ge-þencan
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Nis nán swá eald man þe þíne mágas nú mage geþencan, Hml. S. 23, 709. Wé ne magon swá þeáh ealle naman áwrítan ne furþor geþencan, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 74. <b>IX a.
earm-beáh
An arm-ring, bracelet ⬩ armilla
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Earmbeága fela many bracelets. Beo. Th. 5520; B. 2763
ful-wrætlíce
Full wondrously ⬩ very wonderfully ⬩ mirissĭme
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Full wondrously, very wonderfully; mirissĭme Ðæt me on gescyldrum scínan mótan fulwrætlíce wundne loccas that on my shoulders curled locks may shine very wonderfully, Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 6; Rä. 41, 104
eall-wundor
A very wonderful thing ⬩ res omnīno mirābĭlis
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A very wonderful thing; res omnīno mirābĭlis Weras fyrdleóþ gólon [MS. galan] eall-wundra fela the men sung a martial song of many very wonderful things, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 5; Exod. 578
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hwistlian
to hiss ⬩ whistle
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To make a hissing sound, to hiss, whistle Hé hwystlode stranglíc[e] stemne he [the devil] made a great hissing, Nar. 43, 17. [Wick. whistlen hiss (A. V.) Piers P. whistlen (to birds ).]
forþ-þegen
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Cf. forþ-mann
nirwan
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Þú nyrwdest mann corripuisti hominem, 38, 12
ge-þeón
To do ⬩ commit ⬩ perform ⬩ perficere ⬩ patrare
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To do, commit, perform; perficere, patrare Ðæt we siððan forþ ða séllan þing symle móten geþeón that henceforth we may ever do those better things, Exon 13 a; Th. 23, 31; Cri. 377
lǽswian
To pasture ⬩ feed ⬩ graze
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Hig man lǽswode on mórium lande pascebantur in locis palustribus, Gen. 41, 2. Ðá lǽswode heó hire féstermódor sceápum then she fed her foster-mother's sheep, Shrn. 101, 14. Ðá lǽswede hé mid his fæder sceápum, 108, 31.
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swerian
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Gange ǽlc man ðæs tó gewitnesse ðe hé durre on ðam háligdóme swerian, L. Eth. iii. 2; Th. i. 292, 14.
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sǽne
Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive
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Ðone sǽnan ðe biþ tó sláw ðú scealt hátan assa má ðonne man segnis ac stupidus torpet? asinum vivit. Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 19. Mægencræft móda gehwilces ofer líchoman lænnie and sǽnne might of the mind over the body weak and dull. Met. 26, 106.
lóc
look ⬩ see ⬩ however
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Lóca, hwá ðære mihte áge, hé mót gehæftne man álýsan [whoever has the power], Wulfst. 294, 32. Lóca hwylc cristen man sý ungesibsum, 295, 4. Hlystan lóca hwæt ða láreówas tǽcan, 294, 26. Dón lóc hwæt wé mágon, 141, 28 : 150, 11.
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ge-ládian
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Ǽlc þe gewita oþþe gewyrhta sí þǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie, geládie þǽre midwiste be þes orfes weorðe, 354, 29.
gylt
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Sceal ǽghwylc man bétan his wðhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, Bl. H. 45, 29
ád-fær
The pile-way ⬩ the way to the funeral pile ⬩ iter rogi
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The pile-way, the way to the funeral pile; iter rogi Ðæt we hine gebringen on ádfære that we may bring him on the way to the pile, Beo. Th. 6012; B. 3010
bælc
a BELCH ⬩ eructatio ⬩ the stomach ⬩ pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ stomachus ⬩ superbia ⬩ arrogantia
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a BELCH; eructatio, Mann. the stomach, pride, arrogance; stomachus, superbia, arrogantia He him bælc forbígde he bent their pride, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 15; Gen. 54: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 18; Jud. 267
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dóm-hwæt
Strenuous in judgment ⬩ in jūdĭcio strēnuus
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Strenuous in judgment; in jūdĭcio strēnuus We hine dómhwate, dǽdum and wordum hérgen hold-ríce we strenuous, may praise him faithfully in deeds and words, Exon. 14 a; Th. 27, 11; Cri. 429
for-bindan
To bind or tie up ⬩ allígáre
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To bind or tie up; allígáre Ne forbinden gé ná ðǽm þyrstendum oxum ðone múþe may not tie up the mouth of the thirsting oxen, Past. 16, 5; Hat. MS. 21 b, 7
Mersc-ware
The inhabitants of marshy land
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Monige on Merscwarum many of the men of the fens, 838; Erl. 66, 12
ge-díhligean
to hide ⬩ make private ⬩ detach ⬩ separate ⬩ velare secernere ⬩ separare
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to hide, make private, detach, separate; velare secernere, separare Eádgár, mid rýmette gedíhligean hét ða mynstra Edgar commanded the monasteries to be made private or detached, Th. Diplm. A.D. 963-975; 231, 4