for-maneg
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Wénde þæs formonig man ... þæt ..., By. 239. Hí þone Hǽlend wrégdon formanegum yfelum dǽdum, and hé ne wearþ nǽfre náne wyrcende, Nic. 1, 18. Add
ge-leáflic
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Add: credible, probable Hit is swíðe geleáflic þæt hé hyre miceles ðinges tíðian wylle, Hml. Th. i. 454, 1. Augustinus sǽde þæt án þing wǽre ungeleáflic . . . For ðyssere twýnunge nolde wé hreppan his ðrowunge.
hríman
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To cover with hoar frost Nis þæt feor heonon þæt se mere standeð, ofer þǽm hongiað hrímde (hrinde, MS.) bearwas (cf. wǽron . . . swíðe hrímige bearwas . . . and on ðǽm clife hangodan on ðǽm isgean bearwum manige swearte sáula, Bl.
stregdan
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add: to sprinkle Þæt deádberende áttor his getreówleásnesse . . . an eallum middangeardes ciricum hé strægd (stregde, v. l. aspersit), Bd. 1, 8; Sch. 29, 15. 'Stregd (spreng, v. l.) þis gehálgode wæter ofer þæs mannes líchaman' . . .
slíf
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Eall wæs gesýne, fram þám littlan fingre tóweard þæs earmes, and sumne dǽl of þǽre slýfe, Vis. Lfc. 85. Add
ge-bátad
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Lege on þæt gebatod sié, ii. 134, 7. Hire wæs micel wund open ðá heó mon on byrgenne dyde, and þá hí mon eft úp dyde of þǽre byrgenne ðá wæs hit gebatad, ꝥ þǽr næs bútan seó swaðu on (cf.
lyffettan
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Swá gewuna is ꝥ þǽra liffetendra (adulanlium) tunge cwylmeð þæs sáwle þe hí gehýran wile . . . preóstas liffetende syrwdon, Gr. U. 34, 26-35, 1. Add
sceáp-lic
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Of a sheep, of sheep Swýnenan and æt sceáplican and æt fearlican suouetaurilia (cf. suouetaurili oðða þá þe æt þǽm geldum þǽr wæs swín and sceáp and fear, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 32), An. Ox. 11, 187
eást
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On þǽm eástemestan onwalde, 6, 1; S. 252, 5. Cf. west; adj
Cent-land
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Hé wið þá Brettas gefeaht, and gefliémed wearð on þǽm londe þe mon hǽt Centlond. Raþe þæs hé gefeaht wiþ þá Brettas on Centlonde, and hié wurdon gefliémede, Ors. 5, 12; S. 238, 19-21. Add
un-fæstnian
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to unfasten, detach Hæfð þæt dióful geworht bogan and strǽla . . . and ǽlce dæge þæs diófles willa bið ꝥ þissa strǽla nán ne sié geunfæstnod, gif hé findan mæg hwsér hé hié áfæstnian mæge, Verc. Först. 165.] [
Linked entries: fæstnian ge-unfæstnian
forstig
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Frosty Ic wæs beswǽled for þám micelan byrne, and eft for þǽre micclan forstigan cealdnysse þæs wintres, Hml. S. 23 b, 575
sútere
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Him wæs gesǽd þæt ðá gebytlu wǽron gemynte ánum sútere . . . hé áxode ymbe ðone sútere (cf. hé ongan ácsian be ðám lífe þæs sceóhwyrhtan, Gr. D. 322, 5. v. scóh-wyrhta), Hml. Th. ii. 356, 1-3. Add
DÁ
DOE ⬩ dama
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A DOE;dama Dá damma vel dammula, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Wrt. Voc. 78, 28
Linked entry: BUC
heáfod-stocc
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum
blis
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Þonne þǽr wæs blisse intingan (laetitiae causa) gedémed, þæt hí ealle sceoldon be hearpan singan, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 482, 16. Þú woldest mé laðian, þæt ic swíðor drunce swilce for blisse ofer mínum gewunan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 30.
mægen-leást
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Gif hé ongyt þæt þæs gebodes micelnes his mihta oferstíhð, hé . . . his mægenleáste his ealdre gecýþe, R. Ben. 128, 15. Add
stíþlíce
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add: strenuously Wé rǽdað þæt þá ealdan fæderas on ánum dæge þæt stíðlíce (strenue) gefyldon, eálá þǽr wé ásolcene and áwácode on ánre wucan gelǽston, R. Ben. 44, 21.
geond-gangan
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about, perambulate Beón gesette an oðþe twégen ealde witan þe þæt mynster geondgangen and þæs gýman deputetur unus aut duo seniores qui circumeant monasterium, R. Ben. 74, 15. Geondgongendra (-gang-, Fs. L.) perambulantium, Ps. Srt. 67, 22
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be-æftan
behind, ⬩ after
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D. 259, 16. adv. behind, in contrast with before, local Tó þǽm folce þe þǽr beæftan wæs, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 35. Mé wæs se súðerne wind beæften, Hml.