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æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, æf-ǽst, æfst, es; n. [æf, of = ab, ést gratia]

Envyspiteenmityzealrivalryemulationlivorinvidiaodiumzelusæmulatio

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Without favour or good-will, hence Envy, spite, enmity, zeal, rivalry, emulation; livor, invidia, odium, zelus, æmulatio Æfst and oferhygd envy and pride, Cd. 1; Th. 3, 1; Gen. 29.

fleardian

(v.)
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Wá þám þe cyrican mid ídele sécað; þæt syndan þá ungesǽligan þe ðǽr fleardiað mid ídelre spiéce and hwílum mid ídelre dǽde. Wlfst. 279, 7.

Linked entry: fleardere

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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Worse, worst, in a moral sense For hwam lifaþ se wyrsa leng? Salm. Kmbl. 716; Sal. 357. Ne wearð nán wærsa dǽd gedón ðonne ðeós wæs, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 4. Gif wé ðæt ne dóþ, ðonne wyrce wé ús myccle synne; and ús is get wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian

GLÉD

(n.)
Grammar
GLÉD, e; f.

Burning coallive coalgleedemberfireflameprunacarboflamma

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Glédum spíwan to spit forth flames, Beo. Th. 4614; B. 2312: 4659; B. 2335

Linked entries: gloed gléde ge-gléded

ræge-reósa

(n.)
Grammar
ræge-reósa, an; m. : -reóse (?); f.
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A ridge of muscles at the side of the spine running up the back Lǽcedómas wið rægereósan sáre, Lchdm. ii. 14, 26. Wið rægereósan, rúdan swá gréne, seóþ on ele and on weaxe, smire mid ðone rægereósan.

BODIG

(n.)
Grammar
BODIG, es; n.

bigness or height of body, staturestaturathe trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bonetruncus corporisthe BODYcorpus

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Voc. 283, 26: spina, Cot. 177: 196. the BODY; corpus Ǽgðer ge his fét ge his heáfod ge eác eall ðæt bodig either his feet or his head or even all the body, Past. 35, 3; Hat. MS. 45 b, 12

císe

(n.)
Grammar
císe, es; m.
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III. wéga spices and céses, Cht. Th. 471, 14: 474, 29. X. pund caeses gif hit fuguldaeg sié. Gif hit festendæg sié, selle mon uuége cǽsa, 460, 19-22. Ne ete níwne císe, Lch. ii. 88, 7. Ðonne þú cýse habban wille, Tech. ii. 123, 20: Goll. M. 34, 27.

Linked entries: cése cýse

sceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
sceorfan, scearf, scurfon; scorfen

To gnawbitescarify

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Spíwe ðá deah ðám monnum ðe gihsa hié innan scyrfþ, Lchdm. ii. 60, 18-25: 176, 20. Gif hé geféle ðæt se geohsa hine innan sceorfe on ðone magan, 62, 10.

Linked entries: ge-sceorpan scearfian

þyrne

(n.)
Grammar
þyrne, an; f.

A thorn-bush

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Þyrne frutices, ramos, 151, 44; dumus, i. spina, spineta, Wülck. Gl. 225, 23. Hé geseah ðæt seóþyrne ( rubus ) ... næs forburnen, Ex. 3, 2, 3. On ða þyrnan westewarde ðǽr se mycla þorn stód, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 404, 12.

healm

stubblestrawa strawstalk

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Th. i. 140, 13. a straw, stalk Eár spica, egla arista, healm culmus, codd folliculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 49: 67, 36. Healm vel stela culmus, ii. 137, 48. Ðá halm geberned paleas comburet, Lk. L. 3, 17. Ða halmas, Mt. L. 3, 12

be-hweorfan

Grammar
be-hweorfan, (-hwurfan, -hwyrfan).
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Þonne hé spic behworfen hæfð, 23. to treat, an object Gif heora hwylc gýmeleáslíce mynstres þing behwyrfe si quis negligenter res monasterii tractaverit, R.

teón

Grammar
teón, [On p. 978, ll. 2, 3 for leáh, tongne l. teáh, longne.]
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</b> add :-- Ðá ridon his men tó and tugon út ðæt spic of Æðelsiges húse, C.D. iii. 291, 16. <b>III 2.</b> add :-- Hé ofslóg Tetricum for þý þe hé hí him teáh tó anwalde, Ors. 6, 26; S. 276, 23. <b>III 3.

yppe

(adj.)
Grammar
yppe, adj.
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Ðonne him þince ðæt hé spíwe, ðæt byð swá hwæt swá hé ána wiste, ðæt hit weorðæþ yppe (geypped, v. l. ), Lchdm. iii. 170, 27. Mid Sigelwarum sóð yppe wearð, dryntlíc dóm Godes, Apstls. Kmbl. 128; Ap. 64. Gif ðis yppe bið, Elen. Kmbl. 870; El. 435

Linked entry: uppae

egl

(n.)
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Eárum, eglum spicis, An. Ox. 2361. a talon, claw Egl unheóru, B. 987. [v. N. E. D. ail.] Cf. egenu

þýfel

(n.)
Grammar
þýfel, es; m.

A busha thicketa leafy plant

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Þýfel spartus, 32, 40: spina, sentrix, 33, 47. Of þiccum þéfele, Hpt. Gl. 408, 38. On ðone hundes þýfel; of hundes þýfele forþ on ðone þorn, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 425, 29. Andlang paðes on ðone hyndes þýfel; of ðæm þýfele andlang weges, vi. 36, 4.

a-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-geótan, -gítan; p. -geát, -gét, pl. -guton; pp. -goten.

To pour outshedstrewspilldeprive ofeffundereprivareTo pour forthprofluere

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To pour out, shed, strew, spill, deprive of; effundere, privare He his swát ageát he shed his blood. Exon. 40a; Th. 133, 22; Gú. 493 : Cd. 47; Th. 60, 20; Gen. 984. He his blód agét he had spilled his blood Andr. Reed. 2897; [ageát.

Linked entries: a-geát a-goten agute

lesan

(v.)
Grammar
lesan, p. læs; pl. lǽson; pp. lesen

To leasegathercollect

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Ne gé ne gaderion ða eár ðe bæftan eów beóþ ac lǽtaþ þearfan and útácymene hig lesan nec remanentes spicas colligetis, sed pauperibus et peregrinis dimittetis eas, Lev. 23, 22

bodig

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Bodeg, bodęi spina, Txts. 99, 1891. Bodig, An. Ox. 18b, 89. Hí næfdon ꝥ heáfod ld þám bodige, Hml. S. 32, 137, 165. Hí tyrndon mid bodige, and heora fótwylmas áwendan ne mihton, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 19.

ymb-hringan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hringan, p. de.
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Th. 31, 12. to turn round in a ring, wind round Ymbhringde glomeravit (the passage is: In spira morsum glomeravit inertem. Ald. 202), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 15 : 41, 48

Linked entries: hringan hringian

ge-miltan

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Healfe cuppan clǽnes gemyltes spices, Lch. iii. 5. On gemelt weax gedón, ii. 72, 7. to digest Heald georne l se mete si gemylt, Lch. ii. 284, 3.