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un-tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tídlíce, adv.

Unseasonablyat a wrong time

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Unseasonably, at a wrong time Eall ðæt mon untídlíce onginþ, næfþ hit nó æltæwne ende, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 27

Linked entry: tídlíce

wól-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
wól-dæg, es; m.

A day of pestilencea day of death

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A day of pestilence, a day of death Cwómon wóldagas; swylt eall fornom secgróf wera, Exon. Th. 477, 18 ; Ruin. 26

ǽscan

(v.)

to demand

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to demand And ðæt ceápgild áríse á ofer .xxx. pæng ealf pund syþþan wé hit ǽscað Ll. Th. i. 234, 16

treów-bytt

(n.)
Grammar
treów-bytt, (?), e; f.

A wooden vessel

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= treów-, cf. trýwen byt fiasco, 149, 33),eadem et fiascones Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 78

fór-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte; pp. -worht [fór before, wyrcan to work, do]

To work or place beforeobstructbarricadeoppōnéreobstruĕre

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To work or place before, obstruct, barricade; oppōnére, obstruĕre Se cing geháwode hwǽr man mihte ða fórwyrcan [fór-wyrcean, col. 2] the king observed where the river might be obstructed, Chr. 896; Th. 173, 36, col. 1.

Linked entries: un-forworht for-worhta

regn

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Wæs seó for regna (réna, v. l.) micelnesse swíðe réðe fluuius prae inundantia pluuiarum ripas suas transierat, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 16. Ic wénde ꝥ þá triów for miclum wǽtan and regnum swá heáge weóxon.

stician

(v.)
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In l. 4 insert Bt. before 37. add: to project Ðonne niðer andlang strémes onbútan ðone horsgærstún ðæt hit sticað on ðǽre sylfre . . . forð be ámyrðlonde ðæt hit sticað on Æðeríces gemǽre; andlang ðæs weges ðæt hit sticað on Húnan wege, C.

ríclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ríclíce, adv.

powerfullywith poweras one possessing powersplendidlysumptuously

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On ðám dagum ríxode Æþelbyrht on Cantwarebyrig ríclíce, and his ríce wæs ástreht fram ðære micclan Humbre óð súðsǽ, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 18. Ríclíce ł stranglíce ł ríclícost potentissime, Ps.

Linked entry: ríc-líc

be-fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
be-fóran, l. be-foran, and add:

in the presence ofin front of an object a-head ofover againstbeforein advance of:into the presence ofbeforein advance

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Eal hé ꝥ ǽr beforan on onlíc weorc áteáh, 215, 5

denn

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Þis synt þá denbǽra on wealda . . . be súþan stánihtan hyrst . . . be norþan . . . ceorla den, C. D. ii. 216, 6.

Cent-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cent-land, -lond, es; n.

Kentish land, KentCantium

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Kentish land, Kent; Cantium Eást-Seaxe syndon Temese streáme tosccádene fram Centlande the East-Saxons are divided from Kent by the river Thames, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 17: 3, 15; S. 541, note 24.

sceard

(n.)
Grammar
sceard, es ; n.

A gap,notch

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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic

a-holian

(v.)
Grammar
a-holian, p. ode; pp. od [ a, holian to hollow]

To digeruerefodere

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To dig; eruere, fodere Gyf ðín eáge ðé swícaþ, ahola hyt út si oculus tuus scandalizat te, erue eum, Mt. Bos. 18, 9: 5, 29

a-lege

Grammar
a-lege, impert. of a-lecgan.

lay downdepone

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lay down; depone Alege oððe ahwelf híg, eálá ðú Drihten cast down [or cover over] them, O Lord! depone eos, Domine! Ps. Lamb. 58, 12;

for-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
for-dǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To deal outexpenddispensāreerŏgāre

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To deal out, expend; dispensāre, erŏgāre Seó fordǽlde on lǽcas eall ðæt heó áhte quæ in mĕdĭcos erogāvĕrat omnem substantiam suam, Lk. Bos. 8, 43

ge-wǽdod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wǽdod, part.

Preparedequippedappărātusinstructus

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Prepared, equipped; appărātus, instructus Hí ðæt scip genámon eall gewǽpnod and gewǽdod they took the ship all armed and equipped, Chr. 992; Erl. 131, 34

Linked entry: ge-wéded

bíg-nes

(n.)
Grammar
bíg-nes, -ness, e; f.

A bending, bowingflexio

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A bending, bowing; flexio Se earm nǽnige bígnesse on ðam elnbogan hæfde brachium nihil prorsus in cubito flexionis habuit, xBd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23

Linked entry: býgnes

un-forfeored

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forfeored, (un-forfored(?).

Unbrokenextricabile

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also ungebrocenre extricabili, 33, 7: perhaps in each case inextricabilis should be read, cf. untósliten inextricabilis, 110, 60); Unbroken; extricabile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 22

Linked entry: for-feored

be-swícend

(n.)
Grammar
be-swícend, es; m.

A deceiverimpostor

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A deceiver, impostor Eálá þú sǽ, unscæððígra beswícend, Ap. Th. 11. 10. Bisuícend (-suíccend, -suiccend) impostorem, Txts. 70, 545. Biswícend, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 54

Linked entry: swícend

deorc-full

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For Scint. 59 substitute Scint. 186, 8, and add Eall líchama þín deorcfull (derkful. Wick. Mt. 6, 23 : Lk. 11. 34) byð, Scint. 187, 14