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wærcan

(v.)
Grammar
wærcan, p. wærhte.

to painto suffer painbe troubled

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(used impersonally) to pain Gif hine innan wærce, Lchdm. ii. 272, 11. Gif ða þeóh wærce, 312, 7. Ðonne monnes wambe wærce oððe rysle, 318, 20. to suffer pain (?)

Linked entry: werhte

smæl-þearme

(n.)
Grammar
smæl-þearme, es; n.

The small gut, lower abdomen

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Síhþ innan ðone rop and on ðæt smælþearme 232, 15: 246, 21. Ðá þýdde Æfner hine mid hindewerde sceafte on ðæt smælþearme percussit eum Abner aversa hasta in inguine Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 18

wítegend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wítegend-líc, adj.

Prophetic

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Ðæt cild on his módor innoðe . . . mid wítigendlícre fægnunge getácnode ðone tócyme úres Álýsendes, Homl. Th. i. 352, 28. Hí wiston ða tówerdan ðing, and mid wítigendlícere gyddunge bododon, 540, 25

rýman

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Add Heom ic rǽde and rýme, gif hí mé willað híran mid rihte, Wlfst. 134, 2. add: to make way for a person (dat. ) Hé þá inn eóde, and him man sóna hrýmde, and hé þá sóna eóde binnan þone weóhstal, Vis. Lfc. 68. Seó leó forstód him þá duru . . .

égor-streám

(n.)
Grammar
égor-streám, eágor-streám,es ; m.

A water-stream, water, the seaunda, flŭvius, măre

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A water-stream, water, the sea; unda, flŭvius, măre Ðiós eorþe mæg and égorstreám cræfta náne adwæscan ðæt ðæt him on innan sticaþ this earth and sea can by no means extinguish that which in them remains. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 236; Met. 20, 118.

Linked entry: eágor-streám

ge-tang

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tang, adj.
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In juxtaposition, close to an object Sió filmen . . . is on óðre healfe brád, ge hríneð ðǽre sídan, on óðre is ðám innoðe getang, Lch. ii. 243, 21.

ge-bryttan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bryttan, p. te
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Gif þá finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebrǽd swíþe, and gebryte on drincan and sele þám seócan drincan, Lch. ii. 90, 10. Heorotes lungena ... þonne hié ful wel ádrúgode synd, gebryte and gegníd, and gesomna mid hunige, 216, 9

Linked entries: bryttan ge-brittan

prician

(v.)
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To produce a pricking sensation [used impersonally Hyt pricaþ innan þan sculdru and on þan hrigge swilce þǽr þornas on sý, Lch. iii. 120, 10.]

hand-stoc

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Substitute: A sleeve Gylecan tácen his þæt þú strece forð þín wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þínre wynstran hande, Tech. ii. 127, 14. Ymbe þæt útan þe þæs scapularæs handstoca áteóriað, 20.

hege-rǽwe

Grammar
hege-rǽwe, l. hege-rǽw,
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Innan þá hegreáwe, 9. In ðá hegreáwe; æfter þǽre heghreáwe, Cht. E. 239, 2. On Dæneheardes hegerǽwe, C. D. ii. 54, 11. Hegeránne, v. 71, 7. and add

líc-tún

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Add: — Hit wæs eald þeáw on þissum landum ꝥ mon oft forðgefarene men innan cyrcean byrigde, and þá stówa þe wǽron tó Godes þeówdðme gehálgode . . . mon worhte tó líctúnum . . .

smíte

(n.)
Grammar
smíte, an; f.

A foul, miry place

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Of smítan on ðone stán . . . of ðære apoldran innan smítan v. 105, 13-36

Snotinga-hám

(n.)

Nottingham

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Nottingham Hér fór se ilca here innan Mierce tó Snotengahám (Snotinghám, MS. E.) Chr. 868; Erl. 72, 21. Fór hé tó Snotingahám and gefór ða burg and hét hié gebétan and gesettan ǽgðer ge mid Engliscum mannum ge mid Deniscum 922; Erl. 108, 30.

eorþ-weall

a rampart

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Inn under eorðweall, 3090. (Cf. under wealle, 3060. Beorges getrúwode, wíges and wealles, 2323.)

spere

(n.)
Grammar
spere, es; n.

A spearlancepikejavelinshooting painstitchhasta, lancea, sparus, catapulta

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In the following the word refers to a shooting pain or stitch Út lytel spere gif hér inne sié, Lchdm. iii. 52, 18

wíd-gangol

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gangol, adj.
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Ðonne wé sittaþ innan ceastre, wé ús betýnaþ binnan ðǽm locum úres módes, ðý læs wé for dolsprǽce tó wídgangule weorðen in civitate considemus si intra mentium nostrarum nos claustra constringimus, ne loquendo exterius evagemur, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 7

Eáster-wucu

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Innon þǽre Eásterwucan on .xiiii. k̵. Mai, Chr. 1061; P. 190, 2. Ǽr þám hálgan Eástron and ealle þá Eásterwucan ante sanctum Pascha et per totam hebdomadam paschalem, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 18. Add

efes

Grammar
efes, efesc.
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Innan hangran; swá forð be æfise . . . be efise (æfisc, efisc, C. D. B. ii. 304), v. 184, 11, 13. Add

hold-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hold-scipe, es; m.

Loyalty, fealty, allegiance

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Loyalty, fealty, allegiance Eallra ðæra manna land hí fordydon ðe wǽron innan ðæs cynges holdscipe they destroyed the lands of all those men that were in allegiance to the king, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 15.

fús-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
fús-leóþ, es; n.

A parting-songdeath-songdirgemŏrientis cantusfūnebris nēnia

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A parting-song, death-song, dirge; mŏrientis cantus, fūnebris nēnia Ðǽr wæs ýþfynde innan burgum fúsleóþ galen there was easy to be found within the dwellings the death-song sung, Andr. Kmbl. 3097; An. 1551.