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ge-þoftscipe

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Add: familiar intercourse, intimacy Be þám ꝥ preóstas geþoftscipe ( familiaritatem. Cf. wífa gelómlic tósócn, 36) næbbe wið fremde wíf, Chrd. 67, 34

médan

(v.)
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For on méde in l. 2 onméde from onmédan (< on-mód, as eáþmédan < eáþ-mód) may be read

drincan

Grammar
drincan, <b>; II.</b>
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add: (1 a) with gen. ꝥ ǽlc mann drunce þæs deórwurðan wínes be þám þe hé sylf wolde, Hml, A. 92, 22

ge-rímtæl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rímtæl, es; n.

A number, reckoning

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A number, reckoning Bión on ðæm gerímtæle mid mínum bróþor to be of the number with my brother, H. R. 13, 11

stirnan

(v.)
Grammar
stirnan, (?); p. de
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To be severe —Gistmægen (the two angels with Lot) styrnde (stýrde? v. steóran) werode mid wíte, Cd. Th. 150, 22 ; Gen. 2495

Linked entry: styrnan

tweógung

(n.)
Grammar
tweógung, tweóung, e; f.
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Doubt Ðú mé hæfst gefrýlsod ðære tweóunge mínes módes be ðære ácsunga ðe ic ðé ácsode, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 25

Linked entry: tweóung

unriht-déma

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-déma, an; m.

An unjust judge

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An unjust judge Ða unrihtdéman, ðe démaþ ǽfre be ðám sceattum and swá wendaþ wrang tó rihte, Wulfst. 203, 25: 298, 19

weorc-wísung

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-wísung, e; f.
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The direction of work Bisceopes dæg-weorc . . . weorcwísung be ðam ðe hit neód sý, L. I. P. 8; Th. ii. 314, 22

wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
wyrht, e; f.

Doingwork

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Doing, work Ná ðú be gewyrhtum úrum, wommum wyrhtum, woldest ús dón non secundum peccata nostra fecit nobis, Ps. Th. 102, 10

ráh-deór

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Add: Þá beóð langswýrede ðe lybbað be gærse, swá swá olfend and assa, hors and hrýðeru, heádeór and ráhdeór, Hex. 16, 3

riht-sinscipe

(n.)
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lawful matrimony Ðrý hádas sindon þe cýðdon gecýðnesse be Críste; þæt is mæigdhád, and wudewanhád, and rihtsinscipe, Hml. Th. i. 148, 7

wilder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilder-líc, (?); adj.

Wildbeast-likebrutish

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Wildbeast-like, brutish Hié be sumum dǽle wildorlíce (wildiórlíce, Cott. MSS. ) beóð ex qua parte bestiales sunt Past. 17; Swt. 109, 23

hæfen

(n.)
Grammar
hæfen, e; f.

Having, property, possessiona holding, possession

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Having, property, possession Be his ágenre hæfene according to his own property, Homl. Th. i. 582, 28 : 580, 22 : ii. 400, 2

snǽding-sceáp

(n.)
Grammar
snǽding-sceáp, es; n.

A sheep to be killed for eating

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A sheep to be killed for eating Hý teohhiaþ ús him tó snǽdincgsceápum aestimati sumus ut oves occisionis Ps. Th. 43, 23

Linked entry: sceáp

tintreg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tintreg-líc, adj.

Tormentingtorturing,of hell

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Tormenting, torturing, of hell Be fyrhto ðæs tintreglícan (tintreganlíces, MS. B.) wítes de horrore poenae gehennalis, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 16

barda

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Barþa navis rostrata (to be added in Wülck. Gl. 195, 36;v. Angl. viii. 451). Barda, Wülck. Gl. 289, 12. Add: barþa

a-myrdrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-myrdrian, p. ede; pp. ed

To murderkilloccidereinterficeretrucidare

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To murder, kill; occidere, interficere, trucidare Ðæt man sý amyrdred that a man be murdered, L. C. S. 57; Th. i. 406, 25

dryht-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
dryht-leóþ, es; n. [leóþ a song]

A lordly songnōbĭle carmen

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A lordly song; nōbĭle carmen Be ðam David cyningdryhtleóþ agól king David sang a lordly song of him, Elen. Kmbl. 684; El, 342

forþ-spell

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-spell, es; n. [spell a history]

A speaking outsayingintimationeffātumdictum

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A speaking out, saying, intimation; effātum, dictum Be ðissum feáwum forþspellum by these few intimations, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 11; Mód. 47

frioh

(adj.)
Grammar
frioh, adj.

Freelīber

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Free; līber Beó he frioh he shall be free, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3: L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 3