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luf-lic

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Hé fréfrode hí mid luflicum wordum eos verbis consola-batur, Gr. D. 251, 20: Hml. A. 73, 9. Add

níwian

(v.)
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Add: to repeat Wið foredum lime, lege þás sealfe on ꝥ forode lira, and forlege mid elmrinde, dó spilc tó; eft simle níwa oþ ꝥ gehálod sié, Lch. ii. 66, 23

simble

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Add Wé beóð þonne mid úrum sáwlum éce symle earme oððe eádige, Wlfst. 145, 13

stǽger

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Wæs on þǽre ylcan stówe trum stǽger mid gewissum stapum fram þǽre nyðerflóra tó þǽre úpflóra quo in loco inferiora superioribus pervius continuabat ascensus, Gr. D. 170, 19. Cf. stígan. Add

woffung

Grammar
woffung, For first example substitute
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Hé ongann gebiddan ꝥ him God forgeáfe mid hwám hé mihte gestillan þæs hátheortan mæssepreóstes woffunga coepit exorare ut ei redderet unde presbyteri furentis insaniam mitigare potuisset, Gr. D. 65, 13

wunung

Grammar
wunung, <b>. II.</b>
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H. 35, 683) atrii ), Chrd. 54, 33. v. card-, in-, mid-, on-, samod-, þurh-wunung. Add

ymb-swífan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-swífan, p. -swáf; pl. -swifon; pp. -swifen
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To revolve round Þeáh þe wé þonne gýt þá sunnan sylfe geseón ne magon, for ðan seó sunne hafað þonne mid þý heofone þás eorían útan ymbswifen and ymbcerred, Nap. 88

Linked entry: ymb-cirran

sceaþ-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþ-dǽd, e; f.

A misdeed, crime

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[Þat he hine awreke a þan awarriede uolke, þa hine isend hafden mid heore, scaðededen, Laym. 29578.]

Linked entry: sceþ-dǽd

wǽdlig

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽdlig, adj.

Poor ⬩ needy ⬩ destitute

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Poor, needy, destitute Hé wacode ealle ða niht mid ðam wǽdlian hreóflian, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 486. Hé on mislícum yrmðum mannum geheólp, wǽdligum and wanscrýddum, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 17

á-beornan

Grammar
á-beornan, (-bi(e)rnan).
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Hé ábarn exarsit mid ðý bryne wælhreównesse, Gr. D. 162, 22. Ðæt his mód áburne exardesceret 337, 33. Áburnon exarserunt, Ps. L. 117, 12. Add

á-teran

(v.)

to tear away

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to tear away Hié mid ðǽm ánum yfele áterað of ðáre menniscan heortan ealle ðá gódan cræftas dum unam nequitiam perpetrant, ab humanis cordibus cunctas simul virtutes eradicant, Past. 359, 20

be-clæmed

(v.)
Grammar
be-clæmed, Substitute: be-clǽman; p. de

To beplaster ⬩ plaster over ⬩ poultice

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To beplaster, plaster over, poultice Gemeng wið ǽges ꝥ hwíte, beclǽm ꝥ lim mid, Lch. ii. 74, 26. Bewreóh ꝥ wíf wel, and lǽt beón swá beclǽmed lange tíde, 330, 22

al

(n.)
Grammar
al, æl, eal, awul, awel, e; f.

An AWL ⬩ a fork ⬩ flesh-hook ⬩ subula ⬩ fuscinula ⬩ harpago

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An AWL, a fork, flesh-hook; subula, fuscinula, harpago Þirlige his eáre mid ale bore his ear through with an awl, Lev. 25, 10: L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 10, MS. G

Linked entries: æl awel awul eal

be-clemman

(v.)
Grammar
be-clemman, p. de ; pp. ed

To fetter ⬩ bind ⬩ tie ⬩ inclose ⬩ glue together ⬩ BECLAM ⬩ vincire ⬩ includere ⬩ glutinare

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To fetter, bind, tie, inclose, glue together, BECLAM; vincire, includere, glutinare Ðeáh he hie mid fíftigum clúsum beclemme though he inclose it. with fifty bonds, Salm. Kmbl. 143; Sal. 71. Beclæmed glutinatus, Lye

Linked entry: be-clæmed

fér

(n.)
Grammar
fér, es; m.

Fear ⬩ terror ⬩ tĭmor

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Fear, terror; tĭmor Mid fére foldbúende se micla dæg meahtan Dryhtnes bihlǽmeþ the great day of the mighty Lord shall strike earth's inhabitants with fear, Exon. 20 b; Th. 54, 13; Cri. 868

geaglisc

(adj.)
Grammar
geaglisc, geglesc; adj.

Light ⬩ frolicsome ⬩ lascivious ⬩ lĕvis ⬩ lascīvus

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Light, frolicsome, lascivious; lĕvis, lascīvus Ic wæs mid geaglisce [geglescum MS. B : geagle MS. C.] móde oferswýðed I was overcome with a frolicsome mood; lascīvo supĕrātus anĭmo, Bd. 5, 6; Whelc. 390, 39

Linked entry: geglesc

man-fremmende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
man-fremmende, part.

Doing evil ⬩ working wickedness

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Doing evil, working wickedness Mid mannum mánfremmendum cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 140, 6: Exon. 67b; Th. 250, 34; Jul. 137: 29a; Th. 88, 9; Cri. 1437: Elen. Kmbl. 1810; El. 907

mold-hýpe

(n.)
Grammar
mold-hýpe, an; f.

A heap of earth or dust

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A heap of earth or dust Ðonne biþ hit swylce hé sý mid sumere moldhýpan ofhroren it is as though he be overwhelmed by a heap of dust, Homl. Th. i. 492, 33

Linked entry: hýpe

ge-clútod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-clútod, adj. [clút a patch]

CLOUTED ⬩ patched ⬩ nailed ⬩ consutus ⬩ clavatus

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Gesceód mid geclúdedum scón shod with clouted shoes, Dial. 1, 4

ge-díhligean

(v.)

to hide ⬩ make private ⬩ detach ⬩ separate ⬩ velare secernere ⬩ separare

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to hide, make private, detach, separate; velare secernere, separare Eádgár, mid rýmette gedíhligean hét ða mynstra Edgar commanded the monasteries to be made private or detached, Th. Diplm. A.D. 963-975; 231, 4