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melc

(adj.)
Grammar
melc, meolc; adj.

Giving milkmilch

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Hé geseah wilde hinde melce and se geþyrsta mon meolcode ða hinde, Shrn. 130, 3. Wið tittia sár wífa ðe beóþ melce, Herb. 19, 4; Lchdm. i. 112, 26. Meolce breóst ubera, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 14

ge-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-týnan, p. de; pp. ed

To shut uphideopĕrīreinclūdĕre

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To shut up, hide; opĕrīre, inclūdĕre Se Hǽlend me in ðam engan hám oft getýnde the Saviour often shut me up in the narrow dwelling, Elen. Kmbl. 1839; El. 921. Foldan getýned hidden in earth, 1441; El. 722.

be-syrwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-syrwan, -syrewian, -syrian, -serian; p. -syrwde; pp. -syrwed

To ensnare, deceivecircumvenire, decipere, machinari

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Mynte se mánscaða manna cynnes sumne besyrwan the wicked spoiler expected to ensnare one of the race of men, Beo. Th. 1430; B. 713 : 1888; B. 942: Cd. 127; Th. 162, 13; Gen. 2680

BLǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLǼTAN, p. blǽtte; pp. blǽtted; v. n.

To BLEATbalareto cry as a sheep or goat, to bleat

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Hit biþ swíðe dyslíc ðæt se man beorce oððe blǽte it is very foolish that the man bark or bleat, 22; Som. 24, 12

ge-fulwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fulwian, -fulgwian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To baptize

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Skt. Lind. 1, 8. Se ðe gefulguas qui baptizat, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 33. Hine man gefulwade he was baptized, Blickl. Homl. 219, 1. Gefulguade baptizabat, Jn. Skt. Lind. 3, 22. Gefulwad, Blickl. Homl. 213, 14 : Elen. Kmbl. 2085; El. 1044.

sweord-fetels

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-fetels, -fætels, es; m.
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Skt. i. 23, 178. Cf. Se cásere heora ǽlces sweordfætelsas hét forceorfan the emperor ordered the sword-belts of each of them to be cut, Ðat swerd on hundtwelftian mancusas and fóur pund silueres on þan fetelse, Chart. Th. 505, 32.

Linked entry: fetels

til

(n.)
Grammar
til, es ; n.
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use, service, convenience, v. til, Gewritu secgaþ ðæt seó wiht ( day ) mid moncynne miclum ticlum (tielum? tilum?) sweotol and gesýne, sundorcræft hafaþ, Exon.

un-tǽllíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tǽllíce, adv.

Blamelesslywithout reproach

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Blamelessly, without reproach Ðonne birð se sacerd suíðe untǽllíce áwriten ðara fædra naman on his breóstum, ðonne hé singallíce geðencð hiera lífes bisene, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 17: 5; Swt. 45, 12.

Linked entries: tǽllíce un-tállíce

un-scende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scende, -scynde; adj.

Without disgracehonourablenoble

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Se him dóm forgeaf, unscyndne blǽd, Cd. Th. 263, 16; Dan. 763

wan-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-spédig, adj.
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Uton dón þearfum and wannspédigum sume híððe úre góda, ii. 100, 35. Se gýtsere berýpð ða wannspédigan, i. 66, 11

word-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
word-snotor, adj.

Expert in speecheloquentlearned

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Lýfing se wordsnotera biscop, 1047; Erl. 171, 28. Wordsnoteran (Homerum), Hpt. Gl. 463, 53. Wordsnotere oratores, rhetores, grammatici, 481, 72. Wordsnoterum sapientium, 503, 67.

wiþ-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-steall, es; m.

a defencean obstructionobstacle

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a defence Ic ingehygd eal geondwlíte, hú gefæstnad ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht I scan the mind to see how the soul is fortified within, how its defences are built, Exon.

Linked entry: wiþer-steall

árfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
árfæstlíce, adv.
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Se bisceop stóp tó þǽre cyste and árfæstlíce (árfullíce, v. l.) stræc (pie violentus ) tóbræc þǽre cyste locu, and þǽr genam þá twelf mancosas and hí gedǽlde þám þearfendum mannum, Gr.

be-sylian

(v.)
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S. 236, 343. Hér líð se ealdorman (Holafernes) mid his blóde besyled, Hml. A. 113, 369. Hú oft his sweord wire besyled on unscyldigum blóde quoties iniquus additur saevo gladius veneno, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 18. Substitute

ceaster-wara

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-wara, an; m.
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A citizen Se cyning wæs ceasterwara (cester-, v. l. ciuis ) gefremed þæs écan ríces, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 293, 2. Þá earman ceasterwaran miseri ciues, 1, 12; Sch. 35, 12. Þá eádigan ceasterwaran (þǽre eádigan ceastre weras, v. l. ), Wlfst. 265, 11.

céling

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Se þurstiga gewilnað wæteres célincge, Hml. S. 8, 25. Eówre gléda náne hǽtan ne gedóð, ac swíðor célinge, Hml. Th. i. 430, 13. Wé férdon þurh fýr and þú ús lǽddest on célincge (kélinge, Ps. L. 65, 12) in refrigerium, Hml. S. 4, 340. Add

cól

Grammar
cól, cool.
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Se þearfa bemǽnde ꝥ him wǽre þearle cól, Hml. S. 31, 911. Hé bæþes brúce, ná swáþeáh cóles, ne hé cólne wǽtan þicge, Lch. i. 238, 9. Cólre frigenti, An. Ox. 5486. Cóle algida (aequora ), 18, 15. Cólum algosis, 8, 8. Add

crísten

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Se crístenesta (crístena, v. l. ) cyning, Ors. 6, 38; S. 296, 30. Add

cræft-lic

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Substitute: artificial On twám wísum ys se dæg gecweden, naturaliter et vulgariter . .

dǽl-niman

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Se Hǽlend his ðægnas ðæs godcundlican gereordes dǽlnimende dyde, Hml. S. 23 b, 632. Add