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be-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-scúfan, p. -sceáf, pl. -scufon; pp. -scofen; v. a.

To shove, thrust, cast, hurl or throw, to precipitateintrudere, immittere, detrudere, præcipitare

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Seó heord wearþ on sǽ bescofen grex precipitatus est in mare, Mk. Bos. 5, 13

Linked entries: be-sceófan be-scofen

ge-hladan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hladan, p. -hlód, -hleód, pl. -hlódon; pp. -hladen, -hlæden.

to loadburdenfreightheap uponĕrāreimpōnĕrecongĕrĕrecŭmŭlāreto draw [water]haurire

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Biþ seó módor wistum gehladen the mother is laden with provisions, Exon. 128 a; Th. 492, 16; Rä. 81, 16. Ða wǽron ofætes gehlædene which were laden with fruit. Cd. 23; Th. 30, 4; Gen. 461. to draw [water]; haurire To gehladanne haurire, Jn. Skt.

Linked entries: ge-hleód ge-hlód

ge-hyrwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrwan, p. de; pp. ed

To make game ofdespisedisparagetraducevexoppresscavillāricontemnĕredetrăhĕre

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Seó langung hine swíðe gehyrde and ðreáde that longing much oppressed and afflicted him, Blickl. Homl. 113, 14. Hí wurdon gehergode and gehyrde they were wasted and oppressed; Jud. 10, 8

Linked entries: hyrwan ge-hyrde

tam

(adj.)
Grammar
tam, adj.

Tame, the opposite of wild

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Seó leó, ðeáh hió wel tam sé, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 9. Tiles and tomes meares, Exon. Th. 342, 13; Gn. Ex. 142.

Linked entries: teoma tom

þurh-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-þeówan, -þían, -þýgan, -þýn

to thrust throughpierce throughtransfix

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Seó clǽnnys ðurhðýð ( transfigit ) ða gálnysse mid swurde, Gl. Prud. 13 b. Hé siwode scós and ðurhþíde his hand, Homl. Skt. i. 15. 24. Ðurhðýde, Homl. Th. i. 452, 14. Hí þurhðýdon (ðurhðýgdon, Ps.

Linked entry: þurh-þýn

þider-inn

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-inn, -in; adv.
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Homl. 207, 36. of other relations Eal seó sócna ðe ðǽrto héreþ and ðæt land þiderinn the land belonging to it, Chart. Th. 547, 2.

undern-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
undern-tíd, e; f.

the third hour of the daynine o'clock A. M.the service at the third hour

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Úres andgites merigen is úre cildhád, úre cnihthád swylce underntíd, on ðam ástíhð úre eógoð, swá swá seó sunne déð ymbe ðære ðriddan tíde, ii. 76, 15.

un-gewemmed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewemmed, adj.

unspottedimmaculateuncorrupteduninjuredundefiledunstainedinviolateimmaculate

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Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite, Exon. Th. 277, 33; Jul. 590. Eall ða hrægel ungewemmed ( intemerata ) wǽron, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 40.

Linked entry: ge-wemman

cæppe

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D. 116, 12), and him wæs geðúht þæt seó cæppe him átuge of ðám streáme, Hml. Th. ii. 160, 18. Hé geann Eádwine mæssepreóst his kæppan (cope), Cht. Crw. 23, 17. Se munuc bewand þone hreóflian mid his cæppan, Hml. Th. i. 336, 12.

for-wered

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Seó þridde wæcce is on forweredre ylde, Hml. A. 52, 69. Þá forweredan decrepitam (senectam ), An. Ox. 2411

Linked entry: for-werod

ge-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hérian, l. ge-herian,
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Seó wyrt is gehered (-od, v. l.) on þám muntlandum þe man Cilicia and Pisidia nemneþ (the kind that grows in Cilicia and Pisidia is spoken very highly of ), Lch. i. 160, 15.

ge-líþigian

(v.)
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Hine gelíðegode seó árfæste behreówsung þǽre mildheortnysse pectus pietas vicit, Gr. D. 18, 20. Bið gelíðgod lenietur (princeps), Kent. Gl. 964. to make a person glad (?) Þú gelíþegodest delectasli, Ps.

ge-rýnelic

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Add: secret Ball swá seó gerýnlice sððfæstnys cwyð sicut arcana justitia dicet, Ll. Th. ii. 168, 5. Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gerýnelican gegaderunge menniscre gebyrde onfénge before he was formed in the secrecy of his mother's womb, Bl.

gripe

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Add: grasp, clutch, embrace Seó ǽrene gripu ofer gléda gripe wealleð, Sal. 48. attack, assault, by living creatures Grimne gripe Gúðláf and Ósláf mǽndon, B. 1148.

horu

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Micel tódǽlð betwuh clǽnnysse fǽmnenlicre sáwle and horwu ( sordes ) hyre, seó þe manegra gǽlsum underlæg, Scint. 69, 14. Þá áfeormadan fram horwum expiatos sordibus, Hy. S. 4, 22: Dóm. L. 156: Cant. M. ad fil. 5.

samod

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Add Seó Godes gelaðung . . . férde eal samod of ðǽre byrig, Hml. Th. i. 402, 22. Add Gregorius ásende eác Agustine lác on mæssereáfum, and on bócum, and ðǽra apostola and martyra reliquias samod, Hml. Th. ii. 132, 9.

gengan

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Novƀ and Decƀ mid seofon rihtingum glædlíce gengað, Angl. viii. 302, 8. Man gengde geond eall ábútan þone portweall, Hml. S. 23, 267. For him Jordanen gengde on hinder Jordanis conversus est retrorsum, Ps. Th. 113, 3.

fild-cumb

(n.)
Grammar
fild-cumb, es; m. [cumb II. a liquid measure]

A milk-pailmulctrālemulctrum

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A milk-pail; mulctrāle, mulctrum Gif meoluc síe awyrd, bind tosomne wegbrǽdan and giþrifan and cersan, lege on ðone fildcumb, and ne sete ðæt fæt niðer on eorþan seofon nihtum if milk be spoilt, bind together waybroad and cockle and cress, lay them on

prím

(n.)
Grammar
prím, prime, the first hour, six o'clock; also the service held at that hour, v. prím-sang
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Ic sang prím and seofon seolmas, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 27. [Icel. prími; m. : prima; f. : prím; n.]

un-glæd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-glæd, adj.

Dullcheerless

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Dull, cheerless Swá eác se súþerna wind hwílum miclum storme gedréfeþ ða sǽ ðe ǽr wæs smylte wedere glæshlútra on tó seónne; ðonne heó swá gemenged wyrð mid ðan ýðum, ðonne wyrþ heó swíþe hraðe ungladu, þeáh heó ǽr gladu wǽre on tó lócienne si mare volvens