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císe

(n.)
Grammar
císe, es; m.
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Ne ete níwne císe, Lch. ii. 88, 7. Ðonne þú cýse habban wille, Tech. ii. 123, 20: Goll. M. 34, 27. XL. and CC. hlába, I. wége césa, Cht. Th. 468, 24. Cýswyrhtan gebyreð hundred cýse (-a?), Ll. Th. i. 438, 31. v. cýse in Dict

Linked entries: cése cýse

fær-riht

(n.)
Grammar
fær-riht, es; n.

fare

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.), ne forwyrnþ þé heora ǽnig. " Ðá cwæð ic tó him : " Bróðor, næbbe ic nán færriht (færeht, v. l.) tó syllanne, ac ic wille faran and án þǽra scypa ástígan " then said he: "If you have the fare, not one of them will refuse you."

Linked entries: fær-eht fær-sceat

hæfen

Grammar
hæfen, having.
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Hér syndon .xxx. bóca on Leófstánes hafona, Nap. 46, 41

heard-heort

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náne hreówsunge ne dyde, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 15.

huntian

(v.)
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Hwæþer gé nú eówer hundas and eówer net fit on ðá sǽlǽdon ðonne gé huntian willaþ?, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 14. Huntgendra (huntiendra, Ps. L. Vos. Srt.) venantium, Bl. Gl. Ps. Rdr. 90, 3 Huntendra, Ps. Srt. 123, 6. trans. : — Hml.

ládian

(v.)
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In l. 3 read 241 for 244, and add: to clear, excuse, defend a person Manigra manna gewuna is ðæt hié hié mid ðissum wordum ládiað and cueðað: 'Wé brucað úres ǽgnes, ne gítsige wé nánes óðres monnes,' Past. 337, 19: 439, 21.

mæsse-preóst

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Se biscop sceal þrafian þá mæssepreóstas ꝥ hié*-*healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, and þone híred þe hié ofer beóþ, and þá lǽwedan men þe hié aldormen ofer beón sceolan ; for þon se góda láreów sægde, þonne se mæssepreóst wǽre gelǽded on éce forwyrd, þonne ne

nytt

(v.)
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Æfre hé mæig findan on ðám hé mæig nyt beón and ðá nytte dón ðe him fylstan scylan, Angl. ix. 261, 2

oróþ

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Úre fnǽst áteórað, gif wé áteón ne magon mid úre orðe intó ús ðæt lytt and eft út ábláwan, Hex. 8, 19

sac-full

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Gif se crístena mann bið sacfull, ne bið hé sóðlíce crísten. Nis nán man rihtlíce crísten bútan sé ðe Críste geefenlǽcð. Críst sylf nolde flítan, 31-33. Beóð þá sacfullan deófles bearn, 302, 5. <b>I a.

steór

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Add Né þágýt þá nunnan heora tungan geheóldon mid ðǽre steóre (freno) heora hádes, Gr. D. 151, 31. Se Drihtnes wer ongan hire stýran mid gemetlicre steóre (modesta prohibitione) and þus cwæð, 216, 22

út-fær

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Add: egress from an inclosure Ꝥ man næbbe infær ne útfær bútan leáfe ut nulli nisi per licentiam aditus potest intrandi aut exeundi, Chrd. 20, ll: 21, 16. agoing away, departure Hwæt gemǽnað þá þreó útfæru (-faru, v.l.) þe God Abrahame beád þus cweþende

út-laga

(n.)
Grammar
út-laga, an; m.

An outlaw

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-ne?) extorrem, Hpt. 412, 73. Se ðe Godes útlagan hæbbe on gewealde, L. Eth. ix. 42; Th. i. 350, 1. Wé beódaþ ðæt útlagan Godes and manna of earde gewítan, L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 11.

hǽmed-þing

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed-þing, es; n.

Carnal intercourse, venery, matrimony

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Be hǽmedþingnm : eallum þyrrum líchomum hǽmedþing ne dugon of venery : venery does not do for all dry constitutions, L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 28 : 36; Lchdm. ii. 244, 4

clýsing

(n.)
Grammar
clýsing, clýsung, e; f.

A CLOSING ⬩ inclosure ⬩ conclusion of a sentence ⬩ period ⬩ claustrum ⬩ periodus ⬩ περίοδος

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A CLOSING, inclosure, conclusion of a sentence, period; claustrum, periodus = περίοδος Seó fæstnung ðære hellícan clýsinge ne geþafaþ ðæt ða wiðercoran ǽfre útabrecon the fastening of the hellish inclosure never allows the wicked to break out Homl.

Linked entry: clýsung

spild

(n.)
Grammar
spild, es; m.

Destruction ⬩ ruin ⬩ desperatio, effusio

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Ic hí ne sparige, ac on spild giefe, 247, 28; Jul. 85. Spilth pessum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 75. Ðætte hié ðone spild ðæs hryres him ondrǽden ut praecipitem ruinam metuant, Past. 52, 5; Swt. 407, 20.

ge-þwǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þwǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

To moisten ⬩ wet ⬩ soften ⬩ irrigare ⬩ emollire

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To moisten, wet, soften; irrigare, emollire Gif þat wæter hí ne geþwǽnde if the water moisten it not, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 7. Ða adrugodan heortan geþwǽnan mid ðǽm flówendan ýðon [ýðum, MS.

tó-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew to pieces, ⬩ cut to pieces

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To zenne ne ssel he wende ayeu, þaȝ me ssolde hine al toheawe, Ayenb. 178, 7

tó-hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hreósan, p. -hreás; pl. -hruron ; pp. -hroren

To fall to pieces ⬩ to go to ruin ⬩ to decay, ⬩ rot away

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.), & nauere seodden heo ne aras, 9426

for-sweorcan

(v.)

to grow dark ⬩ to make dark

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Beón forsworcene ( obscurentur ) eágan heora ꝥ hí ne geseón, Ps. L. 68, 24. Betwyx forsworcenum sweartum nihtum obscuras inter noctes, Dóm. L. 198. ¶ a wk. form occurs, to make dark (?)