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deór-ling

(n.)
Grammar
deór-ling, diór-ling, dýr-ling,es; m.

A dearling, DARLING, minion, favourite ⬩ unĭce dīlectus, dēlĭciæ

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A dearling, DARLING, minion, favourite; unĭce dīlectus, dēlĭciæ Gif ðé lícode his dysig, swá wel swá his dysegum deórlingum dyde if his folly had pleased thee, as well as it did his foolish favourites, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 23: Wanl.

full-fremman

(v.)
Grammar
full-fremman, to -fremmenne; p. -fremede; pp. -fremed

To do fully ⬩ fulfil ⬩ finish ⬩ perfect ⬩ practise ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ perăgĕre ⬩ patrāre

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Ðeáh hí on manegum þingum síen fullfremede though they are perfect in many things, Past. 65; Hat. MS

Linked entry: fremman

middel

(adj.)
Grammar
middel, superl. midlest; adj.

Middle

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Middel-tún Middleton, Middel-hám Middleham, etc., Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 315; see also following words

ge-nearwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nearwian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad, ot

To narrow, straiten, constrain, confine, oppress, afflict

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Mid eofer-spreótum hearde genearwod hard pressed with boar-spears, Beo. Th. 2881; B. 1438. Mid weres egsan hearde genearwod with the fear of man sorely oppressed, Cd. 43; Th. 56, 32; Gen. 921: 123; Th. 157, 9; Gen. 2603.

Linked entry: nearwian

teoh

(n.)
Grammar
teoh, teohh, e; f.; but also m. or n.
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An association, a company, band Besæt hé ðá sinherge sweorda láfe weán oft gehét earmre teohhe with a mighty host he besieged then those whom the sword had spared, to the wretched band woe he oft promised, Beo. Th. 5868; B. 2938.

wune-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wune-ness, (wunu-), e; f.

a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ continuance ⬩ perseverance

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Wit oferférdon ðás wununesse (has mansiones) ðara eádigra gásta.... Wit becóman tó ðám blíþan wunenyssum (ad mansiones laetas ), 5, 12; S. 629, 31, 43. continuance, perseverance Wununise (perseverantiam) éces hehstaldnisse, Rtl. 105, 36

Linked entry: wununess

deáþ-lic

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On þyssum deáðlican (deád-, v. l.) líchaman in hac mortali carne, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 82, 18. Þára sóþena gesǽlða wilniaþ ealle deáþlice men tó begitanne est mentibus hominum vere bona inserta cupiditas, Bt. 24, 2; F. 80, 30: Bl.

eald-lic

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Ox. 2597 which has: authentica .i. auctoritate plena mid heálicum; so perhaps ealdlic should be rendered authoritative. Cf. eald, VIII), Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 57

ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adv.
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Z. 232, II. local Hai þe þǽr gehende wæs, Jos. 7, 2. temporal Ne bið seó geendung þyssere worulde ná gyt, ðeáh ðe heó gehende sý, Hml. Th. ii. 342, 21.

ge-blówan

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Add: <b>ge-blówen</b> blown (as in full-blown), blooming, in bloom, that has blossomed. lit. of plants Ealra beáma beorhtast geblowen, Ph. 179.

láreów

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Hál láruwa (lareu, R.) have Rabbi Mt. L. 26, 49. Þæs æþelran láreówes egregii dogmatistę (doctrina ), An. Ox. 4363. Lédene láreówas maciað on sumum namum accussatiuum on im Alfc. Gr. Z. 75, 4. On middum ðára láraua (lárwara, R.), Lk. L. 2, 46.

ge-untrumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-untrumian, p. ode; pp. od.

To enfeeble ⬩ make weak or sick ⬩ infirmāre ⬩ debĭlĭtāre ⬩ To be enfeebled ⬩ be sick ⬩ infirmāri ⬩ ægrōtāre

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Ðe God sylf ǽr geuntrumode whom God himself had before enfeebled, i. 4, 27. Þurh ðæs dracan blǽd eal seó menigu micclum wearþ geuntrumod all the multitude were greatly sickened by the dragon's breath, ii. 294, 23: 296, 9: 516, 17.

Linked entry: un-trumian

carc-ern

(n.)
Grammar
carc-ern, carc-ærn, es; n.

care ⬩ a place ⬩ A prison, a house of correction ⬩ carcer, latomiæ

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Cot. carcærne] eram in carcere, Past. 44, 7; Hat. MS. 62b, 22. To ðam carcerne to the prison, Andr. Kmbl. 179; An. 90: Exon. 8a; Th. 2, 27; Cri. 25: Cd. 227; Th. 304, 28; Sat. 637: Cot. 124: 191

Cartaine

(n.)
Grammar
Cartaine, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The Carthaginians ⬩ Carthaginienses

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Terrentius, se mǽra Cartaina sceóp, bær hætt on his heáfde Terence, the great poet of the Carthaginians, wore a hat on his head, 4, 10; Bos. 96, 18 : 4, 11; Bos. 97, 11: 4, 13; Bos. 99, 24.

sting

(n.)
Grammar
sting, es;m.

a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument ⬩ the wound made by a stab or sting

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Add: a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument; the wound made by a stab or sting Beslóh se þorn on ðone fót and swá strang wæs se sting ðæs þornes ðæt hé eode þurh ðone fót the prick of the thorn was so hard, that the thorn went through the

ge-strícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strícan, pp. ge-stricen.
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into the flat of your left hand and lay your hand to your ear, Tech. ii. 126, 7- to form with a stroke of a pen Quincunx . . . beóð þus gehíwod.

heals-fang

(n.)
Grammar
heals-fang, es; n.

'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace

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A term occurring in the laws which Thorpe thus defines: 'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.'

Linked entries: and-fang fang

healf-féþe

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-féþe, adj.

Half-lame

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Half-lame Healfféþe semipes, Germ. 396, 150

Linked entry: -féþe

sám-storfen

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-storfen, adj.
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Half-dead Sámstorfenne seminecem, Germ. 401, 50

á-healtian

(v.)
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to halt; claudicare, Ps. L. 17, 46

Linked entry: healtian