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stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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. :--- Se ðornðære gítsunga ne wyrð forsearod on ðæem helme gif se wyrttruma ne biþ færcorfen oððe forbærned æt ðæm stemne si radix culpae non exuritur, nunquam per ramos avaritiae spina siccatur, Past. 45, 3; Swt. 341, 11. <b>I b.

syll

(n.)
Grammar
syll, e; sylle, an; f.
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, and ða syllan man fægere gefégþ, and ða beámas gelegþ, and ða ræftras tó ðære fyrste gefæstnaþ, Anglia viii. 324, 8. figurative, a support, foundation Ðonne hí ne beóþ mid nánre sylle underscotene ðæs godcundlícan mægenes nullis fulti virtutibus, Past

Linked entry: syl

un-gemetlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíc, adj.

immoderateinordinateexcessivetoo greatimmensevery greatnot of the same measurediverse

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immoderate, inordinate, excessive, too great Ungemetlíco forgifnis ... ungemetlícu irsung inordinata remissio ... effrenata ira, Past. 20; Swt 149, 9-11. Ungemetlícu sprǽc immoderata loquacitas, 43; Swt. 309, 2.

wandrian

(v.)
Grammar
wandrian, p. ode
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Past. 53; Swt. 415, 19 — 23. to proceed without plan, follow an uncertain course Swá ða sélestan men swíþor ðás eorþlícan ðing forseóþ, swá hí læs réccaþ hú sió wyrd wandrige, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 25.

æt-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-feolan, l. æt-feólan, and add: (from -feolhan); p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon, and -fǽlon (
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Ðæt gé ætfeólen ðǽre láre ut praedicalioni servias, Past. 375, 5. with idea of persistence Ðá ætfealh se gesíþ geornlíce his bénum comes obnixius precibus instans, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 12. to press, impress, lit.

be-hátan

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Sé ðe hine selfne máran gódes behǽt qui fortiori studio intenderat, Past. 403, 5. (Cf. O. H. Ger

be-niman

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Hé ðǽre hǽlo benumen wierð, Past. 251, 10: Wlfst. I. II: Chr. 919; P. 105, 32. Mé hæfþ þeós gnornung þǽre gemynde benumen, Bt. 5, 3; S. 12, 20. Hine hæfde Penda ríces benumenne, Chr. 658; P. 32, 6.

botl

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Wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðæt wé hí eft up árǽren on ðǽm botle, ðǽr ðǽr wé timbran willen altum silvae lignum succidimus, ut hoc in aedificii tegmine sublevemus, Past. 433, 36. of a considerable (royal, monastic, &amp;c.) dwelling On Donafelda

cneów

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Ástreccað eówru cneówu, Past. 65, 18. Ꝥ man his cneówu gebíge sixtigum síðum tó eorðan, Ll. Th. ii. 284, 31. Cneówa, Hml. S. 23 b, 83. Hí bígdon heora cneów, Mt. 27, 29: Hml. Th. ii. 148, 9. Knéwa, Mk.

dwolian

(v.)
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L. 118, 10. of inaccurate conception. to mistake, err Bið se here eal ídel, ðonne hé on óðer folc winnan sceal, gif se heretoga dwolað in exploratione hostium frustra exercitus velociter sequitur, si ab ipso duce itineris erratur, Past. 129, 9.

feórþa

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Wæs xxxiii wintra and þæs feórþan dǽl þæt hé lífes wegas tácnode for 33 years and part of the thirty-fourth he pointed out the ways of life, Bl. H. 129, 16. Feórþe (ðiú feórða, L.) þǽre wacone quarta vigilia, Mt. R. 14, 25. Ðá feárða wacan, Mk. L.

ge-gódian

(v.)
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Þá synd gegódede potiuntur (puritatis palma ), 1743.

heá-líce

(adv.)

on highgreatlyextremelynoblyelaborately

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P but see heálic; IV. l a) hlúdan stefne fægre, Cri. 389. with high quality, nobly Hé bið geniéd mid ðǽm folgoðe ðæt hé sceal heálíce sprecan loci sui necessitate exigitur summa dicere, Past. 81, 6. of workmanship, with perfect workmanship, elaborately

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leán

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Gif hé self drohtað on ðám eordlicum tielongum ðe hé óðrum monnum leán sceolde, Past. 133, 5. Tó gehiéranne suá hwæt suá wé him áuðer oððe leán oððe lǽra[n] wiellen to hear whatever we may dissuade them from or persuade them to 303, 7

sceanca

(n.)
Grammar
sceanca, an ; m.

a shank, shin,the upper part of the leg

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Kmbl. 203; Sal. 101. the upper part of the leg (= þeóhsceanca) Ic wille ðæt gé fédaþ án earm Engliscmon . . . Ágyfe mon hine . . . án scone spices oððe án ram weorðe iiii. peningas, L. Ath. i. prm. ; Th. i. 198, 7

Linked entry: sceonca

æcer

field, land of arable landthe crop raised on the landa definite quantity of land, an acre

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Se æker, Past. 411, 18. Hé on his æcere eóde, and his sulh on handa hæfde, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 8. Se Hǽlend fór ofer æceras (acras, R.) abiit Jesus per sata, Mt. 12, 1. Hiora gemǽnan æceras oþþe gærs, Ll.

smeágung

(n.)
Grammar
smeágung, smeáwung, smeáung, sméung, smeáng, e; f.

search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lostinquiry carried on by the mind, inquiry, consideration, meditation, discussion, deliberation

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Smeáunge 1, 1; S. 474, 5: Past. ii; Swt. 67, 5. Smeánge Ps. Surt. 38, 4. Hí hæfdon on ðam gemóte micle smeáunge and geþeaht hwæt him tó dónne wǽre illi tractatum magnum in concilio quid esset agendum habere coeperunt Bd. 3. 5; S. 527, 26.

Linked entries: smeáþ smeáung

smíc

(n.)
Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es; m.

Smoke, vapour, steam

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Parv. 460.]

Linked entries: sméc smoca

ge-þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þreátian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [þreátian to urge, press]

To urgeoppressthreatenrebukecompelrestrainafflicttormenturgērecōgĕreafflīgĕretrībŭlēre

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Ðæt geþreátade mód biþ suíðe raðe gehwierfed to fióunga the rebuked mind will very soon be turned to hatred, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 13; Hat. MS.

tó-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lie or run in different directionsTo lie between,to lie and part,to divide,separate

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To lie between, to lie and part, to divide, separate Seó eá tólíþ Witland and Weonodland, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 6. Ǽlc ðæra sprǽca is tódǽled on manega ðeóda, and ða sint tólegena and tódǽlda mid sǽ and mid wudum and mid muntum, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 62, 34