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rípan

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Mid his ritterum þe rípdon his corn, Hml. A. 108, 199. Sé ðe rípe qui metit, Jn. R. 4, 36. Lytel sáwan . . . lytel rípan, Past. 285, 24. Me mæig on hærfeste rípan, Angl. ix. 261, 14

stræcness

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D. 345, 2. cf. stræc; : rigidity Gehýr nú þá ꝥ mín mód is gebéged mid þissere cýðnesse tó geleáffullnesse, ac swá þéh eft onsænded hit hweorfað tó þǽre strecnesse ecce testimonio ad credulitatem flectitur animus, sed dimissus iterum ad rigorem redit,

wrigels

Grammar
wrigels, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hé genam áweg . . . þone wrigels (pallium) mid þý wæs bewrigen se andwlita þæs forðférdan mannes . . . and onwegádónum þám wrigelse (pallio) gnád on ansýne . . . ꝥ dúst, Gr. D. 216, 11-16

róðer

(n.)
Grammar
róðer, es; n.

An oar, a rudder

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Ne mæg scip nó stille gestondan, búton hit ankor gehæbbe, oððe mon mid róðrum ongeán tió (pull against the stream with oars), Past. 58; Swt, 445. 13

sæp

(n.)
Grammar
sæp, es; n.

Sap

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Seó dríge gyrd ðe næs mid sæpe ácucod, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 17. Sep sucum, Germ. 391, 18

Linked entry: saftriende

wæterig

(adj.)
Grammar
wæterig, adj.

Watery

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Mid ðam wæterian bleó, Scrd. 21, 27. Rixe weaxst on wæterigum stówum, Homl. Th. ii. 402, 10 : Lchdm. i. 98, 26

æscen

(n.)
Grammar
æscen, f., m. or n.

A (wooden) vessel, pail, bottle

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Arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene (treówene æscne, v. l.) (lignea situla ), Gr. D. 11, 21. Of ðám æscene ðe is óðre namon hrygilebúc gecleopad . . . and of ðám óðran æscene, Cht. Th. 439, 25, 29. Man sceal habban trogas, æscena, Angl. ix. 264, 15.

gál-scipe

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Mid gálscipe (libidine) beón gewemmed, Scint. 89, 3. Scyldað eów wið gálscypas and swíðe georne wið ǽwbrecas, Wlfst. 40, 12. Add

cnódan

(v.)
Grammar
cnódan, cneódan; ic cnóde, ðú cnódest, he cnódeþ, cneódeþ, pl. cnódaþ; p. cneád, pl. cnudon; pp. cnoden, gecnoden

To giveassigncallcarry outexalt tribuĕreattribuĕreefferre

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Gif hwæt welgedónes biþ, ðonne cnódaþ him ealle mid hérenesse if anything be well done, then all exalt him with praise; si qua bene gesta sunt, omnes laudibus efferunt Past. 17, 3;Hat. MS. 22b, 3

Linked entries: ge-cnoden cneódan

on-hróp

(n.)
Grammar
on-hróp, es; m.

importunate clamour, importunityabusive language, reproach

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Se brððor ðe hine synderlíce gebiddan wile, ne sý gelet mid (þurh, W. F.) æniges óðres onhrópe, R. Ben. 81, 9. abusive language, reproach Hosp ł onhróp improperium, Ps. Lamb. 68, 20

slingan

(v.)
Grammar
slingan, p. slang, pl. slungon

To wind, twist, worm, move as a serpent.to move quickly to wind to wind

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heó mid ealle inn if it strikes its head into the man, then it winds itself quite in. Boutr. Scrd. 20, 15

smæccan

(v.)
Grammar
smæccan, smecgan; smæhte

To taste sapere

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Al þet ich abbe mid muþ ismaht O. E. Homl. i. 189, 5. Unlouely þei smauʒte Piers P. 5, 363.]

Linked entry: smecgan

snotorness

(n.)
Grammar
snotorness, e; f.

Prudence, wisdom, sagacity

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Hí (the innocents) wǽron gehwǽde and ungewittige ácwealde, ac hí árísaþ on ðam gemǽnelícum dóme mid fullum wæstme and heofenlícere snoternysse Homl. Th. i. 84, 23. Snotornesse ł wísdóm sapientiam Ps. Lamb. 48, 4.

ge-þryscan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þryscan, p. te; pp. ed

To pressoppresspress downdepresspremeredeprimere

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Ðonne sió þreáung biþ ungemetgad ðonne biþ ðæt mód ðæs agyltendan mid ormódnesse geþrysced cumque increpatio immoderate accenditur, corda delinquentium in desperatione deprimuntur, 21, 7; Swt. 165, 19; Hat. MS

Linked entry: of-þryscan

torn-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
torn-cwide, es; m.

A speech that causes grief,bitter, grievous, distressing words

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.; woldun hý geteón mid torncwidum in orwénnysse Meotudes cempan, Exon. Th. 36, 25; Gú. 546

áþ-swaru

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mid áþsware him tó cwæð, Gr. D. 17, 19. Be áþsware . . . þú ágylst Drihtne áðswara þíne, (juramenta) Scint. 135, 3-5. þurh áþsware per juramentum, Confess. Pecc. 183, 1. Áðsware hé swór, (jus jurandum) Cant. Zach. 73.

þaccian

(v.)
Grammar
þaccian, p. ode.
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Ðaccige hé hine selfne mid ðǽm fiðrum his geðóhta cogitationum alis semetipsos feriant, 64; Swt. 461, 17.

þing-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
þing-rǽden, þing-rǽdenn, e; f.
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Mid ðínum (St. Andrew's) þingrǽdenum tuis intercessionibus, Hymn. Surt. 126, 8. Þurh heora menigfealdan þingrǽdena, Homl. Th. i. 556, 19

á-lútan

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S. 5, 29. where purpose is given Se þén tó his bletsunge mid ðám fæte áleát, Hml. Th. ii. 158, 19. to make an inclination with Seó leó áleát mid þám heáfde, Hml. S. 30, 417

drencan

(v.)
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God ús drencte mid teárum potum dedit nobis in lacrymis, 413, 11. Drynctun mec mid ecede potaverunt me aceto, Ps. Srt. 68, 22.