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ge-bregdan

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Gif mon beforan ærcebiscepe ge*-*feohte oþþe wǽpne gebrégde (-bréde, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 70, 19. Gif hé wǽpne gebréde and nó feohte, 88, 1. with acc. Petrus hæfde suuord gebrægd hine Petrus kabens gladium eduxit eum, Jn. L.

ge-wéman

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Voc. ii. 9, 40. to allure to what is right, desirable Oft mon sceal ðone welegan ofermódan tó him loccian mid líðelicre ólicunga, for ðǽm ðæt hé hine tó ryhte geweeme (-wéme, v. l.) nonnunquam superbus dives exhortationis blandimento placandus est, Past

in-fær

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Gif hé bit þæt him mon infæres tíþige, 95, 4-8. Hí noldon geðafian þám bisceope ꝥ hé infær hæfde his ǽrende tó ábeódenne, Hml. S. 31, 655.

leóhtlíce

(adv.)
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</b> to no great degree, slightly, not elaborately :-- Þeáh wé þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged though our exposition of these matters be slight, they may do more good than those that

mengan

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add: to mix one thing with another, interpose among Mé ys neód ꝥ ic menge ꝥ Lýden amang þissnm Englisce, Angl. viii. 317, 16. to mix two or more things together Heora underngereordu and ǽfengereordu hié mengdon tógædere, Bl.

pund

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Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here of Ænglalande wið friðe, Ll. Th. i. 288, 11, Mid .v. pundum mǽrra pæninga, 62, 9.

ságol

(n.)
Grammar
ságol, es; m.

A staff, cudgel, club

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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon ða earce bere on ðǽm ságlum, Past. 22, 1; Swt. 171, 5-12. Hié Claudium mid ságlum of beótan, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 26. Hét ða cwelleras mid stearcum ságlum hine beóton, Homl. Th. i. 424, 32.

á-drincan

to drink up, quench thirstto be drownedto be sunk to be drownedcrapulatus (a vino)

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Ðǽr wearþ monig mon ofslægen and ádruncen, Chr. 853; P. 66, 2: Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 27. Heora folces wæs V M ofslagen, and heora scipa xxx gefangen, and iiii and án hund ádruncen . . . and Rómána scipa ix ádruncen, 4, 6; S. 176, 12-14

ǽg-hwæþer

(and) both . . . and

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II. below) ende geféred an end had come to both, 2844. adjective Ǽghwæþer ende líþ on sǽ, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 21. of more than two Ðrittig manna . . . ǽghwæþere ðára wǽron on droht-nunge munuclífes well gelǽred, Bd. 4, 4; S. 570, 36.

Linked entry: ǽg-þer

wír

(n.)
Grammar
wír, es; m.

Wiremetal thread

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Ic eom fægerre frætwum goldes, þeáh hit mon áwerge wírum útan, 424, 31; Rä. 41, 47. Wírum bewunden, Beo. Th. 2066; B. 1031. Hygeróf gebond weallwalan wírum wundrum tógædre, Exon. Th. 477, 7; Ruin. 21

hacele

(n.)
Grammar
hacele, an; f : hæcla, an; m [?]

A cloak, mantle, upper garment, coal, cassock.lacerna, subucula, capsula, mantilia, pla cloaka kind of cowled or hooded frockpriest's copecuculla, casula

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Ðá sende him mon áne blace hacelan angeán a black mantle [sagum] was sent to him, Ors. 5, 10 : Swt. 234, 22. Saulus heóld ealra ðæra stǽnendra hacelan Saul held the garments of all those who were stoning [Stephen], Homl. Th. ii. 82, 22 : i. 48, 1.

Linked entry: hæcele

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.

Hot, fervent, fervid, fierce [of pain, punishment, etc.]a fever

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Swá háttra sumor swá mára þunor and líget on geáre the hotter the summer the more thunder and lightning in the year, Lchdm. iii. 280, 9

on-feng

(n.)
Grammar
on-feng, es; m. [v. fón (on)].

laying hold of, seizingtaking, with the idea of wrongful takingdefence, protection (cf. and-fenga) attack, onset, assault

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Gif mon on cirliscre fǽmnan breóst gefó, L. Alf. pol. 11; Th. i. 68, 13. Be nunnena onfenge(andfencgum, MS. B.: anfenge, MS. H.), 18; Th. i. 72, 7. Be þeófes onfenge æt þiéfþe, L. In. 28; Th. i. 120, 4.

Linked entries: and-feng on-fang

smedema

(n.)
Grammar
smedema, smeodema, smidema, smedma, an; m.

Fine flour, meal

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Swá wæs seó ealde ǽ swíðe earfoþe tó understandenne, ac ðeáhhwæðere ðonne wé cumaþ tó ðam smedman, ðæt is tó ðære getácnunge, ðonne gereordaþ heó fire mód Homl. Th. i. 188, 7. Genim ácrinde, wirc tó smedman Lchdm. ii. 132, 19.

Linked entries: smeodoma smidema

spellian

(v.)
Grammar
spellian, p. ode.

To talkconversediscourseTo announceproclaimtellutteramare conterens impudentemto tell, announceto talk

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Man ne mót spellian ne sprǽce drífan binnan Godes cyrcan, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 69: L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, 28. Ðá se Wísdóm ðis leóþ ásungen hæfde, ðá ongan hé spellian, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 186, 34. Spelligan, 32, 1; Fox 114, 2.

ge-þafa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þafa, an; m. [geþafian to consent]

A favourersupporterhelperassenterconsenterfautoradjūtor

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Gif ðé mon for rihtre scylde brócie, geþola hit wel and beó his wel geþafa if thou art afflicted for a just cause, bear it well and assent to it readily, Prov. Kmbl. 45. Ðá næs Æðelm ná fullíce geþafa then Æthelm did not fully assent, Th.

Linked entries: -þafa ge-þæf

dǽlan

(v.)
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Ðý mon dǽlð spærlíce, ðe mon nele ðæt hit forberste a man spends sparingly from fear of failing, Prov. K. 19.

for-gildan

(v.)

to pay backrestorepay damagesto pay forbuy offto repaypay outrequiteto payperform

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.), pay damages at law Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forð ne cume, ágife ꝥ feoh, and forgielde, and gebéte þám byrgean, Ll. Th. i. 122, 6.

biter-líce

(adv.)
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Wearð seó móder biterlíce gegremod, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 3. Add

deáþlicness

(n.)
Grammar
deáþlicness, e; f.
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Substitute: Mortality. liability to death Þonne se móna wanað, þonne tácnað hé úre deáþlicnesse, Bl. H. 17, 24. mortal life, this world Tó þínre mildheortnesse becuman of þisse deáðlicnesse, Angl. xii. 509, 19