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eorþ-scræf

a cavetombgrave

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Ðá fór Saul forð bí ðæm scræfe, Past. 197, 12. a cave for burial, tomb, grave Ne þearf þæs nán man wénan ꝥ his líchama mæge þá synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Bl. H. 109, 31. Ealle erðware úp árísað of ðǽm ealdum eorðscræfum, Nap. 20

for-ferian

(v.)
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to bring to an untimely end Gif hwá óðrum his unmagan oðfæste, and hé hine on þǽre fæstinge forferie (if the person accepting the charge cause the death of the person committed to his charge. Cf.

Linked entry: ferian

ge-setla

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setla, an; m.
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Gif gegilda myd þǽm ete . . . þe his gegildan stlóg . . . gilde án pund, bútun hé ætsacan mæge mid his twám gesetlun ꝥ hé hine nyste, Cht. Th. 612, 16 : 23

ge-drycnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drycnan, pp. ed
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To dry up, emaciate with disease Án wind cóm, and se wól mid þǽm winde.

Linked entry: -drycnan

ge-þryle

(n.)
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A press, crowd For ðæs folces geðrýle wæs þæt gesthús ðearle genyrwed, Hml. Th. i. 34, 34. Onmang ðám mycclan geðrýle and on ðám egeslican geþryngce. Hml. S. 23, 92. v. ge-þrýn, and cf. þweál, þweán for similar relation between noun and verb

godspell-traht

(n.)
Grammar
godspell-traht, es; m.
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Ic cweðe nú þæt ic nǽfre heononforð ne áwende godspeltrahtas of Lédene on Englisc, Hml. Th. ii. 594, 19

Linked entry: traht

lendenu

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Láreówas ús secgað þ on þám lendenum is þæs líchaman gálnyss, Hml. A. 17, 95. Begyrd sweord ðín ymb lendna [lendynu, Ps. Cam. : lendan ( = lendna), Ps. Srt.] accingere gladium luum circa femor, Ps. Vos. 44, 4

sinscipe

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Ac hí sóna geswicon þæs sinscipes syþþan hí Crí stes láre geleornodon æt him, Hml. A. 14, 35. Hí wunodon ætgædere gehíwodum synscipe, Hml.

syn-lust

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Hí onǽldon þǽra geongrena mód tó forcyrrednesse heora synlustes ( libidinis ), 119, 15. Hé wæs beswicen þyses middaneardes synlustum (immundo desiderio), 230, 12. Add

tó-geótan

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Wearð swá mycelu wynsumnes þæs æþelestan stences tóstrogden and tógoten ( aspersa ) geond eall ꝥ hús, 282, 19

un-stillness

Grammar
un-stillness, <b>. V.</b>
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Add Hé ongan biddan ꝥ him God forgǽfe ꝥ hé gestillan mihte þæs hátheortan preóstes unstilnysse coepit exorare ut ei redderet unde presbyteri furentis insaniam mitigare potuisset, Gr. D. 65, 12

wǽdl

Grammar
wǽdl, <b>; I.</b> ¶
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</b> add :-- Seó wǽdl þǽra andlyfna alimentorum indigentia, Gr. D. 145, 6: alimentorum inopia, 159, 7. <b>I b.</b> with gen. describing kind of wane :--- Add

wudu

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Add On Piceno þǽm wuda án wielle weól blóde, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 2i. Ealle treówa wudena, Ps. L. 95, 12

á-wídlian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wídlian, p. ode.

to contaminatedefilepolluteto profane pollute

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of physical impurity, to contaminate, defile, pollute Sé ðe áwiht þicge þæs ðe hund áwídlige (inquinaverit), Ll. Th. ii. 216, 10.

apuldre

(n.)
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Æt þǽre háran apuldran, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 28. On þá apoldran, of þére apoldran, C. D. B. ii. 79, 6. See other examples in charters, Cht. Crw. p. 53. [O. H. Ger. affultra ; f. malus.] Add

cancer

Grammar
cancer, (-or).
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Þone cancor (ἄφθας) þǽra tóða, Lch. i. 294, 21

cóþu

Grammar
cóþu, l. coþu,
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Ǽlcne man warnian wið þás deófollican coðe, þæt is wið þás hellican unþeáwas, Wlfst. 245, 21: Angl. viii. 337, 7

cræft-lic

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Vulgaris vel artificales dies est, ꝥ byþ ceorlisc dæg oððe cræftlic, fram þǽre sunnan anginne ꝥ heó tó setle gá and eft cume mancynne tó blisse, Angl. viii. 317, 11. skilful, skilled Ðá óðre cræftigan sægdon ꝥ hý þurh drýcræft dydon ðá cræftlican weorc

dyderung

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Forhogian þæs deófles dydrunga, Hml. S. 17, 165. Add

feórþan-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
feórþan-dǽl, es; m.

a fourth

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Quadrans ys fýrðling oððe feórðandǽl; ǽlc þǽra þinga þe man mæg tódǽlan on feówer on emne se feórðandǽl byð quadrans gecíged, Angl. viii. 306, 28-30. Ǽr þon þú ágefe þone nǽhstu feórþandǽl (novissimum quadrantem), Mt. R. 5, 26

Linked entries: dǽl feórþa