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molsnian

(v.)
Grammar
molsnian, p. ode

To moulderbecome corruptdecay

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P. iv. 48; Th. ii. 218, 8. Ðeáh mín líc scyle on moldærne molsnad weorþan, Exon. 64 a; Th. 235, 29; Ph. 564

Linked entries: a-molsnian ge-molsnian

ge-boned

(v.)
Grammar
ge-boned, part.

Polishedburnishedpŏlītus

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Polished, burnished; pŏlītus He hæfþ ðiderynn gedón ii mycele gebonede róda, and ii mycele Cristes béc gebonede, and iii gebonede scrín, and i geboned altare he has placed therein two large burnished crosses, and two large Christ's books [= Gospels]

á-ídan

(v.)
Grammar
á-ídan, p. de
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[The rarity of the verb (the three last instances are glosses in different MSS. of the same passage in Aldhelm), and the fact that eliminare is elsewhere glossed by á-nídan, á-ýtan (q. v.) may suggest a doubt as to the genuineness of á-ídan.]

Linked entry: -ídan

dwellan

(v.)
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Álýse mé of ðám gedwolan þe ic on oð þisum dwealde, Shrn. 170, 17. Hí dweldon on wéstene erraverunt in solitudine, Ps. Spl. 106, 4

geong-lic

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Take here <b>iung-lic</b> in Dict., and add For geonglices (geonlices, v. l. ) mǽdenes plegan, Mart. H. 156, 18. Iunglices cildhádes nascentis infantie, An. Ox. 966. On iunglicere in tenero, i. iuuenili, 3360.

Linked entry: geon-lic

sceadd

(n.)

a shad

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Ribble and the Mersey, and in Wirral . . . on the condition that, when shad are in season, each of them give .iii. thousand shad to the convent at Burton, Chart.

Linked entry: sceadd-genge

hláford-swice

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-swice, es; m.

Treachery to a lord, treason

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one's lord is to betray his soul, and very great treachery also is it to deprive him of life, or to drive him from the country alive, Swt.

for-spillan

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Rdr. 53, 7. ꝥ ic forspille (disperderem ) of ceastre ealle, Ps. Srt. 100, 9. Is nédðearf ꝥ hié man forspille, and mid ordum hié man sleá, Bl. H. 189, 29: Ll. Th. i. 304, 20. Hí eów wyllað forspyllan and eówre rýce tówurpan, Hml.

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Ic eom se ilca God þe þone weligan and þone heánan geworhte, Wlfst. 259, 8.

for-wered

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Take here <b>for-werod</b> in Dict., and add: Used-up Foruerit abusus, Txts. 109, 1135. of material, worn out In wéde ald ł foruered in vestimentum vetus, Mt. L. 9, 16. of persons, decrepit Forwered decrepita (anicula ), An. Ox. 2109.

Linked entry: for-werod

ge-sundful

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Cf. ge-sund; Hwíl*-*tídum þeós weorold is gesundful, hwílon heó is mid mislicum þingum gemenged, Hml. Th. i. 182, 34. Ðurh cynincges wísdóm folc wyrð gesǽlig, gesundful, sigefæst, Ll. Th. ii. 306, 5.

hlóse

(n.)
Grammar
hlóse, an; f.

A pigstyelewzflooze

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Voc. ii. 130, 77. Fald weoxian, scipena behweorfan and hlósan eác swá, Angl. ix. 261, 19. hlós- occurs in a number of local names: Oth hlóscumbes heáfud, C. D. B. ii. 392, 32. Ðis synt ðá denbǽra . . . hlósdionu, swánadionu . . . C. D. ii. 195, 16.

hǽðen-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-scipe, es; m.

Heathenism, paganism

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S. 5; Th. i. 378, 17, 20. Ðæt ys mycel hǽðenscype id magnus est paganismus, L. Ecg. P. 4, 20; Th. ii. 210, 19 : L. N. P. L. 48; Th. ii. 296, 27 : Chr. 634; Erl. 25, 31.

ge-eácnung

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H. 143, 24. in passive sense Sci Iohannis geeácnung, Shrn. 133, 26. what is conceived Hyre geeácnung (or l ?) is of ðám Hálgan Gáste (quod in ea natum est de Spiritu Sancto est, Mt. l, 20), Hml. As. 135, 630.

HEBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEBBAN, hæbban; p. hóf, pl. hófon; pp. hafen, hæfen

To HEAVE, lift up, raiselevare, extollere

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To HEAVE, lift up, raise Ic míne handa tó ðé hebbe and þenige expandi manus meas ad te, Ps. Th. 87, 9. Tó ðé ic hæbbe mín mód ad te levavi animam meam, 24, 1.

Linked entries: ge-hebban hafen

searu-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
searu-þanc, es; m.
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a cunning (in a bad sense) thought, device, artifice, wile Geþeóddum searaþancum adhibitis argumentis, Hpt. Gl. 502, 16. Eác ic gelǽrde Simon searoþoncum, ðæt hé sacan ongon, Exon. Th. 260, 16; Jul. 298.

ge-earnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-earnian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od

To earndeserveenjoymereripromererifrui

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To earn, deserve, enjoy; mereri, promereri, frui Ic ge-earnige mereor, ðú ge-earnast mereris, he ge-earnaþ meretur, ic ge-earnode merui vel meritus, Ælfc. Gr. 27; Som. 29, 64, 65 : 33; Som. 36, 49.

bed

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bed, = bæd; p. of biddan.

asked

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asked Ic bed petii, Ps. Spl. 26, 7

Ciltern-sǽte

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In 1. 2 after Cilternsǽtna add: landes is

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, p. -fánd, pl. -fúndon; pp. -fúnden

To finddetectfeelexperienceinveniredeprehendereexperirisentire

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Ic afínde experior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 55. Ðis wíf wæs afúnden on unrihton hǽmede hæc mulier deprehensa est in adulterio, Jn. Bos. 8, 4: Bt. 35, 5 ; Fox 162, 31

Linked entry: a-fúnden