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for-swíðan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swíðan, he -swíþ; p. ede; pp. ed

To overcomereprĭmĕre

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Seó him sára gehwylc symle forswíðede which constantly overcame each of his pains, Exon. 46 b; Th. 160, 5; Gú. 939. Forsuíða confundere, Rtl. 50, 13; præcedere, 32, 21

in-orf

(n.)
Grammar
in-orf, es ; n.

Household goods

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For hwilcum gylta férdest ðú ðus æfter mé and tówurpe eall mín inorf quam ob culpam meam sic exarsisti post me et scrutatus es omnem supellectilem meam ? Gen. 31, 36

Linked entries: orf in-irfe

mæsse-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-dæg, es; m.

A festival

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November onginþ on ealra hálgena mæssedæg, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 56. Uppon sc̃e Laurent mæssedæg. Chr. 1103; Erl. 239, 5

meahtig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
meahtig-líce, adv.

Mightilypowerfullywith might

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Mightily, powerfully, with might Ðæt is ðæt héhste gód ðæt hit eall swá mihtiglíce macaþ, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, 32.

Linked entry: meahte-líce

borh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
borh-leás, adj.

Void of securityfidejussore carens

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Void of security; fidejussore carens Gif hwá borh-leás orf habbe ... agife ðæt orf, and gilde xx oran if any one have cattle borhless [i.e. for which no borh has been given] ... let him give up the cattle, and pay twenty oran [which at 1s. 4d. each,

scild-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
scild-wyrhta, an ; m.
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Andlang flǽscmangara strǽte ðet it cymþ tó scyld-wyrhtana strǽte; andlang scyldwyrhtana strǽte eást eft ðæt hit cymþ tó Leófan hagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 135, 18-20

syn-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-leás, adj.

Sinless, without sin

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Ne biþ nǽfre nán man leahterleás ne synleás ealra þinga, 233, 24. Biþ oft synleás yfel geðoht ðǽm gódum plerumque boni innoxie tentantur ad culpam, Past. 54; Swt. 423, 3. Úre Drihten gescóp Adam háligne and clǽnne and synleásne, Wulfst. 153, 13

and-cýþness

(n.)
Grammar
and-cýþness, e; f.
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Experience Hé wilnade þætte eall seó þeód þe hé fore wæs mid þǽre gife ðæs crístnan geleáfan gelǽred wǽre, þæs geleáfan ondcýðnesse (&-, v. l.) hé swíðust onféng on sigegefeohtum ellreordra cynna desiderans totam, cui praeesse coepit, gentem

Linked entry: cýþ-ness

dæg-tíd

Grammar
dæg-tíd, day, time.
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For 'On dægtídum in the day-time' substitute: Dægtídum at times, some days; and add Ðonne beóð ealra gesweotol*-*ude dígle geþancas on þǽre dægtíde ( doomsday ), Dóm. L. 135. Unbecweden and unforboden wið ǽlcne man tó þǽre dægtíde, Cht. Th. 209, 2.

efen-fela

(v.)
Grammar
efen-fela, (em-).
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Ealra emfela, 28, 14. adjective Mid efenfealum (-feol-, Hpt. Gl. 511, 4) reádum rosum cum purpureis totidem rosis, An. Ox. 4509

efen-sárgian

(v.)
Grammar
efen-sárgian, p. ode
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To compassionate, sympathize Eálá ꝥ mín sáwl efensárgaþ þises wífes sáre dolori hujus mulieris anima mia compatitur, Gr. D. 216, 1. Þá rihtwísan þe lifgende beóþ ne efensárgiað ( compatiuntur ) ná þám unrihtwísum mannum deádum, 336, 18.

Linked entry: sárgian

floterian

(v.)

to flutter

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Germ. 400, 492. to flutter, make short, quick flights Flotorodon praeuolant, 499. to move (intrans.) restlessly with excitement Him wæs swá uneáðe, and þá eágan floterodon he was ill at ease, and his eyes moved restlessly from one to another, Hml.

for-þyldigian

(v.)
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'Forþyldiga þínne Drihten,' þæt is þola eall þæt God be þé geþafað ... hí ealle lífes wiðerweardnesse forþyldigian (-þyldigan, v. l. ) scylun, R. Ben. 27, 5-8. Tó forþyldigenne synd tolerandi sunt, Scint. 150, 6. Add

neb-wlitu

(n.)
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Eall heora nebwlite ongann tó scínenne swilce seó þurhbeorhte sunne, 820. Him gelícode hire fægra nebwlite, Hml. A. 94, 89. Hé beseah on hire scínendan nebbwlite, 109, 245: Hml. S. 29, 169. Heora nebwlite wǽron swilce rose and lilie, 23, 780

neósung

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Godes gást áfandað ealra manna heortan, and ðá ðe on hine gelýfað, þá hé gegladað mid his neósunge, Hml. Th. i. 288, 2-9. Nis nánra geongra manna neósung tó þǽm ad quas (nuns) juvenum nullus accessus est, R. Ben. 139, 8.

nyttian

(v.)
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Eald man sceal þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum, mid gongum . . . and hý sculan nyttian lytlum metum (they must use these remedies very moderately), Lch. ii. 30, 30. Add

pyle

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Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre sume feþer tácnum gestríce on þýne wynstran hand innewearde and lecge tó þínum eáron, Tech. ii. 126, 6. Bið se elnboga underléd mid pyle, Past. 143, 18.

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb; f.
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</b> add :-- Æfter þǽm eall þeós worold geceás Agustuses frið and his sibbe, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 17

út-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
út-síþ, es; m.

A going outexcessusexitium

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Gǽst útsíþes georn the spirit eager for departure from this world, Exon.Th. 178, 9; Gú. 1241. Nágon hwyrft ne swice, útsíþ ǽfre ða ðǽr in cumaþ those who come in there never have have return or escape, never egress, 364, 31; Wal. 79

wægn-scilling

(n.)
Grammar
wægn-scilling, es; m.

A toll of a shilling on each waggon standing to be loaded at a salt-pan

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A toll of a shilling on each waggon standing to be loaded at a salt-pan Se wægnscilling and se seámpending gonge tó ðæs cynges handa swá hé ealning dyde æt Saltwíc (cf. sine aliquo tribute dominatoris gentis praedictae, id est statione siue inoneratione