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wód-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wód-líc, adj.

Madfuriousfrantic

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Se sceocca fordwán mid swíðlícum reáme, swá ðæt ða munecas wurdon áwrehte ðurh his wódlícan stemne, 6, 318

winter-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
winter-tíd, e; f.

Winter-timewinter

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Winter-time, winter Hit is wintertíd nú, and ic wundrie þearle hwanon þes wyrtbrǽð þus wynsumlíce stéme, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 35.

un-tygþa

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tygþa, (-e), -týþa(-e); adj.

Unsuccessful in obtaining a request

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Unsuccessful in obtaining a request For ðæm ne meahte Balaham geearnian ða Godes giefe ðe hé biddende wæs, ðá hé Israhéla folc wirgean wolde and for hine selfne gebiddan, for ðæm hé wearð untygða ðe hé hwierfde his stemne nales his mód hujus correptionis

Linked entry: un-tíþe

hwósta

(n.)
Grammar
hwósta, an; m.

A cough

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Hine dreceþ þyrre hwóstan and him on ðam hwóstan hwílum losaþ sió stemn he is troubled with a dry cough and at times during the cough he loses his voice, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 13.

ge-síþ

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Add: [The word seems to be a ja- stem, like the O. Sax. gi-síði, but to be treated as if the root-syllable were short. Cf. ge-siþþas in the preceding word.]

hlyst

hearinghearinglistening

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Add: hearing as one ot the five senses, faculty of hearing Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlic on hlyste, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 4, 6. Ic syngode on gesihðe and on hlyste, eác on swæcce, on stence, and on hrepunge, Angl. xi. 112, 16. Hé his hlyst næfde, Hml.

un-gesceapen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesceapen, adj.

unshapenunformeduncreated

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unshapen, unformed Interjectio is án dǽl sprǽce getácniende ðæs módes gewilnunge mid ungesceapenre stemne ( voce incondita ), Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 277, 17.

Linked entry: ge-sceapen

munuc-cild

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-cild, es; n.

A boy that is being brought up to be a monk

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An munuccild wunode on Mauricius mynstre... hæfde ðæt munuccild swíðe mǽrlíce stemne, Wulfst. 152, 7-11 : 22

stefnan

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Add: stemnan. v. á-stefnan ( Fram þám bróðrum þæs mynstres ðe hí sylf (sylfe, v. l.) ástemnedon a fratribus monasterii quod ab ipsis conditum est, Bd. pref.; Sch. 4, 13)

CERFILLE

(n.)
Grammar
CERFILLE, cærfille, cyrfille, an; f.

CHERVILcærefolium = χαιρέφυλλον chærophyllum sylvestre

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To monnes stemne nim cerfillan for a man's voice take chervil, 1, 83; Lchdm. ii. 152, 15: 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 272, 10

irþling

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Add: a husbandman Far tó wéstene þǽr nán fugel ne flýhð, ne yrðling ne erað, ne mannes stemn ne swégð, Hml. Th. i. 464, 25. Gif se yrðlincg behylt underbæc gelóme, ne bið hé gelimplic tilia . . .

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Swelce sió burg wǽre ðurh ðæs sǽs stemne tó scame geworden, Past. 409, 32-35. Ofer sę́as hé gestaðolode hié, Ps. Vos. 23, 2. Add Saga mé hú fela is woruldwætra. Ic ðé secge twá sindon sealte sǽ, and twá fersce, Sal. K. 186, 25.

ge-swége

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swége, adj.
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His mǽdenu mé singað mid geswégum stemnum, Hml. S. 7, 44

-isc

(suffix)

-ish

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modern -ish, a suffix of adjectives, connoting the quality of the object denoted by the stem, e.g. ceorl-isc churl-ish, cild-isc child-ish; also connotes origin from a place or stock, e. g. Engl-isc, Gréc-isc, Iudé-isc.

god-wræc

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god-wræc, god-wrec.
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For <b>god-wrec</b> substitute <b>god-wrece</b> (short i-stem?), and add: Exiled from God (cf.

Linked entry: -wræc

ge-wrixl

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, adj.
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Stemnum (v. stefn a turn ) gewrixlum, 3001. v. ge-wrixlic. vicarious. v. ge-wrixl(e); <b>V a, b</b> Mid ge-wrix[l]ere (gewrislre, Hpt. Gl. 460, 51) vicaria (litterarum relatione ), An. Ox. 2310

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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; p. þáh and þeáh, pl. þigon and þugon; p. pr. þíende and þeónde; pp. þigen and þogen To thrive, grow, flourish, prosper Þíhþ cluit, pollet, viget, nobilitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 75. Þáh pubesceret, 66, 22. Þeó vigeat, Wülck. Gl. 257, 17. of persons in

nytan

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Hí ðæs godcundan gesceádes nyston ðurh stemne, Hml. Th. i. 106, 4. Eom ic cnæpling and nytende mínes færes, ii. 576, 15. with dat. infin. Wé nytan nánum óðrum þingum tó getrúwianne bútan hit þis sý, Ll. Th. i. 220, 16

CLYPIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPIAN, clypigan, clipian, cleopian, clepian, part. clypiende, clypigende, ic clypie, clypige, ðú clypast, he clypaþ, pl. clypiaþ, p. ode, ade ; impert. clypa, pl. clypiaþ; pp. od, ad

To make a vocal soundspeakspeak aloudto cry outcallsayloquiclamarevocaredicere

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He clypode mid micelre stemne he cried with a loud voice Homl. Th. i. 596, 5; Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 21; Byrht. Th. 132, 33 ; By. 25: 139, 19; By. 256.

þurruc

(n.)

a small shipthe bottom part of a ship

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Se æften-stemn puppis, þurruc cumba (cf. scipes botm cimba vel carina, 56, 32), bytme carina, scipes flór tabulata navium, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 37-40.