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tó-hǽlan

(v.)
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to castrate, emasculate, enfeeble For ðon ic hálsige ꝥ wé úrne líchoman and sáwle mid geswincum gestrangien, nalæs mid ídelnessum tóhǽlen, Verc. Först. 174

Linked entry: hǽlan

hætsan

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later English hag to incite, urge. v. N. E. D

fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foreseeto provide forto provide give for use

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Add: to observe beforehand, consider the future Se man gewilnað þæt hé hlísful sý, and nele foresceáwian þæt úre líchaman beóð áwende tó dúste, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 29.

fágnys

(n.)
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fágnys, -nyss, e; f.

A scab, ulcer, eruptionscăbies, ulcus, eruptio

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Ðæt Crist úre sáwle fram synna fágnyssum gehǽlan mǽge that Christ may heal our soul from the ulcers of sins, 122, 25. Seó fágnys aweg gewát the eruption went away, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 15.

Linked entry: fáhness

hremman

(v.)
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hremman, p. de

To hinderobstructcumber

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Úre unlustas and leahtras ðe ús hremaþ our evil desires and vices that hinder us, i. 156, 12.

Linked entries: hramma ge-hremmed

fant-bæþ

(n.)
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fant-bæþ, es; n.
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Gelǽstan þæt þæt wé behétan þá wé fulluht underféngan, oððon þá þe æt fontbæþe (fulluhte, v. l.) úre forespecan wǽran, 67, 8. Hé eóde in (ðá eá) nacod. Þá gefullode hine se bisceop . . . and he eóde of þǽm fantbaðe sóna, Hml. S. 3, 76

feohtan

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Cwóman hié tó þon ꝥ hié on ðá úre wíc feohtan (woldon ?) (ad expugnanda castra), Nar. 21, 21. Mon alne deg fehtende (bellans), Ps. Srt. 55, 2. Add

ge-bisnian

(v.)
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Swá swá úre Hǽlend þurh hine gebysnode (-bisnode, v. l. ), Hml. A. 45, 529. to model, form in accordance with a model or exemplar Swá swá hit áwriten is on þára apostola drohtnunge, be þám muneca líf is gebysenod, R. Ben. 57, 7

clǽne

(adj.)
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clǽne, <b>; II.</b>
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Ðis wæs úre ealra seht. Wulfstán and his sunu sealdon þæt and clǽne Leófríce, arid Leófríc and Wulfstán and Wulfríc þám bisceope, clǽne land and unbesacan, 377, 12-18. [Ælfred hauet yseld his land sacleás and clǽne (pacifice ei quiete), C. D. iv.

ge-rǽdnes

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God þone gehealde þe þás úre sylena and úre gerǽðnyssa healdan wylle, Cht. E. 242, 19

hæbbed-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hæbbed-ness, hæbbendness ? v. hæbbend-lic, e ; f.
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, restraint Ꝥ wé ne gefremmon gylta ǽnigne, ac ꝥ þonne se dæg gewít sýn wé clǽne þurh líchaman úres hæbbednysse, Angl. viii. 320, 3

yfelness

(n.)
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yfelness, e; f.
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God gesihð úre yfelnyssa and úre gyltas forðyldgaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 84, 2. malignity, cruelty, v. yfel, He slóh and tó sceame túcode ða Norðhymbran leóde, óþ ðæt Óswold his yfelnysse ádwæscte, Homl.

ge-edníwian

(v.)
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ge-edníwian, ge-edníwan.
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Wé geedníwiað and gemyndgiað dǽre scylde ðe úre ieldesta mǽg ús on forworhte parentis primi lapsus iteratur, Past. 313, 14. Geedníwa instaura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 20

deád-lícnys

(n.)
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deád-lícnys, -nyss, e; f.

Deadliness, mortalitymortalĭtas

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Deadliness, mortality; mortalĭtas Ðæt he dǽlnimend wǽre úre deádlícnysse that he was a partaker of our mortality, Homl. Th. i. 36, 34.

Linked entry: deáþ-lícnes

líðigian

(v.)
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líðigian, líðegian; p. ode

to assuagecalm

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Uton líðegian úre móde leniamus animum nostrum, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 26

Linked entry: líðian

swǽm

(n.)
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swǽm, es; m.
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Nú mæg hér manna gehwilc gehýran hwet ðás swǽmas wǽron ðe ure yldra[n] him tó gebǽdon now may every one hear in this account (of the gods) what these vain creatures were, that our forefathers prayed to H. Z. xii. 408, 15

fréfrend

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Hér is se fréfrigend úres geswinces and weorces, 560, 34: 562, 18

on-lísend

(n.)
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on-lísend, es; m.
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Under þám líðan iuke úres álýsendes (onlýsendes, v. l.) sub leni Redemtoris jugo, Gr. D. 117, 2

merigen

(n.)
Grammar
merigen, merien, mergen, es; m.

morningthe morning of the next daymorrow

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morning Úres andgites merigen is úre cildhád, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 14. Ðá se mergen geworden wæs when it was morning, St. And. 10, 3. Mergen þridda, Cd. 8; Th. 10, 11; Gen. 155: Beo. Th. 4213; B. 2103: 4255; B. 2124. Merien mane, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 53.

Linked entries: mergen merne

rípan

(v.)
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rípan, rýpan; p. te
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Hí férdon ǽghweder flocmǽlum and heregodon úre earme folc, and hí rýpton (rǽpton, MS. E.) and slógon, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 26. Fram rýpendum ł bereáfiendum a diripientibus, Ps. Lamb. 34, 10

Linked entry: tó-rípan