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DROSNA

(n.)
Grammar
DROSNA, drosne, nom. acc; gen.drosna ; dat. drosnum; pl. f.

Grounds, sediment, lees, dregs fæx, fæces

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Lamb. 74, 9. Drosna fæces, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 25; Wrt. Voc. 28, 8. He gelǽdde me of fenne drosna eduxit me de luto fæcis, Ps. Spl. 39, 2. Of ðám drosnum from the dregs, Ps. Th. 39, 1. Hí druncon óþ ða drosna usque ad fæces bibērunt, Ælfc.

Linked entry: dros

forþ-gewítan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gewítan, p. -gewát, pl. -gewiton; pp. -gewiten

To go forthproceedgo bypassdepartdieprocēdĕretransīreprætĕrīredecēdĕremŏri

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Lamb. 89, 4: Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 35. Forþgewít and ríce procēde et regna, Ps. Spl. 44, 5. Prætĕrĭtum tempus is forþgewiten tíd prætĕrĭtum tempus is the past tense, Ælfc. Gr. 20; Som. 23, 7, 10, 12, 13. Se forþgewitena tíma the past tense, Som. 23, 14.

Linked entry: ge-wítan

heófan

(v.)
Grammar
heófan, p. de

To lamentgrievewailmourn

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Álegdon ðá tó middes mǽrne þeóden hæleþ hiófende hláford leófne warriors lamenting laid down in their midst the great prince, the lord beloved, Beo. Th. 6275; B. 3142

Íras

(n.)
Grammar
Íras, pl.

The Irish

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Íra-land] Férde twelf geár bodiende betwux Ýrum and Scottum and siððan ofer eal Angelcyn he went twelve years preaching among the Irish and Scotch, and afterwards over all England, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 35.

Lindisfaran

(n.)
Grammar
Lindisfaran, pl.
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Name of people settled in part of Northumbria (the word occurs generally with eá or eá-land) Óswald Aidanum on Lindesfarona eálonde biscopsetl forgeaf (in insula Lindisfarnensi): on Lindesfearona eá, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 20, 35.

mis-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-beódan, p. -beád, pl. -budon; pp. -boden

To do wrong toto offendabuseill-use

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Ðé læs ǽnig man óðrum misbeóde lest any do wrong to other, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 22: Chart. Th. 320, 13: 416, 13.

mis-fón

(v.)

to fail to taketo mistake

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Ðý læs ǽnig ðære tale brúce ðæt hé ðý dæge misfénge ( mistook the day), Lchdm. iii. 442, 3. [Mine songe þah he beó god me hine mai misfonge (mis-apply, take wrongly ), O. and N. 1374:

Linked entries: mis-cirran fón

pocc

(n.)
Grammar
pocc, es ; m.
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Wið ómena geberste ... sleah feówer scearpan ymb ða poccas útan, and lǽt yrnan ða hwíle ðe hé wille, 44, 1 : ii. 100, 4. Wið pocádle... Mid hunige smire ðǽr hit út sleá on ðone poc ... Sealf wið pocádl ... Drenc wið poccum ...

ge-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leccan, part. -leccende; ic -lecce, ðú -lecest, -lecst, he -leceþ, -lecþ, pl. -leccaþ; p. -lehte; pp. -leht

To moistenwethŭmectārerĭgāre

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Lamb. 6, 7. Sió mildheortnes ðæs láreówes geþwǽnþ and gelecþ ða breóst ðæs gehiérendes the kindness of the teacher softens and moistens the breast of the hearer, Past. 18, 5; Swt. 137, 8; Hat. MS. 27 a, 12.

Linked entry: ge-leht

ge-nihtsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumnes, -nyhtsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, -nis, -niss, e; f.

Abundance, plenty, copiousness, sufficiencyabundantia, ūbertas, cōpia

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Lamb. 144, 7. On genihtsumnysse míne in abundantia mea, 29, 7: 77, 25. Híg beóþ gedrencte for genihtsumnisse húses ðínes inebriābuntur ab ūbertāte dŏmus tuæ, 35, 9.

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsum-nes

strand

(n.)
Grammar
strand, es ; n.
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Urk mín húskarl habbe his strand eall forne gén hys ágen land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 221, 6. Stranda litorum, Hpt. Gl. 449, 28. Strandum litoribus, 465, 9

swíðrian

(v.)
Grammar
swíðrian, p. ode.
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Lamb. 51, 9. Saulus micclum swýðrode Saul increased the more in strength (A. V. Acts 9, 22), Homl. Th. i. 388, 3. Hyra stefna swíðredon invallescebant voces eorum, Lk.

Linked entry: a-swýðerian

swól

(n.)
Grammar
swól, es; m. (?), n. (?)
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Swóle caumate, 22, 21. of the heat of fire Hé ( the phenix ) somnaþ swóles láfe, gegædraþ bán gebrosnad æfter bǽlþræce, Exon. Th. 216, 16; Ph. 269.

and-feng

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Feówer land hé forgeaf ælþeódigum tó andfencge ( for the entertainment of strangers ), Hml. S. 7, 387. Hé sylf biþ underfangen on heora anfenge, Hml. Th. i. 514, 8. susceptor Drihten andfeng ( susceptor ) is sáwle mínre, Ps. Spl. 53, 4: 90, 2.

búend

Grammar
búend, búende.
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Add: búgend (-iend, -igend), býend an inhabitant, a cultivator of land Búend accola, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 51. Búgend, 3, 76: indigena, An. Ox. 7, 292. Búgynd, 8, 220. Býend habitator, Rtl. 98, 8. Þá búendan habitatores, Cant. M. 14: 15.

efen-micel

(adj.)
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Hé bið geniéd mid ðǽm folgoðe ðæt hé sceal heálíce sprecan . . . him is efnmicel niéd ðæt hé suá doo suá suá hé lǽrð qui loci sui necessitate exigitur summa dicere, hac eadem necessitate compellitur summa monstrare, Past. 81, 7.

ge-ríp

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Æfter heora gerípe ( printed gerepe, Lch. iii. 252, 23) gǽð seó eá upp, and oferflét eal þæt Egyptisce land, Scrd. 27, l. what is reaped, corn Hé lǽdde hám tó his byrene ꝥ ásnidene gertp ( messem ) þe hé ǽr mid his handa geseów, Gr. D. 290, 20.

innor

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Férde hé forð ... in þá inran land ...; þá gít hé wilnode ꝥ hé innor férde, Hml. S. 30, 310. Hine seó ýð gegráp and hine fram lande innor áteáh quem unda rapuit et eum a terra introrsus traxit, Gr.

líchamlíce

(adv.)
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Add: physically Þe lǽs hig þone deáð on heora sáwle þolian, ðe hig líchamlíce (lícumlíce, v. l. in carfare) ðoledon, R. Ben. 94, 14. Ealle men líchomlíce sweltaþ, and þeáh seó sáwl bið libbende, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 13.

midd

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Heora ǽgþer hæfde his folc on þrím heápum, and hié selfe wǽron on þǽm midmestan, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 3, . add: (cf. the last passage with midde-niht) Hí tó ðám middan wintran eódon heom tó heora garwan feorme, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 24