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ǽwisc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽwisc, adj.
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Shameless, impudent, foul Hí (certain women) syndon ǽwisce on líchoman and unweorðe sunt publicato corpore et inhonesto , Nar. 38, 13

beód-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
beód-reáf, es; n.
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A table-cloth Mínum suna ic geann ánes búr-reáfes mid beódreáfe, C. D. iii. 294, 36. Cf. beód-hrægl

dysig-dóm

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Andswara stuntan æfter dysigdóme his ( juxta stultitiam suam ), Scint. 95, 14. Dysigdóme gelettendum imperitia impediente, Angl. xiii. 372, 97. Add

geonglicnes

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Þænne forman synd geoguðe oððe geonglicnysse úre tída cum prima sunt adolescentiae uel iuuentutis nostrae tempora, Scint. 124, 3. Add

gnorn

Grammar
gnorn, sorrow.
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Glæd bið se Godes sunu gif þú gnorn þrowast, Dóm. L. 86. Add

midlen

(adj.)
Grammar
midlen, adj.
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That is in the middle, midmost Sume syndon localia, propinquus gehende, longinquus fyrlen, medioximus midlen, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 14, 21

tá

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Sume preóstas mid forewerdum tán stæppað, ꝥ on þám fúhtan wege ne beón heora fét besprengde, Chrd. 64, 35. Add

wóh-dǽd

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Hé forhogade ꝥ hé ǽnig gemet sette his wóh-dǽdum modum suis pravitatibus ponere contemsit, Gr. D. 341, 4. Add

upon

(adv.)
Grammar
upon, adv.

From above

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From above Swá fæger drops ðe on ðás eorðan upon dreópaþ sicut stillicidia stillantia super terram, Ps. Th. 71, 6

ofermǽt-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ofermǽt-lic, adj.

Immense

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Immense Ðonne swá ofermǽtlícu rícu onstyrede wǽron ubi tot et talia regna mutata sunt, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 52, 10

bletsian

(v.)
Grammar
bletsian, bletsigan; part. bletsiende, bletsigende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. a.

To BLESS, wish happiness, consecrate ⬩ benedicere, consecrare ⬩ merciful, kind ⬩ to have mercy

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Mid heora múþe híg bletsodon, and mid heora heortan híg wergdon ore suo benedicebant, et corde suo maledicebant, Ps. Lamb. 61, 5. Hí hine bletsadon meáglum wordum they blessed him in strenuous words, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 6; Gú. 705.

Linked entries: bletsung bledsian

síðian

(v.)
Grammar
síðian, p. ode
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Sum undercyning hine bæd ðæt hé hám mid him síðode, i. 128, 6. Ðá ðá se Hǽlend síðode, sum man him cwæþ tó : 'Ic wille síðian mid ðé and ðé folgian,' Homl. Skt. i. 16, 154. Nǽnig wæs ðæt hé eft síðade hyhta leás, Exon. Th. 157, 24 ; Gú. 896.

gid

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Sum bið wóðbora, giedda giffæst, Crä. 36. of figurative speech Bi þon giedd áwræc Iób, . . . Hǽlend lofede . . . and hine fugel nemde, Cri. 633. of prophecy Gydde uaticinium An. Ox. 3708

wépan

(v.)
Grammar
wépan, p. weóp, wép (wǽpde, Lind.), pl. weópon, wépon ; pp. wópen
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Kmbl. 117; An. 59. trans. with accusative, to mourn, lament, bewail, deplore, of persons Hé weóp his sunu lugens filium suum, Gen. 37, 34.

Linked entries: wópen wǽpan

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i

Linked entry: six-hynde

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, To judge by the former of the two passages given here the word in the latter of them should mean a place of concealment for the hunter where he lies in wait for the game which is driven towards him. Such driving of game is described by the hunter in Ælfric's Colloquy, Th. An. 21, 13-22, 18.
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte

efen-éce

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On mec his efenécne sunu, Shrn. 106, 13. Add

sprengan

Grammar
sprengan, <b>II a.</b>
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Se diácon ꝥ gebletsode waster sprengde (stregde, v. l.) ofer his lima 'vade citius, et aquam super jacentis corpus projice' . . . Diaconus aquam benedictam super membra illius aspersit, Gr. D. 82, 18-22. Add

DÓN

(v.)
Grammar
DÓN, to dónne; part. dóende, dónde; ic dó, ðú dést, he déþ, pl. dóþ; p. ic, he dyde, ðú dydest, pl.dydon ; impert. dó, pl. dóþ; subj. dó, pl. dón, dó; p. dyde, pl. dyden; pp. dón, dén

To DO, make, cause ⬩ agĕre, facĕre

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To DO, make, cause; agĕre, facĕre Ne mót ic dón ðæt ic wylle non licet mihi quod volo facĕre? Mt. Bos. 20, 15: Chr. 876; Erl. 79, 12: 994; Erl. 133, 17: Cd. 10; Th. 12, 23; Gen. 189: Beo. Th. 2349; B. 1172: Bt. Met. Fox 19, 78; Met, 19, 39. Alýfþ on

a-ríseþ

it behoveth ⬩ oportet

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it behoveth; oportet Ðætte aríseþ sunu monnes for it bihoueth mannis sone, Wyc. Lk. Lind. Rush. War. 9, 22; quia oportet filium hominis, Vulg

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