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fífteóða

(adj.)
Grammar
fífteóða, fíftéða, fíftegða, fýfteogeða; seó, ðæt fífteóðe; adj.

The FIFTEENTHquintus dĕcĭmus

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Heó leórde ðý fífteóðan dæge transīvit die quinta décíma, 4, 23; S. 592, 39. Ðý fíftegðan geáre in the fifteenth year, 4, 26; S. 602, 21

Linked entries: fíftegða fýfteógða

hefig-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hefig-ness, e; f.

Heavinessslownessweightgriefaffliction

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Ne geman heó ðære hefinysse non meminit pressuræ, Jn. Skt. 16, 21. Yfelra úserra hefignisse malorum nostrorum pondere, Rd. 15, 30: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 12. Hefignise gebær ægrotationes portavit, 8, 17

teld

(n.)
Grammar
teld, es; n.

A tent, pavilion; left still in tilt of a cart

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A tent, pavilion; left still in tilt of a cart On ðam telde ( tabernaculo ) heó ys, Gen. 18, 9. Eardungstówa Ō teld his tabernaculum ejus, Ps. Spl. 17, 13. Mon teld (geteld, MS.

cwician

(v.)
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S. 12, 31. to become sensitive, recover feeling, power Gif wund on men ácólod sý . . . heó cwicaþ and wearmað, Lch. i. 194, 25. Wæs sum mǽden licgende on paralisin . . . ealle hire lima cucodon, Hml.

frum-cenned

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Dele last passage, and add: first-born Næs þæt cild for ðí gecweden hire frumcennede cild swilce heó óðer ácende, ac for ðí þe Críst is frumcenned of manegum gástlicum gebróðrum, Hml. Th. i. 34, 24.

mere

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Add: the female of the horse Þ mǽden wæs swá forbroden swylce heó án myre wǽre, Hml. S. 21. 475. Gif man of myran folan ádrífð, Ll.

merigen

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Heó swór ꝥ Helias sceolde ðæs on mergen (merigen, v. l. ) sweltan, 18, 158

ymb-gang

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Add Hiere ymbegong wæs xxx míla, and eall heó wæs mid sǽ útan befangen bútan þrím mílum viginti millia passuum muro amplexa, iota pene mari cingebatur, absgue faucibus, quae tribus millibus passuum aperiebantur. Ors. 4, 13 ; S. 210, 29.

wealca

(n.)
Grammar
wealca, an ; m.

a roller a wave billow a garment that may be rolled round a person a muffler wrap veil.

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Similar entries v. wealcian Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf and nam hire walcan (theristrum), Gen. 38, 14

Linked entries: walca wealcan

wín-sele

(n.)
Grammar
wín-sele, es; m.

A wine-halla hall where there is feasting

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A wine-hall, a hall where there is feasting Nis hér (in Hell) wloncra wínsele, ne worulde dreám, Cd. Th. 270, 21; Sat. 94. Se wínsele (Hrothgar's hall), Beo. Th. 1547; B. 771. In ðæm wínsele, 1394; B. 695.

Linked entry: wín-sæl

bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, g. bóce? béc; d. béc; acc. bóc; pl. nom. acc. béc; g. bóca; d. bócum, bócan; f.

a BOOKlibera charterchartafor the books which a priest ought to possessfor his canonical hours

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Th. 39, 8; in the hed of the boc it is write of me, that I do thi wil, Wyc. Ic wrát bóc I wrote a book, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, note 37. Adilga me of ðínre béc dele me de libro tuo, Ex. 32, 32, 33. Swá he ða bóc unfeóld so he unfolded the book, Lk.

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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ꝥ sóð árǽdde, 4, 20. Þæt him bócstafas árǽdde and árehte, Dan. 741. Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde, Ap. Th. 3, 10. árǽdan ne mihte þæs apostoles dégol. Bl.

gréting

(n.)
Grammar
gréting, e; f.
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Sendaþ mín heáfod án to grétinge and bringaþ mínre méder ðæt heó ðæt cysse send my head only in greeting and bring it to my mother that she may kiss it, Shrn. 139, 28.

ge-hírness

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Healte men onféngon heora gouge, and deáfe gehýrnesse, Shrn. 137, 28. hear-ing, listening Manige men þá word lustlíce gehýraþ . . . seó gehýrnes and seó geornnes ne bið nyt on þǽm ungelýfdum mannum, Bl.

ge-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brítan, p. te; pp. ge-briacute;ted, ge-brítt
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Take here ge-brytan (l. -brytan) in Dict. and add Gebrýtte fricabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 39. lit. Ðeós wyrt hafað geoluwe blóstman, and gif þu hý betweónan þínum fingrum gebrýtest, þonne hafað heó swæc swylce myrre, Lch. i. 256, 9.

mis-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-wendan, p. de.

To pervertapply to a wrong useabuseTo turn in a wrong direction, be perverted

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begann tó þreágenne ða gebróðru ðe miswende wǽron he began to rebuke the two brothers who were perverted, 66, 34. Mid þweorum ðú bist miswend cum perverso perverteris, Ps. Lamb. 17, 27. intrans.

ge-bígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bígan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [ge-, bígan to bow, bend]

To bowbendturninflect or decline a part of speechtwistbow downhumblebring undersubduecrushflectĕreinflectĕredeclīnārehumiliāre

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To bow, bend, turn, inflect or decline a part of speech, twist, bow down, humble, bring under, subdue, crush; flectĕre, inflectĕre, declīnāre, humiliāre He hí to fulluhte gebígde he brought them to baptism, H. R. 101, 26.

swangor

(adj.)
Grammar
swangor, adj.
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Heavy in movement of the body or mind, slow, slothful, sluggish, indolent, physically Nis (the Phenix) swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum ac is snel and swift non est tarda, ut volucres quae corpore magno incessus

Linked entry: swenge

be-nǽman

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wæs benǽmed manncynnes, 216, 17: S. 2, 290. Hí wǽron benǽmode (-ede, -de, v. ll. ) lífes, Hml. A. 69, 92. with dat. (inst.) of thing Hí wǽron heora ǽhtum benǽmede (-némde, v. l.) possessiunculis suis ejecti.

folc-riht

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Ne lǽte nǽfre his hýrmen hyne ofer wealdan (oferwealdan ?), ac wilde (wille,MS.) ǽlcne mid hláfordes creafte and mid folcrihte, Angl. ix. 260, 29.