for-secgan
To for-say ⬩ mis-say ⬩ pretend ⬩ deny ⬩ say against ⬩ accuse ⬩ prædīcĕre ⬩ diffāmāre ⬩ nĕgāre ⬩ accūsāre
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Be ðon ðe mon óðerne forsecgaþ in case any one accuse another, L. Edg. ii. 4, titl; Th. i. 266, 21. Swá hwá swá óðerné forsǽde whosoever accused another, Homl. Th. i. 50, 16. Ða leásan gewitan hine forsǽdon the false witnesses accused him, i. 50, 14
for-wúndian
To wound badly ⬩ ulcerate ⬩ grăvĭter vulnĕrāre
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To wound badly, ulcerate; grăvĭter vulnĕrāre Gif mon óðrum ða geweald uppe on ðam sweoran forwúndie [-wúndige MS. H.] if a man wound the tendons on another's neck, L. Alf. pol. 77; Th. i. 100, 11.
mǽtan
To dream
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Gyf mon (acc. cf. l. 27) méteþ ðæt hé geseó . . . 168, 8. Gyf man mǽte ðæt hé hæbbe . . 176, 2. Ongitan swelce eów mǽte, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 4: tit. 26; Fox xiv, 16. Hit gelamp ðæt hine mǽtte. Gen. 37, 5. Mín swefen ðe mé mǽtte, 37, 6.
óþ-bregdan
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Hé (Nero when Rome was burning bebeád his ágnum monnum ðæt hié gegripen ðæs licgendan feós swá hié mǽst mehten, and tó him brohten, ðonne hit mon út óþbrúde, Ors. 6, 5; Swt. 260, 32. Siððan wearþ Adame eardríca cyst óþbróden, Exon.
sifeþa
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Swá swá mon melo sift ; ðæt melo þurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel and ða siofoþa (syfeþa, Cott. MS.) weorþaþ ásyndred. Bt. 34, 11 ; Fox 152, 3. Genim ðysse wyrte sǽd on ele gesodene and mid syfeþon gemencged, Lchdm. i. 282, 1.
weorold-ár
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Th. 483, 31. worldly property, property not belonging to the church Ðæt mon ælles ðises freólses áre ǽfre for áne híde werian scolde; for ðam ðe Godes ár ǽfre freogre beón sceal ðonne ǽnig woruldár, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 113, 35
biter
painful ⬩ acrimonious ⬩ ill-natured
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Hwæt is ðienga ðe bietere (biterre, v.l.) sié on ðæs láreówes móde?, Past. 165, 1. Þú mé ne syle on þone biterestan deáð, Bl. H. 229, 26. bitter (of feeling), acrimonious, ill-natured Onbærnde mid þǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7
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Dene
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Dena, Deni(g)a Þæt lond þe mon Ongle hǽt, and Sillende and sumne dǽl Dene, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 8. Hér Ængle and Dene gefuhton, Chr. 910; P. 97, 5: 1018; P. 155, 14. Dena him mycel feoh guldon, 1048; P. 167, 17.
eald-lic
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Add: proper for mature years, of the character that should belong to age Cildlic on geárum and ealdlic on móde. Hml. S. 7, 9. Sé of þǽre tíde his cnihthádes wæs berende ealdlice heortan ( cor gerens senile ), Gr. D. 95, 1.
eáþ-módlíce
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Ðæt hié ongieten ðæt hié mon tǽle, and ðæt eáðmódlíce geðafigen, Past. 151, 14: R. Ben. 17, 14. Eáðmódlíce (eád-, v. l.) humiliter, 22, 18. Sancta Maria forhtode and bifigendre stefne eáðmódlíce ondswarode, Bl. H. 9, 19.
ge-síþcund
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Drihten on ðreó tówearp þá cneordnysse, þæt wæs wælisc (servile) and on cyrlisc cynn (simple) and on gesýðcund cynn (gentle), Angl. xi. 3, 63. of the gesíþ class Gif gesíðcund mon (cf. se gesíð, 5) þingað wið cyning . . . oþþe wið his hláford for þeówe
wǽpned-cyn
The male kind or sex
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Wið ðon ðe mon oððe nýten wyrm gedrince; gyf hit sý wǽpnedcynnes . . ., Lchdm. iii. 10, 11. Hwylce wihta beóð óðre tíd wífcynnes, and óðre tíd wǽpnedcynnes, Salm. Kmbl. p. 202, 13: Exon. Th. 419, 22; Rä. 39, 1.
ǽ-bær
Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved
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Substitute: Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved Ǽbǽre (-bére) morð ( apertum murdrum, (Lat. Vers.) Ll. Th. i. 410, 5. Ábǽre, Wlfst. 274, 24. Se ǽbǽra þeóf fur probatus (Lat. Vers.) Ll.
ofer-féran
to pass over or through, to cross, traverse ⬩ to come upon or across, meet with
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Se mór swá brád swá man mæg on twám wucum oferféran, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 34. to come upon or across, meet with Se here férde intó Myrcean and fordydon eall ðæt hé oferférde, Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 12. Similar entries v. ofer-faran
ofer-sprǽc
Excessive speaking, loquacity
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Ðonne mon mid ungedafenlícre and unwærlícre ofersprǽce ða heortan gedweleþ ðara ðe ðǽrtó hlystaþ and eác se láriów biþ gescinded mid ðære ofersprǽce cum apud corda audientium loquacitatis incauta importunitate laevigatur, el auctorem suum haec eadem loquacitas
spiweþa
vomiting ⬩ vomit, what is vomited
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vomiting Gif hié ( diseases ) cumen of oferfyllo, mid spiweþan hý mon sceal lytlian, Lchdm. ii. 178, 11. Wið miclan spiweþan, and hé ne máge nánne mete gehabban, 190, 8. Wið spiwþan, 190, 1. Ðurh spiwðan, i. 274, 21.
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manian
to bring to mind what ought to be done ⬩ to urge upon one what ought to be done ⬩ to admonish ⬩ exhort ⬩ instigate ⬩ to bring to mind what, should not be forgotten ⬩ to admonish ⬩ remind ⬩ suggest ⬩ prompt ⬩ to tell what ought to be done ⬩ to teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ advise ⬩ to claim of a person (acc.) what is due ⬩ in jus vocare ⬩ ad malium mannire
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Monaþ módes lust tó féran, Exon. 82a; Th. 308, 7; Seef. 36. Ealle ða gemoniaþ módes fúsne féran tó síþe . . . swylce geác monaþ, Th. 309, 6; Seef. 53. Menede instigavit, monuit, Hpt. Gl. 511, 30.
byrnendra
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more burning, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 36
flǽsc-gebyrd
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For Mone B. 499 substitute An. Ox. 429
a-bræd
drew
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Bos. 26, 51. to move, drag, draw