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druncen-georn

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Ne mót nán preóst tó druncengeorn wurðan, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 9. Ne sceal mon beón druncengeorn ne oferǽte ( non vinolentus, non multum edax ), R. Ben. 17, 15. Nǽfre druncengeorne ( ebriosi ) nágon Godes ríce, Hml. A. 145, 39. Besceáwigen ðá druncengeornan

wundor-bebod

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-bebod, es; n.

A monstrous command

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A monstrous command Hé him bebeorgan ne con wóm wundorbebodum wergan gástes, Beo. Th. 3498; B. 1747

crib

Grammar
crib, cribb.
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Add: a couch Ne ástíge ic on bed mínes crybbes ( in lectum strati mei ), Chrd. 31, 3

ýtan

(v.)
Grammar
ýtan, p. te
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To put out, to put out a person from a place, expel, banish Hér man ýtte út Ælfgár eorl, ac hé com sóna inn ongeán þurh Gryffines fultum, Chr. 1058; Erl. 192, 35. to put out a thing from one's possession, alienate, give away Hé ná mynstres ǽhta ne ýte

Linked entries: útian ýtend

wrǽtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wrǽtlíce, adv.

wondrously ⬩ curiously ⬩ wondrously ⬩ excellently ⬩ beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ nobly

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wondrously, curiously Hé (the phenix) eft cymeþ, áweaht wrǽtlíce, wundrum tó lífe, Exon. Th. 223, 29 ; Ph. 367 : 224, 19; Ph. 378. Seó wiht wæs wrǽtlíce, wundrum gegierwed, 418, 8; Rä. 37, 2: 422, 14; Rä. 41, 6: 427, 2; Rä. 41, 85: 428, 2; Rä. 41, 102

ang-ness

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Add: of physical pain Hwílum wyrmas geséceð þá uferan dǽlas and heortcoþe wyrceað and angnessa and geswówunga, Lch. ii. 176, 13. in a more general sense Ne bið þǽr a[n]gnes ne nǽnigu gnornung non angor, moeror, Dóm. L. 266. Ealle angnysse and uneáðnysse

Linked entry: agnes

sár-slege

(n.)
Grammar
sár-slege, es; m.

A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains

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A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains Wé ða heardestan wítu geþoliaþ þurh sárslege, Exon. Th. 262, 31; Jul. 341: 275, 8; Jul. 547. Ne móstun hý Gúþláces gǽste sceþþan, ne þurh sárslege sáwle gedǽlan wið líchoman, 115, 31; Gú. 198. Ðá wæs hé swungen

be-ginnan

(v.)
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be-ginnan, ic -ginne, ðú -ginnest, -ginst, he -ginneþ, -gineþ, -ginþ, pl. -ginnaþ -ginaþ ; p. -gan, pl. -gunnon; pp. -gunnen; v. a. [be, ginnan, q. v.]

To BEGIN ⬩ incipere

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To BEGIN; incipere Nóe ðá began to wircenne ðæt land Noe tunc cæpit exercere terram Gen. 9, 20 : 18, 27 : Hy. 10, 36; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 36

Linked entries: be-gan be-gunnon

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, engrave ⬩ secare, 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. He cearf of heora handa and heora nosa he

Linked entries: curfon cerfe

Exan ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Exan ceaster, Eaxan ceaster, Exe cester, es; n. [Flor. Exancestre, Excestre: Hovd. Excester; Ex. Exa the river Ex: ceaster; gen. ceastres; n. v. ceaster a city]

EXETER, Devon ⬩ cīvĭtas Exoniæ in agro Devŏniensi, ad rīpam Iscæ flūminis

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EXETER, Devon; cīvĭtas Exoniæ in agro Devŏniensi, ad rīpam Iscæ flūminis Se here Exan ceaster beseten hæfde the army had beset Exeter, Chr. 895; Th. 172, 12. He wende hine wið Exan ceastres he turned towards Exeter, Chr. 894; Th. 166, 31. Wið Exan cestres

Linked entries: Eaxan ceaster Escan ceaster

twín-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
twín-wyrm, (twin- ?), es; m. The word glosses buprestis ( = βούπρηστις a poisonous beetle, which when eaten by cattle in the grass caused them to swell up), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 35.

mangung-hús

(n.)
Grammar
mangung-hús, es; n.

A house for traffic

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A house for traffic Ne wyrce gé mínes feder hús tó mangunghúse (domum negotiationis), Jn. Skt. 2, 16

here-hlóþ

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Ne ic me herehlóðe helleþegna swíðe onsitte nor do I fear much a crew of hell's ministers. Add

on-swornod

(adj.; part.)
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confused Þonne stent ðæt deáde flæ̂sc onswornod (â-, v. l. ) and ne mæg nân andwyrde syllan, Nap. 7

un-hǽlu

(n.)
Grammar
un-hǽlu, indecl.: un-hǽl, e; f.

bad health ⬩ disease ⬩ sickness ⬩ infirmity ⬩ unsoundness ⬩ misfortune ⬩ mishap

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bad health, disease, sickness, infirmity, of persons Se oferdrenc fordéð ðæs mannes gesundfulnysse and unhǽl becymð of ðam drence, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 38. Oferfyll bið ðæs líchaman unhǽl, Wulfst. 242, 4. Búton ðé unhǽl oððe yld derige, 247, 34. Ða diófla

Linked entries: hǽlu un-hǽl

hróf-sele

(n.)
Grammar
hróf-sele, es; m.
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A hall having a roof Nǽnig wæter him for hrófsele hrínan ne mihte no water could touch him for the roofed hall, Beo. Th. 3034; B. 1515

cépa

(n.)
Grammar
cépa, an; m.

A chapman, merchant ⬩ mercator

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A chapman, merchant; mercator Nǽnig cépa ne seah ellendne wearod no merchant saw a foreign shore, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 58; Met. 8, 29. Ne geseah nán cépa eáland no merchant visited an island, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 13. Cépena þinga gewrixle the interchange of merchants

bisceop-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-wíte, es; n.
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A fine payable to a bishop (cf. e.g. Ll. Th. i. 262, § 3: 474, § 17) Ðæt ðe scýrbiscop ... hádinge ne dó on ðis abbotríce, búton seó abbod hit him bydde, ne biscopwíte episcopus dioceseos ... non ordinationem ... sine abbatis fauore arroget, ... neque

BRORD

(n.)
Grammar
BRORD, es; m?

A prick or point, a lance, javelin, the first blade or spire of grass or corn ⬩ punctus, cuspis, frumenti spica, herba

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A prick or point, a lance, javelin, the first blade or spire of grass or corn, etc; punctus, cuspis, frumenti spica, herba Brord punctus, Cot. 157. Ne furðan brordas not even blades; ne herbæ quidem, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 35. Brord herba, Mt. Lind. Rush

be-stǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stǽlan, p. de
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To lay a charge of crime on a person, to convict a person (on with dat. ) of crime þæt mé nǽfre deófel náht on ne mæge bestǽlan æt mínum endedæge, Angl. xi. 101, 53. þæt se deófol eów náge náht on tó bestélenne ungeandettes, Wlfst. 135, 31. Sé þe frióne

Linked entry: stǽlan

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