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or-wéne

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, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 4. dele last passage, and add Sum eáwfæst wer wæs yfele gehæfd, and læg at forðsíðe his freóndum orwéne, Hml.

stille

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1 a. fig. Add Sege ús nú ꝥ sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and wé nellað þé ámeldian, ac hit eall stille lǽtan, Hml. S. 23, 591. 2 b. Add On þǽre nihte, þá hit stillost wæs, Gr. D. 238, 11.

sceaþenness

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþenness, e; f.

Injury, damage

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Hé oft stormas fram his sylfes sceþenisse and his geférena scylde and wiðsceáf tempestates a sua suorumque laesione repellere consueverat, 2, 7; S. 509, 32

Linked entry: sceþeness

á-spelian

(v.)
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Sý se hordere áspeled (-ad, v. l.) æt þǽre þénunge cellarius excusetur a coquina, R. Ben. 59, 2. Add

Linked entry: spelian

simble

(adv.)
Grammar
simble, symble, simle, siemle, semle, symle ; adv.
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Symle áwo tó ealdre, 149, 6 ; Gú. 757. Á symle, 459, 10 ; Hy. 4, 114. ¶ with comparative :-- Ðé biþ á symble of dæge on dæg drohtaþ strengra, Andr.

Linked entries: symble symle

morþ

(n.)
Grammar
morþ, es; n. m.

deathdestructionperditionthat which causes deathmurderslaying with an attempt at concealment of the deedmurderhomicide

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Th. 230, 17. murder; as a technical term, slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed.

ágan

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Th. 481, 12. de-scribing a state or condition, to have need, &c. Drihten þæs áh þearfe, Bl. H. 71, 1. Ðǽm ðe lǽssan þearfe áhton, Bt. 38, 7; F. 208, 26. Hí sceande ágon confundantur , Ps.

wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
wérig, adj.
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Kmbl. 1159; An. 580. Wérge, Exon. Th. 92, 13; Cri. 1508. Ða wéregan neát ðe man drífeþ and þirsceþ, Elen. Kmbl. 714; El. 357. <b>I a.</b> </b> with gen., weary of or from doing something Wérig ðæs weorces, Exon.

ge-regne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-regne, ge-réne, es; n.
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I a. edification :-- Gód word tó gehríne bonus sermo ad edificationem, Rtl. 12, 27. an instrument In aldum gehríne in ueteri instru­mento, Mt. p. 2, 11. an ornament Hæleð gierede mec (a book) mid golde; for þon mé glíwedon wrætlic weorc smiða.

Linked entries: -regne ge-réne

hnappian

(v.)
Grammar
hnappian, hnæppian; p. ode

To slumber, sleep, doze

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Ne slǽpþ se no fæsðe ac hnappaþ non autem dormire sed dormitare est, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 8. Ac ðonne hnæppiaþ úrebrǽwas palpebræ vero dormitant, 195, 2.

Linked entry: hnæppian

snǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽdan, p. de.

to slice, cut into slicesto snathe to lop, prune, cut branches off trees to hew trim stones. putare to cut into slices

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[In this sense Jamieson gives sned as a word of northern Scotland.] Ðara werhtena ðe ðanæ stán sneóddon and fégdon Anglia xi. 5, 7. [ Þe moder mid sexe hine tosnæde al todælde Laym. 4015. Þa quene ich al tosnaðde mid mine sweorede 28050.]

Linked entries: tó-snǽdan ge-snǽdan

wríd

(n.)
Grammar
wríd,
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(cf. 'A ride of hazle or such like wood, is a whole plump of spriggs or frith growing out of the same root,' E. D. S. Pub. Old Farming Words, no. III. Here is an heelful thing, a wonder wride (rimes with abyde), Pall. 51, 207),
es; m.

A shootstalkplantbush

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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, -býrigan, -bírian; 3rd sing. ; p. ede; pp. ed; 3rd sing. ; p. ode; pp. od. [The cognate words point to a short vowel.]

To happento fall outto pertain tobelong toevenireacciderecontingerepertinere adIt pertains toit is fitting or suitableit becomesit behovespertinet adconvenitoportetdecet

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And feng to ealle ðam landum ðe ðǽr-to gebýredon and took to all the lands which thereto belonged, Chr. 910; Erl. 101, 6. v. impers.

Linked entries: býre ge-bíraþ

ELLEN

(n.)
Grammar
ELLEN, gen. elnes; m. n.

Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitudevis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo

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Engel hine elne trymede an angel strengthened him with courage, Exon. 35 a; Th. 113, 21; Gú. 161: Cd. 98; Th. 129, 2; Gen. 2137: Beo. Th. 5715; B. 2861: Andr. Kmbl. 1966; An. 985: Rood Kmbl. 67; Kr. 34: Ps. Th. 128, 5.

hwæt-hwega

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Add: as substantive. alone Þeáh hit wéne ꝥ hit sylf hwæthwega (-hwuga, v. l.) sí si se esse aliquid existimat, Gr. D. 8, 22.

lyffetung

(n.)
Grammar
lyffetung, e; f.

Flatteryadulation

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Heora nán ne gedyrstlǽce ðæt heó Godes landáre woroldrícum sellen for lyffetunge let none of them dare to give God's lands to the powerful of the earth as a means of paying court to them, Lchdm. iii. 442, 32.

ge-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brecan, he -breceþ, -bryceþ; p. -bræc, ðú -brǽce , pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen; v. trans, [ge-, brecan to break]

To breakbruisecrushdestroyshatterwastefrangĕreconfringĕrecontrībulārecontĕrĕreconquassāreattĕrĕre

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He ða mǽgþe mid grimme wæle and herge gebræc provinciam illam sæva cæde ac depopŭlātiōne attrīvit, 4, 15; S. 583, 26, MS. C. Se þuma gebrocen wæs the thumb was broken, 5, 6; S. 619, 24: Andr. Kmbl. 2944; An. 1475

sinscipe

(n.)
Grammar
sinscipe, es ; m.
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Ðrý hádas . . . mæigðhád, wudewan hád, and riht sinscype, Homl. Th. i. 148, 7. Sinscipe, 604, 30. Mé nú ne lyst nánes synscipes ac ðæs Hǽlendes geþeódnysse mid gehealdenre clénnisse, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 37.

racian

(v.)
Grammar
racian, p. ode.
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Kmbl. 1041; An. 521. to take a course or direction, to run (cf. racu a ' rake ') Hé his tungan gehealde ðæt hió ne racige on unnytte sprǽca ne lingua per verba inutiliter defluat, Past. 38, 5; Swt. 275, 19.

flǽsc-lic

humanmortalanimalnaturalcarnalworldlycarnalsensualsexual

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Add: pertaining to the material body, human, mortal Þú wást ꝥ ic eom flǽsclic man, Bl. H. 231, 25. Þú ǽr gesáwe æfter flǽsclicre gecynde fægre leomu on tó seónne, 113, 21. animal in contrast with human: Mýs and flæá sint flésclicu nýtenu, Solil.