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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 handpalmapalma

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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

ymb-fæþmian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-fæþmian, p. ode
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To embrace, clasp Ne magon hý ða lífes línan on middan ymbfæðmian, Salm. Kmbl. p. 152, 32

Linked entry: fæþman

leás

Grammar
leás, <b>. II.</b>
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For hwí ðé hátan dysige men mid leásre stemne wuldor?, Bt. 30, 1 ; F. 108, 2.

gildan

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(bb) where the means of reward are given, to reward with (mid ) :-- Hé þé mid wíte gieldeð, swilce þám óðrum mid eádwelan, Fä. 19.

here-láf

(n.)
Grammar
here-láf, e; f.

The remnant of an army or people what is left of an army after a battlewhat is left after a battlespoil

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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

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.
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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
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Mid cnottum (wǽre) þeód nexibus nodaretur, Hpt. Gl. 481, 31. Þióð subjugatae, subjunctae, 519, 4

Linked entries: þídan þiédan

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-feolan

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

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

clǽnsian

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

To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneselfmundare, 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 nebniba beaka beak-shaped thinga nosethe gristle of the nosethe facecountenance

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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.

sceran

(v.)
Grammar
sceran, sciran, sceoran; p. scær, scear; pl. scǽron, sceáron; pp. scoren.
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Ne hé his loccas mid sceárum wanode, ne his beard mid seaxe scear, Shrn. 93, 9. Ne gé eów ne efesion ne beard ne sciron neque in rotundum attondebitis comam, nec radetis barbam, Lev. 19, 27.

car-ful

Grammar
car-ful, (care-).
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Ox. 5429. shewing care for or attention to a person's interests Hæfde se godspellere gýmene þǽre hálgan Marian, and mid carfulre þénunge gehýrsumede, Hml. Th. i. 438, 15. careful, heedful Mid carfulre gýmene solerti cura, Scint. 121, 2

hám-weard

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I</b> Sé ðe þyder ( to church ) mid clǽnum móde færð . . . and tó Gode georne þencð . . ., hé þe blíðra mæg syððan hámwerd eft gewendan, Wlfst. 281, 24. a.