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ymb-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sellan, p. -sealde

To surround ⬩ circumdare

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Ða ymbsealde sint mid sixum eác fiðrum gefrætwad, Elen. Kmbl. 1480; El. 742

feorh-ben

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ben, -benn, e; f. [ben a wound]

A life-wound ⬩ mortal wound ⬩ lētāle vulnus

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A life-wound, mortal wound; lētāle vulnus Feorhbennum seóc sick with mortal wounds, Beo. Th. 5473; B. 2740

Linked entry: ben

un-sceamfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceamfæst, adj.

Shameless ⬩ impudent

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Unscamfæst impudens, inverecundus, sine pudore, Hpt. Gl. 472, 37

Linked entry: sceam-fæst

cærs-will

(n.)
Grammar
cærs-will, es; m.
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A spring where cress grows In cærswylle ; æfter cærswylles síce, C. D. iii. 384, 19. v. preceding word

ferhþ-loca

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Þǽr ic móste mód gefeðran, þínne ferðlocan, feðrum mínum pennas sibi cum mens induit, Met. 24, 5. Add

út-wǽpnedmann

(n.)
Grammar
út-wǽpnedmann, es; n.

A stranger ⬩ outsider

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A stranger, outsider Hí útwǽpnedmonna freóndscipes ceápiaþ externorum sibi virorum amicitiam comparent, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 18

Linked entries: wǽpned-mann út

tó-forlǽtenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-forlǽtenness, e; f.

Intermission

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Intermission Bútan tóforlǽtennesse sine intermissione, R. Ben. Interl. 45, 11: Homl. Th. i. 596, 15 : ii. 382, 1

Linked entry: tó-forlǽten

byrþor

(n.)
Grammar
byrþor, es; n?

Child-birth, a fetus ⬩ partus, fetus

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Child-birth, a fetus; partus, fetus Bútan byrþres intingan sine partus causa, Bd. I. 27; S. 493, 40

Linked entry: beorþor

wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, es; m. (?)

A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal

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Þeán ðe ða ealle ðe mé áfeódon wordum wyrigen and wearn sprecan si is, qui oderat me, super me magna locutus est, 54, 12.

Linked entries: un-wearnum wirn worn

in-fiht

(n.)
Grammar
in-fiht, -feoht, es ; n.
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of the peace for which a fine had to be paid to the head of the house if he were competent to exercise jurisdiction Infiht [infitht, MS.] vel insocna est quod ab ipsis qui in domo sunt contubernales agitur; hoc eciam wita emendabitur patrifamilias, si

be-útan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-útan, prep. dat. [be, útan out]

Without ⬩ extra

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Gif ic míne fiðeru gefó, fleóge ǽr leóhte, óþ ðæt ic be-útan wese eallum sǽwum si sumpsero pennas meas ante lucem, et habitavero in postremo maris, 138, 7.

geond-sprengan

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[sí] fermentum divine justitiae in discipulorum mentibus conspergatur, R. Ben. I. 12, 1

middel

(adj.)
Grammar
middel, adj.
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Spl. ) þreátas si dormiatis inter medios cleros, Ps. Cam. 67, 14. Ondlong ðæs æceres tó ðǽm midlestan wícwege, C. D. iii. 260, 11. In þone midlestan holan weg, Swt. A. S. Rdr. ii. 203, 8. Add

fæste

shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once

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Þæt þone mándrinc geceápað wer fæste feóre síne, Rä. 24, 14

Linked entry: fæstlíce

in-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
in-geótan, p. -geát

To pour in

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To pour in Hí on ǽlce healfe inguton they poured in on every side, Guthl, 5 ; Gdwin. 34, 18

morgen-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
morgen-seóc, adj.

Sick in the morning

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Sick in the morning Him biþ á sefa geómor, mód morgenseóc, Exon. 119a; Th. 458, 4; Hy. 4, 95

ge-écan

(v.)

to add ⬩ increase

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to add, increase His sylfes synna geéceþ increases his own sins, Blickl. Homl. 97, 9; 37, 17; 121, 32

un-swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
un-swǽs, adj.

Unpleasant ⬩ disagreeable

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wæs posueruut me in abominationem sibi, Ps. Th. 87, 8

widl

(n.)
Grammar
widl, filth, pollution : — Ǽlc widðil omnis pollutio, Rtl. 98, 24. Idese mid widle and mid womme besmítan, Judth. Thw. 22, 12; Jud. 59. Widl and fúl
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Geseah síde sǽlwongas synnum gehladene, widlum gewemde, Cd. Th. 78, 16; Gen. 1294

Linked entry: ge-widlian

flǽscen

(adj.)
Grammar
flǽscen, adj.

Of flesh

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Of flesh Eágan sind flǽscene and téð bǽnene, Hml. Th. i. 532, 6. Flǽscene carnulenta, cornea, Germ. 394, 372