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be-delfan

to dig a graveto dig aboutto buryput under ground,to buryput in a grave or tomb

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Add: to dig a grave Þá byrgena mon feor on eorðan bedelfe, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 12. to dig about Þæt treów bið bedolfen, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 29. to bury, put under ground, of things Ágróf se mon on ærenum brede drýcræftes word and bedealf under þone þerscwold

swífan

(v.)
Grammar
swífan, p. swáf, pl. swifon; pp. swifen.
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to move in a course, wend, sweep Hond hwyrfeþ geneahhe swíféþ mé geond sweartne the hand passes over me (a skin), Exon. Th. 394, 4 ; Rä. 13, 13. On ðære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ rodor, recene scríþeþ, súðheald swíféþ swift (sweeps swift), Met. 28, 17. Mqnnum

Linked entry: a-swífan

wræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wræc-líc, adj.

strangewonderfulwretchedmiserable

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strange, wonderful Fæste is ðín templ éce and wræclíc áwa tó feore sanctum est templum tuum, mirabile in aequi-fate, Ps. Th. 64, 5 : Exon. Th. 26, 12 ; Cri. 416. Geseah cyning wundor on wíte ágangen ; him ðæt wræclíc þúhte, hyssas hále hwurfon in ðam

mǽl

(n.)
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a measure, & c. add: v. crístel-mǽl. add: v. undern-m ǽl. Add Nýtenu etað swá ǽr swá hí hit habbað, ac se gesceádwísa man sceal cépan his mǽles, Hml. S. 16, 318. Þonne hí etað tó ánes mǽles on dæg quando in die una refectio fuerit, Chrd. 15,

weg

Grammar
weg, <b>. Ia.</b>
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add: means of access Ðý lǽs sió úpáhæfenes him weorðe tó wege micelre scylde ne elatio via fiat ad foveam gravioris culpae, Past. 439, ii. add: [weg seems contrasted with pæþ, and with here-strǽt, -pæþ Of þám wege út æt norðgæte, on þone smalan pæþ

hón

(v.)
Grammar
hón, p. héng; pp. hangen

To hang, suspend, crucify

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To hang, suspend, crucify Gé hig hóþ crucifigetis, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 34. Hine man héng ille suspensus est in cruce, Gen. 41, 13. Hig hine héngon crucifixerunt eum, Lk. Skt. 23, 33. Ðóne héngon on heáne beám fæderas ússe, Elen. Kmbl. 847; El. 424. Hóh hine

ecg

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Dele twý- at end, and add: of weapons Egc acies, hiltan capulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 20. Ecge mucrone, An. Ox. 52, 3. Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. Hé ealle ofslóh mid swurdes ecge, Hml. S. 25, 415. Hí þá Bryttasfardydon

for-niman

to comprehendcarry offdo away withdefraudconsume

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Add: to seize and hold. lit. of a criminal or captive Ic eom mid racenteágum fornumen, Hml. Th. i. 462, 31. Ðis wíf fornumen is (deprehensa est) in dernegiligro, Jn. R. 8, 4. of that which affects the body or mind, e.g. disease or fear Se unclǽna gást

Linked entry: for-nǽman

weccan

(v.)
Grammar
weccan, p. weahtewehteweahte, wehte; pp. weaht, weht

To wake, waken. to rouse from sleep to rouse to rouseto enliven, stimulate, refresh to rouseto excite, stir upto raise what is depressed to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise

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To wake, waken. to rouse from sleep Geseh hé beornas swefan on slǽpe; hé sóna ongann wígend weccean, Andr. Kmbl. 1699; An. 852. to rouse from the sleep of death Býman weccaþ of deáðe eall monna cynn, Exon. Th. 55, 21; Cri. 887. Ic gǽ ðætte of slépe

heán

(adj.)
Grammar
heán, adj.

Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humblehumilis, infamis

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Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humble Hiora heorte wæs heán on gewinnum humiliatum est in laboribus cor eorum, Ps. Th. 106, 11. Ic heán gewearþ hé mé hraðe lýsde humiliatus sum et liberavit me, 114, 6. Nánig eft síðade heán hyhta leás none returned

Ægles ford

(n.)
Grammar
Ægles ford, es; m.

AYLESFORD on the Medway near Maidstone, Kent

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AYLESFORD on the Medway near Maidstone, Kent, Chr. 455; Ing. 15,15

mis-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
mis-gelimp, es; n.

Mishapmisadventure

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Mishap, misadventure Hé sende misgelimpu on manna bearn, Wulfst. 211, 30

Linked entry: ge-limp

mórig

(adj.)
Grammar
mórig, adj.

Marshyfenny

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Marshy, fenny On mórium lande in locis palustribus, Gen. 41, 2

Linked entry: mór-mǽd

glywian

(v.)

to play on an instrument

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to play on an instrument; part. glywiende, Ps. Spl. 67, 27

seofontíne-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
seofontíne-nihte, adj.
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Seventeen days old On .xvii, nihte móne, Lchdm. iii. 180, 7

sealm-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-cwide, es; m.
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A psalm On stefne sealmcwides uoce psalmi, Ps. Lamb. 97, 5

tigel-leáh

(n.)
Grammar
tigel-leáh, f.
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A brick-field On tigelleáge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 267, 21

æsp-hangra

(n.)
Grammar
æsp-hangra, an; m.
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An aspen wood On ðonæ æsphangran, C. D. v. 173, 11

beór-sele

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Hearpe and pípe drémað eów on beórsele, Wlfst.46 17. Add

el-þeódiglic

(adj.)
Grammar
el-þeódiglic, adj.

Foreignstrange

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Foreign, strange Twégen Godes þeówas on ælþeódiglicum gegyrlan, Shrn. 99, 32