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láþian

(v.)
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Heom láðode eallum ꝥ swá oft árisan, hwílon þrywa on niht, hwílon feówer sýðum, tó singenne þone lofsang þonne slápan sceoldon, Hml. S. 21, 231. Add

norþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ-weard, adv.
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Ðonne heó norðweard byð, þonne macað heó lenctenlice emnihte on middeweardum hyre ryne, Lch. iii. 250, 20-25. Add

swilc-hwega

(adj.; pronoun.)
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some Þá geseah þǽr swilchwugu treów licgende and ꝥ lytel he saw lying there some bit of wood or other and that little, Hml. S. 236, 766

tó-samne

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Add ðá tósomne cómon æt Peonhó, and sóna swá tógædere fengon, þá beáh seó Englisce fyrd, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 23

bricg

(n.)
Grammar
bricg, e; f.

A bridgepons

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A bridge; pons He hét ða ofermetan bricge mid stáne gewyrcan he ordered a very large bridge to be built with stone, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, II

Linked entries: Cwat-brycg brig Brycg

riht-lícettere

(n.)
Grammar
riht-lícettere, es; m.

A thorough hypocrite

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A thorough hypocrite Fela manna wyrð þurh deófol forlǽred swá ðæt eal óðer specaþ and óðer hiwiaþ, óðer þencaþ; and ða beóþ rihtlíceteras, Wulfst. 54, 14

ge-slyht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-slyht, -sleht, -sliht, es; n.

Battlefightconflict

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Battle, fight, conflict Swá he níþa gehwane genesen hæfde slíþra geslyhta so he had come safely out of every enmity, every fierce conflict, Beo. Th. 4787; B. 2398

ge-starian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-starian, p. ode; pp. od [starian to stare]

To stare;rectis ŏcŭlis intuēri

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To stare; rectis ŏcŭlis intuēri He gestarode ðǽr gestaðelad wæs æðelíc ingong he gazed where a noble entrance was placed, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 27; Cri. 307

Linked entry: starian

irfe-láf

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-láf, e; f.

heirloominheritanceheir

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Wolde líge gesyllan his swǽsne sunu ángan ofer eorþan yrfeláfe he [Abraham] was ready to give to the flame, his dear son, the only heir that was left him on earth, Cd. 162; Th. 203, 14 ; Exod. 403

heden

(n.)
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heden, es; m.

A hood, chasubledressa jacket of fur or skin

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Swá hwylc swá wile lectiones rǽdan ne biþ nýded tó ðon ðæt him ofdó his oferhacelan oððe heden ac gyf euangelium rǽde wyrpe him of heden oððe cæppan on his gescyldro quicunque lectiones legere velit, non necesse est ei cappam suam vel cucullum

Linked entries: hæðen hed-cláþ

full-fremed

(adj.)
Grammar
full-fremed, adj. (p/cpl.)
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Perfect. fully trained or conversant Heó weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, Hml. A. 126, 337: 122, 187: Bl. H. 73, 16.

Linked entry: fremed

á-wirdan

(v.)

to corruptspoil,to injureannoyafflict a personto hinder

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Heó weóp for ðǽre áwyrdan (the broken sieve), lǽne Hml. Th. ii. 154, 17. a non-material object Se dióful ðæt mód áwiert (corrumpit), Past. 415, 24. Sé þe his ágene sprǽce áwyrt, wyrcð barbarismus, Angl. viii. 313, 19.

Linked entry: á-wyrdan

gif

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H. 23, 7: Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 16: Sat. 251: Gen. 559: 2521: Sch. 35. Him ( the blind man ) bið mycel daru, gif hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8.

gafol-heord

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-heord, e; f. [gafol a tax, heord a herd, flock]

A taxable stock or hive of beesgrex ad censum

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Mid us is gerǽd ðæt he sylle v sustras huniges to gafole it behoves a keeper of bees, if he hold a taxable hive [stock of bees], that he then shall pay what shall be ordered in the country.

Linked entries: heord gafol-swán

under-delfan

(v.)

to dig underunderminedig outsuffocare

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nolde geþafigan ðæt man hys hús underdulfe non sineret perfodi domum suam, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 43: Lk. 12, 39. nolde geþafian ðam þeófe náteshwón ðæt underdulfe dígellíce his hús, Homl. Ass. 50, 13.

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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hét hire þénian of his ágenum þénungum and his éstmetum, ac heó nolde his sanda brúcan, Homl.

þǽr-big

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-big, adv.
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Thereby, by that (person or thing) Gif hwá gefare and nán bearn ne gestriéne, gif bróðor lǽfe, fó se tó his wífe. Gif ðonne bearn ðǽrbig(-bié, Cott.

Linked entry: be

ge-fiscian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fiscian, p. ode
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.), to fish for, catch or try to catch fish Críst dyde þæt mid his heofonlican láre manna sáwla gefixodon . . . be dám cwæð se wítega : 'Ic ásende míne fisceras, and gefixiað ' ( ego mittam piscatores, et piscabuntur eos, Jer, 16, 16), Hml.

Linked entry: fiscian

á-wyrgan

(v.)

to strangle.

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(Judas) þonan gangende áwyrgde (mid sáde áwrigde, L.) hine abiens laqueo se suspendit, Mt. R. 27, 5. forgiet ðæt grin ðæt mid áwierged (stranguletur), wirð Past. 331, 19.

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, p. ode.

to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account,to impute, ascribe, lay to the account ofto reckon, enumerate

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hit swíðe unáberendlíc talaþ, Past. 33; Swt. 226, 18. mé ofslægenne talaþ, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 29. talaþ hine sylfne wísne, Wulfst. 52, 29. Ða ðe sylfe wáce taliaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 29. Ðæt hié taliaþ hálig, R. Ben. 9, 19.