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screncan

(v.)
Grammar
screncan, p. te

To lay a stumbling-block in a person's way ⬩ trip up ⬩ ensnare

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Hé þurh ealle uncysta ða mód gescrencþ per universa vitia animum supplantat, 11, 6; Swt. 73, 2. Healden hié ðæt hié ða ne screncen ða ðe gáþ on ryhtne weg tóweard ðæs hefonríces ne ad ingressum regni tendentibus obstaculum fiunt, 9; Swt. 59, 19

Greátan leag

(n.)
Grammar
Greátan leag, leá, e; f.
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Probably Greatley, near Andover, Hants; Greatanleagensis Ealle ðis wæs gesetted on ðam miclan synoð æt Greátanleage, on ðam wæs se ærcebisceop Wulfhelme, mid eallum ðǽm æðelum mannum, and wiotan [and Æðelstáne cyninge] all this was established in the

ymb-clyppan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-clyppan, p. te

To embrace, clasp

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Fingras þrý útan eáþe ealle mægon mec ymbclyppan, Exon. Th. 425, 9; Rä. 41, 53. Rápas synfulra ymbclyppende syndon circumplexi sunt mé, Ps. Lamb. Surt. 118, 61

yppe

(n.)
Grammar
yppe, an; f.

A raised place ⬩ a look-out place ⬩ a stage, platform ⬩ a dais, the raised floor in a hall. ⬩ the upper part of a house, an upper chamber

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Hié ealle on yppan wunedon (cf. in coenaculum ascenderunt ubi manebant, Acts 1, 13), Blickl. Homl. 133, 26

gelimplic

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JOS ealle lima mé gesceópe tó menniscum bricum gemǽte and gelimplice (apta), Angl. xi. 112, 18

ná

(adv.)
Grammar
ná, <b>, nó;</b> adv.

No ⬩ not ⬩ non

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Ealle hí scínaþ, ná hwæðre ðeáh ealle efenbeorhte, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 460; Met. 20, 230. Gewíte ðes calic fram mé, ðeáh-hwæðere ná swá swá ic wylle, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 39. Ða habbaþ twegen casus and ná má on gewunan, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 17, 3.

Linked entries: ne nó

ge-openian

(v.)
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. :-- Hé his geðanc geopenode, and ofer eall clypode, Hml. S. 23, 320. Þæt se man geþeó on þǽre fandunge, and his ingehýd beó geopenod, Scrd. 23, 2. <b>VII b.

ÆT

(prep.)
Grammar
ÆT, prep.

AT ⬩ to ⬩ before ⬩ next ⬩ with ⬩ in ⬩ for ⬩ against ⬩ apud ⬩ juxta ⬩ prope ⬩ ante ⬩ ad ⬩ in ⬩ contra ⬩ Of ⬩ from ⬩ a ⬩ ab ⬩ de ⬩ To ⬩ unto ⬩ as far as ⬩ ad ⬩ usque ⬩ ad

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Is seó bót gelong eal æt ðé ánum the expiation is all ready with thee alone, Exon. 10a; Th. 10, 16; Cri. 153. Ne mihton hí áwiht æt me ǽftr gewyrcean they might not ever do anything against me, Ps. Th. 128, 1.

mótan

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</b> add: the subject a person Eálá hú yfele mé dóþ manege woruldmenn mid ðám ꝥ ic ne mót wealdan mínra ágenra þeówa an ego sola meum jus exercere prohibebor ? Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 20.

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known

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Ealle míne wegas wíse syndan on ðínre gesihðe, Ps. Th. 118, 168. Ðonne hé ðíne wísan word gehealde, 118, 9. Grammar wís, in a bad sense, cunning Wille gé wesan prættige? Wé nellaþ swá wesan wíse, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 1.

FÓÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FÓÐER, fóður, es; n.

food ⬩ food for cattle ⬩ fodder ⬩ ălĭmentum ⬩ jūmenti pābŭlum ⬩ that in which food is carried ⬩ a basket ⬩ cophĭnus ⬩ κόφĭνos ⬩ that in which food for cattle is carried ⬩ a cart ⬩ cart-load ⬩ vĕhes ⬩ plaustrum ⬩ nunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi

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Se ceorl, se ðe hæfþ óðres oxan ahýrod, gif he hæbbe ealle on fóðre to agifanne, agife ealle.

Linked entry: fódder

án-rǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Add: in reference to persons, unanimously, to things, uniformly Hý cwǽdon ealle ánrǽdlíce ꝥ hit riht wǽre, Ll. Th. ii. 336, 2. Wið þám þe hi ealle ánrǽdlíce tó him gecyrdon, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 9. Gesetnys ánrǽdlíce (uniformiter) gehealden, R. Ben.

ge-metgung

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God dǽlþ manega and mistlice gemetgunga eallum his gesceaftum and welt eallra multiplicem rebus gerendis modum statuit, Bt. 39, 5 ; F. 218, 20.

wæter-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-scipe, es; m.

A body of water, a piece of water, water

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Úre Drihten gesceóp ealle wæterscypas and ða wídgillan sæ, Hexam. 4;Norm. 6, 24

ýtera

(adj.)
Grammar
ýtera, cpve.: ýtemest; spve. adj.

Outer: outmost, extreme ⬩ later, lower; last, lowest ⬩ external

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Stande hé ealra ýtemest ultimus 68, 10: Scint. 21, 19. Ealra ýtemest nouissima omnium, Lk. Skt. 20, 32. Ágynn fram ðam ýtemestan novissimo óð ðone fyrmestan, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 8, 14. On ðam ýtemestan dæge, Jn. Skt. 6, 54.

Linked entry: ýtmest

cýþþu

Grammar
cýþþu, (-o).
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Þurh cýððe þǽre ealdan ǽ, Hml. Th. i. 106, 20. a person Hú neáh hí wǽron Godes cýððe (v. cýþ-ness, ), Gr. D. 56, 11. For þǽre ealdan cýððe Philippes, Hml. S. 2, 318.

Linked entry: cýþ

licgan

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Eall ꝥ his ( the earth ) fennas and móras genumen habbað, and eall ꝥ on eallum ðeódum wéstes ligeþ, Bt. 18, l ; F. 62, 15.

hálig-dóm

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Hæbbe hé Godes unmiltse and æalles ðæs háligdómes (cf. ic eów hálsige fer ealle ðá hálgan reliquias ðe gind ealne middangeard sindon, Rtl. 114, 18) ðe ic ( Æthelstan ) on Angelcyn begeat, 315, 22. Hire scrín mid hiræ háligdóme, C. D. iii. 360, 8.

blíþe

(adj.)

cheerful ⬩ gentle

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Voc. i. 83, 36: alacris, 287, 66. of persons, feeling gladness Ꝥ hié ealle þá blíðe móde (alacri animo) lustlíce healdan woldan, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 375, 15: Bl. H. 39, 4: 7, 1.

ó-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
ó-leccan, -liccan, -læcan; p. -lecte, -lehte , -læhte.

to treat gently, to soothe, caress ⬩ to be obsequious, pay court to, fawn upon, flatter, to try to gain a person's good will by unworthy means ⬩ to gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissive ⬩ of things to gratify, charm, give pleasure

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Th. 19, 12; Gen. 290. to gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissive Ðæm(God) óleccaþ ealle gesceafte ðe ðæs ambehtes áwuht cunnon (cf. ðam þeówiaþ ealle . . . ða ðe cunnon, Bt. 21; Fox 72, 30), Met. II. 8.

Linked entry: óliccan