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olfend

(n.)
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Wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum . . . uncer hláford hióld hiora olfendu . . . wit ástigon on þá olfendan þe uncer hláford on cóm . . . þǽr wit bebohtan uncre olfendan, Shrn. 42, 13-44, 1.

on-tendan

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S. 5, 294 (in Dict.). to burn by exposure to fire Hê heóld his finger ofer þæt byrnende leóht . . . and his fingras ealle ontende, Hml. A. 196, 49. add: to inflame a person with passion, emotion, &c.

á-þweán

Grammar
á-þweán, pp.-þwagen,-þwægen,-þwogen.

to washcleanse an object from impurityto wash impurity from an object

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Se storm áðwyhð swá hwæt swá þæt fýr forswǽlð. Hml. Th. i. 618, 12. Áþwehð, ii. 48, 29. Áðweahð, 56, 7. Áðweað iów, ðæt gé sín clǽne, Past. 421, 14. ꝥ hé hí mid fulluhte áðwóge, Hml. S. 5, 126.

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biter

(adj.)

painfulacrimonious ill-natured

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H. 229, 26. bitter (of feeling), acrimonious, ill-natured Onbærnde mid þǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7

Linked entry: biter-nes

eald-lic

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Sé of þǽre tíde his cnihthádes wæs berende ealdlice heortan ( cor gerens senile ), Gr. D. 95, 1. Biscopum gebirað ealdlice wísan, Ll. Th. ii. 318, 29. belonging to early times, original, authentic (?)

firdian

(v.)

march

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Ðá wearð se cyning swá gram ꝥ hé wolde eft in fyrdian, and þone eard fordón, 948; P. 112, 3a. of troops Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn . . . for þan þe hí sceoldon fyrdrian (fyrdian?) swá swá eall folc dyde, Hml. S. 28, ii.

Linked entries: firdrian fyrdrian

ge-stal

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stal, an obstacle.
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Substitute: <b>ge-stál,</b> es; n. a charge, an accusation In þám dæge (doomsday) ús byð æteówed . . . se réða wealdend and se rihta dóm, úre fyrena edwit and þǽra feónda gestál, Wlfst. 186, 17.

ge-wǽtan

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Ox. 3470. the subject the moisture Se ele feóll ofer þa brerdas þǽre bydene and gewǽtte ( inundabat ) þone flór, Gr. D. 160, 13. Streámas ... ná him gewǽttan fót þá hí on Iordane gengdan æfter abierunt in sicco flumina, Ps. Th. 104, 36.

sand

Grammar
sand, sending.
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Add Hé cóm þurh Godes sande tó þǽre foresǽdan byrig, Hml. S. 24, 129: 35, 254.

eald

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H. 87, 19. where difference of date is marked, old as opposed to new, earlier, former Hlóþwíg wæs þæs aldan Carles sunu, Chr. 885; P. 80, 3: 982; P. 124, 32. Tó ðæs cynges dómerne Heródes; sé wæs þæs ealdan Heródes suna sunu, Hml. Th. ii. 422, 1.

citel

(n.)
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Hé hét mycel fýr onǽlan and ǽnne cytel þǽrofer gesettan, and bǽd þǽre fǽmne fét and handan innen þone weallende cetel gesetton, Hml. A. 178, 286-9. Cytelas lebetes, An. Ox. 7, 319. Add

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efen-micel

(adj.)
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Saluie, rúde be healfan þǽre saluian, fefer*-*fugian emmicel þára twégea wyrta, ii. 292, 17

fiþer-féte

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fiþer-féte, -fóte.
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Wæs þǽra feðerfóta niétena micel mænigeo, 9, 4. Se wind ússe feþerfót niétenu swencte quadrupedia uexabantur, 22, 30. used substantivally: Feoðorfðta (-o. R.) his ł néteno pecora ejus, Jn. L. 4, 12.

Linked entry: feówer-féte

géna

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Take here geána, geóna in Dict. and add In Ongel-cyricean, on þǽre þú ána nú géna (gyt, gyta, v. ll.) eart bysceop ge-méted in Anglorum ecclesia, in qua adhuc solus tu episcopus inueniris, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 73, 3. Geóna (geáne, L., nú gyt, W.

ge-offrian

(v.)
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Add: to sacrifice, immolate Offrunga þǽre ealdan ǽwe wé ná ne geoffriaþ ( immolamus ), An. Ox. 40, 20. Hé funde him ánne ram Gode tó geoffrigenne, Prud. 1 b. Eástrun úre geoffrud ( immolatus ) is, An.

múl

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Martinus rád him wið gescrýd mid sweartum cláþum; þá á Ðá cempan þá woldon mid þám cræte forð, ac þá múlas ealle endemes ástifodon tó þǽre eorðan áfæstnode, 985.

tó-sceád

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) hwæðere þætte fore missenlicre heora feaxes híwe óðer wæs cweden se blaca Heáwold, óðer se hwíta Heáwold, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 599, 18. add: of difference in material objects Æteówde seó hand swutole ... and wǽron fægere fingras, smale and lange, and þǽra

self-líce

(n.; adv.)
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self-líce, es; n.
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Self-love, self-complacency, self-satisfaction, -conceit, arrogance Ðonne ðæt selflíce gegriépþ ðæt mód þæs recceres amor proprius cum rectoris mentem ceperit, Past. 19, 1; Swt. 143, 5.

Linked entries: -líce -líce

be-rípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rípan, p. te

To stripdespoilplunder

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Ná berýp ðú þeów wísne ne defraudes seruum sensatum, Scint. 190, 1. þæt hé ðá unstrangan berýpe. Hml. Th. i. 164, 4. ꝥ hé inne oþþe úte cirican berýpe, Ll. Th. i. 334, 31.

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for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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Add: to cut up, cut asunder Hé gelæhte his sex and forcearf his basing ... þá hlógon his geféran þæs forcorfenan basinges, Hml. S. 31, 69-72. Heó wæs forcorfen on middan on twá styccu per medium secabatur, Gr.