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Sunnan-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-ǽfen, es; m.
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Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 19. Hí lǽddon hine tó hiora hústinge on ðone Sunnan-ǽfen, Chr. 1012; Erl. 146, 34. [Giester sunneue, Chart. Th. 437, 18.]

ge-scrincan

(v.)
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Þ wíf gescryncan áhóf mulierem curuatum trigens, p. 8, 4. Þá gescruncenan and þá þynhlǽnan marcida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 22. Gif sinwe sién gescruncene, Lch. ii. 328, 7

ge-dyrstigan

Grammar
ge-dyrstigan, l. ge-dyrstigian,
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Þ wíf wel gedyrstgade (praesumsit). Bd. I. 27; Sch. 83, 8. Þám þe gedyrstgoden ꝥ . . ., 5, 21 ; Sch. 677, 19

ge-forewyrdan

Grammar
ge-forewyrdan, ge-forewordan.
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Standan ðá forword ðe ǽr wið ðæne arcebiscop ge-forwyrd wǽran, iii. 352, 5

ge-twisa

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His wíf wearð mid getwysan (-tweosan, v.l., 12th cent.), Hml. A. 38, 338. Add

land-ár

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Heó beceápode þá gymmas and eác hire landáre wið licgendum feó, 9, 54. Add

sár-slege

(n.)
Grammar
sár-slege, es; m.

A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains

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A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains Wé ða heardestan wítu geþoliaþ þurh sárslege, Exon. Th. 262, 31; Jul. 341: 275, 8; Jul. 547. Ne móstun hý Gúþláces gǽste sceþþan, ne þurh sárslege sáwle gedǽlan wið líchoman, 115, 31; Gú. 198.

un-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
un-wrenc, es; m.

an evil tricka malicious wilea wicked artificean evil practicea vice

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an evil trick, a malicious wile, a wicked artifice Ðisne unwrenc (the device practised by Potiphar's wife) heó geþóhte, Gen. 39, 16. Hé (Antichrist) bið eal unwrenca full, Wulfst. 97, 16.

wamm-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-dǽd, e; f.

An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime

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An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime Swá swá wé forlǽtaþ leahtras on eorðan ðám ðe wið ús oft ágyltaþ, and womdǽda wítan ne þencaþ 'as we forgive them that trespass against us,' Hy. 6, 25.

wéde

(adj.)
Grammar
wéde, adj.

Furious, in a rage, mad, fierce,

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S.) wæs mé ðió widiua molesta est mihi haec vidua, 18, 5.widiua Wið wédes (wéde, MS. B. v.wéde-hund) hundes slite, Lchdm. i. 362, 23

Linked entries: woede wéde-hund

wéde-hund

(n.)
Grammar
wéde-hund, es; m.

A mad dog

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Wið wédehundes (cf. wódes [printed woden] hundes, 4, 8) slite, 78, 17 : 92, 12 : 138, 13: 198, 8: 370, 12, 15 : ii. 144, 9.

ǽr-ǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-ǽt, es; m.

Eating too soon

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Wið ǽrǽtas, 290, 32

Linked entry: ǽr

hráca

(n.)
Grammar
hráca, an; m.

Expectoration, spittle, matter brought up when clearing the throatspittle

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Wið swíðlícne hrácan, 146, 2; Lchdm. i. 270, 2. Mycelne hrácan, 158, 1; Lchdm. i. 284, 23

Linked entry: hrǽcan

smæl-þearmas

(n.)
Grammar
smæl-þearmas, -þyrmas; pl. m.

The small guts, intestines the small gut the lower abdomen

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Wið smælþearma sáre Lchdm. ii. 236, 18. Smælþearmum ilibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 1. Be wambe coþum and tácnum on roppe and on smæl-þearmum Lchdm. ii. 230, 16. Hé clǽnsaþ ðone magan and ða smælþyrmas i. 80, 21

snide

(n.)
Grammar
snide, es; m.

a cut, incisionslaying concisio, laceratio

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Gif ðú wille on snide blód forlǽtan if you wish to let blood at an incision Lchdm. ii. 148, 10: 16, 5. slaying Similar entries v. sníðan, IV Swá swá scép tó snide tamquam ouis ad occisionem Engl. Stud. xiii. 27, 9

Linked entry: snáþ

hleów-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hleów-leás, adj.

Not having or not affording shelter, protection, comfort, cheerless

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Not having or not affording shelter, protection, comfort, cheerless Ða ðe hleóleásan wíc wunedon those who had occupied a cheerless dwelling, Andr. Kmbl. 261: An. 131.

tó-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
tó-fleón, p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen

To flee in different directions,be dispersed in flight,flee away

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B.) the water will run away directly. Lchdm. i. 188, 8. þa cnihtes alle weoren wide tofloȝen ut of þan wiðeruehte, Laym. 28668

þorp

(n.)
Grammar
þorp, þrop, es; m. Perhaps the idea at first connected with the words is that of an assemblage, cf. the use in Icelandic: Maðr heitir einnhverr ... þorp ef þrír ero, Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping
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a crowd: later the word may have been used of the assemblage of workers on an estate, and also of the estate on which they worked; all three ideas seem to be implied in one or other of the following glosses Tuun, þrop, ðrop conpetum, Txts. 53, 557: Wrt

Linked entry: þrop

swá

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D. 308, 20. 1. add: with clause contracted Þa Walas flugon þá Englan swá fýr (swá man flúcð fýr, v. l. ). Chr. 473 ; P. 14, 5. 2. Add Hé cwæð swá seó ilce wíse þá manigum men cúþ wæs be his sage aiebat sicut tunc res eadem multis innotuit, Gr.

Cásere

(n.)
Grammar
Cásere, es; m. [ = Lat. Cæsar; gen. Cæsiăris]
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Ðæs [MS, ðes] cáseres cwén the woman or wife of the emperor; imperatrix vel augusta, Wrt. Voc. 72, 58. Cáseres wíf the emperor's wife; imperatrix vel augusta, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 1; Wrt. Voc. 42, 10.