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ge-fýsan

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Add: to impel, incite, make eager Ne leng bídan wolde wyrm, ac mid bǽle fór fýre gefýsed no longer would the dragon bide, but fared forth furious with fire and flame, B. 2309.

ge-lóme

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. ¶ combined with oft :-- Sind freólsbricas wíde geworhte oft and gelóme, Wlfst. 164, 9 : Gen. 1670: Bl. H. 209, 14. Wé gehýrað oft secggan gelóme worldrícra manna deáþ, 107, 29. Add

ge-sægdnis

(n.)
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L. 7a-6 mgn. a mystery of religion : — lúh gesald is ~& pound; gé witte clǽno rýno t gesægdnisse ] diópnise (mystería) ríces heofna, Mt. L. 13, ll

ge-scrýdan

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Dele last passage for which see <b>ge-scirdan,</b> and add: To clothe a person with (mid) a garment Hé hine gescrýdde mid his byrnan, Hml. S. 25, 279: Hml. A. 130, 479. Hí mid hǽran hí gescrýddon tó líce, Hml. S. 12, 36.

ge-drípan

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Gyf þé gedrýptes wínes lyste, þonne dó þú mid þínum scytefingre . . . swycle þú tæppian wille, and wænd þínne scytefingre ádúne and twængc hine mid þínum twám fingrum, swylce þú of sumne dropan strícan wylle, Techm. ii. 125, 17. to wet with drops, moisten

lár-lic

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D. 299, 2. concerned with learning, of learning, learned. Cf. lár; Hé underfǽng þone cnapan tó lárlicre scóle, Hml. S. 3, 14. Lárlicere bígenge gymnicum (philosophiae) studium An. Ox. 2282. Lárlice cræftas scolares disciplinas 41

murnan

(v.)
Grammar
murnan, p. de.
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<b>II a</b>. with dat. infin. :-- Heó ne murnð leóflic leóð tó drýmanne, Angl. viii. 324, 16. <b>III b.</b> Cf. Bt. S. 111, 18, where myrnð is the reading

nihtes

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Hié . . . hié nihtes on frumslǽpe on bestǽlan, 2, 8 ; S. 92, 1: Chr. 876 ; P. 74, 11. with dæges, continuously Dæges and niehtes hié fundiað, Past. 127, 20.

ǽlc

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ǽlc, <b>. I</b> 1.
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S. 31, 1042. with gen. pl. Mǽstra daga ǽlce almost every day, Chr. 894; P. 84, 29 : Ors. 6, 36; S. 294, 27. 2. add Wundorlic ǽlcum men, Chr. 1051; P. 176, 20. Ǽlces infæres omnis aditus, R.

wédenheortness

(n.)
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wédenheortness, e ; f.

Madness, frenzy, fury

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Wiþ wédenheortnesse Macedlones contra vesaniam Macedonii, 4, 17; S. 585, 45. For wédenheortnesse ðæs leódhatan propter vesanam tyrannidem, 3, 1; S. 524, 1.

Linked entry: wéden-heort

hamer

(n.)
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hamer, homer, hamor, es; m.

A hammer

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Homera láfe with the sword, 102 b; Th. 388,14; Rä. 6, 7: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 6

Linked entries: scip-hamer hamele homer

horu

(n.)
Grammar
horu, gen.-wes; m.

Dirt, filth, foulnessdirtlimus, cenum, lutum, palustre

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Mín flǽsc is ymscrýd mid dustes horwum my flesh is clothed with the filth of dust, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 10. On his blóde áþwogen fram synna horwum washed in his blood from the impurities of sins, Homl. Swt. 11, 297. Horewum, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 8

Linked entries: ge-horian horh hor-pyt

créda

(n.)
Grammar
créda, an; m. [Lat. crēdo I believe]

The creedbelief symbolum fidei

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Ǽlc cristen man sceal æfter rihte cunnan his crédan ... mid ðam crédan he sceal his geleáfan getrymman every Christian man by right ought to know his creed ... with the creed he ought to confirm his faith 274, 20, 21

hlid

(n.)
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hlid, es; n.

A lid, cover, the opening which is closed by the cover

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Ðá lédon ða þegenas ðone Hǽlend ðǽron and mid hlide belucon úre ealra Álýsend then the thanes laid Jesus therein, and closed up with a cover the Redeemer of as all, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 4.

spreót

(n.)
Grammar
spreót, es; m.

A pole, sprit (in bow-sprit)contussprit

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Voc. i. 35, 43 trude (in a list of things connected with ships), 48, 13: 57, 16: 64, 7: ansatas ii. 3, 68: contos, 14, 72. Spreótum, spreútum contis, Txts. 48, 211

be-fleán

to strip the skinbark offto strip off

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Beflagen flǽ[s]c flesh with the skin stripped off; viscera, 45, 7. to strip off (skin) Befleh (fleah, v. l.) ǽnne þwang þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þene hóh episcopo a vertice usque ad calcaneum corrigiam tolle, Gr. D. 198, 4

þeóf-feng

(n.)
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þeóf-feng, es; m.
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Gif frigman stelþ ... cyning áge ðæt wíte and ealle ða ǽhtan, L. Ethb. 9; Th. i. 6, 2. Ealle wítu (in cases of theft) sint gelíce, .cxx. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 7: L. Ath. i. 1; Th. i. 198, 23.

a-wergian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wergian, -wirgean, -wyrsian ; p. de; pp. ed [a, wergian to curse]

To accursecursecondemnmalignmaledicerecondemnaremalignari

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To accurse, curse, condemn, malign; maledicere, condemnare, malignari Helle dióful, awerged in wítum hell's devil, accursed to torments, Andr. Kmbl. 2599; An. 1301: Gen. 8, 21: Ps. Spl. 73, 4

Linked entries: a-wirgean a-wyrgian

ge-wislic

(adj.)
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ge-wislic, adj.
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Certain, that gives certainty Ꝥ wé gelýfdon þá þe wé núgý ne magon mid gewislicre fandunge witan quatenus crederemus quae adhuc scire per experimentum non possumus, Gr. D. 261, 28

prútlíce

(adv.)
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Add: haughtily, arrogantly Welegum þyssere worulde bebeód ná prútlíce (superbe) witan, Scint. 178, 4. Oif hwylc bróðor an preósthýrede bið þe intó cyrcan prútlíce (pompatice) gǽð, Chrd. 60, 34: 343