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milisc

(adj.)
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milisc, adj.

Honeyedsweetmellowmulled

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(Melarium, pomarium melis (μηλoις), hoc est malis, consitum, Du Cange: the Anglo-Saxon glosser seems to connect the word with mel?.) Milisc æppel nicalalbum, 289, 74: ii. 60, 42. Ðære miliscan mulsæ, 32, 66: 54, 35. Myliscre, Hpt. Gl. 520, 39.

on-wendan

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Ðú earma, ðú ðe eart mid ðý storme and mid ðǽre ýste onwend and oferworpen paupercula tempestate convulsa, 181, 11

wacen

(n.)
Grammar
wacen, (-an, -on, -un), e; f.

wakefulnesssleeplessnessa watchvigila watcha division of the nighta watchguarda rousingan incitement

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M. 128, 23) tuae moestitiae et insomniorum causam, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 41 a watch, vigil 'Wel ðú dést ðæt ðú nalæs ðé slǽpe forgeáfe, ac má woldest wæccan (weacenum, Bd. M. 354, 7) and gebedum ætfeolan.'

on-wacan

(v.)

to awake, cease to sleepto arise, spring, be derived, be born

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Ða men onwócan, and út urnon, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 22. to arise, spring, be derived, be born Ðú wást ðæt ðú of mínre ( the speaker is Eve ) dehter, Drihten, onwóce, Blickl. Homl. 89, 20: Cd. Th. 292, 12; Sat. 439.

Linked entries: wacen á-wacan

ge-hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hreósan, p. -hreás, pl. -hruron; pp. -hroren

To rushfallglide awayto failruerecaderelabideficere

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Ic ðus gehroren eom and aweg gewiten I [Babylon] am thus fallen and passed away, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 35. Móna niðer gehreóseþ the moon shall fall down, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 22; Cri. 939.

scrid

(n.)
Grammar
scrid, es; n.
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Hió gelǽddon ðæt scrid on heá dúne, Shrn. 71, 34. Heó wæs on gyldenum scryd, 156, 11. Screoda siex hun[dred]a six hundred chariots (cf. Exod. 14, 7), Exon. Th. 468, 9; Phar. 5. Lígbǽrum scridum vel crætum flammigeris quadrigis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 14

Linked entry: scriða

for-hradian

(v.)

hurryto anticipate

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Ðæt hié tó unwærlíce ne onetten, ðý lǽs hié forhradien ðone betestan tíman ne dum bonorum tempus incaute festinando praeveniunt, Past. 281, 21: R. Ben. 61, 13. Hé wénde þæt hí woldon his cynedóm forseón and wolde ðá forhradian, Hml. Th. i. 480, 2.

Linked entry: fore-hradian

ge-twinn

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-twinn, adj.
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Gl. 254, 7. as numeral; bini, duo Ǽnlípige singuli, getwinne bini, Ælfc. Gr. 2, 13, 14. Sum getel bið ǽfre menigfeald ... bini getwynne oððe twám and twám, 284, 6. Eálá gé elebeamas (printed -es) getwinne olive bine, Hy. S. 106, 13.

ge-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]

To thinkconceiveconsiderdevisereflectbe mindfulthink aboutcareintendresolve

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ðú yfle gehogdes how thou didst devise evilly, 28 a; Th. 85, 29; Cri, 1398. Ðá ðú gehogodest sæcce sécean when thou didst resolve to seek conflict, Beo. Th. 3981; B. 1988 : Cd. 209; Th. 259, 5; Dan. 687 : Andr. Kmbl. 857; An. 429.

ferian

(v.)
Grammar
ferian, ferigan, ferigean, fergan; to ferianne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [fer = fær a journey] .

to carryconveybearleadconductferreportārevehĕrededūcĕreafferreto betake oneself tose gerĕreversērito godepartvehiīre

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Ðonne God geond wéstena wíde feraþ Deus, dum transgrediēris per desertum, Ps. Th. 67, 8

Linked entries: fergan ferigan fergan

ǽfen-þénung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-þénung, e; f.

An evening service or dutyevening repastsuppercœ́na,

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An evening service or duty, evening repast, supper; cœ́na, R. Concord 8

a-sláwian

(v.)
Grammar
a-sláwian, p. ode; pp. od

To be heavydullsluggishtorpescere

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To be heavy, dull, sluggish; torpescere, Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 20

enid

(n.)

a duck, drake, coot, water-fowl ănăs, ănĕta, fulĭca

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a duck, drake, coot, water-fowl; ănăs, ănĕta, fulĭca, Som. Ben. Lye

sár-wís

(adj.)

dull

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dull Ða sárwísan (Cott. MS. sámwísan), Past. 30, 1; Swt. 203, 7

wana

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wana, an; m.
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Mé is wana æt ðam scýrgesceatte ðus micelys ðe míne foregengan hæfdon, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 327, 4. Swá ic feós bidde swá ic wanan hæbbe ðæs ðe mé N. behét ( I have not got what N. promised me), L. O. 10; Th. i. 182, 7.

Linked entries: ge-wana wan wan

(n.)
Grammar
CÚ, nom. acc; gen. cúe, cú, cuus, cús; dat.; pl. nom. acc. ; gen. cúa, cúna; dat. cuum, cúm; f.

A cow vaccabucula

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Gesomna cúe mesa collect the dung of a cow L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 5. On ðære cú hricge on the cow's back M. H. 194a. Be cuus horne of a cow's horn L. In. 59,; Th. i. 140, 1, 3 Cús eáge a cow's eye 59; Th. i. 140, 4 Of ðære cý from the cow M.

Linked entries: cuu folc-cú

fore-hús

(n.)
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a porch Þǽr wæs án forehús æt þǽre cyrcan duru, Vis. Lfc. 33

un-forhæfedness

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Add: — Ðonne ðá gesinhíwan hí gemengað ðurh ungemetlice unforhæfednesse (incontinentiam), Past. 399, 16

sprǽcleás

(adj.)
Grammar
sprǽcleás, adj.

Speechless, without the power of speech elinguis

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Speechless, without the power of speech Spǽcleáse ł dume elinguia, Germ. 398, 72

under-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
under-bæc, adv.

backwardsbackbehindback

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Ðú gehwyrfdest míne fýnd underbæc in convertendo inimicum meum retrorsum, Ps. Th. 9, 3. where an action is directed towards a point behind the agent's back, behind, back Ðú forwurpe mín word underbæc fram ðé projecisti sermones meos postea, Ps.

Linked entry: BÆC