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sprecan

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Gr. 117, 6. add: sprecan fore to speak on behalf of Hé bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca . . . Ðá spæc ic him fore, and þingade him tó Ælfréde cinge, C. D. ii. 133, 16

leóf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
leóf-líce, adv.

Kindly ⬩ graciously ⬩ gladly ⬩ lovingly

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Hé leóflíce lífes ceápode moncynne graciously he purchased life for mankind, Exon. 24 a; Th. 67,29; Cri. 1096. Fore onsýne éces déman lǽddon leóflíce before the face of the eternal judge they led him lovingly, 44 a; Th. 149, 3; Gú. 756

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

on-sendan

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Add Þâ þe hine forð onsendon ofer ŷðe, B. 45. <b>IIa.</b> of a thing, to have issuing forth: :-- Þæt þû (a stone pillar) on þis folc onsende wæter, An. 1508. <b>IIb.

cól-pyt

Grammar
cól-pyt, l. col-pyt a place where charcoal is made [v. N. E. D. coal-pit]
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and add Forð bæ hæselholtæ on collpytt; of collpyttæ, C. D. iv. 27, 13. On þone ealdan collpytt þǽr þá þreó gemǽru tógædere gáþ, Cht. E. 206, 23

cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwom, pl. cwómon came; venit, venerunt; have the same meanings as the contracted forms com, pl. cómon, p. of cuman , q. v. The p. indic., pl. cwómon,-an, -un; p. subj.
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Ðá hleóðor cwom when the sound came, Cd. 181; Th. 226, 29; Dan. 178. Ðá ðú ǽrest cwóme when thou first camest, Exon. 39a; Th. 129, 25; Gú. 426. Hwonne bearn Godes cwóme when the child of God should have come, 10a; Th. 10, 6; Cri. 148. To Hierasalem cwómon

regn-

(prefix)
Grammar
regn-, in the compounds regn-heard, -meld, -þeóf, -weard has an intensive force, implies greatness, might. The word occurs as part of many proper names, e.g. Rǽdwoldes sunu wæs Regeuhere geháten,
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Bd. 2, 12;S. 515, 10. Some of these e. g. Reginald are still used

Linked entries: regen- regn-heard regn-meld regn-þeóf regn-weard

gylece

(n.)
Grammar
gylece, gyleca ?, an; f.
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Some part of a monk's dress Gylecan tácen his þæt þú strece ford þín wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þínre wynstran hande, Tech. ii. 127, 14

stellan

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Þá þára gásta gehwylc his ácsunge synderlíce gerehton, . . . þá stelde (stælde, v. l.) þǽr án forð in heora middle (unus in medium prosiliit), Gr. D. 189, 13. Add

þeów-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów-boren, adj.
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Slave-born, born of parents in slavery Ne sceal hé (the abbot) ðone æþelborenan settan beforan ðane þeówborenan, gif se þeówborena ǽr on ðæm mynstre wæs, bútan hé for hwylcum gesceáde hit dó non preponatur ingenuus ex servitio convertenti nisi forte

ge-sprintan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprintan, p. ge-sprant, pl. ge-sprunton
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To burst forth (? cf. Icel. spretta; p. spratt, of water, to burst out, spirt out. The word, however, seems used with causative force. Cf. ge-springan; ), to send forth words.

Linked entries: sprintan gi-sprunt

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; m.
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Fine for slaying a man [cf. leudus, id est weregildus; and see other passages in Grmm. R. A. 652] In xl nihta ealne leód forgelde let him pay the whole fine within forty days, L. Ethb. 22; Th. i. 8, 6. Healfne leód, 23; Th. i. 8, 7

í

(n.)
Grammar
í, es; m.
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A letter i Án getitelad I getacnað án þúsend, and twégen ías getitelode, i, getácnað twá þúsend, and swá forð tó ǽlcum getele, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 282, 10-12

út-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
út-weard, ; adv.
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Forth, outside, out of doors Swá hí gedón hæbbon swá beón hí on ofeste útweard ubi perfectum habuerint opus suum cum summa festinatione egrediantur foras, Chrd. 31, 29: 31

fyrmest

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adv.
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Eal ic him gelǽste, swá forð swá uncre wordgecwydu fyrmest wǽron I have carried out our agreement in every particular, 182, 12.

a-rásian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rásian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. trans. [a, rásian to raise, uncover]

To lay open ⬩ discover ⬩ explore ⬩ detect ⬩ reprove ⬩ correct ⬩ seize ⬩ detegere ⬩ invenire ⬩ explorare ⬩ corripere ⬩ reprehendere ⬩ intercipere

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Hæleþ wurdon acle arásad for ðý rǽse the men were seized with fear on account of its force, 74 a; Th. 277, 27; Jul. 587. Se ðe wilnaþ hiera unþeáwas arásian qui eorum culpas corripere studet, Past. 35, 3; Hat. MS. 45 b, 6: 35, 5; Hat. MS. 46 a, 20.

seolh-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
seolh-wæd, (?), -pæð (?), es; n.
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The seal's ford, path, the sea Hié on ýðum æðelinga wunn ofer seolhwaðu (-wadu ?, -paðu ?) geseón mihton, Andr. Kmbl. 3424; An. 1716. Cf. preceding word and mearc-pæð, -wæd

blíþ-nes

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On eádegum setlum brúcan blíðnesse bútan ende forð sedibus semper gaudere beatis, Dóm. L. 304. Hié mid micelre blíðnesse þæt wín drincende wǽron, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 17. Add

dundre

Grammar
dundre, duntre?
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A participial form of one of the verbs dynian, þunian (q.v.), þeótan seems to have been corrupted into these two forms

Linked entry: duntre

trem

(n.)
Grammar
trem, trym

a step

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The form is probably to be recognized in a gloss given

Linked entries: trym wiþ-tremman ægnetrem æncnetrym

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