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Sicilie

(n.)
Grammar
Sicilie, pl.
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The Sicilians, the people of Sicily, or (as in the older stage of the language the name of a people was used where now that of their country is put) Sicily. [In this sense the Latin form also occurs *-*Sicilia, églond micel, Met. 1, 15.

wermód

(n.)
Grammar
wermód, es; m.
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man absinthium and óþrum naman wermód nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 216, 17. Se fúla wermód, ii. 312, 18. Dríges wermódes blóstman, 250, 3.

wrǽn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽn-ness, e ; f.

Wantonnesslicentiousnesslasciviousnesslust

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Nýtena willa tó nánum óþrum þingum nis áðenod bútan tó gífernesse and tó wrannesse pecudum omnis ad explendam corporalem lacunam festinat intentio, Bt. 31; Fox 112, 8

æl-fremed

Grammar
æl-fremed, (el-).

strange, foreign, not belonging to onestranger to anything, without a share in, free from

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Add: strange, foreign, not belonging to one Næs mid him [god] elfremed alienus Cant. M. ad fil. 12. Se ælfremeda Heródes ðæs ríces geweóld, Hml. Th. i. 82, 4. Hé earmlíce geendode on ælfremedum earde, Hml. S. 25, 547.

EGE

(n.)
Grammar
EGE, æge, eige, es; m.

Fear, terror, dread, AWE tĭmor, terror, formīdo

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ðú ondrǽdst fram ege nihtlícum non timēbis a tĭmōre nocturno, Ps. Spl. 90, 5: Ps. Th. 118, 38: Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 24. Ðu hæfdest eorþlícne ege thou hadst earthly awe, Homl. Th. i. 596, 8: Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 9.

Linked entries: æge eige

be-scerian

(v.)
Grammar
be-scerian, -scirian, -scyrian, -scyrigan; p. ede; pp. ed

To deprive, separate, defraudprivare, separare, fraudare

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bescyreþ of gódum hí ða gangendan on unscyldignysse non privabit bonis eos qui ambulant in innocentia, Ps. Spl. 83, 13. Mec bescyrede Scyppend eallum the Creator deprived me of all, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 34; Rä. 41, 101.

ge-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gán, p. -eóde, -ióde; pp. -gán.

to gogo or pass overcome to passhappenirepræterireevenireto occupyovercomeoverrunsubdueoccuparevinceresubigereto observepractiseexerciseeffectaccomplishobservareexercereperficereefficere

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Ne geeódon úre foregengan ðas eorðan mid sweorda ecgum non enim in gladio suo possidebunt terram, Ps. Th. 43, 4.

Linked entry: ge-yde

stíg

(n.)
Grammar
stíg, e; f.
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Ðú forfleó [weg] hǽle se ðe nis búton mid stíge tó onginnenne non refugias viam salutis que non est nisi angusto initio incipienda, R. Ben. Interl. 6, 8. Be westan róde óó sticelan stíg; ðonne be ðære stíge óð ða ealdan díc, Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg

beorgan

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Gelíce þám dwǽsan þe for heora prýtan léwe nellað beorgan, ǽr hý ne magan, Wlfst. 165, 10

búgan

(v.)
Grammar
búgan, to bow.
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Nis genóh þæt þú fram yfele búge, Hml. Th. ii. 602, 8: Hml. S. 12, 147. Hé wolde búgan tó þám cynge (hé wolde his man beón, v.l. ), Chr. 1050; P. 169, 17. It is míne fulle unna ðat Ælfrich mót búgan tó ðó tuéyen abboten, Cht. Th. 416, 8.

for-habban

(v.)

To abstainrefrainabstinentcontinentto abstain fromto restrainkeep awayto keep backnot to mentionto restraincheckstop

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D. 72, 10. with clause Gehwá hine forhæbbe ꝥ hé hí fæstende ete, Lch. i. 228, 14. to keep back. not to pay a due Gif cyninges þegn hit (Rómpænig) forhæbbe, Ll.

ge-mǽnsumian

(v.)
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Neódum háligra gemǽnsumigende necessitatibus sanctorum communicantes, Scint. 147, 13. (2 a) of speech, to talk to :-- gemǽnsuma þú menn ungelǽredum non communices homini indocto; jest not with a rude man (Ecclus. 8, 4), Scint. 97, 8. to join with others

Linked entry: -mǽnsumian

rǽd

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Add Hlyste hé gódes rǽdes, of mínum múðe, ac of Crístes sylfes, Hml. Th. i. 54, 16. Add Consilium, þæt is rǽdgeðeht . . . Sé hæfð gódne rǽd þurh Godes gyfe þe him gerǽdað ǽfre hwæt him tó dónne sý and hwæt tó forlǽtenne, Wlfst. 51, 19.

riht-wís

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forlǽteð gyrd synfulra ofer hlýt rihtwísra (iustorum), Ps. Rdr. 124, 3. Cneóres rihtwísra (rectorum), Ps. Rdr. 111, 2. Ryhtwíse rectos, Ps. Vos. 32, 1. <b>I b.

hosp

(n.)
Grammar
hosp, es; m.

Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy

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Ða ðe forþgewéteþ of welerum mínum ic dó hosp quæ procedunt de labiis meis, non faciam irrita, 88, 34. Hé geseah mínne hosp áfyrran respexit auferre opprobrium meum, Lk. Skt. 1, 25.

Linked entry: hyspan

FÉDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FÉDAN, part. fédende; he fédeþ, fét, fétt; p. ic, he fédde, ðú féddest, pl. féddon; pp. féded, fédd.

nourishsupportsustainbring upeducatepascĕrecĭbārenutrīreengtrīresustentāreedŭcāreto bring forthproducegignĕreprodūcĕre

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Gif he nát hwá hine cwicne féde if he knows not who may feed him living, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 21; Gn. Ex. 114. Ðú bist féded on wélum his pascēris in dīvĭtiis ejus, Ps. Spl. 36, 3: Ps. Th. 130, 4. Fédd beón pastus esse, pasci, R.

Linked entry: féding

á-mirran

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Mé hæfde þiós unrótnes ámerredne ꝥ ic hit hæfde mid ealle forgiten ob injuriae dolorem nuper oblita, Bt. 36, 1; F. 172, 3. to waste, use to no purpose Ic nát hú nyt ic þá hwíle beó þe ic þás word sprece, bútan ðæt ic mín geswinc ámirre, Ors. 4, 13;

feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plainfield

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Ne gesáwon wé nóht elles búton þá wéstan feldas and wudu and dúna be þǽm gársecge nihil praeter desertos in oceano campos, siluasque ac montes, Nar. 20, 10. field as opposed to garden Mid þǽre lactucan þe on felda wixð cum lactucis agrestibus, Ex. 12

feówer

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Þín seáð bið twégea cubita wíd and feówra lang, Nar. 50, 29. Mid feówrum gesceaftum, Angl. viii. 299, 19. Féwere hwommas and hringas haefis quattuor angulos et anulos habet, Mt. p. 8, 5.

leóht

Grammar
leóht, not heavy.
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Hét ic .cc. mínra þegna leóhtum wǽpnum (levibus armis) hié gegyrwan, Nar. 10, 27. of a vessel or receptacle, adapted for light loads Leóht leáp imbilium, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 27 : ii. 46, 40.