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ÍS

(n.)
Grammar
ÍS, es; n.
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Styccum healfbrocenra ísa semifractarum crustis glacierum, 5, 12 ; S. 631, 26. the name of the Rune ᛁ = i ᛁ byþ oferceald ungemetum slidor ice is exceedingly cold and excessively slippery, Runic pm. 11; Kmbl. 341, 14

lytig

(adj.)
Grammar
lytig, lyteg; adj.

Cunningastuteslyartfulcraftywily

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On leásungem lytige in mendaciis vafri, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 29. Ða lytegan sapientes hujus seculi, Past. 30, 1; Swt. 203, 6, 24: 205, 3

Linked entries: letig lot lyteg

ge-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorpan, -worpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

to throwcastjacereprojicereto turn one's self awaygo awaydepartpass byavertiabiretransire

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Th. 87, 5. to turn one's self away, go away, depart, pass by; averti, abire, transire Winter sceal geweorpan, weder eft cuman, sumor hát winter shall pass by, fair weather again shall come, hot summer, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 11; Gn. Ex. 77

Linked entry: ge-worpan

syn-full

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-full, adj.

Sinful; used substantively, a sinner

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Skt. 8, 38. ða synfullan (synn-, Cott. MSS.) bytledon uppe on mínum hrygge, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 9: Blickl. Homl. 71, 35. Geseald on synfulra hand, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 45. Synnfullum mannum tǽcan, Blickl. Homl. 43, 15. Þeófas and synfulle men, 75, 28.

á-lǽtan

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Hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé ( let thee come to me ), Hml. S. 36, 65. of deprivation, loss Gé hit álǽtað ( you will lose it ), þonne gé lǽst wénað, Wlfst. 46, 10. Hé þá handa álýse oþþe hig álǽte, Ll.

ge-findan

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Add: to come upon, meet with. v. findan; : Hée gefand (invenit) énne of efneðegnum, Mt. L. 18, 28.

wæterian

(v.)
Grammar
wæterian, p. ode

To water, supply with water,give drink to living creaturesto water plantsto irrigate

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Oxan wæterian, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 1. Ðá hét ic wætrigan úre hors and úre niéteno, Nar. 12, 12. Tó wætranne, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 15 : p. 8, 15. to water plants Se man ðe plantaþ wyrta, hé hí wæteraþ, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26.

Linked entry: wætrian

hæslen

(adj.)
Grammar
hæslen, adj.

Of hazel

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Lǽt ðæt blód on grénne sticcan hæslenne weorp ðne ofer weg áweg ðonne ne biþ nán yfel let the blood run into a green spoon of hazel-wood, then throw it away over the road; then no harm will come of the bite, 68; Lchdm. ii. 142, 19-21

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorncontemnere, aspernereto be puffed up

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Ða lytegan sint tó manianne ðæt hí oferhycggen (-hycgen, Cote. MSS.) ðæt hié wieton, 30, 1; Swt. 203, 7. Oferhige hí and ádríf hí fram ðé, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 8 note. Utan oferhycgan helm ðone miclan, Cd. Th. 280, 7; Sat. 252: 283, 15; Sat. 305

CNAPA

(n.)
Grammar
CNAPA, cnafa, an; m.

a boyyoung manKNAVEpuerjuvenisadolescensa servant servus

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Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan habeo quemdam puerum Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 27. Abraham férde mid twám cnapum to fyrlenum lande Abraham ducens secum duos juvenes abiit in locum Gen. 22, 3, 5. Syle cnapan [cnafan C.] ðínum da puero tuo Ps. Spl. 85, 15.

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Tó ðam wege ðǽr eást ligþ ... on ðone wege ðe líþ tó Stánleáge ... ðam wege ðe tó Stanleáge ligþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 409, 2-17. Sió stów ðe se weg tó ligþ, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 37.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

bodian

(v.)
Grammar
bodian, bodigan, bodigean; part. bodiende, bodigende; p. ode, ede, ade, ude; pp. od, ed, ad, ud; v. a. [bod a message] .

to tell, announce, proclaim, preachnuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizareto foretell, predict, prophesy, promiseprædicere, promittereto announce

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Com se Hǽlend on Galileam Godes ríces gódspell bodigende venit Iesus in Galilæam prædicans evangelium regni Dei, Mk. Bos. 1, 14: Ps. Lamb. 2, 6. Ic bodie annuntiabo, Ps. Th. 54, 17.

Linked entries: bodiend-lic bodigean

swégan

(v.)
Grammar
swégan, p. de
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Com seó sǽfǽrlíce swégende, Homl. Th. i. 566, 7. Hé sette hine sylfne ongeán ðam swégendan líge, ii. 510, 8. Hé ásende swǽgende fýr of heofonum, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 260. without the idea of movement Swégþ tinnit, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Zup. 128, 16.

þearfan

(v.)
Grammar
þearfan, p. de; pp. ed
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Þearfendum and ælþeódigum peregrinis et egentibus, Cod. Dip. B. i. 155, 5. Hé fédde þearfende, Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 53. Ða þearfendan Drihten gehýreþ, Ps. Th. 68, 34.(b) a miserable person :-- Biþ ðæt þridde þearfendum (the wicked ) sorg, Exon.

gird

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Cild ic eom under gyrde drohtniende, Coll. M. 34, 23. Láreów mín áwecþ mé stíþlíce mid gyrde, 35, 31. Hé hét hí ealle beswingan mid gyrdum, and siððan beheáfdian, Hml. S. 29, 283. <b>I a.

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Ic wille ðat se freóls stonde intó ðat minstre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 219, 19

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sǽd, es; n.

seed,seed,the ripe fruit,fruit, growthsowingseed, progeny, posterity

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Ðeáh biþ sum corn sǽdes gehealden symle on ðære sáwle sóðfæstnesse: ðæs sǽdes corn biþ simle áweaht mid áscunga, Met. 22, 37-41. Gif wé eów ða gástlícan sǽd sáwaþ, Homl.

Linked entries: sǽd-berende sǽd-tíma

bearn

(n.)
Grammar
bearn, es; n.

A BEARNchildsonissueoffspringprogenynatusinfanspuerfiliussobolesproles

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Nú is ðæt bearn cymen now is that child come, Exon. 8 b; Th. 5, 8 ; Cri. 66. Híg næfdon nán bearn non erat illis filius, Lk. Bos. 1, 7. Þurh bearnes gebyrd through the birth of a child, Exon. 8 b ; Th. 3, 18 ; Cri. 38.

Linked entries: barn beærn byre beorn

feld-more

(n.)
Grammar
feld-more, an; f: -moru, e; f. [more a root]

A parsnipcarrotpastĭnāca

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Herba pastĭnāca silvātĭca, ðæt is feldmoru the herb pastĭnāca silvātĭca, that is parsnip, Herb. cont. 82, 1; Lchdm, i. 32, 25.

FORD

(n.)
Grammar
FORD, gen. fordes; dat. forde, forda; m.

A FORDvădum

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He mihte fordas oferrídan, ðonne he to hwylcere eá cóme he might ride over the fords, when he came to any river, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 17

Linked entry: fyrd