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ge-mengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mengan, -mencgan; p. de; pp. ed
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Se ryhtwísa Déma se ðe hine on úrne geférscipe ðurh flǽsces gecynd gemengde the righteous Judge who joined himself to our fellowship through fleshly nature, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 23; Hat. MS

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp. swicen.
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Sceal ánra gehwylc óðrum swícan, forðam Dryhten wile ðæt earme flǽsc eorðan betǽcan each one must depart from other, for the Lord will commit frail flesh to earth, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 14; Rún. 20. <b>II. a.

Linked entry: be-swicenness

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

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Him feóll ufan flǽsc pluit super eos carnes, Ps. Th. 77, 27. Seó lyft týhð ðone wǽtan tó hyre neoðan and ða hǽtan ufon, Lchdm. iii. 280, 3. Ic eom engel Godes ufan síþende, Exon. Th. 258, 7; Jul. 261. Hine ufan neósade Meotud, 159, 24; Gú. 931: Beo.

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

ge-lǽran

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., to bring to something by teaching, to instruct in Ðæt gebrocode flǽsc gelǽrð ðæt úpáhæfene mód tó ryhttre eáðmódnesse, Past. 257, 14. Heó gelǽrde hyre suna tó Godes geleáfan, Shrn. 151, 6. Hé þysne wer on Godes þeówdóm getýde and gelǽrde, Bl.

tíderness

(n.)
Grammar
tíderness, e; f.
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Ðære tídernesse úres flǽsces wé beóþ underðiédde, 21; Swt. 159, 5. For ðæs módes týdernesse, Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 7: Blickl. Homl. 31, 30. Swá hwæt swá ic for unwísnesse and for tyddernesse ( fragilitate ) ágylte, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 29: Boutr.

lencten

(n.)
Grammar
lencten, lengten, lenten, es; m.

SpringLent

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Ðé má ðe man mót on lenctene flǽsces brúcan any more than flesh may be eaten in Lent, Wulfst. 305, 25. Sumor ðú and lencten swylce geworhtest æstatem et ver tu plasmasti ea, Ps. Th. 73, 16.

Linked entry: lengten

ge-wǽcan

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Nis hǽlo on flǽsce míne. Gewǽht ( afflatus ) ic eom, Ps. Spl. 37, 8. Wið þæt hwá mid cyle gewǽht (-wéht, v. l. ) sý, Lch. i. 114, 23. Mid miclum sárum gewǽced tanto dolore adfectus, Bd. 4, 11; Sch. 405, 14.

pleoh

(n.)
Grammar
pleoh, gen. pleós; n.
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Læsse pleoh byþ ðam men, ðæt hé flǽsces brúce on Lenctenfæstene, ðonne hé wífes brúce, 286, 3 : Homl. Th. i. 178, 34. Ðæt wæs swiðe micel pleoh ðæt ðú swá wénan sceoldest, Bt. 5, 3 ; Fox 14, 5. Hit biþ his pleoh ná mín, Ælfc. Gr. pref. ; Som. 2, 2.

Linked entry: pleón

be-windan

(v.)
Grammar
be-windan, bi-windan; p. -wand, -wond, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden; v. a.

To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turnamplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere

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Wæs feorh æðelinges flǽsce bewunden the prince's soul was wrapped in flesh, Beo. Th. 4840; B. 2424.

restan

(v.)
Grammar
restan, ;p.; te

To restto cease from toil, be at restto rest on a couch, to sleepto rest in death, lie dead, lie in the graveto remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be stillTo rest one's selfof cessation from toil

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Thw. 26, 12; Jud. 322. of things, ; to remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be still; Flǽsc mín resteþ on hyhte, ;requiescet; Ps. Spl. 15, 9. Reste ðár eówer sib, Lk. Skt. 10, 6. Ðám folcum sceal sacu restan, Beo. Th. 3719; B. 1857.

Linked entry: ræstan

on-wreón

(v.)

to uncover, discloseto uncover, open, remove a coveringto make known, shew forth, reveal, discoverto shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explainto shew, display so as to avoid concealmentto display what is bad, to exposeto reveal

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Hit ðé ne onwreáh flǽsc ne blód, ac mín Fæder, 16, 17: Bd. 2, 12; S. 512, 24. Áne bóc on his wítegunge, ðe him God sylf onwreáh, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 44. Ðeáh ðe him God onwríge wísdómes gǽst, Exon. Th. 273, 14; Jul. 516.

túdor

(n.)
Grammar
túdor, tuddor, es; n.
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Ðonne ðæt flǽsc náuht elles ne sécþ búton túdor nisi fructum propaginis non quaerere, Past. 51; Swt. 399, 5. God weorðaþ eorþan tuddor, Exon. Th. 43, 13 ; Cri. 608. of animals Wócor eorðan túdres every kind of animal, Cd.

Linked entry: tuddor

hwilc-hwega

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Þæs flǽsces hwylcnehwugu dǽl, Hml. A. 205, 345. of number, some, a few Wé magan hwylcumhwega wordum secggan be ðǽre gebyrdo. . . Sancte Martines, Bl. H. 211, 12. Hwylcumhwego, 115, 28.

(int.)

LoOhAh

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Hwæt biþ hit lá elles búton flǽsc seoddan se écea dǽl of biþ hwæt biþ lá elles seó láf búton wvrma mete why, what else is it but flesh when the eternal part is away? what else then is the remnant but worms food? Blickl. Homl. 111, 31.

styrian

(v.)
Grammar
styrian, p. ede, ode
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Eall flǽsc ðe ofer eorðan styrode, 7, 21. Streámas styredon, Andr. Kmbl. 747; An. 374. Ne stira ðú, sunne, of ðam stede, Jos. 10, 12. Hí ne móton swíþor styrian, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 8. Ða styriendan nétenu, 41, 5; Fox 252, 24.

Linked entry: stirian

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fastfirmlyconstantlypersistencefaststrictlyspeedily at once

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Þonne fæstlíce flǽsc onginneð cólian, Rún. 29. as a particle of vague meaning Sume fæstlíce (wutudlíce, R., the West-Saxon version has nothing) cuoedon quidam autem dicebant, Jn. L. 7, 41. Ǽc ł fæstlíce (W. S. has nothing) quidem, 16, 9: 11, 6: Lk.

scrift

(n.)
Grammar
scrift, es; m.
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Ne mæg þurh ðæt flǽsc se scrift geseón on ðǽre sáwle, Exon. Th. 80, 13; Cri. 1307. Béte hé be his scriftes geþeahte, L. C. E. 23 ; Th. i. 374, 8 : L. P. M. 1; Th. ii. 286, 15.

wanung

(n.)
Grammar
wanung, e; f.
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Cf. wanian, I. (3 a) :-- Flǽsces wonunge carnis maceratione, Rtl. 14, 33. a growing less, a decrease in number, size, etc. v. wanian, Dæghwamlíce geleáffulle men nimaþ ðæt sand, and ne biþ nǽnig wonung on ðæm sande, Shrn. 81, 6.

ge-strínan

(v.)
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Þ [man] þǽre flǽscun geweorð on fisce gestriéne let the worth of the meat be got in fish, Cht. Th. 159, Gestríned adquisita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 58. <b>I a.

ge-metgian

(v.)
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Faestene gemetegude (moderata) scylon beón . . . for þí gehwǽde and gemetegud (temperatus) mete flǽsce and sáwle nytlic ys, Scint. 51, 9-11.