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sund-corn

(n.)
Grammar
sund-corn, es; n.
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Gif men weaxan stánas on ðære blǽdran, wyl sundcorn on ealaþ, 320, 6. Genim neogon piporcorna, fífténe sundcorn ( saxifragia ), iii. 18, 13

þeóster-full

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóster-full, (þístre-, þrýstre-); adj.
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Se engel mé lǽdde tó ánre þeóstorfulre stówe ... ealle ða ðeóstorfullan stówe, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 15-26. Hé geseah swilce án ðeóstorful dene, 338, 5. Ðeósterfulle wununga, i. 68, 4. Þésterfulle dimhoua latebrosa latibula, Hpt. Gl, 446, 5

un-geníd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geníd, un-genídd; adj.

Unforceduncompelled

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Ðæt ealle gesceafta hiora ágnum willum ungenédde him wǽron underþeódde, 35, 5; Fox 164, 29. Ungeniédde (-nídde, Cott.

weorold-cearu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-cearu, e; f.
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Aidan ealle woruldcara áwearp fram his heortan, nánes þinges wilnigende bútan Godes willan, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 55 : L. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 320, 35

á-bláwan

(v.)
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Ðæt léht. . . ðætte ðencum ðú ábleáwe illud lumen quod mentibus aspirasti Rtl. 2, 15. to blow away Sume cwǽdon ðæt ðæt heáfod sceolde ábláwan Herodiaden, swá ðæt heó férde mid windum geond ealle woruld, Hml.

ǽ-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽ-swícian, l. -swician,
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Ealle gé mé ǽswiciað, 244, 33. to be apostate Ǽswician apostatare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 2. to offend Gif honde ðíne ǽswicæþ ðec . . gif eágan ðín ǽswiceþ ðec, Mt. R. 18, 8, 9. Sé ǽswicað óðrum ðc hine on Godes dǽle beswícð, Hml. Th. i. 514, 18.

dihtian

(v.)
Grammar
dihtian, p. ode
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Se Hálga Gást dihtode ealle þá þing þe hálige men writon, Bl. H. 133, 1. Dihtade instigavit, Lk. p. 2, 6

Linked entries: dihtan dihtere

fágung

a diversity

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Hé áwænde eallre þǽre hýde híw swá ꝥ seó fágung (varietas) wæs tóbrǽded geond eallne his líchaman, ꝥ hé wæs geþúht swylce hé hreóf wǽre .. . sóna swá hine gehrán se hálga wer, hé geflýmde ealle þá fágunge (varietatem) þǽre hýde, Gr.

fót-þweál

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Féde man Godes þearfena swá fela swá man mǽst mæge, and ... baðige man ealle ... and sylf se dǽdbéta beó ymbe heora fótþweál, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 8

ge-sweltan

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Ic sóna wæs geswolten and mín gewit and ealle míne styrenesse forleás mox uelut emoriens sensum penitus motumque omnem perdidi, Bd. 5, 6 ; Sch. 577, 8

ge-trahtnian

(v.)
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., and add Manega men wénað ꝥ þes middaneard scule standan on six þúsend wintrum, for ðan þe God gescóp ealle þing binnan six dagum; ac þaet getæl wíse witan on óðre wísan getrahtnedon, Wlfst. 244, 4.

hád-bryce

Grammar
hád-bryce, Dele ' a violation of holy orders'.
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In 1. 4 after mǽðe add, swá be were swá be wíte swá be lahslite swá be ealre are (secundum omnia quę habet malefactor.

ofer-seón

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Þonne miht ðú ofersión ealle þás eorþlican þing mens terras despicit, Bt. 36, 2; F. 174, 7. add v. ofer-sewenness Hí mé forlétan and swýdeforsáwan ipsi spreuerunt me, Wlfst. 45, 3.

séþung

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Se apostol áýdlode ealle þæs drýes séðunge, and geswutelode ðurh wítegena séðunge þæt Críst is sóð Godes sunu, 412, 29-414, 2: 420, 5. Add

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, es; m.
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Gif man lǽt ǽnne þeóf tó slege . . . nolde hé syllan ealle his ǽhta . . . wið þan þe hé libban móste?, Hml. S. 12, 116. add: a stake Slegeas sudes, Lch. i. lxxi, 3

meaht-leás

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Add: weak, impotent, powerless. physically Þá fǽringa sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte . . . hé þurh-wunode swá unspecende and mihteleás forð oð þone Ðunresdæg and þá his líf álét, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 24.

heald

(adj.)
Grammar
heald, adj.

Bent, inclinedleaning, slopingclivus, obliquus, pronus

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Ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan all are bent down towards the earth, 41, 6; Fox 254, 28. Ða men lágon áþænede on ðære eorþan mid of dúne healdum ondwleotan the men lay stretched out on the ground with faces turned downwards, Shrn. 81, 26

hnipian

(v.)
Grammar
hnipian, p. ode

To bow the head

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To bow the head: Biþ wuhta gehwilc onhnigen tó hrusan hnipaþ of dúne on weoruld wlítaþ wilnaþ tó eorþan [cf. in the prose version, Fox 254, 28, ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorðan] prona tamen facies hebetes valet ingravare sensus, Bt. Met.

Linked entry: hnipend

bæc-ern

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ealle neódbehéfness, ꝥ is wæter, myll, orceard, bæcern (pistrinum), oððe mistlice cræftas wiðinnan minstre beón gegánne, R. Ben. I. 112, 15.

DRAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRAGAN, ic drage, ðú drægest, drægst, dræhst, he drægeþ, drægþ, dræhþ, pl. dragaþ; p. dróg, dróh, pl.drógon ; pp. dragen.

DRAG, drawtrahĕreTo draw oneself, to draw, gose conferre, ire

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To DRAG, draw; trahĕre Eall ðæt ða beón dragen toward ða dráne dragaþ fraward all that the bees draw towards them the drones draw from them, Chr. 1127; Th. 378, 24, 25. Simon Petrus dróg ðæt nett on eorþe Simon Petrus traxit rete in terram, Jn.