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ge-frætewian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frætewian, -frætwian, -fretwian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To adorndecktrimornāreredĭmīre

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To adorn, deck, trim; ornāre, redĭmīre Ic gefrætwige orno, Ælfc. Gr. 24 : Som. 25, 41. Ic gefretwige redimio, 30; Som. 34-58. Ðé Cyning engla gefrætwode the King of angels adorned thee, Andr. Kmbl. 3034; An. 1520.

ge-miltsian

(v.)
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. ¶ in the passive the object of pity is in the dative :-- Nǽfre ne wurde syððan mancynne gemiltsod, ðe má ðe ðám deóflum is. Hml. Th. i. 112, 18. with gen. Gemiltsa mín miserere mei, Ps. L. 50, i: Ps. Rdr. 56, l.

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, hwerf, es; m.

A turnspacechangeexchange

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Kmbl. iv. 241, 37

scortlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
scortlíce, adv.
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Voc. i. 55, 15 : strictim, ii. 82, 74. Nú is óðer cwyde be gódum mannum sceortlíce gecweden, Homl. Th. i. 484, 20. Wé willaþ furðor swíðor sprecan, and wé secgaþ nú sceortlíce, Lchdm. iii. 240, 2

heorcnian

(v.)
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Th. i. 422 (not 442 as in Dict.), 2. with acc. Maria sæt heorcigende his láre (cf. his word heorcnigende, 440, 16), Hml. Th. ii. 438, 33

heals-mægeþ

(n.)
Grammar
heals-mægeþ, e; f.
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Dele 'e'; mægeþ is not inflected in the singular

hnesce

(adv.)
Grammar
hnesce, adv.

Softly

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Softly Ic eom hnesce understreówod, Hml. S. 37, 201

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, a whirlpool.
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Dele: probably swyttes in the gloss is for swyftes

þyldigian

(v.)
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Ic ðyldgode susíinui, Ps. Rdr. 1. 9, 4. Add

þwang

(n.)
Grammar
þwang, es; m.: e; f.

A thongstrip of leather

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Ðæs ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceóna þwanga (ðuongas, Lind.: þwongas, Rush.) búgende uncnytte cujus non sum dignus procumbens soluere corrigiam calciamentorum ejus, Mk. Skt. 1, 7

Linked entry: þweng

frysca

(n.)
Grammar
frysca, an; m.
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The name of some bird Frysca butio (butio is a bittern. but is glossed by cýta, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 32: 63, 17: ii. 11, 35), Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 34. Cýta, frisca butium, 126, 81

Linked entry: frisca

tweógung

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Ic wille ániman fram þám þe þás bóc rǽdað þone intingan ǽlcre tweónnge (tweónge, v.l.) æt ǽlcum þǽra spella þe ic wríte ut dubitationis occasionem legentibus subtraham per singula quae describo, Gr. D. 9, 6. Add

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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I. P. 43; Th. ii. 276, 23 : L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 11 : L. E. I. 25; Th. ii. 422, 8, 9 : L. Ath. v. 8, 1; Th. i. 236, 8 : Wulfst. 238, 28 : Homl. Skt. i. 23, 200 : Lchdm. i. 400, 9. Ic ann ðæs landes intó mynstre Sca Marian þances, Chart.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

FEOH

(n.)
Grammar
FEOH, fioh; gen. feós; dat. feó; n.

cattleliving animalspĕcusjūmentaMoneyvaluepricehirestipendFEErewardpĕcūniamercesGoodspropertyricheswealthbŏnadīvĭtiæŏpes

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Ic ðé ða fǽhþe feó leánige I will recompense thee for the strife with money, Beo.

Linked entries: feá fioh feoh-fang

hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
hreów, adj.

fiercesævusmæstus

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In Andr. Kmbl. 2233; An. 1118 the alliteration seems to require reów. In the compounds blód-, wæl-hreów the second syllable seems to be hreóh [or is it reów, or may hreów be a confusion of the two forms?]

gebed-hús

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Th. ii. 582, 6. Add

spiweþa

(n.)
Grammar
spiweþa, an;m.

vomitingvomit, what is vomited

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P. iv. 47; Th. ii. 218, 5. Hund eft hwyrfde tó his spiwðan, Shrn. 37, 16

Linked entry: speowþa

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n.

Shape, make, form, fashion, species, kind, appearance, symbol, hue, colour, beauty

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Heó is on onsýne útan yfeles heowes outside it is in appearance of a very poor kind, Blickl. Homl. 197, 11. Seó is brúnes heowes it is of a brown colour, 73, 22. Ánes hiwes uniformis, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 42. Hwælan hiwes of a whale's shape, Salm.

sceand-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceand-líc, j adj.

infamous, base, viledisgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene disgraceful

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Ðære heofonlícan Hierusalem cyning is Crist, ðære scandlícan Babilonian cyning is deófol, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 32. Ðá com ðæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlícum gegadum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 164.

a-lýfþ

is it allowable?licet?

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is it allowable? licet?Mk. Bos. 3, 4