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hwæl

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl, es; m.

A whale

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Quia periculosa res est capere cetum, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 15-22. Hé gesceóp ða micclan hwalas, Lchdm. iii. 234, 12

hyge-leást

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-leást, e; f.

Thoughtlessnessfoolishnessfollyheedlessness

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Thoughtlessness, foolishness, folly, want of wisdom, heedlessness Eálá gé cildra gáþ út bútan hygeleáste tó claustre oððe tó leorninge O vos pueri egredimini sine scurrilitate in claustrum vel in gymnasium, Coll. Monast. Th. 36, 9.

lyre

(n.)
Grammar
lyre, es; m.

Lossdamagedestructiondetriment

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Hwílum forlidenesse ic þolie mid lyre ealra þinga mínra aliquando naufragium patior, cum jactura omnium rerum mearum, Coll. Monast. Th. 27,1. On lyre in perditione, Ps. Lamb. 87, 12. Lyre jacturam, damnum, Hpt. Gl. 480, 43.

meox

(n.)
Grammar
meox, mix, myx, es; n.

Muckdungorduredirt

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Licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox (Cott. MS. miox) under feltúne, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 11: Homl. Skt. 2, 241. Heó eall forseah on meoxes gelícnysse, 8, 38. Ða nýtenu forrotedon on heora meoxe, Homl. Th. i. 118, 15.

Linked entry: mix

mirige

(adj.)
Grammar
mirige, adj.

Pleasantdelightfulsweet

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Cott.) brengaþ quid habeat jucunditatis, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 4. Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt one gets no pleasure from life, while one fears death, Prov. Kmbl. 16. Mid merigum lofsange dulci ymno, Hymn. Surt. 141, 38.

Linked entry: murge

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f: es; n.
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Mid grinum laqueis, Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 13

Linked entries: giren ge-grin

blótan

(v.)
Grammar
blótan, ic blóte, ðú blótest, blétst, he blóteþ, blét, pl. blótaþ; p. ic, he bleót, ðú bleóte, pl. bleóton; pp. blóten; v. a.

To sacrifice, to kill for a sacrificeimmolare, sacrificaresacrificare

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Ða burhleóde on Cartaina bleóton [bliotan MS.] men hira godum the inhabitants of Carthage sacrificed men to their gods, Ors. cont. 4, 4; Bos. 11, 32. Ðæt hine mon ǽnigum godum blóte that a man sacrifice him to any gods, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 11.

Linked entry: a-blótan

un-clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-clǽne, adj.

uncleanfoulfilthyuncleannot fit for fooduncleanimpure

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Ic wyrpe ða unclǽnan út, and genime mé clǽne tó mete, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 15. Ða óðre synd unclǽne ( polluta ), Lev. 11, 12. Be swýnum and be óðrum unclǽnum nýtenum de porcis et de aliis impuris animalibus, L. Ecg.

un-medume

(adj.)
Grammar
un-medume, (-ome, -eme); adj.

Unmeetunfitunworthy

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Unmeet, unfit, unworthy Se ðe him ondrǽdan sceal ðæt hé unmedome (-eme, Cott. MSS.) sié hoc indignus pertimescat, Past. 11; Swt. 73, 21. Him ðúhte selfum ðæt hé wǽre swíðe unmedeme parvulum se in suis oculis viderat, 17; Swt. 112, 11.

Linked entry: medume

weorold-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-spéd, e; f.
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Ðonne hié wilniaþ ðæt hié hira woruldspéda (world-, Cott. MSS.) ícen ðonne weorðaþ hié bedǽlede ðæs écean éðles úres Fæder dum hic multiplicari appetunt, illic ab aeterno patrimonio exheredes fiunt, Past. 44; Swt. 333, 5.

cempa

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Kempa miles, Coll. M. 31, 37. Sé wæs cáseres cæmpa under Paulino on Rauenna, Shrn. 76, 2. Cempan agonitheta, An. Ox. 1334. Caempan, cempan gladiatores, Txts. 66, 481. Cempan manipulares, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 38: 56, 76: tirones, 88, 63.

ge-teórian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teórian, l. ge-teórian,
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S. 23 b, 320. of things, to be used up, come to an end, fail. material þá hyra feoh geteórode cum defecisset emptoribus pretium. Gen. 47, 15. Þá ꝥ win geteórode defciente uino, Jn. 2, 3. non-material Him nǽfre seó langung ne geteórode, Bl.

of-sleán

(v.)

to kill or wound by a blow, to kill, slayto slay

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Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 19. Ic on morgenne ofsleá mânes wyrhtan in matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores, Ps. Th. 100, 8. Gif man mannan ofslæhþ, L. Eth. 21; Th. i. 8, 3. Ofsleahþ, 6; Th. i. 4, 6. Ofslehþ, 7; Th. i. 4, 9.

Linked entry: of-gesleán

on-weg

(adv.)
Grammar
on-weg, adv.

Away, off.

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Gif ðú onweg cymest if you come away (alive from the fight ), Beo. Th. 2769; B. 1382. Féran onweg, Exon. Th. 373, 4; Seel. 103. Onweg (áweg) fleon, Ors. 4, 2; Bos. 79, 15: Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 11. Onweg gewítan, Blickl. Homl. 117, 1.

Linked entries: an-weg a-weg

á-weccan

(v.)

to wake (trans.) from sleepraise from the deadto arouse a person from quiescenceto excite to feeling or actionstir upto arouseexcite passion

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Add: to wake (trans.) from sleep, raise from the dead Hwílon láreow mín áwecþ mé stíþlíce mid gyrde, Coll. M. 35, 31. Ic míne frýnd áweahte, Nar. 30, 32. God hine áweahte tó onliésanne ðá gehæftan on helle, Past. 443, 9.

beáh

a crowngarlanda collarnecklacea shackle for the necka braceleta circle,

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Hé (the king) sylþ mé hors oþþe beáh (armillam), Coll. M. 22, 35. Bégas dextralia, An.

twi-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twi-feald, adj.
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Ðæt is syndrig yfel twiefealdra (twy-, Cott. MSS.) monna est speciale duplicium malum, Past. 35 ; Swt. 243, 24.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Cwæþ se godspellere, ' Hǽlend cóm syx dagum ǽr eástrum tó Bethania': on þon is getácnod ꝥ hé cóm on þǽre syxtan ylde on þysne middangeard, Bl.

be-

(prefix)
Grammar
be-, , bi-, big-, and bí- are often used as prefixes.
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, be-gangan to exercise; reótan plorare, be-reótan de-plorare. they have a privative sense, as,-Be-niman to deprive, be-reáfian to bereave, be-heáfdian to behead. sometimes they do not indicate any perceptible variation in the sense, as,-Be-cuman to come

ge-bǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽdan, p. -bǽdde; pp. -bǽded [bǽdan to compel]

To compelconstrainforceimpelurgeoppresscompellĕrecōgĕrepersuādēreimpellĕreurgēreprĕmĕre

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Mon sceal gebídan ðæs he gebǽdan ne mæg a man ought to wait for what he cannot hasten [compel to come], 90 b; Th. 340, 2; Gn. Ex. 105.

Linked entry: ge-béded