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BODIG

(n.)
Grammar
BODIG, es; n.

bigness or height of body, stature ⬩ statura ⬩ the trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bone ⬩ truncus corporis ⬩ the BODY ⬩ corpus

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bigness or height of body, stature; statura Ðæt se mon wǽre lang on bodige quod esset vir longæ staturæ, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 33.

scrudnian

(v.)
Grammar
scrudnian, scrutnian; p. ode
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Lamb. 118, 115. And Drihten on micelre folces menige smeáþ and scrutnoþ (scrudnaþ, MS. T. ) hwæt ða feáwa syndan ðe his willan wyrcean willen et querens Dominus in multitudine populi, R. Ben. 2, 16.

Linked entry: scrutnian

un-gerisene

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerisene, -gerisne; adj.

unsuitable ⬩ inappropriate ⬩ unseemly ⬩ indecent

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Nis ungerisne ðæt wé án wundor of monegum ásecgan nec ab re est unum e pluribus miraculum enarrare, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 38. unseemly, indecent Ðý læs hé ówiht unwyrþes oððe ungerisenes dyde mid his múþe ne aliquid indignum suae personae vel ore proferret

Linked entry: ge-risene

un-seht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-seht, adj.

Not in agreement ⬩ in hostility ⬩ at variance

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Florence of Worcester, who says that Edric summoned two Welsh kings to help him and laid waste Hereford.

weorc-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-þeów, es; m.: e ; f.
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Nabochodonossor him dyde Israéla bearn, wǽpna láfe, tó weorcþeówum ( si quis evaserat gladium, ductus in Babylonem servivit regi, 2 Chron. 36, 20), 220, 21; Dan. 74.

wóhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wóhlíce, adv.

Wrongly ⬩ unjustly ⬩ perversely ⬩ wickedly

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Seó lagu lahlíce gewítnode ða ðe wólíce singodon, L. Ælfc. P. 8; Th. ii. 366, 23. Hé cwæð ðæt hé wurde wólíce swá getúcod, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 276. Nú dó wé swýðe wólíce, gif wé ne wurðiaþ God, 13, 180: 17, 233 : Wulfst. 105, 9 : Homl.

wiþ-ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-ufan, adv. prep.

Above

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Lamb. 77, 23: Hymn. Surt. 24, 31. Grammar wiþ-ufan, as prep. Tó grǽwan stáne, ðonon wiðufan ðæs wælles heáfod, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 29, 4

ýce

(n.)
Grammar
ýce, an; f.: ýce, es; m. A (poisonous)
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Lamb. 104, 30. ¶ Yce parruca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 69, seems to be for hyce; v. hicae paruca, 116, 50

Linked entries: ice ice

and-lóman

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Gl. 514, 26 (the last five are glosses of the same passage). Andluman vasa, R. Ben. I. 62, 1. Inorf, andlu[man] suppellex, An. Ox. 4664: Hpt. Gl. 514, 25. Hé sceal fela tóla tó túne tilian and fela andlómena tó húsan habban, Angl. ix. 262, 27.

be-lǽdan

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Þe lǽs ús se lytiga belǽde on his sylfes wíte, Hml. A. 195, 10. Nellan on belǽdan (inferre) swincgla ús, Coll. M. 18, 22. Of rihtan wege belǽdan, Btwk. 196, 19. On belǽdan inrogare, ingerere. An. Ox. 3944

dyncge

(n.)
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Th. i. 438, 22. manured land Dincge navalium (cf. naualis, campi culturae dediti, Corp. Gl. H. 80, 3), Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 56. Dyncgum noualibus, i. inrigationibus, An. Ox. 1409. Dincgum, 2367. On dengum in novalibus, Kent.

eges grime

(n.; v.)
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Hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig, and flogon hine his ágene mæn, and wéndon þæt hit wǽre larbo, ꝥ is egesgríma (cf. atrum phantasma, Ald, 66, 31), Shrn. 69, 31. Egesgríman larbam (v.

ge-edcwician

(v.)
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Hé læg dumb swá oð deáþ beswungen . . . hé þá geedcucode, Hml. S. 25, 794

hosu

(n.)
Grammar
hosu, e (an ?); f. (and <b>? hosa,</b> an; m.; but perhaps hosa, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 48, might be pl., or a mistake for hose (cf. eága for eáge, 70, 42,
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See hosa in Dict. v. leþer-hosu, scin-hosu; lǽs-hosum

Linked entry: hosa

irfe-weard

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Monega land wǽron bútan ǽlcum ierfwearde largissimae hereditates et nulli penitus heredes, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 2. Míne ǽrfeweardas, C. D. i. 316, 24. Gestrýnendlicra yrfwearda (erf[w]erda, Hpt. Gl. 439, 30) liberorum procreandorum, An. Ox. 1402.

norþ

(adj.)
Grammar
norþ, adj.
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[This passage is added in a late hand.] Hét Eádward cyning átimbrian þá norðan (norðran other MSS. ) burh, 913 ; P. 97, 29. On ðám norðran dǽle wunað eall manncynn, Lch. iii. 260, 25. On ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 21. Add

secgan

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Add Þe lǽs þe hig sæggon, 'Hwǽr is heora god?,' Ps. L. 78, 10. 2. Add Cirus, Persa cyning, þe wé ǽr beforan sægdon Cyrus, rex Persarum, quem superius commemoraveram, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 22. Add Ðǽm welwillendum is tó sæcganne, ðæt . . .

ǽsce

question, inquiry ⬩ search for stolen cattle

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Fó sé syþþan tó ðe ðæt land áge and hæbbe him ðá ǽscan, 352, 17

ofer-módigian

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-módigian, -módgian, -módigan

to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride

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Ðé læs ðe hira fýnd ofermódegodun ne forte superbirent hostes eorum, Deut. 32, 27. Hwý gé ofer óðre men ofermódigen, Met. 17, 16

Linked entries: módigian ofer-módian

ge-stælan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stælan, p. de; pp. ed

To set up ⬩ put upon ⬩ impute ⬩ accuse ⬩ statuere ⬩ imponere in ⬩ imputare ⬩ arguere ⬩ accusare

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Ðý læs on me mǽge ídel spellung oððe scondlíc leágung beón gestæled ne aut fabulæ aut turpi mendacio dignus efficiar, Nar. 2, 21

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