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on-teón

(v.)
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to withdraw, pull away, extract Ðonne þû wîn habban wille, þonne dô þû mid þînum twâm fingrum swilce þû tæppan of tunnan onteón wille, Tech. ii. 120, 10. to pull apart, untie Gewunedon þá þwangas . . . of mycclum dæ̂le ontogone (un-, v. l.) magna ex

réþigian

(v.)
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Ꝥ hé gesáwe þone feónd réðian (réðigian, v. l. saevire) on hine mid his múþe, Gr. D. 122, 11. Hí ongunnon má réðian (reðgian, v. l. ) and hí gebelgan, 219, 10. Réð giende (reðigiende, v. l.) hí Libertinum sóhton, 16, 16: 104, ll.

riftere

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Hé wearð ofslagen . . . on hærfestlicre tíde úte mid his rifterum þe rípdon his corn, Hml. A. 108, 199. Add

sceádan

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Eást úp suae ðet ealden fæstan scáðe; andlang ðes fǽstenes, 70, 30. (1 a) to remove from association or companionship :-- Mið ðý menn sceádas iúih cum homines separauerint uos, Lk. L. 6. 22.

sealt

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Láreówum gedafenað þæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 17. See Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 69 sqq. on the subject of salt-works

sprecel

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</b> Add: v. micel-, mid-, swíþ-, yfel-sprecende: <b>sprecendlic.</b> v. tó-sprecendlic: <b>sprecolness.</b> Add: v. fela-sprecolness: <b>spreng.</b> v. ǽ-spreng (under ǽ-spryng)

cúþ

Grammar
cúþ, <b>; I.</b>
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Add Hié nǽnigne cúðne næfdon, mid hwám hié wunian meahton nullus erat notus, apud quem potuissent hospitari, Verc. Först. 83, 5. Manige his cúðra manna, ge æþelcunde ge óðre, þá þe hine swíðe árodon, Gr. D. 22, 14

wacor

(adj.)
Grammar
wacor, adj.

Watchful, vigilant

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Sint tó manienne ða ðe hiera synna onfunden habbaþ, ðætte hié mid wacore móde (vigilanti cura) ongieten..., 52; Swt. 405, 8. Ðonne móton ða hyrdas beón swíðe wacore, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 27: L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 27

Linked entries: wracu wæccer

watel

(n.)
Grammar
watel, es ; m.

A wattle interwoven twigs

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Ðá ástigon hig uppan ðæne hróf þurh ða watelas (per tegulas) and hine mid ðam bedde ásendon Lk. Skt. 5, 19

ofer-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-mǽte, adj.

Beyond measure, excessive, immoderate, immenseexcessively

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Hé hét ða ofermǽtan brycge mid stáne ofer gewyrcan, 2, 5; Swt. 84, 3. Æt ðám ofermǽtum wæterum de multitudine aquarum, Ps. Th. 17, 17. Ýða ofermǽta, Exon. Th. 53, 23; Cri. 855

cneó-mǽgas

(n.)
Grammar
cneó-mǽgas, cneów mǽgas, -mágas, pl. m. [cneó II. generation, mǽg relation]

Relations of the same sex or the same generationconsanguinei

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Enos ongon, mid ðám cneómágum, ceastre timbran Enoch began, with his kinsmen, to build a city Cd. 50; Th. 64, 28; Gen. 1057: Andr. Kmbl. 1370; An. 685: Elen. Kmbl. 1170; El. 587

Linked entry: cneów-mǽgas

slítung

(n.)
Grammar
slítung, e; f.

tearing, rending, bitingwasting, spoiling consumpcio saevitia

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Fugelas hig fretaþ mid ðære biterustan slítunge devorabunt eos aves morsu amarissimo Dent. 32, 24. Sume men fram ðara wyrma slítunge sweltaþ Lchdm. ii. 176, 14. wasting, spoiling Similar entries v. slítan, VI. Slítunge arpagine (or under I.?) Wrt.

sóþ-sægen

(n.)
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sóþ-sægen, -segen, e; f.

A true statementstatement of the truthstatement of the facts of a case

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A true statement, statement of the truth, statement of the facts of a case Se Hǽlend nolde hine betellan mid nánre sóðsegene ðeáh ðe hé unscyldig wǽre the Saviour would not clear himself by any statement of the truth, though he was innocent, Homl.

ge-swicennes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swicennes, -swicenes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

A ceasingcessationabstainingrepentancecessātioresĭpiscentia

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Mid geswicennysse yfelra dǽda with cessation from evil deeds, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 27: Ælfc. T. 29, 18. Þurh geswicenysse yfeles by cessation from evil, Homl. Th. ii. 332, 3. Búton ǽlcere geswicenesse sĭne ulla resĭpiscentia, L. M. I.

híw-cúþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
híw-cúþlíce, hiew-; adv.

Familiarly

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Hine God hiewcúþlícor on eallum þingum innan lǽrde ðonne óðre menn mid his gelómlícre tósprǽce quem de cunctis interius per conversationem cum Deo sedulam locutio familiaris instruebat, 41, 5; Swt. 304, 18

á-þindan

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Hé wæs mid oferhygdes gáste áþunden, Gr. D. 144, 28 : 180, 16. Add

ge

andevenevenboth . . . and . . . and

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Þæfian mid lufe ge mid láþe, 45, 8.

fremian

(v.)
Grammar
fremian, freomian; part. fremiende; hit fremaþ; p. ode; pp. od [fremman]

To profitdo goodbe good or expedientavailprofĭcĕreprōdesseexpĕdīrevălēre

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To profit, do good, be good or expedient, avail; profĭcĕre, prōdesse, expĕdīre, vălēre Ne mid seglinge ne mid równesse ówiht fremian nĕque vēlo nĕque remĭgio quicquam profĭcĕre, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 26.

missen-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
missen-, misen-, missend-líc; adj.

Dissimilardifferentdiversevariousdivers

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Mid eallum missenlícum áféddum blóstmum with all the various flowers that are brought forth, Blickl. Homl. 7, 31. For missenlícum intingan diversis ex causis, Bd.4, 1; S. 564, 17. Mid missenlícum blótmum variis floribus, 1, 7; S. 478, 22

gleáwnes

(n.)
Grammar
gleáwnes, glauwnes, se; f.

Prudenceskillwisdomabilitysagacityacuteness

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Mid gleáwnesse feónd oferfeohtaþ with prudence they overcome the fiend, Exon. 44 a; Th. 150, 6; Gú. 774: Elen. Kmbl. 1920; El. 962

Linked entry: glauwnes