lifer-seóc
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Wyrce mon tó drencum liferseócum mannum, 212, 24. Heó liferseócum wel fremað, i. 236, 13
níwian
To renew ⬩ renovate ⬩ restore
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Swá ðæt ðú ǽghwylce dæg ðone drenc níwie (níwige, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 192, 15. Burh rǽran, and sele settan, salo níwian, Cd. Th. 113, 3; Gen. 1881. Sár níwigan, Elen. Kmbl. 1878; El. 941. Eft níwige emendare, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 12.
un-forhtmód
Fearless
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Fearless Ic unforhtmód ðæs drences onfó, Homl. Th. i. 72, 17. Sixtus unforhtmód tó his preóstum clypode: 'Míne gebróðra, ne beó gé áfyrhte, and eówer nán him ne ondrǽde ða scortan tintregunga,' 416, 6
Linked entry: forht-mód
lofung
Praising ⬩ appraising
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Heofenan ríce wæs álǽten ðisum gebróðrum for heora nette and scipe and ðam rícan Zacheo tó healfum dǽle his ǽhta and sumere wudewan tó ánum feorþlinge and sumum menn tó ánum wæteres drenc God's kingdom hath no fixed price, but a price is put upon it according
ge-swétan
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Se lǽce, ðonne hé bietre wyrta ðéð tó hwelcum drence, hé hié gesueét mid hunige, Past. 303, 13. Geswétte dulcavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 35: indulcavit, 45, 24. Geswét candies, 16, 11. Geswét mid hunige, Lch. ii. 20, 6. Geswét wín dulcis sapa, An.
medu
Mead ⬩ a drink made from honey
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Gedó on ðone drenc swíðe gód medo, 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 15. Hwítne medu, Fins. Th. 78; Fin. 39. Ðǽr hý meodn drincaþ, Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 16; Rä. 21, 12. Medewa, wín defruta, decocta vina, Hpt. Gl. 468, 38
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spærness
Sparingness ⬩ frugality ⬩ parsimony
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Drences and metes spearness potus cibique parcitas, Hymn. Surt. 9, 24. Spærnisse, Rtl. 163, 7. Spærnesse frugalitatis, Hpt.
cneów-holen
KNEEHOLM ⬩ knee-hulver ⬩ knee-holly ⬩ butcher's broom; ⬩ ruscum ⬩ victoriola ⬩ ruscus aculeatus ⬩ Lin
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Wyrc to drence twá cneówholen make into a drink the two knee-hollies L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 120, 8
Linked entries: cneó-holen holen
wógere
A wooer ⬩ suitor
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Sume wíf wyrcaþ heora wógerum drencas, 17, 157
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un-gedered
Unhurt ⬩ uninjured
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Hé æfter ðam drence ansund and ungederod ðurhwunode, Homl. Th. i. 574, 12. Ne sceal hé ungederod ðæs écan lífes brúcan, ii. 336, 20. Hé wunade betwux eallum deórcynne ungederod, i. 486, 35: Homl. Ass. 71, 169.
Linked entry: ge-derian
cwealm-bǽre
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Mid cwealmbérum (-bǽrum) drence, 14, 73. Lǽdan tó leóhtleásum cwearterne . . . tó þám cwealmbǽrum húse, 29, 258. Cwealmbǽrne (cwelm-, An. Ox. 4882) wom letiferam (mortiferum) luem, Hpt. Gl. 518, 38. Cwelmbǽre pestiferum (virus ), An. Ox. 11, 83.
folme
The hand ⬩ mănus
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Forlét drenga sum daroþ fleógan of folman one of the warriors let fly a dart from his hand, Byrht. Th. 136, 12; By. 150. Ða ísenan næglas, ðe wǽron adrifene þurh Cristes folman the iron nails, which were driven through Christ's palms, Homl.
drincan
DRINK, imbibe ⬩ bibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre
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Unhǽl becymþ of ðam drence when I was with thee, thou wouldest urge me to drink very much, as it were for bliss.
Linked entries: DRENCAN druncennes drynge druncen
wan-hál
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Næs ðǽr wínes drenc búton wanhálum mannum, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 22: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 202. Hé wolde gehelpan þearfum and wanuhálum, 26, 276: Elen. Kmbl. 2057 ; El. 1030.
Linked entry: wan-hǽle
merigen
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Drince on morgenne scenc fulne þises drences, tó middes mergenes stande eástweard, ii. 116, 7. Ofer ealle niht oð leóhtne mergen, R. Ben. 47, 9. add Swá swá ꝥ godspel sægð : 'Ne þenc þú be mergene,' Hml, S. 31, 57.
wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Ne dranc hé wínes drenc, ne nán ðæra wǽtena ðe druncennysse styriaþ, Homl.
sceand
a buffoon, charlatan
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Sume hí wyrcaþ heora wógerum drencas, ðæt hí hí tó wífe habbon; ac ðyllíce sceandas sceolan síðian tó helle, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 159
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han-créd
Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the night ⬩ gallicinium, galli cantus
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Ðone drenc on þreó þicge æt ðám þrím honcrédum let him take the drink at three times at the three cock-crowings, L. M. 2, 65, 2; Lchdm. ii. 294, 5.
Linked entry: créd
út-irnende
Running out of the body. ⬩ purging ⬩ purgative ⬩ diarrhoeic ⬩ suffering from diarrhoea or dysentery
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Mid swelcum útyrnendum drencum, 222, 25: 82, 17. of a disease, diarrhoeic Ðisse ádle fruman mon mæg gelácnian on ða ilcan wísan ðe ða útyrnendan, Lchdm. ii. 232, 17. of persons, suffering from diarrhoea or dysentery Hú mon ða útyrnendan men scyle lácnian
mis-lic
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Ic sóðfæstum þurh mislic bleó mód oncyrre, 363. ( 2) different, various :-- Nǽron mislice mettas and drencas, Met. 8, 9. Þæt synt mistlice geearnunga fulfremedra manna, Ps. Th. 44, 15.