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fót-welm

(n.)
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Heó (Jezabel) wæs eall freten bútan þám handum ... and þám fótwylmum ( nisi pedes et summas manus, 2 Kings ix. 35), Hml. S. 18, 354. Mid dríum fótwylmum ofer yða gán, Hml. Th. i. 108, 16.

ge-neah

(v.)
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Substitute: ge-neah, pl. ge-nugon; p. ge-nohte. impersonal it suffices a person, a person has enough, abounds in Wé eáðe magon úpcund ríce forð gestígan, gif ús on ferðe geneah, and wé willað healdan heofoncyninges bibod, Sch. 35. [Cf. O. H.

íþ-ness

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H. 44, 13, Hí maciað eall be luste and be éþmesse, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 25. Þára góda and þára ýðnessa þe God hafað gegearwod þám þe hine lufiað, Verc. Först. 101, 17. Add

lácnung

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Gif hé his seócum dǽdum ealle lácnunge gegearewade si morbidis earum actibus universa fuerit cura exhibita, 11, 5. a medicine, medicament, means of healing Þá hálan lǽces ne lácnunge ne behófiað, R. Ben. 50, 19. Lác[nunge] medecinae, An.

micel-ness

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Eall tóweaxen mid mycelnessum þára clifstána saxorum molibus asperum, 159, 26. Add Hú manigfeald is seó mycelnes þínre swétnesse quam magna multitude dulcedinis tuae, Ps. Th. 30, 21.

sceard

(adj.)
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sceard, adj.

notched, hackedgashed, mutilateddeprived

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Th. 476, 9; Ruin. 5. gashed, mutilated Gif eáre sceard weorðe, L. Eth. 42; Th. i. 14, 7: 48; Th. i. 14, 13. deprived Hé wæs his mǽga sceard, freónda gefylled on folcstede, beslagen æt sæcce, and his sunu forlét on wælstówe, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 6

CROCCA

(n.)
Grammar
CROCCA, an; m.

A CROCKpitcherearthenware pot or pan vas fictiletestaolla

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On ǽnne croccan ðone ðe sie gepicod útan in a crock that is pitched on the outside 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 26, 23 Ic gedó ðæt ðú hí miht swá eáðe abrecan, swá se croccwyrhta mæg ǽnne croccan tamquam vas figuli confringes eos Ps.

Linked entries: chroa crohh cryccen

a-weccan

(v.)
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a-weccan, -weccean ; ic -wecce, ðú -wecest, -wecst, he -wecceþ, -weceþ, -wecþ, pl. -weccaþ,-wecceaþ; p. -weahte,-wehte, pl. -weahton, -wehton; impert. -wec, -wece, pl. -wecceaþ; pp. -weaht, -weht ; v. trans.

to awakearouse from sleepawake from deathe somno excitaresuscitareresuscitareto exciterousestir upcall forthraise upraise up childrenexcitareconcitaresuscitareresuscitare

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Ðæs sǽdes corn biþ simle aweaht mid ascunga, eác siððan mid gódre láre, gif hit grówan sceal the grain of this seed is always excited by inquiry, and moreover by good instruction, if it shall grow, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 80; Met. 22, 40.

be-fón

(v.)
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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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Ne hét he ná etan ðone líchaman ðe he mid befangen wæs he bade them not eat that body with which he was surrounded, Homl. Pasc. Lisl. 9, 19 : Soul Kmbl. 67; Seel. 34 : Job 19, 26; Thw. 168, 2.

GLEÁW

(adj.)
Grammar
GLEÁW, adj.

Clear-sightedwiseskilfulsagaciousprudentgoodsagaxprudensastutussapiensgnarus

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Ioseph se ðe gingst wæs hys gebróðra and eác gleáwra ofer hí ealle Joseph who was youngest of his brethren and wise beyond them all, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 8.

Linked entries: glǽw gléw

wéste

(adj.)
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wéste, adj.
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of open country, waste, uncultivated and uninhabited, desert Ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste, búton ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oþþe fisceras, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29: 1, 10; Swt. 48, 25. Ðeós stów ys wéste desertus est locus Mt. Kmbl. 14, 15.

wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
wirdan, p.de

To injurehurtannoyto injure,do wrong toviolate a lawhinder

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Ða gnættas mid swíþe lytlum sticelum him deriaþ, and eác ða smalan wyrmas ðone mon werdaþ (wyrdaþ, v.1.), and hwílum fulneáh deádne gedóþ, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 12. Mec unsceafta innan slítaþ, wyrdaþ mec be wombe, Exon. Th. 497, 6; Rä. 85, 25.

be-limpan

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Eal ðæt folc þe tó his ríce belomp, Shrn. 120, 33. Manege scíran mid weorce tó Lundenne belumpon, Chr. 1097; P. 234, 5. to be of a class Þá þuneras ne belimpað tó ðám ðunere þe on þyssere lyfte brastlað, Lch. iii. 280, 12.

ge-rýne

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V a. the consecrated elements of the eucharist :-- Hé hi gesmyrode mid gehálgudum ele, and eác gehúslode mid þæs Hǽlendes gerýnum, Hml. S. 3, 80

Linked entry: rún

gífre

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Ic heora eom swíþe gífre ǽgþer ge tó gehérenne ge eác tó gehealdanne remedia . . . audiendi avidus vehementer efflagito Bt. 22, I; F. 76, 20

hæc

(n.)
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In the following instances it is not easy to determine which of the meanings just given should be assigned in each case. In stánweges hæc the word seems to mean a gate; in the compound forms æt hacceburnan, C.

hund-teóntig

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Lbmn. 415, 21. with a number as multiplier Wintra hæfde twá hundteóntig geteled ríme and fífe eác (cf. Thare leofode twá hund geára and fíf geár, Gen. ii. 32), Gen. 1741. without a genitive.

ge-þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeaht, -þæht, e; f: es; n.

counselconsultationdeliberationadvicethoughta determinationresolutiondeviceplanpurposeconsĭliumcōgĭtātioa councilan assemblyconcĭlium

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Ðú [God] eal gód [MS. good] ánes geþeahte ðínes geþohtest thou [God] didst conceive all good by the counsel of thyself alone, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 78; Met. 20, 39: Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 20. Mid geþeahte ðínum with thy counsel, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: þeaht ge-þæht

á-teón

to draw (out),to protractto deal with,to treat a personto employ propertytimetalents

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Eal hé on onlíc weorc áteáh, Bl. H. 215, 5. Þá ǽhta Steóh hú þé lícige. Hml. S. 9, 44. Hiá hit átuge yfter hira dege swé hit him rehtlicast wére ... sué huelc swé lífes sié ágefe ðet feoh and áteé sue hit soelest sié. Cht. Th. 465, 22, 33.

synder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
synder-líc, adj.

Separate, special, privatethat is apart, separate, remoteprivate, that is done apart, not publicprivate, without distinction, ordinaryspecial, peculiar, properseparated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good

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Heora nán næfde siððan nán þingc sinderlíces, ac didon him eal gemǽne, L. Ælfc. P. 20; Th. ii. 370, 36. For synderlícum wurðmente privilegium, singularem honorem, Hpt. Gl. 411, 30.

Linked entries: sundor-líc syndrig