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hwemman

(v.)
Grammar
hwemman, p. de

To slopeincline

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To slope, incline Hí hwemdon ðá mid ðam scypon wið ðæs norþlandes they inclined then with the ships towards the north shore, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 25

Linked entry: hwem-dragen

laur

(n.)
Grammar
laur, lawer, es; m.

Laurelbay

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Mid lawere gebeágod crowned with laurel, Blickl. Homl. 187, 27

fore-weard

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Add Hí mid forewerdum tán stæppað uix imprimunt summa uestigia, Chrd. 64, 35. ¶. add :-- Gif hí standað on foreweardan on ðǽre sprǽce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 241, 10

bóc-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-weorc, es; n.

study

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Literary work, study Bisceopes dægweorc, ꝥ bið mid rihte his gebedu ǽrest, and ðonne his bócweorc, rǽding oððon rihting, lár oððon leornung, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 19

deófol-cræft

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Se moncwealm wæs swá ungemetlic, ðæt hié mid deófolcræftum sóhton hú hié hit gestillan mehte, and gefetton Escolafius þone scínlácan, Ors. 3, 10; S. 140, 7. Add

ele-drósna

(n.)
Grammar
ele-drósna, pl.
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Lees of oil, oil-dregs Genim þysse wyrte seáw mid eledrósnum gemencged, Lch. i. 310, 17. [O. H. Ger. oli-truosin amurca.] Cf. eles drosna under ele

fird-láf

(n.)
Grammar
fird-láf, e; f.
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The remnant of an army, the survivors of a battle Þǽr feóllon ðá hǽþenan fíf ðúsend ofslagene, and Lisias fleáh mid þǽre fyrdláfe. Hml. S. 25, 377

Linked entry: here-láf

ge-stíþian

(v.)
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Add: To make firm, stiffen Wé hiera módes meruwenesse gestíðigen mid ðǽm ðæt hié gehiéren ðæt wé hié herigen eorum tenerítudinem laus audita nutriat, Past. 210, 18

Linked entry: á-stíðian

hem

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Feald þú mid þínre swíðran hande þane hem þínes wynstran earmstoces ofer þínne wynstran scytefinger, Tech. ii. 128, 2. Add

hlyn

Grammar
hlyn, hlynn.
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Mid hlynne cum sonitu. Ps. Rdr. 9, 7. Hlynnum clangoribus (cum tuba raucisonis reboat clangoribus, Ald. 146, 19.) An. Ox. 17, 7. Add:

rǽs

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Mið hrǽs geeáde all suner impetu abiit totus grex, Mt. L. 8, 32. v. fǽr-, here-, wind-rǽs

rihthláford-dóm

(n.)
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legitimate lordship, condition of rightful lord Heó Myrcna anweald mid rihthláforddóme healdende wæs she held sway over Mercia as its rightful lord, Chr. 918; P. 105, 28

telga

(n.)
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A rod Þá beran hé slóh mid þǽre telgan ( ferula ) þe hé géwunode ꝥ hé bær him on handa, Gr. D. 229, 21

þurh-féran

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þurh-féran, <b>. II.</b>
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add: to penetrate with the mind Þes Godes wer þurhférde (þurheóde, v.l.) þá díglan þing þǽre godcundnesse este vir Dei divinitatis secreta penetravit, Gr. D. 136, 4

wencel

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Add: a servant, slave Arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene tó þǽre wyllan cum situla lignea mancipium ad fontem perrexit, Gr. D. II, 20. Ꝥ wencel, 23

feþer

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Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre sume feþer tácnum gestríce on þýne wynstran hand innewearde and lecge tó þínum eáron, Tech. ii. 126, 6. Add

hand

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Gif men sié se earm mid honda mid ealle of ácorfen beforan elmbogan, 96, 28. On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte, Bl. H. 207, 22. Mid handa, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20. Forlét hé daroð of handa fleógan of folman, By. 149.

of-þryccan

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Sume beóþ mid wǽdle and mid hénþe ofþrycte angustia rei familiaris inclusi, Bt. 11, 1; F. 30, 33. to repress, suppress. the object material Ofþryþt compresso, i. extincto (torrente incendio), An.

wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
wirgan, wirigan, wirian; p. de, ede.

to cursemaledicereto do evil

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Gif mé mín feónd wyrgeþ (wyrigde, Ps. Spl.) si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, Ps. Th. 54, 11. Se ðe wyrigð (woerges, Lind.: wærge, Rush.) hys fæder, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 4; Homl. Th. ii. 36, 10.

ge-bindan

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Hine gebindaþ þá wón wilnunga mid heora racentum, 16, 3 ; F. 56, 17. Ðú gebunde ꝥ fýr mid racentum, 33, 4; F. 130, 31. Se heáhengel mid þǽre swígunge fæstnunga geband þone fæder, Bl. H. 167, 11. Ðone sunu mid wyriungum gebindan, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 6.