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scúr

(n.)
Grammar
scúr, sceór, scyur, es; m. : e; f. (?)
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Seó lyft liccaþ ðone wǽtan of ealre eorþan and of ðære and gegaderaþ tó scúrum, Lchdm. iii. 276, 13. Weal sceal wiðstondan storma scúrum, Exon. Th. 281, 25; Jul. 651. <b>I a.</b> metaph. a shower of missiles :-- Flána scúras, Judth.

Linked entries: scýr-mǽlum sceór

gódnes

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Add: the quality or condition of being good Óðer biþ se mon, ꝥ biþ sáwl and líchoma, óðer biþ his gódnes; þá gegæderaþ God and eft ætgædre gehelt, Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 33.

ge-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd, fate.
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Ger. ge-wurt oblectatio, delectatio] Hit is of heora ágenre gewyrde ꝥ; ꝥ hié secgað what they say is of their own good pleasure Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 33. what is agreed upon, a condition, stipulation, v. ge-weorþan ; i b Conditio gecwide vel gewyrd (or

hlutor

(adj.)
Grammar
hlutor, hluttor; adj.

Clear, pure, bright, sincere

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Genim ða ylcan sealfe hluttre take the same salve clear, L. Med. ex Quadr. 3, 3; Lchdm. i. 340, 2. Óþ hlutturne dæg usque ad ortum diei, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 13. Þurh hlutterne dæg during the daylight, Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 5; Rä. 21, 7.

Linked entry: hlýttor

a-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-byrgan, -byrgean, -byrian

To tastegustare

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Ǽlc ðæra ðe abyrgþ blódes ofer Godes bebod sceal forwurþan on écenysse we tell you that God Almighty said by his own mouth, that no man may taste any kind of blood.

dysegian

(v.)
Grammar
dysegian, dysigan, dysian; part. dysigende, dysiende; he dysegaþ; p. ede, ode ; pp. ed, od; v. intrans. [dysig foolish] .

to be foolish, act foolishly, err ineptīre, errāreto talk foolishly, blaspheme blasphĕmāre

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He dysegaþ, se ðe wile sǽd óþfæstan ðám dríum forum he does foolishly, who will sow seed in the dry furrows, 5, 2; Fox 10, 30. Ðæt ða dysegien that they are foolish, 24, 4; Fox 86, 9, MS. Bod. Ðæt hí on heortan hyge dysegedon hi errant corde, Ps.

Linked entry: dysian

eofor-þrote

(n.)
Grammar
eofor-þrote, an; f. [eofor a boar, þrote the throat]

The carline thistle carlina acaulis

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Nim eofor-þrotan sǽd take seed of carline thistle, 3, 12 ; Lchdm. ii. 314, 18. Eofor-þrotan awyl on ealaþ boil carline thistle in ale, 1, 45 ; Lchdm. ii. 110, 12, 23: 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 2: 3, 26; Lchdm. ii. 322, 24: 3, 48; Lchdm. ii. 340, 1

hú-meta

(adv.)
Grammar
hú-meta, adv.

Howquomodo

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Ðú sǽdest ðæt ðú ne mihte witan húmeta hé his weólde oððe hú hé his weólde you said that you could not see in what manner or by what means he governed it [the world ]; quibus gubernaculis mundus regatur, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 25

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cenning

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Bið ðæt sǽd unnyt ágoten, næs tó nánre kenninge ðæs cynrenes, ac tó unclǽnnesse non ad usum generis, sed ad immunditiam semen effundit, Past. 97, 10. Seó gelaðung on gástlicere cenninge ácenð bearnteám, Hml. A. 30, 160.

daru

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Þæt sǽd þe feóll be ðám wege mid twyfealdre dare losode, ðá ðá wegférende hit fortrǽdon, and fugelas tobǽron, Hml. Th. ii. 90, 14. Dare noxam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 64. Án gecyndelic ǽis gesett, ꝥ nán man ne gedó dare óðrum menn, Hml.

feter

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sæt lange on þám láðum bendum, oð þæt hé bestæl út mid his stafe hoppende and gesóhte ðone sanct . . . Se scyttel ðá ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 414-419. Gebundene feterum vinculis ligatos, Ps. Th. 106, 9.

ge-háwian

(v.)
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Ðreó þing sint neódbehéfe ðám eágan élcere sáwle: án is þæt hál sién; óðer þæt heó háwien ðes þe heó geseón wolden; þridde þæt hí magen geseón þæt þæt hí geháwian tria ad animam pertinent, ut sana sit, ut aspiciat, ut videat, 30, 5. to notice a circumstance

staþol

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Heó cwæð ꝥ þæs gyfe genihtsumode þe þǽre sáwle stadol unwemme geheóld she said that his grace sufficed who kept the state of the soul stainless, Hml. S. 23 b, 717. <b>III a.

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Sceoldon his þegnas þǽr gewunian atolan éðles, Sat. 326. ¶ figurative :-- Ǽlc þára ástynt þe on ðé (God) gewunað Deus, in quo manere, consistere est, Solil.

cassuc

(n.)
Grammar
cassuc, cassoc, e; f. Hassock, hassock-grass, rushes, sedge or coarse grass; aira cæspitosa carex paniculata, Lin
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To háligre sealfe sceal cassoc hassock shall be for a holy salve, Lchdm. iii. 24, 3. Dó in gléde finol and cassuc and récels: bærn eal tosomne put fennel and hassock and incense upon a fire: burn all together, iii. 56, 5: L.

Linked entry: cassoc

CEÁCE

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁCE, an; f.
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Ðæt biþ gód sealf wið ðara ceácna [= ceácena] geswelle that is a good salve for swelling of the cheeks, L. M. 1, 5; Lchdm. ii. 48, 11

Linked entries: céce ceác-bán

feá

(adj.)
Grammar
feá, adj.

Fewpauci

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Feá worda cwæþ he said few words, Beo. Th. 5318; B. 2662. He feára sum befóran gengde he with a few went before, Beo. Th. 2828; B. 1412. Ealle nemne feáum ánum all save a few only, Beo. Th. 2167; B. 1081. Nales feám síþum not a few times, Elen.

hefe-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hefe-líc, adj.

Weightyheavygrievousseriousgravetediouswearisome

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Ðæs ilcan geáres wæs swíðe hefelíc geár it was a very grievous year that same year, 1085; Erl. 219, 18. For hefelícum gyltum pro gravibus peccatis, L. Ecg. P. i. 6; Th. ii. 174, 17.

lah-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
lah-ceáp, -cóp, es; m.
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In the same passage occurs the phrase 'emere lagh.'

Linked entry: land-ceáp

pise

(n.)
Grammar
pise, an; f.
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Heó hafaþ sǽd on ðære mycele ðe pysan, Lchdm. i. 316, 10. Beán, pisan cicer, Wrt. Voc. ii.14, 37. Pisan gesodena on ecede, Lchdm. ii. 180, 15. Geseáwe pysan juicy peas, 254, 15. Nim ðæt wæter ðe pyosan wǽran on gesodene, 286, 29.

Linked entry: pyse