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eodorcan

(v.)
Grammar
eodorcan, edorcan; part, eodorcende; p. te; pp. ed

To chew, ruminate rŭmĭnāre

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To chew, ruminate ; rŭmĭnāre He eall mid hine gemynegode and swá swá clǽne nýten eodorcende [Whelc. oðer cende] in ðæt swéteste leóþ gehwyrfde ipse cuncta rĕmĕmŏrando sēcum et quăsi mundum ănĭmal rūmĭnando in carmen dulcissĭmum convertébat, Bd. 4, 24

Linked entry: ed-recan

HUND

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
HUND, n.

A HUNDREDcentum

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A HUNDRED; centum Gyf hwylc mann hæfþ hund sceápa si fuerint alicui centum oves, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 12. Hund sestra ... hund mittena hwǽtes, Lk. Skt. 16, 6, 7. Senatum ðæt wæs án hund manna ðéh heora æfter fyrste wǽre þreó hund, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 36.

Linked entry: hundes beó

firen-lust

lust

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Maria cende on blisse; Eua cende þurh firenlust, Bl. H. 3, 10. Hwǽr cumaþ þonne his willan and his fyrenlnstas ?, 113, I. Ðæt hié gehealdað hira líchoman firenlusta clǽnne studio castitatis, Past. 41, 14.

gós

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Wilde goos cente, ii. 103, 68: gente, 109, 63. Wilde gós gante, 40, 65. Genim góse rysele, Lch. ii. 40, 12, 15. Heorotes smera oþþe gáte oþþe góse, 68, 26.

þri-réðre

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-réðre, adj.

Having three banks of oarstrireme

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Án C. ðara miclena þrieréðrena centum triremes, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 27: 5, 13; Swt. 246, 6

Linked entry: -réðre

reordian

(v.)
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Gearua ꝥte ic hriordege para quod cenem, Lk. L. 17, 8. Ongunnon hriordago coeperunt aepulari, Lk. L. 15, 24. Tó hriordanne, 32. to feed Wé hriordadun ðec pavimus te, Mt. L. 25, 37

bærnan

to expose to the action of heatto cauterizeto cause to give lightto consume by fire

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Mul wærð on Cent bærned, Chr. 687; P. 39, 34

þǽr-big

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-big, adv.
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., by the wife ) gestriéne, ðonne cenne hé ðæt ðam gefarenan bréðer ðe hié ǽr ǽhte, Past. 5; Swt. 43, 14

Linked entry: be

sáre

(adv.)
Grammar
sáre, adv.

Sorely, grievously, bitterly

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cenþ unriht and hit cymþ him sáre it shall trouble him sorely, Ps. Th. 7, 14. Hí sáre sprecaþ they speak bitterly, 63, 4. Wé sittaþ andsáre wépaþ (cf. Icel. gráta sáran: Scot. to greet sair), 136, 1. Wæs se hálga wer sáre geswungen, Andr.

beór-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
beór-scipe, es; m.

A feast

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Hig wrohton him beórscipe (cenam), Jn. 12, 2. Hé ðone beórscipe mid blóde gemencgde, Hml. Th. i. 484, 2. Gé eówerne beórscipe brúcað on unriht, Wlfst. 297, 30

lǽce-finger

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-finger, es; m.

The leech-finger

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Halliwell in his Dictionary quotes from a MS. of the 15th cent.

Linked entry: gold-finger

CWACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWACIAN, cwacigan; part. cwaciende, cwacigende ; p,ode; pp. od

QUAKE, shake, trembletremere, contremere

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Céne cwacaþ the bold shall quake, Exon. 19b ; Th. 50, 8; Cri. 797 . Ða téþ cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cýle their teeth shall quake in the intense cold, Homl. Th. i. 132, 27: 530, 35. Ic cwacode eal on fefore I quaked all in a fever, ii. 312, 19.

bíd-steal

(n.)
Grammar
bíd-steal, -steall, es; m. [bíd an abiding, delay; steal a stall, place]

A stand, haltstatio, mora

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Ic eofore eom cénra, ðonne he, gebolgen, bídsteal giefeþ I am bolder than a wild boar, when he, enraged, makes a stand, 110 b; Th. 423, 11; Rä. 41, 19

á-cwincan

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Á-cwi(n)cende fatescens (umbra ), 4065

un-gesǽligness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽligness, e; f.

Unhappinesscalamitymisery

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Wæs se dóm oncyrred Euan ungesǽlignesse, ðæt heó cende on sáre and on unrótnesse, Blickl. Homl. 3, 8. Hé ða ðeóde fram langre wónesse and ungesǽlignysse ( infelicitate ) álýsde, Bd. 2, 15; S. 519, 10

Linked entry: ge-sǽlignes

æt-befón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-befón, ic -befó; subj. ic, he -befó [æt, be, fón]

To take toattachdeprehenderecapereinvenire

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To take to, attach; deprehendere, capere, invenire Gif hwá befó ðæt him losod wæs, cenne se ðe he hit ætbefó hwanon hit him cóme if any one attach that which he had lost, let him with whom he attaches it declare whence it came to him, L.

hund-twelftig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-twelftig, num.

A hundred and twenty

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A hundred and twenty Hundtwelftig geára wæs Moses ðá ðá hé gewát Moyses centum et viginti annorum erat, quando mortuus est, Deut. 34, 7: Cd. 64; Th. 76, 26; Gen. 1263.

Linked entry: twelftig

lilie

(n.)
Grammar
lilie, lilige, an; f.

A lily

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Genim ða twá wyrta, ðæt is, lilie and róse; ber tó bearneácenum wífe ... gif heó nimþ lilian, heó cenþ cnyht; gif heó nimþ rósan, heó cænþ mǽden, 144, 10-13.

hundred

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S.) scípa centum oves, Mt. L. 18, 12. Hundrað (hundred, R., hund, W. S.) scillinga centum denarios, 18, 28. Hundreð, Lk. R. 15, 4. Þǽr wæs þreó þúsend geréfena and þreó hundræd, Angl. xi. 4, 13. ꝥ bið .xii. hund (hundred, v. l. ) sciłł., Ll.

Andred

(n.)
Grammar
Andred, es; m.

The name of a large wood in Kentthe city of ANDRED or AndridaAndredes ceaster

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Se múþa [Limene] is on eásteweardre Cent, on ðæs ilcan wuda east ende ðe we Andred hátaþ. Se wudu is westlang and eástlang cxx míla lang oððe lengra, and xxx míla brád.

Linked entry: Andredes ceaster