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for-scrífan

(v.)
Grammar
for-scrífan, p. -scráf, pl. -scrifon; pp. -scrifen [scrífan to judge] ,

to condemnproscribecondemnāreproscrībĕreto writecut intocut downincīdĕresuccīdĕre

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Th. 213; B. 106. to write or cut into, cut down; incīdĕre, succīdĕre Awríteþ he on his wǽpne wællnota heáp, bealwe bócstafas bill forscrífeþ he writes upon his weapon a heap of fatal marks, baleful letters he cuts into the bill, Salm.

Linked entries: screón fer-scrifen

forþ-gewítan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gewítan, p. -gewát, pl. -gewiton; pp. -gewiten

To go forthproceedgo bypassdepartdieprocēdĕretransīreprætĕrīredecēdĕremŏri

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Ðone forþgewitenan tíman, Som. 23, 9

Linked entry: ge-wítan

heófan

(v.)
Grammar
heófan, p. de

To lamentgrievewailmourn

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Álegdon ðá tó middes mǽrne þeóden hæleþ hiófende hláford leófne warriors lamenting laid down in their midst the great prince, the lord beloved, Beo. Th. 6275; B. 3142

heofon-feld

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-feld, es; m.

A Northumbrian local name

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Seó stów is geháten Heofonfeld on Englisc wið ðone langan weall ðe ða Rómániscan worhton the place is called in English Heavenfield, by the long wall that the Romans made, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 96, 33

leger-stów

(n.)
Grammar
leger-stów, e; f.

A burial-placecemetery

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Ypolitus bebyrigde ðone hálgan líchaman on ðære wudewan legerstówe Hippolytus buried the holy body in the burial-place of the widow, Homl. Th. i. 430, 26

mundbyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
mundbyrdness, e; f.

protectionA protectorpatronadvocatea protection of rights granted by charter

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protection Ic fare swá hwyder swá ðú mé tó mundbyrdnysse gerecst I will go whithersoever thou dost direct for my protection, Glostr.

neoþan

(adv.)
Grammar
neoþan, adv.

Downbeneathfrom beneath

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Down, beneath, from beneath Nyþan (niþan, neoþan) dedeorsum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 238, 10. On heofenum and on eorþan neoþan in coelo sursum et in terra deorsum, Jos. 2, 11. Ealle stówa hé neoþan underwreþeþ, Blickl. Homl. 23, 20.

Linked entries: under under-neoþan

pocc

(n.)
Grammar
pocc, es ; m.
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Mid hunige smire ðǽr hit út sleá on ðone poc ... Sealf wið pocádl ... Drenc wið poccum ...

BLÆC

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÆC, gen. m. n. blaces, f. blæcre; def. m. se blaca, f. n. blace: bleac; adj.

BLACK, swarthyniger, fuscusnigerink

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Ofslógon ðone blacan Heawald they killed the black Heawald, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 40. Ða sind blace swíðe they are very black, Exon. 114 b; Th. 438, 28; Rä. 58, 2.

Linked entries: blæc-berie bleac

ge-blówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blówan, p. -bleów , pl. -bleówon; pp. -blówen [ge-, blówan to blow]

To blowflourishbloomblossomflōrēreefflōrēre

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Ðæt gé on his wícum wel geblówan in atriis dŏmus Dei nostri flōrēbunt, 91, 12.

ge-réþru

(n.)
Grammar
ge-réþru, pl. n.

Rudder, helm

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Rudder, helm [the steering was done by means of an oar] Ða men ða ðe beóþ winnende in sciplícum gewinne híg ðonne begáþ ǽrost ða geréþru in ðære hýþe qui in nauali prælio demicaturi sunt ante in portu inflectant gubernacula, Shrn. 35, 8: 9.

ge-nihtsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumnes, -nyhtsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, -nis, -niss, e; f.

Abundance, plenty, copiousness, sufficiencyabundantia, ūbertas, cōpia

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Híg beóþ gedrencte for genihtsumnisse húses ðínes inebriābuntur ab ūbertāte dŏmus tuæ, 35, 9.

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsum-nes

sucga

(n.)
Grammar
sucga, an; m.
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Heges-sugge (q. v.) is used to gloss the same word, vicetula as sucga does.] Sucga, sugga, suca ficetula, Txts. 62, 422. Sucga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 53. Sugga, i. 62, 43. Tó sucgan gráf, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 27

Linked entry: sugga

Undalan

(n.)
Grammar
Undalan, pl.

Oundle

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In later English it is Undela : -- Ic gife ðone tún ðe man cleopeþ Undela, Chr. 963; Erl. 122, 4

un-tweólíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweólíce, adv.

undoubtedlyindubitablycertainlywithout feeling doubtwith certainty

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undoubtedly, indubitably, certainly Smyre ðone seócan; untweólíce ðú hyne álýsest, Lchdm. i. 302, 4. Hé grípð untweólíce ðæt behátene ríce, Homl. Th. i. 360, 25: Homl. Ass. 97, 184. Heó getácnode untweólíce ða hálgan gelaðunge, 114, 412.

Linked entries: tweólíce un-twílíce

un-gerisenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gerisenlíce, adv.

In an unsuitable, unseemly or unbecoming mannerwith indignitydishonourablybasely

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Dauid, ðá hé ðone læppan forcorfenne hæfde, suíðe suíðlíce hreówsade ðæt hé him ( Saul ) ǽfre suá ungeriesenlíce (-risen-, Cott. MSS.) geðénigan, sceolde, 28; Swt. 199, 18.

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m.: wange, wænge, wenge, an; n.
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Benedictus slóh ðone munuc under ðæt wencge mid anre handa, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 10. T him ða wongan briceþ, Salm. Kmbl. 192 ; Sal. 95. Ic ða wangas mid teárum ofergeát, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 556

wiþ-habban

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-habban, p. -hæfde

To hold out againstto withstandresist

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To hold out against, to withstand, resist Gif ðæs synfullan ingehýd bið gehrepod mid fyrhte ðæs upplícan dómes, ðonne wiðhæfð hé ðám unlustum, Homl. Th. i. 494, 9. Ðæt wæs wundor micel, ðæt se wínsele wiðhæfde heaðodeórum, Beo. Th. 1548; B. 772.

Linked entry: wiþer-habban

wiþ-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-scúfan, p. -sceáf, pl.-scufon; pp. -scofen

To push backawayrepeldrive awayrefuterepellereexpellerepraecipitare

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Hwí willaþ gé wiþscúfan (repellere) ðone ðe gé ǽr onféngon, 3, 19; S. 549, 4. Wiþscúfan (refutare ) ða ðe gedyrstigedon, ðæt hí Eástran heóldan bútan heora rihtre tíde, 5, 21; S. 642, 39.

bere

barley

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Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, and þeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann, þonne hé gearo bið, Hml. Th. i. 188, 4. Horse mete is bere, Hml. S. 3, 216. Gebúr sceal syllan .xxiii. systra beres, Ll. Th. i. 434, 11.