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láþ

(adj.)
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láþ, adj.
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Ic wát þæt nán swá gód man ne leofað swá hé is, þéh þe hé mé sié se láþesta, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 244, 1. <b>I b.</b> antithetical to leóf :-- Leóf carus, láð odiosus Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 63, 64.

(adv.)
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má, ; adv.
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Ne secge ic nǽfre má þæt ic hála æágan habbe, 48, 16.

leahter

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Þæs líchoman leah as and þá unþeáwas, Met. 22, 25. Leahtra conuitiorum An. Ox. 5363. Leahtra firene geseón on þám sáwlum, Cri. 1281. Gelácnigan leahtra gehwylcne, yfel unclǽne, 1309. Líchoman leahtra clǽne, Ph. 518.

offrung

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Add Salomon geoffrode Gode micele lác, þæt wǽron þúsendfealde onsægednessa æt ánre offrunge, Hml. Th. ii. 576, 8.

reccan

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add: to cite an instance Þæs þe rechþ ut fert, Germ. 399, 347. Eft rehþ infra subdit, An. Ox. 5167. Rehte protulit (ad exemplum militiae Christianorum agonem protulit gymnicorum), An. Ox. 57; ederet, i. enarret, 8, 284.

sceótan

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sceótan, <b>I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Seó culfre fleáh þǽr út, and þá bróðra hire lócodon on, oþ ꝥ heó sceát in þone heofon (penetravit caelum), Gr. D. 275, 18. <b>IV c.

gál-ness

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Hwæt getácnað þæs fylmenes ofcyrf búton gálnysse wanunge?, Hml. Th. i. 94, 33. Swíðor for bearnteáme þonne for gálnysse, ii. 70, 20: Ap. Th. 25, 10: Hml. A. 30, 144. Þú leofast on gálnysse (libidine), Dóm. L. 178. Gálnesse luxu An. Ox. 8, 362.

tó-cwísan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cwísan, p. de

To shatter,break to pieces,crush,bruise

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Feól se wáh uppan ðæs stuntan rǽdboran, þæt hé æll tócwýsde and sum óþer cniht samod, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 173. The word seems used with a passive force in the following passage

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Ælbeorhtra scolu, hergas háligra, 930 Þas heregas þreó, se heofonlica þreát. . . þæt eorðlice mægn . . . þæt helcunde wered. Wlfst. 254, 11-15. of a fortuitous collection of people, a crowd, multitude Wæs forléten here (turba), Mt. L. 14, 23.

innoþ

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þǽre módor innoþas áweahte ipse viscera matris exsuscitat, Bl. H. 167, 6

óleccan

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óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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Þá woruldsǽlþa swíþe lytelíce óleccaþ þǽm módum þe hí on lást willaþ beswícan, Bt. 7, 1 ; F. 16, 11

cyst

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Þǽm ðe worð bið in láre and in ðǽwum and in clǽnnise and in cystum, Mt. L. 10, 8 note.

hund-twelftig

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with units Mid óþrum fíf and hundtwelftigum his efenbisceopum cum aliis cxxv episcopis, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 666, 24. where the governed or qualified noun is not expressed Wæs ungemetlic wæl geslagen Persa, and Alexandres næs ná má þonne hundtwelftig on þǽm

á-fyllan

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Th. i. 68, 3. ꝥ folc þæs fægnode áfylde (-fyllede, v. l. ) mid þám brǽðe. Hml. S. 27, 112

be-warenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-warenian, -warnian.

avoidto watchguard

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D. 321, 7. to guard against :-- Sý bewarnod, þæt hit ná ne gesǽle caveatur ne proveniat, R. Ben. 36, 5. to watch, guard þú bewarnast observaberis, Ps. Spl. 129, 3

Linked entry: be-warian

burg-waran

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burg-waran, -ware.
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Þára uplicra burhwara and þæs écean geférscipes, Bl. H. 197, 16. From Hierusolimiscum ðǽm burguærum (burugweorum. R.) ab Hierosolimis, Jn. L. 1, 19. Sé ðá burhware ofercymð, Past. 218, 18

clawu

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Ic ofercóm þæs cwelleres tintregu, scearp ísen and þá slítendan clawa, 8, 189

cennan

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Þæt cennende (cynn-, v. l.) wíf enixam mulierem, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 79, 8. Wið ꝥ cennende him, Lch. ii. 328, 22. Þá cennendan leomu genitalia, Gr. D. 26, 27: Wrt.

efesian

(v.)
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Sceára tácen is þæt þú wecge þínne scytefinger and þone midemistan on þínre swíðran hande ymb þín heáfod swilce þú efysian wille, Tech. ii. 127, 25. with acc. of person, to cut the hair of a person Ne efesiað eów, Deut. 14, 6.

for-dwínan

to vanishto passto fade awaydwindle awaypass awaydecay

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Þæs folces duguð fordwíneð, Wlfst. 133, 12. Fordwán cassaretur, An. Ox. 4711. Fordwinan tabuerunt, 4032: euanuerunt, i. defecerunt, 1679. Swylce sceadu gewitan, swylce swefen fordwinan (euanuerunt), Scint. 215, 11.