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swǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swǽrlíce, (swár-); adv.
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of doing or bearing what is painful, heavily, grievously Nán man ne sceal his wífe geneálǽcan, siððan heó mid bearne swǽrlíce gebunden gǽþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 21. Hé sceolde hit mid fæstene swárlíce gebétan, Homl.

Linked entry: swárlíce

tídrian

(v.)
Grammar
tídrian, p. ode.
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Gif mannes fét on sýþe týdrien if a man get footsore while travelling, Lchdm. i. 84, 23. of things, to get or be frail, perishable Ðæt sind ða getimbru eth;e nó týdriaþ those are the buildings that decay not, Exon. Th. 103, 5; Cri. 1683

Linked entries: týdrian ge-tídran

andgit-full

(adj.)
Grammar
andgit-full, (-get-).
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Se man déð swylce hé andgytful sý þe lytel can tó geráde, Wlfst. 53, 4. Andgytful capax, An. Ox. 3101. Þæs antgyttfullan intellectualis, 897. Oð ꝥ hig tó andgitfullre ylde cumon usque ad intelligibilem aetatem perveniant, R. Ben. 116, 12.

Linked entry: and-getfull

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, l. bytlian,
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Man bytlode áne gebytla, Hml. Th. ii. 354, 32. 'Ðá synfullan bytledon uppe on mínum hrycge.' Hé sárette ðætte hié sceoldon bytlan , Past. 153, 9. Hét Harold bytlian on Brytlande, Chr. 1065; P. 190, 26.

gengan

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Man gengde geond eall ábútan þone portweall, Hml. S. 23, 267. For him Jordanen gengde on hinder Jordanis conversus est retrorsum, Ps. Th. 113, 3. Fengel geatolic gen[g]de, B. 1401.

ge-bind

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D. bind : 'A Bind of eels . . . consisted of ten sticks, and every stick of twenty-five eels') Man gelǽste ǽlce geáre . . . þreó gebind ǽles, Cht. Th. 328, 33

ge-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wyrde, adj.
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.) ; I a γ, b γ, c γ, 2 c γ), making acknowledgement of Him man wearp uppan ꝥ hé scolde beón ðes cinges swica and hé was ðas gewyrde ( he was in agreement with this i. e. he admitted the charge.

hleápere

a landleapervagranta horse-man

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Ben. 135, 20. one who mounts a horse, a horse-man, Similar entries v. hleápan ; II a Hleáperas (-es, MS.), rǽdehere, cerethi An. Ox. 775.

oþ-standan

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S. 23 b, 161. of a procedure Gange se teám forð oþ þæt man wite hwǽr hé oðstande, Ll. Th. i. 158, 15. Add Ic wæs út áþrungen fram eallum þám folce, oð ðe ic ǽnlípigu on þám cafertúne tó lǽfe oþstód, Hml. S. 23 b, 410

Linked entry: æt-standan

reáf-lác

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Þysum wolde gedón sum Langbeardisc man reáflác on ðám ylcum beón huic cum Longobardus quidam in eisdem apibus rapinam voluisset ingerere, Gr. D. 229, 13.

sigle

(n.)
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Þǽre méder wæs on slǽpe ætýwed. . . ꝥ hyre man stunge áne sýle on þone bósum, Shrn. 149, 2. Gyldenra sigella (sigila, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 450, 3

tó-þindan

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Add Ælces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelíc swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml.

wandung

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</b> Sé þe man for ylde oððe for sumre wandunge swingan ne mæg, si etas out qualitas personę prohibet, Chrd. 61, 34

wígle

(n.)
Grammar
wígle, (wigle?), es; n.

Divinationheathen practice

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[He (devil) makeð be unbilefulle man to leven swilcne wigeles, swo ich ar embe spac, Rel. Ant. i. 131, 27.] [His (the devil's) wiȝeles and his wrenches, A. R. 300, 5.] [Wieles, 92, 21 : Fragm. Phlps. 8, 54.] [Wiheles, Marh. 13, 9.]

tóm

(adj.)
Grammar
tóm, adj.

Empty;figuratively,free from.

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Cf. leás Ðæt hý móstun mánweorca tóme lifgan and tíres blǽd écne ágan (cf. the man farid imu an giwald Godes tionono tómig, Hél. 2490), Exon. Th. 74, 26; Cri. 1212. Tome saule (animam inanem) he filled with fode, Ps. 106, 9.

Wente

(n.)
Grammar
Wente, pl.

the people of Gwent(the district comprising Monmouth and Glamorgan) the same as Waller-wente q. v.

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Nemne man him ealswá micel Wente swá cyninges þegne L. N. P. L. 52 ; Th. ii. 298, 11 : 53; Th. ii. 298, 14.

Linked entries: Waller-wente Went-sǽte

fæðmian

(v.)
Grammar
fæðmian, fæðman; p. ade, ede; pp. ad, ed

FATHOM, embrace, contain, envelope, clasp, devouramplecti, complecti, contĭnēre, comĕdĕre

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Feorhcynna fela fæðmeþ églond an island contains many of mortal kinds Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 11; Gn. Ex. 14. Wæter fæðmedon the waters enveloped them, Andr. Kmbl. 3143; An. 1574. Ðæt mínne líchaman gléd fæðmie that fire should clasp my body, Beo.

HREÓD

(n.)
Grammar
HREÓD, es; n.

A REED

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Synd ðǽr manige eáland and hreód there are there many islands and reeds, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 6

Linked entry: hreódeum

-isc

(suffix)

-ish

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Sax. menn-isk human : O.Frs. mann-isk : Icel. bern-sk-r childish; En-sk-r English : Dan. Engel-sk English : O.H. Ger. diut-isc : Ger. deut-sch

ge-wlitegian

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

To formadornmake beautifulformaredecorareexornarespeciosum vel pulchriorem reddere

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Hand his gewlitegodon manus ejus formaverunt, Ps. Spl. 94, 5. Wel gewlitegod formosus, Wrt. Voc. 72, 15.