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ge-medmicel

(adj.)
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ge-medmicel, adj.

Small, mean, weak

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Small, mean, weak Gimetomicla infirma, Rtl. 50, 11

swearc

(adj.)
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swearc, (?); adj.
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Weak, feeble, faint, v. next word, and swearcan

dréman

(v.)
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dréman, drýman; p. de; pp.ed [dreám joy, music]

To rejoice, to play on an instrument jubĭlāre, psallĕre

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We drémaþ mægnu ðínum psallēmus virtūtes tuas, Ps. Spl. 20, 13. Drémaþ oððe singaþ cyninge úrum psallĭte regi nostro, Ps. Lamb. 46, 7: 97, 5

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(n.)

hair

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Perhaps we may compare here lee of threde, Prompt. Parv. 291, where the following note is given. 'Forty threads of hemp-yarn are termed in Norfolk a lea. The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster, contained 200 threads.'

namcúþlíce

(adv.)
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namcúþlíce, adv.

By name

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By name Úre mǽþ nis ðæt ealle Godes gecorenan eów namcúðlíce gereccan it is not within our power to recount to you by name all God's elect, Homl. Th. ii. 72, 2. Hé gehwilce eardas namcúðlíce on gemynde hæfde, i. 558, 25.

stæððigness

(n.)
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stæððigness, e; f.
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Gif ða ungesceádwíslícan styrunga on stæððignysse áwendaþ, 210, 31. Fore stilnesse stæððinesse propter taciturnitatis gravitatem, R. Ben. Inter. 26, 6

twi-bóte

(adj.)
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twi-bóte, adj. Needing double compensation, v. twi-béte
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Se ðe stalaþ on Gehhol oþþe on Eástron oþþe on ðone Hálgan Ðunresdæg . . . ðara gehwelc ( the offence in each of these cases ) willaþ sié twybóte, swá on Lenctenfæsten, L. Alf. pol. 5 ; Th. i. 64, 25.

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un-deádlícness

(n.)
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un-deádlícness, e; f.

Immortality

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Hæfde God ðæs mannes sáwle gegódod mid undeádlícnysse ... ne forluron ná ða undeádlícnyssæ, 20, 1-4: Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 4: 3, 21; S. 551, 3

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á-gímeleásian

(v.)
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Gif hit ágímeleásiaþ, Bl. H. 53, l : 57, 19. Hié ágiémeleásiað (-gýme-, Cote. MSS.) ðone ymbhogan, Past. 137, I. with clause Gif se hierde ágiémeleásað ðæt hé hiera helpe, 137, 14. Hé ágýmeleásede ꝥ hé heólde his líchaman forhæfdnesse, Gr.

for-neán

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swincan nellað nánþincg forneán, Hml. S. 28, 133. Fornión paene, Kent. Gl. 100. Take here instances under forneáh in Dict., and add

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heáfod-hebba

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-hebba, an ; m.
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S. 23, 365. of a thing, a beginning Ǽrest wyllað fón on Ianuarium, for þon hé is heáfodhebba and eác þás geáres geendung, Angl. viii. 305, 29

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lácnian

(v.)
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'We lácnodon Babylón, and hió ðeáh ne wearð gehǽled'. Ðonne bið Babylón gelácnad, nales ðeáh fullíce gehǽled. ... 'curavimus Babylonem, et nan est sonata.' Babylon quippe curatur, nec tamen ad sanitatem reducitur, Past. 267, 9.

lógian

(v.)
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laþiað and lógiað crístene men intó Godes húse, Wlfst. 154, 17.

bútan

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Eall úre folc mid fleáme astwand búton feówertig Þe on ðám feohte stódon, Hml. S. 11, 74. <b>C. II 1.</b> :-- Hý man gecnáwan ne mæg, búton -tonne heo gréwð, Lch. i. 98, 4. <b>III 2.</b> :-- Ne can ic nǽnigne e

Saturnus

(n.)
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Saturnus, Saturnes; m.

Saturn the god

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Tó ðam cealdan stiorran ðe hátaþ Saturnes steorra (cf. Met. 24, 31, where the star is called Saturn: ðone steorran Saturnus londbúende hátaþ), Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 13. the name occurs often in the Dialogue of Salomon and Saturn

tó-wrecan

(v.)
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tó-wrecan, p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen

To drive in different directionsscatterdisperse

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Siendon tówrecene geond wídne grund, heápum tóhworfene, Cd. Th. 235, 4; Dan. 301: Exon. Th. 186, 17; Az. 21: 16, 24; Cri. 258: Elen. Kmbl. 261; El. 131

á-stípan

(v.)
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á-stípan, p. te; pp. -stíped, -stípt

To bereave

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wǽron ástýpede (-stýpte, v. /. ) þæs heofenlican ríces, Wlfst. 252, II. Astýpte, Bl. H. 107, 4

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línen

(adj.)
Grammar
línen, adj.

linen

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Hió becwiþ línnenne cyrtel oððe línnen web she begneathes a linen kirtle or a piece of linen, Chart. Th. 537, 24. Ne hé wyllenra hrægla breác ac línenra ealra, Shrn. 93, 8

eást

(adj.)
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eást, adj.
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On þonæ eásteran weg, C. D. v. 319, 19: Cht. Crw. 4, 36. Is sió eáste-meste þeód háten Libia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 24, 33. On þǽm eástemestan onwalde, 6, 1; S. 252, 5. Cf. west; adj

eorþ-weall

a rampart

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Se cásere hét dícian and eorðwall (-weall, v. l.) gewyrcan uallum fecerat, 1, 12; Sch. 33, 27. a wall formed by the ground, the side or roof of a cave Hé beáh under eorðweall he went into the cave, B. 2957. Inn under eorðweall, 3090.