swíma
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swimming in the head, dizziness, giddiness, vertigo Hí áscamode swiciaþ on swíman ashamed they wander dizzily, Exon. Th. 79, 33 ; Cri. 1300. Wið ðone swíman, nim . . . and cnuca . . . wyrta . . . ofgeót mid wætere . . . nim ðone wǽtan and lafa ðen heáfod
þorf-fæst
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Useful Ne on eorðo ne in feltúne ł on mixenne ðor[f]fæst is neque in terram neque in sterculinium utile est, Lk. Skt. Rush. Lind. 14, 35. Ðor[f]fæst utilis, Rtl. 192, 7. Sié ðor[f]fæsta ús prosint nobis, 91, 27. [Cf. All þatt hemm wass purrfe, Orm. 9628
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weorold-folgoþ
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m, A worldly service, service with an earthly lord Sceolde Sanctus Martinus néde beón on ðære geférǽdenne cininges ðegna . . . Næs ná ðæt hé his willan on ðæm woruldfolgaðe wǽre . . . Ðá hé wæs týn wintre, and hine hys yldran tó woruldfolgaðe tyhton,
á-gangan
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Add: to go off, out Eallum út ágangendum cunctis egressis , Bd. l, 7; Sch. 24, 414. to pass (of time) Þisse eldo is se mǽsta dǽl ágangen, efne nigon hund wintra and lxxi on þýs geáre, Bl. H. 119, 1. to come to pass, happen Þá forebeácno þá þe. .
fágnys
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variety of colour Mid fágnesse varietate, Ps. L. 44, 10. Ymbscrýd mid menigfealdre fáhnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 586, 16: An. Ox. 1019. Mid geolewere fáhnysse crocea qualitate 525. On ðisum getelde (the tabernacle) wǽron menigfealde fáhnyssa and frætwunga ;
fore-þeón
o excel ⬩ surpass
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to excel, surpass Ealle wé sind gelíce ætforan Gode, búton hwá óðerne mid gódum weorcum forðeó, Hml. Th. i. 260, 26. Hú hé óþerne on hálgum þeówdóme forþeón mæge, R. Ben. 131, 18. Sé ðe lǽssan gife hæbbe, ne andige hé on ðám foreðeóndum, for ðan ðe .
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gemót-hús
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A house where a ' gemót' is held Curia, i. domus concilii, conventus gemóthús vel -[gemót]stów congregatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, . 51. Cyrice is ús gesceapen tó gebedhúse, ná tó nánum gemóthúse. bútan ymbe þæt heofoncunde ríce and láre, Wlfst. 233, l:
ge-smiþian
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Add: to make skilfully Billfrið se oncræ hé gesmioðade ðá gihríno ðá ðe útan on sint Billfrið the anchorite -made the ornaments that are on the cover of the book, Jn. p. 188, 4. Heofonan ríces cǽig nis gylden, ne sylfren ne of nánum antimbre gesmiðod
ge-fædere
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Add: of the relation between sponsor and parent or between sponsors; commater Hé gean Ælf(þ)ríð, ðæs cyninges wífæ, his gefæðeran, Cht. Th. 527, 14. Ne gewífige hé on his gefæderan ( commatrem ), Ll. Th. i. 364, 25: Wlfst. 271, 12. of the relation between
gedwol-godas
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Substitute: <b>gedwol-god</b>, es; m. n. A false god Ðes gedwolgod (Mercury) . . . is Óðon geháten on Denisce wísan, Wlfst. 107, 6. Lác tó weorðunge þissum gedwolgode ( Mars ), 106, 30, On hǽþenum þeódum ne dear man forhealdan lytel ne mycel
ge-weorp
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Dele ' A throwing, . . . dashing, ' and for first passage substitute Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley (the boat
land-gemǽre
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Landgemǽres territorii An. Ox. 844. Nú hæbbe wé scortlíce gesǽd ymbe Asia londgemǽro ; nú wille wé ymbe Europe londgemǽre (e altered to o) áreccean swá micel swá wé hit fyrmest witon, Ors. i, I ; S. 14, 26-28. Hé on Rómána londgemǽro hergeade cum oram
hwelp
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Add: hwelpa, an; m. On hwelpes dell, C. D. B. ii. 246, 7. Gyf þú on foreweardon sumera þigest hwylcne hwelpan þonne gýt ungeseóndne, Lch. i. 368, 26. Gif þú wille ꝥ wíf cild hæbbe, oþþe tife hwelp, ii. 172, 21 : Rä. 1, 16. Huoelpas (welpas, R. ), Mt.
merigen-lic
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Add Hé on merigenlicere tíde mynster gesóhte he returned to the monastery in time for matins, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 16. Ealle þás niht ic áne wunode biddende . . . and þís mergendlican dæge gelícode mé ꝥ ic eówerne sum mé tó begeáte, Hml. S. 33, 108. Meriendlice
preóst-hád
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Preósthádes oððe lǽwedes hádes men priests or laymen, Ll. Th. ii. 412, 12. Cyrclicere preósthádes geþinþe (ab) ecclesiastico clericatus gradu (discedens), An. Ox. 3692. Preóstháde (in) clero (degentium), 5303. Sé wæs Haroldes eorles mæssepreóst; sé werede
wealcan
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add: — Wealcendes exagitantis, i. commouentis (ponti aestum), An. Ox. 34, 5. Þá geseah hé án scip út on þǽre sǽ, swá swíðe torfigende fram þan wealcendum sǽs ýðum. Nap. 62, 25. add Wylcþ raptat, Germ. 389, 42. Add Þá ongann hé þurh oferhogodnysse
fyrhþ
A wood, wooded country
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A wood, wooded country Ðet firhde bituihn longanleág and ðém súðtúne, C. D. i. 261, 9. West andlang ðæs fyrhðes, Cht. E. 158, 19. Oþ cincges firhþe, of cincges fyrhþe . . . andlang strǽte on geriht oð cincges fyrhþe, C. D. ii. 265, 28-33. Æt ðǽre baran
willendlíce
Diligently
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Diligently Willendlíce diligenter Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 41. [In the fallowing passage the better reading is hwílwendlíce Hé cwæþ ðæt hé gehyhte swá swá hé on his ðeóde willendlíce (hwilwend-líce, M. 248, 22) rícsode, ðæt hé swá on tóweardnesse écelíce mid
heáfod-leahter
A capital offence, mortal sin
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A capital offence, mortal sin Ǽlc ðara manna ðe mid heáfodleahtre besmiten biþ unusquisque eorum hominum, qui capitalibus criminibus polluti sunt, L. M. I. P. 1; Th. ii. 266, 3. Se ðe ða heáfodleahtras wyrcþ and on ðám geendaþ hé mót forbyrnan on ðam
hópig
In hills and hollows
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In hills and hollows [applied to the sea in reference to the deep depressions between high waves;cf. Scot. hope a sloping hollow between two hills, or the hollow that is formed between two ridges on one hill] Com ic on sǽs hricg ðǽr mé sealt wæter hreóh