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sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
sweorcan, p. swearc, pl. swurcon; pp. sworcen.
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Hé módsorge wæg, hreþer innan swearc, 165, 8; Gú. 1025.

lama

(adj.)
Grammar
lama, loma, lame; adj.

Lamemaimedcrippledweakparalysedpalsiedparalytic

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Án mǽden seó wæs lama puella paralytica, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 5. Hé wæs lama and eallra his lima þénunge benumen deficiente penitus omni membrorum officio, 5, 5; S. 617, 37.

un-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-friþ, es; n.

absence of peacehostilitiesthe state of being out of the king's peace

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absence of peace, hostilities Hér wæs micel unfrið on Angelcynnes londe þurh sciphere, and wel gehwǽr hergedon and bærndon in this year there were constant hostilities in England through the Danes, and they harried and burned pretty well everywhere,

on-weald

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wæs hwón giernende micelra onwalda, 6, 30; S. 280, 20-29. Þá hié gesomnod wǽron, and hiene tó cyninge dón woldon, þá ne mehton hié þá gúðfonan úp áhebban.

of-þyncan

(v.)

to cause regret or sorrowto cause displeasure or offence

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Him ða ofþyncendum ðæt his folc swá forslagen wæs, 2, 5; Swt. 80, 23

þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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Hé tó heofenum lócade, þyder his módgeþanc á geseted wæs ... tó Drihtne þyder hé féran sceal, 227, 17-22

Linked entry: þyder

ge-lícnes

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Th. i. 282, 32. that which resembles an object, a like shape, a semblance Ne wæs þæt ná fugul ána, ac þǽr wæs ǽghwylces ánra gelícnes horses and monnes, hundes and fugles, and eác wífes wlite, Rä. 37, 10.

ge-mearr

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mearr, adj.

Wicked, fraudulent

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Wicked, fraudulent Gif hwá gemearra manna wǽre if there were any wicked man, L. Edw. 1; Th. i. 160, note 2

in-hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
in-hǽtan, p. te
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To inflame Ꝥ seó nunne wǽre inhǽted mid un-mǽtum feferádlum quod sanctimonialis illa immensis febribus aestuaret, Gr. D. 29, 10

níd-þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, adj.
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Oft sé sláwa ágǽlð ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf wǽre tó wyrceanne plerumque piger necessaria agere negligit, Past. 283, 25. Add

ge-tǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tǽsan, p. de; pp. ed [tǽsan to tease]

To pluckteasecarpĕre

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To pluck, tease; carpĕre Nim wǽte wulle wel getǽsede take wet wool well teased, Herb. 178, 6; Lchdm. i. 312, 13

a-hyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hyrdan, p. -hyrde, -hyrte; pp. -hyrded, -hyrd; v. trans.

To hardenmake harddurareindurare

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Ecg wæs íren ahyrded heaðo-swáte its edge was iron hardened with battle-blood, Beo. Th. 2924; B. 1460: Ex. 8, 19: Mt. Bos. 13, 15: Ps. Th. 119, 4

Linked entry: a-hyrte

ár-fæstnes

(n.)
Grammar
ár-fæstnes, ár-fæstnys, ǽr-fæstnys, -ness, e ; f.

Honourablenesshonestygoodnesspietyclemencymercifulnesshonestasprobitaspietasclementiamisericordia

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Honourableness, honesty, goodness, piety, clemency, mercifulness; honestas, probitas, pietas, clementia, misericordia Ðæt he wæs mycelre árfæstnesse and ǽfæstnesse wer quod vir esset multæ pietatis ac religionis, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 7.

Linked entry: ǽr-fæstnys

a-swógan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swógan, p. -swég, pl. -swégon ; pp. -swógen [a, swógan to rush]

To rush intoinvadeoverrunchokeirruereinvadereoccuparesuffocare

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To rush into, invade, overrun, choke; irruere, invadere, occupare, suffocare We witon ðæt we lufiaþ ðone æcer ðe ǽr wæs mid þornum aswógen, and æfter ðæm ðe ða þornas beóþ aheáwene and se æcer biþ onered, bringþ gódne wæstm we know that we love the land

be-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
be-geótan, bi-geótan; he -gýt; p. -geát, pl. -guton; pp. -goten, -geten [be, geótan to pour].

to pour outto cast uponto sprinklecoveraspergereto pour intoinfundere

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to pour out, to cast upon, to sprinkle, cover; aspergere Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed, begoten of ðæs guman sídan I was wet with blood, poured from the man's side Rood Kmbl. 97; Kr. 49.

fæder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
fæder-líc, def. se -líca , seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Of or belonging to a father, FATHERLY, paternal, ancestralpatrius, pāternus, patrōnymĭcus

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Of or belonging to a father, FATHERLY, paternal, ancestral; patrius, pāternus, patrōnymĭcus Wæs he to ðære fæderlícan healle gelǽdd he was led to his father's hall, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 11.

for-hicgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hicgan, -higan; p. ede, de; pp. ed

To neglectrejectdespisecondemndespĭcĕrespernĕre

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To neglect, reject, despise, condemn; despĭcĕre, spernĕre Se wæs middangeard forhicgende he was despising the world; cum esset contemptu mundi insignis, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 25. Se ðeme forhigþ qui spernit me, Jn. Bos. 12, 48.

geap

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geap, gæp; comp, m. geappra, f. n. geappre; adj.

crookedbentcurvedcurvuspandusnot straightforwarddeceitfulcraftycunningshrewdastutefallaxcallĭdusastūtus

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Seó næddre wæs geappre ðonne ealle ða óðre nýtenu serpens ĕrat callĭdior cunctis animantĭbus terræ, Gen. 3, 1. Cild geap an astute child, Obs. Lun. § 2; Lchdm. iii. 184, 14 : § 9; Lchdm. iii. 188, 11

Linked entries: gæp gep

hundred-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-gemót, hundredes gemót, es; n.
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The assembly of the hundred [v. hundred] Séce man hundredgemót swá hit ǽr geset wæs and ðǽr beó on scirebisceop and se ealdorman let the hundredmoot be attended as was before appointed; and let the bishop of the shire and the alderman be there present

in-híréd

(n.)
Grammar
in-híréd, es ; m.

Householdfamilyhouse

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Household, family, house Tirus wæs on Cryst gelýfende ende hé sylf and eall hys ynhýréd Tyrus believed on Christ, he himself and all his household, St. And. 30, 15. Inhýredes clientelæ, Hpt. Gl. 523.