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swaru

(n.)
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He sahtnesse mid sware (treoðe, 1st MS.) hadde ifastned, Laym. 10893.]

un-gehírsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehírsum, adj.

Inattentive to what is saidunsubmissivedisobedient

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Ðis is uncer ungehírsuma sunu, hé forhogaþ ðæt hé híre uncre láre filius noster iste protervus et contumax est, monita nostra audire contemnit, Deut. 21, 20. Ne forlǽte hé ða ungehiérsuman (-hír-, Hatt. MS.), Past. 12; Swt. 74, 16

bismer-lic

disgracefulignominiouscontemptibleridiculousfrivolous

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Dele: unpleasant, and last passage, and add: disgraceful, ignominious Gewearð seó mǽste sibb and seó bismerleceste, Ors. 3, 1; S. 94, 21.

ele-greófa

(n.)
Grammar
ele-greófa, an; m.
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Ger. grinbo v. pfanna frixorium, cremium vel siccamina lignorum: Ger. griebe fibrous remains of lard, &c. after being fried) Elegreóuena naptarum (the passage is: incendia naptarum fomite succensa: cf. heordena, tyrwena naptarum, An.

Linked entry: greofa

nealles

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Add:, nals Hié ðæt folc bisenað on hira unðeáwum, nals (nalles, v.l. ) on hira láre, Past. 31, 6. Nals (nealles, v.l. ) ná suá suá healt monn, 67, 10. Ðonces, nals ná (nalles nó, v.l.) for gestreónum, 137. 20.

stician

(v.)
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Add Hé geseah hwár Sisara læg, and se teldsticca sticode þurh his heáfod vidit Sisaram jacentem mortuum ei clavum infixum in tempore ejus, Jud. 4, 22. 2.

ríclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ríclíce, adv.

powerfullywith poweras one possessing powersplendidlysumptuously

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Lamb. 44, 4. splendidly, sumptuously Sum welig man dæghwamlíce ríclíce (splendide) gewistfullude, Lk. Skt. 16, 19

Linked entry: ríc-líc

rúm-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-heort, adj.

liberal, munificentuntroubled

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Se weg ðe tó lífe lǽt is ús tó gefarenne mid rúmheortum móde and mid gódum and glædum geþance dilatato corde curritur via mandatorum Dei, R. Ben. 5, 22. Similar entries v. rúme III

smeáþancollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeáþancollíce, adv.

Exactly, in a searching manner, thoroughly subtiliter

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Hé lǽrþ manna mód mid godcundre láre smeáþancellíce i. 412, 32

ge-streónan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-streónan, p. de; pp. ed

To gaingetobtainacquirelucrāriacquīrĕre

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Ðæt he manige þeóde úrum Drihtne þurh his láre gestreónde so that he gained many a nation for our Lord by his teaching, Blickl. Homl. 121, 10

Linked entry: streónan

be-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
be-geótan, bi-geótan; he -gýt; p. -geát, pl. -guton; pp. -goten, -geten [be, geótan to pour].

to pour outto cast uponto sprinklecoveraspergereto pour intoinfundere

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Mid blóde begoten sprinkled with blood Chr. 734; Th. 76, 18 : Herb. 96, 4; Lchdm. i. 210, 3 : Rood Kmbl. 13; Kr. 7. to pour into; infundere He me láre on gemynd begeát he poured knowledge into my mind Elen. Kmbl. 2494; El. 1248

Bederices weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
Bederices weorþ, es ; m. [Bederices Bederic's, weorþ worth, town, or residence]

Bederic's worth or townEádmundes burhSt. Edmund's bury

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D. 958, Ælfgar records, Ic an ðat lond into Beodricheswrþe to Seynt Eádmundes stówe I give the land at Bedericsworth to St. Edmund's place, Th. Diplm. 506, 12

eóred-cist

(n.)
Grammar
eóred-cist, eórod-cist, -cyst, -cest, -ciest, e; f. [eóred a band, troop ; cist a company]

A company, troopturma, lĕgio

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A company, troop; turma, lĕgio Wesseaxe eórod-cistum [eoredcystum, Th. 202, 28, col. 2 ; 203, 28] on lást legdun láðum þeódum the West-Saxons in troops followed the footsteps of the hostile nations, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 28, col. I.

fæder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
fæder-líc, def. se -líca , seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Of or belonging to a father, FATHERLY, paternal, ancestralpatrius, pāternus, patrōnymĭcus

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Ðýlæs toworpen síen fród fyrngewritu and ða fæderlícan láre forléten lest the wise old scriptures should be overturned and our ancestral lore deserted, Elen. Kmbl. 862; El. 431.

for-screncan

(v.)
Grammar
for-screncan, -scræncan; p. -screncte, -scræncte; pp. —scrænct, -screnct [screncan to trip up]

To supplantovercomeoppresscast downsupplantāreopprĭmĕreelīdĕre

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Lamb. 16, 13. Ðú forscrænctest onarísende on me supplantasti insurgentes in me, 17, 40. Forscrenct elīsa vel dejecta, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 36; Wrt. Voc. 45, 68. Crist arǽrþ ða forscrenctan Christ raises the oppressed, Homl. Th. ii. 414. 23

Linked entry: for-screncend

nídinga

(adv.)
Grammar
nídinga, (-unga); adv.

By forceagainst a person's will

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Ðý læs nédunga genom Crist menn ne raperet Christus homines, Rtl. 197, 35. Woldon hine dón niédenga (nídenga, Cott. MSS.) tó cyninge, Past. 3, 1; Swt. 33, 14.

Linked entry: neádunga (-inga)

ge-wǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wǽgan, p. ede; pp. ed.

to affectweigh downoppressafficeredeprimerevexareto frustratefrustrariirritum facere

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Mid meteliéste gewǽgde oppressed with lack of food, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 27. to frustrate; frustrari, irritum facere Cúþ sceal geweorþan ðæt ic gewǽgan ne mæg that which I may not frustrate shall become manifest, Exon. 117 b; Th. 452, 3; Dóm. 115

Linked entries: ge-wǽgnian wǽgan

ge-leáflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáflíc, adj.

To be believedcrediblefaithfulcrēdĭbĭlis

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Lamb. 92, 5

tilia

(n.)
Grammar
tilia, tiliga, an; m.
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A husbandman, cultivator of land Tilia colonus, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 66. Bigenga, tilia, inbúend colonus, i. incola, cultor, inquilinus, it. 134, 25. Tilia colonus, habitalor, Hpt. Gl. 422, 60. Se merigenlica tilia the labourer who came in the morning.

Linked entry: tiliga

þafetere

(n.)
Grammar
þafetere, þafettere, es; m.
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One who agrees or consents, one who is remiss in allowing Ðý læs se ðafetere, se ðe wile forgiefan ðæt hé wrecan sceolde, tó écum wítum geteó his hiéremenn ne rector remittendo quod ferire debuit ad aeterna supplicia subditos pertrahat, Past. 20; Swt