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snáw-ceald

(adj.)
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snáw-ceald, adj.

Cold as snow

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Cold as snow Ðæt sió fýrene (ne) mót sunne gesécan snáwcealdes weg monna (but read (?) mónan. Cf. Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 28) gemǽro Met. 29, 8

tó-feng

(n.)
Grammar
tó-feng, (?: but cf. the expression fón tó), es; m.

Taking,seizure

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Taking, seizure Se ðe ne sealde ús on gehæfte ł tófæncge (tó fæncge ?) tóðum heora qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum. Ps. Lamb. 123, 6

áþ-wyrþe

Entitled to make oath

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Add: Entitled to make oath Sé þe mánáð swerige, and hit him on open wurðe, ꝥ hé nǽfre eft áðwyrðe ne sý, Ll. Th. i. 212, 19

hrýman

(v.)
Grammar
hrýman, hréman; p. de

To callcry outto cry outboastexultlamentmurmur

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Gif feorrancumen man oððe fræmde búton wege gange and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne he horn ne bláwe if a man from a distance or a stranger go off the high road and then neither call out nor blow a horn, L.

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on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Hé wolde ðæt hé on ðon ongeáte, ðæt ðæt mon ne wæs, se ðe him ætýwde, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 25. Ic wundrige hwí ðú ne mǽge ongitan, ðæt ðú eart nú git swíðe gesélig, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 34.

ge-stillan

(v.)
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Hi náuþer ne gestillan ne móton ne eác swíþor styrian, Bt. 21; F. 74, 7. not to be active Swá styrigende is seó sáwul ꝥ heó furðon on slǽpe ne gestylþ, Hml. S. l, 132.

gilpan

(v.)
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Ne mót nán preóst beón tó módig ne tó gilpende, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 10. to boast of (gen), Gif þú þæs gilpst, hú ne gilpst þú heora gódes, næs þínes?, Bt. 14, l; F. 42, 26.

brúcan

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Swá hwæt swá ús God sylle máre þonne wé néde brúcan sceolan, Bl. H. 53, 15. Ne mihte nánwuht libbendes ðǽre eorþan brúcan, ne þæs wæteres, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 9. Úre æfter his bebodum tó brúcanne, 7, 5 ; F. 24, 9.

æt-speornan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-speornan, -spornan ðú -spyrnst, he -spyrnþ; p. -spearn, pl. -spurnon; pp. -spornen; v. trans.

To stumblespurn atdash or trip againstmistakecæspitareoffendere ad aliquidimpingere

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Ðe-læs ðe ðín fót æt stáne ætsporne ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum, Mt. Bos. 4, 6. Ðe-læs ðú ætspurne [Lamb, ætsporne] æt stáne fót ðínne ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum, Ps. Spl. 90, 12.

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dollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dollíce, adv.

Foolishly, rashlystulte, insāne

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Ne man ne sceal drincan, oððe dollíce etan binnan Godes húse nor may any one drink, nor foolishly eat within God's house, L. Ælf. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 10: Past. 20, 1; Hat. MS. 29 b, 4

for-gǽgednys

(n.)
Grammar
for-gǽgednys, -nyss, e; f.

A transgressionprevaricationstubbornnesstransgressioprævārĭcātioperversĭtas

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Ðæt gé ne beón scildige scamlícre forgǽgednysse ne sitis prævarĭcātiōnis rei, Jos. 6, 18

for-wiernan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wiernan, -wirnan; p. de; pp. ed

To hinderpreventkeep fromwithholdarcērerĕtĭnēre

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To hinder, prevent, keep from, withhold; arcēre, rĕtĭnēre Ðæt ða Deniscan him ne mehton ðæs rípes forwiernan that the Danish might not hinder them from the harvest Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 7.

land-mann

(n.)
Grammar
land-mann, es; m.
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A native of a country Náh náðer tó farenne ne Wylisc man on Ænglisc land ne Ænglisc on Wylisc ðé má bútan gesettan landmen se hine sceal æt stæðe underfón and eft ðǽr bútan fácne gebringan.

ge-haldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-haldan, pp. -halden

To keeppreserveholdservārerecondĕretĕnēre

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Mid ðý hine ðá nǽnig man ne gehaldan ne gebindan mihte cum a nullo vel tĕnēri vel ligāri pŏtuisset, 3, 11; S. 536, 16. Ðǽr hí nú gehaldene syndon in qua nunc servantur, 3, 11; S. 535, 11 : 3, 6; S. 528, 29

ge-met-fæst

(adj.)
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ge-met-fæst, adj.

Moderate, modestmoderatus, modestus

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Moderate, modest; moderatus, modestus Ne hie ðám geþyldegum and ðám gemetfæstum simble ne wuniaþ neither do they always dwell with the patient and moderate, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 34, 3. Sió is swíðe gemetfæst she is very modest, 10; Fox 28, 20.

þeófian

(v.)
Grammar
þeófian, (and þeófan?
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The Lindisfarne gloss has ðæt ðú ne forstele ł ne forðiófe, Mk. 10, 19; the Kentish Glossary, diófende furtivus; but this might imply the form ðiófian, cf. tácnendi and tácnian: cf. also, for both force and form of the participle styrende agitatam, Mt

ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es ; n.
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Eác hi sint tó monienne ðætte hit. nó ne geliéfen ðætte ðá willan and ðá getǽsu ðe him on ðisse worulde becumað sién leán ne subsidia itineris in obstacula perventionis vertant . . .

searu

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Healdað eów ðæt gé ne onǽlan mín ierre mid eówrum searwum ne forte indignatio mea succendatur propter malitiam studiorum vestrorum, Past. 435, 10. Add Man áhéhþ mid searwum mycle sweras pendere magnas in machinis columnas, Gr. D. 270, 4.

swefen

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ꝥ wé swefnum ne folgion, Hml.

sacc

(n.)
Grammar
sacc, es; m.

A sack, bag

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A sack, bag Ne bere gésacc ne codd sacculum neque peram, Lk. Skt. 10, 4. Sæc sacculum, Kent. Gl. 208. Hig fyldon hira saccas ( saccos) and lédon hira ǽlces feoh on his sacc ...

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