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pricel

(n.)
Grammar
pricel, es; n. (?) 1. m., and
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Pricelas gálnysse aculei libidinis, Scint. 87, 12. Add

hora-seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
hora-seáþ, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 1.

Similar entry: horu-seáþ

byrdest

(adj.)
Grammar
byrdest, se byrdesta the highest born, most noble, richest, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 36; sup.
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of byrde

ge-scóe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scóe, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 7: Lk. Skt. Rush. 10, 4: Jn. Skt. Rush. 1, 27.

Linked entry: ge-scý

be-worht

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-worht, made, built, covered, Jos. 2, 1; pp.
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of be-wyrcan

ge-sceótan

Grammar
ge-sceótan, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Add Gif þám dagum hwilc freólsdæg gescýt ( uenerit ). Chrd. 44, 5. Gif for folces synnum gesceóte, swá hit oft gescýt ( sicut crebro euenire solet ), 15, 23. Add Hwá is ꝥ wite hwæt him gesceótan scyle an þís lífe? quis scit quod contingat sibi in hac

swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs, Scint. 82, 1), an; f.
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silence, absence of speech Hú se láreów sceal bión gesceádwís on his swígean (swig*-*gean, Cott. MSS.) and nytwyrðe on his wordum . . . Sió ungemetgode suíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) ðæs láreówes on gedwolan gebringþ ða ðe hé lǽran meahte, Past. 15; Swt.

Linked entries: swígness swíg-tíma swíg

bi-leác

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bi-leác, locked up, shut up, Exon. 124 b; Th. 479, 1; Rä. 62, 1, = be-leác; p.
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of be-lúcan

swilc

Grammar
swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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Add On ðǽm dæge plegedon hié of horsum ... swá heora þeáw æt swelcum ( on such occasions ) wæs, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 31. Ðá swelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt ..., Past. 293, 22. 2 a. Add Ic mæg gelíc anginn þǽm gesecgan, þéh hit swelcne

liþule

Grammar
liþule, [ = liþ-ele,
  • Cockayne, Lchdm. ii. 398, col. 1
]

synovia

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synovia Gif liþule út yrne, L. M. 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 134, 3, 8

Linked entry: ele

be-stæpþ

Grammar
be-stæpþ, steps, steps upon, treads, Jos. 1, 3; pres.
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of be-stapan

blan

(v.; part.)
Grammar
blan, ceased, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 17; p.
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of blinnan

ge-stric

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stric, For m. ? 1. n. , for the translation substitute
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leonem infestare uiderit, inimici seditionem significat, and add Wíf tósprǽddum loccum hine gesihð gestric (spriicg, MS. v. Archiv cxxv. 61, 5) getácnað mulierem sparsis crinibus se uiderit, seditionem significat, Lch. iii. 208, II

tilþ

Grammar
tilþ, <b>. II 1.</b>
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Tilþa lucra, An. Ox. 56, 309. Add

for-licgan

Grammar
for-licgan, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Heora gedohtra ... forlæg se fæder fúllíce, Sal. K. p. 121, 35. Add

faran

Grammar
faran, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Ǽlc mann þe on módignysse færd, Hml. S. 34, 315. Add

feáwa

Grammar
feáwa, <b>; I 1.</b>
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Ofer fæáwum (feáwum, 23) super pauca, Mt. R. 25, 21. <b>I 2.</b> add :-- Hí næfdon búton feáwa fixa, Mk. 8, 7. Add

fíf

Grammar
fíf, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Add Dó tó þám fífum þe Octƀ hæfð, Angl. viii. 305, 17. the abstract number Gif ꝥ gedæl byð tódǽled þurh seofon ... and þǽr byð án ofer þá seofon oððe twá ..., fífe oððe syxe, Angl. viii. 303, 46

eall

Grammar
eall, <b>. I 1 a.</b>
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Fram eallum costnungum tó ealre glædnysse, Hml. A. 26, 42. Farað intó ealne middaneard ( mundum uniuersum ), Mk. 16, 15. ꝥ Ealle þá .vii. dagas, Ll. Th. ii. 392, 13. <b>I 1 b.</b> add :-- Man déle æal healf ꝥ yrue, C.D. iii. 273, 5. <b&

ealdor

Grammar
ealdor, <b>; I 1 a α</b>
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Eálderas principes, Ps. L. 118, 23. <b>I 1 b.</b> add: Lch. i. 176, 9. Add

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