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lippa

(n.)
Grammar
lippa, an; m.

A lip

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Wið lippe sár. Eft sóna ðes lǽcedóm sceal ðan manne ða hyra lippa beóþ sáre oððe hyra tunga ... smire mid ða lippa, Lchdm. iii. 100, 15-21

ge-wrixlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrixlian, -wixlian; p. ede; pp. ed.

to change ⬩ to get by exchange ⬩ obtain ⬩ to give in exchange ⬩ grant

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to those that before well kept the Creator's will, Exon. 26 a; Th. 77, 23; Cri. 1261

Linked entry: ge-wixlan

þearl-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þearl-líc, adj.
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Sceal se dæg weorþan, ðæt wé forð beraþ firena gehwylce; ðæt biþ þearlíc gemót ( a meeting that will be a severe ordeal for all ), Exon. Th. 447, 9; Dóm. 36. Deáþes cwealm, þearlíc wíte, 240, 25; Ph. 644. Þurh þearlíc þreá, 283, 20; Jul. 678

fela-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-sprǽce, adj.

loquacious

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Speaking much, loquacious, using many words with intent to deceive Felospraeci, feluspréci trifulus, trufulus, Txts. 102, 1009.

níþ-full

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Add: jealous Sár heortan and heóf wíf níþfull ( zelotypica), Scint. 225, 1. Se níðfulla (æfæstiga, v. l. ) mæssepreóst (cf. hé ongann andian, 8), Gr. D. 117, 17: 118, 17.

pistol

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Wið útsihte; þysne pistol se ængel bróhte tó Róme þá hý wǽran mid útsihte micclum geswæncte, Lch. iii. 66, 5. an epistle of the New Testament Swá swá se apostol Petrus on his pistole áwrát, Hm. A. 52, 51

wæter-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-fæt, es; n.

A vessel for water, a water-pot

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Ðæt wíf forlét hyre wæterfæt ( hydriam ), Jn. Skt. 4, 28. Ðǽr wǽron áset six stǽnene wæterfatu (hydriae), 2, 6 : Homl. Th. ii. 56, 5, 21. Ðá six wæterfatu getácnodon six ylda ðyssere worulde, 58, 1.

CRAFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRAFIAN, crafigan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To ask ⬩ CRAVE ⬩ implore ⬩ demand ⬩ summon ⬩ petere ⬩ postulare ⬩ in jus vocare

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He mid rihte crafede ðás ða he crafede he with right craved those things which he craved Chr. 1070; Erl. 208, 18, 23

Linked entries: be-crafian cræfian cræfian

snǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽsan, p. de

To spit, run through with a pointed implement or weapon ⬩ to spit

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To spit, run through with a pointed implement or weapon Gif mon hafaþ spere ofer eaxle and hine mon on ásnáseþ (ásnǽseþ, MS. H., snǽseþ, MS. B.), gielde ðone wer bútan wíte; gif beforan eágum ásnáse (ásnǽse, MS. H.) gielde ðone wer L.

Linked entries: snás á-snǽsan

ge-spelia

(n.)
Grammar
ge-spelia, an; m. [spelian to represent]

A substitute ⬩ deputy ⬩ vicegerent ⬩ vĭcārius

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Wið Cristes gespelian against Christ's vicegerent, ix. 42; Th. i. 350, 3. He wæs Æþelstánes b' gespelian siððan he unfere wæs he was bishop Athelstane's substitute after he was unable to move, Chr. 1055; Erl. 191, 12

Linked entry: spala

ge-wunian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wunian, p. ode; pp. od.

to dwell ⬩ inhabit ⬩ to remain ⬩ stay ⬩ abide ⬩ continue ⬩ To stop, live, associate with ⬩ continue in or with ⬩ to be accustomed, wont

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To stop, live, associate with, continue in or with Hie se leódfruma leng ne wolde gewunian with them the prince no longer would abide, Andr. Kmbl. 3320; An. 1636.

a-settan

(v.)
Grammar
a-settan, p. -sette ; pp. -seted, -sett.

to set ⬩ put ⬩ place ⬩ appoint ⬩ lay ⬩ set up ⬩ erect ⬩ build ⬩ to set or take ⬩ to plant ⬩ ponere ⬩ statuere ⬩ constituere ⬩ instituere ⬩ collocare ⬩ deponere ⬩ desumere ⬩ plantare ⬩ to make a journey ⬩ iter facere

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Ac heó hire ðǽr wíc asette ibique sibi mansionem instituit, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 26 : Exon. l08 a ; Th. 411, 27 ; Rä. 30, 6. Hét ǽnne weall asettan he ordered a wall to be built, Ors. 6, 15 ; Bos: 122, 34.

Linked entries: a-seted a-sette

a-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weorpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan ; ðú -wyrpst, he -wyrpþ ; p. ic, he -wearp, ðú -wurpe, pl. -wurpon; impert. -weorp, -wurp, -wyrp ðú; pp. -worpen; v. a. [a from, weorpan to throw]

To throw or cast from or down ⬩ to cast away or off ⬩ cast out ⬩ to degrade ⬩ reject ⬩ divorce ⬩ abjicere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ projicere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ propellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ reprobare ⬩ repudiare

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Aworpen wíf a divorced wife, L. Æ1f. C. 7 ; Th. ii. 346, 6. Aworpen man biþ á unnyt homo apostata, vir inutilis, Past. 47, 1; Hat. MS. 68 a, 23. Used also with the prepositions on into, as awurpan on to cast into, Mt. Foxe 13, 50. Fram from, Mt.

Linked entries: a-werpan a-worpen a-wurpan a-wurpon a-wyrpan

lífan

(v.)
Grammar
lífan, léfan, lýfan; p. de

allow ⬩ permit

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Wih. 6; Th. i. 38, 9. Gif eów Crist lýfan wylle, dæt ... Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 27; Gú. 565

Linked entries: lǽfan léfan líft lýfan be-lífan

BLÓSTMA

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓSTMA, blósma, an; m.

A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower ⬩ flos

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He dysegaþ se ðe wintregum wederum wile blósman [Cot. blostman] sécan he is foolish who will seek flowers in wintry weather, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32. Ðænne wangas blóstmum blówaþ then [i.e. in summer] the fields bloom with flowers, Menol.

Linked entry: blóstm

ge-hwá

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwá, <b>A.</b> as noun.
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(cb) with demonstrative Is þára ánra gehwám orgeate tácen.

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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Se cyning ( Ethelbert of Kent) sealde Wulláfe fíf sulung landes et Wassingwellan (Washingwell, in Kent) wið ðém fíf sulungum et Mersahám (Mersham, in Kent ), ii. 66, 17-19. Twá sulung æt Denetúne ( Denton, in Kent ), 380, 32

Linked entry: swulung

FǼHÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FǼHÞ, fǽgþ, e; f: fǽhþe, an; f: fǽhþo, fǽhþu; indecl. f.

Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer ⬩ capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum

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He geþingade þeódbúendum wið Fæder swǽsne fǽhþa mǽste he appeased for mankind the greatest feud with his dear Father, Exon. 16 b; Th. 39, 5; Cri. 617. On ða fǽgþe in that hostility, Andr. Kmbl. 567; An. 284.

Linked entries: fǽhþe fǽhþo

ceorl

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</b> a (married) man, husband :-- Ceorl þe wíf hæfð maritus, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 13. Ceorl uxorius, ii. 124, 26. Wearð forðféred sumes wífes ceorl ... and sæt ꝥ wíf ofer þám líchaman hire forðférdan ceorles, Gr. D. 215, 18: Gn. Ex. 97.

ge-sceádwísness

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. ¶ as a personification :-- Ðá cwæþ seó Gesceádwísnes, Bt. 5, 3 ; F. 12, l. a reason, an argument Lóca nú hwæþer ðú wille ꝥ wit spyrigen æfter ǽnigre gesceádwísnesse furþor, nú wit ꝥ áfunden habbaþ ꝥ wit ǽr sóhton sed visne rationes ipsas invicem collidamus

Linked entry: sceádwísness

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