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scíran

(v.)
Grammar
scíran, p. de.
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Nes nan mon þat durste word sciren.

for-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
for-brecan, part, -brecende; ðú -brecest, -bricst, -brycst, he -breceþ, -bricþ; p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen

To breakbreak in twobruisecrushviolatefrangĕreconfringĕrecontererecommĭnuĕreviŏlāre

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Ne forbrece [MS. forbræce] gé nán bán on him os non commĭnuētis ex eo, Jn. Bos. 19, 36. Ðæt man forbræce hyra sceancan vt frangĕrentur eōrum crūra, 19, 31. Hie gebod Godes forbrocen hæfdon they had broken God's command. Cd. 33; Th. 43, 30; Gen. 698

munuc

(n.)
Grammar
munuc, munec, es; m. [Lat. monachus]

A monk

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Hé beád, ðæt nán his bearna ðæt menster leng mid preóstan gesette, ac ðæt hit éfre mid munecan stóde, Chart. Th. 227, 17. Hé sende Godes þeów Agustinum and óðre monige munecas. Bd. 1. 23; S. 485, 27

Linked entry: munec

ge-wis

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, -wiss; adj.

Certainsureknowingforeknowingcertus

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Ða úþwitan ðe sǽdon ðæt nǽfre nán wiht gewisses nǽre búton twæónunga the philosophers that said that there was no certainty without doubt, Shrn. 174, 25. Swá litel gewis funden found so little certain, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 20.

Linked entry: ge-wiss

big-spell

(n.)
Grammar
big-spell, bí-spell; g. -spelles; pl. nom. acc. -spell, -spellu; n. [big, bí, spell a history]

A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, storyparabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio

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Ealle ðás þing se Hǽlend spræc mid bigspellum to ðám weredum; and nán þing ne spræc he bútan bigspellum hæc omnia locutus est Iesus in parabolis ad turbas; et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis, Mt. Bos. 13, 34, 35: Ps. Lamb. 48, 5.

Linked entries: an-lícnes bí-spell

ge-frédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frédan, ic -fréde, ðú -frédest, he -frédeþ, frét, pl. -frédaþ; p. -frédde; pp. -fréded

To feelperceiveknowbe sensible ofsentīre

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Se líchama awent eorþan and anbídaþ æristes, and on ðam fyrste nán þing ne gefrét the body turns to earth and awaits the resurrection, and in that space feels nothing, Homl. Th. ii. 232, 25. Stánas ne gefrédaþ stones have not sense, i. 302, 14, 18.

wirman

(v.)
Grammar
wirman, p. de

To warm make warm

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For ðý hé cwæð be ðam cólan wætere, ðæt nán man ne ðorfte hine beládian, ðæt hé fæt næfde, on hwý hé hit wyrman mihte, Homl. Ass. 141, 84. Tó wyrmanne ðone cealdan magan, Lchdm. ii. 188, 22.

Linked entry: wyrman

hríþer

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Nán man hrýðer ne sleá búton hé habbe twégra trýwra manna gewitnesse, 296, 17. Án hríðr, C. D. i. 311, 3. Án ald hríðr, 312, 7. .i. eald hríðer, 297, 1. Tú hriéðeru, óðer sealt, óðer fersc, v. 164, 29. Hríðero armenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 16.

smeoru

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru, smeru (o, a), wes; n.

Fat, grease, suet, tallow adeps, arvina, unctura grease, fat, butter

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Eal ðæt smeru hig forbærndon Lev. 8, 25. [ Smeredd sallfedd þurrh nan eorþliȝ smere Orm. 13244.]

Linked entries: smera smeru

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll,tax,custom,duty,duethat which is paid to the state. that which is paid to individualstaking toll

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Se cyng ne róhte hú swiðe synlíce ða geréfan hit begeátan of earme mannon ...

sceþþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceþþan, p. sceþede
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Ne sceþ ðé nán wiht, iii. 178, 25. Eów seó wergþu sceþþeþ scyldfullum, Elen. Kmbl. 619; El. 310. Ús seó wyrd scyþeþ, Andr. Kmbl. 3121; An. 1563. Nǽnig geweald deáþes him sceþþaþ leti nil jura nocebunt, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 21.

Linked entry: sceaþan

earfoþe

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþe, adj.
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Hé nǽre ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre, Lch. iii. 278, 15. Drihten, nis ðé nán ðing earfoðe, Hml. Th. i. 62, 11. Se gewuna gedéþ eáþe þæt ðe ǽr earfoðe þúhte, R. Ben. 5, 19. Tó earfoðe þyncan, Wlfst. 284, 10.

Linked entry: earfeðe

ge-beorg

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Ne bið þǽr fultum nán ꝥ wið þá biteran þing gebeorh mæge fremman auxilium nullus rebus praestabit amaris, Dóm. L. 223 : Wlfst. 139, 14. saving from doing wrong (?)

hearm

evilan evilinjurya calamitygriefafflictioncalumnya calumny

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Næbbe hé his máran hearm. Ll. Th. i. 276, 11. Wé þis wíte þolien, hearm on þisse helle, Gen. 368. Hearm þrowigan, sáre swyltcwale, An. 1369: 1073.

Linked entry: hearm-fullic

glæsen

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Beó ǽlc calic geworht of myldendum antimbre, gilden oððe seolfren, glæsen oððe tinen; ne beó he hyrnen, ne húru treówen, Ll. Th. ii. 384, 7. Ꝥ glæsene fæt vas vitreum, Gr. D. 104, 28: 103, 13. Ele in ánum glæsenum fæte, 159, 9.

hell-sceaþa

a fiendthe grave

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Similar entries Cf. hell; I, 1 For ðon helsceaða andet ðé and ne deáþ herede quia non infernns confitebitur te neque mars laudabit te. Ps. Rdr. 277, 18

Linked entry: helle-sceaþa

tǽling

Grammar
tǽling, <b>. II.</b>
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after 'calumny' add: detraction, derogation Ne wéne ic ꝥ þes wer wǽre gelustfullod on árfæstnysse weorke, ne on þæs bisceopes tǽlinge ( episcopi derogatione ), Gr. D. 76, 17. derision, mockery.

ge-ehtian

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

To estimatevalueæstĭmāre

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To estimate, value; æstĭmāre Ðæt hie mon undeórran weorþe móste lésan ðonne hie mon be ðam were geehtige which must not be redeemed at any cheaper rate than it is estimated at according to his value, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 2, note 8

wiþer-cweþness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cweþness, e; f.

Contradiction

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Contradiction Hine mon ne cnysð mid nánre réðnesse ne nánre wiðercueðnisse (-cwed-, Cote. MSS.) quem nulla asperitas contradictionis pulsat, Past. 19; Swt. 143, 20

Linked entry: -cweþness

sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
sýferness, e; f.
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Mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse, and mid nánre oferfylle ne mid oferdrince, 144, 15. Sýfernysse ( opposed to druncenscipe, l. 18), 145, 20: Homl. Th. i. 360, 5. Ic brúce ðisum mettum mid sýfernysse ( cum sobrietate ), Coll. Monast.

Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte