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gríma

(n.)
Grammar
gríma, an; m.
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He míne sáwle swylce gehealde wið ehtendra egsan gríman ut salvam faceret a persequentibus animam meam, Ps. Th. 108, 30. [Icel. gríma a sort of hood or cowl. ] See Grmm. D.

Linked entry: gríming

cild-geong

Grammar
cild-geong, infant.
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Cildiung wíf puerpera (cf. puerpera, puella, Corp. Gl. H. 855), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 17. Þysum cildgeongum cynincge ealle þing underþeódde synt, Lch. iii. 436, 8. Samuhel and Danihel cildgeonge ( pueri ) foreal*-*dedum mæssepreóstum démdon, R.

flot-man

a seamansailora pirate

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Justum helium is rihtlic gefeoht wið ðá réðan flotmenn, 25, 708

freólslíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: freely, without hindrance, without restraint Hé him synderlíce wíc getimbrede, ꝥ hé mihte on ðám freólslíce (freólíce, v.l.) Gode þeówian (in quo liberius caelestibus studiis uacaret ). Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 277, 14.

hæfenleást

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Þis earme wíf mé gesóhte . . . Gif þú mihtest myltsian, and noldest, gebringe þé se Hǽlend tó hyre hafealeáste, Hml. S. 3, 187. Ðǽr wana þurh þǽre stówe hæfenleáste sý ubi necessiias loci eæposcit, R. Ben. 65, 6

stede-fæst

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S. 31, 375. of a tree Gelíc ðám treówe ðe gréwð wið ðone streám stedefæst on wǽtan tanquam lignum quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum, Hex. 40, 10. of weather, steady, not variable Winter stedfæst hiems stabilis (cf. winter missenlic, 298, 15)

heáfod-gemaca

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-gemaca, -gemæcca, an; m.

An equal, a mate, fellow

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Feówra sum his heáfodgemacene with three of his equals, L. Wih. 19, 21; Th. i. 40, 17, 21. Mid heora heáfodgemacum cum suis similibus, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 8

heal

(n.)
Grammar
heal, hal, es; m. n.

A corner, an angle, a secret place

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Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13

ofer-feohtan

(v.)

to conquer, vanquishexpugnare, devincere

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Sió burg biþ micle ðé iéðre tó oferfeohtanne ðe hió self fieht wið hié selfe tanto ille sine labore superat, quanto et ipsa, quae vincitur, contra semetipsam pugnat, Past. 38, 6; Swt. 277, 25

áþum

a son-in-lawa brother-in-law

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Wig. says gener, Hen. Hunt. sororius), v. P. ii. 188), Chr. 1010; P. 140, 10

bacan

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In þám ofne þá wíf bócon heora hláfas, Gr. D. 251, 26. Þæt man breád bace, Wlfst. 296, 8. Þá oflǽtan þe gé sylfe bacen, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 35. Hláf bacan panes coquere, 160, 26. Ofen wæs gegearwod tó þon ꝥ man wolde on bacan, Gr. D. 219, 12. Add

wícian

(v.)
Grammar
wícian, p. ode.
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Án his manna wolde wícian æt ánes búndan húse, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 36. to camp, encamp, v. wíc, to stop in the course of an expedition or march Hé ástyrede his fyrdwíc forð tó Iordanen and wícode þreó niht wið ða eá movit castra, veneruntque ad Jordanem

Linked entry: ge-wícian

leahter

(n.)
Grammar
leahter, es; m.

a crimefaultoffencesinvicedisgracefulreproachopprobriumblamedisgracediseasedisorderhurtmalady

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Wið leahtras ðæs múþes for blotches of the mouth, Herb. 145, 3; Lchdm. i. 268, 13. Wið misenlíce leahtras ðæs bæcþearmas, 165, 3; Lchdm. i. 294, 15

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swilce

(adv.)
Grammar
swilce, swelce; adv. conj.
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Th. 107, 2. so, in such manner, in a manner already described Ðín mildheortnes is mycel wið heofenas, is ðín sóðfæstnes swylce wið wolcnum, Ps. Th. 56, 12. Lifge Ismael lárum swilce ðínum, Cd. Th. 141, 18; Gen. 2346.

Linked entry: swálíce

súpan

(v.)
Grammar
súpan, p. seáp, pl. supon; pp. sopen.
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Hrefnes fót wel on wíne, súp swá ðú hátost mǽge, ii. 50, 25: 56, 2: iii. 48, 2. Seóð on wíne, súpe hit swá wearm and healde on his múðe, i. 94, 20. Wyl on gáte meolce and súpe, ii. 100, 24. Þeáh ðú mid cuclere ðæt súpe, ðæt hylpþ, 184, 25.

Linked entries: sype sypian sopa

fæstnian

(v.)

to betroth

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Mon fæstnode þone frið ǽgðer ge wið Eást-Engle ge wið Norðhymbre, Chr. 906; P. 94, 21. Se here hine gecés him tó hláforde, and þæt fæstnodon mid áþum, 921; P. 103, 20. Wére trume fæstnie pactum firmum feriat, Lch. i. Ixix, 4.

laðian

(v.)
Grammar
laðian, p. ode

To invitecallcall upon

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To invite, call, call upon Hwílum ic rincas laðige tó wíne at times I invite men to wine, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 32; Rä. 15, 16. Ðyder ðe unc laðaþ and cégþ uncer Drihten whither our Lord invites and calls us, Blickl.

þunor-rád

(n.)
Grammar
þunor-rád, e; f.

Thundera peal of thunder

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Gód wið lígetta and wið þunorráda, ii. 290, 16. Hé worhte þunorráda on heofonum intonuit de caelum Dominus, Ps. Th. 17, 13: Ex. 9, 23

sceatt

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Wið swylcan sceatte swilce hé hit þá findan mihte, C. D. B. i. 544, 4. Hí geúðen Ælfwolde ǽnes dænnes wið his lícwyrðan scætte, iii. 490, 12. Ðæne dǽl ðæs landes ðe se arcebisceop for his sceatte him tó lét, C. D. iii. 352, 7.

dollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dollíce, adv.

Foolishly, rashlystulte, insāne

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Foolishly, rashly; stulte, insāne Spræc heálíg word dollíce wið Drihten sínne he spake proud words foolishly against his Lord, Cd. 15; Th. 19, 22; Gen. 295: Homl. Th. ii. 330, 26.