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grównes

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Flind genitrix, mínes cynnes gentis, mid mínre grównesse germine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 71-73

niccan

(v.)
Grammar
niccan, to say no (v. nic),
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refuse a person something Ic bidde ðé þurch ðene Drictene gif ic ongén ne cóme ðat ðú it néfre ne lét welden míne unwynan æfter mé ðe mid unrichte sitteð ðéron, and niccað it mé éuere tó unðanke, C. D. vi. 201, 6. [v. N. E. D. nick to deny.]

Linked entry: nic

ofer-hygdiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ofer-hygdiglíce, adv.
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Hé wende ꝥ hé mihte þá ylcan brógan him gedón þe hé ǽr gewunode óðrum mannum tó dónne, and ongan mid mycclum stefnum clypian and cweðan oferhygdilíce (arrogantly): 'Arís. . . ' 164, 2

Linked entry: hygdiglíce

wǽcan

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Mid miclum sáre wéht (wǽced, v.l.) tanto adfectus dolore, Bd. 4, ll ; Sch. 405, 15. Deáþe wé beóé wǽcede morte afficimur, Ps. Rdr. 43, 22.

reord

(n.)
Grammar
reord, e; ;f.;

A meal, refection, food

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Th. 81, 12; Gen. 1344, Hé wæs swá gistlíþe, ðæt hé for Godes lufon eode tó reordum mid ðám tócumendum mannum Shrn. 129, 27

hand-bred

(n.)
Grammar
hand-bred, es; n.

The palm of the hand ⬩ palma ⬩ palma

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Sleánde mid handbredum striking with the palms of their hands, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 13

sneówan

(v.)
Grammar
sneówan, p. sneáw (?), sneówde (?)

To proceed, go, come, hasten ⬩ to go, come ⬩ sudden

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Mid ǽrdæge eástan sneóweþ (snoweþ, MS.) wlitig and wynsum (of the sun) Exon. Th. 350, 12; Sch. 62. Ðá com beácna bearhtost (the sun) ofer breomo sneówan Andr. Kmbl. 484; An. 242: 3333; An. 1670

glig

(n.)
Grammar
glig, gligg, es; n.

Glee ⬩ music ⬩ minstrelsy ⬩ jesting ⬩ sport ⬩ gaudium ⬩ musica ⬩ facetiæ ⬩ ludibrium

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Glee, music, minstrelsy, jesting, sport; gaudium, musica, facetiæ, ludibrium Mid ðæm glige [MS. Cot. ðam gligge] with the music, Past. 26, 2; Swt. 183, 25; Hat. MS. 35 b; 8.

býtl

(n.)
Grammar
býtl, bítl, es; n. m? [být, pres. of
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beátan
to beat, strike]

to beat, strike ⬩ A BEETLE, hammer ⬩ malleus

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A BEETLE, hammer; malleus Seó wífman án ðæra teldsticcena geslóh mid ánum býtle búfan his þunwengan the woman struck one of the tent-nails with a hammer above his temples, Jud. 4, 21.

here-láf

(n.)
Grammar
here-láf, e; f.

The remnant of an army or people ⬩ what is left of an army after a battle ⬩ what is left after a battle ⬩ spoil

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Costontinus ne Ánláf mid heora hereláfum hlehhan ne þorftun not Constantine nor Anlaf, with the remnants of their forces, had cause for laughing, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 13; Æðelst. 47

Linked entry: fird-láf

wundorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wundorlíce, adv.

Wonderfully

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And eác ðæt wunderlícor wæs, ðá ðá heora án bodade mid ánre sprǽce, ǽlcum wæs geðúht swilce hé sprǽce mid his gereorde, Homl. Th. i. 318, 26. Se fugel wrixleþ wóðcræfte wundorlícor ðonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde, Exon. Th. 206, 16; Ph. 127

á-mearcian

(v.)
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híw habbað þá bóceras mid þám hig tódǽlað and ámearkiað heora accentas, Angl. viii. 333, 22.

Linked entry: mearcian

clipung

(n.)
Grammar
clipung, e; f.
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Mid ánre clypunge wearð þes synfulla geriht*-*wísod, ii. 428, 19-34. Hé clypode tó Gode: 'Þú ælmihtiga God . . .' Æfter ðisre clypunge, Hml. S. 18, 132.

Linked entries: cleopung clepung

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
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Þǽr stent cwén þé on þá swýðran hand mid golde getúcode (after hand on girelan might have been expected rendering in vestitu, and then mid golde getúcode (inst.) would = deaurato) and mid ǽlcere mislicre fægernysse gegyred adstitit regina a dextris tuis

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.

Thanking, ⬩ thanks, ⬩ thanksgiving

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Ic ete mid micelre þancunge manduco cum gratiarum actione, Coll. Monast.Th. 34, 29. Mid ealre þoncunga, Blickl. Homl. 31, 21. Hé underféng ða lác mid ðancunge, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 16. [Be] ðæncunge ðǽm ðe wið ðýfðe fylstaþ, L. Edm.

þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
þeódan, þiédan, þídan, þýdan; p. de

To join ⬩ attach

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Mid cnottum (wǽre) þeód nexibus nodaretur, Hpt. Gl. 481, 31. Þióð subjugatae, subjunctae, 519, 4

Linked entries: þídan þiédan

ge-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feolan, l. ge-feólan; p. -fealh, pl. fulgon.

to press into, ⬩ to make ones way into a place, get and remain in ⬩ to enter the mind ⬩ to stick to. ⬩ to continue instant in, pursue unremittingly ⬩ to adhere to a person, an opinion

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Lfc. 36. to enter the mind Hú se ealda feónd on symbel geféleð úrum gebohtum mid his searwum antiquus hostis quam insidiis nostris cogitationibus insistat, Gr.

Linked entry: ge-felgan

for-gildan

(v.)

to pay back ⬩ restore ⬩ pay damages ⬩ to pay for ⬩ buy off ⬩ to repay ⬩ pay out ⬩ requite ⬩ to pay ⬩ perform

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Mid hwám hié hit ðé forgielden (retribuant), Past. 323, 24. Hé wolde Grendle forgyldan gúðrǽsa fela, B. 1577. Hé wile hit him mid yfele eall forgyldan, Bl. H. 55, 25.

clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
clǽnsian, clénsian, to clǽnsianne; clǽnsiende; ode, ade; od, ad [clǽne clean, pure]

To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself ⬩ mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare

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Heó ða iungran lǽrde and clǽnsade ge mid hire láre ge mid lífes býsne she taught and purified the younger ones both by her doctrine and by the example of her life, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 23. Clǽnsa me munda me, Ps. Spl. 18, 13.

nebb

(n.)
Grammar
nebb, es; n.

a neb ⬩ nib ⬩ a beak ⬩ a beak-shaped thing ⬩ a nose ⬩ the gristle of the nose ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance

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G.) of ásleá, gebéte him mid. lx. sciłł., L. Alf. Pol. 48; Th. i. 94, 8. the face, countenance Neb facies, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 51 : vultus, Hpt. Gl. 475. 6. Hys nebb ( facies ) wæs mid swátlíne gebunden, Jn. Skt. 11, 44. Neb, Met. 31, 23.