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smeócan

(v.)
Grammar
smeócan, p. smeác, pl. smucon; pp. smocen

To smoke, emit smoke To smoke, fumigate fumo, fumigo

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Eall folc gesáwon ðone munt smeócan Ex. 20, 18: Engl. Stud. ix. 40. Smeócende (smécende, Lind. : smíkende, Rush.) flex linum fumigans Mt. Kmbl. 12, 20. trans. To smoke, fumigate Smeóc ðone man mid gáte hǽrum Lchdm. i. 352, 1.

Linked entries: smícan smocian

CWALU

(n.)
Grammar
CWALU, e; f.

A quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction nex, cædes, exitium

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Þurh ánes engles cwale, on Cristes cwale through an angel's death, by Christ's death, Boutr. Scrd. 17, 38. Hú nyt is ðe mín slæge, oððe mín cwalu slaughter, oððe mín rotung on byrgenne? Ps. Th. 29, 8.

Linked entry: cwælu

and-weard

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Him biþ beforan andweard engla cynn, Bl. H. 83, 11. Swá swá hé hyre andweardre tó sprǽce, Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 32: 4, 24; S. 597, 30. Þeáh þe wé nú þǽr andwearde ne sýn, Bl.

ge-sibbian

(v.)
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Eph. 2, 12-14), þæt is engla werod and mancynn tó ánum werode, Hml. Th. ii. 580, 2. Gesybbode confederantur, Germ. 397, 437. Tóscereð gesibbade separat federates, Kent. Gl. 604

ge-dreccednes

Grammar
ge-dreccednes, <b>ge-drecednes</b>.
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Add: tribulation, trouble Earfoðlic is tó átellanne seó gedrecednes. . . and ꝥ geswinc . . . þe eall Engla here dreáh. Chr. 1056 ; P. 186, 32. Gyt weorþeð máre . . . wracu and gedrecednes, Wlfst. 91, 7.

earh-faru

(n.)
Grammar
earh-faru, e; f. [earh an arrow; faru a going, journey, passage]

A flight of arrows sagittārum vŏlātus

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Ða us gescildaþ wið sceððendra eglum [MS englum] earhfarum they shall shield us against the enemies' noxious flights of arrows, Exon. 19 a; Th. 47, 28; Cri. 762

Linked entry: earg-faru

ceaster-ware

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Þæs éþles ceasterware wǽron englas, 260, 20. Þá ceasterwara (-e, v. l. ) þǽre burge, 210, 12. Hwá bigþ fixas þíne? Ceasterwara cives, Coll. M. 23, 27. Seó cwén þara úplicra cesterwara, Mart. H. 146, 23. Add

riftere

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Ic cweþe tó þám riftrum, 'Gesomniað þá weód. . . ' Witodlíce þá riftras, ꝥ beóð þá englas . . . Gr. D. 316, 1-3. Hé wearð ofslagen . . . on hærfestlicre tíde úte mid his rifterum þe rípdon his corn, Hml. A. 108, 199. Add

wite-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
wite-lic, wítig-lic; adj.
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Hí þá englas getellað tó þám wítelicum stówum, 316, 10. Wítelicum (wítiglicum, v.l. ), 332, 9

in-stæppan

(v.)
Grammar
in-stæppan, p. te

To step inenter

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Hí sume gesáwon englas instæppende some of them saw angels entering, Homl. Th. ii. 546, 23

þeóden

(n.)
Grammar
þeóden, es; m.
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Se drihten, se ðe deáð for ús geþrowode, þeóden engla, Cd. Th. 306, 19; Sat. 666: Elen. Kmbl. 971; El. 487

sige-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
sige-dryhten, es ; m.
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Þeoden engla, sóð sigedrihten, Hy. 6, 34. Ðú eart selfa sigedrihten God, Met. 20, 260. Ðonc secgan sigedryhtne, ðæs ðe hé hine sylfne ús sendan wolde, Exon. Th. 9, 1 ; Cri. 128 : Andr. Kmbl. 1753 ; An. 879. Sigedrihten, mihtigne God, Cd.

þegen-riht

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-riht, es; n.
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Mæssepreóstes áð and woruldþegenes is on Engla lage efendýre ... Twelfhyndes mannes (a thane's) áð forstent .vi. ceorla áð, L. O. 12, 13; Th. i. 182, 14-19) Se mæssepreóst biþ þegenrihtes wyrðe, L. O. 12; Th. i. 182, 17: L.

Linked entries: þegen-lagu þegen-wer

ge-neah

(v.)
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Ger. ganah inan abundabit (Mt. 13, 12, ] with subject. to suffice, have sufficient power to do something Nǽnig mennisc tunge ne geneah þæs ácendan engles godcund mægen tó gesecgenne, Bl. H. 165, 5. to have abundance of (?)

rǽd-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-gifa, an; m.
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Ðis sindon ða gerǽdnessa ðe Engla rǽdgifan gecuran and gecwǽdan, L. Eth. vi. 1; Th. i. 314, 3. Ealle ðæs kyninges rǽdgyfan ( conciliarii ), Chart. Th. 326, 7. Ðone rǽd ðe ic mid mínum rǽdgyfum gerǽdd hæbbe, 307, 10. Rǽdgifena juris peritorum, Hpt.

ge-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hérian, l. ge-herian,
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and add Se Drihten on engla endebyrdnesse wæs gehered. þá hé wæs ácenned, þá cleopodan hié: ' Wuldor sý Gode . . . Bl. H. 93, 8. Heó bið gehered mid Gode, for þon þe hire bið mycel wuldor gegearwod, 145, 10. Hé ( St.

un-gesib

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesib, un-gesibb; adj.

not relatedstrangenot at peace at variance

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not related, strange Hé bið fremede Freán ælmihtigum, englum ungelíc (ungesibb, MS. B.) ána hwearfaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 69; Sal. 35. Ic ( the cuckoo ) under sceáte ungesibbum wearð eácen gǽste, Exon.

fore-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þeón, (for-)

o excelsurpass

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Sé ðe lǽssan gife hæbbe, ne andige hé on ðám foreðeóndum, for ðan ðe . . . sume englas mid underþeódnysse óðrum hýrsumiað, and sume mid oferstígendre wurðfulnysse ðám óðrum sind foresette, 346, 32

Linked entry: for-þeón

COCCEL

(n.)
Grammar
COCCEL, es; m.

COCKLEdarneltares; zizania

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Se sóða Déma hit his englas gadrian ðone coccel the true Judge shall bid his angels gather the cockle 526, 21; Mt. Bos. 13, 27, 29, 30. Coccela zizaniorum Mone B. 2332

oret-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
oret-mæcg, es; m.

A combatant, warrior, champion

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Weóld Walum and Scottum and Bryttum eác byre Æðelrédes, Englum and Sexum, oretmæcgum. Chr. 1065 ; Erl. 196, 30