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slipor

(adj.)
Grammar
slipor, adj.

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

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slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily Deófol næddre ys slipor ðæs gif heáfde ná byþ wiðstanden eall on innemystum heortan ðænne ná byþ ongyten byþ ásliden diabolus serpens est lubricus, cuius si capiti non resistitur, totus in interna cordis, dum

Linked entries: slifor slípan

leán

(v.)
Grammar
leán, p. lóg [a weak form also occurs (cf. Icel.) Se ðe wolde leógan oftost on his wordon, ealle hine leádan, ða ðe God lufedan,
  • Wulfst. 168, 17
  • .]

To blamereproachdisapprovescorn

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Paulus ðæt yfel ðære forlegnesse swá manegum áwiergdum leahtrum lóh Paulus fornicationis vitium tot criminibus execrandis inseruit, 51, 8; Swt. 401, 26.

irfe

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Ürum cildum wé tiochiað úrne eard and úrne éðel and úre ierfe eall ætsomne tó te forlǽtanne pueris tota simul patrímonia heredibus reservamus, Past. 391, 28. property Willa ic gesellan of ðém ærfe ðe mé God forget . . . LX ambra maltes . . . C.

fræne

Grammar
fræne, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 55, is Latin. Cf. oreae, frenae. Corp. Gl. H. 87. 259. Cf. too Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 43 where Latin frena
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is given as an English gloss to pugula

un-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemet, es; n.

immensityan immense numberimmoderationexcessto excesswithout measureexcessivelyimmenselyvery

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Ic bidde ðínre ansýne ungemete georne, mid ealre gehygde heortan mínre deprecatus sum faciem tuam in toto corde meo, Ps. Th. 118, 58: 108, 3: 115, 1. Ungemete neáh, Beo. Th. 4832; B. 2420: 5450: B. 2728.

Linked entries: un-gemete on-gemet

in-tó

(prep.)
Grammar
in-tó, prep.

Into

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Sume urnon intó cyrcean and belucan ða duran intó heom some ran into the church and shut the doors upon them, Chr. 1082 ; Erl. 217, 13. with acc Férde his hlísa intó ealle Syriam abiit opinio ejus in totam Syriam, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 24.

ge-gerwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gerwan, -gærwan, -girwan, -gierwan, -gyrwan; p. -gerede; pp. -gered, -gerwed

To preparemake readyclothearrayadornfurnish

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Heardum tóþum and miclum hit wæs gegyred duris munitum dentibus, Nar. 21, 1

Linked entries: ge-gærwan ge-gyrwan

fremu

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Voc. ii. 125, 29. profit, advantage Hwelc fremu bið menn ðæt hé gestriéne eal ðæt him ymbútan sié quid prodest homini, si totum, quod extra se est, congregat?, Past. 333, 10.

hreám

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Heó ongan swá fela stefnum and hreámum ( tot vocibus clamoribusque ) hlýdan, swá fela swá heó mid áwyrgedum gástum wæs geþreád, Gr.

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, es ; m. n.

Thoughtthinkingcogitationintentmindheartconscience

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Hie behealdaþ ealle ða ingeþoncas hiora módes tota illud mentis intentione custodiunt, Past. 21, 5 ; Swt. 161, 14. Unclǽne ingeþoncas impure thoughts, Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 34; Cri. 1316.

Linked entry: inn-geþanc

ýþian

(v.)
Grammar
ýþian, ýþgian; p. ode.
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Swilc storm ýðigende feóll such a storm fell in torrents, 184, 5. figurative, to be filled Ðæs cyninges ríce ge foreweard ge forþgang swá monigum and swá myclum styrenessum wiþerweardra ðinga ýþiaþ cujus regni et principia et processus tot ac tantis

Linked entries: ýþan ýþgian

efen

(n.)
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Ꝥ ilce ꝥ hé lifde in líchaman, hit wǽre efen þan þe hé eallinga bútan þám líchaman eall wǽre totum jam extra carnem est, hoc ipsum quod vivit in carne, Gr. D. 218, 12.

wóp

(n.)
Grammar
wóp, es; m.

a whoopcrya cry of griefwailinglamentationweeping

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Wóp (fletus) and tóþa gristbítung, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 12 : 13, 42. Wóm and wóp, Cd. Th. 285, 2 ; Sat. 333. Nis nǽnig wóp ne nǽnig heáf gehýred, Blickl. Homl. 85, 28: Exon. Th. 164, 32 ; Gú. 1020. Hreám and wóp, Blickl. Homl. 115, 15.

ge-springan

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., to spread, be diffused Gesprang mérsung his in alle Syria abiit opinio ejus in totam Syriam, Mt. L. 4, 14. Gesprang ( processit) mérðu (rumor ) his in all loud. Mk. L. l, 28. to reach by spreading, spread and reach (fig.)

saltere

(n.)
Grammar
saltere, es; m.

a stringed musical instrument, a psalterythe book of Psalms a psalter,to sing psalms

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. ¶ Saltere singan to sing psalms taken from the psalter :-- Hé gehát gehét. . . ðæt hé ǽghwylce dæge ealne saltere ásunge vovit votum quia quotidie psalterium totum decantaret, Bd. 3,27 ;S. 599, 11.

Linked entries: psaltere sealten

a-teón

(v.)
Grammar
a-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, -tíhþ, -tíþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen [a from, out; teón to tow, draw] .

to draw out or awaypull outlead outpluckdrawabstrahereextrahereejicereeduceretrahereducereto treatusedispose ofemploytractareutiadhibereto draw to any placebetake oneself anywheregocomemake a journey or expeditionse reciperemeareproficisciirevenireiter facere

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v. trans. generally with a preposition : to draw out or away, pull out, lead out, pluck, draw; abstrahere, extrahere, ejicere, educere, trahere, ducere For ðam ðe he wolde ateón ðé fram Drihtne quia voluit te abstrahere a Domino, Deut. 13, 10. Ðonne

grimetan

(v.)
Grammar
grimetan, grymetan, grimetian; p. ode, ede
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To rage, roar, make a loud noise, grunt; fremere, rugire, grunnire Synfull tóþum torn þolaþ teónum grimetaþ peccator dentibus suis fremet, Ps. 111, 9. Grimme grymetaþ fiercely roars, Exon. 128 a; Th. 491, 22; Rä. 81, 3.

Linked entry: grymetan

ge-wǽcan

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Wé synd ealne dǽg tó deáþe gewǽhte morte afficimur tota die, R. Ben. 27, 9. non-physical Ne ðú ðé ǽfre ne lǽt wlenca gewǽcan, Met. 5, 31, Mód mid horuwe gewǽht mens sorde saucia, Hy. S. 37, 12. Wæs gewǽht afficitur (acri angore ), An. Ox. 4011.

hwider

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Angelðeóde on drohtedon peragrata insula tota quaquauersum Anglorum gentes morabantur Bd. 4, 2 ; Sch. 343, 22.

here-gild

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Ab illa magna heregoldi exactione quae per totam Angliam fuit, 180, II.