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hǽmed-þing

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Add: with no sense of criminality Þes bisceop sǽde... ꝥ hé nǽfre on his lífe ne cóme neáh wífe þurh hǽmedþing, ac heóld his clǽnnysse, Hml. S. 3, 204.

ǽs

fooda bait

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Angel vel ǽs ic (the fisherman ) wyrpe, Coll. M. 23, 11. Fugel, ðonne hé gífre bið, hé gesihð ðæt ǽs escam on eorðan, and ðonne for ðǽm luste ðæs metes hé forgiet ðæt grin, Past. 331, 17

slite

(n.)
Grammar
slite, es; m.

a slit, tear, rent in cloth,a rent, tear made by an animal, a bitea coila breach, infraction of a law

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Slita morsuum Germ. 392, 30. a coil of a snake (?) Nædre sprotum slitas (?) lices clyniende vipera sarmentis laqueos corporis inplicans Germ. 401 24. a breach, infraction of a law Similar entries v. lah-slit

Linked entry: slítan

symblan

(v.)
Grammar
symblan, ede ;and symblian; ode

To feast

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Se weliga ǽlce dæge symblede (simblede, Cott. MSS.) dives epulabatur quotidie splendide, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 24. Mid ðý hí lange symbledon cum diutius epulis vacarent, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 30. Utan simblian epulemur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 62.

Linked entry: symblian

ge-métan

(v.)
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II. intrans. of two or more persons, to meet, come together, come into one another's company Ðǽr leófe ne tódǽlað, ne láðe ne gemétað, Wlfst. 190, 2 : 204, 24. Þonne hý ( or acc. cf.

under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subjectsubjugaterender subjectto subjectcause to endurerender liableto subjoinaddto support

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Swǽsum wordum underþeódde ( dediti ), Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 33. Ða ðe him underðiédde (-ðídde, Cott. MSS.) bióð subjecti, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 7. Wé ealle ðære hnescnesse úres flǽsces beóð underðiédde (-ðídde, Cott.

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Heó cóm fram landes gemǽrum (gemǽrum eorðo, L., ende eorðe, R.) venit a finibus terrae, Mt. 12, 42. Gemǽrum (endum, W.S.), Lk. L. R. II, 31: Bd. 5, 7 ; Sch. 584, 14. Æt þám ýtmestan eorþan gemǽrum, Bl. H. 119, 25.

oþþe

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add: a particle co-ordinating words, phrases, or clauses, between which there is an alternative, words Feorran oððe neán, Gen. 1047.

Linked entry: of-þe

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
neáh, néh

nighnearnearnearlyaboutof place

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Swá swá sió nafu férþ néhst (Cott. MS. neáhst) ðære eaxe, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 1.

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

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allureenticeluredecoyattracturgesuggerere, suadere, persuadereto allure

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Speón (spón, Cott. MSS.), 17, 8; Swt. 121, 2. Speón, Andr. Kmbl. 1194; An. 597. Ǽlcne man spane hé of synnum let him draw every man from sins, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 284, 14. Ða spone (spane, Cott.

ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
ǽdre, ǽddre, édre, an; f; ǽdr, e; f.

An arterya veinfountainriverarteriavenafonsrivusa nervesinewkidneynervusren

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Ðá for ðam cýle him gescuncan ealle ǽdra then all his sinews shrank because of the cold, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 39

fætels

(n.)
Grammar
fætels, fetels, es; pl. nom. acc. fætelsas, fætels; m. n. A vessel, vat, sack, bag, pouch; vas, saccus, pēra = πήρα, marsūpium =

μαρσύπιoν

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Ic bicge hýda and fell, and wyrce of him pusan and fætelsas ĕgo ĕmo cŭtes et pelles et făcio ex iis pēras et marsūpia, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 1

Linked entries: fetels fételsco

forþ-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-gesceaft, e; f.

the created thingscreationworldcreātūrares creātæmundusthe future worldstateconditionstătus fŭtūrus

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Ðæt ic an forþgesceaft feran móte that I may come to a future state, Ps. C. 50, 52; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 52

eá-land

(n.)
Grammar
eá-land, -lond, es; n.

Water-land, an island insŭla

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Cumaþ hí of eálandum útan they shall come forth from the islands, 71, 10. Swylce he eác Orcadas ða eálond to Rómwara ríce geþeódde Orcădas ĕtiam insŭlas Rōmāno adjēcit impĕrio, Bd. 1. 3; S. 475, 13: Beo.

Linked entries: eálond íg-land

heorot

(n.)
Grammar
heorot, heort, es; m.

A hartstagmale deer

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Heortas cervos, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 31

Linked entry: heort

HREÁW

(adj.)
Grammar
HREÁW, hrǽw [also written hreów]; adj.

RAWuncooked

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Flǽscmettas hreáwe carnes crudas, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 13

Linked entry: hreów

IFIG

(n.)
Grammar
IFIG, ifegn, es; n.

Ivy

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man hederam crysocantes and óðrum naman ifig nemneþ is gecweden crysocantes forðý ðe heó byrþ corn golde gelíce Ivy.

ge-grétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grétan, he -grét, pl. -grétaþ; p. -grétte, pl. -grétton; pp. -gréted

To approachcome toaddressgreetwelcomeadirealloquisalutare

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To approach, come to, address, greet, welcome; adire, alloqui, salutare Wíf sceal eodor æþelinga [MS. e] ǽrest gegrétan the wife shall the nobles' chief first greet, Exon. 90 a; Th. 339, 7; Gn. Ex. 90.

stihtian

(v.)
Grammar
stihtian, p. ode
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Suíðe ryhte stihtaþ ðone anwald se ðe geornlíce conn ongietan ðæt hé of him gadrige ðæt him stælwierðe sié potentiam bene regit, qui tenere illam noverit, Past. 17, 5 ; Swt. 115, 2.

Linked entry: in-stihtian