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for-cweþan

to reproachupbraidblamereproverebuketo reproveto refusedeclineto excuseto refuseto receiveto rejectdisapprove of

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Substitute: to reproach a person, upbraid, blame, reprove, rebuke Ðá fortrúwodan, ðonne hié him selfum tó swíðe trúwiað, hié forsióð óðre menn and eác forcueðað protervi, dum valde de se praesumunt, exprobrando ceteros dedignantur. Past. 209, 6.

á-hwǽr

Grammar
á-hwǽr, l. -hwer, -wer,
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Þá wísuste menu hé áwár gecneów, 995; P. 128, 21. Áhwer usquam, i. ad ullum locum, An. Ox. 3780. Ealle þe hé áwer (-hwer, v. l. ) métte, Ors. 114, 3. Nis áhwǽr (áwer, ówer, v. ll. nequaquam ) geméted on bócum, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 68, 10.

hergung

(n.)
Grammar
hergung, heregung, e; f.

Harryingharrowingplunderingdevastationwaging waran irruptionincursioninvasiona raidplunder

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Héðenra manna hergung ádiligode Godes cyrican in Lindisfarena ee þurh reáflác and mansleht the harrying of heathen men destroyed God's church at Lindisfarne by plundering and slaughter, Chr. 793; Erl. 59, 11.

Linked entry: heregung

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, p. ode

To hiehastenstrive

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Gehiéren ða reáferas ða ðe higiaþ wið ðæs ðæt hie willaþ óðre men bereánan hwæt be him gecweden is cum aliena rapere intendunt, audiant, quad scriptum est, Past. 44, 8; Swt. 329, 16.

Linked entries: hígþ tó-higung

lǽce-finger

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-finger, es; m.

The leech-finger

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Ilike a fyngir has a name, als men thaire fyngers calle, The lest fyngir hat litye man, for hit is lest of alle; The next fynger hat leche man, for qwen a leche dos oȝt, With that fynger he tastes all thyng howe that hit is wroȝt. In Prompt. Parv.

Linked entry: gold-finger

land-búend

(n.)
Grammar
land-búend, es; m.

husbandmana native

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Lind. 21, 34. an inhabitant of a country, a native, a dweller on earth Hæleþ wǽron irre landbúende the men were angry, the inhabitants of the land, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 36; Jud. 226. Ælda bearn, londbúendra, Exon. 130 b; Th. 500, 23; Rá. 89, 11.

Linked entry: búend

middan-eard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-eard, es; m.

The middle dwellingthe abode of menthe earththe worldthe worldmankind

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The middle dwelling, the abode of men, the earth, the world (in a physical sense) De mundo. Middaneard is gehaten eall ðæt binnan ðam firmamentum is ... Seó heofen and sǽ and eorþe synd gehátene middaneard, Lchdm. iii. 254, 6-9.

Linked entries: middan-geard mid-eard

nama

(n.)
Grammar
nama, an; m.

a namea noun

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a name Sumum men, ðam is Æþelm nama, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 383, 24. Wæs ðam hæftméce Hrunting nama, Beo. Th. 2919; B. 1457. Ðære (eá) is Geon noma, Cd. Th. 15, 9; Gen. 230. Ego hoc feci, ic dyde ðis, ðon stent se ic on ðínes naman stede, Ælfc.

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.
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Gé sýmaþ men mid byrþenum (seámum, Lind. : seómum, Rush.) . . . and gé ne áhrínaþ ða seámas mid eówrum ánum fingre, Lk. Skt. 11, 46. Wæs þridde healf þúsend múla ðe ða seámas ( sarcinas ) wǽgon.

séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
séfte, adj. Soft
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Weorð úrum synnum séfte and milde propitius esto peccatis nostris, 78, 9. of medicine, mild, not strong Ðæt is, for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9 ; Fox 226, 11. of rest,

Linked entry: sófte

studu

(n.)
Grammar
studu, stuðu; gen. stude, studu; dat. stude(-u), styde, styðe; acc. studu, stuðu(-o); pl. styde, styðe(-a); gen. studa; f.
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Monige men of ðære ylcan styde (styþe, styðe, MS. B., col. 2) sprytlan ácurfon, 3, 17; S. 544, 28-43.

Linked entries: stuðan-sceaft styðe

úhta

(n.)
Grammar
úhta, an; m.

the last part of the nightthe time just before daybreakthe time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturnsDe nocturna celebratione.

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Hit gedafenaþ ðæt gehwylce cristene men on Sæternesdæg cume tó cyrcean, and ðǽrǽfensang gehýran, and on úhtan ðone úhtsang, L. E. G. 24; Th. ii. 420, 35.

waroþ

(n.)
Grammar
waroþ, (-uþ, -aþ, -eþ), wearoþ, weroþ, warþ, es; m.
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A shore, strand Ic geseah men standende be ðam waruðe weroðe, v. l. ), Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 370. Bí waraðe (néh warðe secus littus, Lind. ) sittende, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 48.

Linked entry: wearoþ

á-heardian

(v.)
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Gif hwylcum men ǽdran áheardode sýn, i. 196, 5. figurative. of persons, to prove stern, inflexible þám mannum hé sceal dón synna forgifenysse þe hé gesihð þæt beóð onbryrde ðurh Godes gife, and þám hé sceal áheardian þe náne behreówsunge nabbað heora

Linked entry: heardian

fóster

(n.)
Grammar
fóster, m. (not n.).
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Wǽron earme men besyrwde æt fóstre, 158, 31. Mid ðám fóstre ( nutrimento ) ðǽre Godes lufan weaxan, Past. 263, 17. Ðiós eorðe eallum mannum bringð gemǽnne fóster terra alimenta omnibus communiter profert, 335, 11. Fóster alimoniam, An.

ge-leáfful

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Ealle geleáffulle men all Christians, 35, 9. <b>II a.</b> used substantively in pl., believers, Christians, the faithful :-- On þǽre gesihðe wesað ealle geleáffulle, Bl. H. 13, 28: 81, 16.

ge-springan

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Wídgongel wíf word gespringeð (cf. word; 4 and 5 for the occurrence of word as the subject of springan); hæleð hý hospe mǽnað rumour reaches a rambling woman ; (i.e. she gets talked about) men make a mock of her, Gn.

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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Th. 28, arg. þéh þe hié swíðe gebrocode wǽren on hiora licgendan feó cum pudenda penuria esset aerarii, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 17. þone mete dǽle man swá gebrocedum mannum þe swá fæstan ne magon let the food be distributed to men so afflicted with infirmity

Linked entry: brócian

sceáwere

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Add Nú wé men geseóð swylce þurh sceáwere and on rǽdelse videmus nunc per speculum in aenigmate, Nap. 55.

ǽg-hwilc

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H. 127, 33. adjectival Ǽghwylcum ánum men gyldan, Bl. H. 123, 33: 125, 7. Ǽghwylce áne dæge, 91, 29