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hýrsum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hýrsum-ness, e; f.

Obediencesubjection

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Þurh ða hýrsumnysse ðe wé heom hýrsomiaþ through the obedience with which we obey them, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 21

lyge-searu

(n.)
Grammar
lyge-searu, wes; n.

artificewilesnare

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A false trick, artifice, wile, snare, lying art Hý ligesearwum áhófun hearmstafas with lying arts they stirred up mischiefs, Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 34; Gú. 199: Elen. Kmbl. 415; El. 208. Lygesearwum, Exon.19 a; Th. 48, 23; Cri. 776

mirige

(adv.)
Grammar
mirige, adv.

Pleasantlysweetlygladly

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Pleasantly, sweetly, gladly His módor gehýrde hú myrge hé sang mid ðám munecum and hyre wæs myrge on hyre móde his mother heard how sweetly he sang with the monks, and she was glad at heart, Wulfst. 152, 11-13

BLANDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLANDAN, blondan, ic blande, blonde, ðú blandest, he blandeþ, blent, pl. blandaþ; p. ic, he bleónd, blénd, ðú bleónde, blénde, pl. bleóndon, bléndon; pp. blanden, blonden

To mix, BLEND, minglemiscere

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To mix, BLEND, mingle; miscere Ic eom on góman gena swétra ðonne ðú beóbreád blénde mid hunige I am yet sweeter on the palate than if thou blendedst bee-bread with honey, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 21; Rä. 41, 59

Linked entries: be-blonden blondan

ge-sénian

(v.)

to mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless

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to mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 18; Sat 615: Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 25: L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 9, 16: Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 22; Cri. 1342

un-syn

(n.)
Grammar
un-syn, un-synn, e; f.

Not guiltnot crime

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Not guilt, not crime Ne húru Hildeburh herian þorfte Eótena treowe; unsynnum ( with no faults on her part, undeservedly; gratis. Cf. Similar entries un-synnig, II) wearð beloren leófum æt ðam lindplegan, bearnum and bróðrum, Beo. Th. 2149; B. 1072

Linked entry: syn

be-gínan

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Substitute : To take with wide-open mouth Ic ( a key ) begíne þæt mé ongeán sticað, Rä. 87, 3. Se draca hæfþ beginen in his múðe mín heáfod and forswolgen draco caput meum in suo ore absorbuit, Gr. D. 324, 26

ceart

(n.)
Grammar
ceart, cert,
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chart, 'a rough common overrun with gorse, broom, bracken, &c.,' D. D. Haec sunt terrae ... Selebertes ceart, C. D. v. 62, 16. Silua quae dicitur cært, i. 261, 4. Cert, 273, 3. Cymeringes cert, 4

for-lytel

(adj.)
Grammar
for-lytel, adj.

Very little

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Oþþe hit nán gód nis for eów selfe, oþþe forlytel gód wiþ eów tó metanne, Bt. 13; F. 40, 11. Forlytla sǽlþa oððe náne, 11, 2; F. 34, 30

ge-snid

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Add: cutting by a surgeon, cutting with a lancet. Cf. sníþan ; Beóð oft ðá wunda mid ele gehǽlda, ðá ðe mon mid gesnide ( incisione ) gebétan ne meahte, Past. 271, 2. killing. Cf. sníþan; Swá swá sceáptð gesnide, R. Ben. 27, 10

gnirran

(v.)
Grammar
gnirran, to snarl, gnash or
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chatter (with the teeth) Hwýlon þá téð for mycclum cyle manna þǽr gnyrrað (gryrrað, Dóm. L. 195) nunc nimio stridentes frigore dentes, Wlfst. 138, 29.

Linked entry: gnyran

hrís

(adj.)
Grammar
hrís, (?); adj.
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Covered with brushwood(?) Tó hrýsan beorge; of ðám beorge, C. D. v. 348, 26. ¶ in a local name :-- Heó ann ðæs landæs æt Hrísan beorgan, C. D. iii. 360, 4. Cf. Ultra flumen Tamense, Hrisebeorgam, 347, 11. See preceding word

be-fón

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add : (1 a) with a non-material object Of manegum myngungum wé beféngun ( perstringimus) feáwa, Chrd. 8, 19. (1 f) to ensnare, entrap :-- Þá sendon hí tó him sume . . . ꝥ hí beféngon (caperent ) hine on his worde, Mk. 12, 13

on-æðele

(adj.)
Grammar
on-æðele, adj.

Natural, in accordance with the nature of a thing

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Natural, in accordance with the nature of a thing Eallum treówum, ðe him onæðele biþ, ðæt hit on holte hýhst geweaxe (cf. ðám treówum ðe him gecynde biþ up heáh tó standanne,) (Bt. 25); (Fox 88, 21), Met. 13, 51

Linked entry: ge-æðele

spildan

(v.)
Grammar
spildan, p. de

To wastedestroymake away witheffundere, expendere

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To waste, destroy, make away with Ðeaf ne cymes búta ðætte [hé] spildeþ (perdat), Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 10. Seðe lufaþ sáuel his spildeþ (perdet) hiá, 12, 25. Ðú wilnast, ðæt ðú ðíne feore spilde, Andr. Kmbl. 568; An. 284

here-wíc

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Herewíc castra, Wit. Voc. ii. 96, 19. Herewíc, fyrdwíc, 20, 6. Castra, oppida, loca altissima sita, dicia quasi casa alta herewíc vel gefylco, 129, 36. Add

geornlíce

(adv.)
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Gl. 1159. with a will, with all one's power, vigorously. Cf. georne, Him se gýsel ongan geornlíce fylstan, By. 265. Heó geornlíce míne sáwle swýðe onbígdon, Ps. Th. 56, 7.

sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwere, es; m.

an observer,a spya watch-towera mirrora buffoon, an actor

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an observer, one who examines into a matter Wé willaþ ðæt se sceáwre wite mid fullum geráde, ðe ðis gewrit áspyraþ, Anglia viii. 331, l.

Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc

wreón

(v.)
Grammar
wreón, (from wríhan); p.wráh, wreáh, pl.wrigon, wrugon; pp.wrigen, wrogen

To coverto put a covering onto cover with clothesto clotheto coverto bindto concealhideto serve as a coveringbe spread over

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Lind. 6, 31. with the idea of concealment Ýþa mec (a storm) wrugon, Exon. Th. 382, 23; Rä. 3, 15. with the idea of protection Ic liæbbe mé on hrycge ðæt ǽr hádas wreáh foldbúendra. Exon. Th. 381, 17; Rä. 2, II.

Linked entry: wríga

ge-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lífan, to grant, allow.
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R. 14, 3. with gerundial infin. Is geléfed tó seallane geafel?, Mk. L. R. 12, 14: Lk. L. R. 13, 14. with clause Giléf ꝥte úsig ne giberne lég concede ut nos non exurat flamma, Rtl. 100, 22. On ðǽm dagum is geléfed tó wyrcanne ł ꝥ gié wyrce, Lk.