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ciric-land

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-land, es; n.
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Church-land, land belonging to a church 'Ne þú geþrýstlǽce ꝥ þú úre cyricland (ciricean land, v. l.) derige' . . . Se flód gecyrde fram þan cyriclande 'nec terras ecclesiae laedere praesumas' . . .

for-weaxan

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Ne eft hé ne lǽte forweahsan (-weaxan, v. l.) tó swíðe tó unnytte ... hé mæge hié íðelíce of áceorfan ðæt hié tó ungemetlíce ne forweaxen nec rursum ad crescendum nimis relaxet ... recidantur citius, ne immoderatius excrescant, Past. 141, 1-6. [ The Latin

slipor

(adj.)
Grammar
slipor, adj.

slippery, not easy to hold, moving easilyslipping easily, easily movedfoul lubricum

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Ne tunge leás ne eágan syngian slipere ne lingua mendax occulive peccent lubrici 24, 27. [ Ps. 34, 6.

Linked entries: slifor slípan

efesian

(v.)
Grammar
efesian, efosian, efsian; p. ode; pp. od [efes the eaves, q. v.]

To cut in the form of eaves, to round, to shear in rŏtundum attondēre, tondēre

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To cut in the form of eaves, to round, to shear; in rŏtundum attondēre, tondēre Ne gé eów ne efesion ne beard ne sciron neque in rŏtundum attondēbĭtis cŏmam nec rādētis barbam, Lev. 19, 27.

Linked entries: efosian efsian

weorold-broc

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-broc, es; n.
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Use for secular purposes Ðes pápa gesette ðæt mæssepreóstas and diáconas ne sceoldon brúcan gehálgodra mæsse*-*hrægla tó nǽnegum woroldbroce, ne búton on cyrcean ánre, Shrn. 112, 20

helpe

(n.)
Grammar
helpe, an, f.

Help

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Help Gif ðás fultumas ne sýn helpe if these remedies are no help, L. M. 2, 48; Lchdm. ii. 262, 15. [Or should this be placed under help?] Hé him helpan ne mæg ǽnige gefremman he can give him no help, Beo. Th. 4888; B. 2448

Linked entry: HELP

ge-swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swǽtan, p. te

To sweat

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To sweat Heó ne geswǽtte she did not sweat, Shrn. 150, 2

ge-cwémedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cwémedlíc, adj.

Well pleasedbeneplăcĭtus

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Ne ne on glywcum weres gecwémedlíce oððe welgecwéme biþ him nec in tībiis vĭri beneplăcĭtum ĕrit ei, 146, 10

ge-heóran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heóran, p. de; pp. ed

To hearaudire

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To hear; audire Geheór hear now, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 116, 21. Ne geheórþ hears not, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 3. Ne geheórdon heard not, 18, 2 ; Fox 64, 12

ge-sceád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sceád, adj.
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Þá ne beóð wíse ne gescáde þe Godé nellað hýran, Ll. Th. i. 334, 5

mid-þeahtian

(v.)
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to consent midþeahtien wiþerwenglum ne consentiant adversariis, Ps. Rdr. 290, 1

Linked entry: þeahtian

dæg-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-cúþ, adj.
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Clear as daylight, perfectly known Ne þǽr ówiht inne ne belífe on heortscræfe heánra gylta, ꝥ hit ne sý dægcúð, ꝥ ꝥ díhle wæs, openum wordum eall ábæred nec lateat quidquam culparum cordis in antro, omnia quin luci verbis reddantur apertis, Dóm.

scrífan

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</b> to determine Ne dear ic náht þrístelíce be þissere wísan reccan ne ne scrífan hac de re temere definire nil audeo, Gr. D. 332, 13. <b>V c.

stuntness

(n.)
Grammar
stuntness, e; f. Foolishness, folly, stupidity
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ðingþ ðam dysegan menn . . . ac hé ne understent his ágene stuntnysse, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 20. Gif hé him sylfum stýrþ fram eallum stuntnyssum, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 23

gǽlan

to delayto dupe

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Add: to delay For ðǽm gif ús ne lyst ðǽra ǽrrena yfela ðe wé ǽr worhton, ðonne ne gǽlð ús nán ðing te fullfremmanne ðá gódan weorc ðe wé wyrceað nisi enim retro aspicerent, erga coeptum studium nullo torpore languerent, Past. 445, 29.

BREÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREÓWAN, ic breówe, ðú breówest, brýwst, he breóweþ, brýwþ, pl. breówaþ ; p. breáw, pl. bruwon; pp. browen, ge-browen

To BREW; cerevisiam coquere

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To BREW; cerevisiam coquere Ne biþ ðǽr nǽnig ealo gebrowen mid Estum there is no ale brewed by the Esthonians, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 22, 17. Ne dranc he nánes gemencgedes wǽtan, ne gebrowenes he drank not of any mixed or brewed fluid, Homl. Th. i. 352, 7

Linked entries: ge-browen bríwan

scremman

(v.)
Grammar
scremman, p. de
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To make a person stumble, put a stumbling-block in a person's way Ne wirige ðú deáfe ne scremme ðú blinde non male*-*dices surdo, nec coram coeco pones offendiculum, Lev. 19, 14

Linked entry: scrimman

hræd-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd-wyrde, adj.

Quickhasty of speech

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Quick, hasty of speech Ne sceal tó hátheort ne tó hrædwyrde he must not be too passionate nor too hasty of speech, Exon. 77 b; Th. 290, 17; Wand. 66

Linked entry: wær-wyrde

un-oferswíþed

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ne lét of gebedum his unoferswíðdan gást, Hml. S. 31, 1357. Add

Linked entry: ofer-swíþan

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, <b>. I</b> I g.
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Lóca ꝥ þú ofer gemet ne wilnige, Solil. H. 17, 9. Add