hǽman
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Sé þe mid nunnon hǽme, 2. 46, 6. <b>II a.</b> figurative :-- Þú fordydest ǽlcne man sé þe hǽmþ (fornicatur) fram þé, Ps. L. 72, 27
smítan
to daub, smear, smudge ⬩ to defile, pollute ⬩ to smear, anoint ⬩ to cast ⬩ linere ⬩ strike
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Ðissa (oil, grease, and tar) ealra emfela and ðara dusta ealra emfela, gemeng eal ceald tósomne, ðæt hit fram ðám wósum eal wel smítende [sí] (may be adapted for smearing) smire mid Lchdm. ii. 126, 11. [ Ofersmít mid ele 180, 28.] to defile, pollute
tyrnan
to turn ⬩ revolve on an axis ⬩ round a centre ⬩ to turn ⬩ to cause to revolve
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Ða steorran ðe on ðam rodere standaþ tyrnaþ ǽfre ábútan mid ðam brádan rodere, Hexam. 7; Norm. 12, 32. Hí tyrndon mid bodige and heora fótwylmas áwendan ne mihton, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 19.
Linked entry: turnian
á-blycgan
to get affected by fear, get dismayed ⬩ to get affected by wonder, get amazed, astonished
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Hí urnon tó áblicgede, and woldon ðæt fýr mid wætere ofgeótan, 166, 7. to get affected by wonder, get amazed, astonished Mid áblicendum eárum attonitis auribus, R. Ben. I. 2, 10. Ðá wearð seó menigu swíðe áblicged, and mid wundrunge cwǽdon, Hml.
Linked entries: un-geblýged blycgan a-blícgan
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Mid máran fultume and mid máran wærscipe circumspectiore cura ac magis instructo adparatu, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 25. Hé hæfde Ýrlande mid his werscipe gewunnon, and wiðútan ǽlcon wǽpnon, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 18.
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ofer-wreón
To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread
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Se ðe wæs hwílon gescríd mid golde, hé læg ðá oferwrogen mid moldan, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 3. Hwítum gegyrlan oferwrohne (-wrogenne,MS. A.), Mk. Skt. 16, 5. Mid hwam beó wé oferwrogene? Mt. Kmbl. 6, 31. Oferwrogne contecta, Hpt. Gl. 417, 48
a-cennan
To bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ beget ⬩ renew ⬩ parere ⬩ gignere ⬩ renovare ⬩ renasci
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Crist wæs acenned [MS. acennyd] on midne winter Christ was born in mid-winter, Menol. Fox l; Men. 1. Gregorius wæs of æðelborenre mægþe acenned Gregory was born of a noble family, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 7.
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ge-þyld
Patience ⬩ resignation ⬩ patientia
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Forber oft ðæt ðú wrecan mǽge geþyld biþ middes eádes often forbear when vengeance is in your power, patience is half happiness, Prov. Kmbl. 25
a-séðan
To affirm ⬩ confirm ⬩ affirmare ⬩ confirmare
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To affirm, confirm; affirmare, confirmare Sume [adverbia] syndon ad vel confirmativa, mid ðám we aséðaþ úre spræce some adverbs are affirmative or confirmative, with which we affirm our speech, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 16
Linked entry: séðan
fadian
To set in order, dispose, direct, guide ⬩ ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre, dirĭgĕre
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To set in order, dispose, direct, guide; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre, dirĭgĕre Word and weorc freónda gehwylc fadige mid rihte let every friend guide his works and words aright, L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 372, 1
þrístness
Boldness ⬩ presumption ⬩ temerity
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Mid þrýstnesse dyrstigere praesumptione temeraria, Anglia xiii. 383, 262. On þrístnysse in temeritate, Scint. 139, 3. Hé yfel þurh þrístnysse gefremede malum per audaciam perpetravit, 40, 5
un-sǽlan
To untie ⬩ unbind ⬩ loose
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To untie, unbind, loose Git moeteþ æsul gesǽlde and folan mid hire, unsǽleþ ( solvite ), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 2. Onlésed, unsǽled desolutus, i. liberatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 29. Unmidled vel unsǽled effrenus, 142, 60
cnafa
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A boy, lad, young man Gamenian mid cnafan jocari cum parvulo, Scint. 172, 19. Cnafan þínum puero tuo, Ps. Spl. C. 85, 15. Sýn twégen tó þám sylfan gescyfte cnafan ( pueri ), Angl. xiii. 410, 640
ferele
A rod
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A rod Þá beran hé slóh mid þǽre telgan (færelan, v. l. ferula) þe hé wunode ꝥ hé bær him on handa . . . Þá réþan deór . . . ondrédon þǽre ferelan (ferulae) slegas, Gr. D. 229, 21, 25
ge-gilde
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Membership in a guild Gif gegilda his gegildan ofstleá, bere sylf wiþ mágas ꝥ hé bræc, and his gegilde eft mid eahta pundum gebycge, oþþe hé þolie á geferes and freóndscipes, Cht. Th. 612, 7
Linked entry: -gilde
ge-tyrfan
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.), to attack, assault Man gecýdde ꝥ seó nunne wǽre getyrfed mid ormǽtum feforádlum nuntiatum est quod sanctimonialis illa immensis febribus aestuaret, Gr. D. 29, 9. Cf. ge-torfian
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heán-líce
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Man sceal þá geoguðe geómorlíce lǽdan gehæft heánlíce mid heardum bendum and swá bysmorlíce bringan of heora éðle, Wlfst. 295, 17. Sume hí man heánlice hættode, Chr. 1036; Th. i. 294, 7, col. 2. Add
hræglung
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Heó him andswarode: '. . . se gegyrla þe ic hæfde sóna swá ic Iordanen oferfór mid swíðlicre ealdunge tótorene forwurdon,' Hml. S. 23 b, 567. Add
un-gníþelíce
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He scan ungnéþelíce ( non mediocriter) mid þý worde þǽre hálgan láre, 175, I
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