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ge-wyrce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrce, es; n.
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work, forming, v. ge-wyrcan; I. ¶ Gewyrce plastica (in rerum visibilium plastica Ald. 75, 34), Wrt.

Linked entries: ge-wirce wyrce

hyge-leás

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Th. ii. 248, 15

mǽgþ

Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>. I.</b>
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<b>IVa.</b> add :-- Þǽr is mid Estum án mǽgð þæt hí magon cyle gewyrcan, Ors. l, I ; S. 21, 14. <b>IVc.</b> add :-- Þæt mynster is geseted in Huicca maegðe, C. D. i. 114, 14.

sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
sǽlan, de.

to fasten with a cordto restrain, repress, confine

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Sǽlde sǽgrundas the bound sea-depths (in contrast with the relaxing of the bonds which held the sea, when a passage was made through it for the Israelites), Cd. Th. 196, 9; Exod. 289

sárness

(n.)
Grammar
sárness, e; f.

bodily painmental pain, affliction, grief

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Th. i. 76, 14. mental pain, affliction, grief Geopenige úre sárnys ( the trouble arising from a pestilence ) ús infær sóðre gecyrrednysse, ii. 124,7 . Gehrepod mid heortan sárnisse tactus dolore cordis, Gen. 6, 6.

brid

(n.)
Grammar
brid, bridd, es; m.

The young of any of the feathered tribe; pullus

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On swealwan bridda magan in the maw of the young ones of a swallow, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 7. Hit sculon beón micle briddas it should be big young ones, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 14. Hrefnes briddum corvi pullis, Ps. Th. 146, 10

Linked entries: bird briddas

hǽs

(n.)
Grammar
hǽs, e; f.

A command, hest, behest

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Th. ii. 118, 29

Linked entry: be-hǽs

ofer-niman

(v.)

to take by violence, to violateto take away, carry offto take away

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P. ii. 13 tit.; Th. ii. 180, 22. [The section to which the title refers is as follows: ——] Gif ǽnig man ofernyme unbeweddod mǽden si invenerit vir puellam virginem, et apprehendens concuberit cum illa, Deut. 22, 28.

tól

(n.)
Grammar
tól, es; n.

a tool,implement,instrumenttools,machinery,apparatus

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Th. i. 424, 18

Linked entry: tohl

gelíce

(adv.)
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Voc. ii. 47, 50. with dat. of a noun, in the manner of, in the same way as, as in the case of Sóðfæste men sunnan gelíce in heora fæder ríce scínað ( justi fulgebunt sicut sol in regno patris sui, Mt. 13, 43), Sat. 307: Ph. 601.

fretwednes

(n.)
Grammar
fretwednes, fretwodnes, -ness, e; f.

An adorningdecorationornātiodecŏrāmentum

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Beóþ ðonne úre hrægla fretwodnes on ðam écan fýre wítnode then our decoration of garments will be punished in the eternal fire, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 394, 11

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; m.
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Fine for slaying a man [cf. leudus, id est weregildus; and see other passages in Grmm. R. A. 652] In xl nihta ealne leód forgelde let him pay the whole fine within forty days, L. Ethb. 22; Th. i. 8, 6. Healfne leód, 23; Th. i. 8, 7

líf-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
líf-fæstan, p. te

quickenvivify

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Gást is se ðe líffæsteþ spiritus est qui vivificat, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 63. Hé is se líffæstenda God, Homl, Th. i, 280, 23. ii. 598, 7

Linked entry: líf-fæst

múga

(n.)
Grammar
múga, múha, múwa, an; m.

A mow

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A mow (as in barley- mow), a heap (of hay, corn) Múha aceruus, Wülck. 3, 10. Múwan acervum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 10. Múwan, hreácas acervos, 9, 55.

Linked entry: múwa

swinc

(n.)
Grammar
swinc, es; n.
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Swink (this form is used in the 16th century, v.

wiþ-gangan

(v.)

to go againstto go offwithdrawfail

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to go against Ic ne meahte mægnes cræfte gúðe wiðgongan (I could not go and meet the foe in fight ), ac ic sceal sécan cempan sǽmran, Exon. Th. 266, 4; Jul. 393. to go off, withdraw, fail Byð mé eágon wiðgangen defecerunt oculi mei, Ps. Th. 68, 3

wraxlian

(v.)
Grammar
wraxlian, p. ode

To wrestle

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To wrestle Ic wraxlige luctor, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 122, 12. Ða wraxlode (luctabatur) án engel wið hine, Gen. 32, 24. Ic wæs on unmǽtutn costnungum winnende and wraxligeude, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 578. Wraxliendum luctando. Germ. 389, 91.

Linked entries: wrǽstlian wræxliende

cin

(n.)
Grammar
cin, cinn, es; n. (not f.).
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Voc. i. 43, 40. Cinn, ii. 56, 25. Cinne mento, Lch. i. lxx, 5. Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Cinn menta, An. Ox. 46, 4. Add

dág

(n.)
Grammar
dág, es; m. (?).
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Voc. i. 288, 67, 68. Dág massa, An. Ox. 56, 58. Hit sié swilc swá dáh, Lch. ii. 118, 14. Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 5

ge-edleánian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edleánian, p. ode
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To reward, requite, repay Ic gedleániu (retribuam) dóm feóndum, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 196, 23. Geedleánas retribues, 130, 2. Hé ágelt ł geedleánaþ mé retribuet mihi, Ps. L. 17, 25. Geedleánades retribuisti, Ps. Srt. ii. 191, 42.