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sworettung

(n.)
Grammar
sworettung, e; f.
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Hé mid langre sworetunge ðæt orð of ðám breóstum teáh, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 80, 13. Hé wæs swíðe gewǽced on ðam langan geswince, and hé mid sworettungum wæs genyrwed, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 770.

ge-irman

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Þæt wíf hire ágenne teám mid wyriunge geyrmde, Hml. Th. ii. 34, 31. Ðá underðiéddan mon sceal lǽran ðæt hié elles ne sién genǽt ne geirmed (-iermed, v. l.) subditos non subjectio conterat, Past. 189, 16.

syn-wracu

(n.)
Grammar
syn-wracu, e; f.

The punishment of sin

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Ic ne heóld teala, ðæt mé Hǽlend mín bibeád; ic ðæs sceal geseón synwræce, 50, 2; Cri. 794

meagolmód-ness

(n.)
Grammar
meagolmód-ness, e; f.

Earnestnessdiligence

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Earnestness, diligence Hé sang ǽghwylce dæge mæssan Gode töólofe myd swýðe mycelre meagolmódnysse and myd wépendum teárum every day he sang mass to the praise of God with very great earnestness, and with tears, Shrn. 98, 3.

pluccian

(v.)
Grammar
pluccian, ploccan ; p. ode
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To pluck, pull away, tear Ic tótere oððe pluccige oððe tǽse carpo, ic of ápluccige excerpo, Ælfe. Gr. 28, 4 ; Som. 31, 21. Plucciaþ carpunt, vellint, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 77. Ploccaþ disceptant, lacerant, 140, 59. Pluc[ciaþ] decerpint, Hpt.

Linked entry: plyccan

ge-unþwǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unþwǽrian, -unþwǽrigan; p. ode; pp. od

To disagreedifferdissentīrediscordāre

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Cot.] ðǽm wordum ðe hie lǽraþ, mid ðý ðæt hie óðer dón, óðer hie lǽraþ that they themselves differ not from the words they teach, by doing one thing and teaching another, Past. 48, 4; Swt. 371, 12; Hat. MS

Linked entry: un-þwǽrian

lár-leást

(n.)
Grammar
lár-leást, -lýst, e; f.
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Lack of learning or instruction Þurh lárleáste hí ne cunnon ne lǽdan ne lǽran hí through want of knowledge they cannot guide or teach them, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 28.

ge-lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽran, ic -lǽre, ðú -lǽrest, -lǽrst, he -lǽreþ, -lǽrþ, pl. -lǽraþ; p. -lǽrde; pp. -lǽred, -lǽrd

To teacheducateinstructadvisepersuadeinducedŏcēreerŭdīrepersuādēre

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To teach, educate, instruct, advise, persuade, induce; dŏcēre, erŭdīre, persuādēre We ðé mágon eáðe sélre gelǽran we may easily teach thee better, Andr. Kmbl. 2706; An. 1355 : Beo. Th. 562; B. 278.

Linked entry: ge-lǽred

hlid

fencea gatedoor

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teáh ðá ꝥ ísen úp of ðám stáne, Hml. S. 21, 67. Hí gemétton áne mǽre þrúh . . . and ꝥ hlid (hlyd, v.l.) ðǽr tó gelimplíce geféged, 20, 82. Þrýh hlid sarcophagi tumbam, i. tumulum An. Ox. 3970. Ðonne þú cuppan wylle . . .

ofer-geótan

(v.)

to cover by pouring, to suffuse

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Dreórige hleór sealtum dropum ofergeótaþ suffuse the mournful face with tears Dóm. L. 4, 36. Ðæt scyp wearþ ofergoten operiretur mid ýðum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 24. Mid swáte ofergoten, Glostr. Frag. 104, 17. Mid wópe ofergoten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 2

rúmlíce

(adv.)
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Ic wilnige ꝥ ic rúmlícor ( largius ) geleornige ꝥ mægn þára teára, 244, 21.

CEORFAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEORFAN, ceorfende; ic ceorfe, ðú ceorfest, cyrfst, he ceorfeþ, cyrfþ, ceorfaþ; ic, he cearf, ðú curfe,;curfon; corfen; v. a.

To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engravesecare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere

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To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave; secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere He wæs hine sylfne mid stánum ceorfende erat concidens se lapidibus, Mk. Bos. 5, 5.

Linked entries: curfon cerfe

un-gerisene

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerisene, es; n., or un-gerisenu; indecl. f.

inconveniencedisagreeablenessunseemlinessindignitydisgrace

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teáh hiene ðæt hé his ungerisno sprǽce he accused him of speaking unbecomingly of him; velut sui proditorem, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 29. Wege hé ða ungerisenu ( contumeliam, Latin version), L. Ath. iv. 1; Th. i. 222, 7.

wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
wrenc, es; m.

a trickartificewilestratagema stratagema modulation of the voice

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Ðá sceolde Ælfríc lǽdan ða fyrde, ac hé teáh forð ðá his ealdan wrenceas, . . . gebrǽd hé hine seócne, Chr. 1003 ; Erl. 139, 7. a stratagem in war Hé hié mid ðæm ilcan wrence beswác, ðe hé æt heora ǽrran métingge dyde, Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 188, 32 : 6, 36

Linked entry: wrencan

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, (or túcian ?; in Piers P. (v. infra) touked occurs, but the form of the noun is tokkere as well as touker, Prol. 100 A-text, and Halliwell gives tucker = fuller as a western word); p. ode
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To treat ill, to afflict, harass, vex Unrihtwíse cyningas ðe ðis wérige folc wyrst tuciaþ (quos miseri torvos populi timent tyrannos; ða unrihtwísan cyningas . . . ðe ðis earme folc heardost ondrǽt, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 26-29), Met. 24, 60. Hé heora fela

Linked entry: ge-tucian

reótan

(v.)
Grammar
reótan, ;p. ; reát.

to make a noiseto make a noise in grief, to lament, wail;to weep, shed tears

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. ; to weep, shed tears; Lyft drysmaþ, roderas reótaþ, Beo. Th. 2756; B. 1376

Linked entries: hrútan wreótaþ reót

scyfe

(n.)
Grammar
scyfe, es; m.
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</b> glossing preceps :-- Seó ús on scefe gedwelde teáh mid wegleásum quae nos in preceps errore traxit devio, Hymn.

swimman

(v.)
Grammar
swimman, p. swamm, pl. swummon ; pp. swummen
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Hine ( a vehicle) oxa ne teáh, ne [hé] on flóde swom, 404, 28 ; Rä. 23, 14. Se swymmenda arc (Noah's ark ). Homl. Th. ii. 60, 2. of lying on the surface of water Nim ompran neoþowearde ða ðe swimme. Lchdm. ii. 52, 19 : 76, 5.

Linked entry: swymman

hring

Grammar
hring, in wópes hring.
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may be inferred from the compounds bel-, nón-hring, it is hardly with this meaning that the word occurs in the phrase wópes hring; for the epithet blát (An. 1281) is not applicable to sound, and the parallel phrase, hát heáfodwylm (El. 1133), denotes tears

ge-feohtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feohtan, p. -feaht, pl. -fuhton; pp. -fohten.

to fightpugnareto obtain by fightingpugnando acquirere

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Ðe teáh mine fingras to gefeohtanne qui docet digitos meos ad bellum, Ps. Th. 143, 1. He wel gefeaht he fought well, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 34. Margareta wiþ ðone deófol gefæht Margaret fought with the devil, Nar. 39, 28.