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lǽce-íren

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-íren, es; n.
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A lancet Hé ásette his lǽceíren ( medicinale ferramentum, id est phlebotomum ) on míne tungan, Gr. D. 32, 25

lim-gesihþ

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gesihþ, physical vision, sight by means of the bodily eye (? cf. A man has na lym þat he is warere wiþ þan wiþ his eghe, Hamp. Ps. 16, 9. Þe lyme of syȝte
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D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4

Linked entry: ge-siht

ofer-smítan

(v.)
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to oversmear with something Dó on cláð, ofersmít mid ele, lege on þone magan, Lch. ii. 180, 28

Linked entry: smítan

ome

(n.)
Grammar
ome, oma ?, an; f. (m.
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A liquid measure Hé cwæð ꝥ hé sceolde syllan his hláford hundteóntig oman mid ele ámetene, Nap. 50

Linked entry: hóme

swétness

Grammar
swétness, <b>. I.</b>
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Hí ealle þá stówe gemétton mid ambrosie þǽre wyrte swétnysse ( ambrosiae odore ) gefylde, Guth. Gr. 168, 130. Add

un-wiþmetendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wiþmetendlíce, adv.
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Incomparably Unwiðmetendlíce (-meted-, v.l.) geweorðod mid forhæfdnesse mægne cum virtute abstinentiae incom-parabiliter praeditus, Gr. D. 203, 19

Linked entry: wiþ-metendlíce

út-lendisc

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Ꝥ þá bróþra . . . ꝥ earnodon mid heora handa weorcum æt útlendisceum mannum (extraneis), Gr. D. 50, 14. Add

wæter-drync

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-drync, es; m.
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A drink of water Hé sǽede þæt man mid wæterdrinces sylene mihte him mycele ælmessan gedón, Nap. 67

wódheortness

(n.)
Grammar
wódheortness, e; f.
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Madness, frenzy, rage Gemunaþ hú þá forwurdon þe mid wódheortnesse willan tó wǽpnedrhannum hǽmed sóhton, Verc. Först. 178

be-hwilfan

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Eal middangeard mid gestreónum þe heofon behwylfeð (behweolfeð, Sal. K. p. 86, 3), Verc. Först. 76, 8. Add

sáwel-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-þearf, e; f.
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What is necessary or beneficial for the soul Ic wes smeágende ymb míne sáulþearfe, Chart. Th. 474, 18

æfter-rǽpe

(n.)

a crupper ⬩ postelina ⬩ postella

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Mid æfterrǽpum postelis, Hpt. 31, 14, 336. where add:

Linked entry: -rǽpe

on-dóung

(n.)
Grammar
on-dóung, e; f.

A putting in, injection

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A putting in, injection Mid ondóunge wyrtdrences þurh horn sió wamb biþ tó clǽnsianne, Lchdm. ii. 260, 11

Linked entry: dóung

ge-sprengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprengan, p. de; pp. ed

To sprinkle; ⬩ conspergere

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To sprinkle; conspergere Ðú nymst ánne hláf mid ele gesprengedne tolles unum panem oleo conspersum, Ex. 29, 23

tó-gǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gǽlan, p. de

To profane, ⬩ violate

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To profane, violate Míne rihtwísnessa gif hig besmítaþ ł tógǽlaþ si justitias meas profanauerint, Ps. Lamb. 88, 32

Linked entry: gǽlan

líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
líðe, líð; adj.

Lithe ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ meek ⬩ mild ⬩ serene ⬩ benign ⬩ gracious ⬩ pleasant ⬩ sweet

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Mid líðra tungan with lithe tongue, Homl. Skt. 4, 407. Mid líðran gesceafte [water], Boutr. Scrd. 22, 30. Andwlitan mid líðan vultu sereno, Hymn. Surt. 22, 11: 143, 2. Mid líðere sprǽce with gentle speech, Ap. Th. 2, 25.

Linked entry: líð

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [Halliwell gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In Jamieson's Dictionary the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]
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Gehefegod mid ðam swǽran slǽpe, Basil admn. 1; Norm. 34, 3

Linked entry: swár

æt-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-íwan, æt-íwian (-eáw-, -eów-, -éw-, -iéw-, -ýw-. In Ps. L. 16, 15 a dis-tinction between the mutated and not mutated forms seems to be made, the former being transitive (cf.
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Atýwian mid gesceáde, ꝥ hé mid rihte crafede, Chr. 1070 ; P. 206, 12. Mé byð æteáwed (manifestabitur) ðín wuldor, Ps. Th. 16, 15. (2 a) where the object is a person :-- Ic æteówo (ædeáua, L.) him mec solfne. . . .

Linked entry: æt-eáwan

híwian

(v.)

to form ⬩ fabricate ⬩ to feign ⬩ to dissemble

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Anatolius hátte sum híwigende munuc, and hé behýdde his yfelnysse, 31, 792. to make as if: Ne híwa ðú, mín bearn, swilce ðú mid bilewitnysse mæge gán orsorh tó mǽdena húsum, Hex. 48, 9.

ge-weaxan

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Alle ðá ðe gewæxen sint mé omnia quae nata sunt mihi, Lk.

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