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ge-leðran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leðran, p. ede; pp. ed

To lather ⬩ saponem illinere ⬩ sapone bullas excitare

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To lather; saponem illinere, sapone bullas excitare Ðæt heó sý eall geleðred so that it may be all lathered, Lchdm. iii. 2, 3

a-mæstan

(v.)
Grammar
a-mæstan, p. -mæstede; pp. -mæsted, -mæstd, -mæst [a, mæstan to fatten]

To fatten ⬩ saginare ⬩ impinguare

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Sáwl ðe wel spricþ, hió biþ amæst a soul that speakelh well, she shall be fattened. Past. 49, 2

Linked entry: ge-mæstan

be-murnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-murnan, bi-murnan; p. -murnde; pp. -murned [be, murnan to mourn]

To bemoan ⬩ bewail ⬩ mourn ⬩ to care for ⬩ lugere ⬩ curare ⬩ sollicitum esse de re

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Feorh ne bemurndon grǽdige gúþrincas the greedy warriors cared not for the soul Andr. Kmbl. 308; An. 154

Linked entries: murnan bi-murnan

fǽcne

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽcne, fácne; adj.

Deceitful, fraudulent, guileful, wicked ⬩ subdŏlus, dŏlōsus, mălignus, nēquam

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Hæfde fǽcne hyge he had a crafty soul, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 1; Gen. 443. Of firenfulra fǽcnum handum from the deceitful hands of the wicked, Ps. Th. 81, 4: 105, 10: 136, 3

Linked entries: fácne fácne

flicerian

(v.)
Grammar
flicerian, flicorian; p. ode; pp. od [fleógan to fly]

To move the wings ⬩ flutter ⬩ FLICKER ⬩ mōtāre ālas ⬩ vŏlĭtāre

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Gr. 36; Som. 38, 16. Swá earn his briddas spænþ to flihte and ofer híg fliceraþ sīcut ăquĭla prōvŏcans ad vŏlandum pullos suos et sŭper eos vŏlĭtans, Deut. 32, 11. Án blac þrostle flicorode ymbe his neb a black thrush flickered about his face, Homl.

Linked entries: fyrclian flacor

forud

(v.)
Grammar
forud, part.

Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ worn out ⬩ decayed ⬩ fractus ⬩ contrītus

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On ðisum þrím stelum stynt se cynestól, and gif án biþ forud, he fylþ adún sóna the throne stands on these three pillars, and if one is decayed, it soon falls down, Ælfc. T. 41, 6

higera

(n.)
Grammar
higera, higora, an; m: higere an; f

A magpie or a woodpecker

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Gl. 37; Som. 63, 14; Wrt. Voc. 29, 37: cicuanus, Cot. 34, Lye

Linked entry: higre

ícend

(n.)
Grammar
ícend, es; m.
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Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 42-4

Linked entry: ícestre

mǽl-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-dæg, es; m.

A day ⬩ season ⬩ an appointed time

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A day, season, an appointed time Hé ðæs mǽl-dæges self ne wénde ðæt him Sarra bringan meahte on woruld sunu he himself never hoped for the day when Sarah could bring him a son into the world, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 4; Gen. 2339.

Linked entry: mál-dæg

ge-unþwǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unþwǽrian, -unþwǽrigan; p. ode; pp. od

To disagree ⬩ differ ⬩ dissentīre ⬩ discordāre

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Gr. 37; Som. 39, 9. Ðætte hie selfe ne geunþwǽrigen [geunþwǽrien, MS.

Linked entry: un-þwǽrian

glæsen

(adj.)
Grammar
glæsen, adj.

Made of glass ⬩ grey ⬩ vitreus

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Gr. 5; Som, 4, 60. Ðǽr is ahangen sum glæsen fæt there is hung a glass vessel, Homl. Th. i. 510, 1: ii. 158, 16: Blickl. Homl. 209, 4, 7. Hí toslógon his glæsenne calic they broke his glass chalice, Shrn. 114, 25. Sǽ glæsen mare vitreum, Mt.

ge-nihtsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumlíce, -nyhtsumlíce; comp. -lícor; adv.

Abundantly, plentifully, copiously, sufficiently ⬩ abundanter, abunde, ūbertim, suffĭcienter

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Gr. 38; Som. 41, 10. Ðǽr genihtsumlíce is sǽd ubi ūbertim indĭcātum est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 36: 4, 28; S. 605, 12. Genihtsumlícor abundantius, 3, 27; S. 559, 7

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsumlíce

costnian

(v.)
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Hit is áwriten þæt God áfandode Abrahames, and se apostol Jacob áwrít þæt God ne costnað nǽnne man; hú mæg beón ǽgþer sóð? . . . God ne costnað nǽnne man, for þan þe hé nele nǽnne tó synnum gebígan, Scrd. 22, 46-23, 10: Hml. Th. ii. 560, 20.

créda

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Gif hé song his crédon oððe Paternoster on untrumne mon, hé wæs sóna hál, Shrn. 116, 20. Add

egeþe

(n.)
Grammar
egeþe, an; f.
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For 'Som. . . . Lye' substitute Egðe, egdae erpica, Txts. 59, 761. Egþe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 15. Egeþe, 29, 44. Egiðe raster, 118, 61. Egþe (-a, MS.) hircipes vel tribula, i. 16, 25. Eiþe (printed ciþe) traha, 15, 11.

Linked entry: egþa

ge-nefa

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Hé gefeaht wið Pompeiuses nefan (genefon, v. l. nepotes), 5, 12; 8. 244, 6. the son of a cousin Adrianus, Traianuses nefa (genefa, v. l.) Hadrianus, consobrini Trajani filius, 6, 11; S. 266, 6

æf-þanc

Grammar
æf-þanc, &c.
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Sé ðe lǽrð sunu his on æfþuncan (in zelum) hé ásent feónd he that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy (Ecclus. 30, 3), Scint. 176, 12. Ðá wræc hé his æfþancas on his feóndum, Guth. 14, 4. Add

bredan

(v.)
Grammar
bredan, ic brede, ðú britst, brist, he brit, bret, pl. bredaþ; p. bræd, pl. brudon; pp. broden, breden.

to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare

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Sweord ǽr gemealt, forbarn broden mǽl, wæs ðæt blód to ðæs hát the sword had already melted, the drawn brand was burnt, so hot was the blood, Beo. Th. 3236; B. 1616.

Linked entries: a-bredan bret brit

dǽd-from

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽd-from, adj.

Deed-strong ⬩ agendo strenuus

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Deed-strong; agendo strenuus Hí beóþ ðý dǽdfromran they are so much the more energetic, Ps. Th. 109, 8

glengista

Grammar
glengista, The translator seems to have misunderstood the passage to mean: 'In order that thy diligence and genius may add somewhat to the knowledge of these things of mine.' In some way ingenium is represented by glengista. Could this word be the superlative of an adjective, glenge well-ordered, and the passage be completed ?þín] glengista [orþanc?]
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; cf. glengan; III

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