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sceabb

(n.)
Grammar
sceabb, scæb, sceb, es; m.

Scab, a scab

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Per scabiem recte luxuria designatur, Past. 11, 5; Swt. 70, 3-4. Gif hé hæfde singale sceabbas si jugem scabiem habens fuerit, 11, 1; Swt. 65, 6

Linked entries: scaed sceb

wearmian

(v.)
Grammar
wearmian, p. ode

To get warm

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Se ðe nyle ðæt wlæce oferwinnan and wearmian óð hé wealle quisquis nequaquam tepore superato excrescit, ut ferveat, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 7. Se cealda ðencð tó wearmianne, 447, 17

wearp

(n.)
Grammar
wearp, es; n.

the warp, thread stretched lengthwise in a looma pliant twig that may be used in basket-making.

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Parv. 517

gástlíce

(adv.)

spirituallyspiritually

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gemunan woldest hwylcra gebyrda þú wǽre and hwylcra burgwara for worulde, oþþe eft gástlíce hwilces geférscipes ðú wǽre on ðínum móde, Bt. 5, 1 ; F. 10, 4. spiritually opposed to carnally Ðone monn ðe gǽstlíce (gást-, v. l.) liofað qui spiritaliter vivit Past

ge-andswarian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andswarian, ge-ondswarian.

to answerto respond

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D. 210, 9. to respond with action Ðonne ðæt mennisce mód Godes glædmódnesse mid gódum weorcum ne geandsworað cum largientem Deum humana mens boni operis responsione non sequitur Past. 391, 6

gum-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
gum-cyst, e; f.

Manly virtueexcellence, munificence,liberality

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He siððan sceal gódra gumcysta geásne hweorfan afterwards shall he pass away wanting in all noble virtues, Exon. 71a; Th. 265, 14; Jul. 381.

heard-sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
heard-sǽlþ, e; f.

A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct

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A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct Gong inn and geseoh ða heardsǽlþa and ða sconde ðe ðás hér dóþ ingredere et vide abominations pessimas quas isti faciunt hic, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 8.

on-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.

To change, reverseTo change, turn, revert

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Hwý is ðis gold ádeorcad and ðæt æðeleste hiew hwý wearþ hit onhworfen quomodo obscuratum est aurum, mutatus est color optimus, Past. 18, 3; Swt. 133, 11. intrans.

Linked entry: on-hwirfan

HNECCA

(n.)
Grammar
HNECCA, an; m.

A NECK, nape of the neck, back of the head

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Quasi cervicalibus caput jacentis excipitur, Past. 19, 1; Swt. 143, 14. Gníd ðone hneccan mid ðý rub the back of the neck with it, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 20, 25.

Linked entry: snecca

hnescian

(v.)
Grammar
hnescian, hnexian; p. ode

To make, or to become, soft, to soften

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Se hearda stán aðamans hnescáþ ongeán ðæt líðe buccan blód durus adamas leni hircorum sanguine mollescit, Past. 37, 4; Swt. 271, 4. Hí hnescodon sprǽca his molliti sunt sermones ejus, Ps. Spl. 54, 24.

HÓC

(n.)
Grammar
HÓC, es; m.

A HOOK

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A HOOK Hooc arpago vel palum, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 71; Wrt. Voc. 16, 43. Ic eom swá swá fisc on hóce I am as the fish on the hook, Nar. 40, 33.

Linked entries: hóced hóc-ísern

tó-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfen; pp. -hworfen

To go in different directions,to part,separateto disperse

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To go in different directions, to part, separate. of two persons or parties Ða cyningas cómon tógædere and heora freóndscipe gefæstnodon ...

be-fón

(v.)
Grammar
be-fón, bi-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ ; p. -féng, pl. -féngon ; impert. -fóh; pp. -fangen, -fongen; v. trans.

to comprehendgraspseizetake hold ofcatchcomprehendereapprehenderecapereto surroundencompassencircleenvelopcontainclothecasereceiveconceivecircumdareamplecticomplecticaperecingeretegereoperireaccipereconcipere

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Pasc. Lisl. 9, 19 : Soul Kmbl. 67; Seel. 34 : Job 19, 26; Thw. 168, 2. Saglas, golde befongne poles, cased in gold, Past. 22, 2 ; Hat. MS. 33 a, 25. Ic hér hǽlu calic hæbbe befangen calicem salutaris accipiam, Ps.

ge-gladian

(v.)
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Ne þǽr árfæstnes sib ne hopa ne swige gegladað nec pax nec pietas immo spes nulla quietis flentibus arrident, Dóm. L. 220. Hé his folc gegladode dedit requiem universis provinciis, Hml. A. 95, 107. Gegladiga laetificet, Rtl. 18, 15.

grǽdig

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</b> with gen. :-- Hé wearð eft suá ungemetlíce grǽdig ðæs gódan deáþes in bonorum necem post didicit anhelare, Past. 37, 2. that manifests eager desire Hire on hafelan hringmǽl ágól grǽdig gúðleóð, B. 1522

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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Æfter strǽta endum, Past. 135, 3. part of the human body (?): Gif nýten sig mannes ende besmiten si bestia a viro sit polluta, Ll. Th. ii. 144, 10. part, proportion (v. N. E.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

be-ládian

(v.)
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Hú hí hí willen beládian on ðǽm miclan dóme, Past. 429, 4. with gen. Heó eáþe mihte þæs forligeres unhlísan hí beládian. Hml. S. 2, 205.

ná-wiht

Grammar
ná-wiht, <b>. I a.</b>
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Oð hit mid ealle afielð, and tó náuhte wirð, Past. 279, 4. Tó náwuihte, Solil. H. 62, 28. Hé ne mihte on his móde áfindan þæt hé þone nacodan mid náhte ne gefréfrode, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 25.

on-ǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ǽlan, p. de.

to set fire to, to ignite, kindleto burn (cf. anneal), consume by burningto make hot with fireto make hot (in a metaphorical sense), to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions

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Onǽled mid ðæm andan his hiéremonna unþeáwa, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 8

be-healdan

(v.)
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H. 241, 9: Past. 317, 9: 449, 36. Ðæt hí hí behealden ðæt hí innan ne áfeallen, Past. 439, 9. Ðá ðe heá búta éghwoelcum flita behaldan, Mt. L. 5, 9 note. Hié for duste ne mehton geseón hú hí hí behealdan sceolden, Ors. 5, 7; S. 230, 16.