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sacu

(n.)
Grammar
sacu, e; f.

strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action

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H. i. 184, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. xliii sqq., Grmm. R. A. 854 sq

Linked entries: ge-sacu sac sæc

cedelc

(n.)
Grammar
cedelc, e; f.

The herb mercury ⬩ mercurialis perennis, Lin

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Herba mercurialis, ðæt is, cedelc the herb mercurialis, that is, mercury, Herb. cont. 84; Lchdm. i. 34, 3.

feld-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
feld-wyrt, e; f.

Field-wort ⬩ gentian ⬩ gentiāna

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Herba gentiāna, ðæt ys feldwyrt the herb gentiāna, that is, field-wort, Herb. cont. 17, 1; Lchdm. i. 12, 16.

Linked entry: ferd-wyrt

fór-scyttan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-scyttan, p. -scytte, pl. -scytton; pp. -scytted

To shoot before ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnīre

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Ðæt da sceortan wítu ðises geswincfullan lífes fórscytten [MS. forscyttan] ða toweardan, ðe nǽfre ateoriaþ that the short punishments of this painful life may prevent those to come, which will never fail, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 34

rísan

(v.)
Grammar
rísan, p. rás, pl. rison; pp. risen.
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Th. 58, 1. to be fitting, becoming (the most usual form is ge-rísan, q. v. cf. come and become, venire and convenire, Ger. fallen and ge-fallen for similar development of meaning) Ne ríseþ non decent, Kent. Gl. 681. Ðér ne ríseþ ubi non debet, Mk.

Linked entries: rísende ge-rís

þunrian

(v.)
Grammar
þunrian, p. ode

To thunder

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Þunerode of heofonum Drihten intonuit de coelo Dominus, Ps. Spl. T. 17, 15

un-deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
un-deóre, adv.

Cheaply ⬩ at a small cost

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Cheaply, at a small cost Undeóre hé bohte vile vendidit, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 63. Gá seó wǽge wulle tó .cxx. p. and nán man hig ná undeóror ne sylle, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 4.

under-smúgan

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

To creep under ⬩ come upon unawares ⬩ surprise

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To creep under, come upon unawares, surprise Ídelnysse underþeódde gálscype undersmýhð otio deditos luxuria subripit, Scint. 89, 8. Ne undersmúge gítsunge yfel non subripiat (but other MS. subrepat) avaritie malum, R. Ben. Interl. 95, 7.

ge-sacan

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If eówan could here be intransitive. like the compound æt-eówan, gesacu and ecghete would be parallel

ge-bræcseóc

(adj.)
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Gebræcsióce (-seóce, 86, 65) comitiales (cf. comitiare, loqui, Corp. Gl. H. 34, 627 : comitiales, i. garritores ylfie vel mónaþseóce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 25 : þá symbelmónað*-*lican ádla, 20, 39), Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 5

wel-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
wel-hwǽr, adv.

Everywhere ⬩ generally ⬩ commonly

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Swǽ gelǽrede biscepas, swǽ swǽ welhwǽr (well-, Cott. MSS.) siendon Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 4. Wæs wíde and welhwǽr Waldendes lof áfylled Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 11. Wiód ða ðe willaþ welhwǽr derian clǽnum hwǽte Met. 12, 4.

Linked entry: wel-gehwǽr

wealdend

(n.)
Grammar
wealdend, es; m.

one who exercises power over persons or things, ⬩ a controller ⬩ master ⬩ one who exercises dominion ⬩ a ruler ⬩ governor ⬩ sovereign ⬩ applied to the Deity ⬩ a possessor ⬩ master ⬩ lord

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Wealdendras imperatores, Scint. 215, 9, Ealdormen and þeóde wealdendras, Cod. Dip.

fóre-steppan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-steppan, -stæppan, ic -steppe, -stæppe, he -stepþ, pl. -steppaþ, -stæppaþ; p. -stepede = -stepte ? pp. -steped = -stept ?

To step or come before ⬩ to prevent ⬩ go before ⬩ precede ⬩ prægrĕdi ⬩ prævĕnīre ⬩ antĭcĭpāre ⬩ præcēdĕre

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To step or come before, to prevent, go before, precede; prægrĕdi, prævĕnīre, antĭcĭpāre, præcēdĕre Mín God fórscýt [MS. forscytte] oððe fórestepþ me Deus meus prævĕniet me, Ps. Lamb. 58, 11.

Linked entry: fóre-stæppan

dæg-réd

(v.)
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Se cocc hlúdor singð on úhtan ðonne on dægred, Past. 461, 2. On dægred siþþan hit frumlýhte, Bl. H. 207, 35. On þæt dægred sylf, Jud. 204

geond-smeágan

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Corp. Gl. H. 48, 211. This explains the mistake in Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 36 enixe geondsmeád oððe geornlíce; geondsmeád belongs to enucleata, which has s

fæst

Grammar
fæst, <b>.
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</b> of a place that can be shut up :-- Wunion ealle an ánre fæstre wununge omnes in uno conclaui (cf. conclaus, locus conclusus, Corp. Gl. H. 35, 683) atrii, Chrd. 54, 33

fót-cops

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'Ne binde þé seó racenteág' ... hé tóbræc þone fótcops (-cosp, v.l.) eamdem compedem solvit, Gr. D. 214, 13. Fótcopsas conpedes, Scint. 190, 6: Hml, S. 21, 173. Fótcopsas nervi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 25.

locc

(n.)
Grammar
locc, es; m.

a hair ⬩ a curl ⬩ ringlet

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The hair of the head, a hair, a lock of hair, a curl, ringlet Comatus se ðe hæfþ loccas, coma is locc, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 9. Locc unscoren coma vel cirrus, Wrt. Voc. 42, 45. Locc uncinus, 42, 48.

Linked entry: loca

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Hátum bryne torrido (coe*-*nobialis vitae) rigore, An. Ox. 2705. Þæt mé sorgna is hátost on hreðre, Gú. 993

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]