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winestra

(adj.)
Grammar
winestra, adj.

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Gif ðú færst tó ðære winstran hælfe, ic healde ða swíðran healfe, Gen. 13, 9. On his wynsteran (wynstran, v. l.: on ða winstran healfe, Rush.: of winstrum, Lind., a sinistris) healfe, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 33. On ða winstran hond, Exon.

Linked entries: wynstra winstre

swǽman

(v.)
Grammar
swǽman, p. de

To trouble, afflict, grieve.

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Se sceocca sceall áswǽman æt ús, gif wé ánrǽde beóþ on úrum geleáfan, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 203

Linked entry: á-swǽman

fultum

help ⬩ assistance

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Gif þás fultumas ( remedies ) ne sýn helpe, Lch. ii. 262, 15. in a personal sense. of a single person Wæs God heora fǽle fultum (adjutor), Ps. Th. 77, 34.

scír-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scír-mann, (scíre-, scíres-), es; m.

an official ⬩ officer ⬩ ruler ⬩ one who discharges the duties of a scír ⬩ an inhabitant of a district

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Gif hwá him ryhtes bidde beforan hwelcum scírmen oððe óðrum déman, L. In. 8; Th. i. 106, 21

séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
séfte, adj.

Soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ not stern ⬩ mild ⬩ not strong ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ untroubled ⬩ easy ⬩ comfortable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ without pain or discomfort ⬩ luxurious ⬩ voluptuous ⬩ effeminate

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Ðone deáþ hé him gedéþ séftran ðonne óðrum monnum, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 10. in a bad sense, luxurious, voluptuous, effeminate Ðý ne sceolde nán wís man wilnian séftes lífes gif hé ǽnigra cræfta récþ neque enim vos in provectu positi virtutis, diffluere

Linked entry: sófte

beátan

(v.)

to beat with (mid) ⬩ to beat on ⬩ To beat on

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Gif man hiné beáte, Ll. Th. i. 348, 5. Þone þe þé beáton sceolde, Hml. S. 4, 148. Sí beáten pulsetur, Angl. xiii. 390, 357. where the instrument is given, to beat with (mid):-- Ic mid fýste breóst míne beáte, Dóm. L. 30.

for-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
for-þencan, ; p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht

To misthink ⬩ disdain ⬩ despise ⬩ distrust ⬩ despair ⬩ dedignāri ⬩ diffīdĕre

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To misthink, disdain, despise, distrust, despair; dedignāri, diffīdĕre Ðæt is nú git ðínre unrihtwísnesse ðæt ðú eart fullneáh forþoht; ac ic nolde ðæt ðú ðé forþohtest; forðam se se ðe hine forþencþ, se biþ ormód it is still thy fault that thou art

Linked entry: fore-þencan

rǽd-bora

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-bora, an; m.
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Cf. rǽd-gifa

sang-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
sang-cræft, es; m.

the art of singing, music ⬩ an art of singing ⬩ the art of composing poetry

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Th. 206, 25; Ph. 132. the art of composing poetry Hé (Cædmon) þurh Godes gife ðone sangcræft onféng gratis canendi donum accepit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 41

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ofer-drencan

(v.)

to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicate ⬩ inebriare

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to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicate Se ðe þurh fácn óðerne oferdrencþ inebriaverit fæste .xl. daga, L. Ecg. P. iv. 37; Th. ii, 214, 20: Past. 36; Swt. 261, 14. Ðú oferdrenctest hig inebriasti eam, Ps.

full-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
full-boren, adj.

fully formed and living at birth ⬩ legitimate

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Ðá wíf ðe ðá geeácnodan bearn cennað ðe ðonne git fulborene ne beóð, ne fyllað hié nó mid ðǽm hús ac byrgenna conceptas soboles feminae si priusquam plene formentur proferunt, nequaquam domos sed tumulos replent, Past. 383, 35. figuratively Ðonne ðǽm

ge-trahtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trahtian, -trahtnian; p. ode; pp. od

To treat ⬩ explain ⬩ expound ⬩ consider ⬩ tractāre ⬩ expōnĕre

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Huætd on woeg gie getrahtade quid in via tractabatis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 33. Habbaþ word gearu wið ðam æglǽcan eall getrahtod we have words ready all considered against the wretch, Andr. Kmbl. 2718; An. 1361

Linked entry: trahtian

gyldan

(v.)
Grammar
gyldan, p. ede

To gild

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To gild, Chr. 1052; Th. 321, 25

Linked entry: gildan

fiðerian

(v.)
Grammar
fiðerian, fiðerigan, fiðrian

to give wings to ⬩ provide with wings

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to give wings to, provide with wings

windan

Grammar
windan, <b>. II</b> 4.
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add: to give a spiral form to

ge-met

(adj.)
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Gif þú ofer gemet ( to excess) itst, 14. Hé wæs ofer eall gemett stearc, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 23. VII a. measure in Biblical phrases :-- Ne sylþ God þone gást be gemete (tó gemet ad mensuram, L. ), Jn. 3, 34.

hál

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H. 53, 12. of physical well-being. whole, hale, sound, in good health. of a living thing Hé is gít hál and gesund viget incolumis, Bt. 10: F. 28, 14. Þú eart swíþe gesélig nú þú gít liofost and eart hál, 35.

Linked entry: tunge

beó-breád

(n.)
Grammar
beó-breád, bió-breád, bí-breád, es; n.

BEE-BREAD ⬩ apum panis ⬩ honey-comb ⬩ favus

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Þynceþ bíbreád swétre; gif he ǽr bitres onbyrgeþ bee-bread seems sweeter, if he before has had a taste of bitter Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17; Met. 12, 9.

mynecenu

(n.)
Grammar
mynecenu, e ; f. The feminine form corresponding to masc. munuc
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Gif hwá mynecene, ðe Godes brýd biþ geháten, him tó wífe nimþ, beó heó ámánsumad, L. Ecg. P. ii. 19; Th. ii. 188, 21. Godes þeówas, munecas and mynecena, preóstas and nunnan, L. Eth. v. 4; Th. i. 304, 26.

nágan

(v.)
Grammar
nágan, = ne ágan.

not to have ⬩ not to be allowed ⬩ ought not

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Gif hé náh his selfes geweald, Met. 16, 21. Helle hlinduru nágon hwyrft, Exon. Th. 364, 29; Wal. 78. Ðeáh ðú hí nǽfre náhtest, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 1. Hé náhte his líchoman geweald, Blickl. Homl. 223, 11.