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ildenn

(n.)
Grammar
ildenn, e; f.
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Bútan ǽnigre yldenne (yldinge, v. l.) sine ulla dilatione, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 80, 2

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, p. ode; pp. od

To torment ⬩ vex ⬩ punish ⬩ pūnīre

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To torment, vex, punish; pūnīre Swilce he for his synnum swá getucod wǽre as if he was so tormented for his sins, Job Thw. 167, 14

spreca

(n.)
Grammar
spreca, speca, an; m.

A speaker, one who speaks in council (cf. sprǽc, VIII.), a councillor

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.), a councillor Forht folces weard héht him fetigean sprecan síne, Cd. Th. 161, 18;Gen. 2667

Linked entry: speca

wiþ-standan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-standan, p. -stód, pl. stódon; p. -standen.

to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile

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Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge and ðonne sió gift wiðstande. Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forð ne cume, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 4 note. to be hostile Ic wiðstande ongén eów ponam faciem contra vos, Lev. 26, 17

furþum

Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just

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Th. 105, 33: 138, 11. where one action takes place soon after another Nim gáte meoluc þonne hió furþum ámolcen sié, Lch. ii. 188, 12. Ísen þonne hit furþum sié of fýre átogen, 256, 15.

milisc

(adj.)
Grammar
milisc, adj.

Honeyed ⬩ sweet ⬩ mellow ⬩ mulled

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Drince mylsce drincan, sió gebét ða biternesse ðæs geallan, L. M. 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 108, 2. Milscra (milscre, Wrt.) treówa blósman qui[n]tinas, g. caducas (Du Cange quotes Isidore: 'Flores malorum (punicorum ) a Græcis appellati sunt quintinæ.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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a turn, time Ðá besæt sió fierd hié (the Danes) ðǽr ða hwíle ðe hié ðær lengest mete hæfdon, ac hié hæfdon heora stemn gesetenne the English force had sat out its turn of service, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 31.

un-dirne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dirne, -dierne, -dyrne; adj.

Not hidden ⬩ discovered ⬩ revealed ⬩ manifest

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Bið him synwracu andweard undyrne the punishment of sin shall stand revealed before them, Exon. Th. 94, 16; Cri. 1541. Nú is undyrne werum, hú ða wihte hátne sindon, 429, 19; Rä. 43, 15. Ic wordum wemde wyrd undyrne, Andr. Kmbl. 2959; An. 1482.

Linked entries: dirne un-derne un-dyrne

be-stelan

to rob ⬩ to go secretly ⬩ stealthily ⬩ to steal

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.): Hiene bestæl se here intó Werhám Wesseaxna fierde . . . hié hié nihtes bestǽlon þǽre fierde, Chr. 876; P. 74, 7-11. without pronoun Bistilð sió slǽwd on ús mentis desidia furtim torpore mactatur, Past. 283, 3.

bred

a board ⬩ plank ⬩ a tablet

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Ðá stǽnenan bredu ðe sió ǽ wæs on áwriten, Past. 125, 18. On twelf bredun þe þá þeódwitan þǽrtó ámearcode, Angl. viii. 321, 41. Similar entries v. gyrdel-, hand-, nam-, pic-, rihte-, tæppel-, writ-bred

on-wendan

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D. ii. 134, 18. to upset a person, a condition of things On ðǽm dóme ðæs ryhtwísan déman onwent sió geearnung ðone hád and ðá geðyncðo ( but the Latin is: In examine recti judicis mutat merita ordinum qualitas actionum), Past. 411, 24.

æl-tæw

Grammar
æl-tæw, l. æl-tǽwe, -teáwe, -teówe, -tówe,
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Ðeáh hié wieten ðæt hié æltǽwe ne sín cum de imperfectione reprehendunt, 7. Hé ne nom náne ware húlice hié wǽron, for ðon hiera wæs má forcúþra ðonne æltǽwra, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 23. Hæfde ic ælteówe þénas nǽre ic ðus eáðelíce oferswíðed, Hml.

full-wiht

Grammar
full-wiht, fulluht,
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Sió hreówsung scolde bión ǽr ðǽm fulwihte. Se fullwuht ðone mon geclǽnsað, Past. 427, 6. Þurh þæne fulluht, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 22, 36. Grammar full-wiht, fem. Þá þénunge fulwihte (full-wihtes, v. l. ) ministerium baptizandi, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 118, 15.

Linked entry: fulluht

Gewis

(n.)
Grammar
Gewis, Giwis, es; m.

Gewis, the great grandfather of Cerdic

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Sic Visigothi præposita tantum Saxonica expletiva Ge. ' See Thorpe's Lappenberg i. 109, note

á-þreótan

To make weary. ⬩ alone

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Hú micel scyld ðæt sié ðæt monn áðreóte ðǽre nǽtinge yfelra monna, 353, II. His mé sceal áþreótan, Ors. 5, 2;S. 218, 21. with a (negative) clause Ðæt hiene ná ne áðriét ðæt hé hí tó him ne laðige non cessat vocare, Past. 405, 22.

Linked entries: þreótan a-þreát

ge-mǽne

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Gif hé bið gemǽnes hádes man ( si sit clericus), feste .v. geár, subdiácon .vi. geér . . . bisceop .xii. Ll. Th. ii. 192, 7. Mid gemǽnes hádes mannum cum clericis, 196, 20. Wéfman gehádod gemǽnes hádes mulier ordinata clericali ordine, 186, 31.

bæftan

(prep.)
Grammar
bæftan, beftan; prep. dat. [be-æftan, q. v. ]

after ⬩ behind ⬩ post ⬩ pone ⬩ behind ⬩ without ⬩ sine

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Bos. 16, 23. behind, without; sine Bæftan ðam hláforde without the master, Ex. 22, 14

Linked entries: bæfta beftan be-æftan

ge-irman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-irman, p. de; pp. ed

To afflict ⬩ afflīgĕre

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To afflict; afflīgĕre Ðæt hie elles ne síen geirmed that they be not altogether afflicted, Past. 28, 1; Swt. 189, 16; Hat. MS. 36 b, 5

Linked entries: ge-yrman ge-iermed

here-wíc

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Castra, oppida, loca altissima sita, dicia quasi casa alta herewíc vel gefylco, 129, 36. Add

Coshám

(n.)
Grammar
Coshám, es; m.

COSHAM or CORSHAM ⬩ Wilts ⬩ loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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COSHAM or CORSHAM, Wilts; loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Læg se cyng seóc æt Coshám the king lay sick at Corsham Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 13