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bucca

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Ðár mon ðane chiorl slóh for ðan buccan, C.D. iii. 434, 21. Buccan wé offriað oððe ticcen, gif wé úres líchaman gálnysse oferswíðað, Hml. Th. ii. 210, 31. Fearra flǽsc oððe buccena blód, i. 590, 15. Add

of-unnan

(v.)

to begrudge a person (dat. ) anything (gen.), wish to deprive a person of anythingto refuse to grantinvidia, livor

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in a bad sense, to begrudge a person (dat. ) anything (gen.), wish to deprive a person of anything Se biþ ðæm ísene gelíc se ðe ofan his níhstan his lífes ferro utitur, qui vitae proximi insidiatur, Past. 37. 3: Swt. 269, 7.

tíd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíd-líc, adj.
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Sume naman syndon temporalia, ðæt synd tídlíce, ða æteówiaþ tíman, 5; Zup. 14, 16

twislian

(v.)
Grammar
twislian, p. ode
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To fork, branch Ðǽr ða wegas twisligaþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 409, 4: iv. 66, 15. Ðǽr ða brócas twisliaþ, v. 198, 34

tówendan

(v.)
Grammar
tówendan, p. de

To overthrowupsetsubvertoverturnto overthrowdemolishto overthrowdestroyto destroy by changingto repeal a lawabrogateabolishoverthrowdestroy

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Ðá tówænde se cyning heora winsuman burh, Homl. Ass. 102, 8. Hí tówendon ðæt tempel, 68, 83. Hig heora burga tówendon subversis urbibus, Num. 21, 3. Ðæt ic ða burh ne tówende ut non subvertant urbem.

holen

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Tó ðǽam beorge ðe mon háteð æt ðǽm holne, C. D. ii. 29, 6. In ymman holig; of ymman holigne, C. D. B. iii. 223, 25. Tó ðǽm gemǽre æt ðám holignan; of ðám holigena gemǽra, C. D. iv. 287, 27

un-weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
un-weorþian, p. ode.

to dishonourdisgraceto become dishonoured

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Ðæt hé God ne unwurðige, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 86. Ðæt man unweorðige ða ðe godcunde láre wyrdan, Wulfst. 168, 7. Unweorðian dehonestare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 15: 26, 40.

þurh-sceótan

(v.)

to shoot throughtransfixpierce

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Besyrian ðone earman and þurhsceótan ða unscæðfullan heortan, Ps. Th. 36, 13. Ðá wurdon hí mid deófles flán þurhscotene, Homl. Th. i. 62, 28

un-sceþþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþende, adj.

Innocentharmless

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Ða bilehwitnysse ðæs unscæþþendan ( innocentis ) lífes, Bd. 1, 26; S. 487, 40. Ðæt hé ðære unsceþþendan ( innocuae ) ylde cilda ne árede, 2, 20; S. 521, 25. Ðone mildheortan and ðone unsceþþendan Crist, Blickl. Homl. 3, 11.

sægen

(n.)
Grammar
sægen, sæcgen, segen, e; f.

a saying, statement, assertiontradition, report, story a narration, relation

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a saying, statement, assertion Ðá sægde se Clitus ðæt Philippus máre hæfde gedón ðonne hé. Hé ðá Alexander áhleóp, and hiene for ðære sægene ofslóg, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 130, 30. Heora biscopas from hiora godum sǽden ðæt hié ðæt gefeoht forbuden.

Linked entries: segen sæcgen

twi-bytme

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-bytme, (?); adj.
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Double-bottomed On ðæt twigbutme del; of ðam delle on beran del, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 28, 19

Linked entry: bytme

hæsel-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
hæsel-wrid, es; n. m (?). l. <b>hæsel-wríd, -wriþ,</b> es; m.
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and add On ðone miclan hæslwríð wiðneoðon ðæt gráfet; of ðám hæsl-wríðe, C. D. v. 194, 14

irsian

(v.)
Grammar
irsian, p. ode.

to be angryto rageto make angryto angerprovoke

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Ðæt ðe hió mid ryhte irsian sceall that with which rightly it must be angry, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 293. 13. Ðǽr ðǽr ðú neóde irsian scyle gemetiga ðæt ðeáh in case you needs must be angry, still be moderate, Prov. Kmbl. 24.

Linked entry: eornigende

un-getýd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getýd, adj.

Untaughtunskilledrude

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Ðæt hié ne scolden forhyggean ðone geférscipe ðara synfulra and ðara ungetýdra, 16; Swt. 105, 15

Linked entry: ge-týd

tungol

(n.)
Grammar
tungol, (-ul, -el), tungl, es; generally neuter, but pl. tunglas occurs: tungla, an; m.
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Under ðam circule ( the zodiac ) yrnð seó sunne and se móna and ða twelf tunglena tácna, Lchdm. iii. 242, 3. Hys geár is ðæt hé underyrne ealle ða twelf tunglan, 248, 21, 5

Linked entries: tungel tungl

ge-scerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scerian, -scyrian, -scyrigan; p. ede; pp. ed.

to bestow, appoint, provide, ordain, destinetribuere, providere, ordinare, destinareto number, reckonnumerareto ordain, arrange

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Ic wéne ðæt ðǽr screoda wǽre gescyred ríme siexhundreda I believe that there were six hundred chariots reckoned by number, 122 a; Th. 468, 10; Phar. 5

Linked entries: ge-scyrian ge-scyrigan

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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Hwæþere him ðæs wonges wyn (cf. londes wyn, 130, 15; Gú. 438) sweðrade whether the land grew less delightful to him, 123, 15 ; Gú. 123. Ic ða stówe ne can ne ðæs wanges ( the place where the cross was buried) wiht ne ða wísan cann, Elen.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

bisenian

(v.)
Grammar
bisenian, p. ode

model

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Thw. 2, 28. to take example Ðá láreówas ðæt wæter gedréfað mid hira unðeáwum, ðonne ðæt folc bisenað on hira unðeáwum, nals on hira láre cum subjecti non sectantur verba, sed exempla pravitatis imitantur, Past. 31, 6.

ge-lǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽfan, to leave.
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Add: to leave Somnias ðá ðe hiá gelǽfdon ðá screádunga colligite quae superauerunt fragmentorum, Jn. L. 6, 12. Ginómun ðæt gilǽfed (ofer gelǽfed, L.) wæs ł ꝥ tó láfe wæs of ðǽm screádungum sustulerunt quod superauerat de fragmentis, Mk.

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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D. 1016, ðá gelamp hit ðæt se cyning Æðelréd forþférde, and ealle ða witan ða on Lundene wǽron, and seó burhwaru gecuron Eádmund to cyninge then it happened that king Æthelred died, and all the witan that were in London, and the townsmen chose Edmund