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on-feall

(n.)

a swelling, fellon

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a swelling, fellon Wið onfealle, gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on. Lchdm. ii. 104, 12. Drenc wið onfealle, 102, 27: 104, 1, 3, 4, 6.

Linked entry: innan-onfeall

smæl-þearme

(n.)
Grammar
smæl-þearme, es; n.

The small gut, lower abdomen

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Síhþ innan ðone rop and on ðæt smælþearme 232, 15: 246, 21. Ðá þýdde Æfner hine mid hindewerde sceafte on ðæt smælþearme percussit eum Abner aversa hasta in inguine Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 18

ge-tígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tígan, pp. -tíged

To tiebind

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To tie, bind Forhwon fealleþ se snáw wæstmas getígeþ why does the snow fall, bind up the fruits? Salm. Kmbl. 606; Sal. 302. Ðǽr stód án ramm getíged be ðam hornum there stood a ram tied by the horns, Homl. Th. ii. 62, 3: i. 206, 10: Lk.

láð

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
láð, es; n.

harmevilinjuryhurttroublegriefpainannoyanceenmity

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Ðæt hé ðé nánwiht láðes ne ut nec ipse tibi aliquid mali faciat, 514, 3. Ðæt him mon nóht láðes gedón dorste ne qui prædicantibus quicquam molestiæ inferret, 5, 10; S. 624, 6.

for-seón

to despisehold in contemptto rejectto rejectto refuse

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Sume fæston swá ꝥ hí forsáwon tó etanne búton on ðone óðerne dæg, Hml. S. 13, 96

ongeagn

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Hí lédon hine ongeán þá sunnan they laid him down with his face to the sun, Hml. S. 35, 160. (1 a) :-- Se assa geseah ðone engel ongeán hine standan, and him ðæs færeltes forwiernan, Past. 255, 24.

hreówan

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Rdr. 105, 45. to affect with regret, to make a person wish that he had not done something, or that something had not happened. the subject a noun (pronoun) Ne doo ðú nánwuht búton geðeahte, ðonne ne hríwð hit ðé ðonne hit gedón bið sine consilio nihil

Butting-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Butting-tún, es; m.
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BODDINGTON, Gloucestershire Offóron hie ðone here hindan æt Buttingtúne on Sæferne staðe they followed after the army to Boddington on the bank of the Severn, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 22. Mr.

lǽce-finger

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-finger, es; m.

The leech-finger

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Ilike a fyngir has a name, als men thaire fyngers calle, The lest fyngir hat litye man, for hit is lest of alle; The next fynger hat leche man, for qwen a leche dos oȝt, With that fynger he tastes all thyng howe that hit is wroȝt. In Prompt. Parv.

Linked entry: gold-finger

munuc-líf

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-líf, es; n.

the monastic lifethe place in which the monastic life is liveda monastery

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Munuclif lǽdan, don monachicam vitam ducere, agere, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 7 : (of a woman ), 4, 23; S. 593, 19.

múþ

(n.)
Grammar
múþ, es; m.

The mouththe mouth as an instrument of speechthe faceA mouthopeningorifice

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Beleác heofonríces weard merehúses múþ ( the door of the ark ), Cd. 69; Th. 82, 18; Gen. 1364

ge-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gangan, -gongan; pp. -gangen, -gongen.

to gohappentake placebefalto fall to one's shareto come inireevenireaccidereto exerciseeffectaccomplishexercereperficereefficereto go against with hostile intentionto pass overovercomesubdueconquerobtainacquireaggreditransgredisuperaresubigereoblinereadipiscipossidere

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Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ full oft it happens, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 9; Vy. 1 : 117 a; Th. 451, 3; Dóm. 98. Ðá wæs gegongen gumum unfródum, ðæt . . . then it had befallen the youthful man, that . . . Beo. Th. 5634; B. 2821.

Linked entry: ge-gongan

séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
séfte, adj. Soft
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Ðone deáþ hé him gedéþ séftran ðonne óðrum monnum, Bt. 39, 10 ; Fox 228, 10. <b>IVa.

Linked entry: sófte

ágnian

(v.)
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MS.) ðone craft ðæs láreówdómes þe hí ná ne geleornodon, 24, 13. Tó hwon ágnodest þú þé ánum þæt ic inc bám sealde, Wlfst. 259, 15. Ahni[ende] (áhniend. Hpt. 523, 4) usurpans , An. Ox. 5127

á-heardian

(v.)
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Gif hwylcum men ǽdran áheardode sýn, i. 196, 5. figurative. of persons, to prove stern, inflexible þám mannum hé sceal dón synna forgifenysse þe hé gesihð þæt beóð onbryrde ðurh Godes gife, and þám hé sceal áheardian þe náne behreówsunge nabbað heora

Linked entry: heardian

ge-leáfful

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Óþrum geleáffullumteala dón, 75, 18. catholic, orthodox Geleáfful catholicus, rectus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 54. Þone geleáffullan geleáfan catholicam fidem, Ath. Crd. 1. Seó emniht is on .xii.[^m]ᵃ kl.

ge-springan

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Sigemunde gesprong æfter deáð dæge dóm unlytel, B. 88. of fame, report, &amp;c., 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.

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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Cf. ge-broc, Críst gehǽlde fela þǽra þe unhále wǽron, and Antecríst gebrocað and geuntrumað þá ðe ǽr hále wǽron . . . syððan hé þæne mann gebrocod hæfð, syððan hé mæg dón, swylce hé hine gehǽle . . . hé gebrocað mænigne man díhlíce and gehǽlð eft ætforan

Linked entry: brócian

hál-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wende, adj.

Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome

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Wé mágon eów sellan hálwende geþeahte hwæt gé dón mágon possumus salubre vobis dare consilium quid agere valeatis, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 14. Seó tunge ðe swá monig hálwende word gesette illa lingua quæ tot salutaria verba composuerat, 4, 24; S. 599, 11.

Linked entry: -wende

wil

(n.)
Grammar
wil, will, es; n.

will, pleasurea pleasant or desirable thing

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Al his wil to don, Laym. 2793. Ðu wurchest mi wil, . Kath. 2108. Þat wil, Shor. 16