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óleccung

(n.)
Grammar
óleccung, e; f.

soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatment ⬩ flattery, fawning, adulation ⬩ charm, allurement

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Ne. hine ne geloccige nán óliccung (ólicung, Cote. MSS. ) tó hiere willan non blanda usque ad voluptatem demulceant, Past. 14, 3; Swt. 83, 18. Forsió hé ǽlce ólicunge (óliccunge, Cott.

á-teorian

(v.)

to get exhausted ⬩ faint, ⬩ to lose heart or energy ⬩ get weary ⬩ faint ⬩ to get exhausted ⬩ come to an end ⬩ fail ⬩ be wanting ⬩ to be defective

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Th. ii. 534, 33. to get exhausted, come to an end, fail, be wanting Ne áteorað ús ná þearfa tó scrýdenne we shall never want for a poor man to clothe, Hml. S. 31, 924. Ðín gemynd ne áteorad the memory of thee will not come to an end, 15, 64.

feorren

(adv.)
Grammar
feorren, adv.

From far ⬩ e longinquo

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From far; e longinquo Uncer twega feorren cumenra of us two come from far, Cd. 89; Th. 110, 10; Gen. 1836

mene-scilling

(n.)
Grammar
mene-scilling, es; m.

A coin worn as an ornament

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A coin worn as an ornament Menescillingas lunules, Ep. Gl. 13 b, 37: Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 15. Mynescillingas, 49, 72

Linked entry: scilling

un-myrige

(adj.)
Grammar
un-myrige, adj.

Unpleasant ⬩ unfair

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Unpleasant, unfair Unmyrge plega collidium ( = colludium; cf. colludium, turpis ludus, Corp. Gl. ed. Hessels 35, 643), Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 72

Linked entry: myrige

sin-cealdu

(n.)
Grammar
sin-cealdu, indecl. f.

Continual cold

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Continual cold Ne mæg ðǽr rén ne snáw, ne sunnan hǽtu, ne sincaldu wihte gewyrdan, Exon. Th. 198, 29; Ph. 17

Linked entry: cealdu

wícian

(v.)
Grammar
wícian, p. ode.
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Ðá com Eustachius mid his here tó ðam túne ... Wæs seó wunung þǽr swýþe wynsum on tó wícenne, and his geteld wǽron gehende hire wununge geslagene, Homl.

Linked entry: ge-wícian

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.

a neck ⬩ of land, a hause ⬩ a col ⬩ the neck, the declination of a mountain near the summit; the most level spot between two hills, ⬩ the local name of a neck-shaped ridge in western Iceland. ⬩ of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least

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On púles sweran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 97, 5

Linked entries: swira swyra

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each

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; Hé (Hannibal) com tó Alpis ðǽm muntum . . . and ðone weg geworhte ofer munt Iof (munti fór MS. C.).

dióre

(adj.)
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Cott: Bt. Met. Fox 10, 57; Met. 10, 29

fram-adrífan

(v.)
Grammar
fram-adrífan, -adrýfan; p. -adráf, pl. -adrifon

To drive from or away ⬩ expel ⬩ expellĕre

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To drive from or away, expel; expellĕre Gif gé me framadrýfaþ si me expellĭtis, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 23

ge-hwanon

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hwanon, adv.

From all sides

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From all sides Fela ðearfan gehwanon cumene many needy come from all sides, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 78

canter-cæppe

(n.)
Grammar
canter-cæppe, (-cæpp?), an; f.
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A cope Se abbud mid cantercæppan (cappa) gescrýdd, Angl. xiii. 403, 546. III. cantercæppa[n?], Cht. Th. 429, 23

Linked entry: cæppe

ge-hnǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnǽstan, p. te
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To come into conflict with, contend Sé þe mec féhð ongeán and wið mægenþisan mínre genǽsteð, Rä. 28, 10

Linked entries: ge-nǽstan -hnǽstan

cappa

(n.)

a cap, cope, priest's garment ⬩ capitulum

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a cap, cope, priest's garment; capitulum Heáfod-cláþ vel cappa capitulum vel eapitularium, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 15

rægiming

(n.)
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:-- Pullorum cocca, plausu blisse laetitiae fiðerslehte (in margin ) rægiminge, Hpt. Gl. 518, 51-54. (?)

Æðelstán

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelstán, es; m. [æðele, stán stone]

Athelstan

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D. 940, king Athelstan died, and Edmund Atheling succeeded to the kingdom, and king Athelstan reigned fourteen years and ten weeks, Chr. 940; Th. 209, 13-23, col. 1

a-spanan

(v.)
Grammar
a-spanan, p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans.

To allure from ⬩ entice ⬩ induce ⬩ urge ⬩ persuade ⬩ introduce secretly ⬩ allicere ⬩ illicere ⬩ impellere ⬩ persuadere ⬩ attrahere ⬩ subintroducere

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Hér aspón Æðelwald ðone here to unfriþe in this year Æthelwald allured the army to a violation of the peace, Chr. 905 ; Th. 180, 18, col. 1.

Linked entries: a-speón a-spón spanan

DYNT

(n.)
Grammar
DYNT, es; m.

a stroke, stripe, blow ⬩ ictus, plaga, percussio ⬩ A bruise, DINT, noise, crash ⬩ contusio, impressio, sonus

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a stroke, stripe, blow; ictus, plaga, percussio He, mid ðamdynte nyðer astáh he, with the blow, fell down, Chr. 1012; Th. 268, 29, col. 2: Jn. Lind. Rush. War. 18, 22. Ondrǽden him ðone dynt let them fear the stroke, Past. 45, 2; Hat.

faðu

(n.)
Grammar
faðu, e; f: faðe, an; f.

A father's sister, paternal aunt ⬩ ămĭta

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Ic gean mínre faðan Leófware ðæs heáfodbotles on Purleá I give to my aunt Leofware the chief dwelling at Purley, Cod. Dipl. 1293; A. D. 998; Kmbl. vi. 138, 23. v. móddrie a maternal aunt