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on-lóciend

(n.)
Grammar
on-lóciend, es; m.

An on-looker, spectator

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An on-looker, spectator Heó wæs swíðe lufigendlíc eallum onlóciendum, Anglia ix. 30, 97

Linked entry: -lóciend

nán-wiht

(n.; adv.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nán-wiht, nán-uht.

nothingnothingnot at allno whit

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Heó hire self gecýþ ðæt heó nánwuht ne biþ she herself shews that she is nothing, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 24. Ðú wéndest ðæt ðé nánwuht unrihtlíces on becuman ne mihte, 7, 3; Fox 22, 15 : 16, 3; Fox 56, 31: 38, 2; Fox 198, 6.

Linked entries: nǽnig-wiht nǽniht

á-brecan

(v.)
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hét ábrecan ðone weall, ðeáh ðe brád wǽre, Hml. S. 25, 448. (1 b) to break off, separate forcibly :-- Ðá ábræc ðæt mægden ðæt gold of ðǽm godgeldum.

leógan

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Ðeáh nyte hwæt sóðes secge, him is ðeáh leófre ðæt leóge ðonne him mon ǽnigra ungerisna tó wéne eligit bona de se vel falsa jactari, ne mala possit vel minima perpeti, Past. 217, 16. Heó wolde hire líf forlǽtan ǽr þan þe heó luge, Hml.

rídan

(v.)
Grammar
rídan, p. rád, pl. ridon.

to ride on horsebackequitareto rideto rideto swingrock

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Ðes rídenda here hic equester exercitus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 10, 2. ásent rídendne here, Wulfst. 200, 21.

Linked entries: a-rídan rid rídusende

ge-bilegan

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-bilgan;</b> p. de To anger, offend Swá swá heó gebylged wǽre heó cwæð quasi indignata subjunxit, Bd. 4, 9; S. 398, 1. Mid hwylcum sáre gegremed and ábolgen (gebylged, v. l. ), Gr. D. 207, 25.

for-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hycgan, p. -hogde, -hygde, -hygede; pp. -hogd

to despiseto disdainscorn

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L. 23, 23. with a clause Ne forhogde (-hogode, v. l.), ðæt bé hit eft gecierde, Past. 99, 10. forhogde ðæt hit gehiérde audire contemsit, 295, 16. Ꝥ folc ne sceal forhycggan ꝥ hí tó him hí geeáþmédon, Bl.

be-healden

(adj.)
Grammar
be-healden, adj.
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(ptcpl.). cautious, reserved Ðonne wilnað ðæt sciele rícsian, bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hæfð ðæt habban wolde, bið swíðe ðríste, Past. 57, 4. intent, assiduous wæs geornfull and behealden (intentus) in Godes hýrnessum

lah-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lah-líce, adv.

Lawfully

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Lawfully, according to law Ne úre nǽnig his líf ne fadode swá swá scolde ne gehádode regollíce ne lǽwede lahlíce nor hath any one of us ordered his life as he should, neither those ordained according to their rules nor the laymen according to the

Linked entry: lah-líc

ge-derian

(v.)
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Add: absolute gelǽrð þæt swicollíce híwige . . ., and under þám leáslican híwe swídost gederige, Wlfst. 53, 27. Gederod lessus, Wülck. Gl. 257, 27. Ðám gederedum lesis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 31. with dat.

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, es; m.

a buffoon, charlatan

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Ðonne sægde Petrus, ðæt wǽre leás drý and sceand and scyldig ǽswica then Peter said that he (Simon the sorcerer) was a false sorcerer and a shameless impostor and a guilty deceiver Blickl. Homl. 175,7.

Linked entry: sceond

heáfod-gemaca

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-gemaca, -gemæcca, an; m.

An equal, a mate, fellow

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Mid heora heáfodgemacum cum suis similibus, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 8

be-heopian

(v.)
Grammar
be-heopian, = be-heáwan? q. v. p. ode; pp. od

To hewcut offamputare

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To hew or cut off; amputare, Cd. 125; Th. 160, 2, note a; Gen. 2644

deád-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
deád-boren, part.

Dead-borne mortuus fœtus

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Dead-borne; mortuus fœtus Deádboren tuddur mortuus fœtus, Herb. 63, 2; Lchdm. i. 166, 3

eówod

(n.)
Grammar
eówod, e; f.

A flock, herd grex

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A flock, herd; grex, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 23. v. n. and f. in eówode

fille-seóc

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Take here examples under fylle-seóc, and add

Linked entry: fylle-seóc

ge-cneórednis

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Substitute: Descent, ancestry Bútan gecneórednesse sine genealogia (without descent, Heb. 7, 3), An. Ox. 5096

mid-irfenuma

(n.)
Grammar
mid-irfenuma, an; m.
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A co-heir Þ on yrfwerdnysse his mid-yrfenuma (coheres) þú sý, Scint. 148, 4

Linked entry: irfe-numa

ryscen

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Þá nam heó ánne riscenne on scipwísan gesceapenne sumpsit fiscellam scirpeam, Ex. 2, 3. Add

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, p. ode.

to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account,to impute, ascribe, lay to the account ofto reckon, enumerate

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hit swíðe unáberendlíc talaþ, Past. 33; Swt. 226, 18. mé ofslægenne talaþ, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 29. talaþ hine sylfne wísne, Wulfst. 52, 29. Ða ðe hí sylfe wáce taliaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 29. Ðæt hié taliaþ hálig, R. Ben. 9, 19.