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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

tycgan

(v.)
Grammar
tycgan, p.togde (?)

To move quickly ⬩ quiver ⬩ palpitate

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To move quickly, quiver, palpitate Tolcetende, brottetende (v. brogdettan palpitare, vibrare), ticgende infruticans, Hpt. Gl. 435, 37

Linked entry: ticgende

ge-wun

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wun, adj.

Accustomed ⬩ usual

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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

To be or to become moist

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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

tǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽlan, p. de.

to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse. ⬩ to blame a person for what is wrong ⬩ to blame what is wrong in a person ⬩ to speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbite ⬩ to treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at

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Ðæt hié ongieten ðæt hié mon tǽle that they may know that they are censured, Past. 21; Swt. 151, 14.

Linked entries: télan be-tilldon

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

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

ge-gaderung

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Heálice gegaderunga ( legitima conjugia ) ne mót mon gesceádan bútan bégea geðafunga, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 33. a gathering together of people, a congregation, an assembly, a synagogue Gegaderung congregatio, concio, Wrt.

lystan

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Swá hwelcne mon swá lyste þæt witan, Ors. 1. 11 ; S. 50, 17. with gen. and dat. infin. cf. (2 d) Fela mé lyste witan ðes þe ic nát.

slápan

(v.)
Grammar
slápan, p. slép, sleáp; pp. slápen

To sleep ⬩ to sleep ⬩ be inactive ⬩ be motionless ⬩ to sleep ⬩ be paralyzed ⬩ to sleep ⬩ lie with a person

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Ðonne mon wile slápan gán, Lchdm. ii. 228, 5. Hé wæs slápende, Mk. Skt. 4, 38: Homl. Th. i. 566, 17. figurative, to sleep, be inactive, be motionless For hwí slǽpst ðú, Drihten? Ps. Th. 43, 24.

Linked entry: slápian

eges líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eges líc, def. se eges líca, seó, ðæt eges líce; adj. [eges líc a likeness of fear = ]

Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful ⬩ terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus

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Wæs heora sum ðám óðrum egeslícra one of them was more dreadful than the others, Bd. 5, 13; S. 033, 3. Daga egeslícast most terrible of days, Exon. 23a; Th. 63, 20; Cri. 1022

nædre

(n.)
Grammar
nædre, næddre, an; f.

Any kind of serpent ⬩ adder ⬩ viper

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God bebeád Moyse ðæt hé gewothte áne ǽrene næddran, and sette up tó tácne, and ðæt hé manode ðæt folc ðæt swá hwá swá fram ðám næddrum ábiten wǽre, besáwe up tó ðære ǽrenan næddran, Homl. Th. ii. 238, 4-19. Nædran serpentes, Ps. Th. 139, 3.

smeálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeálíce, adv.

searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely ⬩ closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration ⬩ clearly, accurately, exactly ⬩ closely

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., closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration Hé ongann smeálíce þencan on his módes ingeþance velut in augustam suae mentis sedem recepta Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 5.

scíma

(n.)
Grammar
scíma, an; m.

Splendour ⬩ brightness ⬩ light

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Se móna gehrán mid his scíman (splendore) ðǽm treówum ufeweardum, Nar. 30, 7. God hira mód onliéht mid ðæm scíman (radio) his giefe, Past. 35, 4; Swt. 243, 21: 48; Swt. 369, 16. Fore scíman prae fulgure, Ps. Surt. 17, 13.

Linked entry: scímian

staca

(n.)
Grammar
staca, an; m.

A stake

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Man téh ðæt morð forð of hire inclifan. Ða nam man ðæt wíf and ádrencte hí æt Lundenebrigce, Chart. Th. 230, 12-19

Linked entry: stacung

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Ic bidde míne hláford ðæt ic móte beón mínes cwydes wyrðe I pray my lord that I may have the right to dispose of my property by will; iii. 293, 29. Ðæt heó móte beón hyre cwydes wyrðæ, 359, 34.

el-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
el-hygd, e; f.

Strange thought, distraction ⬩ perturbātio

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Strange thought, distraction; perturbātio Módes elhygd distraction of the mind, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 258, 18

Linked entry: hygd

for-spenning

(n.)
Grammar
for-spenning, e; f.

An enticement ⬩ allurement ⬩ illĕcebra ⬩ lēnōcĭnium

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An enticement, allurement; illĕcebra, lēnōcĭnium Forspenningce illĕcebras, Mone B. 4614. Mid forspennincge lēnōcĭnio, 3098. Forspenningce lēnōcĭnia, 6013: 6274