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a-nýdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-nýdan, p. -nýdde; pp. -nýded, pl. -nýdede = -nýdde [a from, nýdan to compel] .

to repelthrust or beat backkeep fromrestrainconstrainforcerepellereextorquereto expelto drive outexpelleredepellereexigere

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expellere, depellere, exigere Ic anýde híg út on fremde folc I will drive them out among a strange people, Deut. 32, 21

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dyderung

(n.)
Grammar
dyderung, dydrung, e; f.

An illusion, delusion, pretence delūsio, simŭlātio

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He nys wís ðe mid dydrunge hyne sylfne beswícþ non est sapiens qui simulātiōne semet ipsum decĭpit, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 3

hrung

(n.)
Grammar
hrung, e; f.

A rungstaffrodbeampole

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A rung, staff, rod, beam, pole; Ongunnon stígan on wægn weras and hyra wicg somod hlódan under hrunge ðá ða hors óðbær wægn tó lande the men mounted the wain and their steeds with them, they stowed them under the rung, [the pole that supported the covering

myrre

(n.)
Grammar
myrre, myrra, an; f.

Myrrh

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Wín gemenged mid myrran myrratum vinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 59. Uton him bringan myrran, Homl. Th. i. 116, 25 : 118, 17

Linked entry: murre

ge-syrwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-syrwan, p. -syrede; pp. -syrwed.
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[Or gesyrwed wily, searu a wile; cf. gelýfed having belief.] to plot, machinate [searu artifice] Wom-dǽda ðe [MS. ðy] ic gesyrede the ill-deeds that I have devised cunningly, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 20; Jul. 468

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sweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
sweorfan, p. swearf, pl. swurfon; pp. sworfen
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Swyrfþ limat, Corfen sworfen cut and scoured (of the preparation of a wine-vat), Exon. Th. 410, 24; Rä. 29, 4. Mín heáfod is homere geþuren sworfen feóle, 497, 18; Rä. 87, 2. Cpds. with for, omitted in their place, are added here:?

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þeáw-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-líc, adj.
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usual, customary Sum wít mid sealfe his fét smyrode, swá swá hit þeáwílc wæs on ðære þeóde, Homl. Ass. 41, 439. moral, figurative Þeáwlíc[r]e spǽce tropologiae, figurati sermonis, Hpt. Gl. 432, 13.

un-cyme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cyme, adj.

Meanpaltrypoor

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Ne hæfde wit monig óðer uncymran hors nunquid non habuimus equos viliores plurimos? Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 26

un-gerǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerǽdness, e; f.

Discorddisagreementvariance

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For his feóndum gebidde hé, mid ðám ðe wið hyne ungerǽdnysse hæbben, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 15

un-bleoh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-bleoh, adj.

Not colouredclearbrightsplendid

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Hwæt mæg beón heardes hér on lífe wið ðam ðú móte gemang ðam werode eardian unbleoh on écnesse (but there is no corresponding word in the Latin, which is: Quid durum saeclo consetur in isto, utque illas inter liceat habitare cohortes?), Dóm. L. 302

ge-lynde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lynde, es; n.
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Wið ǽlcum sáre, gemylted león gelynde, Lch. i. 366, l. Foxes gelyndes dǽl ii. 308, I. Mid gelynde adipe, Ex. 29, 22 : Lch. i. 328, 8. Hundes gelynde. . . mid ealdum ele gemylt, 362, 21. Nim fearres gelyndo and beran smeru and weax, ii. 48, 5.

geat-weard

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Se geatweard (porterius ) sceal cýtan habban wið þæt geat, R. Ben. 126, 14-19. Heó becóm tó þám mynstre . . . þá eóde se geatweard tó þám abbode, and cwæð him tó : ' Fæder, hér is cumen . . . ' Hml. S. 33, 136.

líc-wyrþe

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Add: líc-weorþ Wið his lícwyrðan scætte, C. D. B. iii. 491, 12. Hí gegearwodon ealle þá þing þe mihton beón gesewene ꝥ wǽron nýdbehéfe and lícwyrðe þám þe mid swá mycelum fæder þyder cuman mihton. Gr. D. 148, 8.

máge

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Fón mágas tó and weddian heora mágan tó wife þám þe hire girnde, i. 254, 20. Gunnilde, Cnutes cynges mágan ( sister's daughter), Chr. 1045; P. 165, 23. Add

on-teón

(v.)
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to withdraw, pull away, extract Ðonne þû wîn habban wille, þonne dô þû mid þînum twâm fingrum swilce þû tæppan of tunnan onteón wille, Tech. ii. 120, 10. to pull apart, untie Gewunedon þá þwangas . . . of mycclum dæ̂le ontogone (un-, v. l.) magna ex

sceádan

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Ic cuóm tóo sceádanne (-enne, R.) monno wið ł from fæder his ueni separare hominem aduersus patrem suum, Mt. L. 13, 35

scild

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S. 31, 114. add: defence Hí sprǽcon wið þǽre treówleásnesse fore scylde (defensione) þǽre sóðfæstnesse, Gr. D. 246, 21

sealt

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Add: physical Sealt hylt ǽlcne mete wið forrotodnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 19. Dó háliges sealtes fela on, Lch. ii. 344, 14. Dó on hwít sealt, 94, 8: 124, 10. metaphorical 'Ge sind þǽre eorðan sealt.'

bi-settan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett
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Mid wyrtum se wilda fugel his nest biseteþ útan the wild bird surrounds its nest without with herbs, 63 b; Th. 233, 26; Ph. 530

cyne-gód

(adj.)
Grammar
cyne-gód, adj.

Excellent, noble præstans, nobilis

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Him ðá cynegóde on Carran æðelinga bearn eard genámon then the noble children of men took them a dwelling in Harran, 83; Th. 104, 16; Gen. 1736: 182; Th. 228, 2; Dan. 196: 195; Th. 243, 8; Dan. 433: Exon. 85b; Th. 321, 34; Wíd. 56