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sýring

(n.)
Grammar
sýring, e; f.

Butter-milk

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Sceáp-hyrdes riht is ðæt hæbbe bléde fulle hweges oððe sýringe ealne sumor, L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 25.

cleófa

Grammar
cleófa, l. cleofa,
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., chasm,' and add hæfde ǽnne lícðrowere belocen on ánum clyfan . . . Ðá eóde Basilius tó ðám clyfan, ac se preóst nolde undón þá duru mid cǽge, Hml. S. 3, 480-4. Sum déma hét belúcan on stǽnenum cleofan, Shrn. 103, 4. Cleofan absidan, Wrt.

éþian

(v.)
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Se gást éþað (spirat) þǽr wile, Gr. D. 146, 12. Oeðað (ocðiga, R.) spirat, Jn. L. 3, 8. Swá swá se man swelteþ, swí swylteþ eác þá nýtenu, and gelíce ealle éþiað (spirant), Gr. D. 264, 20.

floterian

(v.)

to flutter

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Germ. 400, 492. to flutter, make short, quick flights Flotorodon praeuolant, 499. to move (intrans.) restlessly with excitement Him wæs swá uneáðe, and þá eágan floterodon he was ill at ease, and his eyes moved restlessly from one to another, Hml.

fore-gangan

to precede

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Add: to precede (in time) Þá foregangendan hlǽfdian (praecedentes matres) gewunodon ꝥ hit sǽdon þám gingrum nunnum, and nú þá gingran nunnan hit reccaþ, Gr. D. 280, 26.

freó-bearn

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Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum,' Gen. 2182. of Christ Háligne Gást swá écne swá Fæder oððe Freóbearn, Hy. 10, 43. Áhangen wæs cyninges freóbearn, Godes gástsunu, El. 672. þé ( Christ ) rodera weard æt frymðe genóm him tó freóbearne, Cri. 223.

neósung

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miccle swíðor is Godes andweardnys and his neósung ǽghwǽr . . . Godes gást áfandað ealra manna heortan, and ðá ðe on hine gelýfað, þá gegladað mid his neósunge, Hml. Th. i. 288, 2-9.

pýtan

(v.)
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lét him pýtan út his eágan (euulsis oculis), and ceorfan of his handa, Chr. 796; P. 56, 26 (v. Nap. 85)

rád

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Hire hind hire ealne weg beforan arn ðonne hió on ráde wæs, Lch. iii. 426, 27. <b>I a.

scyndan

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R. 24, 22. 2. add: v. scynd-ness mon ǽnne mon scyndan scyle ðonne yfle costunga manege ðrowað de exhortatione, quae uni adhibenda est contrariis passionibus laboranti, Past. 455, 1

healtian

(v.)
Grammar
healtian, p. ode; pp. od

To halt, limp, be lame

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nú gyt heora ealdan gewunon healdaþ and from rihtum stígum healtiaþ ipsi adhuc inveterati et claudicantes a semitis suis, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 19. healtodan on heora wegum claudicaverunt a semitis suis, Ps. Th. 17, 43.

ofer-stige

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-stige, es; m.

Astonishment, extasy

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, ðæt ic nát ná forgeare ic hit ðus macige,' Homl.

Linked entries: stige ofer-stigenness

of-fillan

(v.)

to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy

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H.), L. Alf. pol. 13; Th. i. 70, 9. woldon heó sylfe offyllan oððe ádrencan ruina perituri aut fluctibus absorbendi, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 33. Ðá hét se déma ðæt wíf weorpan on seáþ and ðǽr mid stánum offellan, Shrn. 89, 29

on-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
on-sprǽc, e; f.

A suit involving a claim or accusation, claim, charge

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A suit involving a claim or accusation, claim, charge Se móste his hláford áspelian, and his onspǽce gerǽcan, L. R. 3; Th. i. 192, 3.

Linked entry: an-sprǽc

on-wealcan

(v.)
Grammar
on-wealcan, v. trans.

To roll

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Sóna swá ðú geseó ðæt ðú hyre ( the mandrake ) geweald hæbbe, genim sóna on hand, swá andwealc , and gewring ðæt wós of hyre leáfon, Th. An. 116, 22

Linked entry: and-wealcan

or-ceápe

(adv.)
Grammar
or-ceápe, -ceápes, -ceápunga, -ceápungum; adv.

Without payment, without cause, for nothing, gratis, gratuitously

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Homl. 41, 12. Orceápes gratis, Hpt. Gl. 478, 42. Beó frióh orceápunga, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3. onwunnon mé orceápunga ( gratis ), Ps. Spl. M. 119, 6. Orceápungum, Ps. Lamb. 108, 3

Linked entry: or-sceattinga

tó-hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hleótan, p. -hleát, pl. -hluton; pp. -hloten

To divide into lots,to divide into parts for which lots are to be cast

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Hié (the apostles) ðysne middangeard on twelf tánum tóhluton, and ǽghwylc ánra heora in ðærn dǽle ðe mid tán geeode manige þeóde úrum Drihtne gestreónde, Blickl. Homl. 121, 8

Linked entry: hleótan

efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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He efne swá swíðe lufode, ðæt ... he loved her even so greatly, that ... [adeo ut], Bt. Met. Fox 26, 129; Met. 26, 65. v. efen; adv

ge-wilnian

(v.)
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Martin) wæs twelfwintra gewilnode tó wéstene (cf. smeágende (St. Martin ) on wéstene wunian mihte, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 2), and hit eác gefremode gif þá ylde hæfde, Hml. S. 31, 26.

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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Hys gecynde is swíþe hát and slǽpbǽre, i. 284, 22.