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fore-spræc

Grammar
fore-spræc, fóre-spræc.

advocacyexcusepreliminary speecha prefaceprologue

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Ryhtes wyrðe for míre forspǽce, 170, 4. excuse Forespréc nabbas they have nothing to say for themselves; excusationem non habent, Jn.

ge-hrínan

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Suá huæd ðǽm gihríned bið quicquid eo tactum fuerit Rtl. 121, 7. to have intercourse with. Cf. wíf-gehrine Sé ðe gihríne;ð portcuoene qui adheret meretrici Rtl. 106, 30

in-segel

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III. a seal, an engraved stamp of hard material to mate an impression upon wax, &c. :-- Þonne wé sceáwiað þá inseglu and onlícnessa þe þonne gýt fullfremedlíce ne beóð ágrafene sicut necdum perfecte sculpta sigilla conspicimus. Gr. D. 283, 23

módigian

(v.)
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Hí áflígdon ðá hǽðenan þe módeg-odon ongeán God (cf. they pursued after the proud men, and the work prospered in their hand, Mace. 2, 47), 242. God gewræc his forsewennysse on ðám ænglum þe unrǽdlíce módegodon, 13, 183.

CREÓPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CREÓPAN, part. creópende; ic creópe, ðú crýpest, crýpst, creópest, creópst, he crýpeþ, crýpþ, creópeþ, creópþ, pl. creópaþ; p. creáp, pl. crupon; pp. cropen

To CREEPcrawl repereserpere

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To CREEP, crawl; repere, serpere He næfþ hjs fóta geweald and onginþ creópan he has not the use of his feet and begins to creep Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 14 Cote. MS. Him cómon to creópende fela næddran many serpents came creeping to them Homl.

Linked entries: crypel crýpan

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to washto anoint.

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Hé his handa ðwehþ (ðwéð, Surt.), Ps. Th. 57. 9. Ne þweáð (ðwés, Lind.: thuáð, Rush.) hí hyra handa, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 2. Gif ic þwóh (geðuóg, Lind.: ðwóg, Rush.) eówre fét, Jn. Skt. 13, 14. Ic þwóh (ðwóg, Surt.), Ps. Th. 72, 11.

næsc

(n.)

fawn-skin

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Gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on, Lchdm. ii. 104, 13 : 140, 10. Dó on næsc, 36, 8.

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.

Neighbouringnextvicinus

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Ðæt hý ðǽr, gehendaste wǽron on gehwylc land ðanon to winnanne that they there should be most handy for waging war thence on every land, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 5

sib-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
sib-sum, adj.
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Ða Gotan lustlíce sibbsummes friðes æt eów biddende sindon the Goths willingly ask for a friendly peace at your hands; Gothi societatem Romani foederis precibus sperant, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 22. Sibsume ł friðgeorne (ł friðsume, Rush.) pacifici, Mt.

sicol

(n.)
Grammar
sicol, (-el, -ul), es ; m.
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A sickle Ðes sicol haec falx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 72; Zup. 73, 6: Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 2 : falciola vel falcicula, 34, 63. Sicul falx, ii. 146, 77. Sicel baxus, 12, 53: Wülck: Gl. 193, 9. Ne ríp ðú ná mid sicele ( falce ), Deut. 23, 25.

Linked entry: sicel

slápol

(adj.)
Grammar
slápol, adj.
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Hana ða slápolan þreáþ, Hymn. Surt. 7, 1

twi-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
twi-dǽlan, p. de.
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Ðás twidǽledan hanc bi-partitam, divisam in duas paries Hpt. Gl. 434, 32. to differ Twydǽlþ discrepat Scint. 125, 6. Hí cristenre láre twydǽlaþ christianae doctrinae dissentient 129, 10

Linked entry: dǽlan

cyssan

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Cyssende handa osculans manus, Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Add

fadung

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Þises sealmsanges fadung (fandung, v. l.) and endebyrdnes haec distributio psalmorum, R. Ben. 44, 14. On swylcere fadunge (fandunge, v. l.) . . . eal mynstres fadung (ordinatio), 125, 4-7.

hordere

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Þæs horderes tǽcen is þæt mon wrænce mid is hande swilce hé wille loc hunlúcan, Tech. ii. 118, 10. Add

middan-geard

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His handa sint brádran ðonne xii middangeardas, 11. Ðeáh ðe seofon middangeardas sýn ealle on efn ábrǽdde on þisses ánes onlícnysse, 29.

ofer-sleán

(v.)

to reduce, subdue

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to reduce, subdue Ðæt ða munecas furþor restan ðonne healfe niht ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý on ðære nihtlícam reste and seó hǽte ðære þigene oferslegen that the monks may rest more than half the night, so that the food of tie day may be distributed

ge-þyldigean

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þyldigean, -þyldgian, -þyldian; p. ode; pp. od

To be patientto bear patientlyendureto bearenduresustainsustinerepatientiam haberetolerarepati

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Geþyldega patientiam habe, Mt. Bos. 18, 29. Ðé ic geþyldgode ealne dæg te sustinui tota die, Ps. Spl. 24, 5. Geþyldigendum patientibus, 102, 6. Gepyldiendium, Ps. Spl. T. 145, 5

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Se forma hád and se óðor hád beóþ ǽfre ætgedere ... se þridda hád is hwílon mid, hwílon on óðre stówe, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 39. Ðonne se mon nó his ágenne gielp mid ne sécþ, Past. 59; Swt. 451, 15. Gif hé nóht geseón ne mǽge mid, L.

Linked entry: mið

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Se forspeca sceal mágum on hand syllan, ðæt se slaga wille bétan wið mǽgðe, L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 15. <b>I b.