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tó-cwísan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cwísan, p. de

To shatter,break to pieces,crush,bruise

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Feól se wáh uppan ðæs stuntan rǽdboran, þæt hé æll tócwýsde and sum óþer cniht samod, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 173. The word seems used with a passive force in the following passage

á-fæstnian

(v.)
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Ic on gewryte áfæstnode ꝥ ic wǽre þæs deófles, Hml. S. 3, 415. Ðú áfesnadest definisti , Kent. Gl. 121. Hé þá weorc on gewritum áfæstnode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 45. Áfestnige transfigat , Kent. Gl. 217.

blǽd

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blǽd, (properly bléd, v. blówan)

fruit.

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Hé ábreác þæs forbodenan treówes æpples . . . hié þá blǽde þigdon, Angl. xi. 1, 19. Ábiteriað ðá bléda fructus amarescit, Past. 341, 24. Ácuciað ealle eorðlice blǽdu (-e, -a, v. ll.) and blðwað (printed bláwað), Lch. iii. 374, 21.

eást-weard

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Hí wendon eástweard tó Lundene, 1013; P. 143, 25. defining diiection of measurement Þǽr scýt se ende úp of þám gársecge betuh þám twám beorgum eástweard, Ors. 1, 1; S. 26, 23. defining position, attitude, so as to face to the east Wé wendað ús eástweard

fǽcne

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Þæs fǽcnan strofose, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 29: 76, 43. Faecnum veterno, 123, 43. Þý fǽcnan strophosa, 89, 65. From tungan faecenre a lingua dolosa, Ps. Srt. 119, 2, 3. Fǽcne factiosam, An. Ox. 11, 121. Ðá fǽcnan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 46.

ge-hæg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hæg, es; n.
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Ic ána sæt innan bearwe, mid helme beþeht, holte tómiddes; þǽr þá wæterburnan urnon onmiddan gehæge, Dóm. L. 4. Oð gáta gehægge, C. D. iii. 429, 14.

ge-beór

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Se cyning bebeád þám gebeórum eallum ꝥ hí blíþe wǽron æt his gebeór-scipe, and ꝥ ǽlc mann drunce þæs deórwurðan wínes be þám þe hé sylf wolde, Hml, A. 92, 20. Gemétte hé gebeóras blíðe æt þám húse, . . . and sæt mid þám gebeórum blissigende samod.

gladung

(n.)
Grammar
gladung, e; f.
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Cf. gladian; 1 b Ne bið þǽr árfæstnys ne sibb ne hopa ne ǽnig gladung, flýhð se frófur áweg nec pax nec pietas immo spes nulla quietis flentibus arrideret, fugiunt solatia cuncta (v. ge-gladian; 1 b), Wlfst. 139, 13. an appeasing. v. gladian; 3 Gladunge

hreóh

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Nis þǽr unrótnes, ne hryre, ne caru, ne hreóh tintrega non tristitiae, curae, tormenta, ruinae, Dóm. L. 261. Nis ðǽr hryre, ne caru, ne hreóge tintregu, Wlfst. 139, 30

láreów

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Þæs æþelran láreówes egregii dogmatistę (doctrina ), An. Ox. 4363. Lédene láreówas maciað on sumum namum accussatiuum on im Alfc. Gr. Z. 75, 4. On middum ðára láraua (lárwara, R.), Lk. L. 2, 46. Láruum (lárwum, R.) magistratibus 22, 4 : 23, 13.

steóran

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Se Drihtnes wer ongan hire stýran quam vir Domini compescuit, 216, 22. with gen. of that which is prohibited or from which one is restrained Þá stýrde hé þæs quod prohibuit, Gr.

tó-twǽman

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S. 30, 443. not to allow companionship Oda arcebiscop tótwǽmde Eádwí cyning and Ælgyfe, for þǽm þe hí wǽron tó gesybbe, Chr. 958; P. 113, 24. Gif wit þurhwuniað on mægðháde ... þonne cume wit tó his ríce, and wit ne beód tótwǽmede, Hml. S. 4, 45.

ceást

(n.)
Grammar
ceást, e; f.
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Gefylledre þǽre cǽste (ceáste, v. l.) qua increpatione completa, 160, 7

capian

(v.)
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Substitute: To look; úp capian to look up, lie on one's back Gyf seó sunne hine ( the moon) onǽlð ufan, þonne stúpað hé, . . . gyf heó hine ontend neoðan, þonne capað hé úp; for þan þe hé went ǽfre þone hricg tó þǽre sunnan weard, Lch. iii. 266, 20-

for-ferian

(v.)
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to bring to an untimely end Gif hwá óðrum his unmagan oðfæste, and hé hine on þǽre fæstinge forferie (if the person accepting the charge cause the death of the person committed to his charge. Cf.

Linked entry: ferian

ge-frínd

Grammar
ge-frínd, friends.
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Take here <b>ge-frýnd</b> in Dict. and add Ne furþon þætte þá wolden gefriénd beón þe wǽron gebróðor of fæder and of méder, Ors. 3, II ; S. 152, 34. Hí wurdon ðá gefrýnd for ðǽre dǽde, swá swá hí nǽron nǽfre ǽr on lífe, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-frýnd

geond-scríþan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-scríþan, p. -scráþ
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Se móna gelóme geondscríð þæne circul þe hátte zodiacus, 320, 37. Zodiacus ys se circul genemned þe þá twelf tácna geondscríðað, 317, 33. Eall þis lyft ys full hellicra deúfla, þá geondscríðað ealne middangeard, Wlfst. 250, 3

syn-lust

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Hí onǽldon þǽra geongrena mód tó forcyrrednesse heora synlustes ( libidinis ), 119, 15. Hé wæs beswicen þyses middaneardes synlustum (immundo desiderio), 230, 12. Add

wǽdl

Grammar
wǽdl, <b>; I.</b> ¶
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</b> add :-- Seó wǽdl þǽra andlyfna alimentorum indigentia, Gr. D. 145, 6: alimentorum inopia, 159, 7. <b>I b.</b> with gen. describing kind of wane :--- Add

wær-word

(n.)
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In the following passage, however, wær-word seems to occur Nis geméted on hálgum bócum þætte þisse frigenesse wærword (wiðerword, v.l.) sý gesewen nequaquam in sacris eloquiis invenitur quod huic capitulo contradicere uideatur, Bd. I. 27!