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reócan

(v.)
Grammar
reócan, p.reác

To reek, send forth smoke or steam

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Æt hreócendum heorðe, Wulfst. 170, 21. Reócendne (reccendne, MS.)weg, Cd. Th. 177, 19;Gen. 2932. Reócende hrǽw, Judth. Thw. 26, 7;Jud. 314. Hreócendum fumigabundis, Hpt. Gl. 516, 29

Linked entries: récan hreócan

mǽrþu

Grammar
mǽrþu, <b>. I.</b>
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Æt þǽre mæssan wearð his mǽrð geswutelod swá ꝥ se hálga gást hine ealne beféng on fýres gelýcnysse, Hml. S. 3, 475. Þú hine gewuldrast and geweorðast and him sylst heáfodgold tó mǽrðe gloria et honore coronasti eum, Ps. Th. 8, 6.

wæd

(n.)
Grammar
wæd, es; n.

A fordshallow waterwater that may be traverseda body of watersea

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Wyllelm king lǽdde scypferde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... him sylf mid his landfyrde férde inn ofer ðæt wæð(æt ðam gewæde, MS. E. Cf. wath Jamieson's a ford, Dict.), Chr. 1073; Erl. 211, 25.

Linked entries: ge-wæd wæð

híwisc

(n.)
Grammar
híwisc, hígwisc, es; n.

A family, household, house; also a hide of land

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God bebéad Moyse ðæt hé and eall Israhéla folc sceoldon offrian æt ǽlcum híwisce Gode án lamb ánes geáres God commanded Moses that he and all the people of Israel should offer a lamb of the first year to God from every family [a lamb for an house, Ex.

Linked entries: -isc híw-scipe

bearn-teám

progenyoffspringissuechild-bearingprocreation of children

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Þæt hié wolden fultum-leáse beón æt heora bearnteámum intercepta spe sobolis, Ors. 1, 14; S. 56, 22. child-bearing, procreation of children On ǽgþrum is mægðhád and eác swylce bearnteám, and se bearnteám ne wanode þone mægðhád, Hml. A. 31, 165.

be-delfan

to dig a graveto dig aboutto buryput under ground,to buryput in a grave or tomb

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Nim his lifre and bedealf æt þám ymbhwyrftum þínra landgemǽra, Lch. i. 328, 22. of persons (when there are no funeral rites) Hié þá Rómáne cuce on eorþan bedulfan Minucia viva obruta est in campo, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19.

ealdor-leg

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-leg, es; n.
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Nelle ic lǽtan þé ǽfre unrótne æfter ealdorlege mínre ( after my life's course is ended ) geweorðan, Gú, 1234

blissigend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
blissigend-lic, adj.

Joyous

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Joyous Se dæg is heora sóðe ácennednys; ná wóplic swá swá seó ǽrre, ac blissigendlic tó ðám écum lífe, Hml. Th. i. 354, 11

onfónd-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
onfónd-lic, adj.
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That is to be received On ǽte and on wǽte, oþþe on óþrum anfóndlicum and sellendlicum þingum (dandis atque accipiendis rebus). Chrd. 110, 8

wǽg

Grammar
wǽg, weight.
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Add Ælc man þe riht démeð, hé hæfð wǽga on handa, and on ǽgðere sceale hé byrð rihtwísnesse and mildheortnesse, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 6

ofer-hleóðor

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hleóðor, adj.

Not hearing, inattentive to sound

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Not hearing, inattentive to sound Se ðe ǽrest eáran worhte hú se oferhleóður ǽfre wurde qui plantavit aurem, non audiet? Ps. Th. 93, 9

LECGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LECGAN, p. legde, lægde, léde

to layplaceputlayto slay

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Ægru lecgan to lay eggs, Lchdm. iii. 204, 30.

hál

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Hig gemétton hálne ( sanum ) þone þe ǽr untrum wæs, Lk. 7, 10. Ne beþurfon ná ðá hálan ( sani ) lǽces, Mk. 2, 17. Ðá hálan (ðá truman, 5) incolumes, Past. 247, 3. Nys hálum valentibus ) lǽces nán þearf, ac seócum, Mt. 9, 12.

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Behealdaþ ðá hrædférnesse þisses heofenes, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 6. used figuratively: Míne þeówas sindon wísðómas and cræftas; mid þám þeówum ic eom ealne þone heofon ymbhweorfende, and þá niþemestan ic gebrenge æt þám héhstan, and þá héhstan æt þám niþemestan

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

óþ-irnan

(v.)
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to ran away, escape Hé ðære eorþan ǽfre ne ó;þrineþ, Met. 20, 138. Gif hé óþierne, L. In. 28; Th. i. 120, 7

Linked entry: óþ-yrnan

ge-lástfull

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lástfull, adj.

Helpfulofficious

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Helpful, officious Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull that every man should be helpful to other, L. Æðelst. 5, 4; Th. i. 232, 11

Linked entry: -lástfull

ge-scyftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyftan, pp. -scyft

To share, distribute

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To share, distribute Beó seó ǽht gescyft swýðe rihte let the property be very fairly distributed, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 414, 1

-scígan

(suffix)
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in ge-scígan Heora ǽlc sceal án .c. þearfendra manna fédan and ealle ða gescýgean ( provide them all with shoes ), Chart. Th. 616, 26

Linked entries: scógan -scýgean

corn-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
corn-sǽd, es; n.
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A grain of corn Hé gemænigfealdað feáwa cornsǽda in unárímede wæstmas æora pauca seminis grana in innumera segetum frumenta multiplicat, Gr. D. 253, 1

ed-staþelian

(v.)
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Beó sé áwirged þe ǽfre gedó [þæt man?] edstaðelige þás burh Hiericho maledictus vir, qui suscitaverit et aedificaverit urbem Iericho, Jos. 6, 26. Add