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ge-swæðrung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swæðrung, e; f.

A failinga wantdelĭquium

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A failing, a want; delĭquium Se mon geswógunga þrówaþ and módes geswæðrunga the man suffers swoonings and failings of the mind, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 206, 9

Linked entry: swæðrung

á-smiþian

(v.)
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Se fæder hét ásmiðigan of smǽtum golde hyre anlýcnysse, Hml. S. 2, 113. Scrín of seolfre ásmiþod, 26, 173. Smicere geworhte,ásmiðode fabrefactum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 68. Add

Linked entry: smiðian

be-clipian

(v.)
Grammar
be-clipian, (-clypian, q. v. in Dict.)

to challenge

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Gif se Englisca ne durre hine tó orneste beclypian, 24

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Skt. 17, 8. Ǽlc wénþ ðæt hé þenige Gode omnis arbitretur obsequium se praestare Deo, Jn. Skt. 16, 2.

Linked entry: þénian

ge-rýman

(v.)
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Add: to make roomy. to enlarge so as to occupy a greater space He his Sdel geryrnde, Hml. S. 25, 283.

mann-cwealm

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

Death of menpestilencemortalityslaughter

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Death of men, pestilence, mortality, slaughter Mancwealm pestilentia, Bd. 1, 14, tit; S. 482, 14. On ðǽm dagum wæs se mǽsta mancwealm ( pestes plurimas dirosque morbos ), Ors. 1, 6; Swt. 36, 15.

wánung

(n.)
Grammar
wánung, e ; f.
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Skt. i. 23, 104. Se lǽce cyrfð oððe bærnð, and se untruma hrýmð, þeáhhwæðere ne miltsaþ hé ðæs óðres wánunge, Homl. Th. i. 472, 16. Uae getácnaþ hwílon wánunge, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 12.

wita

Grammar
wita, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wǽre se cúðesta wita (gewita, v.l.) hyre clǽnnesse dicens se testem integritatis suae esse certissimum, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 440, 21

canceler

(n.)
Grammar
canceler, es; m.
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A chancellor; cancellarius Se cyng Willelm betǽhte Rodbeard his cancelere ðæt biscopríce on Lincolne the king William transferred the bishopric of Lincoln to Robert his chancellor, Chr. 1093; Ing. 306, 7

FǼR

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FǼR, fér, es; m.

FEAR, danger, peril tĭmor, terror, pĕrīcŭlum

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FEAR, danger, peril; tĭmor, terror, pĕrīcŭlum Hie se fǽr begeat the peril overwhelmed them, Beo. Th. 2141; B. 1068. Fǽr ongéton they felt fear, Cd. 166; Th. 206, 16; Exod. 452

Linked entries: FǼR fér fér

geán-fær

(n.)
Grammar
geán-fær, es; n.

A going againreturningreturnrĕdĭtus

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A going again, returning, return; rĕdĭtus Him wiðcwæþ se cyng ǽlces geánfæres [MS. geánfares] to Engla lande the king prohibited him from all return to England, Chr. 1119; Erl. 247, 34

Linked entry: fær

lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽcan, ; p. lǽhte, lǽcte

springleap

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To move quickly, spring, leap [as flame] Hwílum se wonna lég lǽhte wið ðes láþan at times the lurid flame leaped towards the fiend, Cd. 229; Th. 309, 25; Sal. 716

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, p. ode (mearc a limit)

To fix the bounds or limits of a place

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To fix the bounds or limits of a place Se mearcode ða stówa ðe gé eówre geteld on sleán sceoldon metatus est locum, in quo tentoria figere deberetis, Deut. 1, 33

mortere

(n.)
Grammar
mortere, es; m.

A mortar

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Se ealra mǽsta mortere girba, 42, 22: i. 20, 25. Gepuna eall tósomne on ánum mortere, Lchdm. i. 216, 13: 142, 18

pǽca

(n.)
Grammar
pǽca, an; m.
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A deceiver Se ðe sægþ ðæt hé lufie God, and his beboda ne healdeþ, hé biþ ðonne him sylf leás, and biþ his ágen pǽca, Basil admn. 4 ; Norm. 40, 21

ge-gifod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gifod, part.

Enriched with gifts

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Enriched with gifts Se cyng him wel gegifod hæfde on golde and on seolfre the king had bestowed many gifts of gold and silver on him, Chr. l001; Erl. 136, 17

Linked entry: ge-geafian

Sicilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Sicilisc, adj.
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Sicilian : - Sicili[s]c, Sicul inberdli(n)c ł burhleód, Sicilisc inbyrdlincg siculus indigena, Sici[li]ensis incivis, Hpt. Gl. 499, 35-39. Se Sicilisca Siculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 26

scrind

(n.)
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Ofer ðæne () mægene oft scipu scríþende scrinde fleótaþ over the sea oft sail the ships strongly and swiftly, Ps. Th. 103, 24. [Grein compares Lith. skrindus flying, running swiftly. ]

treówleásness

(n.)
Grammar
treówleásness, e; f.
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Ðonne lærþ ús Godes engel smeáunge ymbe Godes beboda. . . . ðonne lǽrþ ús se deófol treówleásnesse Godes beboda (unfaithfulness to God's commands), Wulfst. 233, 19

un-gewil

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewil, un-gewill; adj.

Displeasingnot with the good will of a person

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Displeasing, not with the good will of a person Se arcebiscop leáfe æt ðam cynge nam, ðeáh hit ðam cynge ungewill wǽre, ðæs ðe men léton, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 16