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yfel-wyrcende

(adj.)
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yfel-wyrcende, adj. (ptcpl. )
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of persons, evil-doing, wicked Hwæþer ðú ongite ðæt ǽlc yfelwillende and ǽlc yfelwyrcende sié wítes wyrþe? . . . Hú ne is se ðonne yfelwillende and yfelwyrcende ðe ðone unscyldgan wítnaþ? Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 8-11.

bissextus

(n.)
Grammar
bissextus, gen. bissexte

leap-year

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Bis is twuwa, sextus se syxta, bissextus twuwa syx, for þám wé cweðað on ðám geáre nú tódæg sexta kl. Martii, and eft on merigen sexta kl. Martii, Lch. iii. 262, 7-18. Be rihte bissexte (bisexte, v. l.) de ratione bissexti, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 698, 1.

Linked entry: bises

ge-þingþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþ, e; f.
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þe diernum geþingum (geþingðum, v. l. ) betygen sié, Ll. Th. i. 134, 11-12. a court where claims are settled (?)

Linked entries: burh-geþingþ -þingþ

grund-weall

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Hé is se grundweall þǽre hálgan cyrcan, Hml. Th. ii. 588, 19-22. of things Mid tealtriendum grundwealle nutabundo (integritatis) fundamento, An. Ox. 3880

hleótan

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Hleótan man mót mid geleáfan swá þeáh on woruld-ðingum bútan wiccecræfte, ꝥ him déme seó tá gif hí hwæt dǽlan willað. Hml. S. 17, 73-86. Hleáte (hleátte, L.) wé sortiamur Jn.

ǽsce

question, inquirysearch for stolen cattle

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S. 23 b, 495. as a legal term, search for stolen cattle :-- Beó ǽsce forð let the search go on, Ll. Th. i. 234, 17: 238, 9. Ðæt man ne forlǽte náne ǽscan, 232, 18: 234, 25. Fó syþþan tó ðe ðæt land áge and hæbbe him ðá ǽscan, 352, 17

hǽtan

(v.)
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hǽtan, p. te; pp. ed

To heat, make hot

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Hit gelamp sume dæige ðæt ðæs swánes wíf hǽtte hire ofen and se king ðǽr big set it happened one day that the herdsman's wife heated her oven, and the king sat by, Shrn. 16, 15.

Linked entry: ge-hǽt

tó-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-geótan, p. -geát, pl. -gulon; pp. -goten.

to diffusespreadto pour away,to exhaust

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Ðonne wé swíðe wíde út tógeótaþ ða láre quando exterius late praedicationem fundimus, Past. 48; Swt. 375, 10. Ǽr ðon sió yfele wǽte, se de on wintra gesomnad biþ, hié tógeóte geond óþera lima, Lchdm. ii. 228, 9.

Linked entry: tó-gotenness

tó-teón

(v.)
Grammar
tó-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon;. pp. -togen.

to pull to piecestear to piecesto pull away

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Se wyrm ða tungan tótýhþ, Soul Kmbl. 234; Seel. 121. His æfterfolgeras feówertiéne geár ðisne middangeard tótugon and tótǽron (dilaniaverunt), Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 23. Ðám ðe ús mid tóðum tóteón woldan, Ps. Th. 123, 5.

wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
wæcce, an; f.

wakefulnesssleeplessnesswatchingwatchfulnessa watchvigila division of the nighta watch

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Án wæcce hæfð þreó tída; feówer wæccan gefyllað twelf tída; swá fela tída hæfð seó niht, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 13. On ðære æfteran wæccan in secunda uigilia, Lk. Skt. 12, 38. Embe ða feórðan wæccan, Mk. Skt. 6, 48

uppe

(adv.)
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uppe, adv.

upaboveon highup

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Kmhl. 466; Sal. 233

Linked entry: up

ge-freógan

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Suá micle má wé úre hiéremenn gefreógað (-eað, v. l. ) æfter ðám godcundan dóme, suá wé hér hiera synna wrecað suíðor, Past. 117, 25.

for-stelan

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S. 29, 328

þes

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(I b β) where in a series each in turn is pointed out :-- Seó forme ... Ðonne seó óþer ...; þeós swá hwæt swá heó gesyhð ...; þonne is seó þridde ..., swá hwæt swá þeós gesyhð ..., Lch. i. 242, 19-26. Þás and þás and þás beóð leóriende, Gr.

here-láf

(n.)
Grammar
here-láf, e; f.

The remnant of an army or people what is left of an army after a battlewhat is left after a battlespoil

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S. Rdr. 68, 380, 392.

Linked entry: fird-láf

swefan

(v.)
Grammar
swefan, p. swæf, pl. swǽfon; pp. swefen
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Swefan on slǽpe, 1695; An. 851. of the sleep of death Se fǽge þegn æfter billes bite swefeþ, Beo. Th. 4127 ; B. 2060. Se wyrm ligeþ, swefeþ sáre wund, 5485 ; B. 2746. Swefaþ ða ðe beadogríman býwan sceoldon, 4505 ; B. 2256.

Linked entry: sweofot

ge-bletsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bletsian, -bledsian ; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, bletsian to bless]

To blessconsecratebenedīcĕreconsecrāre

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Ic wát, ðæt se biþ gebletsod, ðe ðú gebletsast nōvi ĕnim, quod benedictus sit, cui benedixĕris, Num. 22, 6.

un-gewiss

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, adj.

Uncertainnot having knowledgeignorantnot knownof which there is not certain knowledgenot conveying certain knowledgeignominious

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Voc. ii. 48, 17. of persons, not having knowledge, ignorant Gif hé hit nát, hwelce gesǽlþa hæfþ hé æt ðam welan, gif hé biþ swá dysig and swá ungewiss ðæt hé ðæt witan ne mæg si nescit, quaenam beata sors esse potest ignorantiae caecitate?

ymb-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.
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Gé ymbhurfon and drýgi circuitis mare et aridam, Mt. Kmbl.

brád

(adj.)

broadopenspaciousflat

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Add: broad (as distinguished from long) Se bráda wulfes camb cameleon alba, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 26. of superficial extent, where size is defined Seó burh wæs hyre ymbeganges .xxx. míla brád, Ors. 4, 13 ; Th. 432, 22.

Linked entry: brádlinga