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flǽsc-mete

Flesh

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Gyt flǽscmettum (carnibus) ic brúce, for þám cild ic eom, Coll. M. 34, 21. Unrihtlic bið þæt se crístena man flǽsclice lustas gefremme on þám tíman þe hé flǽscmettas forgán sceal, Wlfst. 286, 2. Add:

ge-seówan

Grammar
ge-seówan, ge-síwan, ge-seowian to sew.
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Corp. Gl. H. 104, 32), Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 51. Gesiúwide adsutae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 19. Gesíwede, 3, 67. Geseówede, An. Ox. 5334. Geseowade consuta, 56, 31

híne

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
híne, [ = (?) hínan as gehúse = gehúsan, hiwæ = híwan in the same verse]

domesticos,

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., and which may have come to be looked upon as an uninflected word used in such cases as the first part of a compound? In v. 36 domestici is glossed hígu ł híne ł híwen, and 24, 34 pater-familas = híne-fæder [but this may be for hína-fæder]

Linked entry: hína

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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(Some of these compounds may be con-nected with wíse.)

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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Mon selle tó Folcanstáne . x. oxan and . x. cý and . c. swína, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 27. Ic sello ðás lond . . . and twá þúsendu swína ic sello mid ðém londum ii. 120, 15.

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun

wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
wrítan, p. wrát, pl. writon; pp. writen

To write.to cutto drawto form lettersto writeto writeto compose,be the author ofto writeto writewriteto writestateto writeget a thing writtento convey by charter

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Hér sindan da naman ðere monna ðe ðis (the charter) wreotan and festnedan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 47, 10. to convey by charter Wé him wrítaþ ða mǽdue æt Pirigforda. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 32, 23.

Linked entries: wrítere wrítian

DEÁF

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÁF, adj.

DEAFsurdus

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Deáf corn deaf or barren corn, Past. 52, 9; Hat. MS

Linked entry: a-deáf

GÁN

(v.)
Grammar
GÁN, to gánne; ic , ðú gǽst, he gǽþ; pl. gáþ; p. ic he eóde, ðú eódest; pl. eódon; imp., pl. gáþ; pp. gán; v. n. [the conjugation is formed from two roots, the past tense being from root i; cf. Gothic iddja];

To gocomewalkhappenīregrădievĕnīre

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Gá hider come hither, Gen. 27, 21. Gáþ eów into ðære cyrcan unforhtlíce go into the church fearlessly, Homl. Th. i. 508, 1

tigele

(n.)
Grammar
tigele, tigle, tiegle, an; f.
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Nim sume tigelan (tiglan, Cott. MSS.) and wrít on hiere ða burg Hierusalem sume tibi laterem, et describes in eo civitatem Jerusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 3, 9, 11. Tieglan (tiglan, Cott. MSS.), Swt. 161, 12, 20.

Linked entries: tiegle tygele

micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Micklegreatmagnusmuchmanymultusgreat

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Þurhslegene mid ðare ádle ðæs myclan líces ( elephantiasis ), Lchdm. ii. 399, col. 2. Micel grandem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 70. Ða miclan tán alloces, 5, 18.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

tó-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-weorpan, -werpan, -worpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

To throw in different directionsthrow awaythrow downto scatterdispersedestroyoverthrowto scatterdisperseto break in piecesscatter the parts of a connected wholeto overthrowto overturnto throw downdestroy a buildingdemolishto overthrowto destroy the power of a person,to destroyto overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc.,to put downput an end todestroymake voidbreakdissolveto throw out

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Nelle gé wénan ðæt ic cóme tówurpan (solvere) ða ǽ; ne com ic ná tówurpan (-wearpan, MS. A.), ac gefyllan, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 17. Uton tówurpan ðás geflitu dissolvamus has conlentiones, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 23.

cýpan

(v.)
Grammar
cýpan, cípan; ic cýpe, ðú cýpest, cýpst, he cýpeþ, cýpþ, pl. cýpaþ; p. cýpte, ðú cýptest, pl. cýpton,cíptun

To sell vendere

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To sell; vendere Ic wylle cýpan volo vendere, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 19. Ic cýpe míne þingc ego vendo meas res, 26, 33. Hwǽr cýpst ðú fixas ðine ubi vendis pisces tuos? 23, 21. Ðú sældest vel cýptest folc ðín vendidisti populum tuum, Ps. Spl.

miscian

(v.)
Grammar
miscian, p. ode

To mixto mix in due proportion

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Gehwæðeres sceal mon nyttian and miscian ðæt ðone líchoman hǽle each method (treatment by hot or by cold remedies) shall be used and applied in due proportion, that the body may be cured, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 7

murcian

(v.)
Grammar
murcian, p. ode

To grievecomplainrepine

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Sóna swá ic ðé on ðisse unrótnesse geseah ðus murciende (Cott. MS. murcniende) cum te moestum lacrymantemque vidissem Bt. 5, l; Fox 8, 27

Linked entries: murcen be-murcian

stræclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stræclíce, adv.
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strictly, sternly, vehemently Gif him God ryhtlíce and stræclíce (streclíce, Cott. MSS.) déman wile si districte judicentur, Past. 5, 3 ; Swt. 45, 20.

stunt

(adj.)
Grammar
stunt, adj.
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Swá stunte nýtenu sicut bruta animalia, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 19. Cweþaþ ða ðe syndan stunte, ðæt mycel forhæfedness lytel behealde, Wulfst. 55, 23

brún-basu

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Balla loca prasinum (cf. calcido ut ignis lucet haec est prasinum, Corp. Gl. H. C. 77) brún-basu, 125, 16. Bánwyrt ys brúnbasuw, Lch. i. 294, 10. Brúnbasewum purpureo , An. Ox. 1269. Brúnbasum, 5139. Brúnbaswere, 5072. Brúnbasne coccineum , 5125.

ge-wæterian

(v.)
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Add: to supply animals with water, Coll. M. 20, 31 (in Dict.). to water plants (lit. or fig.) Ðonne gréwð ðætsǽd ðára worda ðonne sió mildheortnes ðæs láreówes geðwǽnð ðá breóst ðæs hiérendes.

sceáp-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
sceáp-hirde, es; m.

A shepherd

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Scéphyrdas opiliones, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 3. Godes engel ætíwde sceáphirdon Shrn. 29, 31. Be sceáphyrdan. Sceáphyrdes niht is ..., L. R. S. 14 ; Th. i. 438, 21

be-féran

(v.)

to go aboutfrom place to place,to come uponovertakecatch To getfall among to pass by

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Substitute: to go about, from place to place, Mk. 6, 6 (in Dict.). to come upon, overtake, catch (of a pursuing force) Hé beférde þæt folc þǽr hig gewícode wǽron cum persequerentur Aegyptii vestigia praecedentium, repererunt eos in castris, Ex. 14, 9