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weg-férende

(adj.)
Grammar
weg-férende, <b>. I a.</b>
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Þá cwæð se wegférenda, Gr. D. 128, 15. Add

á-swingan

(v.)

to scourge

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to scourge Ué ásnngeno flagellamur, Rtl. 42, II

nebbian

(v.)
Grammar
nebbian, p. ode

To turn the face towards anyoneto retort upon anyone

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Se ríca besihþ on his pællenum gyrlum, and cwyþ : 'Nis se loddere mid his tættecon mín gelica.'

scortian

(v.)
Grammar
scortian, p. ode.
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Se dæg ðonne sceortaþ, Lchdm. iii. 250, 23. Se sceortigenda (scort-, MS. L.) dæg ... se langienda dæg, 252, 8. to make short (? cf. þenne cumeð þe deofel and him scorteð his daȝes, O. E. Homl. i. 25, 14. To schorte oure weie, Chauc.

hneáw

(adj.)
Grammar
hneáw, adj.

Stingy, near, niggardly

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Stingy, near, niggardly Ðý læs se hneáwa and se gítsigenda fægnige ðæs ðætte menn wénen ðæt hé síe gehealdsum on ðæm ðe hé healdan scyle oððe dǽlan ne aut cor tenacia occupet, et parcum se videri in dispensationibus exultet, Past. 20; Swt. 149, 17.

innoþ

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Hé wolde ðæt of ðǽm innoðum á libbendu wætru fleówen ðe on hine gelífden, Past. 467, 30. as seat of appetite Fræcum innoþes gýfernesse gulosa uentris ingluvie, An. Ox. 2446. a gut, an entrail Se wǽta ðára innoða humor viscerum, Past. 73, 9.

bí-genga

an inhabitanta cultivatorcultora worshipper

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is sóð God þe swá gesceádwíse biggengan hæfð, 5, 286

Linked entry: bí-genge

ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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Se cásere, se ðe eallne ymbhwyrft on his anwealde hæfde, L. Ælfc. C. 2; Th. ii. 342, 22. Ástág ðæt heofonlíce goldhord on ðysne ymbhwyrft, Blickl. Homl. 11, 29.

forþ-gelǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gelǽdan, p. de; pp. ed

To lead or bring forthproduceconductprodūcĕreprovĕhĕre

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Se forþgelǽdeþ on muntum hig qui prodūcit in montĭbus fœnum, Ps. Spl. 146, 9. Se ðe hine to heánnysse cyneríces forþgelǽdde qui se ad regni ăpĭcem provĕhĕret, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 19: Blickl. Homl. 205, 32

níd-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
níd-scyld, e; f.

Bounden duty

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Bounden duty Sóna swá hé tó ðære áre cymþ, swá þyncþ him ðæt se hié him niédscylde sceolde se se hié him sealde as soon as he comes to the honour, it seems to him that he who gave it him was bound to grant it as a matter of right; repente perveniens

un-gesceapen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesceapen, adj.

unshapenunformeduncreated

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Th. i. 474, 8. uncreated Ungesceapen ( increatus ) is se Fæder, ungesceapen is se Sunu, and is ungesceapen se Hálga Gást, Ath. Crd. 8

Linked entry: ge-sceapen

heáh-biscop

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Add: of a Christian priest Sæt se arcebisceop Augustinus . . . Cwæð hé se heáhbisceop tó him, Bd. 2, 2; ch. 118, 7.

preóst-hád

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wæs Haroldes eorles mæssepreóst; werede his kenepas on his preóstháde oð ðæt hé wæs biscop, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 26. Se ylca mæssepreóst on preóstháde (in presbyteratus officio) his líf geendode, Gr. D. 66, 1. Add

scucca

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Cwæð se hálga wer tó ðám hetolan sceoccan . . . 'Þú leásbréda feónd and fácnes ordfruma.' Se sceocca sóna fordwán of his gesihðe, Hml. S. 6, 315. Þám sceoccan Satane, R. Ben. I. 57, 5. Se feónd hæfde him mid fela óðre sceoccan, Hml.

in-brengan

(v.)
Grammar
in-brengan, p. -brohte

To bring inpresent

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To bring in or to, present Hú micele hefigra biþ se wénenda deáþ ðonne se inbrohta how much more grievous is death when it is expected than when it is presented to us, Shrn. 42, 31.

wiþ-coren

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþ-coren, adj. (ptcpl.)

Reprobate

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Reprobate Ðá ongeat hé ðæt se wæs Gode wiðcoren, se ðe on ðæt bæþ eode, Shrn. 62, 8. Ðæt yfel wræc cóme ofer ða wiþcorenan ut venire contra improbos malum, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 41

Linked entry: wiþer-coren

mirrend

(n.)
Grammar
mirrend, es; m.
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A waster, squanderer, v. mirran ; Se hordere ne sceal beón myrrend (prodigus), Chrd, 19, 13. Ná se hordere ná sí cystig oððe myrrent ǽhte neque cellarius prodigus sit aut stirpator monasterii, R. Ben. l. 62, 3

sóþ-sagol

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþ-sagol, adj.

Veracious

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Se ðe wǽre leássagol, weorðe se sóþsagol, Wulfst. 72, 16

swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
swǽtan, p. te
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</b> to send forth blood, to bleed

Linked entry: swítan

be-weddian

(v.)

to betrothpledgeplight

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Th. i. 364, 28. to assure by pledge, pledge, plight Seó weddung wæs beweddod the betrothal was made, Nic. 3, 31. Beweddedum wǽrum poetis sponsalibus, An. Ox. 1398. to give security for, with gen. Se biscop beweddade Eadwulfe þæs áðæs. Cht.