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gítsung

Grammar
gítsung, Add: <b>giétsung, gídsung</b>
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Se þridda leahter is auaritia, ꝥ is seó yfele gítsung (gýttsung, v. l.), Hml. S. 16, 280. Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas gítsung is wyrtruma ǽghwylces yfeles, Wlfst. 69, 9.

ilding

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Gif fǽrunga cymð se ýtemesta dæg, þonne bið losod seó yldi[n]g if the lost day comes suddenly to the man who has deferred his conversion, the time during which he has delayed will be lost (?), Archiv cxxii. 257, 17. Ylding dilalionis, Wrt.

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, to grow long, <b>langian</b> to cause longing, may be taken together.
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Syððan langað seó niht and wanað se dæg, Angl. viii. 311, 28. Éfern longeð aduesperascit Lk. R. 24, 29. impers. to cause longing, &amp;c. Mé á langað ( it ever distresses me ) þæs þe ic þé on þyssum hýnðum wát, Seel. 154.

neáh-west

Grammar
neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Búton hit sy elles hwylc þe máran Godes ege habbe, þæt hit for his neáweste þe betere beó for Gode and for worolde, 269, 13

ofer-drincan

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Þá þe lufiað ꝥ hí hí sylfe an wíne oferdrincon diligentes se inebriari uino, Chrd. 74, 3.

swég

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Add Áweóx mára swég and hefegra ( gravior sonitus ),swá ꝥ hit áhleóðrode swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre tóworpen fram þám grundweallum, Gr. D. 236, 12. Se sácerd scolde bión mid bellum behangen ... scolde beón gehiéred his swég (sonítus), Past. 93, 7.

wíse

Grammar
wíse, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> add :-- Þá ácsode hine Theoprobus hwæt lá seó wíse (se intinga, v.l.) wǽre swá myccles heófes quaenam causa tanti luctus existeret, inquisivit, Gr. D. 140, 19. v. beág-, in-wíse

ǽfen-þénung

Grammar
ǽfen-þénung, -þegnung.

evening service of the Churchserving of food in the evening, supper

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Gif hí sceolan on ǽfen gereordian of ðám sylfan punde se þridda dǽl gehealden tó ágifenne on ǽfen-þinungum, R. Ben. I. 71, 3

of-stician

(v.)

to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce, transfix

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Antonius hiene selfne ofsticade Antonius sese ferro transverberavit, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 30. Se kásere âlýfde ðâm cnihtum ðæt hí hyne (St. Casianus) ofslógen mid heora writbredum, and hine ofsticodon mid hira writýrenum, Shrn. 117, 29.

Linked entry: of-stingan

on-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
on-bútan, prep. (adv.)

About

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Se here sceolde bión getrymed onbútan Hierusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 25. Seó eá gǽþ onbútan ðæt land, Gen. 2, 11. Ðæt folc him sáh eall onbútan, Homl.

Linked entries: bútan á-bútan

ge-þrǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrǽstan, p. -þrǽste; pp. -þrǽst

To twisthurttormentafflictcontĕrĕreafflīgere

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Weorþen hí swá geþrǽste mid hungre ðæt hi eton swýnen flǽsc may they be so tormented with hunger as to eat swine flesh, Ps. Th. 16, 14. On ðám dagum ðe ic geþrǽsted wæs in die afflictionis meæ, 17, 19.

Linked entry: ge-þréstan

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hógh, , hoo

'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'

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Dipl. iii. xxvi, where see the references to the various forms.

fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foreseeto provide forto provide give for use

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Swá swá úre Álýsend foresceáwode him þæt castel . . . swá se deófol þám forlorenum men (Antichrist) foresceáwað gelimplice stówe, Wlfst. 193, 26-194, 6. Symle sceal þæt lǽwede folc gewilnian . . . þæt God him góde láreówas foresceáwige, Hml.

ge-gearcian

(v.)
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S. 24, 123. Gegearcode prebuit, Germ. 400, 508. Þæt seó seofon dagas drígne grund þám folce gegearcige, þæt hí his líchaman gesécan magon. Þæt belimpð tó lofe úres Hǽlendes, ðe his cýðere ðá árwurðan byrgene gegearcode, Hml. Th. i. 564, 23-28.

máðum

(n.)
Grammar
máðum, máðm, mádm, máððum, es; m.

A precious or valuable thinga treasurejewelornament

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Heora dýre gold ne biþ náhte wurþ wið ða foresǽdan mádmas ( St. Swiðhun's bones ), Glostr. Frag. 2, 30. Hí be hyra gate tó eodon, and mádmas ofer L. míla franc fættan, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 27.

Linked entry: máðm

burg

(n.)
Grammar
burg, burh, burhg, buruh (-ug, -ig), byrg, byrig; gen. byrig, burge, burhge, burcge; dat. byrg, byrig, byrh, burh; n. acc. pl. byrg, byrig, burh, burga, burha; gen. pl. burga, burha; dat. pl. burgum, burhum, byrgum.
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Monega byrig, 2, 2; S. 66, 23. Geond þá byrig, 3, 7; S. 114, 30. v. castel-, eardung-, -burh; burge?

for-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-ceorfan, part, -ceorfende; ic -ceorfe, ðú -ceorfest, -cirfst, -cyrfst, he -ceorfeþ, -cyrfþ, pl. -ceorfaþ; p. ic, he -cearf, ðú -curfe, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen

To cut or carve outcut downcut off or awaycut throughdivideexcīdĕreconcīdĕresuccīdĕreincīdĕreintercīdĕre

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Drihten se rihtwísa forheáweþ oððe forcyrfþ hnollas synfulra Dŏmĭnus justus concīdet cervīces peccātōrum, Ps. Lamb. 128, 4. Ðæt heó healfne forcearf ðone sweoran him so that she half cut through his neck, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 5; Jud. 105.

mearu

(adj.)
Grammar
mearu, <b>mæru, meru, myru;</b> adj.

Tendersoftdelicate

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Skt. 13, 28. Merwe, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 32. Mearuwe delicatus i. tenerus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 40. Gyf se líchoma mearu (MS. B. mearuw) if the body be tender (with sores), Herb. 102, 2; Lchdm. i. 216, 24.

Linked entry: myrwa

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

losian

(v.)
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Mett ðe losað ( perit ), Jn. L. 6, 27. Ðá bytto losas, Mt. L. 9, 17. Se wela and se anweald losiaþ swá swá sceadu oþþe sméc, Bt. 27, 3; F. 98. 31. Hú ne forealldodon ðá gewritu and losodon ?