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ellen-stybb

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-stybb, -stubb, es; m.

An elder-stump

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On ðone ellenstyb, 437, 19. Ellenstub, 10, 17: 25, 21. Of ðá(m) ellenstubbe on ðane óðerne ellenstubbe, vi. 102, 25. Usque le ellerne stubbe, iii. 407, 25. On þá ellenstybbas; þonne of þám ellenstybban, C. D. B. iii. 396, 30

manna

Grammar
manna, man.
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Sió ungeðyld geniét ðone monnan ðæt hé geopenað all his ingeðonc, Past. 220, 9. 'Ne hera ðú nǽnne man on his lífe'. . . Sé ðe herian wille háligne mannan, herige hine. . . æfter his geendunge, Hml. Th. ii. 560, 18. 'Þú ácenst sunu.'

mynegung

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Add Tóforan eallum þingum wé ðæs mynegunge dóð ꝥ hý bútan ceorunge sýn hoc ante omnia ammonentes, ut absque murmuratione sint, R. Ben. 65, 10. Minegungum oraculis, i. sermonibus An. Ox. 3384. Add Þý lǽs seó mynugung forlǽge.

ofer-eáca

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Syllað ðone ofereácan eów ( the rich ) tó ælmesdǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 3

on-efn

(prep.; adv.)
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Onefen ðone greátan æsc, C. D. ii. 172, 23. adv. Ðeáh ðe seofon middangeardas sýn ealle onefn ábrǽdde though seven worlds be spread alongside one another, Sal. K. p. 150, 29.

wulf-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
wulf-pytt, es; m.
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On ðone wulfpyt; of ðám wulfpytte, iv. 49, 7: 157, ii. Tó wulfpyttan, 343. 23 : iii. 434. 18

æfesa

(n.)
Grammar
æfesa, (-e; f, f), an; m.

Produce of woods on which swine might be fed

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of æuesan ðæs néxtan wudes ðe líþ tó kyngesbyrig cum porcorum esca et cum fructibus . . . quoaue dono tertiam sarcinam iumentariam fructuum qui nascuntur in sylua proxime ad kyngesbyrig sita C. D. iv. 202, 2-12

Linked entry: æfesn

on-feall

(n.)

a swelling, fellon

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a swelling, fellon Wið onfealle, gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on. Lchdm. ii. 104, 12. Drenc wið onfealle, 102, 27: 104, 1, 3, 4, 6.

Linked entry: innan-onfeall

slincan

(v.)
Grammar
slincan, p. slanc, pl. sluncon.

to crawl to slink away repere, reptare

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Hé gescóp eall wyrmcynn and creópende and fleógende and swymmende and slincgende Anglia viii. 310, 17. fig. to slink away Se earma flýhþ uncræftiga slǽp slincan on hinder Dóm. L. 240

smæl-þearme

(n.)
Grammar
smæl-þearme, es; n.

The small gut, lower abdomen

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Síhþ innan ðone rop and on ðæt smælþearme 232, 15: 246, 21. Ðá þýdde Æfner hine mid hindewerde sceafte on ðæt smælþearme percussit eum Abner aversa hasta in inguine Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 18

ge-þrowian

(v.)
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Add: absolute, to suffer; in a special sense, to suffer martyrdom, die Ðonne forwyrð ðín bróður, for ðone Críst geðrowade ( propter quem Christus mortuus est ), Past. 451, 34; Jul. 448.

hǽmed-þing

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed-þing, es; n.

Carnal intercourse, venery, matrimony

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Be hǽmedþingnm : eallum þyrrum líchomum hǽmedþing ne dugon of venery : venery does not do for all dry constitutions, L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 28 : 36; Lchdm. ii. 244, 4

spelian

(v.)
Grammar
spelian, p. ode

To act as the representative of anotherto representto take, or stand in, the place of another

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To act as the representative of another, to represent, to take, or stand in, the place of another Pronomen spelaþ ðone naman ... Gif ðú cwest: 'Hwá lǽrde ðé?' ðonne cweðe ic: 'Dúnstán.' 'Hwá hádode ðé?'

Linked entry: speliend

nafel-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
nafel-sceaft, e; f.

The navel

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The navel Ðisne lǽcedóm man sceal ðan manne se his nafuisceaft in týhþ, Lchdm. iii. 124, 22

ofer-smítan

(v.)
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to oversmear with something on cláð, ofersmít mid ele, lege on þone magan, Lch. ii. 180, 28

Linked entry: smítan

eal-werlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
eal-werlíce, adv.

All-manly, liberally, freely prorsus virīlĭter, benigne

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All-manly, liberally, freely; prorsus virīlĭter, benigne Ealwerlíce [MS. ealwerlíc] Driht benigne fac Domine, Ps. Spl. 50, 19

Linked entry: werlíce

gryre

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Siððan þæs gǽstes gryre ágiefen weorðeð after terror has become the portion of the spirit, Dóm. 21.

wítan

(v.)
Grammar
wítan, p. wát, pl. witon; pp. witen.

to see totake heed toguardkeepto lay tchargelay the blame ofimputeto godepart

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Grammar wítan, with a clause Wíte ðú georne, ðæt ðú ealle ða tácn vide, ut omnia ostenta facias, Ex. 4, 21. Wíte ðæt ðín geþanc ne losige, Lchdm. iii. 154, 20. Wýte ðæt ðú swá , Nicod. 26 ; Thw. 14, 23. Wíte se óðer, ðæt hé hit béte, L. C.

Linked entry: ge-wítan

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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Ágife hé ðone teóþan sceat Gode, and dǽle þeáh his ælmessan forþ of ðon nigeoþan dǽlon let him pay the tithe to God, and still go on distributing alms from the other nine parts, Blickl. Homl. 53, 21.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh

sóþ

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ, adj.

Soothverytruethe opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, realtruein conformity with the actual state of thingstruerighteousjust

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Nis nán þing sóþre ðonne ðæt ðú segst, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 92, 12: 34, 4; Fox 138, 25. Hig biddan God ðæt hé ðæt sóðeste geswytelie, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 30. true, righteous, just Ðæt ic sóðne dóm healde custodire judicia justitiae tuae, Ps.