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fǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽtan, p. te; pp. fǽted, fǽtt.

packto adornornament

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to lay as a burden, pack Swá bið ðǽm ðe ðá gedónan yfelu hreówsiað, ðonne hí ðæt yfel mid ondetnesse him of áweorpað ðætte hira módes innað yfele and hefiglíce mid gefylled wæs, and ðonne eft fóð tó ðǽm ilcan and fǽtað in æfter ondetnesse ðæt ilce yfel

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Ðú ða mádmas Higeláce onsend ; mæg ðonne on ðæm golde ongitan, ðonne hé on ðæt sinc stariaþ . . ., 2975 ; B. 1485. ¶ Sinces brytta, hyrde a dispenser, guardian of treasure, a prince, cf. sinc-gifa, and Sinca baldor . . .

hlutor

(adj.)
Grammar
hlutor, hluttor; adj.

Clear, pure, bright, sincere

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Ðone hlutrestan streám the stream most pure, 23, 5; Met. 23, 3

Linked entry: hlýttor

ge-beódan

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Geboden tó bǽle, Dan. 414. to offer to do, do to a person Rihtlaga is þæt man óðran gebeóde, þæt hé wylle, þæt man him gebeóde, Wlfst. 274, 12.. nánum ne gebeóde þæt, þæt hé nelle þæt man him gebeóde, Hml. Th. i. 260, 30-32.

ge-býsnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-býsnung, e; f. [býsnung an example]

An exampleexemplum

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Ne ge ná be his gebýsnungum do ye not according to his examples, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35

Linked entry: ge-bisnung

ge-medemian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-medemian, <b>; V.</b>
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add: to be deemed worthy to do Ic wæs ge-medemod gebiddan þá gerýnu þǽre róde. Hml. S. 23b, 466

á-líþran

(v.)
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to lather þǽron ealdre sápan cucler fulne . . . on niht álýþre, Lch. ii. 76, 13. v. á-léþran in Dict

Linked entries: a-ledran á-lýþran

ge-sceaþian

(v.)
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Add: to do harm Deófol bið á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáwlum gescaðian mæge, Wlfst. 191, II

nasu

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Add: [a wk. dat. occurs] brálinga þíne hand tó þínre nasan, swilce þú hwæt gestince, Tech. ii. 123, 12

ge-seohhian

(v.)
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to strain Se preóst sceal hogian þæt hé his offrunga swýðe clǽnlíce þurh cláð geseohhod (-seohgod, v.l. ), E.S. 49, 353

ǼL

(n.)
Grammar
ǼL, es; m.

An EELanguilla

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Ac seó þeód ðone cræft ne cúðo ðæs fiscnóðes nymþe to ǽlum ánum sed piscandi peritia genti nutta nisi ad anguillas tantum inerat, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 43. Smæl ǽl a small eel, Cot. 161

Linked entries: éle fisc

disc-þén

(n.)
Grammar
disc-þén, es; m. [þegen, þén a minister, servant]
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Godes engel gebrohte ðone discþén ðǽr he hine ǽr genam the angel of God brought the minister of food where he had before taken him, Homl. Th, i. 572, 9

húf

(n.)
Grammar
húf, es; m.
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Des lǽcecræft deáh wyð ðone húf ad uvam. This medicine is good for tumour on the epiglottis, Lchdm. iii. 106, 6. Of ðan úve droppaþ uppan ða tunga, 138, 28

Linked entries: úf úf

HWELP

(n.)
Grammar
HWELP, es; m.

A WHELP,catulus

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A WHELP, a young dog, the young of other animals; catulus Hund canis, hwylp catulus, Wrt. Voc. 78, 53. Hwelp catulus [leonis ], Ps. Th. 16, 11.

mot

(n.)
Grammar
mot, es; n.

A motean atom

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Ðæt lytle mot ... ðone mot, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 41, 42

norþ-folc

(n.)
Grammar
norþ-folc, es; n.

The northern division of a peoplethe people of the north of Englandthe people of NorfolkNorfolk

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Ðá geaf se cyng his sunu ðone eorldóm on Norþfolc and Súþfolc, Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 4-5 : 1085; Erl. 218, 21

píle

(n.)
Grammar
píle, an; f.
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A mortar Ðeáh ðú portige ðone dysegan on pílan swá mon corn déþ mid piilstæfe ne meaht ðú his dysig him from ádrífan si contuderis stultum in pila, quasi plisanas feriente desuper pilo, non auferetur ab eo stultitia ejus, Past. 37, 2; Swt. 267, 1.

pistol

(n.)
Grammar
pistol, es; m.
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Ðone pistol ðe Hieronimus sette be forþsíðe Marian, 438, 3. Se apostol Iacob áwrít on his pistole, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 47. Iacob se rihtwísa áwrát ánne pistol, Ælfc. T. Grn. 14, 9, 13. Petrus áwrát twegen pistolas, 14, 7, 12, 16, 19

Linked entries: epistol epistol

rǽd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽd-líc, adj.
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Advisable Him ðá rǽdlecre geþúhte ðæt hé wið óðerne here friþ genáme ðæt hé ðone óðerne ðé iéð ofercuman mehtc proviso ad tempus consilio, unum denuntiato bello adpetit, alterum pacta pace suspendit, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 15 : 4, 13; Swt. 212, 16.

gilplíc

(adj.)
Grammar
gilplíc, adj.

Ostentatiouspompousproudvain-glorious

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Ostentatious, pompous, proud, vain-glorious Ðæt wǽre swíðe gilplíc dǽd gif Crist scute ðá adún it would have been a very vain glorious act if Christ had thrown himself down then, Homl. Th. i. 170, 21.