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spíwan

(v.)
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spíwan, p. spáw, pl.spiwon.

to spew, vomit, spit upto spitto spit

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Ðonne spíwaþ hié ðæt horh, Lchdm. ii. 194, 16. spáw blód, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 63. spáw his innoð út þurh his múð, Shrn. 66, 33. Ðonne man ða cild cwalde, ðonne spiwon ða meoloc, 33, 1. Hit eft spíwende, Blickl. Homl. 57, 7. with dat.

Linked entry: spiwian

drencan

(v.)
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Swelcum mannum deáh ꝥ hié hié selfe drencen, Lch. ii. 224, 1. to plunge into water Heó þǽre róde tácn on þá wætru drencte, Hml. S. 23 b, 684. <b>II a.</b> to plunge, sink :-- Þæt wið deáða duru drencyde wǽran, Ps.

ge-wídmǽrsian

(v.)
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gewídmǽrsodon, Hml.

grund-leás

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On grundleásum seáðe ꝥ mod þringþ quam praecipiti mersa profundo mens hebet, 4, 2; F. 6, 7. of the pit of hell and of its characteristics Grundleás seáð tartarus, An. Ox. 23, 39. helle séceð ... grundleásne wylm, Wal. 46.

á-scúfan

to drive awayrepelto expelto drive forwardimpeloverthrowto give up

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Ásceófan, Hml. S. 18, 350. Beseah tó þǽre sceande (Iezebel) up and hét ásceófon underbæc, 345. Wæs ic ána út ásceofen, 23 b, 415. Betwux þám leónum áscofen, Hml.

hwanne

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H. 227, 1. Ic þæs fǽres on wénum sæt, hwonne mé wráðra sum aldre beheówe, Gen. 2700: 1028. bád sóðra geháta, hwonne him lífes weard ... reste ágeáfe, 1426: 2276. wyrde bídeþ, hwonne God wille þisse worlde ende gewyricean, Bl.

ge-tǽlan

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Se weliga ðe on ðǽm godspelle getǽld is . . . nis hit nó gesǽd þæt for ðý getǽled wǽre ðý óðre menn reáfode neque dives in evangelio . . . aliena rapuisse perhibetur, Past. 337, 23-339, 2. the object a thing Ðá úpáhafenesse getǽlde (reprehendit

hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
hleótan, p. hleát, pl. hluton.

to cast lotsto obtain by lot, get a share, share in, participate, obtain

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feorhwunde hleát he got a mortal wound, Beo. Th. 4760; B. 2385. dóm hlutan eádigne upwæg they obtained glory, a blessed ascension, Menol. Fox 382; Men. 192.

Linked entry: ge-hleótan

weorþscipe

(n.)
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weorþscipe, es; m.
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Mann ðá ðá on wurðscype ( in honore ) wæs, Ps. Spl. 41, 21. ( Joseph ) heóld his fæder on fullum wurðscipe ðǽr mid eallum his bróðrum, Ælfc. T.

un-rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíce, adv.

Unrighteouslyunjustlywickedlywrongfully

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For ðam sceatte ðe lufode unrihtlíce, Basil admn. 9; Norm. 54, 15. Ǽlc ðe hǽmð búton rihtre ǽwe, hǽmð unrihtlíce, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 16

Linked entry: rihtlíce

á-feormian

(v.)
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Heortan mid ymbsnidenysse áfeormode fram leahtrum, Hml. Th. i. 98, 14. Ðá áfeormodan fram horwum expiatos sordibus , Hy. S. 4, 22.

fleám

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Búton hine geládige ꝥ hine fleáme (fléma, v. l.) nyste, Ll. Th. i. 382, 23

spǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
spǽtan, p. te.

to spitto syringesquirt

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spǽtte on his eágan expuens in oculos ejus, Mk. Skt. 8, 23: Jn. Skt. 9, 6. spǽtton on hine, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 30: 26, 67. Hig spǽtton him on conspuebant eum, Mk. Skt. 15, 19. Spǽte ðæt wíf on his nebb, Deut. 25, 9.

myrre

(n.)
Grammar
myrre, myrra, an; f.

Myrrh

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Myrrh him lác brohton; ðæt wæs gold and récels and myrre, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 11. Seó myrre getácnode ðæt wæs deádlíc, Homl. Th. i. 116, 10. Myrra déþ ðæt ðæt deáde flǽsc ne rotaþ, 118, 11. Murre myrra, Ps. Spl. 44, 10.

Linked entry: murre

ge-fýlan

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

To fouldefilepolluteinquinarefoedarecontaminare

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To foul, defile, pollute; inquinare, foedare, contaminare Ðæt willaþ mid gegaf-sprǽcum Godes hús gefýlan so that they will with idle speeches defile God's house, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 22.

Linked entry: a-fýlan

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.

Neighbouringnextvicinus

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Ðá férdon to gehendre byrig then they went to a neighbouring city, Homl. Th. i. 456, 5. Ðæt ðǽr, gehendaste wǽron on gehwylc land ðanon to winnanne that they there should be most handy for waging war thence on every land, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 5

þeáw-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-líc, adj.
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usual, customary Sum wít mid sealfe his fét smyrode, swá swá hit þeáwílc wæs on ðære þeóde, Homl. Ass. 41, 439. moral, figurative Þeáwlíc[r]e spǽce tropologiae, figurati sermonis, Hpt. Gl. 432, 13.

fiscoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fiscoþ, es; m.
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Similar entries v. fiscnoþ; I Lǽrde þæt on fisceoðe (fiscaðe, v.l.) him andlyfne sóhton . . . Seó þeód þone cræft þæs fiscaðes ne cúðe, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 420, 5-10. a place for fishing.

for-wandian

(v.)
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Ox. 466, 3) non vereretur (violenter irrumpere ), Hpt. Gl. 514, 22

ge-treówsian

(v.)
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. :--- to prove true, clear of a charge of falseness be his hláfordes were hine getreówsie (-tríw-, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 64, 5