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brægde

(adj.)
Grammar
brægde, (?), bregde; adj.

Fraudulent

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Fraudulent, done with fraud Ús ne þincþ nán riht ꝥ ǽnig man ágnian sceole þǽr gewitnysse bið, and man gecnáwan can ꝥ þǽr bregde (bregden, brygde (or dat.? v. brygd) v. ll.) bið (that the matter is conducted with fraud ), Ll. Th. 1. 390, 13

Linked entries: brygd brægden

cnyss

(n.)
Grammar
cnyss, (?), e; f.
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A beating; pulsus Cardiacus (glossed by cardian, i.e. pulsum cordis patiens) heortan cnysse (þrowiende), Hpt. 31, 13, 321. Or is heort-ancnysse (= -angnysse) to be read ? Cf. cardiacus dicitur qui patitur laborem cordis, vel morbus cordis heortcoþa vel

Linked entry: heort-angness

hellewíte-bróga

(n.)
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terror of hell Þæt man ús foresegð embe hellewíte-brógan (or ? helle wíte-brógan. Similar entries v. wíte-bróga. But cf. be fyrhto þæs tintreglican wítes hé leóþ geworhte de horrore poenae gehennalis carmina faciebat, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 487, 15), Wlfst.

Linked entry: helle-wíte

self-willendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
self-willendlíce, adv.
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According to one's own will or desire Hé hæfde ǽnne sunu . . . þone hé lufode swíþe líchamlíce and fédde selfwillendlíce (seolfweldlíce, selfwendlice, v. l.) filium habuit, quem nimis carnaliter diligens remisse nutriebat; he brought him up to have his

stród

(n.)
Grammar
stród, strod ?, es; n. ? Substitute: <b>stród,</b> es; n.
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Marshy land (overgrown with brushwood or trees?, v. Philol. Trans. 1895-8, p. 537), and add Haec sunt prata que ad illam terram pertinent .i. et bioccan leá and an súðhealfe stródes an cyninges médum ðá ðe ðǽrtó belimpað, C. D. B. ii. 202, 13

wederian

(v.)
Grammar
wederian, p. ode

To be (good or bad) weather

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To be (good or bad) weather Cweðaþ sume men, ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian (wedrian, widrian) sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde ys, Lchdm. iii. 268, 2

hand-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
hand-hwíl, e; f.

A momentin a moment of time

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A moment Nis ná eów tó gewitenne ða tíd oððe ða handhwíle ðe mín Fæder gesette þurh his mihte it is not for you to know the hour or the moment that my Father hath appointed through his might, Homl. Th. i. 294, 26

hleów-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
hleów-mǽg, es; m.

A near relation, one who is bound to offer shelter or help [?],

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A near relation, one who is bound to offer shelter or help [?], Cd. 48; Th. 61, 34; Gen. 1007: 75; Th. 94, 3; Gen. 1556: 78; Th. 96, 16; Gen. 2596: 76; Th. 95, 21; Gen. 1582; Exon. 81 b; Th 307, 18; Seef. 25

a-willan

(v.)
Grammar
a-willan, p. de; pp. ed

To cause to bubbleto boilfacere ut aliquid ferveat vel ebulliatcoqueredecoquere

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To cause to bubble, to boil; facere ut aliquid ferveat vel ebulliat, coquere, decoquere Awilled meolc boiled milk, pottage; jeta [jura?], Cot. 168. Awilled wín vel cyren new wine, just pressed from the grape, or new wine boiled till half evaporated;

Linked entry: cyren

emnettan

(v.)
Grammar
emnettan, emnyttan, to emnettenne; p. te; pp. ed

To make even or equal, to regulateæquāre, coæquāre

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To make even or equal, to regulate; æquāre, coæquāre Synt to emnettenne be ðissere emnihte they are to be regulated by this equinox. Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 11, 15; Lchdm. iii. 256, 24. Ic emnytte coæquo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 56

fér-blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
fér-blǽd, es; m. [fér- = fǽr-sudden, blǽd a blast]

A sudden or fearful blastrepentīnus flātus

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A sudden or fearful blast; repentīnus flātus Ic lǽran wille ðæt gé eówer hús gefæstnige, ðý-læs hit férblǽdum windas toweorpan I will exhort that ye make your house firm, lest winds overthrow it with sudden blasts, Exon. 75 a; Th. 281, 21; Jul. 649

Linked entry: fǽr-blǽd

for-cýðan

(v.)
Grammar
for-cýðan, p. de; pp. ed

To surpass or excel in knowledgescientia excellĕre vel supĕrāre

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To surpass or excel in knowledge; scientia excellĕre vel supĕrāre Hæfde se snotra sunu Davides forcumen and forcýðed Caldéa eorl the wise son of David had overcome and surpassed in knowledge the leader of the Chaldeans, Salm. Kmbl. 353; Sal. 176: 411

eald-gecynd

(n.)
Grammar
eald-gecynd, es; n.

Old or original nature antīqua nātūra

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Old or original nature; antīqua nātūra vel indōles Wudu-fuglas on treówum ealdgecynde wuniaþ the wood-birds live in the trees in their old nature. Bt. Met. Fox 13, 79; Met. 13, 40: 25, 114; Met. 25, 57: Exon. 54b; Th. 193, 26; Az. 127

Linked entry: ge-cynd

hrycg-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-weg, es; m,
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A road running along a ridge or elevated piece of ground On ðone beorh tó ðem ricgwege ðonne eást andlang hricgweges on to the hill to the road that runs along it, and then east along the road, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 427, 33

ge-wring

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wring, es; n. [ge-wringan comprimere, wringan to wring, torquere]

What one can wring or press outdrinkstrong drinkpotussiceraσίκερα

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What one can wring or press out, drink, strong drink; potus, sicera = σίκερα Sicera ælces cynnes [MS. kynnes] gewring bútan wíne and wætere what one can press out of every kind, except wine and water, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 120; Wrt. Voc. 27, 48

Linked entry: -wring

searu-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
searu-líc, adj.
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Ingenious, cunning, clever, displaying art or skill Ðæt ( writing being able to convey a message ) is wundres dǽl, on sefan searolíc ðam ðe swylc ne conn, Exon. Th. 472, 4; Rá. 61, 11. Sum hafaþ searolíc gomen gleódǽda, 298, 9; Crä. 82. v. next word

gelodr

(n.)
Grammar
gelodr, e; f.

A part of the body about the chest, the backbone or spine? pars corporis circa thoracem vel spinam? - Se maga biþ neáh ðære heor-tan and ðære gelodre the stomach is near the heart and the spine,

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A part of the body about the chest, the backbone or spine? pars corporis circa thoracem vel spinam? - Se maga biþ neáh ðære heor-tan and ðære gelodre the stomach is near the heart and the spine, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 176, 3

scip-firdung

(n.)
Grammar
scip-firdung, e; f.
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A naval force or armament Æt ðam ende ne beheóld hit nánþing seó scypfyrding ne seó landfyrding, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 36. Burhbóta and bricbóta áginne man georne on ǽghwilcon ende, and fyrdunga eác, and scipfyrdunga ealswá, L. Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 322

þeóster-cofa

(n.)
Grammar
þeóster-cofa, an; m.
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A dark chamber, used of the place where a person or thing is buried Under neólum niðer næsse gehýdde in þeóstorcofan, Elen. Kmbl, 1662; El. 833. Ðæt heó ðis bánfæt beorge bifæste, láme bilúce líc orsáwle in þeóstorcofan, Exon. Th. 173, 29; Gú. 1168

weorold-wita

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wita, an ; m.
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A secular or lay councillor Gif feohbót áríseþ, swá swá wise woroldwitan tó steóre gesettan, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 5. Wíse eác wǽron woroldwitan ðe ǽrest gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 21. Worldwitan, ix. 348, 13