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þeorf

(adj.)
Grammar
þeorf, adj.
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Th. ii. 210, 34: 264, 2. <b>I a.</b> in the Lindisfarne gloss fermento is glossed by ðærfe, Mt. 16, 6, 11. of milk, fresh (as opposed to sour? cf. Icel. þjarfr, of water, fresh as opposed to salt), skim (?

Linked entries: þærf þorof

hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
hycgan, hycgean; p. hogde.

take thoughtbe mindfulthinkconsidermeditateto intendpurposedetermineendeavourstriveto hope

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Ic mid ealre mínre heortan hige hycge swíðe ðæt ic ðín bebod átredde ego in toto corde meo scrutabor mandata tua, Ps. Th. 118, 69. Ic hycge ðæt ic sóðne dóm symble healde statui custodire judicia justitiæ tuæ, 106: 146.

gearcian

(v.)
Grammar
gearcian, gærcian; p. ode; pp. od [gearo ready]

To preparemake readyprocurefurnishsupplypărārepræpărāreappărāreexhĭbērepræbēre

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On láfum ðínum ðú gearcast [MS. gearcost] andwlitan heora in relīquiis tuis præpărābis vultum eōrum, Ps. Spl. 20, 12. On him gearcode fæt deáþes in eo părāvit vāsa mortis, 7, 14 : Gen. 19, 3

Linked entries: gærcian ge-gearcian

leác-tún

Grammar
leác-tún, leáh-, léh-tún, es; m.
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Voc. 285, 76: ii. 64, 9 Ðér wæs léhtún ubi erat hortus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 1: 19, 41. Nán man on ðysne ðæg wyrte in léhtúne ne fatige, Wulfst. 227, 8: 231, 18. Monn sende in léhtúne his homo misit its hortum suum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 19

Linked entry: leáh-tún

lóf

(n.)
Grammar
lóf, es; m. ? -

handthe palm of the hand

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In Hpt, Gl. 525, 8 redimicula is glossed 'wrǽdas oððe cynewiððan, lofas;' would this be the same word as that in the above passage?

or-wénness

(n.)
Grammar
or-wénness, e; f.
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P. i. 4; Th. ii. 172, 24. Hwí sprecst ðú mid swá micelre orwénnysse? Homl. Th. i. 534, 22. On orwénnysse his ágenre hǽle in despair of his own salvation, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 24. Woldon hý geteón in orwénnysse Meotudes cempan, Exon. Th. 136, 27; Gú. 547

Linked entry: wénness

sele-rǽdend

(n.)
Grammar
sele-rǽdend, es ; m.
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Ic ðæt leóde míne, selerǽdende, secgan hýrde, 2696 ; B. 1346

staþolfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
staþolfæstlíce, adv.
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Symble in Godes lofe wé sceolon staþolfæstlíce gewunigan, L. E. I. 42; Th. ii. 438, 32. Ðæt ðiós úre sylene staðolfæstlíce ðurhwunian móte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 186, 12

wang-tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
wang-tóþ, es; m.
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A wang-tooth (in northern dialects, v.e.g. Lancashire Gloss. in E. E. D. S. Pub.), molar tooth Gif mon óðrum tóð of ásleá, gif hit sié se wongtóð geselle . iiii. Sciłł. Tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 49 ; Th. i. 94, II. Wangtéð molares vel gemini, Wrt.

an-wlóh

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In Dan. 585 the ríce is compared with the stump of the tree which for seven years shewed no signs of life, and the statement swá þín ríce bið anwlóh expresses the same as swá þín blœ́d líð in 563.

Linked entry: ge-wló

híw-scipe

a housefamily

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Add: a house, family On eardungstówe húses ł híwscipes mínes in tabernaculo domus meae, Ps. L. 131, 3. Wæs sum híwscipes man erat quidam vir paterfamilias, Guth. Gr. 172, 1. a hide of land. Similar entries v. híwisc; II.

Iringes weg

(v.)
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Virgil, Georgies i. 238, where, however, the zodiac is intended), Txts. 105, 2118

spadu

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Hé sceal habban . . . spade, scofle, wádspitel, Angl. ix. 263, 5.

un-gewitness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewitness, e ; f.
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de scientia ejus (i.e. mundi), ipse postmodum in immane praecipitium totus iret), Gr.

ge-cweþan

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Th. ii. 48, 3

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

FEN

(n.)
Grammar
FEN, fenn, fæn, fænn, es; n. m.

FENmarshmuddirtpăluslŭtumlīmussordes

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Is Élíg ðæt land eall mid fenne and mid water ymbseald est Elge pălūdĭbus circumdăta vel ăquis, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 4. Is ðæt églond fenne biworpen the island is surrounded with a fen, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 9; Rä. 1, 5.

Linked entries: fæn fenn feon fien

ge-metgung

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Add: moderation, temperance, v. ge-metgian; I Temperantia, ꝥ is gemetegung . . . witodlíce gemetegung is eallra mægena módor, Hml. S. I. 161 : Wlfst. 247, 15. Sam hí þyrfon, sam hí ne þurfon, hí willaþ þeáh. Hwǽr is ðonne seó gemetgung?

bén-ríp

(n.)
Grammar
bén-ríp, e; f.

The reaping of corn by requestad preces messio

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S. 5; Th. i. 436, 3-5

Linked entry: béd-ríp

drypan

(v.)
Grammar
drypan, p. de, te; pp. ed

To drop, moistenstillāre, humectāre

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Heó drypte in ða eágan she dropped it on the eyes, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 98, 2. Míne handa drypton myrran my hands dropped myrrh, Homl. Th. i. 118, 4. He bæd ðæt Lazarus móste his tungan drypan he prayed that Lazarus might moisten his tongue, i. 330, 29

fóre-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-sceáwian, fóre-sceáwigan, fór-sceáwian; p. ode; pp. od

To foreshewforeseeprovidepræ-ostendĕrepōnĕre in conspectuprævĭdēreprovĭdēre

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Ic wisce ðæt hig fóresceáwodon hira ende ŭtĭnam nŏvissima provĭdērent, Deut. 32, 29. Hú hit gebýreþ to fóresceáwigenne quōmŏdo oporteat provĭdēre, L. Ecg. P. cont. i. 1; Th. ii. 170, 3