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a-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swícan, p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [a from, swícan to go]

To go away from any oneto desert any oneto deceivebetrayoffenddescisceredeficereproderescandalizare

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Gif ðín swíðre hand ðé aswíce si dextra manus tua scandalizat te, Mt. Bos. 5, 30

be-dyppan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dyppan, p. -dypte, pl. -dypton; pp. -dypped ; v. trans.

To dipimmersemergereintingeretingere

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To dip, immerse; mergere, intingere, tingere Se ðe bedypþ on disce mid me his hand qui intingit mecum manum in paropside, Mt. Bos. 26, 23. Se ðe ic rǽce bedyppedne hláf is cui ego intinctum panem porrexero, Jn. Bos. 13, 26.

Linked entries: be-dipped be-dípan

feorh-bana

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-bana, -bona, feorg-bona, an; m.

A life-destroyermurderervitæ interfectorhŏmĭcīda

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A life-destroyer, murderer; vitæ interfector, hŏmĭcīda Ðú Abele wurde to feorhbanan thou hast been for a life-destroyer to Abel, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 26; Gen. 1020.

Linked entries: feorg-bona feorh-bona

helle-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
helle-wíte, es; n.

Hell-tormentpunishmenthell

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Mid heardum hellewítum with hard pains of hell, Soul Kmbl. 94; Seel. 47: 64; Seel. 32: Andr. Kmbl. 2106; An. 1054

lísian

(v.)

to releaseredeem

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to release, redeem Gif hé on hand gán wille dó hine man on carcern swá hit æt Greátanleá gecweden wæs and hine be ðam ylcan lýsige if he is ready to submit, let him be put in prison, as it was determined at Greatanlea [v.

næsc

(n.)

fawn-skin

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Gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on, Lchdm. ii. 104, 13 : 140, 10. Dó on næsc, 36, 8.

sicol

(n.)
Grammar
sicol, (-el, -ul), es ; m.
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A sickle Ðes sicol haec falx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 72; Zup. 73, 6: Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 2 : falciola vel falcicula, 34, 63. Sicul falx, ii. 146, 77. Sicel baxus, 12, 53: Wülck: Gl. 193, 9. Ne ríp ðú ná mid sicele ( falce ), Deut. 23, 25.

Linked entry: sicel

slápol

(adj.)
Grammar
slápol, adj.
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Hana ða slápolan þreáþ, Hymn. Surt. 7, 1

tropere

(n.)
Grammar
tropere, es; m.
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Ðonne ðú tropere haban wille, ðonne wege ðú ðíne swí[þ]ran hand, and tyrn mid dínum swíþran scytefíngre ofer ðíne breóst foreweard, swilce ðu notian wille, Techm. ii. 119, 10-12

twi-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
twi-dǽlan, p. de.
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Ðás twidǽledan hanc bi-partitam, divisam in duas paries Hpt. Gl. 434, 32. to differ Twydǽlþ discrepat Scint. 125, 6. Hí cristenre láre twydǽlaþ christianae doctrinae dissentient 129, 10

Linked entry: dǽlan

bisceop-dóm

episcopatepontificate

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On his bisceopdóme (-háde,v. l.) binnan Affrican scíre, Hml. A. 5, 108

fadung

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Þises sealmsanges fadung (fandung, v. l.) and endebyrdnes haec distributio psalmorum, R. Ben. 44, 14. On swylcere fadunge (fandunge, v. l.) . . . eal mynstres fadung (ordinatio), 125, 4-7.

for-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
for-genge, adj.
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; of an arrangement, hard to carry out, impracticable(?)

Linked entry: genge

ofer-sleán

(v.)

to reduce, subdue

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to reduce, subdue Ðæt ða munecas furþor restan ðonne healfe niht ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý on ðære nihtlícam reste and seó hǽte ðære þigene oferslegen that the monks may rest more than half the night, so that the food of tie day may be distributed

ge-þyldigean

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þyldigean, -þyldgian, -þyldian; p. ode; pp. od

To be patientto bear patientlyendureto bearenduresustainsustinerepatientiam haberetolerarepati

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Geþyldega patientiam habe, Mt. Bos. 18, 29. Ðé ic geþyldgode ealne dæg te sustinui tota die, Ps. Spl. 24, 5. Geþyldigendum patientibus, 102, 6. Gepyldiendium, Ps. Spl. T. 145, 5

bearm

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¶with the idea of possession, cf. hand:-- Hé bróhte him tó bearme stánas, bæd him for hungre hláfas wyrcan, Sat. 672. Him tó bearme cwom máððumfæt mǽre, B. 2404. Hiá sellað on barm iuer, Lk. L. 6, 38. Add

fyrd-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-wíc, es; n.

An army-stationa campcastra

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An army-station, a camp; castra Ðis ys Godes fyrdwíc castra Dei sunt hæc, Gen. 32, 2: Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 77; Wrt. Voc. 18, 29. Fyrdunga oððe fyrdwícu castra, Ps. Lamb. 26, 3.

missere

(n.)
Grammar
missere, missare, es; n.

A period of half a year

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A period of half a year Swá ic Hring-Dena hund missera ( fifty years ) weóld, Beo. Th. 3543; B. 1769: 3001; B. 1498. Fela missera many a year, 309; B. 153: 5234; B. 2620: Cd. 145; Th. 180, 23; Exod. 49.

bi-fón

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen.

to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnarecomprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capereto surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, contain, invest, clothe, case, receive, conceivecircumdare, amplecti, capere, cingeretegere, operire, accipere, concipere

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to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnare; comprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capere Folm mec mæg bifón the hand may grasp me, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 6; Rä. 41, 52. to surround, encompass, encircle, envelop

stíþ-hycgende

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-hycgende, adj.
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Kmbl. 1481 ; An. 742. having hard, unpleasant thoughts 'Is mé feorhgedál leófre micle ðonne ðeós lífcearo.' Him ðá stefn oncwæð stíðhycgendum, 2858 ; An. 1431