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on-lúcan

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Add Ðonne seó cest bið onlocen, þonne cymeð ðǽr upp wunderlic stenc, Shrn. 67, 27. add Hé ús má onlýhð, nú ús bóceras beteran secgað, lengran lyftwynna, Exod. 529. Se Wísdóm wordhord onleác. Met. 6, 1

be-hípian

(v.)
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to heap up Behýpedan ingesserunt, An. Ox. 3322

Linked entry: -hípian

ymb-þreodian

(v.)
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Se deófol ús symble ymbeþrydað, Nap. 71. Add

a-spryngan

(v.)

to spring uparise

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to spring up, arise, Ps. Spl. 71, 7

a-wráþ

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wráþ, p. of a-wríðan.

bound up

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bound up,Bd. 4, 22; S. 590, 36;

for-sweolgan

(v.)

to swallow updevour

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to swallow up, devour, Ps. Th. 123, 2

ge-wyrtrumian

(v.)

to root uperadicateeradicare

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to root up, eradicate; eradicare, Rtl. 65, 25

weard

(adv.)
Grammar
weard, adv.
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Add: v. niþer-, ofdún(e)-, tógædere-, úp-weard

Arewe

(n.)
Grammar
Arewe, Arwe, an; f. [arewe arrow]

ARROW, the name of a river in several countiesfluvii nomen

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says of Orwell,—Hunc suspicor antiquitus fuisse pronunciatum Arwel, tum quod Saxonicum A sequentibus sæculis transiit in O, tum etiam quod oppidum est ad ejus ripam situm, Arwerton dictum; accedit quod Harewich ad oram hujus fluminis, olim Arwic, non ut

a-spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-spyrian, -spyrigan, -spyrigean; p. ede; pp. ed

To searchexploretracediscoverexplaininvestigareindagareexplorareenucleare

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Aspyrige hit út let him trace it out, L. Ath. iv. 2 ; Th. i. 222, 14, note 33. Ðæt mihte ðæra twegra tweón aspyrian that might discover the difference of the two, Salm. Kmbl. 870 ; Sal. 434: Elen. Kmbl. 932; El. 467. Ic aspyrige enucleo, Ælfc.

leás-líc

(adj.)
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leás-líc, adj.

Falsevainfrivolous

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Mid leáslícum wordum hí hine beswícaþ with false words they deceive him; blandientes sermone ut decipiant eos, Nar. 37, 5. Ða leáslícan ceápas binnan ðam Godes húse geþafedon they allowed false bargains within God's house, Homl. Th. i. 406, 15

Linked entry: leás-ferhþness

mundbyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
mundbyrdness, e; f.

protectionA protectorpatronadvocatea protection of rights granted by charter

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Swá swá ic ǽr cwæþ ðínre ðære lícwurþan mundbyrdnysse, 108, 16. a protection of rights granted by charter Ic wille ðæt ðeós mundbyrdnesse beó strang volo ut haec confirmatio vim obtineat, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 20: 205, 7.

ge-riht-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht
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Ðæt hys weorc ne sýn gerihtlǽhte ut non arguantur opera ejus, Jn. Bos. 3, 20: Ps. Lamb. 36, 24. He ðǽrbinnan wunode gerihtlǽcende ðæt folc mid láre to geleáfan he dwelt therein directing the people by teaching to belief, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 113.

wiccian

(v.)
Grammar
wiccian, p. ode
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Gif hit bið cleric . . . si quis veneficiis utatur, alicujus amoris gratia, et ei in cibo dederit, vel in potu, vel per alicujus generis incantationes, ut eorum amor inde augeatur . . . Si clericus sit (cf.

carcern

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Heó út eóde of þám carcerne (printed carcernerne, Shrn. 30, 30, but the MS. has carcer-cernes with the first cer above the line), Mart. H. 4, 17. In carcrænnæ in carcere, Mt. R. 25, 44. Tó caercherne carceri, Lk. p. 4, 8. In cercerne, Mk. R. 6, 17.

for-beornan

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Þá þá seó ceaster swýþlíce barn . . . heom þúhte ꝥ eall seó burh forbyrnan sceolde cum civitas vehementer arderet . . . ut flamma totius urbis interitum minari videretur, Gr. D. 47, 27: Bl. H. 221, 9. Þ hús wearð forburnon buton þám ánum poste, Hml.

for-teón

(v.)
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Þá men ... fnǽstiað swíþe, beóþ fortogene, Lch. ii. 242, 7. to pull in the way of, obscure, cover up; obducere Þæs líchoman hefignes mid gedwolmiste fortíhð mód foran monna gehwelces, ꝥ hit beorhte ne mót blícan, Met. 22, 34.

gefá

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Gif hé self his wǽpno his gefán út rǽcan wille, 64, 18. as pursued Be fǽhðum. Wé beódað, se mon, sé þe his gefán hámsittendne wite, ꝥ hé ne feohte ǽr þám þe hé him ryhtes bidde, Ll. Th. i. 90, 2.

gise

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( ut sit apud me est et non ), Past. 308, 9. 'Ne sǽde ic ꝥ . . .?' 'Gyse,' cwæþ ic, 'þú ꝥ sǽdest,' Bt. 34, 6; F. 142, 5. Hwí wolde God swá lytles þinges him forwyrnan . . .?

hran

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Et dicunt quod vii minoribus saturantur maiores, ut vii fiscas sélaes fyllu, sifu sélas hronaes fyllu, sifu hronas hualaes fyllu (seven seals are plenty for a smaller whale, and seven smaller whales are plenty for one of the larger kind ), An.