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ealdian

(v.)
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Mon sceal on eorðan geong ealdian, Gn. Ex. 8. Ðæs ealdigendan mannes mægen bið wanigende. Hml. Th. ii. 76, 21. <b>I a.

fill

(n.)
Grammar
fill, fiell, es; m.

deathdestruction

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Mid heora twégea fielle duorum morte, 6, 36; S. 294, 6. On his fylle, Hml. S. 26, 161. Líf edníwe, feorh æfter fylle, Ph. 371. Eal gesceaft cwíðdon cyninges fyll, Kr. 56. a fall in a moral sense Hí ðone fiell fleóð ðǽre synne, Past. 399, 17.

Linked entries: fiell fyll

for-ealdian

(v.)

to run outexpire

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Swá forealdod mon decrepitus senex, 21. Foreald[od] decrepita, An. Ox. 2109. On fótum forealdudes (ueterani), Scint. 223, 13. Mec þás forealdodan elreordegan bysmergeað illudi me a barbaris senibus existimavi, Nar. 25, 25.

for-stelan

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Se fruma wæs ꝥ mon forstæl ǽnne wímman Ælfsige the beginning was that a woman was stolen from Ælfsige, Cht. Th. 206, 19.

ge-swígian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swígian, (l. ge-swigian, -swugian; and for Mt. L. 22, 12: 12, 23: Shrn. 151, 33: Ph. 145 see ge-swígan).
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Ðá ðis gesprecen wæs, þá geswigode (-sugode, v. l. ) ꝥ Mód. 18, 1 ; F. 60, 18. Geswugode, 24, 1; F. 80, 5. Gesweogode (-swugode, v. l. ), 39, 2 ; F. 212, 10. Geðreádon hine þte gesuigade, hé micle mára cliopade, Lk. L. 18, 39.

hleahtor

a laugh

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wéne þæt þú þǽr ne wurðe mid dymnysse þýstro áblend if you after the manner of critics laugh at me, loot to yourself lest where you expect laughter (light f) you can see nothing for the darkness (the Latin is: si more obtrectatoris succensueris, cave,

Linked entry: hleahtrian

on-secgan

(v.)

to sacrifice, offerto deny, renounce, abjure

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Ger. antsagén renunciare, abjurare, excusare: Ger. ent-sagen) Gif mon síe dumb oððe deáf geboren ðæt hé ne mǽge his synna onsecggan (-sæcgan, MS. H.; ætsacan, MS. B.) ne andettan, béte se fæder his misdǽda, L. Alf. pol. 14; Th. i. 70, 15

smirwan

(v.)
Grammar
smirwan, smerwan, smirewan, smeruwan, smirian, smerian, smyrian; p. smirede, ode

To smear, anoint unctus to anoint

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Hý hine smyrigon . . . ǽr hé hyne smyrige . . . hine ne mót nán mann smyrigan L. Ælfc. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 21-31. Hié selfe mid smirenessum hié smerwan Lchdm. ii. 224, 1. Ða menn ðú scealt smerwan mid ðý ele 194, 18: 156, 4.

carian

(v.)
Grammar
carian, p. ode; pp. od
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Ða cariaþ mid wacelum móde they care with watchful mind, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 2

celeþonie

(n.)
Grammar
celeþonie, an; f.

The herb celandine or swallow-wortchelidonium = χελιδόνιον , chelidonium majus, Lin

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Nim celeþonian moran take roots of celandine, 3, 41; Lchdm. ii. 334, 26: 3, 42; Lchdm. ii. 336, 9 : 3, 60; Lchdm. ii. 344, 2.

Linked entry: cyleþenie

CWECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWECCAN, part.cweccende ; ic cwecce, ðú cwecest, cwecst, he cweceþ, cwecþ. pl. cweccaþ ; p. cwehte, cweahte , pl. cwehton, cweahton ; pp. cweaht

To vibrate, movetorquēre, quatĕre, vibrāre, movēre

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To vibrate, move; torquēre, quatĕre, vibrāre, movēre Cweccende torquens, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 147, 49. He cwecþ his sweord gladium snum vibrabit, Ps. Th. 7, 12. Þegn Hróþgáres, þrymmum cwehte Hrothgar's thane, violently quaked, Beo.

heofon-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-cyning, es; m.

The king of heavenheavenly king

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Heofoncyning hýhst most exalted of heavenly kings, Exon. 117 b; Th. 451, 23; Dóm. 108

hyrst

(n.)
Grammar
hyrst, es; m.

A hurstcopsewood

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The word occurs most frequently in compounds, e.g. hnut-hyrst, æsc-hyrst, etc. and is still found as hurst in names of places. See Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxxii, and Leo's Anglo-Saxon Names. p. 107 In hyrst sciofingden, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. 273, 6.

líc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
líc-mann, es; m.
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Seó dreorige módor mid ðám lícmannum hí ástrehte æt ðæs hálgan apostoles fótum ... Johannes ofhreów ðære méder and ðæra lícmanna dreórignysse, i. 66, 15-21

mynster-mann

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-mann, es; m.

A man who lives in a monasterya monk

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A man who lives in a monastery, a monk Gif hit mynsterman sig si monasticus sit, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 10, Ðás bóc be ðæra hálgena lífe ðe mynstermenn mid heora þénungum wurðiaþ, Homl. Skt. pref. 44: Swt. Rdr. 100, 148.

be-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícian, p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad [be, swícian to wander]

To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free fromevadere, carere

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Torhtgyþ ðære tungan onstyrenesse be-swícade Torctgyd linguæ motu caruit, 4, 9; S. 577, 17

slá

(n.)
Grammar
slá, (from sláhe); gen. slán: but also sláh, slág, e; f.
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Slán moros. Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 33 : ii. 56, 32. ]maturarum, grene slane wose: and pl. slon occurs Alis. 4983. In Baker's Northants. Gloss. slacen-, slaun-bush are given as used of the blackthorn. O. H.

Linked entries: slág sláh

steorfa

(n.)
Grammar
steorfa, an; m.
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Andlang móres tó síferþingcsteorfan, Cod. Dip. B. i. 296, 34

un-eáðelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-eáðelíce, adv.

with difficultywith trouble or inconvenienceunder difficulties

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Ða scipu wurdon swíðe unéðelíce áseten the ships were stranded in a most inconvenient manner, 897; Erl. 95, 29

un-árlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-árlíc, adj.

dishonourabledisgracefulshamefulunkindly

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dishonourable, disgraceful, shameful Ðín módor gewíteþ of weorulde þurh scondlícne deáð and unárlícne and heó ligeþ unbebyrged in wege fuglum tó mete and wildeórum mater tua miserando turpissimoque exitu sepultura carebit, iacebitque in uia praeda auium