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óman

(n.)
Grammar
óman, pl. f.

Erysipelas, erysipelatous inflammationserysipelas.

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O. ), báres scearn . . . ða hóman hyt béteþ, 360, 10-11

Linked entry: hóme

gyru

(n.)
Grammar
gyru, (?), gen. <b>gyrwe;</b> f.
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cf. letamen gor, scear[n]. Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 38), dincge letamen, An. Ox. 4773. Gyrwe fen (the 12th cent. MS. has gurufen) palus, Ælfc. Gr.

Linked entry: Gyrwas

sǽ-scill

(n.)
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a sea-shell Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and þǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum (cf. mittitur in carcerem ubi . . . fragmenta testarum subter eum sternebantur, Bede&#39;s Life of Felix), Shrn. 51, 13

pyngan

(v.)
Grammar
pyngan, p. de
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Seó rǽding pingþ ðæne scoliere mid scearpum pricele, 308, 1. Hé wærlíce hine pynde mid sumum wordum animum pungant, Past. 40, 5 ; Swt. 297, 8

Linked entry: pungetung

steng

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Þá Walas ádrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum stængum. Chr. pref.; P. 5, 11 n. Add

ísen

(adj.)
Grammar
ísen, adj.
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Hié námon treówu and slógon on óþerne ende monige scearpe ísene næglas, Ors. 4, l; S. 158, 5. Hwæt ylst þú ús on smiþþan þínre búton ísene fýrspearcan (ferreas scintillas), Coll. M. 31,5. Add: —

ge-wǽtan

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Gedó on scearp eced, gewǽte swíðe, ii. 192, 19. Onsend Ladzarus ðætte hé gewǽte ( intingat ) his ýtemestan finger on wættre, Past. 309, 6. Stingendum miggan gewǽtte putenti lotio umectaretur, An.

swín

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Genim swínes scearu þæs þe on dúnlande and wyrtum libbe, Lch. ii. 62. 27. Æðelsige forstæl Æðelwines swín ... ðá ridon his men tó and tugon út ðæt spic of Æðelsiges húse, and he oðbærst tó wuda, C.D. iii. 291, 15.

ymb-sníþan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sníþan, p. -snáþ, pl. -snidon
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Hé hine lǽt ymbsníðan mid scearpum flinte, Wulfst. 195, 9. Ymsníþan (ymbsnýðan, v. l. ), Lk. Skt. 1, 59. Ðæt ðæt cild emsnyden (ymb-, v. l. ) wǽre, 2, 21. Ymbsniden, Homl. Th. i. 90, 14, 18, 30. Heora fæderas wǽron ymbsnidene, Jos. 5, 4

stánig

(adj.)
Grammar
stánig, stǽnig; adj.
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Ðǽr synd swýðe scearpe wegas and stánige (stánihte, Laud. MS.), Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 16, 32. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on stánigum stówum, Lchdm. i. 102, 3. Stǽnigum, 212, 9 note: 216, 20 note: 256, 22

Linked entry: stǽnig

cyric-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cyric-líc, circ-líc, cyrc-líc; adj.

Like a church, ecclesiastical ecclesiasticus wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books

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Hie heóldan ða cyriclícan sceare they observed the ecclesiastical tonsure, Chr. 716; Th. 70, 34, col. 2.

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es ; m. : e ; f. : stræle, an ; f.
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Stréle beóþ scearpe sagittae acutae, Ps. Th. 119, 4 : 143, 7. Scearpum strélum, 63, 4. Hé sende his strǽlas, 17, 14 : Judth. Thw. 24, 34 ; Jud. 223. Ðá hét ic feá strǽla ( paucas sagittas ) sendan in ða burh innan, Nar. 10, 22.

Linked entry: streál

celendre

(n.)
Grammar
celendre, cellendre, an; f: celender, cellender, es; n.

The herb coriandercoriandrum = κορίαννον , coriandrum sativum, Lin

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Cellendres sǽd gedó on scearp wín put seed of coriander into sour wine, 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 236, 30. Mid cellendre with coriander, 1, 35; Lchdm. ii. 82, 6

afor

Grammar
afor, l. áfor.
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Ne scearp ne tó áfor (δριμὐ) . . . þá scearpan áfran þing (τἀ στφοντὐ) sint tó fleónne, 210, 20, 29. Swéte wín sél mylt þonne ꝥ áfre, 196, 25. Por and cawel and eal þá þe sýn áfer, 26, 18.

a-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drífan, æ-drífan; ic -drífe, ðú -drífest, -drífst, he -drífeþ, -drífþ, -dríft, pl. -drífaþ; p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drivestakeexpelpursuefollow upagerepellereexpellererepelleresequiprosequi

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To drive, stake, expel, pursue, follow up; agere, pellere, expellere, repellere, sequi, prosequi Ða Walas adrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum pílum greátum innan ðam wætere the Welsh staked all the ford of a certain river with great sharp piles

gneáð

(adj.)
Grammar
gneáð, gnéð; adj.

Sparingfrugalstingyscantysmall parcus

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He ðám ðe on scearan máran wǽron on ðám mægnum eáðmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte ðon læssa ne gnéðra wæs eis quæ tonsura majores sunt virtutibus, humilitatis et obedientiæ, non mediocriter insignitus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 18.

Linked entry: un-gníðe

rihtwísness

(n.)
Grammar
rihtwísness, e ; f.

righteousness justice rightness reasonablenessreason

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Th. 88, 28. rightness, reasonableness, reason Ða sceare onfón sculon ðe wé gehýraþ fulle beón ealre rihtwísnesse hanc accipere tonsuram quam plenam esse rationis audimus, Bd. 5, 21 ; S. 643, 23.

ecg

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Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. Hé ealle ofslóh mid swurdes ecge, Hml. S. 25, 415.

scearpness

(n.)
Grammar
scearpness, e; f.

Sharpnessroughnessacidity, pungencyefficacy

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Similar entries (v. scearp, V.) acidity, pungency Sió scearpnes the acidity of the humours, Lchdm. ii. 28, 1. Ðæs ecedes afre scearpnes, 224, 22.

Linked entry: scearp

beám

a beamposta beam of light

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Similar entries v. scear-, sulh-, web-beám. a beam of light Blódig wolcen on mistlice beámas wæs gehíwod, Chr. 979; P. 122, 26