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missen-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
missen-, misen-, missend-líc; adj.

Dissimilardifferentdiversevariousdivers

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Wið misenlíce (misendlíce, MS. B.) leahtras, Herb. tit. 165, 3; Lchdm. i. 62, 8. Missendlíce cynno diversitatem gentium, Rtl. 32, 1. Hé gedǽleþ missenlíce ( or adv.? ) leoþocræftas londbúendum, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 4; Crä. 28.

gleó-man

(n.)
Grammar
gleó-man, glí-man, glii-man, gliig-man, glig-man, -mann, es; m.

A glee-manmusicianminstreljesterplayerbuffoonmusicuscantorjoculatorhistrioscurramimuspantomimus

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Wera gehwylcum wíslícu word gerísaþ, gleómen gied to every man wise words are fitting, song to the gleeman, Exon. 91 b; Th. 344, 1; Gn. Ex. 167: 87 a; Th. 326, 29; Wíd. 136. Gligman mimus, jocista, scurra, pantomimus, Ælfc.

Linked entry: glí-man

ge-brengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brengan, p. -brohte, pl. -brohton; pp. -broht; v. trans, [ge-, brengan to bring]

To bringleadproducebearferredūcĕreprodūcĕre

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Ðǽr wæs gebroht wín there was wine brought, Chr. 1012; Th. 269, 21, col. I

Linked entries: ge-bringan ge-broht

þindan

(v.)
Grammar
þindan, p. þand; pp. þunden.
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Ic þand ( I was angry ) wið ðan ðe hí teala noldan þínre sprǽce spéd gehealdan, Ps. Th. 118, 158. Ðindende weleras labia tumentia, Kent. Gl. 1002

Linked entry: a-þindan

á-lǽtan

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S. 36, 65. of deprivation, loss Gé hit álǽtað ( you will lose it ), þonne gé lǽst wénað, Wlfst. 46, 10. Hé þá handa álýse oþþe hig álǽte, Ll.

ge-þæf

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gerest ðæt mód hit orsorglíce on ðǽre fortrúwunga, 463, 10 : both passages refer to the same subject) how he will recognize his own faults, and yet wish for no change in them (?

ge-gaderung

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Wið ealle gegaderunga þæs yfelan wǽtan of þám líchoman, 236, 18. Wið cyrnlu and wið ealle yfele gegaderunga, 300, 1. Wið gehwylce gegaderunge, 322, 1 note

gelíce

(adv.)
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H. 25, 18. with pronominal forms and clauses, equivalent to the later like as with the clauses introduced by these two words, in the same way as; in hypothetical clauses, just as if Wé gelíce sceolon leánum hleótan, swá wé weorcum hlódun, Cri. 783.

nearu

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu, adj.

narrowstraitconfinednot spaciousnarrowlimitedpoorrestrictedstraitoppressivecausing anxietyoppressednot having free actionstrictsevere

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Homl. 103, 13. oppressed, not having free action Wið nearwre sworetunge for difficult breathing, Lchdm. i. 340, 11.

Linked entry: nearu-cræft

Alríca

(n.)
Grammar
Alríca, Eallríca, Ealleríca, an; m: Alarícus, i; m. Lot. [al=eall all, ríca a ruler; v. ríc]

AlaricAlarícus, king of the Visigoths

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Hettulf, Alrícan mæg, Honoriuses sweóstor him to wífe genam Ataulf, Alaric's kinsman, took the sister of Honorius for his wife, Ors. 6, 38; Bos. 133, 14. Seó hergung wæs, þurh Alarícum [acc. Lat.]

Linked entries: Ealleríca Eallríca

ge-tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tǽcan, -tǽcean, -técan; p. -tǽhte; pp. -tǽht [tǽcan to teach]
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Ðe ic ðé getǽce which I will show thee, Cd. 137; Th. 173, 1; Gen. 2854. Ðú me róde ródera cining ryhte getǽhtest thou hast rightly shown me the cross of heaven's king, Elen. Kmbl. 2148; El. 1075.

Linked entry: ge-técan

áttor-láðe

Grammar
áttor-láðe, átter-, an; f.

The cock's spur grassatterlothe [venom-loather]panicum crus galli

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The cock's spur grass, atterlothe [venom-loather]; panicum crus galli Wið áttre, betonican and ða smalan áttorláðan dó on hálig wæter against poison, put betony and the small atterlothe into holy water, L.

Linked entry: átor-láðe

cedelc

(n.)
Grammar
cedelc, e; f.

The herb mercurymercurialis perennis, Lin

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Wið ðæs innoþes heardnysse genim ðás wyrte, ðe man mercurialis, and óðrum naman cedelc nemneþ for hardness of the inwards take this herb, which is called mercurialis, and by another name mercury, Herb. 84, 1; Lchdm. i. 186, 23

cwacung

(n.)
Grammar
cwacung, e; f.

QUAKING, trembling tremor

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Wæs se múnt Garganus bifigende mid ormætre cwacunge the mount Garganus was trembling with immense quaking, Homl. Th. i. 504, 28. Búton cwacunge without guaking, ii. 32, 18

fellen

(adj.)
Grammar
fellen, adj. [fel skin]

Made of skinspellĭceus

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God worhte Adame and his wífe fellene reáf and gescrídde hí fēcit Deus Adam et uxōri ejus tunĭcas pellĭceas et induit eos, Gen. 3, 21. Fellen hæt a hat made of skin, a felt hat; gălērus vel pīleus, Ælfc. Gl. 18; Som. 58, 111; Wrt. Voc. 22, 26

fór-scyttan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-scyttan, p. -scytte, pl. -scytton; pp. -scytted

To shoot beforepreventprævĕnīre

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Ðæt da sceortan wítu ðises geswincfullan lífes fórscytten [MS. forscyttan] ða toweardan, ðe nǽfre ateoriaþ that the short punishments of this painful life may prevent those to come, which will never fail, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 34

for-trúwodnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-trúwodnes, -trúgadnes, -ness, e; f.

Over-confidenceprecipitancypresumptionarrogancepræcĭpĭtātiopræsumptioarrŏgantia

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Ða fortrúwodnesse and ða ánwilnesse an Corinctheum Paulus ongeat swíðe wiðerweardne wið hine the presumption and obstinacy of the Corinthians Paul saw [to be] greatly opposed to himself, 32, 1; Hat. MS. 40 a. 16.

Linked entry: for-trúgadnes

Fresan

(n.)
Grammar
Fresan, gen- Fresena, Fresna; pl. m.

The FrisiansFrisiiFresōnes

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Ðæt Swíþbyrht and Wilbrord biscopas wǽron Fresna þeóde gehálgode that Swithbyrht and Wilbrord were consecrated bishops of the Frisians' nation, Bd. 5, 11; S. 625, 28: Exon. 85 a; Th. 320, 11; Wíd. 27: Beo. Th. 5823; B. 2915

(adv.)
Grammar
iá, adv.

Yea

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Se kyng befealh georne hire bréðer óþ ðæt hé cwæþ já wið the king pressed her brother eagerly until he said yes in reply, Chr. 1067 ; Erl. 204, 23

ceole

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Add: a throat Gif ðé þynce ðæt ðú tó wrǽne sý, wít ðaét ðínre ceolan for ðám unnyttum lustum, Prov. K. 54. Ceolan gurgustio (cf. gurgustio ceolor ( omitted after Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 34; v. Angl. viii. 451), Wrt.