bríw
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Voc. ii. 118, 38. Bríu puts, An. Ox. 53, 35. Bríw wiþ þon ilcan and sealf; Lch. ii. 4, 8. Bríwes tácan is þæt þú wecge þíne fýst swilce þú bríw hrére, Tech. ii. 123, 13. Gebríw wel swíþne bríw mid hwǽtemelwe, Lch. ii. 354, 11.
swinc
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Swink (this form is used in the 16th century, v.
cin
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Voc. i. 43, 40. Cinn, ii. 56, 25. Cinne mento, Lch. i. lxx, 5. Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Cinn menta, An. Ox. 46, 4. Add
dág
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Voc. i. 288, 67, 68. Dág massa, An. Ox. 56, 58. Hit sié swilc swá dáh, Lch. ii. 118, 14. Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 5
hwearf
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Ic wille ðat sainte Petre and ðá gebróðera in Westminstre habben ðat land and ðone wearf ðe Ulf and his wíf ... gáfon, ... and ic anu alswá ðat hí habben fulne frídóm on allen þingen ðá ðár úp áspringed be lande and be strande, C. D. iv. 221. Add
ofer-fæðman
To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope
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To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope Swilce hé oferfæðmed ealne middangeard as if it (the tree of Nebuchadnezzar s vision) would cover with embracing boughs all the world, Cd. Th. 247, 24; Dan. 502.
ge-lác
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In An. 1904 the word seems used in the sense of the compound lind-gelác, the guards having died in conflict with St.
swilce
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And ic ðé on hleóðre hearpan swylce eác gecwéme, Ps. Th. 107, 2. so, in such manner, in a manner already described Ðín mildheortnes is mycel wið heofenas, is ðín sóðfæstnes swylce wið wolcnum, Ps. Th. 56, 12. Lifge Ismael lárum swilce ðínum, Cd.
Linked entry: swálíce
rǽden
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Voc. ii. 122, 1.
lyðre
Evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ base ⬩ mean ⬩ poor ⬩ sordid ⬩ vile ⬩ lewd ⬩ depraved
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P. ii. 4; Th. ii. 182, 32: L. M. I. P. 12; Th. ii. 268, 11. Se ðe Crist belǽwde for lyðrum sceatte who betrayed Christ for filthy lucre, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 26: Wulfst. 297, 26.
ge-twífyldan
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Voc. ii. 44, 22. Mín sár is getwyfyld, Hml. S. 33, 269. Þǽr bið getwifeld quo bimetur (duplicetur ), Hpt. 31, 16, 443. Getwifeld duplicata, Hy. S. 104, 25. Þá fíf pund hé bróhte his hláforde getwyfylde, Hml. Th. ii. 554, 32
sócn
a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish
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Kmbl. i. xlv.
Linked entry: fird-sócn
lang-sum
Long ⬩ prolix ⬩ long-enduring ⬩ long-suffering
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Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes se ebréisca cwæþ ne biþ hit swá langsum 'What if I last till morning?' The Jew said 'It will not be so long,' Homl. Skt. 3, 585.
ge-yppan
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i. propalatus .
ymb-hwyrft
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Ymbehwearft, 28, 8. circuit, surrounding space, on (in) ymbhwyrfte around, round about On ymbhwyrfte in giro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 63. Ealle ðe on ymbhwyrfte áhwǽr syndan omnes qui in circuitu ejus sunt, Ps. Th. 75. 8 : 88, 6.
má
More
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Ic wæs sixtýne síðum on sǽbáte . . . is þys áne má I have been sixteen times in a sea boat ... this is once more, Andr. Kmbl. 984; An. 492.
healf
a half
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, id est in nostra loquella ðridda half haga, C.
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munuc-hád
Monk-hood ⬩ the monastic state
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Seó ǽrest wífa is sǽd in Norþanhymbra mǽgþe ðæt heó munucháde and háligrifte onfénge quae prima feminarum fertur in provincia Nordanhymbrorum propositum vestemque sanctimonialis habitus suscepisse, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 23
ceorfan
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Gyf þé syxes genyóðige, þonne sníð þú mid þínum fingre ofer þone óþerne swylce þú cyrfan wille if you want a knife make a stroke with one finger on another as if you meant to cut it off, Tech. ii. 123, 4.
heáh-setl
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L. 22, 30. of a teacher, speaker, &c In héhseotle aeldrena hergen hine in cathedra seniorum laudent eum, Ps. Srt. 106, 32. Haehsedlum prorostris (for pro rostris, ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 26