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a-swógan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swógan, p. -swég, pl. -swégon ; pp. -swógen [a, swógan to rush]

To rush intoinvadeoverrunchokeirruereinvadereoccuparesuffocare

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To rush into, invade, overrun, choke; irruere, invadere, occupare, suffocare We witon ðæt we lufiaþ ðone æcer ðe ǽr wæs mid þornum aswógen, and æfter ðæm ðe ða þornas beóþ aheáwene and se æcer biþ onered, bringþ gódne wæstm we know that we love the land

be-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
be-geótan, bi-geótan; he -gýt; p. -geát, pl. -guton; pp. -goten, -geten [be, geótan to pour].

to pour outto cast uponto sprinklecoveraspergereto pour intoinfundere

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to pour out, to cast upon, to sprinkle, cover; aspergere Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed, begoten of ðæs guman sídan I was wet with blood, poured from the man's side Rood Kmbl. 97; Kr. 49.

fæder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
fæder-líc, def. se -líca , seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Of or belonging to a father, FATHERLY, paternal, ancestralpatrius, pāternus, patrōnymĭcus

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Of or belonging to a father, FATHERLY, paternal, ancestral; patrius, pāternus, patrōnymĭcus Wæs he to ðære fæderlícan healle gelǽdd he was led to his father's hall, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 11.

for-hicgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hicgan, -higan; p. ede, de; pp. ed

To neglectrejectdespisecondemndespĭcĕrespernĕre

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To neglect, reject, despise, condemn; despĭcĕre, spernĕre Se wæs middangeard forhicgende he was despising the world; cum esset contemptu mundi insignis, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 25. Se ðeme forhigþ qui spernit me, Jn. Bos. 12, 48.

geap

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geap, gæp; comp, m. geappra, f. n. geappre; adj.

crookedbentcurvedcurvuspandusnot straightforwarddeceitfulcraftycunningshrewdastutefallaxcallĭdusastūtus

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Seó næddre wæs geappre ðonne ealle ða óðre nýtenu serpens ĕrat callĭdior cunctis animantĭbus terræ, Gen. 3, 1. Cild geap an astute child, Obs. Lun. § 2; Lchdm. iii. 184, 14 : § 9; Lchdm. iii. 188, 11

Linked entries: gæp gep

hundred-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-gemót, hundredes gemót, es; n.
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The assembly of the hundred [v. hundred] Séce man hundredgemót swá hit ǽr geset wæs and ðǽr beó on scirebisceop and se ealdorman let the hundredmoot be attended as was before appointed; and let the bishop of the shire and the alderman be there present

in-híréd

(n.)
Grammar
in-híréd, es ; m.

Householdfamilyhouse

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Household, family, house Tirus wæs on Cryst gelýfende ende hé sylf and eall hys ynhýréd Tyrus believed on Christ, he himself and all his household, St. And. 30, 15. Inhýredes clientelæ, Hpt. Gl. 523.

lícham-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líce; adv.

Bodily

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Ðeáh ðe hé lícumlíce æfward wære quamvis corporaliter absens, Bd. 3, 15; S. 542, 6

lígen

(adj.)
Grammar
lígen, adj.

Flamingfiery

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Ðǽr wæs lígen swurd gelogod æt ðam ingange there was placed a flaming sword at the entrance, Hexam. 19; Norm. 28, 1. Légene sweorde, Elen. Kmbl. 1511; El. 757. Heofen lígenne gesihþ if he sees the heavens fiery, Lchdm. iii. 200, 14.

molsnian

(v.)
Grammar
molsnian, p. ode

To moulderbecome corruptdecay

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To moulder, become corrupt, decay Sóna hé molsnaþ and wyrþ tó ðære ilcan eorþan ðe hé ǽr of gesceapen wæs soon it (the body) suffers corruption, and turns to the same earth from which before it was made, Blickl. Homl. 21, 28.

Linked entries: a-molsnian ge-molsnian

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-cúþ ; adj.
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wæs oflyst ðæs seldcúþan sónes ( the sound of Orpheus' harp ), Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 168, 23. Hí willaþ simle hwæthwegu níwes and seldcúþes eówian, 34, 4 ; Fox 138, 29. Ðú hwerfest ymbúton sume wunderlíce and seldcúþe sprǽce, 35, 5 ; Fox 164, 17.

Linked entry: -síne

þurh-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-smeágan, -smeán

to search throughinquire intoexamine intoinvestigate

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Hé ríxade ofer Englæland, and hit mid his geápscipe swá þurhsmeáde ( made such a thorough inquisition ), ðæt næs án híd landes innan Englælande, ðæt hé nyste hwá heó hæfðe, oððe hwæs heó wurð wæs, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, l0.

un-gehádod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehádod, adj.

Not ordainednot in holy orders

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Gif hwylc mǽdenman mid gehádodum wunaþ, and heó tó ðam ylcan háde þence ... ne biþ heó ná wið God unscyldig, þeáh heó ungehádod wǽre de puella non ordinata.

Linked entries: ge-hádod un-hádod

un-hýðig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hýðig, adj.

Without that which is advantageous or beneficialunhappy

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.), þeáh ðe þúhte ðæt ðú welig wǽre, ðonne ðú óþer twéga oððe hæfdest ðæt ðú noldest, oððe næfdest ðæt ðú woldest? Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 30. Gewát beorn unhýðig ( Guthlac's disciple when he had just lost his master ), Exon. Th. 185, 32; Gú. 1302.

worpian

(v.)
Grammar
worpian, p. ode.

to throw with something at an objectto throwstrike

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Stephanus wæs stanum worpod. Elen. Kmbl. 982; El. 492: 1646; El. 825

beðing

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Hí on wlacum ele gebeðedon . . . hé wæs on ðissere beðunge geléd, Hml. Th. i. 86, 24. Genim wád, wyl on meolce. on buteran is betere, and wyrc beþinge, Lch. ii. 36, 24; 200, 3. pá ǽrgenemnedan beþunga, 210, 6.

ciric-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hálgung, e; f.
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Dedication of a church Hé ꝥ mynster lét halgian . . . and seó circhálgung (cyric-, v. l.) wæs on Cildamæsse*-*dæig, Chr. 1065; P. 192, 22, Níwe circhálgung encenia (cf. encenie, nove dedicationis, ii. 74, 16), Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 52: An. Ox. 56, 286.

Linked entry: hálgung

dol

(adj.)
Grammar
dol, adj.
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Voc. ii. 85, 6, and add Tó dol þú wǽre and tó gedyrstig þá þú wéndest þæt þínra feohgestreóna ende ne gewurde, Wlfst. 260, 21. Dysig ł dole (ðú ídle ł unwís) fatue, Mt. R. 5, 22. Gelíc were dysig ł dolum similis viro stulto, 7, 26.

fiscere

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Add: Wæs ðǽm cyninge (Xerxes) swíþe ange on his móde . . . þæt hé ofer ðá eá cuman ne mehte . . . Him þá tó cóm án fiscere and hiene ánne ofer bróhte piscatoria scapha trepidus transit, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 10.

for-leógan

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Ðá sǽdon þá hýrédmen ꝥ hit sóð wǽre, and ealle mid áðe Eugenian forlugan, 2, 222. Hí fundon leáse gewitan þe forlugon Naboð (cf. viri diabolici dixerunt contra eum testimonium, 1, Kings 21, 13.), 18, 196. Dele: 'To lie greatly,' and add: