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éhtere

(n.)
Grammar
éhtere, éhtre, es; m.

A persecutor ⬩ persĕcūtor

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Gebiddaþ for eówre éhteras pray for your persecutors, Mt. Bos. 5, 44: Bd. 1, 7; S. 476, 37

Linked entry: éhtre

lobbe

(n.)
Grammar
lobbe, an; f.

A spider

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Mistlíce þreála gebyriaþ for synnumt bendas oððe dyntas carcernþýstra lobban various punishments are proper for sins, bonds or blows, prison darkness, spiders, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 26

ge-ryd

(v.)
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For second passage see girwan ; I; for first passage substitute : ge-rydan (ge-ryddan ?.

or-wéne

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add: with clause; and for last passage substitute Ealle Italiam geswicon Rómánum and tó Hannibale gecirdon, for þon þe hié wǽron orwéne hwæðer ǽfre Rómáne tó heora anwealde becómen omnis Italia ad Annibalem, desperata Romani status reparatione, defecit

hláford-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-dóm, es; m.

Dominion, ⬩ lordship

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Dominion, lordship For Godes ege under ðæm geoke his hláforddómes þurhwunigen and hine for Godes ege weorþigen, suá mon hláford sceal divino timore constricti ferre sub eis jugum reverentiæ non recusent, Past. 28, 5; Swt. 197, 8.

Linked entry: hláford

tó-fleógan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-fleógan, p. -fleág, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen.

to fly asunder, ⬩ fly to pieces ⬩ to fly apart, ⬩ to crack, ⬩ have breakings out (of a diseased body)

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leprosy and for a body that has breakings out on it, Lchdm. i. 352, 18

Linked entry: fleógan

wíf-hand

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hand, a; f.

The female side ⬩ female line

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The female side, female line Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe; ðonne gif ic gesealde ǽnigre wífhanda ðæt hé gestrýnde, ðonne forgyldan míne mágas . . . for ðon ic cweðe ðæt hí hit gyldan, for ðon hý fóð

dell

(n.)
Grammar
dell, (dæll), es; n. m.
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Forð be deópan delle, Cht. E. 290, 30. On scipdel; of scipdelle on cýpmanna [del]; of cýpmanna delle andlang weges, C. D. v. 48, 13. On ðæt twigbutme del; of ðám delle on beran del, 86, 20. Of úlan delle, 180, 3. On ðet del; of ðám dellæ, 242, 28.

Linked entry: dæl

stician

(v.)
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In l. 4 insert Bt. before 37. add: to project Ðonne niðer andlang strémes onbútan ðone horsgærstún ðæt hit sticað on ðǽre eá sylfre . . . forð be ámyrðlonde ðæt hit sticað on Æðeríces gemǽre; andlang ðæs weges ðæt hit sticað on Húnan wege, C.

un-gewítnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewítnod, adj.

Unpunished

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Wé beóð mid Gode suá micle suíðor gebundne suá wé for monnum orsorglícor ungewítnode syngiaþ bútan ǽlcre wrace ( quanto spud homines inulte peccamus ), Past. 17; Swt. 117, 23. of the fault for which punishment might be given Ðæt him biþ ungewítnode hiora

Linked entry: un-wítnod

eargian

(v.)
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Substitute: To grow timid, turn coward, lose heart Dumbe beóð þá bydelas þe for ege oððe ǽnigre worldscame eargiað and wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 5. Þá eargode heora án for þám ormǽtum cyle, Hml. S. 11, 156.

ge-wýscan

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Ox. 806. to wish for something (gen.) for a person (dat. ) Agathes him andwyrde: ' Beó þín wíf swylc swá Uenus. . . and beó ðé swylc swá Iouis' . . . ' Gif hí sóðe godas synd, gódes ic þé gewísce ( if they are true gods I am wishing you something good

heáf

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Nales þæt heáfe bewindeð, ne húru wæl wépeð wulf se grǽga not heard were his howls about that, nor cared the grey wolf for the carnage, Gn. Ex. 150. Byrnende for þám heáfe þǽre ásteópnesse orbitatis luctu aestuans, Gr. D. 164, 12.

tó-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sǽlan, p. de; impers. vb.

To happen amiss to a person (dat.) in respect to something ⬩ to be lack of something for a person

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.), to be lack of something for a person Ne tósǽleþ him gúþgemótes siþþan ic þurh hylles hróf gerǽce he (the dog) will not want for fighting, when I (the badger) reach through the hill's roof, Exon. Th. 397, 26; Rä. 16, 25.

á-bisgung

(n.)
Grammar
á-bisgung, e; f.

occupation, employment, business ⬩ trouble, disturbance

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Substitute the following for á-bysgung in Dict. occupation, employment, business. Similar entries v. á-bisgian, I For ðǽre úterran ábisgunge . . . for ðǽre ábisgunge ðára úterra weorca in exteriorum occupatione, Past. 127, 9, 12.

K

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Words beginning with k are to be looked for under c

ǽw-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw-fæsten, es; n. [ǽw law, fæsten a fast]

A fated or legal fast ⬩ legitimum jejunium

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A fated or legal fast; legitimum jejunium To ǽwfæstene for the legal fast. Rubc. Lk. Bos. 3, 1a, notes, p. 578

fér

(n.)
Grammar
fér, es; m.

A fever ⬩ febris

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A fever; febris Wið ǽlces dæges fére for an every day's fever, L. M. cont. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 12, 28

helfling

(n.)
Grammar
helfling, es; m.

A halfpenny

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A halfpenny Ne becýpaþ hig fíf spearwan tó helflinge are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, Lk. Skt. 12, 6

á-grísan

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Ondrǽde man dómdæg and for helle ágríse, Wlfst. 75, 6. Ágrýse, 179, 16. v. a-grise in N. E. D. Add