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 19. hæfdon nyt ǽrend they had a profitable errand, 5, 10; S. 624, 21: 3, 6; S. 528, 17: L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 5.

Linked entry: ÁR