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ymb-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-cirran, p. de
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Mið fynger hiora nallas ða ymbcerræ (styrgan, Rush.) digito suo nolunt ea movere, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 4. to change Ymbcerred mutata, Mt. Kmbl. p. 1, 2

bíme

(n.)
Grammar
bíme, (ié, é, ý), an; f.: bíma; m.?

a trumpeta tabletbillet

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a trumpet (in the first place of wood v. beám: cf. horn) Hefe úp ðíne stefne suá bíme (biéme, v. l. tuba), Past. 91, 20. Béma, Rtl. 5, 14. Býma, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 58. Béme concha, Txts. 53, 571: barbita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 28. Býme salpix, 96, 22.

Linked entries: býme beám

brún

(adj.)
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Wíf móton under brúnum hrægle ( sub nigro velamine ) tó husle gán, Ll. Th. ii. 162, 7. Brúnne brerd the black rim of the inkhorn , Rä. 27, 9. Swearturn, brúnum beaduwǽþnurn, 18, 8. Brúne helmas, Jud. 318. [For brún applied to metal v. N. E.

fæst-hafol

strongfirmsteadfasttenaciousretentiveparsimonious

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Sint tó manianne ðá fæsðhafula[n] (tenaces, qui sua retinent), Past. 339, 7

ge-sceádwíslic

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</b> in accordance with reason, reasonable :-- Gif sum gesceádwíslic (rationabilis) intinga wunige, R. Ben. I. 14, 1. Gesceádwislicre mynegunge rationabili monitu, Angl. xiii. 447, 1167. v. un-gesceádwíslic

hlǽw

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Wæs þǽr in þám sprecenan íglande sum mycel hlǽw of eorþan geworht ... Ðá wæs þǽr on óðre sídan ðæs hlǽwes (hláwas, v.l.) ... seáð erat in praefata insula tumulus agrestibus glebis coacervatus ... in cujus latere ... cisterna, Guth. Gr. 117, 7.

irsian

(v.)
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Ǽlc ꝥ yrsað (eorsaþ, R.) hys bréðer omnis qui irascetur fratri suo, Mt. 5, 22. with prep. Hwí irsast þú wiþ ús?, Bt. 7, 5 ; F 22, 36. Ðonne hé wið hine iersað. Past. 63, 3. Fram þám þeódum þe wið mé yrsiað de gentibus iracundis, Ps. Th. 17, 46.

ofer-hogian

(v.)

to despise, contemn, scorn, disdain

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Sum fearhrýðer ðæs óðres ceápes geférscipe oferhogode, 199, 4. Hé ǽlce unsíuernysse oferhogode Chr. 1067; Erl. 204, 36. Ðá oferhogode hé ðæt hé áðer dyde, Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 21: Beo. Th. 4679; B. 2345. Hié ealle worlde weán oforhogodan, Blickl.

Linked entry: ofer-hycgan

snód

(n.)
Grammar
snód, e; f.

A snood, fillet, head-dress

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Ðá lǽrde hí sum man, ðæt heó náme ǽnne wernægel of sumes oxan hricge, and becnytte tó ánum hringe mid hire snóde . . . Ðá geseah heó licgan ðone hring on ðam wege mid snóde mid ealle . . .

ge-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweorcan, he -swyrcþ; p. -swearc, pl. -swurcon; pp. -sworcen

To become darkbe darkenedsaddenedangry

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Seó eorþe wæs gesworcen and aþýstrod under his fótum caligo sub pedibus ejus, Ps. Th. 17, 9.

HNECCA

(n.)
Grammar
HNECCA, an; m.

A NECK, nape of the neck, back of the head

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Ðonne biþ se hnecca underléd mid bolstre væ his qui faciunt cervicalia sub capite universæ ætatis ad capiendas animas ... Quasi cervicalibus caput jacentis excipitur, Past. 19, 1; Swt. 143, 14.

Linked entry: snecca

MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKEdoact

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Bǽdon sume ðæt Samson móste him macian sum gamen some asked, that Samson should make sport for them, Jud. 16, 25. Riht is ðæt mynecena mynsterlíce macian it is right that nuns that should practise the rules of their monasteries, L. I.

grípan

(v.)
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Ðæt hiera nán ne durre grípan suá orsorglíce on ðæt ríce and on ðone láreówdóm ne quique culmen arripere regiminis audeant, Past. 41, 5.

úþ-wita

(n.)
Grammar
úþ-wita, -weota, an; m.

a philosopherscribegeo metrician

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Sume of úðuutum (-wutum, Rush.) quidam de scribis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 1. Wǽ iúh uuðutum, Mt. Kmbl, Lind. 23, 29. Ic sende tó iúh wítgo and snotre menu and úðuto (scribas), 23, 34. Úðwiotan his seniores suos, Ps. Surt. 104, 22: 118, 100

swátan

(n.)
Grammar
swátan, (swatan? v. Engl. Stud. viii. 479); pl.
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Áwyl on súrum swátum oþþe on súrum ealað. Lchdm. ii. 34, 15. [Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.]

CWEÐAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWEÐAN, to cweðanne; part. cweðende ; ic cweðe, ðú cweðest, cweðst, cwæðst, cwiðst, cwyðst, cwíst, cwýst, he cweðeþ; cweþ, cwiþ, cwyþ, pl. cweðaþ ; p. ic, he cwæþ, ðú cwǽde , pl. cwǽdon; impert. ¨ cweþ, cweðe , pl. cweðaþ, cweðe; subj. cweðe, pl. cweðen; p. cwǽde, pl. cwǽden ; pp. cweden

To say, speak, call, proclaim dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere

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Sume men cweðaþ on Englisc ðæt hit sié feaxede steorra some men say in English that it [a comet] is a long-haired star, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 18. Híg cweðaþ they say, Deut. 31, 17: Exon. 12a; Th. 18, 14; Cri. 283: Cd. 63; Th. 75, 13; Gen. 1239.

Linked entries: a-cweðan cwýst ðú

in-sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
in-sceáwere, es; m.

An inspector

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An inspector Ofer-insceáweras super-inspectores, Rtl. 194. 25, 29

singend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
singend-líc, adj.
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That may be sung Singendlíce cantabiles, Ps. Spl. 118, 54

unriht-hǽman

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Unryhthǽmende hié wǽron fornicati sunt, Ps. Vos. 105, 39. Add

holm-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
holm-wylm, es; m.

The surge of the sea

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The surge of the sea, Beo. Th. 4814; B. 2411