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drohtian

(v.)
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Add: to live a life Ic drohtige conversor, i. locum uto, utor, habito, maneo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 50. Git hé self drohtað on ðám eorðlicum tielongum si in terrenis negotiis ipse versatur, Past. 133, 4.

feolan

Grammar
feolan, l. feólan, take here passages under felgan,
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and add: Grammar feolan, pl. fulgon, fúlon To make one's way, press to or from a place, get (lit. or fig.) Nú mé fealh on móde it has come into my mind, Gr. D. 17, 32.

ge-cnyssan

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(lit. or fig.) Sé gecnyseð ðá lytlan his qui adlidet parvulos suos, Ps. Srt. 136, 9. Þæt cinene scip gecnysed rimosa barca (turbine) quassata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 21.

ge-deorfan

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M. 20, 25. to perish, be destroyed, be wrecked (lit. or fig.), of a person Gedurfan naufragauerunt (duae faeminae a fide), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 60: 60, 68.

wemman

(v.)
Grammar
wemman, p. de.

to spotmarspoildisfigureto defilepolluteprofane

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to spot, mar, spoil, disfigure, lit. Unwlitig swile and atelíc his eágan bregh wyrde and wemde tumor deformis palpebram oculi foedaverat Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 18. fig. Ic háliges láre wordum wemde (I have not given a good account of the saint) Andr.

hǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽst, hǽste[?]; adj.

Violent, vehement, impetuous

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Ðæt sceal wrecan swefyl and sweart líg sáre and grimme hát [Junius háte] and hǽste hǽðnum folce sulphur and swart flame, sorely and, fiercely, hot and vehement shall avenge it on the heathen folk (Junius' reading might be taken and hǽste would then be

sweger

(n.)
Grammar
sweger, swegr, e; f.
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A.: swer, Lind.), 10, 35. Swegere, Deut. 27, 23

Linked entry: sweór

dógor-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
dógor-gerím, es; n. [gerím a number]
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Nǽfre he sóþra swá feala wundra gefremede dógorgerímum he could never have performed so many true miracles during his life, Elen. Kmbl. 1556; El. 780

stole

(n.)
Grammar
stole, an ; f. : stol, es ; n. (in Northern specimens)
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Lind. 15, 22. Geonga in stolum (stollum, Rush.) ł on ofer*-*slopum ambulare in stolis, 20, 46 : Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 38

a-hefen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-hefen, = a-hafen

raised upexalted

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Lind. War. 13, 13: Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 3. col. 2;

dropen

(v.; part.)

stricken

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stricken Wæs feorh dropen life was stricken, Beo. Th. 5955, note; B. 2981; pp. of drepan

éde

(n.)
Grammar
éde, es; n.

A flock grex

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Lind. War. 8, 32: 12, 32

Linked entry: eówd

mylen-stán

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-stán, es; m.

A stone for grinding

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A stone for grinding Feól oððe mylenstán lima, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 75 : i. 287, 2

bi-wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-wærlan, p. de; pp. ed [v. bí- in be- II]

To pass bypræterire

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Lind. War. 10, 31: 11, 42: Lk. Rush. War. 11, 42

Linked entry: wærlan

ge-blinnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blinnan, p. -blann, pl. -blunnon; pp. blunnen [ge-, blinnan to cease]

To ceasedesistcessāredesistĕre

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Lind. 6, 51

Linked entry: ge-blann

ge-brægd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brægd, es; m. [ge-, brægd deceit]

Deceitfraudfrausfallācia

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Lind. 13, 22

þurh-clǽnsian

(v.)

to cleanse thoroughly

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to cleanse thoroughly Þurhclǽnsaþ (ðerhclǽnsade, Lind. permundavit) he will throughly purge, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 3, 12

Linked entry: clǽnsian

un-scortende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scortende, adj.

Not failingnot running short

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Lind. Rush. 12, 33

Linked entry: scortian

wíd-scriþol

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Hí folgiað fraceðum lífe and wídscryðlum nos turpis uita et uaga complectit, Chrd. 78, l. Add

wriþels

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O.H.Ger. ridila, fahsreita licia (crinibus addunt)]. Cf. ge-wriþelian