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á-stregdan

Grammar
á-stregdan, Add: also pp.-strogden
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Ástregde (-stréde, v. 1.) man þone wǽtan mid háligwætere liquor aspergatur aqua benedicta, Ll. Th. ii. 214, 29. Ástrogden asparsus, Rtl. 118, 5 : 119, II: 122, 22

á-stingan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stingan, p. -stang, pl. -stungon.

to thrust outto stab

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Rómáne his eágan ástungon, Chr. 797; P. 56, 11. to stab Hé hine sylfne mid his swurd of ástang he stabbed himself to death with his sword. Nor. 48, 24

irþ

(n.)
Grammar
irþ, e; f.

ploughingtillinga cropploughed land

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Ic sello ðás land mid cwice erfe and mid earþe and mid eallum þingum ðe tó londum belimpaþ I give these lands with the live stock, and crops and all things that belong to the lands, Chart. Th. 481, 3.

Linked entries: earþ ernþ

segnian

(v.)
Grammar
segnian, sénian ; p. ode.
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Ðeáh ðe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne biþ hit ðeáh bletsung, búta hé wyrce tácn ðære hálgan róde . . . Mid þrým fingrum man sceall sénian and bletsian, H. R. 105, 22.

Linked entries: sénian sægnian

swinge

(n.)
Grammar
swinge, swynge (both forms occur in the Pastoral), an; f.
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Ðá wæs Laurentius mid ðæs Apostoles swingum (flagellis) swíþe gebylded; cwom and eáwde mid hú miclum swingum (verberibus) hé ðreád wæs, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 12-24. Bedrífe hine ( wíteþeów, v. Grmm. R. A. 703) tó swingum, L.

Linked entry: swynge

weorold-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-cund, adj.
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Ðætte gé fore uueoroide sién geblitsade mid ðém weoroldcundum gódum, and hiora sáula mid ðém godcundum gódum, Cod. Dip.

wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
wrenc, es; m.

a trickartificewilestratagema stratagema modulation of the voice

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Ðæt lease lot, ðe beoþ mid ðám wrencum bewrigen fraus, mendaci compta colore. Bt. 4; Fox 8, 17: Met. 4, 47. Tó fela manna wearð mid þyllícan wrencan þurh deofol forlǽred, Wulfst. 54, 12. Tógeánes ðæs deófles wrencum, 198, 12.

Linked entry: wrencan

cáf-líce

(adv.)
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Hieu férde mid fultume . . . Ioram áxode hwæðer hé cóme mid sibbe swá cáflíce ( with such a display of force), Hml. S. 18, 330. Hí gearcodon heora mód cáflíce tó campienne (to fight valiantly), 5, 151: 25, 433.

for-dyttan

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Fordytte ꝥ eáre mid þǽre wulle, Lch. ii. 42, 25: 44, 3. Hé hét fordyttan þæs scræfes múð mid weorcstánum, Homl. Th. ii. 424, 26.

ge-dreccan

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Hine deófol mid his lymum wylle gedreccan, Angl. viii. 324, 19. to vex, annoy, provoke Hí þone æðelan wer oft gedrehton ( ad iracundiam provocabant), Hml.

hlyt

(n.)
Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.

A lot, portion

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Ðú hit tódǽlst mid hlyte tu eam sorte divides, Deut. 31, 7. Mid háligra hlyte wunigan to dwell with the saints, Elen. Kmbl. 1639; El. 821. Hí sendon hlyt miserunt sortem, Ps. Spl. 21, 17.

ísern

(n.)
Grammar
ísern, es; n.

Iron

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Achilles mid ðysse sylfan wyrte (yarrow ) gehǽlde ða ðe mid íserne geslegene and gewundude wǽran, 90, 1 ; Lchdm. i. 194, 8. Ðú swyltst nalles mid íserne ácweald swá ðú wénst ac mid átre morieris, non ferro quod suspicaris, sed veneno, Nar. 31, 27.

tyslian

(v.)
Grammar
tyslian, p. ode
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To dress Ic secge ðé, bróðor Eádweard, ðæt gé dóþ unrihtlíce ðæt gé ða Engliscan þeáwas forlǽtaþ ðe eówre fæderas heóldon and hǽðenra manna þeáwas lufiaþ ðe eów ðæs lífes ne unnon and mid ðam geswuteliaþ ðæt gé forseóþ eówer cynn and eówre yldran mid

heord-rǽden

Grammar
heord-rǽden, heord-rǽdenn.

watching overa guardwatch

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Sýn þá cild á behealdene mid steóre and mid mycelre heordrǽdenne ǽghwǽr pueri parvi ubicumque custodiam habeant, 117, II. Heordrǽdene, R. Ben. I. 106, 12. Mid ealre heordrǽdenne (custodia) geheald heortan þíne (keep eny heart with all diligence.

Linked entries: hird-ness hird-ræden

un-riht

(n.)
Grammar
un-riht, es; n.

wrongeviliniquityinjusticea defect

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Full mið unrehte plenum iniquitate, Lk. Skt. Rush. 11, 39. Mid unryhte wrongfully, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 23. Mid unrihte, Ps. Th. 58, 1: 68, 28: Andr. Kmbl. 3116; An. 1561. Ne dém nán unriht non injuste judicabis, Lev. 19, 15.

freó-dóm

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ðaem twéntigum hída aet iddeshale, end ðaes londes friódóm aet habeccahám mid ðý tén hída londes aet felda ...

ge-wilnung

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Oferswíðde mid sumre unryhtre gewilnunge repentina concupiscentia superati, 21, 8. Mid hira ágenre gewilnunge onbærnede sua cupidine accensi, 27, 18.

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, to mark, <b>mearcian</b> to fix bounds. [These may be taken together; cf. mearc.]
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</b> to mark with a symbol :-- Mid þám háligan ele gé scylan þá hǽþenan cild mearcian on þám breóste . . . mid róde tácne, Ll.

þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þeówan, þéwan, þíwan, þýwan, þýgan, þeón, þían, þýn, and þeówian, þíwian, þýwian; pres. ic þý, hé þýþ; p. þeówde, þéwde, þíwde, þýwde, þýgde, þeóde, þýde; ppr. þýwende, þíende; pp. þéd, þýd.
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Hé ðá hit eft sette on ðæt ylce þyrh and þýde mid his fét, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 72. He sum fæc ðone swyle mid ðýgde (or midðýgde? mid þýde, Bd. M. 382, 29) aliquandiu tumorem horum adpositione comprimere curabat. Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 41.

ge-swencan

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Sé ðe bið mid his ágnum scyldum geswenced quem crimen depravat proprium, Past. 62, 21. Suá hé mildheortlícor bið gesuenced ( fatigatur ) mid ó ðerra monna costungum, 107, 3. Mid woruldsorgum geswenced. Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 21.