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BUC

(n.)
Grammar
BUC, es; m.

A BUCK, a male deercervusa doe

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A BUCK, a male deer; cervus, Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 22: Wrt. Voc. 22, 63

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cræftan

(v.)
Grammar
cræftan, p. te; pp. ed [cræft art]

To exercise a craftto build architectari

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To exercise a craft, to build; architectari Ic cræfte architector Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 35

crammian

(v.)
Grammar
crammian, ic crammige; p. ode; pp. od

To CRAMstuff farcire

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To CRAM, stuff; farcire Ic crammige oððe fylle farcio Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2; Som. 34, 36

Linked entry: a-crammian

hilt-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hilt-leás, adj.

Without a hilt

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Without a hilt Hiltleás sweord ensis, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 46; Wrt. Voc. 35, 33

tó-wríðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-wríðan, p. -wráð

To twist different waysto distort

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To twist different ways, to distort Ic tówríðe distorqueo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Zup. 155, 15

fréfran

(v.)
Grammar
fréfran, p. ede; pp. ed

To comfortconsoleconsōlāri

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Hwílum ic fréfre ða ic ǽr winne on sometimes I comfort those whom ere I war against, Exon. 102 b; Th. 389, 13; Rä. 7, 7: 27 b; Th. 82, 19; Cri. 1341. Hí earme fréfraþ they comfort the poor, 33 b; Th. 106, 29; Gú. 48.

Linked entry: ge-fréfran

lungre

(adv.)
Grammar
lungre, adv.

Quicklysoonat oncestraightwayspeedily

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Hié lungre ǽr feorh áléton just before they had lost their lives, Andr. Kmbl. 3255; An. 1630.

óþ-standan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-standan, I.
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Cf. æt-standan

twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
twǽman, p. de
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táken gesetton ða ealdan wríteras on ciriclícum bócum, ðæt hig twǽmdon oððe ætýwdon ða gewitnyssa háligra gewrita, Anglia viii. 334, 11. to part what has been joined Man wite, ðæt hý þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón, ðe læs ðe man eft twǽme ðæt man ǽr

þweorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þweorlíce, adv.

awryaskewin reversed orderin a way that offers oppositionobstinatelyflatlyperverselyevilly

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awry, askew, in reversed order Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðær seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend and seó hlæfdige bið ðære wylne underðeódd, Homl.

wiþer-coren

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-coren, adj. (ptcpl. ).

reprobatewickedrejectedreprobate

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Ðǽr beóð feówer werod æt ðam dóme, twá gecorenra manna, and twá wiðercorenra, i. 396, 17: 332, 23, 29: 536, 32. Sam ðe gecorenra tó reste, sam ðe wiþercorenra tó deáþe siue electorum ad requiem, siue reproborum ad mortem, Scint. 226, 14

Linked entry: wiþ-coren

and-weorc

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Ár bið hlúdre ðonne ǽnig óðer andweorc (ond-, v. l.) aes amplius metallis ceteris sonitum reddit, Past. 266, 24. Anweorces (-wurces, Hpt. Gl. 441, 21) materiae, An. Ox. 1484.

cnucian

(v.)
Grammar
cnucian, cnocian.
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Cnucigende æt þám geate, Hml. S. 10, 110. trans. to knock, strike, hit Þá stánas wendon swá ꝥ ðá cwelleras hí sylfe cnucodon, Hml. S. 11, 101. Hét hé mid stánum ðæs hálgan múð cnucian, Hml. Th. i. 428, 32: 432, 3: ii. 422, 25.

eág-þyrl

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Æt ðǽm éhðyrle, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 29: 184, 27. On ánum égðyrle, Hml. S. 31, 1126. Þurh þæt eáhþyrl (égðyrl, v. l.) ... under þám ylcan eáhþyrle (éh-, v. l. ), Gr. D. 159, 21, 25.

for-feran

Grammar
for-feran, l. -féran,

to perishperish

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Ealle þá forférdon þe æt þám rǽde wǽron, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 16: Hml. Th. ii. 384, 4: Hml. S. 4, 379: 17, 122: Forférdon naufragauerant, An. Ox. 4490: 4621. of spiritual perdition, to be lost, perish Þæt teóðe engla werod forférde, Hml.

sang

Grammar
sang, <b>I a.</b>
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xiii. 390, 362. add: the service on a saint's day: cf. mæsse-sang; On ðone xviiii-an dæg biþ þæs martyres tíd Scĩ Magni ðæs sang (cf. mæssesang, 4) biþ geméted on þám yldran mæssebócum, Shrn. 119, 12. a charm, incantation Wyrt ricinum ic bidde ꝥ þú æt

ofer-híran

(v.)

not to listen to, to disregard, disobeyto overhear, hear

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Swá weorþlícne sige hæfde swá hé ǽr unweorþlíce ðara goda biscepum oferhírde he disregarded the prohibition of the augurs Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 4.

Linked entry: ofer-hýran

ná-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ná-hwǽr, -hwár, -wér; adv.

no-wherein no placein no caseneverin no respectnot at all

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worde gefégede, Ælfc.

Linked entry: á-hwǽr

swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.
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MSS. ) ǽlc bearn ðe hé underfón wile, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 1-4. Ðone heó ǽr mid wítum swong. Exon. Th. 279, 22 ; Jul. 617. Mid monnum ne biþ swungne cum hominibus non flagellabuntur; they are not plagued as other men, A. V. Ps.

ge-

(prefix)

with

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Ge-rád Æðelwold ðone hám æt Winburnan postea invāsit Æthelwaldus villam ăpud Winburnam, Gib. 99, 37 : Chr. 901; Erl. 97, 11. On this power of ge-, Mr.