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set-hrægl

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Ðonne þú setrægel habban wille, þonne plice þu ðíne ágene gewéda mid twám fingrum, tóspréd þíne twá handa and wege hí swylce þú setl gesydian wille, Tech. ii. 122, 17. Kénwolde helm and byrnan . . . and Eádgyfe his swyster . . . . i. sethrægl, Cht.

streám

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Hé gelóme út on þone striém (streám, v. l. ) eóde, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 632, 18. v. gyte-, mid-, mylen-streám. Add

tó-weaxan

(v.)
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to grow in a scattered way, cover with a scattered growth Under þám eáhþýrle geonode mycclu neolnes, and seó wæs eall tóweaxen mid mycelnessum þára clifstána sub fenestra ingens praecipitiwm patebat saxorum molibus asperum (aspersum seems to have been

wín

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Hé untýnde ꝥ wínern (apothecam) and gemétte þá fatu swá genihtsumlíce mid wíne gefyllede . . . efne ꝥ swá þá weaxendan wínu (wín, v.l.) woldon feallan ofer þá fatu on þone flór ( ita ut pavimentum excrescentia vina invaderent), Gr.

gest-líðnes

(n.)
Grammar
gest-líðnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Hospitableness ⬩ hospitality ⬩ hospĭtālĭtas

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Hospitableness, hospitality; hospĭtālĭtas Ðá se fóresprecena Godes man fela daga mid him wæs on gestlíðnesse cum præfātus clērĭcus alĭquot diēbus ăpud eum hospĭtārētur, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 6.

ge-sweoru

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweoru, -swiru, -swyru; pl. n.

Hills; ⬩ colles

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Mid wynngráfe weaxaþ geswiru [MS. gespiru] exultātiōne colles accingentur, 64, 13. Muntas and geswyru montes et omnes colles, 148, 9: 71, 3: 113, 4

tó-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cirran, p. de

To turn in different directions, ⬩ to part

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Hí mid mycelon unsehte tócyrdon they parted on very bad terms, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 6

Linked entry: tó-hweorfan

swearcian

(v.)
Grammar
swearcian, p. ode.

to make or to become dark ⬩ to make or to become troubled, to dismay,

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to make or to become dark Seó swearcigende sunne and ða gesceafta samod ealne middaneard áðeóstrodon mid sweartre nihte for heora Scyppendes ðrowunge, Homl.

Linked entry: swarcian

swilcness

(n.)
Grammar
swilcness, e; f.

Quality

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Ðysne wyrttruman syllan þicgean mid sumum óðrum mete gemencgedne be ðære swylcnysse ðe seó untrumnys ðonne byþ, Lchdm. i. 260, 20

forþ-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-dǽd, e; f.

Profit ⬩ advantage

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Profit, advantage Mid his handcræfte hé ( S. Paul ) teolode his and his geférena forþdǽda, Hml. Th. i. 392, 17. Cf. Þá munecas náht syllan ne móston búta þám ánum þe heora bigleofan forð dydon ( were of service to their sustenance ), Hml. S. 31, 325

Linked entry: forþian

frægning

(n.)
Grammar
frægning, e; f.

Asking ⬩ enquiry ⬩ questioning

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Mid fraignung interrogando, Mk. p. 4, 19

scunian

(v.)
Grammar
scunian, sceonian; p. ode.

to shun ⬩ fear ⬩ avoid a thing from fear ⬩ to be afraid ⬩ to detest ⬩ abhor

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T. 69, 2. to detest, abhor Mid áne móde wurð hé gescunned uni animo detestetur, Chart. Th. 318, 37

wyrm-líc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wyrm-líc, es; n.

The body of a serpent or of a worm,

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Th. 292, 13; Wand. 98. fig. cf. wyrm, II a Ic eom oferfongen mid synnum tó wyrmlíce, Anglia xii. 501, 22

glædnes

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Cf. glædlíce; Gode man sceal dón mid glædnysse ǽfre þá betstan behát, Hml. A. 35, 272. Þá Godes þegnas mid glædnysse efston, ástræhton heora swuran tó slæge for Críste, Hml.

hleahtor

a laugh

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Bysmrodon mé mid hleahtre (printed mildhleahtre) subsannaverunt me subsannatione Ps. Spl. 34, 19.

Linked entry: hleahtrian

nese

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Hé cwæð be him sylfum tó þám cýpemannum: 'Syllíce is mé ánum gelumpen . . . man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde.'

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.

A thrall ⬩ slave ⬩ servant

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Gif Englisc man Deniscne þrǽl ofsleá, gylde hine mid punde, and se Denisca Engliscne eal swá, gif hé hine ofsleá, L. Eth. ii. 5; Th. i. 286, 24. Þrǽlas ne móton habban ðæt hí ágon on ágenan hwílan mid earfeðan gewunnen, Wulfst. 158, 38.

ge-fadian

(v.)

to arrange, set in order material objects ⬩ to ornament, adorn :-- ⬩ to dispose of property ⬩ to order conduct, action, life, manage a matter ⬩ to arrange the order of procedure :-- ⬩ of the ordering by superhuman power,

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S. 30, 305. to ornament, adorn :-- Ðis weorc wæs gefadod mid deórwurðum stánum and reádum golde, Hml. Th. ii. 578, 14. to dispose of property Þú hæfst ꝥ feoh mid þé, gefada embe lóca hú þú wylle, Hml.

á-settan

(v.)

to set ⬩ put ⬩ move an object to a place ⬩ To move one's self ⬩ transport one's self:-- ⬩ to set ⬩ place ⬩ build ⬩ to put in ⬩ out ⬩ of an office ⬩ to lay, impose punishment, ⬩ to set ⬩ propose a riddle, ⬩ to oppress

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Hié ásettan him (hí,v. l.) on ánne síþ ofer mid horsum mid ealle, 893; P. 84, 3. Matheum hé gedyde gangan tó þám eástdǽle mid his discipulum and ásetton on þá dúne þǽr se apostol wæs, St.

middandæg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
middandæg-líc, adj.

Midday ⬩ meridian

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Midday, meridian Fram middendægiícum deófle ab daemonio meridiano, Ps. Lamb. 90, 6