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hæft-nídling

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-nídling, es; m.
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Hí lǽddon mid him micele herehúþe and manige hæftnýdlingas, Hml. S. 30. 391

Linked entry: níd-ling

mattuc

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Ic nát mid hwí ic delfe nú mé swá wana is ǽgþer ge spadu ge mattuc, Hml. S. 23b, 765. Of matucce and adesan hý út áwurpon hý bipenne et ascia deiecerunt eam, Ps. Rdr. 73, 6. Hé sceal habban æcse, adsan . . . mattuc, Angl. ix. 263, 3. Add

micgern

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(Gallée) mid-garni aruina : O. H. Ger. mitti-garni.], and add Of micgerne aruina . i. adeps ł pinguedo, An. Ox. 2, 105. Mycgernne seuo, 2763. Micgernu exugiam, Lch. i. lxxiv. 3. Midirnan, lxx. 2

munuc-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-reáf, es; n.
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Eála swustor . . . álege þíne woruldlican gegyrlan, and gegyre þé mid munucreáfe, Hml. S. 33. 82. Þám preóste is ungedafenlic ꝥ hé munucreáf ( uestem monachicam ) werige, Chrd. 63, 32

Linked entry: munuc-scrúd

óþ

(con.)
Grammar
óþ, conj. l. oþ,
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Hé wunode mid hire oð hana sang, Shrn. 30, 29. Séc hyne oð þú hyne finde, Solil. H. 3, 15: 59, 9. Ic þat wilnode oð mé nú áðreáð, 35, 22

undern-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
undern-geweorc, es; n.
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Mid his underngeworce (-gereorde, v.l. ), 150, 6

un-gemetlic

Grammar
un-gemetlic, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Tó þreágenne mid ungemettlicre ( the Latin has modesta) ceáste, Gr. D. 145, 17. Sé ðe samnað ungemætlice weolan (immodicas divitias), Ll. Th. ii. 232, 24.

Linked entry: ge-metlic

scelfan

(v.)
Grammar
scelfan, scealf , sculfon

To shake, quiver, totter

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To shake, quiver, totter On ðyssum stapelum sceall ǽlc cynestól standan mid rihte on cristenre þeóde, and áwácie heora ǽnig, sóna se stól scylfþ ... áwácie se cristendóm, sóna scylfþ se cynedóm, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 1-7: Wulfst. 267, 18.

ælmes-georn

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Heó wæs swíðe ælmesgeorn, and ðá ðearfan . . . mid cystigum móde . . . áfédde, Hml. Th. i. 60, 14. Ælmysgeorn, Shrn. 98, 4. Sýn wé rummóde þearfendum mannum and earmum ælmesgeorne, Bl. H. 109, 15. Ælmesgeorne and árdǽde wið earme men, 131, 2.

BREÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREÓWAN, ic breówe, ðú breówest, brýwst, he breóweþ, brýwþ, pl. breówaþ ; p. breáw, pl. bruwon; pp. browen, ge-browen

To BREW; cerevisiam coquere

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To BREW; cerevisiam coquere Ne biþ ðǽr nǽnig ealo gebrowen mid Estum there is no ale brewed by the Esthonians, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 22, 17. Ne dranc he nánes gemencgedes wǽtan, ne gebrowenes he drank not of any mixed or brewed fluid, Homl. Th. i. 352, 7

Linked entries: ge-browen bríwan

of-dæl

(adj.)
Grammar
of-dæl, adj.

Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior

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Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior Hit biþ ámerred mid ðám lǽnum gódum forðam hit biþ ofdælre ðǽrtó it is led astray by the transitory goods, because it is more inclined to them; ad falsa devius error abducit, Bt. 24, 2; Fox 82, 2.

Linked entry: æf-dæl

oferbæc-getéung

(n.)
Grammar
oferbæc-getéung, e; f.

Contraction of the muscles at the back of the neck, tetanus

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Ðisne lǽcecræft man sceal dón mannum ðe hyra swyran mid ðám sinum fortogen beóþ, ðæt hé hys nǽn geweald náh, ðæt Gréccas hátaþ tetanicus) :-- Oferbæcgetéung titanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 22

óm

(n.)

rust

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Yldo ábíteþ íren mid óme, Salm. Kmbl. 601; Sal. 300

tín-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
tín-nihte, adj.

Ten days old

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Se .x. nihta móna hé ys god tó standanne mid æðelum monnum, Lchdm. iii. 178, 19-21. Se ðe biþ ácenned on .x. nihtne ealdne mónan, se biþ ðrowere, 160, 28

ǽw

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽw, adj.

Lawfullegitimaterelated by the law of marriagemarriedlegitimusnuptusgermanus

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Lawful, legitimate, related by the law of marriage, married; legitimus, nuptus, germanus Mid his ǽwum wífe with his lawful wife, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 26, 29.

beótung

(n.)
Grammar
beótung, e; f.

A threateningragingcomminatiominæ

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Ðá wæs his mód mid ðám beótungum gebreged then was his mind frightened by the threatenings, 2, 12; S. 513, 14 : 1, 7; S. 477, 23

be-hindan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-hindan, adv.

Behindbacka tergoponepost

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Behind, back; a tergo, pone, post Ac behindan beleác mid wǽge but inclosed them behind with the wave Cd. 166; Th. 206, 24; Exod.456. Ðú ðone héhstan heofen behindan lǽtst thou shalt leave the highest heaven behind Bt. Met. Fox 24, 58; Met. 24, 29

fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, p. ode; pp. od

To fulfilperfectexsĕqui

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Ðonne sceal he ðæt mid mildheortum weorcumfullian then shall he perfect that with works of mercy, Blickl. Hom. 37, 19. Fullade 213, 16

ge-andwerdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andwerdian, p. ode; pp. od [andweard present]

To presentbring before onepræsentāre

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To present, bring before one; præsentāre Ða hét he ðone biscop mid his preóstum samod geandwerdian then commanded he to bring the bishop together with his priests before [him], Homl. Th. i. 416, 4. Geandweardod beón præsentātus esse, præsentāri, R.

loddere

(n.)
Grammar
loddere, es; m.

A beggar

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A beggar, poor person Se ríca besihþ on his pællenum gyrlum and cwyþ 'Nis se loddere mid his tættecon mín gelíca but the rich man looks at his purple robes and says 'the beggar with his rags is not my fellow,' Homl. Th. i. 256, 8

Linked entry: lodrung