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ge-wrixlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrixlian, -wixlian; p. ede; pp. ed.

to changeto get by exchangeobtainto give in exchangegrant

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Kmbl. p. 2, 17. to get by exchange, obtain Hie hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím >they had got punishments innumerable, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 3; Gen. 335. to give in exchange, grant Swá sceal gewrixled ðám ðe ǽr wel heóldon meotudes willan so shall be granted

Linked entry: ge-wixlan

sláwian

(v.)
Grammar
sláwian, p. ode
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To be or become slow, sluggish, inactive Hwæs wilnast ðú ðæt dú ne sláwedest swá micel geswinc tó gefremmanne what dost thou desire, that thou hast not been slow to perform so great a labour, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 224.

Linked entry: slágian

simbel-geféra

(n.)
Grammar
simbel-geféra, an ; m.
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One who continually goes with another, a constant companion Nis hit nó ðæt án ðæt swá eáðe mæg wiðerweard gesceaft wesan ætgædere symbelgeféran, ac hit is sellícre ðæt hiora ǽnigne mæg bútan óðrum bión it is not only that it is so easy for opposites

Linked entries: ge-féra symbel-geféra

stæþ-hlípe

(adj.)
Grammar
stæþ-hlípe, adj.
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[wæs] dǽr hí gongan [sceoldon] ǽr ðon hié gerýmdon ðone upgang and geworhtan they could not pass the cave, so steep was it where they had to go, before they had cleared and constructed the ascent, Blickl. Homl. 201, 16. v. next word

Linked entries: swæð-hlýpe -hlípe

þurh-sécan

(v.)

to make search forseek outto search throughexamine

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Þe poyson þe veynes so þorwsouȝte, R. Glouc. 151, 11. O. H. Ger. durh-suohhan to search through.]

Linked entry: sécan

æfter

(adv.)
Grammar
æfter, adv.

Afterthenafterwardspostposteaexinde

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Ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned a son was afterwards born to him, Beo. Th. 24; B. 12. Word æfter cwæþ then he spake these words. Beo. Th. 636; B. 315. Ǽr oððe æfter sooner or later, Exon. 32b; Th. 103, 22; Cri. 1692.

Linked entry: æftera

for-hæfednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-hæfednes, -hæfdnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Restraintcontinenceabstinencecontĭnentiaabstĭnentia

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Gr. 43; Som. 45, 7. He hæfde swýðe mycle geornnysse sibbe and sóþre lufan and forhæfdnesse and eádmódnysse stŭdium vĭdēlĭcet pācis et cārĭtātis, contĭnentiæ et hŭmĭlĭtātis, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 7.

GÆRS

(n.)
Grammar
GÆRS, gers, græs, es; n.

GRASSa blade of grassherbhaygrāmenherbafænum

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GRASS, a blade of grass, herb, hay; grāmen, herba, fænum Gærs vel wyrt herba, Ælfc Gr. 4; Som. 3, 20 : Jn. Bos. 6, 10. Híg and gærs hay and grass, Andr. Kmbl. 76; An. 38 : Bt. Met. Fox 20, 196; Met. 20. 98.

Linked entries: græs gers

hete-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hete-líce, adv.

Fiercelyviolentlyvehemently

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Gr. 38; Som. 42, 5. Hine hetelíce swung [cf. Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 13 mid grimmum swingum swong] scourged him vehemently, Chr. 616; Erl. 23, 3. Ús Godes yrre hetelíce on sitt, God's anger presses on us fiercely. Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 109.

hyll

(n.)
Grammar
hyll, es; m: e; f.

A hill

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Gl. 97; Som. 76, 62; Wrt. Voc. 54, 6. Þurþ hylles hróf through the top of the hill, Exon. 104 b; Th. 397, 29; Rä. 16, 27. Stondende on lytlum hylle, Shrn. 70, 14. Hí huntiaþ hí of ǽlcere hylle they shall hunt them from every hill, Homl.

pluccian

(v.)
Grammar
pluccian, ploccan ; p. ode
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Gr. 28, 4 ; Som. 31, 21. Plucciaþ carpunt, vellint, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 77. Ploccaþ disceptant, lacerant, 140, 59. Pluc[ciaþ] decerpint, Hpt. Gl. 408, 37.

Linked entry: plyccan

bisceop-scír

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-scír, biscop-scír, e; f.

the province of a bishop, a dioceseepiscopi provincia, diœcesis = διoίκησιs, parochia = παρoικίαthe office of a bishop, episcopateepiscopatus

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Gl. 68; Som. 69, 123; Wrt. Voc. 42, 4. Ðæt nǽnig bisceop óðres bisceopscíre onswóge ut nullus episcoporum parochiam alterius invadat, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 32: 4, 13; S. 582. 1: 4. 6; S. 573. 39.

hǽmed

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed, es; n.

A lying with, sexual intercourse, marriagecoitus

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Gl. 9; Som. 56, 119; Wrt. Voc. 19, 2. Hǽmdo nubtiæ, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 1

Linked entry: dreám

hálga

(n.)
Grammar
hálga, an; m.

A sainta saint

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Gr. 9; Som. 9, 55

of-gangan

(v.)

to requireto extort, exact what is not dueto acquire, obtain

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Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 13. Eówer blód ic ofgange (requiram) æt eallum wilddeorum and eác æt ðam men; of ðæs weres handa ic ofgange ðæs mannes líf. Gen. 9, 5. to extort, exact what is not due:- Ofgang ða mádmas extort (from St.

ang-nægl

(n.)
Grammar
ang-nægl, es; m.

An AGNAILANGNAILa whitlowa sore under the nailparonychiadolor ad ungulam

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An AGNAIL or ANGNAIL, a whitlow, a sore under the nail; paronychia = παρωνυχία, dolor ad ungulam

drican

Grammar
drican, [ = drincan]

to drink

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to drink, Somn. 112, 113 ; Lchdm. iii. 204, 22, 23: Ps. Spl. 77, 49. v drincan

fiówer-féte

(adj.)
Grammar
fiówer-féte, adj.

Four-footedquadrŭpes

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Four-footed; quadrŭpes Sume biþ fiówerféte some are four-footed, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 27

fyrþrung

(n.)
Grammar
fyrþrung, e; f.

A furtheringfurtherancepromotionpromōtio

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A furthering, furtherance, promotion; promōtio Ceápes fyrþrung furtherance of trade, Somn, 167; Lchdm. iii. 208, 6

Linked entries: fryþing fyrderung

líc-sang

(n.)
Grammar
líc-sang, es; m.

dirge

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A funeral song, dirge Wópleóþ ł birisang ł lícsang tragædiam, miseriam, luctum, Hpt. Gl. 488, 56