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neoþera

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Hú nearwe and hú ænge wǽron ealle ðá neoðerran gesceafta, Gr. D. 174, 16. Hit wirð gewundod mid ðǽm hungre ðæs nyðemestan and dæs fúlestan geðóhtes cupiditatis infimae fame sauciatur, Past. 283, 17

smæl

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Add In smalan æsc, C. D. iii. 381, 1

stæþ

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Andlang díc útt on Terstán (cf. on Tærstán streám, iv. 105, 4) on ðone sýðeran steð; ðonne andlang steðes; ðæt beneoðan beámwær on ðone norðere steð, andlang staðes æft on Twyfyrde, C. D. v. 148, 19-22.

port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es; m. n.
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Of Sciringes heale hé seglode on fíf dagan tó ðæm porte ðe mon hǽt æt Hǽþum, Swt. 19, 10-23. Hé hine gelǽdde tó ðam porte ( ad portum ) ðe is nemned Cwentowíc, Bd. 4, 1 ; S. 564, 44. a town Port castellum, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 28.

Linked entry: Portes-múþa

rodor

(n.)
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
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Lyft aer, hroder aether, 52, 56. Se rodor ymbféhþ útan eall ðás niþerlícan gescæfte, Shrn. 63, 9.

Linked entry: rador

ge-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-faran, p. fór; pl. -fóron, -fóran; pp. faren.

To goproceedreach by goingarriveireproficiscimeareto departdieto proceedget onfareTo get by goingexperienceoccupyreachobtaingo against

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Ne wéne ic ðæt ǽnig wǽre ðe ðæt atellan mihte, ðæt on ðam gefeohte gefór I do not suppose that anybody could reckon [the number] that died in that battle, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 75, 9. Gefór Æðeréd cyning king Ethelred died, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 1.

Linked entry: ge-fór

sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
sweltan, swyltan, swiltan; p. swealt, pl. swulton; pp. swollen
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Ic sceal æt ðé sweltan deáðe, Homl. Th. ii. 308, 27. Wundum sweltan, Byrht. Th. 140, 25; By. 293. Hí ondrǽdaþ him ðæt hí sceolan swyltan for ðam húsle, L. Ælf.

Linked entry: a-sweltan

sweotol

(adj.)
Grammar
sweotol, swutol, switol, swytol, sutol (-ul, -al, -el); adj.
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Wæs swytol, ðæt hé ǽr mihte wið deáð gebeorgan, Wulfst. 23, 15. Ðis eástorlíce gerýno ús æteóweþ ðæs écean lífes sweotole bysene, Blickl. Homl. 83, 8: 99, 14. Tácen sutol, Cd. Th. 270, 12; Sat. 89.

swégan

(v.)
Grammar
swégan, p. de
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Æt ðam forman gedelfe swégde út ormǽte wyllspring, Homl. Th. i. 562, 14. Swégde swíðlíc wind of ðam wéstene, ii. 450, 18. Ða wæterburnan swégdon and urnon, Dóm. L. 3: Ps. Spl. 45, 3.

on-ǽlan

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Add Se Hálga Gást heora ealra mód swá onbryrde and onǽlde, ꝥ hí cúðon ǽlc gereord þe on middanearde is, Hml. Th. ii. 47, 7. Hwí eart þú onǽled mid swá ídele gefeán? quid inanibus gaudiis raperis, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 29.

ge-hínan

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Is wén þæt heó mec eft wille earmne gehýnan yflum yrmðum. swá heó mec ǽr dyde (cf. þone heó gebond and mid witum swong, 613) Jul. 633. Hungre gehýned, El. 720. Ic ǽr hyhtful gewearð and nú gehýned éom góda geásne, 923. Gehiéned, Past. 66, 19.

ge-séman

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Substitute: the object a person. to reconcile adversaries Lǽt inc geséman ǽr ðú ðín lác bringe vade prius reconciliari fratri tuo, Past. 349, 12.

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, p. ode.

of animate objectsto desire, ask forwith gen. or uncertainwith accusativewith infinitivewith geniudial infinitivewith genitive and gerundial infinitivewith a clauseabsolute or uncertainto desire to goto tend to an end

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Hé wilnode ðæt his lícræst sceolde beón æt Cridiantúne, Chr. 977; Erl. 127, 37. Heó ealle tó mé wilnodon ðæt ic hine lǽte æt mé ðæt land begeotan. Th. 167, 38.

Linked entry: willnian

and-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
and-weorc, ond-weorc, an-weorc, es; n.

Mattersubstancematerialmetala cause of anythingmateriacæmentummetallumcausa

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Ðæt leád is hefigre ðonne ǽnig óðer andweorc plumbum cæíeris metallis est gravius, Past. 37, 3; Hat. MS. 50 a. 16. Búton andweorce without cause, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 2: Bt. Met. Fox 17, 32; Met. 17, 16

Linked entry: an-weorc

bysmor-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
bysmor-spræc, bysmur-spræc, bysmer-spæc, e; f. [bismer, bysmer blasphemy; spræc, spæc a speaking, word, speech]
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Ælc synn and bysmur-spræc byþ forgyfen mannum, sóþlíce ðæs Hálgan Gástes bysmurspræc ne byþ forgyfen omne peccatum et blasphemia remittetur hominibus, Spiritus Sancti autem blasphemia non remittetur, 12, 31.

fæder-éðel

(n.)
Grammar
fæder-éðel, gen. -éðles; m. [éðel a country, home]

Father-land, paternal home păterna rĕgio, patria

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He bebeád, ðæt ǽlc cóme to his fæderéðle he gave orders that every one should come to his father's home, 5, 14 ; Bos. 114, 18, 22

under-smúgan

(v.)
Grammar
under-smúgan, p. -smeáh, pl. -smugon; pp. -smogen

To creep undercome upon unawaressurprise

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Ðæt ǽnig þinc ne undersmuge on wege gesyhðe ne quid forte subripuerit in via visus, 113, 11. Swá hý nǽfre mid oferfylle undersmogene and beswicene ne weorðan ne subrepat satietas aut ebrietas, R. Ben. 64, 19

un-drifen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-drifen, adj.

Not driven

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Not driven Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe, ðe binnan múðan cuman[mæg?], þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit undrifen bið (si non sit abacta tempestatibus (Lat. vers.).

un-þeáwfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þeáwfæst, adj.

Of bad habitsviciousill-manneredill-conditioned

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Of bad habits, vicious, ill-mannered, ill-conditioned Hit is bysmorlíc dǽd, ðæt ǽnig man ǽfre swá unþeáwfæst beón sceole, ðæt hé ðone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gauge ðæt meox út, Engl. Stud. viii. 62, 15.

weorold-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-snotor, adj.
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Ne weorþeþ on worulde ǽnig worldsnotera (woruld-, v.l.) þonne hé wyrðeþ there shall be none in the world that has more worldly cunning than he (Antichrist) has, Wulfst. 54, 21