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murcnere

(n.)
Grammar
murcnere, es; m.

One who murmurs

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One who murmurs On écum wíte mid ðám murcnerum, R. Ben. 21, 5

eorþ-slihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
eorþ-slihtes, adv. [slihtes, old gen. of sliht destruction, slaughter, like nihtes of niht]

In an earth-destroying manner in mŏdo vastante terram

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In an earth-destroying manner; in mŏdo vastante terram Swá swá oxa gewunaþ to awéstenne gærs, óþ ða wirttruman, eorþslihtes mid tóðum as an ox is accustomed to consume grass with his teeth, even to the roots, in an earth-destroying manner, Num. 22, 4

fér-blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
fér-blǽd, es; m. [fér- = fǽr-sudden, blǽd a blast]

A sudden or fearful blastrepentīnus flātus

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A sudden or fearful blast; repentīnus flātus Ic lǽran wille ðæt gé eówer hús gefæstnige, ðý-læs hit férblǽdum windas toweorpan I will exhort that ye make your house firm, lest winds overthrow it with sudden blasts, Exon. 75 a; Th. 281, 21; Jul. 649

Linked entry: fǽr-blǽd

fleswian

(v.)
Grammar
fleswian, p. ede ; pp. ed

To mutterwhispersusurrāre

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To mutter, whisper; susurrāre Mid ðý he ðá geswippre múþe líccetende ǽrend rehte [MS. wrehte] and leáse fleswede when he then told a feigned message with his crafty mouth, and falsely whispered; cum sĭmŭlātam lēgātiōnem ōre astūto volvĕret, Bd. 2, 9;

hefe-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hefe-líce, adv.

Heavilyexceedinglyseriouslywith difficulty

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Heavily, exceedingly, seriously, with difficulty Hig hefelíce mid eárum gehýrdon auribus graviter audierunt, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 15.

Linked entry: hefig-líce

leoþu-wác

(adj.)
Grammar
leoþu-wác, adj.

flexiblepliantsupple

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With pliant joints, flexible, pliant, supple Liþowác habile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 67. Leoþuwác, 110, 25. Leóht and leoþuwác nimble and supple, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 12; Crä. 84. Swilce liðewácum velut lentescente, Hpt. Gl. 520, 36. Liðewácum tagum [?

Linked entry: liþe-wác

mannian

(v.)
Grammar
mannian, p. ode

To supply with mento garrison

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To supply with men, to garrison Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton every one of them went to his castle and garrisoned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16

meldan

(v.)
Grammar
meldan, p. ede

To announcedeclare

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To announce, declare Ús frunon fǽcnum wordum meldedan they questioned us, with crafty words declared, Ps. Th. 136, 3. Ic ne mæg word sprecan, moldan for monnum, Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, 18; Rä. 19, 2. Meldan, 109 b; Th. 411, 13; Rä. 29, 12

geond-spǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-spǽtan, p. -spǽtte; pp. -spǽt

To spit or squirt through, syringe through, to squirt water as through a syringe or pipesĭphonĭbus ăquam exprĭmĕre

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To spit or squirt through, syringe through, to squirt water as through a syringe or pipe; sĭphonĭbus ăquam exprĭmĕre Ðú hie ǽlce dæge mid pípan geondspǽt do thou syringe through it every day with a tube, L. M. 2, 22; Lchdm. ii. 208, 26

Linked entry: spǽtan

ge-mædla

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mædla, an; m.

Talk

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Talk Wiþ wíf-gemædlan geberge on neaht nestig rædices moran ðý dæge ne mæg ðé se gemædla sceððan against a woman's chatter; taste at night fasting a root of radish, that day the chatter cannot harm thee, L. M. 3, 57; Lchdm. ii. 342, 11

ge-mieltan

(v.)

to melt, digest

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to melt, digest Suá suá sió wamb gemielt ðone mete suá gemielt ðæt mód mid ðære gescádwísnesse his geþeahtes his sorga as the belly digests food so does the mind digest its sorrows with wise reflection, Past. 36, 8; Swt. 259, 6; Hat. MS

Linked entry: ge-myltan

á-fýsan

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Add: to make eager, inspire with longing Þonne hwylc-um men gelimpeþ ꝥ his fæder gefærþ, ne mæg ꝥ ná beón ꝥ þá bearn langunga nabban æfter þǽm freóndum. Swá wiste úre heofonlica fæder his þá leófan bearn áfýsed æfter him, Bl. H. 131, 28

brycgian

(v.)
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Add: to make a causeway with planks or stones (v. E. S. xi. 511 ; and cf. Wlfst. 239, 9 given under brycg) Brycgaþ calabit (cf. (?) cala a billet; caladia via via strata , Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 72. Betweox húsan bricgian, Angl. ix. 262, 22

hwæl

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Add: A large kind of whale (as compared with hran, q. v. ) Hran oððe hwæl ballena, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 67. Hwæl ballenam .i. diabolum, An. Ox. 6, 12. God gesceóp þá micelan hwalas ( cete grandia ), Gen. 1, 21. Hwælas, Angl. viii. 310, 18

lorh

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In this passage the word seems to belong to the a-stem masculine declension, but in the Epinal-Erfurt glossaries to the i-stem feminine, with i-umlaut of o. Add

on-lecgende

(adj.)
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For 'on-lying' substitute 'that is to be laid on, that is to be applied to a wound', and add: — Wiþ sweórcoþe, wyrc onlecgende sealfe, Genim fearres gelyndo and beran smeru and weax, ealra emfela, wyrc tó sealfe, smire mid, Lch. ii. 48, 5

streát

(n.)
Grammar
streát, es; m. (?), n. (?).
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A place with bushes (?), a thicket (?) Ðys sind ðá landgemǽra into Dunnestreáttúnne (cf. in loco qui dicitur Dunnestreátún, i. 164, 8) . . . innon hænstreát; of ðám streáte, C. D. ii. 384, 12-20. [Cf. (?)M. H.

Linked entry: hen-streát

tǽcan

Grammar
tǽcan, <b>. IV.</b>
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Add Ðá ísernan hierstepannan hé tǽhte for íserne weall tó settane betuh ðǽm wítgan and ðǽre byrig, Past. 165, 9. add: with double accusative? Hé tǽhte hí (him? Cf. hé sealde hí (him?) ꝥ gerýne, 97) þá gerýna þas hálgan geleáfan, Hml. S. 30, 94

tó-weaxan

(v.)
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to grow in a scattered way, cover with a scattered growth Under þám eáhþýrle geonode mycclu neolnes, and seó wæs eall tóweaxen mid mycelnessum þára clifstána sub fenestra ingens praecipitiwm patebat saxorum molibus asperum (aspersum seems to have been

úp-weardes

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D. 286, 21. with the face turned upwards, cf. úp-riht Se líchama þæs abbudes læg úpweardes abbatis corpus supinum jacebat, Gr. D. 226, 21