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screncan

(v.)
Grammar
screncan, p. te
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Past. 59, 6; Swt. 453, 1-4. Cf. Hé þurh ealle uncysta ða mód gescrencþ per universa vitia animum supplantat, 11, 6; Swt. 73, 2.

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, es; m. (?)
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Yorks. ), ' slape slippery as a dirty path, ' and Gloss. B. 7 (W. Yorks. ), B. 15 (, Ray's North-country Words).] Cf. slipor

stice

(n.)
Grammar
stice, es; m.
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a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement Se ðe ús gehǽleþ from ðæm stice úrra synna hé geðafode ðæt him mon sette ðyrnenne beág on ðæt heáfud a peccatorum nos punctionibus salvans spinis caput supponere non recusavit, Past. 36, 9; Swt

Linked entry: stic-ádl

tang

(n.)
Grammar
tang, e; tange, an; f.

A pair of tongs

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A pair of tongs Tang forceps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Zup. 67, 3: Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 78: ii. 33, 36: delebra, 138, 62. Tong forceps, 109, 6. Tange forceps, i. 86, 19. Tange forcipis, ii. i3, 35. Tangan, tange, Hpt. Gl. 417, 74.

Linked entry: ísen-tanga

súþ-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-dǽl, es; m.
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A south part, the south Súþdǽl auster, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 7. Súðdǽles cwén regina austri, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 42. Hig cómon tó súðdǽle ad australem plagam, Gen. 13, 1. Tó súðdǽle ad meridiem, 14. Of súðdǽle Asiam, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 5.

tíder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíder-líc, adj.
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Weak, frail Se ðe gehielt his unsceadfulnesse and his gódan willan ðeáh hé hwæt tiéderlíces oððe yfelra weorca útan doo hé mæg ðæt æt sumum cierre bétan si mentis innocentia custodilur, etiam si qua foris infirma sunt, quandoque roborantur, Past. 34;

Linked entry: téder-

þurh-stingan

(v.)

to stab throughpiercethrust through

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Ðæt hé hine selfne ne ðurhstinge mid ðý sweorde unryhthǽmedes ne luxuriae se mucrone transfigant, Past. 43; Swt. 313, 8. Hé hét hine mid sweorde þurstingan, Shru. 131, 33. Þurhstungen confosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 42

un-clǽnness

(n.)
Grammar
un-clǽnness, e; f.

uncleannessimpurityfoulnesssqualoruncleannessimpurityobscenity

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Se reccere sceal beón simle clǽne on his geðóhte, ðætte nán unclǽnnes ( immunditia ) hine ne besmíte, Past. 13; S. 75, 20: Rtl. 97, 29. Wrǽnre unclǽnnysse lascivae obscenitatis, Hpt. Gl. 505, 38. Hwá unclǽnnisse líf álifde, Exon.

Linked entry: un-clǽne

un-gedafenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedafenlíce, adv.

Unbecominglyunseasonablyinordinatelyin an unseemly mannerindecently

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Unbecomingly, unseasonably, inordinately, in an unseemly manner, indecently Óðer ðara irsunga bið tó ungemetlíce and tó ungedafenlíce átyht on ðæt ðe hió mid ryhte irsian sceall illa ira in hoc, quod debet, inordinate extenditur, Past. 40; Swt. 293,

Linked entry: ge-dafenlíce

weorold-wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wlencu, (-o); indecl.: -wlenc; e; f.
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MSS.) bióð suíður upáhafene and on oferméttum áðundene talibus rectum tanto rectius jubetur, quanto in rebus transitoriis altitudine cogitationis intumescunt, Past. 26 ; Swt. 181, 21

andergilde

(adj.)
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. = of little value, for which little is paid. Such a force for ander- might perhaps be supported by the glosses andran, andarn in vanum given in Heyne's Altniederdeutsche Denkmäler.

Linked entry: un-andergilde

ealneg

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Hé nǽfre ne besyhð tó ðǽre úplican áre, ac ealneg (ealne weg, v. l. ) fundað tó ðisum eorðlicum, Past. 66, 15: 395, 29. Gé ymb þæt án gefeoht alneg ceoriað, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 7. Ealneg (-ig, Bos. 88, 2), 4, 7; S. 182, 16: 5, 1; S. 214, 4.

ege

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For ðǽm ege ánum ðæs innecundan déman, Past. 79, 7. For ríces mannes ege, Bl. H. 43, 10. Þysne ege þrowian æt þyssum englum, 93, 34. Ofergytende þisse sǽwe ege, 235, 1.

flóde

(n.)
Grammar
flóde, a channel.
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¶ in compounds: Tó mearflódan, C. D. iv. 66, 8: v. 245, 27. Tó cytelflódan, iv. 66, 14. Add

ge-midlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-midlian, l. ge-mídlian,
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Manige ge-mídliað hiera giéfernesse and átemiað hira líchoman carnem gulae refrenatione edomant, Past. 345, 23. Swá horsum mídlu synd on tó asettenne, swá heortan úre mid fæstene synd tó gemídligenne (frenanda), Scint. 55, 12.

ge-sníþan

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Ðá stánas wǽron emne gesnidene, Past. 253, 14. to cut grass or corn (?

grund-weall

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D. 236, 14. the lowest part of a mountain Grundwellas munta, Ps. L. 17, 8. figurative. of persons God sceal beón grundweall þínes lífes, Wlfst. 247, 6.

irfe-weard

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Past. 391, 29. Add

ofer-drincan

(v.)

to overdrink (one's self)

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Ðæt mód, ða hwíle ðe hit biþ oferdruncen ðæs ierres, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 3. Swá hwá swá óðerne drencþ, hé wirþ self oferdruncen, 49; Swt. 381, 4. Swá swá mihti oferdruncon crapulatus fram wíne, Ps. Spl. 77, 71.

ofer-módigian

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-módigian, -módgian, -módigan

to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride

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Ne ofermódgiaþ (superbiunt) ða scírmenn ná for ðý, Past. 17, 2; Swt. 109, 17. Hié wið Gode ofermódgiaþ contra Deum superbiunt, 29; Swt. 201, 16. Ðé læs ðe hira fýnd ofermódegodun ne forte superbirent hostes eorum, Deut. 32, 27.

Linked entries: módigian ofer-módian