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DEÓFOL

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. ; nom. pl.deóflu , deófol; gen. deófla; m. n.

DEVIL diabŏlus

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Se deófol ne wunode on sóþfæstnysse, forðamðe seó soþfæstnyss nis náteshwon on him the devil abided not in the truth, because the truth is not in any wise in him Hexam. 10; Norm. 16, 18. Ðæt he ðone deófol adrífe ut dæmŏnium ejicĕret, Mk.

Linked entry: deóful

ge-beorglic

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Gif hwá hæfð his hláforde sáre ábolgen, ne bið him gebeorhlic, þæt hé in him ætforan gá, ǽr hé gebéte; ne húru ne bið gebeorhlíc þám þe wið God hæfð forworht hine sylfne . . . þæt hé tó hrædlíce intó Godes húse racige, Wlfst. 155, 16-21.

Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic

BREÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREÓWAN, ic breówe, ðú breówest, brýwst, he breóweþ, brýwþ, pl. breówaþ ; p. breáw, pl. bruwon; pp. browen, ge-browen

To BREW; cerevisiam coquere

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To BREW; cerevisiam coquere Ne biþ ðǽr nǽnig ealo gebrowen mid Estum there is no ale brewed by the Esthonians, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 22, 17. Ne dranc he nánes gemencgedes wǽtan, ne gebrowenes he drank not of any mixed or brewed fluid, Homl. Th. i. 352, 7

Linked entries: ge-browen bríwan

nytenness

(n.)
Grammar
nytenness, e; f.

ignorancelazinessdisgraceignominy

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Ðæt men for nytennysse misfaran ne sceolon, 314. 5. Ðú cniht ne cúðest manna Hǽlend ... ic for ðínre nytennysse geornlíce bæd, i. 66, 30. Se ðe tódrǽfde ealle nytennysse ðære ealdan nihte, 36, 29. Crist mæg ðíne nytennysse (MSS. C.

Linked entries: nyten nitenness

á-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
á-cirran, p. de
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Et ðás sídan ðe gehirsted is, and ácer mé on ðá óþre, Shrn. 116, 6. Ácyraþ verte Kent. Gl. 398. Ne ácerre ne avertaris Mt. L. 5, 42. Of ácerred evertendam Lk. p. 10, 4.

Linked entries: a-cerran á-cyrran

styrian

(v.)
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</b> of non-material objects Swá styrigende is seó sáwul ꝥ heó furðon on slǽpe ne gestylþ, Hml.

blǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
blǽcan, blǽcean; p. de; pp. ed

To BLEACH, whiten, fadepallidum colorem inducere, albicare

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Ne mæg ne sunne blǽcan no sun can bleach, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 20: blǽcean, note 20

Linked entry: blǽc

slápian

(v.)
Grammar
slápian, p. ode
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Ger. mih sláphóta dormitavit anima mea Ne geþafa ðú ðínum eágum ðæt hié slápige ne ne hnappigen díne brǽwas . . . Ne slápige ðin eáge (eágan, Cote. MSS. ) . . . Ðæt is ðæt mon his eáge lǽte slápian (slápan, slápigen, Cott.

fremsume

(adv.)
Grammar
fremsume, adv.
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Benignly, kindly Gedó fræmsume frófre þíne tó þínum gódan gástes willan benigne fac in bona voluntate tua, Ps. C. 130

Linked entry: fræmsum

feorh-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-cwealm, es; m.

A mortal pangdeathslaughtermorscædes

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A mortal pang, death, slaughter; mors, cædes Ne þearft ðú ðé ondrǽdan deáþes brógan, feorhcwealm giet thou needest not dread the pain of death, the mortal pang as yet, Cd. 50; Th. 63, 26; Gen. 1038.

be-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-yrnan, -irnan; he -yrnþ; p. -arn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen [be by, yrnan to run]

To run by, to come in, occur, incurpercurrere

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Án wundor me on mód be-arn one wonder now [runs by me into the mind] occurs to me, Dial. 1, 20. He ne be-arn on leásunga synne he incurred not the sin of [leasing] lying, Dial. 1, 2: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 1; Lchdm. iii. 244, 20

Linked entries: be-arn be-irnan

ge-hycgan

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I. 20. with clause Sceáwa and gehige hú heora sáwla lifgiað pensa eorum animae qualiter vivunt Gr.

of-lǽte

(n.)
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Add Noldest þú ofrunga and ofláta (-an ?) náne sacrificium el oblationem noluisti, Ps. Th. 39, 6.

sceóh

(adj.)
Grammar
sceóh, adj.

shy, timid, fearful: wanton

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Lokeð þet ȝe ne beon nout iliche þe horse þet is scheouh, and blencheð nor one scheadewe . . . To scheowe heo beoð mid alle, þet fleoð nor ane peinture, þet þuncheð ham grislich uorto biholden, A. R. 242, 8-12, Schey or skey as hors, Prompt.

ǽfen-gifl

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Gyf wé fæstað and ðæt underngereord tó ðám ǽfengifle healdað, ðonne ne bið ðæt nán fæsten, ac . . bið ðæt ǽfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 30. Gif hý on twá mǽl etað, sý gehealden ðæs pundmǽtan hláfes se þridda dǽl tó ðám ǽfengifle, R.

a-dreópan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dreópan, ic -dreópe, ðú -drýpst, he -drýpþ; p. -dreáp, pl. -drupon; pp. -dropen

To shed drop by dropguttatim effundere

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To shed drop by drop; guttatim effundere is mín swát adropen now is my blood sprinkled, An. 1427, note

Linked entries: á-þráwan á-þrowen

bell

Grammar
bell, (more usual form belle, q. v.).
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Add Þǽr nǽron ǽr búton upphangene bella, and þá sind upphangene, Cht. Th. 430, 4. v. hand-, mót-bell

heóf-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
heóf-síþ, (?), es; m.
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A lamentable condition mín hreþer is hreóh, heówsíþurn (heóf-? Cf. heowaþ = heófaþ, Ps. Th. 46, l) sceóh, Reim. 43

Linked entry: heów-síþ

leás-bregd

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Add: leás-bregda Ne beó þú leásbréda oþþe swicol, ac beó sóðfæst and symle getrýwe, Hml. S. 12, 129

Linked entry: brægde

ende-byrdlíce

(adv.)
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Nǽron swá gewislíce ne swá endebyrdlíce heora stede and hiora ryne funden on hiora stówum and on hiora tídum non tam certus naturae ordo procederet, nec tam dispositos motus locis, temporibus explicaret, 35, 2; F. 158, 2.