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híwian

(v.)
Grammar
híwian, p. ode;

To marry

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To marry Hie forbiódaþ mannum ðæt hie híwien prohibentium nubere, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 318, 1

Linked entries: híwere híwung

cwéman

(v.)
Grammar
cwéman, part.cwémende ; p.de; pp. ed ; v. a. dat.

To give pleasure, please, delight, propitiate, satisfy placere, satisfacere

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Nǽnig man scile orþances útabredan wǽpnes ecgge, ðeáh ðe him se wlíte cwéme no man should draw forth the weapon's edge without a cause, although its beauty please him, Salm. Kmbl. 332; Sal. 165.

Linked entry: cwǽman

ge-hwæþer

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Add: Each of two. used substantively. alone, each of two objects Gesíðcund man . . . ceorlisc man . . . gehwæðer ꝥ hǽmed forlǽte, Ll.

Linked entry: hwæþer

brac-hwíl

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Swá ys seó brachwíl on þæs mannes eágan, heó ys sóðes atomus, Angl. viii. 318, 33. Add

tó-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sócn, e; f.
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Visiting Þá forman costunga preósthádes mannon cumað of wífa gelómlicre tósócne ( feminarum frequentes accessus ), Chrd. 67, 36

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

ǽ-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-gleáw, adj.

Skilled in the lawlearnedwiselegis peritussaga-cissimussapientissimus

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Ðæt scell ǽgleáwra fíndan that a more learned man must find out. Andr. Kmbl. 2965; An. 1485

án-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
án-mód, adj. [án one; mód mood, mind]

Of one mindunanimousunanimis

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Of one mind, unanimous; unanimis Ðú sóþlíce man ánmód tu vero homo unanimis, Ps. Spl. 54, 14: 67, 6. Ealle ánmóde all with one mind, Andr. Kmbl. 3128; An. 1567.

for-drincan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drincan, p. -dranc, pl. -druncon; pp. -druncen

To make drunkinebriatemadefăcĕreebriāre

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To make drunk, inebriate; madefăcĕre, ebriāre Gedréfde hí syndon and astyrede syndon swá swá fordruncen [MS. fordruncon] man turbāti sunt et mōti sunt sīcut ebrius, Ps. Lamb. 106, 27.

Linked entry: fore-druncen

frécenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
frécenlíc, frécendlíc; adj.

Dangerousperilousperīcŭlōsus

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Ðæt is hefig dysig, and frécenlíc fira gehwilcum that is a grievous folly, and dangerous to every man, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 3; Met. 19, 2: Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 13

Linked entry: frécendlíc

mersc-mealwe

(n.)
Grammar
mersc-mealwe, an; f.

Marsh-mallow

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man hibiscum and óðrum naman merscmealwe (-mealuwe, MS. B.) nemnaþ, Herb. 39; Lchdm. i. 140, 3-5. Merscmealwan crop, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 24. Nim merscmealwan, 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 12

Linked entry: mealwe

blód-hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
blód-hreów, def. se blóð-hreówa; adj.

Blood-thirsty, cruelsanguinolentus, crudelis

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[hreów cruel] Blood-thirsty, cruel; sanguinolentus, crudelis Me wið blódhreówes weres bealuwe gehǽle save me from the wickedness of the blood-thirsty man, Ps. Th. 58, 2. Blódhreówe weras ge bebúgaþ me viri sanguinum declinate a me, 138, 17.

west-ende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
west-ende, es; m.
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Hine man byrigde æt ðam westende, ðam stýple ful gehende, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 37. Æt ðam westænde, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 659, 30

cuppe

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Man sceal habban . . . mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17. Add

costnung

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Oþer is seó fandung þe Jacob embe spræc, þæt is seó costnung þe gewemð þone man tó syngienne, Scrd. 23, 8. Add

friþ-splott

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Substitute: A place which is a sanctuary on account of the sacred character superstitiously attributed to it, an asylum Wé lǽrað ꝥ preósta gehwilc ǽlcne hǽðendóm ádwǽsce, and forbeóde. . . þá gemearr þe man drífð on mislicum gewíglungum and on friðsplottum

Linked entry: friþ-geard

hrycg

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Add: the spine of man or animal Hryg dorsum, bæc terga, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 43. Hricges spinę (draconis ), An. Ox. 2467. Geseah hé ꝥ þǽr sæt án deófol on þǽre cú hrycge, Hml.

sweorcan

Grammar
sweorcan, <b>. I.</b>
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Þonne se man sceal sweltan, þonne swyrceð him fram þæs húses hrófe ðe hé inne bið, Verc. Först. 108, 1. Hé ásende þeóstru and swearc misit tenebras et obscuravit, Ps. L. 104, 28. <b>I a.

be-cípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cípan, (-cýpan, q. v. in Dict.)

to sell

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Gif man hwæt becýpan scyle . . . Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing, R. Ben. 95, 10, 16

Linked entry: be-cýpan

dæg-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-fæsten, es; n. [fæsten a fast]

A day's fastdiei jejunium

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A day's fast; diei jejunium Is se ǽresta lǽcedóm dægfæsten, ðæt mon mid ðý ða wambe clǽnsige, ðæt hió ðý ðe leóhtre sié the first remedy is a day's fast, that, with that, a man may cleanse the stomach, that it may be the lighter, L.

Linked entries: dæg-swǽsendo fæsten