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lácnian

(v.)
Grammar
lácnian, p. ode

To healcuretendtake care oftreatdress(a wound)

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Ðis is þearf ðæt se se ðe wunde lácnian (Hatt. MS. lácnigean) wille géote wín on necesse est, ut, quisquis sanandis vulneribus praeest, in vino morsum doloris adhibeat, Past. 17, 10; Swt. 124, 11. Se lácnigenda the physician, 21, 2; Swt. 153, 4.

Linked entry: lǽcnan

lyðre

(adj.)
Grammar
lyðre, adj.

Evilwickedbasemeanpoorsordidvilelewddepraved

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Hú lǽne and hú lyðre ðis líf is on tó getrúwianne, 189, 3. Eálá ðú lyðra þeówa serve nequam, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 32: Lk. Skt. 19, 22: Homl. Th. ii. 552, 6. Ic eom se lytla for ðé and se lyðra man, se syngige swíðe genehhe, Hy. 3, 41; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 41.

med-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
med-micel, adj.

not greatmoderatesmallnot greattriflingvenialnot importantnot greatlowlymeanpoor

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Dip. Kmbl. ii. 304, 12. Ðæt ic on ðam medemǽstan (medemæstan?) geþohte gesyngode quæ tenuissima cogitatione peccavi, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 10. not great, lowly, mean, poor On medmyclum hrægle gehealdene content with mean apparel, Blickl.

neowol

(adj.)
Grammar
neowol, nifol, nihol, nihold, neól, niwol; adj.

proneprostratedeep downlowprofound

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In ðis neowle genip, 275, 31; Sat. 180 : 292, 25; Sat. 446. Drihten for ðé of ðæm heán heofone on ðás neowlan gesceaft niðer ástáh for thee the Lord descended from the high heaven to this lower world, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 396, 2.

ge-win

(n.)
Grammar
ge-win, -winn, es; n. [winnan to fight] .

a battlecontestwarstrifequarrelhostilitytumultcertāmenpugnabellumtŭmultuslabourtoilsorrowagonylăbortrībŭlātioăgōniafruit of laborersgainprofitfructus lăbōrumlucrumquæstus

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He his módsefan wið ðam fǽrhagan fæste trymede feónda gewinna he firmly strengthened his mind against the peril of the fiends' hostilities, Exon, 46 b; Th. 159, 29; Gú. 934. labour, toil, sorrow, agony; lăbor, trībŭlātio, ăgōnia Ðis gewin hic lăbor,

Linked entry: winn

gram

(adj.)
Grammar
gram, grom; adj. [grama anger]
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Ðín ðæt grame yrre thy fierce anger, 68, 25: 84, 1: 108, 18. Seó eádge biseah ongeán gramum the blessed maid looked on the fierce one [the devil], Exon. 75 a; Th. 280, 12; Jul. 628: Cd. 27; Th. 36, 35; Gen. 582.

Linked entry: grom

scort

(adj.)
Grammar
scort, adj.
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Nis nǽnig mon ðe wite hwæðer ðis þúsend sceole beón scyrtre ðe lengre. Blickl. Homl. 119, 6. Dagas ne synd náðor ne længran ne scyrtran ðonne hí æt fruman wǽran, Lchdm iii. 252, 19. Se mónaþ (February) is ealra scyrtost (scyrtst, MSS. P.

Linked entries: scyrtra sceort

seófian

(v.)
Grammar
seófian, séfian, sýfian ; p. ode.
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Sceal ic siófigende wópe gewǽged wreccea giómor singan sárcwidas flebilis moestos cogor inire modos , Met. 2, 2, uncertain Sýfaþ causatur, i. querelatur, causam dicit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 10.

sweotolung

(n.)
Grammar
sweotolung, e; f.
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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 222, 32. Bringe hé swutelunge (switelunge, MS. D.), ðæt hé swá micel betǽht hæbbe, L. Edg. i. 4; Th. i. 264, 10. Ðá gemǽtæ hé on ðam mynstre ða ylcan swutelunga (evidences, title-deeds) ðe his fore*-*genga hæfde . . .

tæfl

(n.)
Grammar
tæfl, e; f.: es ; n.(?): tæfle, an(?); f.

Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later timeThe word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chessAmong the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd

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The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game.

Linked entry: tebl

ge-gladian

(v.)
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Gigladia cirica ðín laetatur aecclesia tua, Rtl. 72, 14. Gigladia ué gaudeamus, 38, 29: letamur, 49, 20. Rihtwíse gegladian on blisse justi delectentur in laetitia, Ps. Spl. 67, 3

ge-tenge

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Take here ge-tænge in Dict., and add: of local relations, close against. lying on or by, in contact with Eall líchoma eorþan getenge (cf. sume licgaþ mid eallon lichoman on eorþan, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 25) alia exiento sunt corpore, pulveremque verrunt

girwan

Grammar
girwan, <b>gierwan, gerwan, gyrwan, gierian, gerian, gyrian</b>
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Take here in Dict., and add: to prepare, make ready for some action, set in order for a purpose Fela þǽra wæs wera and wífa þe þæt wínreced geredon, B. 994.

irfe

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[The passages given in Dict. under yrfe may be taken here] Be yrfes ætfenge. Sé þe yrfe befó de illis qui pecus intertiant. Si quis pecus aliquod interciet, Ll. Th. i. 204, 9. Wæs þæt lond ierfælæás . . .

(adj.)
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Dict

rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
rúh, adj.

rough, hairy, shaggy rough, untrimmed, uncultivatedrough, knottyrough, undressed

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Dip. Kmbl. ii. 172, 32. On ðone rúwan hlync; andlang ðæs rówan linces, v. 297, 22. On rúwan beorg; of rúwan beorge, 277, 18. On ða rúgan þyrnan; of ðære þyrnan, iii. 419, 12.

Linked entries: rýht rúg rupe

wæl-hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-hreów, -hreáw, -reów, -rǽw; adj.

Cruelbarbarousbloodthirsty

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Ne lǽt ðú on ðæs wælhreówan hond (crudeli) ðín geár, Past. 36; Swt. 249, 11: Homl. Th. i. 80, 31. Ne mæg ic mínne feónd lufian, ðone ðe ic wælhreówne tógeánes mé geseó, 54, 31. Ðone wælhreówan feónd ðisse menniscan gecynd[e], Blickl. Homl. 31, 31.

geá

etiam, jam

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Take here iá in Dict., and add; where a question is answered in the affirmative. where the question is put positively Sume aduerbia syndon con- vel adfirmatiua . . . mid ðám wé áséðað úre sprǽce. Etiam geá: manducasti hodie ? ǽt ðú tódæg ?

rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtan, p. te

to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct to right a person,replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprivedto make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend to keep right, direct, rule

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Th. 139, 25. to make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend Ne séce ic nó ða béc, ac ðæt ðæt ða béc forstent, ðæt ic ðín gewit swíðe rihte that I may set thy mind thoroughly right, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 20.

CORN

(n.)
Grammar
CORN, es; n.

CORNa grainseedberry frumentumgranumbaccaa hard or cornlike pimplea cornkernel on the feet pustulaclavus

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Genim ðysse wyrte twentig corna take twenty grains of this herb [ivy ] 121, 2; Lchdm. i. 234, 6. a hard or cornlike pimple, a corn, kernel on the feet; pustula, clavus Ðis mæg horse wið ðon ðe him biþ corn on ða fét this may be for a horse which has