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ge-stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stregdan, ge-strédan; pp. strogden and -stregd(ed), -stréd(ed) (v. stregdan).
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Reste mid wyrtgemengnessum gestréded, Wlfst. 263, 6. in special senses, to strew with seasoning, to season Mid sealte beón gestrédd sale esse conditum, Scint. 97, 12. Gestrýddre condito, An.

ge-þwǽrnes

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Hié him eáþmédo budon and geþuǽrnesse, Chr. 827; P. 60, 34. gentleness Underfó hé þá geboda his tǽcendes mid ealre geþwǽrnesse and mid micelre eáðmódnesse ( cum omni mansuetudine et obedientia ), R. Ben. 128, 12.

grápian

(v.)
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Suá se wítga dyde ... mid his wordum ... hit wæs betre ðæt hé grápude mid ðǽm bíspelle ǽr ðon ðe hé cídde, suá se lǽce grápað and strácað ... ǽr ðon ðe hé stingan wille, Past. 187, 1-5.

mitta

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Hig worhton him áne anlícnesse þe . . . mid ðáre swíðran hand þone hwǽte hlód and mid þám winstran fét þá mittan træd, Ap. Th. 10, 1-13. Add

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, <b>II a.</b>
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Þǽr samod rícxað sib mid spéde and árfæstnes and éce gód pax et pietas, bonitas, opulentia regnat, Dóm. L. 267. Unryhtwisnys ríxið (rícsað, v. l.) abundabit iniquitas, Mt. 24, 12. Kł.

scín-cræft

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Add Hú hé (the devil) sceolde þisne mid his scín-cræfte of þám scræfe ádrífan hunc usitata arte pellere ex eo specu, Gr. D. 211, 13. add Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite . . . ðé nán scíncræft ne gehelppe tógeánes disum Godes dóme, Ll.

seolh

Grammar
seolh, gen. seóles.
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Ðá cómón twégen seólas of sǽlicum grunde, and hí mid heora flýse his fét drýgdon, and mid heora blǽde his leoma beðedon venere duo de profundo maris quadrupedia, quae vulgo lutrae vocantur.

swég

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Se sácerd scolde bión mid bellum behangen ... scolde beón gehiéred his swég (sonítus), Past. 93, 7. <b>II a.

fylst

(n.)
Grammar
fylst, e; f.
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Mid freónda fylste, Ll. Th. i. 248, 3. Mid biscopes filste, ii. 290, 3. Hé gehét ꝥ hé him on fylste beón wolde, Chr. 1050; P. 169, 18. Begím þú mé tó fylste in adjutorium meum intende, R. Ben. 60, 5. Þurh Godes fylst oferwinnan, Hml. S. 16, 378

of-stician

(v.)

to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce, transfix

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Casianus) ofslógen mid heora writbredum, and hine ofsticodon mid hira writýrenum, Shrn. 117, 29. Ðá hét hé ðone pápan (Alexander) ofstician, 79, 8. Ofstikian bâr jugulare aprum, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 13. Hé swealt ofsticod fram him sylfum.

Linked entry: of-stingan

orgel-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
orgel-líce, adv.

Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently

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Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently Hé hine swá orgellíce up áhóf and bodode ðæs ðæt hê úþwita wǽre ne cýðde hé hit mid nánum cræftum ac mid leásum and ofermódlícum gilpe hominem, qui non ad verae virtutis usum, sed ad superbam gloriam falsum

Linked entry: orhlíce

tirwa

(n.)
Grammar
tirwa, tirwe, an; m. f.

Tar,resin,gum

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Ðú clǽmst mid tyrwan bitumine linies, 6, 14: Homl. Th. i. 20, 33: Ex. 2, 3. Croppas mid tyrwan gesodene, Lchdm. i. 224, 10. Hig hæfdon tyrwan (bitumen) for weallím, Gen. 11, 3. Teorwena, tyrwena naptarum, Hpt. Gl. 445, 29.

Linked entry: tyrwa

á-screncan

to trip upcause to stumble

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Add: to trip up, cause to stumble Hé mid ðǽre synne ðæt mód áscrenceð mentem peccato supplantat, Past. 415, 11. Áscrencte elideret, i. offenderet, áscrencte elisi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 9-12. Áscrencan elisisse, 87, 52: 31, 41.

a-húðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-húðan, p. -heáþ, pl. -hudon; pp. -hoden [a from, húð prey]

To spoilrobplunderdiripereexpilarespoliare

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To spoil, rob, plunder, diripere, expilare, spoliare Fýnd ahúðan [MS. ahudan] mid herge hordburh wera the foes plundered with their band the treasure-city of the men, Cd. 93; Th. 121, 8; Gen. 2007

a-lefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lefan, pp. ed [a, lef weak, feeble]

To become weakfeeblelangues-cere

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To become weak, feeble; langues-cere Ðæt we fæston mid geráde, swá ðæt úre líchama alefed ne wurþe ut cum ratione jejunemus, ita ut corpus nostrum languidius nefiat, Bd. 3, 23; Whel. 228, 45

Linked entry: á-léfian

for-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-týnan, p. de; pp. ed

To shut instophinderinterclūdĕre

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To shut in, stop, hinder; interclūdĕre Hí mid gelomlícum oncunningum tiledon ðæt hí him ðone heofonlícan weg fórsetton and fortýndon qui crebris accūsātiōnĭbus ĭter illi cœleste interclūdĕre contendēbant, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 4

mearc-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-ísen, es; n.

A branding-iron

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Hé sǽde ðæt hé gesége ðæt ic wǽre gemearcod mid deófles mearcísene, Shrn. 31, 13. v. next word

glædscipe

(n.)
Grammar
glædscipe, es; m.

Gladnessjoy

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Gladness, joy Crist is mid ealles módes gledscype to herienne Christ is to be praised with joy of all the mind, Lchdm. iii. 436, 19. Glædscip mín gaudium meum, Jn. Skt. Rush. 3, 29

be-trymian

(v.)
Grammar
be-trymian, p. ede; pp. ed; [be, trymian to fortify]

To besiege, environcircumdare vallo

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Ge geseóþ Hierusalem mid here betrymede ye shall see Jerusalem besieged with an army, 21, 20

sige-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-beorht, adj.
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Rendered illustrious by victory, triumphant Hié swá sigebeorhte and swá gebégde mid mycelre blisse tó hám fóran, Blickl. Homl. 203, 30. Cf. the proper name Sigebryht, -berht, Chr. 755 ; Erl. 48, 18 : Txts. 512

Linked entries: sigor-beorht beorht