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ge-wéd

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Menn unwíslíce dóð þá þe dwollíce plegað æt deádra manna líce, ... þonne hí sceoldon swýðor besárgian þone deádan and biddan for his sáwle bútan gewéde, Hml. S. 21, 312

hwifer

(adj.)
Grammar
hwifer, (?); adj.
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Ic gæan þæs landes æt hwi-fersce, 272, 16

marm-stán

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Godes encgel sette énne marmstán æt þæs mǽdenes heáfde, 8, 201. Add

sprǽce

(n.)
Grammar
sprǽce, an; f.
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Apollonius hyre árehte ealle his gelymp, and æt þáre sprǽcan ende him feóllon teáras of ðám eágum, Ap. Th. 15, 26

hittan

(v.)
Grammar
hittan, p. hitte

To hit upon, meet with

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To hit upon, meet with Ðá com Harold úre cyng on unwær on ða Normenn and hytte hí begeondan Eoforwíc æt Stemford brygge then our king Harold came upon the Northmen unexpectedly and met with them beyond York at Stamford bridge, Chr. 1066; Erl. 201, 26

á-screopan

Grammar
á-screopan, l. á-screpan,

to clear off

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Áscrepan (-screfan, Erf.) egerere, áscrepen (-aen,Erf.; -anWrt. Voc. ii. 39, 17) egesta, Txts. 59, 730-1: Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 16: 142, 68

myntan

(v.)
Grammar
myntan, p. te.

to meanintendpurposedetermineto thinksuppose

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Grammar myntan, with a case Wit sculon sécan ðæt ðæt wit ǽr mynton sed quae proposuimus intueamur, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 11.

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Oft þrǽl ðæne þegen, ðe ær wæs his hláford, cnyt swýðe fæste and wyrcþ him tó þrǽle, 163, 1. Gebéte þrǽl mid his híde, þegn mid .xxx. scillingan, 181, 9. Ðe hláferd ðrǽles ðæs dominus servi illius, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 50.

wicu

(n.)
Grammar
wicu, wucu, an ; f.
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Ða fullan wican (wucan, v.l. ) ǽr Sc̃ta Marian mæssan, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 7. Ymb wucan after a week, Cd. Th. 88, 14; Gen. 1465 : 167, 21 ; Gen. 2769. On ðam geáre synd getealde twá and fíftig wucena, Lchdm. iii. 246, 12.

gebyrd-tíd

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Ǽr Crístes gebrydtíde, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 535, 21. Hí hæfdon on ðám tíman micele blisse on heora gebyrdtídum, Hml. Th. i. 480, 29. <b>II a.</b> one of the days between Christmas-day and Twelfth-night, [v. I a. and cf.

smirwan

(v.)
Grammar
smirwan, smerwan, smirewan, smeruwan, smirian, smerian, smyrian; p. smirede, ode

To smear, anoint unctus to anoint

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Kmbl. 6, 17. þweah ǽr ðú hit smeruwe Lchdm. ii. 156, 2. Gníde and smerwe 186, 7. Hý hine smyrigon . . . ǽr hé hyne smyrige . . . hine ne mót nán mann smyrigan L. Ælfc. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 21-31.

swefel

(n.)
Grammar
swefel, swefl, es; m.
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. . . mæstlingc, ǽr and tin, swefel and glæs, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 11: Lchdm. i. 200, 2. Swefl, ii. 56, 10

un-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-dóm, es; m.

Unjust judgement

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Hí geútlageden ealle Frencisce men ðe ǽr unlage rǽrdon and undóm démdon and unrǽd rǽddon, Chr. 1052; Erl. 186, 2.

wíte-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-rǽden, wíte-rǽdenn, e; f.

punishmentfine

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punishment Ðes cyning bebeád ðæt feówertiglíce fæsten healden beón ǽr Eástrum be wíterǽdenne jejunium quadraginta dierum observari praecepit . . . in transgressores dignas et competentes punitiones proposuit, Bd. 3, 8 ; S. 531, 11. fine. v. wíte, I b

Linked entry: wíte

á-delfan

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Dict. to dig up the ground Hí ádulfon gehwylcne dǽl þæs wyrtgeardes þæs þe þǽr ǽr undolfen wæs cuncta horti illius spatia quae inculta fuerant coluerunt, Gr. D. 202, 3. Seó eorðe wæs swíðe heard and hé ne mihte heó ádelfan, Hml.

Linked entry: a-dylf

bringan

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Gif ðú wille ðín lác bringan (brengan, v. l.). . . lǽt inc geséman ǽr ðú ðín lác bringe (brenge, v. l.); brieng (breng, v. l. ) siððan ðín lác, Past. 349, 9-13. Hé þá sprǽce ne mihte bringan tó nánum ende, Bt. 41, 3; F. 246, 29.

ge-swebban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swebban, p. ge-swefde, ge-swefede: ge-sweflan; p. ode.
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Ox. 4975. þá weardmenn wǽron ǽr geswefode, Hml. S. <b>II,</b> 200. <b>Ia.

Linked entry: ge-swefian

hreówsung

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Hé forhogde ðá forgifnesse ðe hé mid ðǽre hreówsunga begiten hæfde . . . ðæt ðæt hé ǽr mid ðǽre hreówsunga geclǽnsode . . . mon æfter his hreówsunga gewyrce ðæt hé eft scyle hreówsian . . . sé ðe æfter ðáre hreówsunga hine ryhtlíce nyle gehealdan . .

wacan

(v.)
Grammar
wacan, p. wóc; pp. wacen

To waketo come into beingbe bornspring

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Ǽr him sunu wóce, 70, 25; Gen. 1158

Linked entries: on-wacan on-wacan

un-hlísa

(n.)
Grammar
un-hlísa, an; m.

Ill-fameevil reportdiscreditinfamy

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Ða wíf ðe heora ǽwe healdaþ wið unhlísan, Homl. Ass. 39, 376: 108, 208