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waroþ

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Tó warode ad litus, An. Ox. 8, 420. Be sǽs wároðe (waroðum, v.l.) sicut arenam quae est in littore maris, Gr. D. 55, 12. Lócian égðer ge ofer þone warað ge ofer þá sǽ, Solil. H. 45, 20. Add

nigon

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add: inflected Mid nigonum þára níwena scipa, Chr. 897; P. 90, 23. (1 a) with a pronoun :-- Ðæt wé tellan á .x. men tógædere, and se yldesta bewiste þá nigene, Ll. Th. i. 230, 23. uninflected Næs ná má þonne hundtwelftig on þǽm rǽdehere, and nigan on

bláwan

(v.)

to blow ⬩ breathe ⬩ snort ⬩ pant ⬩ to blow ⬩ to flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ inflate

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Dele first passage, and add : intrans. of the wind Se wind hæfð mistlice naman on bócum; ðanon þe hé blǽwð him byð nama gesett, Lch. iii. 274, 12. Súþan bláwan to blow from the south, Lk. 12, 55. of living creatures, to blow, breathe Swá hwæt swá seó

brýd-lác

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Dele 'A marriage gift or feast,' and add: married state, wedlock Bærn né áteoriað on ðam brýdláce; þǽr is ... singallic wæstmbǽrnyss, Hml. S. 7, 61. in pl. marriage ceremony, nuptials Is ǽlcum preóste forboden, þæt hí beón ne móton on þá wísan, þe

den-bera

(n.)
Grammar
den-bera, pl. n.
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Lat. Substitute: <b>den-bǽre,</b> es; n. A swine-pasture (used only in pl.) Ðis synt ðá denbǽra ðe tó ðissum londe belimpað, C. D. ii. 195, 15. Þis synt þá denbǽra on wealda, 216, 4. Þá denbǽro, 265, 33. Mid ðǽm denbǽrum in Limenwero wealdo

ge-hruxl

(n.)
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Substitute : <b>ge-hrúxl</b>, es; n. Noise, tumult Ðá bróðru mid gehlýde wurpon wæter on ꝥ fýr . . . þá wearð se Drihtnes wer mid þám ylcan gehrúxle (-rúxle, v. l.) (eodem tumultu ) ástyrod. and þyder becóm, Gr. D. 124, 3. Geswenced mid þám

geornian

(v.)
Grammar
geornian, p. ode.
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to desire, ask for Gedó ꝥ gé georniað þára þinga þe gé mé rihtlic begytan mæg . . . Gif ic eów ealla eówra þinga geunne on þá geráde þe gé mé míne georniað ( exoptetis ), Ll. Th. i. 196, 29-32. Ꝥ hé on þá wísan hire geornige ꝥ hé hý healdan wille swá

ge-sægdnis

(n.)
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Substitute : ge-sægedness, e ; f. a sacrifice, an offering (especially of the Eucharist) We sceolon Gode ásecgan þá dæghwámlican onsægdnesse his líchaman and blódes. Þeós gesægednes gehǽleð þá sáwle debemus Deo quotidianas carnis ejus et sanguinis hosíias

ge-unstillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unstillan, p. de
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To disturb, disquiet Þá scínlác þe him ǽr ætýwdon, ne geunstillað hý hine, Lch. i. 360, 15. Rǽde hé swá þæt hé óþre mid gehlýde ne geunstille ( inquietet ), R. Ben. 73, 14. Se abbod ne geunstille ne ne gedréfe þá heorde abbas non conturbet gregem, 113

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greátnes

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Substitute: coarseness of material Ne cíden nó þá munecas ymb þá deáge oþþe greátnesse (grétnysse, R. Ben. I. 92, 2) hyra reáfa de colore aut grossitudine non causentur monachi, R. Ben. 89, 15. bigness, thickness Ðeós wyrt hafað elne lange stelan on

heáp-mǽlum

in troops ⬩ in crowds

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Add: in troops, in crowds Heápmǽlum gregatim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 17: catervatim, gregatim, multipliciter, 129, 51 : manipulatim (legiones, quae manipulatim testudinem balista quatere non cessant, Ald. 11, 18), 76, 42: 54, 50. Þá hǽþenan feóllon heápmǽlum

huntian

(v.)
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Add: intrans. þá gelamp ꝥ hig huntedon on mærgen. þá gearn sum hynd betweox þám gebróðrum and hig sceoton hyra strǽlas, Shrn. 148, 3. Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf. . . getimbred hæfð, þæt hé móte . . . huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil

India

(n.)
Grammar
India, Indea; f.
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India Wyrdwríteras secgað þæt ðrý leódscipas sind gehátene India. Seó forme India ..., seó óðer ..., seó þridde; þeós þridde India ..., Hml. Th. i. 452, 11-14. Þurh þá uncúðan land Indie per ignota Indie loca, Nar. 6, 12. Ðá wynstran dǽlas Indie sinistram

ládian

(v.)
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In l. 3 read 241 for 244, and add: to clear, excuse, defend a person Manigra manna gewuna is ðæt hié hié mid ðissum wordum ládiað and cueðað: 'Wé brucað úres ǽgnes, ne gítsige wé nánes óðres monnes,' Past. 337, 19: 439, 21. Sume þá biscopas wiðstódan

mæsse-preóst

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Leófgár wæs Haroldes eorles mæssepreóst, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 25. Se biscop sceal þrafian þá mæssepreóstas ꝥ hié*-*healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, and þone híred þe hié ofer beóþ, and þá lǽwedan men þe hié aldormen ofer beón sceolan ; for þon se góda láreów

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to relate.
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Scipia mǽnde (or under mǽnan to lament; III ?) his earfoða tó Rómána witum, þǽr hié æt hiera gemóte wǽron, hwý hié hiene swá unweorðne on his ylde dyden ; and ácsade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle þá brocu and þá geswinc þe hé for hira willan fela

neádian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Neádode inuitos, i. coactos, An. Ox. 1621. to force to do something Neádiende compellens (scandere), An. Ox. 2463. Neádod conpellitur, i. angariatur (per vim amittere), 2660. Neádude cogerentur, i. compellerentur (redire ), 2484. to force

on-sægedness

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Add Críst is Lamb geháten . . . and wæs . . . his Fæder líflic onsægednys, Hml. Th. i. 358, 18. Hé bebeád þæt wé sceolon gearcian úre líchoman líflice onsægednysse . . . Se líchama bið líflic onsægednys ðe . . . 482, 11-13. [Lífli]cere ansægednesse (

oróþ

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In ll.6-7 for 'Orþas . . . 56' substitute Orþes, fnǽstes spiritus, An. Ox. 2452. Orþes spiritus, 2, 64, and add: — Him (the old man ) þæt oreð stincð and áfúlað, Wlfst. 148, 7. Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan ꝥ níhste oroð and ágyfan his gást . . . in þám breóste

palm

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Dele '(?)', and add: <b>pealma.</b> a palm-tree Se ryhtwísa swá swá palma bloewð, Ps. Vos. 91, 13, a branch of a palm-tree : — Sceole wé healdan úrne palm, oð þæt se sangere onginne ðone offringsang, and geoffrian þonne Gode ðone palm. Palm