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spanan

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</b> add :-- Forgif mé þám men þe mín mód mé tó spenð, Hml. S. 3, 390. For hwon hé geþrýsstlǽhte ꝥ hé héte þone Godes wer swá swæncan and tó him spanan (gelangian, v. l.) cur ad exhibendum Dei hominem mittere praesumisset, Gr. D. 39, 11.

smirwung

(n.)
Grammar
smirwung, smiring (-ung), e; f.

anointing, unctionan ointment

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Gif se seóca man girnþ ðæt man hine smerige, hé dó ðonne his andetnesse ǽr ðare smerunge, and gif hé æfter ðare smyrunge hál wurð, hé mót flǽsces brúcan. On ðare smyrunge biþ lǽcedóm L. Ælfc.

Linked entries: smiring smyring

átor

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Him mon sealde áttor drincan, Shrn. 90, 25: Gr. D. 158, 29. Éttre virus (evomuit), An. Ox. II. 85. Þá; áttru (átru,v.l.) geondférdon his innoþ, Gr. D. 187, 3. Wið ealle áttru, Lch. i. 170, 18, 19. Fácnes áttru fraudis venena, Hy. S. 16, 15. Add

ge-bǽru

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Hé gefeóll under hine sylfne for his módes wídgálnesse and for his unclǽnnysse gebǽrum (for his unclǽnnysse, v.l.) vagatione mentis et immunditia sub semetipsum cecidit, Gr. D. 108, 2.

án-standende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
án-standende, part.

One standing alone

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One standing alone Ánstandende, án-stonde, oððe munuc one standing alone, or a monk, Ælfc. Gl. 3 ?

Linked entry: án-stonde

dincge

(n.)
Grammar
dincge, dyncge, an; f.
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Dyncgum novālĭbus, Mone B. 1434: 2326

Linked entry: dyncge

ge-wun

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wun, adj.

Accustomedusual

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Gewune assuetæ, Mone Gl. 435

Linked entries: -wun ge-wuna

grǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
grǽg-, grǽ-gós
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Voc. 280, 15: 62, 11: Mone Gl. 314

þánian

(v.)
Grammar
þánian, p. ode
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To be or to become moist Þǽnie madeo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 44. Ðániaþ madescunt, 57, 39

Linked entries: þǽnian þán

imbe

(n.)
Grammar
imbe, a swarm of bees.
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Of ðám móre on imbaleá, C.D. v. 277, 13

Linked entry: ymbe

nítenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nítenlíce, adv.
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Like an animal Þæt man móte æfter luste nýten-líce (níten-, v. l. ) libban, Wlfst. 55, 18

smeágend

(n.)
Grammar
smeágend, es; m.
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A searcher, an examiner, inquirer Ðú þe eart módes smeágend and manna heortan, Hml. S. 12, 193

hám-bringan

(v.)
Grammar
hám-bringan, pp. -broht

To bring a wife home, marry

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To bring a wife home, marry Ne hí beóþ hámbroht ne geǽwnode neque nubentur, Mone Gl. 357

ge-restan

(v.)
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Th. 14, l. ' Hǽt him findan hwár hé hine mæge wurðlícost gerestan (where he may lodge most honourably), ' . . . Apollonius onféng þáre wununge ðe hym betǽht wæs. Ap.

hyht

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Utan ús tó þǽre hýðe hyht staðelian, Cri. 865. expressed in a clause Hyht is onfangen, þæt bletsung mót bǽm. gemǽne symle wunian, Cri. 99. feeling of trust or confidence in a person or thing Þá gehýrde hé hú þá menn . . .

þicce

(adj.)
Grammar
þicce, adj.
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montem Dei, montem uberem; mons coagulatus, mons pinguis, Ps. Th. 67, 15. Seó eá ( Nile ) gedéþ mid ðæm flóde swíþe þicce eorþwæstmas, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 36. marking dimension, in a general sense, thick, stout Dó on ánne þicne (þynne, MS.

betwyx-aworpennyss

(n.)
Grammar
betwyx-aworpennyss, e; f.

An interjectioninterjectio

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Se dǽl líþ betwux óðrum wordum, and geswutelaþ ðæs módes styrunge. Heu geswutelaþ módes sárnesse an interjection is a throwing between. This part of speech lieth between other words, and denotes a stirring of the mind.

ge-wýscendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wýscendlíc, adj.

Optative

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Optative Gewíscendlíc gemet modus optativus, Ælfc. Gr. 21; Som. 23, 28. Gewíscendlíce optativa, 38; Som. 40, 25

Linked entry: -wýscendlíc

feónd-mann

(n.)
Grammar
feónd-mann, es; m.

An enemy

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fyónd monn) ðis dyde inimicus homo hoc fecit, Mt. L. 13, 28

heáh-hlútor

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-hlútor, adj.
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Of great purity Heáhhlútrum móde and bilewitum simplici ac pura mente, Bd. 4, 24 : Sch. 491, 10

Linked entry: hlutor