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a-sceacan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceacan, -scacan, -scæcan; he -sceaceþ, -sceacþ, -scæceþ, -scaceþ; p. -sceóc, -scóc, pl. -sceócon, -scócon; pp. -sceacen, -scacen.

to shake offremoveexcutereto be removedforsakedesertfleeexcutifugereaufugeredeserereto shakebrandishto be shakenvibrarequatereconcutilabefieriinfirmari

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Bos. 6, 11. to be removed, forsake, desert, flee; excuti, fugere, aufugere, deserere Asceacen [Lamb. ofascacen] ic eom excussus sum, Ps. Spl. C. 108, 22. Ðæt Iacob wæs asceacen quod fugeret Jacob, Gen. 31, 22.

Linked entries: a-scacan a-scæcan

lendenu

(n.)
Grammar
lendenu, pl.

The loinsreins

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Beón eówer lendena ymbgyrde ... On ðám ymbgyrdum lendenum is se mægþhád tó understandenne let your loins be girded ... By the girded loins virginity is to be understood, Homl. Th. ii. 564, 25.

un-wénlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wénlíc, adj.

Not giving grounds for hopeunpromising

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Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 24 note

Linked entry: wén-líc

wirgþu

(n.)
Grammar
wirgþu, (-o); indecl.: wirgþ, e; f.

condemnationcursepunishmentevilwickednesscursingmaledictio

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Wergðu dreógan to be damned, 422; El. 211: 1901 ;El. 952. Werhðo dreógan Beo. Th. 1182; B. 589. Hý grim helle fýr, gearo tó wíte, seóð, on ðam hí áwo sculon wærgðu dreógan, Exon. Th. 78, 11; Cri. 1272. Wergðu wyrcean to afflict, hurt, Ps.

a-singan

(v.)
Grammar
a-singan, p. -sang, pl. -sungon; pp. -sungen [a, singan]

To singcanere

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Th. 91, 1 : Beo. Th. 2323; B. 1159 : Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 12

Linked entry: a-sungen

dreórgian

(v.)
Grammar
dreórgian, p. ode; pp.od [dreór blood]

To be dreary, to fall, to perish mærēre, cadĕre, corruĕre

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To be dreary, to fall, to perish; mærēre, cadĕre, corruĕre Ðás hofu dreórgiaþ these courts are dreary, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 26; Ruin. 30

Gátes héued

(n.)
Grammar
Gátes héued, es; n. [Goat's head]

GATESHEAD, near Newcastle, Durhamoppĭdi nōmen juxta Nŏvum Castrum in agro Dunelmensi, capræ căput signĭfĭcans

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Ben. Lye: Bd. 3, 21; S. 125, note 37

heort-hogu

(n.)
Grammar
heort-hogu, e; f.

Heart-care

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Heart-care Ðis mæg tó heorthoge ǽghwylcum bisceope this may be care of heart for every bishop, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 27

Linked entry: hogu

in-áberan

(v.)
Grammar
in-áberan, p. -bær

To bring in

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To bring in Be ðam hunde ðe his hand eft innábær of the dog that brought his hand in again, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 14

scild-weall

(n.)
Grammar
scild-weall, es; m.
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A shield-wall, the shields held by a line of soldiers: — Ðonne strǽla storm scóc ofer scyldweall, Beo. Th. 6227; B. 3118. Cf. scild-burh

Linked entry: bord-weall

þeóf-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf-sliht, es; m.
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Thief-slaying Be ðeófslihte. Se ðe þeófslihþ, hé mót áðe gecýðan ðæt hé hine fleóndne for þeóf slóge, L. In. 35; Th. i. 124, 4

un-forfeored

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forfeored, (un-forfored(?).

Unbrokenextricabile

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also ungebrocenre extricabili, 33, 7: perhaps in each case inextricabilis should be read, cf. untósliten inextricabilis, 110, 60); Unbroken; extricabile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 22

Linked entry: for-feored

wyrhte

(n.)
Grammar
wyrhte, (?), an; f.

A female worker

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A female worker, in cýs-wyrhte Be cýswyrhte. Cýswyrhtan gebyreþ hundred cýse, and ðæt heó buteran macige, L. R. S. 16; Th. i. 438, 30

ceáp-scip

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Be ceápscypum. Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe þe binnan múðan cuman, þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gif hit undrifen bið, Ll. Th. i. 284, 19-21. Add

heardung

(n.)
Grammar
heardung, e; f.

A hardening

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Be þǽre lifre heardunge, 160, 21

hére

(n.)

dignity

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In the passage Hwæt is hiora here, perhaps hér might be read, which would correspond with the phrase in the prose nú tó láfe

preóst-regol

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-regol, es; m.
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Éstfullnes lífes be preóstregole deuotio uitę regularis, 93, 11

Linked entry: regol

þel-brycg

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Be þaelbrycge, swá forþ andlang bróces, C.D.B. iii. 15, 7. Ðanne tó þelbrycge (-brige, 31), C.D. iii. 236, 28. In pontem thelbrycg, 373, 10. Add

riht-scilling

(n.)
Grammar
riht-scilling, es; m.

A lawful shilling

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A lawful shilling Se rihtscylling byþ á be .xii. penegum legitimus solidus semper est .xii. denariorum, L. Ecg. P. iv. 60 ; Th. ii. 222, 7

hearpung

(n.)
Grammar
hearpung, e; f.

Harping, playing on the harp

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Harping, playing on the harp Hé hí hæfþ geearnod mid his hearpunga he hath deserved her by his harping, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 8