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ge-scrífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scrífan, p. -scráf, -screáf; pp. -scrifen.

to judge, deem, assign, impose, appointjudicare, assignare, imponere, designareto shrive, impose penance, censurepœnitentiam imponere, reprehendere

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Siððan gé agifen habbaþ sceattas gescrifene when you have given the appointed sum, Andr.

Linked entry: ge-scrif

under-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
under-cyning, es; m.

A dependent, tributary kingone who rules under another

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Sum undercyning wæs erat quidam regulus, Jn. Skt. 4, 46, 49: Homl. Th. i. 128, 5. Ic Offa, Myrcena kining ... Ic Aldréd, Wigraceastres undercining ( subregulus ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 186, 13.

wrigian

(v.)
Grammar
wrigian, p. ode

To turnwendhiegomove

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Repetunt proprios quaeque recursus, reditaque suo singula gavdent, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 22-29: xiv, 14. Ǽlc gesceaft wrigaþ and higaþ wið his gecyndes, Met. 13, 65.

wuldor-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-full, adj. l.

gloriousvainglorious

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Surt. 57, 24. Babilonia ðe hwílon wæs wuldorfullost burh ealra burha, Wulfst. 194, 10. vainglorious. Similar entries v. wuldor (I a) Betere ys þearfa and behófigende him þænne wer wulderfull (gloriosus) and genihtsumigende hláfe, Scint. 178, 15.

Linked entry: wuldor

fore-mǽre

Grammar
fore-mǽre, , for-mǽre.
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Add: of persons Sum swíðe ǽnlic wer and foremǽre quidam spectabilis vir, Gr. D. 307, 1. Ꝥ wæs swíðe foremǽre man for Gode, and his gód wæs swíðe gecýðed, Bl. H. 217, 2. Þus heálices and ðus foremǽres úres mundboran láre folgian, 169, 17.

gyte

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Sum earm wíf wæs geswenct þurh blódes gyte, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 27. effusion, shedding of blood, shed in blood-shed Gyte blódes on sace ofermádigra effiisio sanguinis in rixa superborum, Scint. 83, 7.

hádor

(adj.)
Grammar
hádor, hǽdor; adj.

Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, sereneclarus, splendidus, serenus, micansbright (of the sky, stars)

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Seó sunne on hádrum heofone scíneþ the sun shines in the clear sky, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15 : Bt. Met. Fox 28, 95; Met. 28, 48. Hǽdre heofontungol the bright stars of the sky, Exon. 18 a; Th. 43, 23; Cri. 693. Hádrum nihtum in clear nights, Bt. Met.

Bret-walda

(n.)
Grammar
Bret-walda, an; m.

A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in EnglandSaxonum in Britannia rex supremus.

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D. 1148, says, 'Omnia jura regni Anglorum, reges scilicet et proceres et tribunos in ditione sua tenebat:' Ecgbryht wæs se eahteða cyning, se ðe Bretwalda wæs Egbert was the eighth king, who was the Bretwalda, Chr. 827; Th. 112, 21, col. 1. — There does

ofer-fyll

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-fyll, e; -fyllu(o); indecl. f.

Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinkingcrapula

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Surt. 97, 18. Þurh oferfylla and mænigfealde synna heora eard hý forworhton, Wulfst. 166, 29

on-lísan

(v.)

to unloose (real or metaphorical bonds)to release, deliver, liberate

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Surt. 104, 20. Tó onliésanne ða gehæftan on helle, Past. 58; Swt. 443, 10. Siððan seó sáwl of ðam carcerne ðæs líchoman onliésed biþ, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 15. Onlésed, unsǽled desolutus, i. liberatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 29: 138, 50.

Linked entries: on-lésan on-liésan

spearca

(n.)
Grammar
spearca, an; m.

A spark

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Sum spearca sóþfæstnesse, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 2. Ne furðum án spearca mínes cynrenes nis mé forlǽtan, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 206. Gif ða scyldigan ǽnigne spearcan wísdómes hæfdon, 38, 7; Fox 210, 9. Word spearcum fleáh áttre gelícost, Cd.

Linked entry: spærca

streáw

(n.)
Grammar
streáw, streów, stréu, stréw, es; n.
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Sume hí cuwon heora gescý, sume streáw, Homl. Th. i. 404, 6. Bærne streúw, Lchdm. iii. 114, 7

Linked entries: stré streów stréu

cwiddian

(v.)
Grammar
cwiddian, cweddian, cwydian (q. v. in Dict.); p. ode, ede
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His apostoli him andwyrdon: 'Sume men cwyddiað (cf. sume men cweðað, 364, 16) þæt ðú sý Jóhannes, Hml. Th. i. 366 5-10. v. be-, hearm-, teón-, wiþer-cwid[d]ian

Linked entry: cweddian

níþ-full

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Níðfulle (printed hið-) hí synd, grame hí synd odiosi sunt, molesti sunt, Scint. 3, 4. Níþfulra swicful feónda gereónung liuidorum (i. inuidorum) fraudulenta emulorum factio, An. Ox. 2240

forþ-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-lǽtan, p. -let, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten

To let forthsend forthemitemittĕre

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To let forth, send forth, emit; emittĕre Swylce word he ðǽr forþlét such words he let forth there, Nicod. 11; Thw. 6, 5: Blickl. Homl. 133, 29

ge-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bróc, es; n. [ge-, bróc affliction]

Afflictionsorrowdŏlor

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Affliction, sorrow; dŏlor Ðéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebróca on becume though only a little of such sorrows comes upon you, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 26

ge-clypian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-clypian, -clipian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [clypian, clipian to call]

To callcall uponinvokevŏcāreinvŏcāre

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Manega synt geclypede multi sunt vŏcāti, Mt. Bos. 20, 16

un-beden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beden, adj.

Unbiddenunasked

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Unbidden, unasked Sume preóstas ... unbedene gaderiaþ hí tó ðam líce, swá swá grǽdige ræmmas ðár ðár hí hold geseóð, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 2

Linked entry: biddan

gígant-mæcg

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Gigantes erant super terram Gen. 6, 4), Gen. 1268

ofer-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-standan, to stand, or
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be, above Þæt ofer his reliquias heofenlic leóht ealle niht wæs oferstandende ut super reliquias eius lux caelestis tota nocte steterit, Bd. 3, 11 ; Sch. 235, 9