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hearpe-streng

(n.)
Grammar
hearpe-streng, es; m.

A harp-string

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A harp-string ða hearpestrengas mid cræfte ástirian ongan he began to move the strings of the harp skilfully, Ap. Th. 17, 8

Linked entry: streng

cucon

(adj.)
Grammar
cucon, cucun

alivequick vivas

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alive, quick; vivas Ðæt he Wulfnóþ cuconne oððe deádne begytan sceolde that he should take Wnlfnoth alive or dead Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 3

Linked entry: cucen

ge-swicn

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swicn, e; f.

A cleansingclearancepurgātio

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A cleansing, clearance; purgātio Náh he ða geswicne he shall not have the clearance, L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 5, MSS. B. H

Linked entry: swicn

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Homl. 101, 2. Á ðǽr læg [in his bed] hæfde his handa upweardes, 227, 16. læig æt forþsíðe he lay at the point of death, Homl. Th. i. 128, 7: Homl. Skt. 3, 301. Nǽfre on óre læg [failed] wídcúþes wíg, Beo. Th. 2088; B. 1041.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

be-tíhtlian

(v.)
Grammar
be-tíhtlian, -týhtlian; p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad

To accuse, chargeaccusare, criminari

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Gif he betýhtlad wurðe if he should be accused, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 8, 16

Linked entry: be-týhtlian

tún-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
tún-scipe, es; m.
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The inhabitants of a tún Cýþe hit ðonne hám cyme; and gif hit cuce orf biþ mid his túnscipes gewitnysse on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe. Gif swá ne déð ǽr fíf nihtum, cýþan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 26.

un-gefullod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefullod, -gefulwad; adj.

Unbaptized

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Unbaptized Gif ungefullod cild fǽrlíce bið gebróht tó ðam mæssepreóste, ðæt hit mót fullian sóna, ðæt hit ne swelte hǽðen, L. Ælfc. C. 26; Th. ii. 352, 15: Homl. Th. ii. 50, 20. Ðeáh ðe ungefullod gyt farende sý, 500, 35.

Linked entries: ge-fullian ge-fullian

Grammar
ná, <b>. I.</b>
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Ne gefiólle nó (nǽfre, v. l. ) on swǽ opene scylde, Past. 235, 2. Ne gewurðe hit ná on lífe, Hml. S. 25, 660. <b>II b.

hyspan

(v.)
Grammar
hyspan, p. te

To mockscorntauntrevileinsultreproach

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To mock, scorn, taunt, revile, insult, reproach Drihten hispeþ Dominus subsannabit eos, Ps. Spl. 2, 4. lange hyspeþ feónd usque quo improperabit inimicus? 93, 11. Se ðe hespþ qui calumniatur, Kent. Gl. 497. mé hyspaþ exprobraverunt me, Ps.

Linked entries: hypsan hyspend hispan

MILTE

(n.)
Grammar
MILTE, es; m.: an; f.

The MILTspleen

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Þeós milte hic splen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 13; Som. 9, 34.

mynegung

(n.)
Grammar
mynegung, e; f.

admonitionexhortationa demand for payment of what is duea claim

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.; S. 472, 8. ' Ne ondrǽde gé eów' cwæþ . . .. Þurh ðæs apostoles mungunge (myngunge, MSS. O. F. ; minegunge, MS. T. ), R. Ben. 53, 1. Heó wolde þurh his mynegungum hire mód getrymman. Homl. Th. ii. 146, 10.

Linked entry: mynung

ge-útian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-útian, p. ode; pp. od

To ejectbanishalienateejĭcĕreexpellĕre

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Geútian exiliare, Hpt. Gl. 517

Linked entry: útian

slǽwþ

(n.)
Grammar
slǽwþ, e; f.
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for heora slǽwþe and for gimeléste forléton unwriten ðara monna dǽda, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 64, 33. Ic wát ðæt swongornes mid slǽwþe ofercymþ, 36, 6; Fox 180, 34. Gyf for slǽwþe his hláfordes forgýmþ, lie biþ his ágnum wel geborgen, L. R.

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
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Add: of persons, of military weapons hine gescrýdde mid his byrnan, and hine ealne gewǽpnode, Hml. S. 25, 280. Swá gewépned wer quasi vir armatus, Kent. Gl. 139. On ðǽre fyrde wǽron feówertig þúsenda swýðe gewǽpnode, Homl. S. 25, 333.

hrepung

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</b> (medical) examination by feeling :-- Án æþele lǽce . . . cúðe tócnáwan, gif cunnode þæs mannes, be his ǽdrena hrepunge hweðer hraðe swulte, Hml.

hwætlíce

(adv.)
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Ox. 1874. quickly, in a short time Swá swá wyrta felda hwætlíce ( cito ) feallaþ, Ps. L. 36, 2. Þæt tó þám hwætlícor mæge becuman quatinus ad eam quantocius valeat peruenire, Scint 29, 3

fýlþ

moral impurity, foul practice

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geclǽnsod hæfde Godes templ fram eallum þám fýlðum þe þǽr árǽrde, Hml. S. 25, 538

snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
snǽd, e; f.

A cut, slice, morsel, bit a slice

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Seó snǽd ðæs húsles ðe heó þicgan sceolde Homl. Th. ii. 272, 26: Salm. Kmbl. 809; Sal. 404. began tó etenne; feóll ðá æt ðære forman snǽde Homl. Skt. i. 12, 62. Ða sweartan snǽd atram offam Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 23: 63, 14.

beard

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Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig gehádod man . . . his beard ǽnige hwíle ne hæbbe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 13. Þonne (one entering a monastery) his beard áléde, Hml. S. 6, 2228.

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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ús hafað þæs leóhtes bescyrede he has deprived us of heaven, Gen. 392: 401. Heó on wyrse leóht under eorðan neoðan God sette sigeleáse, on þá sweartan helle, 310.