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mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a marksigna markensign

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a mark, sign made upon a thing Tácon ł merca titulus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 26. Cf. onmerca inscribtio, 12, 16. Merce ł stæfes heafud apicem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 17.

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merece

(n.)
Grammar
merece, merce, es; m.

Marchesmallageapium graveolens

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Grénes merces leáf, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 98, 23. Genim merce nioðoweardne, 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 134, 3. Merece (meric, Lind.) mentam, Lk. Skt. Rush. 11, 42

ge-eácnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eácnian, ic -eácnige, ðú -eácnigast, he -eácnaþ, pl. -eácniaþ; p. ode; pp. od

To increaseconceivebecome pregnantaugēriconcipĕreaugēre

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Lamb. 7, 15. Hí geeácnodon unrihtwísnysse augēbant injustĭtiam, Jud. 4, 1 : Elen. Grm. 342. Elizabeþ his wíf geeácnode Elizabeth his wife conceived, Lk. Bos. 1, 24. Ðú on innoðe geeácnast thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 1, 31.

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wan-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
wan-sceaft, e; -sceafte(-a; m.?), an ; f.
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Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, 329, 10 ; Vy. 32. some form of disease Hú mon sceal ða wǽtan and wonsceafta (ða wonsceaftan in the section, 246, 6, where no other malady than ða wǽtan is referred to except ða áheardodan swilas) útan

Angel-cynn

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Æðelbryht ǽrest fulluht onféng on Angelcynne, Ll. Th. i. 58, 26.

bí-leofen

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Ásmeáge hé on þám þrím iengctenum hwæt his biglifen (-leofa, v. l.) sý computet per tres quadrigesimas quanti victus ejus sit, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 31. Tóforan gesetre bigleofene (-leofan, v. l.) super statutam annonam, R. Ben. 59, 15.

bísgian

(v.)
Grammar
bísgian, l. bisgian,

to occupyemployto harasstrouble

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Bisiga ðé be sumum men; forðon bið ǽlces mannes líf sumes mannes lár, Prov. K. 43. Se láreów ðe bodunge underféhð, ne sceal hé hine sylfne mid worulðþingum bysgian (printedbysnian), Hml.

candel

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Acolitus is gecweden sé þe candele oððe tapor byrð, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 4. Gyf man mǽte ꝥ hé byrnende candele geseó, gód ꝥ byð, Lch. iii. 176, 12. Ontend þreó candela, and drýp ꝥ wex þriwa, 286, 6.

derian

(v.)
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Monnum derian (derigean, v. l.), Past. 363, 16. ¶ with acc. (late) :-- Seó unrótnes deraþ ǽgðer ge mod ge líchaman, Shrn. 190, 5. Add

fǽr-béna

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-béna, fær-béna (-u), an; m.
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Gif cyrlisc man ætsace, Ll. Th. ii. 296, 27-298, 13. one that asks for passage on a ship (? cf. fær; I, 3; III; IV. 2) Faerbénu epifates ( = ἐπιβάτης), Txts. 108, 1112

fefer

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Ðǽm febere febri, Lk. L. 4, 39. Of feber febre, Mk. p. 2, 12. Fefer drífende febricitans, Mk. R. 1, 30. Hál from februm, Mk. L. 1, 31. Add:

ge-þringan

(v.)
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To exert pressure on an object. lit. Ðá menigo ðec geðringað turbae te comprimunt, Lk. L.

ge-twǽman

(v.)
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To separate Healde gehwá his ǽwe ... búton ꝥ gewurðe ꝥ hí búta geceósan ꝥ hí getwǽman, Ll. Th. ii. 300, 28. to separate one thing from another, with gen., to prevent from action, v. ge-twǽfan, .

ge-winful

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Hí ne mihton swá gewinnfullicum (gewinesfullicum, v. l.) fyrdum (tam laboriosis expeditionibus ) swencte beón, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 33, 17. full of trouble. v. ge-win; 4 Þis líf is lǽnlic and hit is gewinful, Ll. Th. ii. 400, 15

Lega-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Lega-ceaster, e ; f.
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Chester Hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre on Wírhealum, seó is Legaceaster (Leg-, Liege-, Lige-, v. ll. ) geháten, Chr. 894; P. 88, 6.

on-bryrdan

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Add Mid onbryrdum móde andettan compuncto animo confiteri, Ll. Th. ii. 178, 20

stóc

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stóc, stoc ?. l. stoc,
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In Cassinum þǽre stówe (ꝥ stoc, þám stocwíc, v. ll.) in Cassinum castrum, 172, 5. [I faderr stoke, Orm. 9778.]Þeȝȝ liccness off Cherubyn o tweȝȝenn stokess metedd, 1049.]

sæd

(adj.)
Grammar
sæd, adj. with gen.

Sated, weary, filled, having had one's fill

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Ðǽr læg secg mænig ... wérig wíges sæd many a warrior lay dead there ... : of war had had his fill, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 20. Beadoweorca sæd, Exon. Th. 388, 4; Rä. 6, 2. Wiste wlonc and wínes sæd, 369, 11; Seel. 39.

wǽpned

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽpned, adj.

Malea malea man

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Male; used substantively, a male, a man Ǽlc wǽpned gecyndlim ontýnende omne masculinum adaperiens uuluam, Lk. Skt. 2, 23. Micel gedál is on wǽpnedes and wífes líchoman, Lchdm ii. 84, 16. Se ðe mid wǽpnedum men hǽme qui cum viro coiverit, L. Ecg.

weall-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
weall-fæsten, weall-fæstenn, es; n.

a walled stronghold a fortress a wall for defence a bulwark

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Wyrceþ wæter wealfæsten ( erat aqua quasi murus a dextra eorum et laeva,< Ex. 14, 22; ), 195, 27; Exod. 283