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slecg

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Sleándre slecge tundentis mallei, An. Ox. 11. 71. Sum slóh mid slecge swíðe þá hæpsan, Hml. S. 32, 202. Add

wiþ-bregdan

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Sum man him onsænde be his cnihtum twá spyrtan . . . þára óðre se cniht wiðbrǽd (subripuit), Gr. D. 203, 5. Add

for-wyrpnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrpnes, -ness, e; f.

A rejectionabjectio

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A rejection; abjectio Ic eom forwyrpnes oððe aworpennys folces ĕgo sum abjectio plēbis, Ps. Lamb. 21, 7

brægen-loca

(n.)
Grammar
brægen-loca, an ; m.

The headskull

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The head, skull Ic (a lance) þrísta sum under brægnlocan (hrægn-, MS.) [bealde þringe?], Ru. 72, 21

fram-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
fram-fleón, p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon; subj. p. -fluge, pl. -flugen; pp. -flogen

To flee fromaufŭgĕre

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To flee from; aufŭgĕre Ðæt hí him framflugen that they should flee from them, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 10

fór-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; subj. pres. -grípe, pl. -grípen; pp. -gripen

To take beforecarry off prematurelypre-occupyprærĭpĕrepræ-occŭpāre

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To take before, carry off prematurely, pre-occupy; prærĭpĕre, præ-occŭpāre Wæs heó mid deáþe fórgripen illa morte prærepta est, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 27: 3, 29; S. 561, 17. Ðý-læs hit sí mid deáþe fórgripen ne morte præ-occŭpētur, 1, 27; S. 492, 30, note

ge-fylstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fylstan, ic -fylste; subj. pres. -fylste; p. [-fylstede], -fylste, pl. -fylston; pp. fylsted

To helpgive helpadjuvare

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To help, give help; adjuvare Ðæt heó him gefylste that she might assist them, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 45. God gefylsteþ me Deus adjuvat me, Ps. Spl. 53, 4. Driht, to gefylstan me efste Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina, 69, 1

wan-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-spédig, adj.
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Poor, indigent Sum ǽhta onlíhð; sum bið won*-*spédig. Exon. Th. 295, 11 ; Crä. 31. Ðín wanspédiga mǽg attenuatus frater tuus, Lev. 25, 25. Ðás læssan lác, ðe wǽron wannspédigra manna lác. Homl. Th. i. 140, 6. Uton dón þearfum and wannspédigum sume híððe

drǽfend

(n.)
Grammar
drǽfend, es; m.

A hunter venātor

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A hunter; venātor Sum biþ deóra drǽfend one is a hunter of beasts, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 24; Crä. 38

gearu-wyrdig

(adj.)
Grammar
gearu-wyrdig, adj.

Ready in wordseloquentverbis promptus

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Ready in words, eloquent; verbis promptus Sum biþ gearu-wyrdig one is eloquent, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 21; Crä. 36

un-gelícian

(v.)
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to displease Hæbbe sum óðer wimman ealne hire wurðmynt hire ungelícu seó ðe þé oflícige (ungelícige, v.l. ), Hml. A. 94, 66

Linked entry: ge-lícian

ge-mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽran, to celebrate.
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Sum bróðor mid godcundre gyfe gemǽred (-mǽrsad, v.l.) and geweorþad (insignis ), Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 2. Add

swíþ-snel

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-snel, adj.
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Very quick Sum biþ swíðsnel, hafaþ searolíc gomen gleódǽda, leóht and leoþuwác, Exon. Th. 298, 8; Crä. 82

Linked entry: snell

alexandrinisc

(adj.)
Grammar
alexandrinisc, adj.
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Of Alexandria Sum Alexandrinesca quidam Alexandrinus, Mt. p. 10, 13. Alexandriniscæ biscob Alexandriae episcopus, Mk. p. 2, 2

cýþere

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Swilce ðǽr gereste sum hálig cýðere. Þá befrán Martinus ðæs martires naman, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 28. Add

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, a people.
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Þanan hý sum þeódscipe columbinam háteð, Lch. i. 170, 14. Þeódscipum ongemang, ... byrgum tómiddes, Dóm. L. 282. Add

heáh-gesamnung

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-gesamnung, e; f.

A chief assembly, synagogue

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A chief assembly, synagogue Ðá com sum of heáhgesamnungum et venit quidam de archesynagogis, Mk. Skt. 5, 22

Linked entry: heáh-samnung

scilling

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Add Sum mon sealde óþrum scilling seolfres tó borge, Shrn. 127, 25. Scil[ing] dragmam, An. Ox. 348. Hú þá scillingas (solidi) wurdon þurh wundor ágifene þám biddendum . . . Sum wer . . . sǽde ꝥ hé wǽre geswenced from his moniendan for .xii. scyllingum

dúfe-doppa

(n.)
Grammar
dúfe-doppa, an; m.

A pelican pelĭcānus = πελέκανos

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A pelican; pelĭcānus = πελέκανos Gelíc geworden ic eom niht-hræfne oððe dúfedoppan wéstennes simĭlis factus sum pelĭcāno solĭtūdĭnis, Ps. Lamb. 101, 7

Linked entry: doppa

metod-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
metod-gesceaft, e; f.

Decree of fatedeath

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Decree of fate, death Sum sceal seonobennum seóc sár cwánian, murnan meotudgesceaft ( approaching death ), Exon. 87 b; Th. 328, 19; Vy. 20