murcung
Complaint ⬩ grief ⬩ murmuring
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Mid suá micelre murcunga his ágen mód gedréfþ tanto mentem moerore conturbat 33, 7; Swt. 227, 19. Ðæt hié weorþen on murcunga and on ungeþylde ad impatientiae murmurationem proruunt, 45, 3; Swt. 341, 3.
un-steaððigness
unsteadiness ⬩ instability ⬩ inconstancy ⬩ want of sedateness ⬩ levity ⬩ wantonness
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unsteadiness, instability, inconstancy Sun munuc mid gemáglícum bénum gewilnode ðæt hé móste of ðam munuclífe ... Ðá wearð se hálga wer geháthyrt ðurh his unstæððignysse, and hét hine áweg faran, Homl.
on-bærnan
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Add Mid hira ágenre gewilnunge hié bióð onbærnede (-bærnde, v. l.) sua cupidine accensi, Past. 27, 18. <b>III a.</b> to heat (lit.) :-- Gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð, Lch. ii. 218, 23.
Tifer
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Tie Tiber Hé cwæð ꝥ hit gelumpe on Rómebyrig, ꝥ Tifre streám wæs upp gangende and swá swíðe gangende, oð ꝥ hyre wæter and ýða fleówen ofer þá weallas dicens, quia apud hanc Romanam urbem alveum suum Tiberis egressus est, tantum crescens ut ejus unda
sceand
a buffoon, charlatan
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Sume hí wyrcaþ heora wógerum drencas, ðæt hí hí tó wífe habbon; ac ðyllíce sceandas sceolan síðian tó helle, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 159
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gát
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Add Sume bróhton gáte hǽr . . . þæt gáte hǽr getácnode þá stíþan dǽdbóte, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 31-36. Gáta hús caprile Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 12. Gáta loc titule, 122, 41, Mid gǽtena (gǽtenum, v. l., with a later gloss gotene) smerwe, Lch. i. 178, 18.
a-feormian
To cleanse ⬩ clean thoroughly ⬩ purge ⬩ wash away ⬩ mundare ⬩ emundare ⬩ permundare ⬩ diluere
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He afeormaþ his þyrscelflóre permundabit aream suam. Mt. Bos 3, 12. Hyt ðone magan ealne afeormaþ it purges the whole stomach, Herb. 60, 3; Lchdm. i. 162, 19. Ic afeormige diluo, Ǽlfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 49.
ge-cwician
To quicken ⬩ create ⬩ vivĭfĭcere ⬩ creāre
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Surt. 50, 12. Ðæt ðú me on rihtes rǽd gecwycige in æquĭtāte tua vivĭfĭca me, Ps. Th. 118, 40. He bebeád and gecwicode synd ipse mandāvit et creāta sunt, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 9 : 101, 19. Hí bíþ gecwicude creābuntur, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 31
stihtan
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Stapas on his heortan hé stihte ascensiones in corde suo disposuit, 83, 6.
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be-sirwan
To ensnare ⬩ entrap ⬩ circumvent
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To ensnare, entrap, circumvent Hé ofslóg and besirede his getreówne ðegn devotum militem sub studio fraudis extinxit, Past. 393, 8. Hiene Artabatus besirede and ofslóg per Artabatum circumventus occiditur, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 84, 24.
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efen-hleta
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Mid þám efenhlétum (-hlyttum, v. l.) his hádes cum consortibus sui gradus, 5, 8; Sch. 587, 7
pistol-rǽdere
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Cf. sub-, under-diácon
brýd-guma
a man ⬩ A bride-man, bridegroom ⬩ sponsus
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[brýd, guma a man] A bride-man, bridegroom; sponsus Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbúre tamquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo, Ps. Th. 18, 5.
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ge-streónan
To gain ⬩ get ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ lucrāri ⬩ acquīrĕre
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To gain, get, obtain, acquire; lucrāri, acquīrĕre Heora Criste sáule gestreónan suas Christo anĭmas lucrāri, Hymn. Surt. 73, 7.
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scúfan
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Sume sceufon, sume tugon, and seó Godes fǽmne hwæðre stód. Shrn. 154, 26. to shove, thrust, cause to move with violence. literal Ðá ne gelífde Apollonius ðæt heó his gemæcca wǽre ac sceáf hí fram him, Ap. Th. 25, 6. Hé sceáf reáf of líce. Cd.
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sígan
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</b> to sink as the sun to its setting :-- Heó (the sun) síhþ tó ðam tácne (Aries ) óþ ǽfen, Anglia viii. 307, 20. Tungla torhtast tó sete sígeþ, Menol. Fox 221 ; Men. 112. Ealle stiorran sígaþ æfter sunnan under eorþan grund, Met. 29, 15.
wépan
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Kmbl. 117; An. 59. trans. with accusative, to mourn, lament, bewail, deplore, of persons Hé weóp his sunu lugens filium suum, Gen. 37, 34.
steort
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Sume wyrmas wǽren and sume fiscas ðe hæfden án heáfod and monigne steort. Ða steortas, hé sǽde, ðæt hulpan ealle ðæs heáfdes, Shrn. 162, 14-16. a promontory, tongue of land (cf.
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earmlíce
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Cf. earm-lic, 3 Sume hreówlíce on fótan gangende, sume earmlíce rídende, Chr. 1075; P. 210, 17. Þá ealdan sculan earmlíce licgan heápmǽlum æt hám hungre ácwolene, Wlfst. 295, 15. meanly.
cniht-geogoþ
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Boyhood, youth Þá feówer tíman . . . sumor . . . , and eác þá gelícnyssa . . . cnihtiugoð and sumor beóð gelíce . . . sumor byð wearm . . . cnihtiugoð byð wearm, Angl. viii. 299, 23-30
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