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síþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
síþlíce, adv.
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Næs Petrus gewunod tó nánre wǽpnunge ac ðǽr wǽron twá swurd síþ*-*líce gebrohte Peter was not accustomed to arms, but two swords had lately (?) been brought there, 248, 4

þurh-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-smeágan, -smeán

to search throughinquire intoexamine intoinvestigate

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Hé ríxade ofer Englæland, and hit mid his geápscipe swá þurhsmeáde ( made such a thorough inquisition ), ðæt næs án híd landes innan Englælande, ðæt hé nyste hwá heó hæfðe, oððe hwæs heó wurð wæs, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, l0.

teón-word

(n.)
Grammar
teón-word, es; n.
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Næs heó swá nú æðelborene men synt mid oferméttum áfylled . . . ne mid teónwordum she was not, as nobly born men now are, filled with haughtiness . . . or with insolent words, Lchdm. iii. 428, 33

for-hínan

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Mid þǽm bryne hió (Rome) wæs swá swíþe forhiéned þæt hió nǽfre siþþan swelc næs nec unquam majore incendio vastata est, 6, 1; S. 252, 24. Take here for-hýnan, and add

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FYLL

(n.)
Grammar
FYLL, fill, fyllu, fyllo, e; f.

The FILLfulnessplentyplēnĭtūdosatŭrĭtas

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Næs hie ðære fylle gefeán hæfdon they had no joy of that plenty, 1128; B. 562. Ic sylle heora hungrium hláf to fylle paupĕres ejus satŭrābo pānĭbus, Ps. Th. 131, 16

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ofer-hlifian

(v.)
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Add Tó þám scræfe næs nán weg, for þon þe þǽr oferhlifode micel stánclif (excelsa desuper rupes eminebat), Gr. D. 99, 2. Add Manega trahtnedon ymbe þis angin . . . ac ic hig ealle oferhlifige oððe oferswýðe (ego sublimor), Angl. viii. 307, 8.

suþerige

(n.)
Grammar
suþerige, A plant name glossing satirion, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 18. Cockayne takes the word to be the same as sæþerige (q. v.), and the gloss to be a mistake, Lchdm. ii. 403, col. 1; but cf. satirion sanycle, Wülck. Gl. 613, 33,
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saniculum sanicle i. wudemerch, 554, 8

fór-werod

(v.)
Grammar
fór-werod, -wered; part. p. [werian to wear]

Worn outvery oldattrītusvĕtus

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Næs his reáf hórig ne tosigen, ne his scós fórwerode his raiment was not dirty nor threadbare, nor his shoes worn out, i. 456, 21: ii. 94, 11. Nǽron eówre reáf fórwerede non sunt attrīta vestīmenta vestra, Deut. 29, 5.

óþ-ferian

(v.)
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to bear off Ic unsófte ðonan feorh ðþferede næs ic fǽge ðágyt not easily thence (the conflict with Grende's mother) did I bring away life, but not then had my hour come (cf. last passage under óþ*-*lǽdan), Beo. Th. 4288; B. 2141.

ge-bátad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bátad, <b>ge-batian;</b> pp. od
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Hire wæs micel wund open ðá heó mon on byrgenne dyde, and þá hí mon eft úp dyde of þǽre byrgenne ðá wæs hit gebatad, ꝥ þǽr næs bútan seó swaðu on (cf. Wæs seó wund fæstlíce gehálad (curatum), Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 449, 3), Shrn. 95, 2. Substitute:

fracoþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fracoþ, fracuþ, fracod, fraced; adj.

Vilefilthyunseemlyhatefulabominableworthlessuselessturpisdetestābilisindĕcōrus

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Hwæt rece we hwæt we sprecan, búton hit riht spræc sý, and behéfe, næs idel, oððe fracod quid cūrāmus quid lŏquāmur, nĭsi recta lŏcūtio sit, et ūtĭlis, non ănīlis, aut turpis? Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 11.

sǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽne, adj.

Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive

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Næs ðæt sǽne cyning, 322, 23; Wíd. 67. Eálá ðæt ðú woldest ðæs síðfætes sǽne weorðan (slow to undertake the journey), Andr. Kmbl. 408; An. 204: 422; An. 211: Elm. Kmbl. 440; El. 220, Næs his bróðor læt, síðes sǽne, Apstls. Kmbl. 67; Ap. 34.

furþ-an

(adv.)
Grammar
furþ-an, furþ-on, furþ-um; adv. [furþ = forþ forth, furþan, furþon, furþum, forþum, dat.]

Alsotooevenindeedfurtherat firstetiamquĭdemprīmo

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Also, too, even, indeed, further, at first; etiam, quĭdem, prīmo Ic secge eów sóþlíce, ðæt furþon Salomon on eallum hys wuldre næs oferwrigen swá swá án of ðyson dico autem vobis, quoniam nec Salomon in omni gloria sua coopertus est sicut unum ex istis

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heofone

(n.)
Grammar
heofone, an; f.
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Heaven Heofone næs ná ǽr ǽrðan ðe se ælmihtiga wyrhta hí geworhte on anginne heaven was not before the almighty workman wrought it in the beginning, Hexam. i; Norm. 4. Heofenan ríce the kingdom of heaven, Homl. Th. i. 68, 2: 58, 4.

purpure

(n.)
Grammar
purpure, an ; f.
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Hé gemétte his ágenne sunu mid purpurum gegieredne ( purpuratus ) ... hit næs þeáw ðæt ánig óðer purpuran werede búton cyningum, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 30-35. Hiene hét iernan on his ágenum purpurum, 6, 30; Swt. 280, 12.

ilding

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Næs þá nǽnig ylding tó þám nec mora, Guth. Gr. 129, 135. Gif fǽrunga cymð se ýtemesta dæg, þonne bið losod seó yldi[n]g if the lost day comes suddenly to the man who has deferred his conversion, the time during which he has delayed will be lost (?)

neáh-west

Grammar
neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Binnan ánes geáres fyrste næs gemét hǽðengild geond hundteóntig míla-neáwiste ( for a hundred miles round), Hml. Th. i. 562, 27. Add Ic wolde þaet hý mínre neáwiste wilnedon and þíne forhogedon, Wlfst. 255, 17.

bearhtm-hwíl

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Þá hraðe on þá ylcan tíd næs án brehtmhwíl tó ðon ꝥ se cniht gewearð geswænced hora eadem ac momento puer vexatus est, 242, 30. Gif hé mihte on ánre bearhtmhwíle (berhtm-, v. l.) swá feorr gefaran si tam longe potuit sub momento ire, 150, 12.

cammoc

(n.)
Grammar
cammoc, cammuc, commuc, es; n. m? The cammoc, kex, an umbelliferous plant, brimstone wort, hog's fennel, cow weed, cow parsley. Kambuck is still a name of the kexes in Suffolk, Prior 36, 126; peucedănum officinale, = πευκεδανόν , n; πευκεδανός , f.
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sulphur wort, hog's fennel Ðás wyrte man peucedanum, and óðrum naman cammoc [cammuc MS. H.] nemneþ this wort is called peucedanum, and by another name cammoc, Herb. 96, 1; Lchdm. i. 208, 17. Wyrc gódne drenc, elenan iii snǽda, commuces viii make a good

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óþ-lǽdan

(v.)
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Ic þence ðis feóh tó lufianne, næs tó óþlǽdanne . . . hé nǽfre nabbe landes ðæt hé hit óþlǽde. Lchdm. i. 384, 4-9. Ic com óþlǽded gódum excussus sum. Ps. Th. 108, 23.