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sweflen

(adj.)
Grammar
sweflen, adj.
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Sulphurous, of brimstone Him stód swæflen líg of ðam múðe. Homl. Th. i. 466, 26. Eðna ðæt sweflene fýr, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 30.

ge-sacan

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If eówan could here be intransitive. like the compound æt-eówan, gesacu and ecghete would be parallel

hlinc-rǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hlinc-rǽw, e; f.
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The boundary line formed by a link or bank Andlang hlingrǽwe tó ðæs niðærlangan hlincæs eástendæ; andlang hlincæs æft út on eá, C. D. v. 243, 2. Andlang hlincrǽwæ . . . ðonne andlang hegæréwæ, 255, 35. Andlang ðére ealdan hlinchréwe, vi. 36, 7.

sliccan

(v.)
Grammar
sliccan, (?)

to strike, slap

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(cf. colloquial lick = to beat. Halliwell gives slick as an Oxfordshire word for a blow, slap)

Linked entry: slic

be-stéman

(v.)
Grammar
be-stéman, -stýman; p. de; pp. ed

To BESTEAM, bedew, make damp, make wethumectare, madefacere, circumfundere

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Wæs ðæs hálgan líc swáte bestémed the body of the saint was besteamed with blood, Andr. Kmbl. 2480; An. 1241. Usses Dryhtnes ród blóde bestémed our Lord's rood bedewed with blood, Exon. 23 b; Th. 67, 10; Cri. 1086.

Linked entries: stíman be-stýman

þanécan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þanécan, þe
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Þeáh hí nú eall hiora líf áwriten hæfdon, hú ne forealldodon ða gewritu þeáh and losodon ðonécan þe hit wǽre swá some swá ða wríteras dydon and eác ða þe hí ymbe writon though they indeed had written all their life, yet would not the writings have become

ealdor-cearu

life-care, care for life, life-long care

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life-care, care for life, life-long care

widlian

(v.)
Grammar
widlian, p. ode
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Lind. 15, 11. Measapreóstas sunnadæg widlas (violant), 12, 5. Ðás yflo wiðlað (widlas, Rush., communicant) ðone monno, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 23. Hi ( the apostate angels) heofon widledan (wid lædan, MS.), Exon. Th. 317, 4; Mód. 60.

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Lind. 24, 50. Ðrǽles (ðrǽlles, Lind.), Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 46. Ic cuoeðo ðrǽle mínum, Lind. 7, 8. Hé sende óðerne ðrael, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 4.

DENN

(n.)
Grammar
DENN, es; n.

DEN cubīle, lustrum?

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Geseah he wundur on ðæs wyrmes denn he saw wonders in the dragon's [lit. worm's] den, 5512; B. 2759

Linked entries: dænn den

forþ-rǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-rǽsan, p. de; pp. ed

To rush forthspring forth, spring uprise upproruĕreexsĭlīresălīreexsurgĕre

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To rush forth, spring forth, spring up, rise up; proruĕre, exsĭlīre, sălīre, exsurgĕre Biþ on him will forþrǽsendes wæteres on éce líf fiet in eo fans ăquæ sălientis in vītam æternam. Jn. Bos. 4, 14.

lippa

(n.)
Grammar
lippa, an; m.

A lip

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A lip Ufeweard lippa labium: niðera lippe labrum: foreweard feng ðære lippena tógædere rostrum, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 93-95; Wrt. Voc. 43, 24-26. Lippan labia, Hpt. Gl. 481, 24. Áwergode beón heora tungan and lippan, Wanl. Catal. 137, 51.

un-forbærned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forbærned, adj.

Unburntnot burnt upnot consumed by fire

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Unburnt, not burnt up, not consumed by fire Ðær is ðeáw, ðonne ðǽr bið man deád, ðæt hé líð inne unforbærned mid his mágum and freóndum mónad,... hwílum healf geár ðæt hí beóð unforbærned, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 19-24.

Linked entry: for-bærnan

gegaf-sprǽc

Grammar
gegaf-sprǽc, buffoonery.
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Sume menn drincað æt deádra manna líce ofer ealle þá niht and gremiað God mid heora gegafsprǽce, Hml. S. 21, 315. Hí willað wacian and wódlíce drincan binnan Godes húse and mid gegafsprǽcum Godes hús gefýlan, 13, 78.

hyge-méþe

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Wedra helm lie meahte on þám feorhbanan fǽhðe gebétan, 2465), evilly done, with a breast filled with sad thoughts (i. e. the slayer was bitterly grieved for the dreadful act he had perpetrated?), B. 2442

BRǼÞ

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼÞ, bréþ, es; m.

An odour, a scent, smell goodbad, a savour, BREATHodor, odoramen

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Ongan se cealc mid ungemete stincan, ðá wearþ Iuuinianus mid ðam brǽþe ofsmorod the plaster [lit. chalk] began to smell excessively, and Jovian was smothered with the smell, Ors. 6, 32; Bos. 129, 12. Bréþ odor, Ælfc. Gl. 70; Wrt. Voc. 42, 58

Linked entries: ǼÐM bréþ

socian

(v.)
Grammar
socian, p. ode

to soakto steep in a liquidto soakto lie in a liquid

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.), to lie in a liquid Glædenan rinde lytelra gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt, gedó ðonne ðæs scearpestan wínes tó .v. sestras, ásete ðonne on háte sunnan . . . ðæt hit socige .iiii. dagas oþþe má Lchdm. ii. 252, 11.

samnung

(n.)
Grammar
samnung, e; f.

An assembly, council

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Lind. Rush. 1, 23: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 4, 15, 16 : concilium, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 55: Lind. 15, 1: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 59: congregatio, Rtl. 173, 3

fylgean

to follow to pursueto followproceed alongto follow to followto followto followdevote one's self to, diligently attend to. to attend toto accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thingobsequito try to gain to follow, do what has already been done by anotherto happen or come at a later time

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Th. i. 288, 30. to follow a track, proceed along a line marked out (lit. or fig.) Þonne fylge wé Drihtnes swæþe, Bl. H. 75, 13. Ic móste þínum swaðum fyligan, Hml.

cluf-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
cluf-wyrt, e; f.

buttercupbatrachion = βατράχιον, ranunculus acris

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The herb buttercup; batrachion = βατράχιον, ranunculus acris, Lin Ðeós wyrt ðe man batrachion, and óðrum naman clufwyrt nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum landum and on feldum: heó biþ feáwum leáfum and þynnum this herb which is called batrachion and by

Linked entry: clof-wurt