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smeoru

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru, smeru (o, a), wes; n.

Fat, grease, suet, tallow adeps, arvina, unctura grease, fat, butter

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Fat, grease, suet, tallow in the following glosses: Smeoru unguentum Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 9. Unsilt smeoro saevo 119, 45. Smero sevo (in a list 'de igne') i. 284, 27. Unámaelte smeoruwe pice, saevo ii. 117, 28. Smerwe sevo 80, 45. Smeruwe Hpt.

Linked entries: smera smeru

tó-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sleán, p. -sloh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen

To strike to pieces,knock to bitsto demolish,knock down a buildingto divide in two by a blow or stroketo drive away thoughts

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Ðonne hé hié tóslyhþ on Criste ðonne hé geðenceþ Cristes þrowunge and his wundra and mid ðǽm geþohtum áflýmeþ ða yfelan geþohtas cogitationes malas cordi suo aduenientes mox ad Christum allidere, R. Ben. 18, 2-6

licgan

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Sum heó hire on handum bær, sum hire æt heortan læg, Gen. 636.

a-cweðan

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

To saytellanswerdicereeloquirespondere

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Ðæt me acweden syndon quæ dicta sunt mihi, Ps. Th. 121, 1

Linked entries: a-cwǽdon a-cwæþ

mǽg-hand

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-hand, a; f.

A relationkinsman

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Wes hit becueden his bróðar suna and siððan néniggra méihanda má ðes cynnes, 465, 20. Cf. ða nýhstan hand mé, 491, 13

rand-gebeorh

(n.)
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a protection such as that afforded by a shield Se ágend up árǽrde reáde streámas in randgebeorh the Lord hath raised the Red Sea's waters as a protecting shield (cf. the waters were a wall unto them, Ex. 14, 29), Cd. Th. 196, 24; Exod. 296

gripa

(n.)
Grammar
gripa, an; m.
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Berende gripan heora portantes manipulos suos, Ps. Spl. 125, 8

Linked entries: gripu ge-grip

slápolness

(n.)
Grammar
slápolness, e; f.
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Surt. 18, 13. Ásol-cennys ácenþ ídelnysse and slápolnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 25. Ic syngede þurh slǽwþe and þurh slápelnesse per accidiam et somnolentiam, Confess. Peccat

stulor

(adj.)
Grammar
stulor, adj.
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Th. ii. 392, 24. stolen Wæteru stulre swéttran synd aque furtiuae dulciores sunt, Scint. 110, 11

tǽcning

(n.)
Grammar
tǽcning, e; f.

Shewing, proof

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Shewing, proof Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Ic hit ðé ðonne wille getǽcan; ac ðæt án ic ðé bebeóde ðæt ðú þeáh for ðære tǽcninge ne forgite ðæt ðæt ic ǽr tǽhte' atqui hoc verissima, inquit, ratione patefaciam, maneant modo quae paullo ante conclusa sunt, Bt. 34, 9;

twi-ecge

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-ecge, adj.
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Surt. 149, 6

Linked entry: twi-icce

un-áræfnendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áræfnendlíc, adj.

Intolerable

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Surt. 123, 5. Be ðám tintregum unáræfnendlícum ( intolerabilibus ), Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 5. Grimme hergunge and unáræfnendlíce acerbas atque intolerabiles irruptiones, 3, 24; S. 556, 5

Linked entry: ræfnendlíc

un-áþrotenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áþrotenlíce, adv.

Unweariedlyunceasingly

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Unweariedly, unceasingly Hí sint tó manienne ðæt hí unáðrotenlíce ða gedónan synna gelǽden beforan heora módes eágan admonendi sunt, ut incessanter admissa ante oculos reducant, Past. 53; Swt. 413, 14.

Linked entry: á-þrotenlíce

be-wǽfan

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Of þám Maria sumne hire líchaman bewǽfde, Hml. S. 23 b, 793. Bewǽfan obvolvere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 41. ꝥ treów biþ úton gescyrped and bewǽfed mid þǽre rinde, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 7. ꝥám scyccelse þe hé mid bewǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 23 b, 218. Add

for-trúwodnes

Grammar
for-trúwodnes, (-ed-).
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Hé bið genéd mid sumre fortrúwodnesse temeritate impellitur praecipitationis, 453, 19. Ðurh ðá fortrúwednesse per hanc fiduciam, 463, 28. Add

ge-delfan

(v.)
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To dig a hole In ðǽm gedolfene byrgenne his stóue in defossum sepulturae suae locum, Jn. p. 2, I

innung

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Th. 49, 13. lodging, v. innian On geþances his wununge innunge hé gearwað Críste in mentis suae hospitio mansionem preparat Christo, Scint. 11, 18

óþer-hwílen

(adj.)
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synd gewunede sunt habban æthwigan beteran cuculle et tonice sint aliquanto solitis quas habent modice meliores, R. Ben. I. 92, 16.

synderlicness

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Add: peculiar excellence Heó weóx betweoh hire óðer twá sweostor tó heáhnesse þæs háligdómes ǽgðer ge mid þám mægne þæs singalan gebedes ge mid gestæþþignesse and synderlicnysse þæs fæstenes inter duas alias sorores suas virtute continuae orationis,

wæl-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fýr, es; n.

a fire that slaysdeadly firea fire that burns the slaina funeral pile

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Th. 5157; B. 2582. a fire that burns the slain, a funeral pile Hét Hildeburh hire selfre suna on bǽl dón ... wand tó wolcnum wælfýra mǽst, Beo. Th. 2243; B. 1119