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swegle

(adv.)
Grammar
swegle, adv.

Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly,

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Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly, in a physical sense Ðonne sió reáde ród ofer ealle swegle scíneþ on ðære sunnan gyld, Exon. Th. 68, 13; Crl. 1103.

for-teón

(v.)
Grammar
for-teón, for-teón; p.-teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to pull and hurt ⬩ to gripe ⬩ to pull in the way of ⬩ obscure ⬩ cover up ⬩ obducere ⬩ to draw away ⬩ lead astray ⬩ seducere

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Þeáh sió swǽrnes ðæs líchoman mid þám gedwolmiste ꝥ mód fortió ꝥ hit ne mæge beorhte scínan, Bt. 35, 1; F. 156, 1. to draw away, lead astray; seducere Tó þám ríce þonan ús ǽr þurh synlust se swearta gǽst forteáh, Cri. 270

sicerian

(v.)
Grammar
sicerian, p. ode

To ooze ⬩ to make way through a small opening

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To ooze, of a fluid, to make way through a small opening Swíðe lytlum siceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýð, ðéþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr út áweorpe by very small quantities and

þiderweardes

(adv.)
Grammar
þiderweardes, adv.

Thitherwards

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Þá hé þá wæs þiderweardes and sió óþeru fierd wæs hámweardes the king was on the march thither ... When he was on the way thither and the other troops were on the road home, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 32.

á-spíwan

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Lch. i. 316, 18. figurative ꝥ man áspíwe (sin) ꝥ áttor út, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 22. Áspíwan synna þurh góde láre mid andetnesse, 280, 1: Wlfst. 150, 4. Úre synna ús fram áspýwan, 103, 19

Linked entry: spíwan

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m. : e, f.

creation,origin ⬩ a creation, what is created, a creature

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creation,origin Ealle sint emnæðele gif wé willaþ þone fruman sceaft geþencan and ðone Scippend . . .

fór án

(num.; prep.; adv.)

only ⬩ tantum ⬩ tantummŏdo

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Fór án ic beó hál, gyf ic hys reáfes æthríne si tĕtĭgĕro tantum vestĭmentum ejus, salva ĕro, Mt. Bos. 9, 21. Fór án eówre yrfe sceal beón hér ŏves tantum vestræ et armenta remăneant. Ex. 10, 24

un-sceaþfulness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sceaþfulness, e; f.

Innocence

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Innocence Se ðe gehielt his unsceaðfulnesse and his gódan willan si mentis innocentia custoditur, Past. 34; Swt. 234, 22. Ðý læs hí forlǽtan hiora uusceaþfulnesse (-sceð-, Cott. MS.) desinet colere forsitan innocentiam, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 5.

ǽfen-glommung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-glommung, e; f.

Evening-twilight

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Evening-twilight Swá ðæt oft on middre niht geflit cymeð ðám behealdendum hwæþer hit sí ðe ǽfenglommung ðe on morgen deágung ita ut media saepe tempore noctis in quaestionem ueniat intuentibus, iterum crepusculum adhuc permaneat uespertinum, an iam nduenerit

Linked entry: glómung

á-hwider

(adv.)

on every side ⬩ quoquoversum

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on every side; quoquoversum

bróc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
bróc-líc, adj.

Sick, grieved, miserable ⬩ æger

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Sick, grieved, miserable; æger

stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e; f.

A place ⬩ a place, spot, locality, site ⬩ a place on the body ⬩ a place which is built, a house or collection of houses, a habitation, dwelling ⬩ a place, position, station ⬩ a place in a series ⬩ place, room, stead ⬩ a place, passage in a book

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Kmbl. 683; Sal. 341. a place on the body Gif ðú wille lim áceorfan . . . gesceáwa ðú hwilc sió stów sié and ðære stówe mægen, forðon ðe ðara stówa sum raþe rotaþ, gif hire mon gímeleáslíce tilaþ, Lchdm. ii. 84, 22-25.

yfele

(adv.)
Grammar
yfele, adv.

Evilly, badly, ill ⬩ badly, imperfectly, improperly ⬩ where there is hurt or suffering ⬩ of bodily suffering ⬩ marking ill-success ⬩ of injurious speaking

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Th. 491, 5; Rä. 80, 9. of bodily suffering :-- Gif men sié fǽrlíce yfele if it suddenly goes badly with a man, Lchdm. ii. 294, 15.

þurh-teón

(v.)

to carry through ⬩ get a proposal accepted, a request granted ⬩ to carry out a plan, orders, etc. ⬩ give effect to an intention ⬩ to carry through ⬩ carry on to a (successful) end ⬩ to accomplish ⬩ perform ⬩ to perpetrate ⬩ to carry on ⬩ continue ⬩ to bring to a successful issue ⬩ to achieve ⬩ bring about ⬩ bring to pass ⬩ to afford ⬩ to go through ⬩ undergo ⬩ to draw ⬩ drag

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mid gewisse fóre so for six and twenty days he continued the journey, as if he were with certainty travelling to some one, Homl.

un-dilegod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dilegod, adj.

Not blotted out ⬩ not effaced

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Not blotted out, not effaced Swá se wrítere, gif hé ne dilegaþ ðæt hé ǽr wrát, ðeáh hé nǽfre má náuht ne wríte, ðæt bið ðeáh undilegod, ðæt hé ǽr wrát neque enim scriptor, si a scriptione cessaverit, quia alia non addidit, etiam illa, quae scripserat

weorold-weorþscipe

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-weorþscipe, es; m.
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Tó woruldwurðscipe sí hé þegenlage wyrðe, L. C. E. 6; Th. i. 364, 16: Wulfst. 270, 32

á-fleán

(v.)
Grammar
á-fleán, p. -flóh, pl. -flógon; pp. -flægen
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Hweþer hí findan mihton ǽnig tácen þæs áflægenan þwanges si quod signum de incisione monstrari potuisset , 199, 3

Linked entry: fleán

ge-cídan

(v.)
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Gif hwylcum bréþer for ǽnigum litlum gylte byþ gecíd oþþe gestýred fram his abbode si quis frater pro quavis minima causa ab abbate suo corripitur, R. Ben. 131, 1

mán-swerian

(v.)
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Gif hé on ungehálgedum Crístes mǽle mánswerað si in cruce non consecrata perjuraverit, Ll. Th. ii. 158, 37. Hé swáþeáh mid þám óðrum mánswerige nihilominus cum aliis perjurium facit, 19.

tǽl-wirþe

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Gif hié on ðǽm cúðan gewislíce ongietað hwæt ðǽron tǽlwyrðes bið si de expertis, quidquid disputationis audiunt, veraciter cognoscunt. Past. 441, 16. Hé lýfeð sumum mannum sume tǽlwyrðe wísan quaedam reprehensibila relinquit, Gr. D. 204, 15. Add