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under-lecgan

(v.)

to underlaysupportsupponeresubsternere

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Ðeáh hit mid náne anwald ne sié underléd cum nulla potestate fulcitur, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 25.

wyrt-gemang

(n.)
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wyrt-gemang, es; n.
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Maria nam án pund deórwyrðre sealfe mid ðam wyrtgemange ðe hig nardus hátaþ Maria accepit libram ungenti nardi pistici preciosi, Jn. Skt. 12, 3. Wyrtgemang and alewan mixturam murrae et aloes, 19, 39. Myrre and gutta and cassia ...

céne

(adj.)
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Tigras and leopardos, ꝥ syndan þá kénestan deór, Nar. 38, 4. Add

ge-sóþian

(v.)
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Gif hit him on gesóðod weorðe, 324, 18. to attest, bear witness to Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode eác þurh his geséð-nysse, Nap. 32, 3

treów

(n.)
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&#39;Ic nát mid hwí ic delfe&#39; ... þá geseah hé þǽr swilchwugu treów licgende and ꝥ lytel, ongan þá þǽrmid delfan, Hml. S. 23 b, 766. <b>IV a.

cneów-holen

(n.)
Grammar
cneów-holen, cneó-holen, es; m. n?

KNEEHOLMknee-hulverknee-hollybutcher's broom;ruscumvictoriolaruscus aculeatusLin

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called victoriola and by another name knee-holly Herb. 59; Lchdm. i. 162, 6 Genim cneówholen take knee-holly L.

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á-barian

(v.)
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Add: to make bare, strip Stówe róde ábarude locum cruce denudatum, Angl. xiii. 427, 894. to lay bare, expose, disclose Ælfremeda wunda ábarian ( detegere ) and geswutelian, R. Ben. I. 80, 12. Gylt ábarian delictum denudare, Scint. 195, 2.

cól

Grammar
cól, cool.
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Hé bæþes brúce, swáþeáh cóles, ne hé cólne wǽtan þicge, Lch. i. 238, 9. Cólre frigenti, An. Ox. 5486. Cóle algida (aequora ), 18, 15. Cólum algosis, 8, 8. Add

ge-tang

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tang, adj.
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Seó geogað getang licge (getanglíce ne licge, v. l.), ac sió yld þá geogoðe tólicge adolescentiores fratres juxta se non habeant lecta, sed permixti cum senioribus, R. Ben. 47, 15

ge-efenlǽcung

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Deófles bearn, þurh gecynd ..., ac ðurh þá geefenlǽcunge, i. 260, 14. Add

gewil-bod

(n.)
Grammar
gewil-bod, es; n.
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The announcement of a person's will Ne dear ic for Godes ege sóðes geswugian . . . for ðám se bydel þe ne bodað his hláfordes gewilboda ( the messenger that does not give the message that tells his lord's will ), hé mæg him wénan hefélices leánes,

hláfording

(n.)
Grammar
hláfording, es; m.

a princesovereigna princenoble

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a prince, sovereign Nis má hláfordinga on worulde þonne twégen, God Ælmihtig and deófol, Wlfst. 298, 7. a prince, noble, lord spiritual or temporal Hit wes gesitolad þám hláfordingan þá þǽron wéron, þæt wes Adelwold bisceof and Ælfstán bisceop and

land-ár

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Þæt hé cíde be lǽssan landáre ne causetur de minori substantia R. Ben. I. 16, 13. Gehealdenum him sylfan landáre reservato sibi usufructorio 100, 1. Hí lǽfdon heora ǽhta . . . Iulianus þá dǽlde heora landáre þe him lǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 4, 82.

tó-licgan

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Add Seó geogoð getanglíce né licge, ac sió yld þá geogoðe tólicge adolescentiores fratres juxta se non habeant lecta, sed permixti cum senioribus, R. Ben. 47, 16

hafen-leást

(n.)
Grammar
hafen-leást, e; f.

Lack of means, indigenceinopia

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Fela sind þearfan þurh hafenleáste and on heora gáste. Sind eác óðre þearfan þurh hafenleáste ac on gáste many are poor from want of wealth, and not in spirit.

borgian

(v.)
Grammar
borgian, he borgaþ; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [borh a pledge, loan]

To take or give a loan, BORROW, lendmutuari, commodarecaverefidejubere

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Borgaþ se synfulla and gefillþ oððe he ne agylt mutuabitur peccator et non solvet, Ps. Lamb. 36, 21. Borgedon [MS. borgedan] commodarunt, Cot. 38

ge-fædrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fædrian, p. ede; pp. ed

To FATHERto adoptto ascribe to any one as a son or daughteradoptarepatri filium vel filiam ascribere

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To FATHER, to adopt or to ascribe to any one as a son or daughter; adoptare, patri filium vel filiam ascribere Ða þrý gebróþra nǽron Philippuse gemédred, ac wǽron gefædred the three were not brothers of Philip by their mother [mothered], but they

ge-médrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-médrian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, yd

To MOTHER, to adopt or to have as a son or daughteradoptare, habere sibi filium vel filiam

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To MOTHER, to adopt or to have as a son or daughter; adoptare, habere sibi filium vel filiam Ða þrý gebróðra nǽron Philippuse gemédred the three were not brothers of Philip by their mother [mothered], Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 19.

á-cunnan

(v.)
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Ðæt hí ne álýsað (printed -lýf-) ðá hálgan stówe áne fram heora synnum, ac eác hí beóð ácunnen (printed -cum-) ðý swýþor for ðám gylte ðǽre unálýfedlican bælde quatenus eos sacra loca non liberent, sed etiam culpa temeritatis accuset, Gr.

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grǽdiglíce

(adv.)
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Add: with inordinate appetite Éstmettas tó grǽdiglíce mon ne sceal lufian, R. Ben. 17, 1. Gefrédde se deófol þone angel þe hé ǽr grǽdelíce forswealh, Hml. Th. i. 216, 32. with manifestation of strong desire, eagerly Grǽdelíce inhianter, Wrt.