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bær

(adj.)
Grammar
bær, adj.
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Hine lyst bet cyssan óðerne on bær líc þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweónan beóð, 185, 31: 186, 1. Hé eóde ofer byrnende gléda mid his barum fótum, Hml. S. 5, 378. Hé tóbræc hire ceaflas mid his barum handum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 17. Add

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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Stoke, Stowe, or as parts of such names, Basingstoke, Tavistock, Walthamstow. As may be seen from the Index to the Charters, Stóc occurs frequently, some of the references are here given Ðis is ðara þreora hída and .xxx. æcera bóc æt Stóce, Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

lǽdan

(v.)
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Hé wæs eft swá ǽr lof lǽdende, An. 1479. to pass, go through life Líf lǽdan on gefeán, Bt. 12; F. 36, 24.

eorþ-crypel

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-crypel, -cryppel; gen. -crypeles , -cryples, -crypples; m. A creeper on the earth, one having the palsy, a paralytic person; părălytĭcus = παραλυτικός
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Lind. 2, 9. Brengende to him ðone eorþcrypel fĕrentes ad eum părălytĭcum, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 3: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 2. Gebrohtun him eorþcryplas obtŭlērunt ei pă;rălytĭcos, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 24

gód

(adj.)
Grammar
gód, adj.

GOOD ⬩ bonus

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Gódes lífes bysene onstellan to set an example of good life, 81, 6. Wæs he swíðe æþelra gebyrda and gódra he was of very noble and good birth, 211, 19. Góde sangeras good singers, 207, 31

Linked entry: good

styreness

(n.)
Grammar
styreness, e; f.
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Lind. 8, 24. Æfter styrenisse wætres post motum aquae, Jn. Skt. Rush. 5, 4. figuratively Styrenise tumultus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 2. Swá monigum and swá myclum styrenesse (-um?)

fágnys

(n.)
Grammar
fágnys, -nyss, e; f.

A scab, ulcer, eruption ⬩ scăbies, ulcus, eruptio

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A scab, ulcer, eruption; scăbies, ulcus, eruptio Láþlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc mid mislícum fágnyssum loathsome is the body of the leper with divers scabs, Homl. Th. i. 122, 22.

Linked entry: fáhness

berstan

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Berstende líc a body breaking out into eruptions, Lch. i. 272, 1. figurative Þ him náðor ne burste ne áð ne ordál, Ll. Th. i. 280, 10. to break away, cf. æt-berstan Gelæhton þá weardmen his wealdleðer, þæt hé mid fleáme ne burste, Ælfc. T.

ceáp-stów

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Nis se man on lífe, ðe ǽfre gehýrde ðæt man crafode hine on hundrede oððon áhwár on gemóte, on ceápstówe oþþe on cyricware, Lch. iii. 288, 5. Ceápstówa nundinarum. Wrt. Voc. 79, 81: 59, 63.

wóh-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh-full, adj.

Wicked ⬩ evil

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Lind. 20, 15. Suno sindon yfelwyrcende ł wohfulra (nequam), 13, 38. Mid unrehtuísum ł wóhfullum iniquis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 28. From gástum wóhfullum ł yflum ł unrehtwísum (malignis), Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 2. Wóhfulro nequiores, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 45

arþ

art

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Lind. Rush. War. 14, 70: Jn. Lind. Rush. War. 1, 19

ge-fællnis

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fællnis, -fælnis, se; f.

A fall ⬩ transmigration

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Lind. 2, 34; transmigration, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 12

giwian

(v.)
Grammar
giwian, giowian, giwan; p. ode; pp. de

To ask ⬩ petere ⬩ postulare

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Lind. 17, 7. Giuiga petere, Rtl. 179, 34. Ic giuge wælle petam, Mk. Skt, Lind. 6, 24. Huu giues ðú quomodo poscis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 9. Se ðe giuæþ qui petit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 8. We giugaþ poscimus, Rtl. 52, 10. Giude mendicans, Mk. Skt. p. 4, 16.

Linked entries: giowian giuan

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, wielle, welle, wylle, an ; f.

A well, spring, stream, fountain

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Lífes wylle (waelle, Ps. Surt.) fons vitae Ps. Th. 35, 9: Basil admn. 4; Hex. 42, 16. Ealle ða námon Ændor wylle and Cisone clǽne hlimme, Ps. Th. 82, 8. Waelle léhtes fons luminis Ps. Surt. ii. p. 200, 35. Uselle fons Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 6.

on-ǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ǽlan, p. de.

to set fire to, to ignite, kindle ⬩ to burn (cf. anneal), consume by burning ⬩ to make hot with fire ⬩ to make hot (in a metaphorical sense), to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions

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to set fire to, to ignite, kindle (lit. and figurative) Hú ne onǽlþ accendit heó hyre leóhtfæt? Lk. Skt. 15, 8. Hé hiene onǽlþ mid ðam tapure ðæs godcundan liéges, Past. 36; Swt. 259, 12.

Linked entries: á-ǽlan an-ælan in-ǽlan

ge-ræstan

(v.)

to rest, sit ⬩ quiescere

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Lind. 9, 10: Mk. Skt. Lind. 2, 15: Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 20

wág-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
wág-hrægel, es; n.

A wall-covering, a curtain, veil (of the temple)

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Lind. 15, 38, Wághrǽl(-hrægl, Rush.),Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 45. Wághruhel, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 51. Bitwih wághrǽle (wǽghrægle, Rush.),Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 51

ge-ebolsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ebolsian, -eofulsian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To blaspheme

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Lind. and Rush. 15, 29; Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27. 39

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurk ⬩ skulk

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Hú moniga dígla costunga ðæs ealdan feóndes lutigeaþ on ðýs andweardan lífe quanta in hujus vitae itinere tentamenta antiqui hostis lateant, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 159, 24.

myntan

(v.)
Grammar
myntan, p. te.

to mean ⬩ intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ to think ⬩ suppose

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Hé mynte ðæt hé gedǽlde líf wið líce, Beo. Th. 1466; B. 731. Grammar myntan, with a case Wit sculon sécan ðæt ðæt wit ǽr mynton sed quae proposuimus intueamur, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 11.

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