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am

amsum

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Chr. 1121; Erl. 39, 23 [vide p. 28, note 3, for the date, A. D. 1121.]

a-scamian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scamian, p. ode; pp. od

To be ashamedto make ashamed or abashederubescerepudore confundere

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To be ashamed, to make ashamed or abashed; erubescere, pudore confundere Ná ascamien on me non erubescant in me, Ps. Spl. 68, 8. Hí ascamode swíciaþ on swíman they wander abashed in giddiness, Exon. 26b; Th. 79, 31; Cri. 1299

Linked entry: a-sceamian

emel

(n.)
Grammar
emel, e; f. A canker-worm, caterpillar, weevel; ērūca, brūchus = βροῦχος
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He sǽde and com gærshoppe and emel ðæs næs ná gerím dixit et vēnit lŏcusta, et brūchus cūjus non ĕrat nŭmĕrus, 104, 32

fæder-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
fæder-feoh, -fioh ; gen. -feós ; n.

A father-fee, - the marriage portion which reverted to the father, if his daughter became a widow, and returned home

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Ethb. 81; Th. i. 24, 1, note a. v. Du Cange in voce

Linked entry: fæderen-feoh

fám-bláwende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fám-bláwende, def. se -bláwenda; part.

Foam-blowing, emitting foamspūmam efflans

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Foam-blowing, emitting foam; spūmam efflans Se légfámbláwenda seáþ and se fúla ðone ðú gesáwe, ðæt wæs helle tintreges múþ pŭteus ille flammĭvŏmus ac pūtĭdus quem vīdisti, ipsum est os gehennæ, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 12, note, MS. T

hwat

(n.)
Grammar
hwat, es; n.

Augurydivination

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Augury, divination Ne gímon hwata ne swefna non augurabimini nec observabitis somnia, Lev. 19, 26. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc forbeóde hwata and galdra we enjoin that every priest forbid auguries and incantations, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 3

Linked entry: hwatung

land-ágend

(n.)
Grammar
land-ágend, es; m.

A land-ownera native

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A land-owner, one of those to whom a country belongs, a native Hí wǽron on myclum ege ðám sylfan landágendum ðe hí ǽr hider laþedon ipsis qui eos advocaverant indigenis essent terrori, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 34 note

Linked entry: ágend

scirung

(n.)
Grammar
scirung, e; f.
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. : ðæt hé wurðe ne beó, ðæt hé beó ðanon áscyred, Wells Frag. ) si non fuerit talis qui mereatur proici, R. Ben. 109, 21

seolh-ýða

(n.)
Grammar
seolh-ýða, (?); pl.
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Heyne's note) bigong sunu Ecgþeówes, Beo. Th. 4723; B. 2367

Linked entry: sioleða

un-gelífendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífendlíc, adj.

Incredibleextraordinary

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MS.) hoc quod dicam, non minus mirum videatur, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 198, 30

Linked entry: un-gelífedlíc

á-hwettan

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Is mé swíþe earfeðe hiera mód tó áhwettanne necessarium acumen elicere non possum, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 30. His mód wæs mid þǽm bismre áhwet hac contumelia quasi cote ad virtutem usus est, 6, 30; S. 280, 14. Add

Linked entry: hwettan

flicce

(n.)
Grammar
flicce, es; n.
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Ox. 53, 44 (and note). Mon selle .IIII. scép and tuá flicca, C. D. i. 293, 9. Feówer swín and feór fliccu, 164, 31. Add

þurh-leóran

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(very indistinct)) his deógolnysse secreta ejus non penetrant, Gr. D. 138, 29

be-fón

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add : (1 a) with a non-material object Of manegum myngungum wé beféngun ( perstringimus) feáwa, Chrd. 8, 19. (1 f) to ensnare, entrap :-- Þá sendon hí tó him sume . . . ꝥ hí beféngon (caperent ) hine on his worde, Mk. 12, 13

sǽ-burh

(n.)

a maritime town

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a maritime town Hé gewunade in *Capharnaum ðæt is sǽ-burug(-caestrae, Rush.) habitavit in Capharnaum maritima (*note on Capharnaum : In ðær byrig Capharnaum is genemned and maritimam cuoeð, forðon ðyú burg is on sǽ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 13

Linked entry: sǽ-ceaster

welwilness

(n.)
Grammar
welwilness, e; f.

Good willkindnessgoodness

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Ðú ús gescyldst mid ðam scylde ðínre welwilnesse ut scuto bonae voluntatis tuae coronasti nos Ps. Th. 5, 13. Hym ic mé befeste and hys welwylnesse ic mé bebeóde Shrn. 189, 34

gabote

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H. 87, 27, and see note on the word at p. xlii where the following Latin glosses are quoted, 'parapsis, gabata vel catinum' 'pisi, gavata (v. l. gabata) vel patina') parabsides, Ep. Gl. 18 f, 25. Add

spilian

(v.)
Grammar
spilian, p. ode

To playsportwantonto play, danceludere, ludificare, lascivire

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To play, sport, wanton Hí lufiaþ ídele blisse . . . and ealne dæg fleardiaþ, spelliaþ and spiliaþ, and nǽnige note dreógaþ, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 25. Eówra leóda ðe spiliaþ and plegaþ and rǽdes ne hédaþ, Wulfst. 45, 24

Linked entries: on-spillend spilere

hinder-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
hinder-weard, adj.

Backward, slow

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Backward, slow Nis hé hinderweard swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum non tamen est tarda, ut volucres quæ corpore magno incessus pigros per grave pondus habent, Exon. 60 a; Th. 220, 2; Ph. 314

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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, et non ad tumulos paganorum, Capit.