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þerscan

(v.)
Grammar
þerscan, p. þærsc, pl. þurscon; pp. þorscen
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Se ðunor ðæt deófol ðrysceþ mid ðære fýrenan æcxe, and hit drífeþ tó ðære írenan racenteáge ðe his fæder on eardaþ, Salnt. Kmbl. p. 148, 6. Sume hiá ðurscun quosdam caedentes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 5. Hí þurhsun (þurcsun, MS.

furh

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Andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum anheáfdum . . . ðanon on áne furh an æcer neár ðǽm hlince . . . andlanges ánre furh oð hit cymð tó ánum byge; ðanone of ðǽm byge forð on áne furh, C. D. v. 153, 23-32. On þá níwan furh, andlang þǽre furh, C. D.

sárlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sárlíce, adv.

sorely, painfullysorely, grievously, lamentably sorely, bitterly, heavily

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Hit oft swíðe sárlíce gebyrede ðæt wríteras forléton unwritene ðara monna dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron it has often happened most lamentably, that writers have left unwritten those men's deeds that in their days were most distinguished, Bt

for-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
for-irþ, e; f.

A headland

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Andlang herpaðes oð ðǽre foryrðe úpende (cf. oð ðæs furlanges úpende, 418, 23): ðonne ádúne be ðáre foryrðe westeáge, iii. 419, 33. Of ðáre ác on ðá foryrðe eástewerde, 449, 32. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. pp. 4-5

Linked entry: for-yrþ

hwilc-hwega

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Þæs flǽsces hwylcnehwugu dǽl, Hml. A. 205, 345. of number, some, a few Wé magan hwylcumhwega wordum secggan be ðǽre gebyrdo. . . Sancte Martines, Bl. H. 211, 12. Hwylcumhwego, 115, 28.

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.
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Cyninge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 23.

Linked entry: wer-genga

a-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cweðan, he -cwyþ; p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To saytellanswerdicereeloquirespondere

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To say, tell, answer; dicere, eloqui, respondere Ðæt word acwyþ that word says, Beo. Th. 4099; B. 2046. Word acwæþ, wuldres aldor he spake the word, the chief of glory, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 14; Gen. 639. Ðæt me acweden syndon quæ dicta sunt mihi, Ps.

Linked entries: a-cwǽdon a-cwæþ

fulteman

(v.)
Grammar
fulteman, fultemian

to assisthelpsupportjŭvāreauxĭliāri

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to assist, help, support; jŭvāre, auxĭliāri Sió womb sceal fulteman ðǽm hondum the belly must support the hands, Past. 34, 3; Hat. MS. 44 a, 21. For ðæm ánwalde ðe ánra gehwilc fultemaþ through the power which each one supports, Bt. Met.

ildend

(n.)
Grammar
ildend, es; m.
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tó ðam ðæt syððan hí on ðæt hús cómon hí ðá sóna ðone hálgan wer gebundon there was no one, after they had got into the house, who delayed at once to bind the holy man, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 36, 5

impe

(n.)
Grammar
impe, [?], an; f.

An impsciongraftshoot

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An imp, scion, graft, shoot Ðæt is sió hálige gesomnung Godes folces ðæt eardaþ on æppeltúnum ðonne hie wel begáþ hira plantan and hiera impan óþ hié fulweaxne beóþ ecclesia quippe in hortis habitat, quæ ad viriditatem intimam exculta plantaria virtutum

ge-weorþan

Grammar
ge-weorþan, <b>;
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</b> add Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ðe hió an geworden wæs ðæs ðe hió seulf geðafigan wolde A. has maintained H. in every bit of what she had come to feel she would herself consent to, C.D.B. ii. 146, 29

geostra

(adj.)
Grammar
geostra, giestra [estra],
  • [Ps. Spl. 89, 4]
gystra, gyrsta; adj.

Of yesterdayhesternusherihesternum

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Of yesterday; hesternus Geostran dæg dies hesterna, Ps. Th. 89, 4. Gioster doeg heri, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 52. Giestron yesterday, Exon. 111 a; Th. 424, 24; Rä. 41, 44. Gystran niht yesternight, Beo. Th. 2672; B. 1334. Gyrstan dæg heri, Jn.

Linked entry: giestron

eácian

(v.)
Grammar
eácian, p. ode
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Hé him eác gesægð hú ðǽm monnum ðe him mægen and cræft wiexð, hú him eác hwílum eákiað æfter ðǽm mægenum ðá costunga crescente virtule plerumque bella tentationis augentur, Past. 163, 8.

ge-folgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-folgian, p. ode
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To reach, attain Ðonne hé him ǽr tíde tó tióððæt hí ne magon ne ne cunnon, ðonne is him tó ondrædanne ðæt him weorðe tó lore ðæt hié tó ryhtre tíde gefolgian meahton ne cum arripiunt intempestive quod non valent, perdant quod implere quandoque tempestive

þeówan

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Take here V. under þeówan to press, and add Ðone þriddan dæg hí þeówdon Marte him tó fultume. Ðone feórðan dæg hí sealdon him tó frófre þám foresǽdan Mercurie, Sal. K. 124, 126

un-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
un-wyrd, e; f.

Bad fortunemisfortune

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Bad fortune, misfortune Gyf him þince ðæt hé leád habbe, sum unwird him byð tóweard, Lchdm. iii. 170, 5. Ðæt mé nú þyncþ ðætte ic ðás unwyrd áræfnan mæg ðe mé on becumen is ut jam me imparem fortunae ietibus non arbitrer, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 13

oferbæc-getéung

(n.)
Grammar
oferbæc-getéung, e; f.

Contraction of the muscles at the back of the neck, tetanus

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Ðisne lǽcecræft man sceal dón mannum ðe hyra swyran mid ðám sinum fortogen beóþ, ðæt hé hys nǽn geweald náh, ðæt Gréccas hátaþ tetanicus) :-- Oferbæcgetéung titanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 22

ge-stund

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stund, es; n.

A noisedin

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A noise, din Hí swá ungemetlícum gestundum fóron ðæt him þúhte ðæt hit eall betweox heofone and eorþan hleóðrode ðám egeslícum stefnum they came with such immoderate noises that it seemed to him that between heaven and earth it all resounded with their

scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp, adj.

sharppungent, acidacridsharp-tonguedsharp, keen, severe,sharp, roughsharp, keen, active, strenuouseffectual, penetrating,sharp, keensharp, keen, acute,

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Biþ ðæt sár scearpre ðonne ðæs welmes sár, Lchdm. ii. 206, 3. sharp, rough Ðǽr sint swíðe scearpe wegas and stánihte situ terrarum montoso et aspero, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 25.

Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness

tígan

(v.)
Grammar
tígan, p. de
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Th. i. 432, 33. figurative Nú ðú miht gehýran, hú ðes dǽl ( the conjunction ) tígþ ða word tógædere, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Zup. 258, 10