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bæþ

a bath for washingthe bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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Wyrc baþo, 68, 3. of baptism:-- 'Gif gé willað áþwegene beón ðý hálwendan wylle fullwihtes bæðes (fonte salutari) . . . Gif gé lífes bæð (lauacrum uitae) oferhicgeaþ . . .' 'Wé ne willað on ðæt bæð (fontem) gangan,' Bd. 2, 5;Sch. 134, 13-19.

ge-híran

(v.)
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Gif se hlyst oðstande, ꝥ hé ne mæge gehiéran, Ll. Th. i. 92, 24. Sume magon gesión, sume magon gehíran (-hýron, v. l. ), Bt. 41, 5; F. 252, 23. <b>I a.</b> said of the ear :--- trans.

med-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
med-micel, adj.

not greatmoderatesmallnot greattriflingvenialnot importantnot greatlowlymeanpoor

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Rush. 10, 30. not great, trifling, venial, not important Gif man medmycles ( exigui ) hwæthwega deóflum onsægþ, fæste i. geár; gif he mycles hwæt onsecge, fæste x winter, L. Ecg. C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 15. Medmycel ǽrende wé ðyder habbaþ, Blickl.

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to washto anoint.

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&#39; Se Hǽlend cwæþ: &#39; Gif ic ðé ne þweá (áðóa, Lind.: ðwǽ, Rush.), næfst ðú nánne dǽl myd mé, Jn. Skt. 13, 8. Ðú ðwehst (ðwés, Surt.) mé lavabis me, Ps. Lamb. 50, 9. Hé his handa ðwehþ (ðwéð, Surt.), Ps. Th. 57. 9.

cunnian

(v.)
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Án æþele lǽce . . . cúðe tócnáwan, gif hé cunnode þæs mannes, be his ǽdrena hrepunge hweðer hé hraðe swulte, 568.

for-drífan

to drive awayoffoutto drive awaycast outto drive outto banishexpelto drive asideto overtask

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Gif mon gesíðcundne monnan ádrífe, fordrífe þý botle, næs þǽre setene, Ll. Th. i. 146, 7. Ꝥte hine ne fordrife búta ðæt lond ne se expelleret extra regionem. Mk. L. R. 5, 10.

for-fleón

(v.)

to avoidto avoidabstain from

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Gif hé ꝥ ordál forfleó, Ll. Th. i. 296, 5. Þæt þá unstrangan heora þeówdóm ne forfleón (refugeant), R. Ben. 121, 24. Uton ǽlc yfel forfleón and gód gefremman, Hml. Th. i. 602, 29: Wlfst. 115, 8

ge-tenge

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Gif men unlust sié getenge, 150, 17: 152, 12. Him biþ his feorhádl getenge his last illness will have attacked him, 320, 20.

ge-þwǽrian

(v.)
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Gif þú þártó geþwǽrudest, Ll. Lbmn. 414, 4. Þá men þe þás stale gefremoden and þe þǽrto geþwǽrdon, 438, 9.

hearm

evilan evilinjurya calamitygriefafflictioncalumnya calumny

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Add: evil, physical or otherwise, as done to or suffered by a person or thing Gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 32.

Linked entry: hearm-fullic

wín

(n.)
Grammar
wín, es; n.

Wine

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Ealu, gif ic hæbbe, oþþe wæter, gif ic næbbe ealu. Ne drincst ðú wín? Ic ne eom swá spédig ðæt ic mæge bicgean mé wín; and wín nys drenc cilda, ne dysigra, ac ealdra and wísra, 35, 9-22.

þrym-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þrym-líc, adj.

Magnificentsplendidglorious

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Swá hé ús mǽrlícor gifeþ, swá wé him mǽrlícor þancian scylon; swá þrymlícre ár, swá máre eádmódnes, Wulfst. 261, 21.

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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Gif ǽnig man wolde heora óðrum fylstan, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 56.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e ; f.
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Gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscíre lecge, L. Eth. vi. 21 ; Th. i. 320, 6. Gif preóst on unriht út of scíre hád begite, gilde .xii. ór, and þolie his hádes, búton scíre biscop him hádes geunne, L. N. P. L. 12 ; Th. ii. 292, 13.

Linked entry: scýr

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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Gif hit folces man sig . . . gif hit mynsterman sig si secularis homo sit . . . si monaslicus sit (cf. 42, 5, 7 where saecularis and laicus are in contrast with clericus), Ll. Th. ii. 166, 9.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Gif mon secge ꝥ man ꝥ trod áwóh drífe, þonne mót sé þe ꝥ yrfe áh trod oð tó stæðe lǽdan, Ll.

Sunnan-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-dæg, es; m.
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Gif wé ða six Sunnandagas of ádóþ, Wulfst. 284, 4. The observance of the Sunday was enjoined by the laws.

ge-samnian

(v.)
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</b> used reflexively, to marry: — -Gif wer and wíf hý gesomnien ( in matrimonio se conjunxerit), Ll. Th. ii. 146, 36. Gif þeówa and þeówen hig gesamnigon ( se conjunxerint), 150, 15.

girnan

(v.)
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Gif hí on écnesse nǽren, ðonne nǽre hiora swá swíðe tó girnanne, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 25. <b>I a.

æt

(prep.)
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Gif æt þirsa misdǽda hwelcere se hund losige, i. 78, 5. Gif his mon getilað æt ðǽre yfelan wǽtan ( when the evil humour is present), Lch. ii. 240, 18. Æt ǽnigre neóde, Wlfst. 171, 11. Lofsang æt ðám wundrum singan, Hml.