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be-hweorfan

Grammar
be-hweorfan, (-hwurfan, -hwyrfan).
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</b> of funeral rites :--- Ic his líc behwearf mid gewunelicre þénunge, Hml. S. 31, 1423: Hml. A. 79, 167. Hig mǽrlíce þæt líc behwurfon mid miclum wópe celebrantes exequias planctu magno, Gen. 50, 10.

geongan

(v.)
Grammar
geongan, ic geonge, ðú geongest, he geongeþ; p. gang, pl. gungon.

To goire

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Lind. 8, 11

in-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
in-líhtan, p. te

To illumineenlighten

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Lind. 1, 9. Hine inlýhte he enlightened him, Exon. 34 a ; Th. 108, q ; Gú.70. Ðæt ðú inleóhte that thou illumine, 9 b; Th. 8, 9; Cri, 115. Inlíhte inluminare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 79. Inlíhted, Exon. 8 b ; Th. 3, 29; Cri. 43.

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a marksigna markensign

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Lind. 15, 26. Cf. onmerca inscribtio, 12, 16. Merce ł stæfes heafud apicem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 17. Mearce caracteres, Wrt Voc. ii. 23, 81. a mark, ensign Hé nam ðone stán and árǽrde hine tó mearce ( in titulum; for a pillar, A. V.), Gen. 28, 18.

Linked entries: mærc merc on-mearc

menen

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In line 8 for mennen is l. mennenu, and in last line dele þeów-, and add: In Ps. L. 85, 16 the word is feminine Galla, ꝥ Godes mennen (menen, v.l. ), Gr. D. 280, 12. Þeów mennen, Agar, Gen. 2246.

básnian

(v.)
Grammar
básnian, básnan; p. ode; pp. od

To expectawaitexspectare

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Lind. War. 23, 35. Básnode hwæt him gifeðe wurde he awaited what should befall him, Andr. Kmbl. 2131; An. 1067

Linked entry: barenian

ge-fréfran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fréfran, p. ede; pp. ed

To comfortconsoleconsolari

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Lind. 5, 5

Linked entry: ge-froefred

ge-monigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-monigfealdian, p. ode

To increase, multiplyamplificare

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Lind. 12, 44. Gimonigfalda multiplica, Rtl. 8, 90. Gemonigfealdode multiplied, Blickl. Homl. 107, 25: Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 40

þreátend

(n.)
Grammar
þreátend, es; m.

A violent personone using violence or compulsion

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Lind. 11, 12. Ðæm nédende ł ðæm ðreátende volenti (l. violenti ), 5, 42. Ðæm ðreáddende angarianti, p. 14, 17

Linked entry: þreát

cínan

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Gif men cíne hwilc lim, Lch. ii. 148, 22. Cínendi (-aendi) hiulca, Txts. 67, 1020. Cinende, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 44. Dehiscens, i. aperiens, inhians, patefaciens, scindens vel cínende, 139, 80. Add

curmealle

(n.)
Grammar
curmealle, curmelle, curmille,an; f. Centaury; centaurēurn = κενταύρειον

the greater centaury chlora perfoliata, Lin the lesser centaury erythræa centaurium, Lin

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The centaury may be spoken of as, the greater centaury ; chlora perfoliata, Lin Genim ðás wyrte ðe Grécas cenlauria major and Angle curmelle seó máre nemnaþ take this herb which the Greeks name centaurea majorand the English the greater centaury, Herb

Linked entry: culmille

celendre

(n.)
Grammar
celendre, cellendre, an; f: celender, cellender, es; n.

The herb coriandercoriandrum = κορίαννον , coriandrum sativum, Lin

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The herb coriander; coriandrum = κορίαννον coriandrum sativum, Lin Celendre coriandrum, Ælfc. Gl. 43; Som. 64, 44; Wrt. Voc. 31, 54: 286, 16.

ge-wépan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wépan, p. -weóp, pl. -weópon; pp. -wópen

To weeplamentflere

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Lind. 22, 62. Giweópun alle flebant omnes, Rush. 8, 52. Gewópen fletum, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 1; Som. 28, 28

un-sóþfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sóþfæstness, e; f.

Unrighteousnessinjustice

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Lind. 7, 18

Linked entry: sóþfæstness

cearricge

(n.)
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seno vel tilia lind, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 46), Txts. 97, 1849. [From Low Lat. carrigium, carruca, carriga ?: cf. O. H. Ger. karruh carruca.]

egeslíce

(adv.)
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Þǽr manna líc lágon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 211. Þá wyrhtan tótǽron hí sylfe and egeslíce grymetedon, 6, 197

hand-bæftian

(v.)
Grammar
hand-bæftian, -beaftan, -beoftan; p. -bæftade, -beafte

To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament

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Lind. 23, 27. Wé hondbeafton lamentavimus, 7, 32

Linked entries: bæftian beaftan

þorfa

(adj.)
Grammar
þorfa, adj.
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Lind. 12, 6. [Icel. þurfi or þurfa wanting, in need of. Cf. Goth. ga-þaurbs continens.] Cf. þearfa

Linked entry: þorfnian

un-æþellíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-æþellíce, adv.

Ignobly

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Ignobly Ic cúþe sumne bróþor ... wæs hé geseted on æþelum mynstre, ac hé unæþelíce his líf lifede novi fratrem ... positum in monasterio nobili, sed ipsum ignobiliter viventem, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 9

Linked entry: æþel-íce

folce-getrum

(n.)
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Perhaps for the last half-line might be read trume mid heora folce