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fiscian

(v.)
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Ælcne man lyst, siððan ǽnig cotlýf . . . getimbred hæfð, þæt hine móte . . . huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil. H. 2, 10. Ic gǽ fisciga uado piscari, Jn. L. R. 21, 3. Add

un-fyrn

Grammar
un-fyrn, <b>. I.</b>
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Add wæs nú unfyrn (nú for lyttlum fyrste, v.l.) forðféred ante non longum tempus defunctus est, Gr. D. 71, 18. add " deád byð unfyrn" . . . þírn ódran dæge æfter þæs Godes weres cwide his líf geendode, 62, 28.

á-dwǽscan

to extinguish fire, lightto put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &;c.to put down, suppress, destroy a person

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Ic beóde ðæt ðæne unrihtwísan tó rihte gebíge gyf mæge; gyf ne mæge, ðonne wille ic ðæt hine on earde ádwǽsce, oððe út of earde ádrǽfe, Cht. E. 230, 25. Se preóst is ádwǽsced he was killed by a fall Hml. Th. ii. 164, 8.

cyssan

(v.)
Grammar
cyssan, p. cyste; pp. cyssed; v. a. [cos a kiss]

KISS osculari

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Ðæt he his mondryhten clyppe and cysse that he embrace and kiss his lord, Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 2; Wand. 42

Linked entry: cossian

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, wergan; p. ede.
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werige for twá hída, iv. 262, 15. Ic wylle ðæt Ǽðelnóð arcebisceop werige his landáre nú, ealswá dyde ǽr Ægelríc wǽre geréfa, vi. 187, 19.

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEFdesirablepleasantacceptablelovedbeloveddeara friendloved one

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Ða word ðe wénþ ðæt him leófoste sýn tó gehýrenne the words that he thinks will be most pleasant for him to hear, 55, 20

Linked entry: leóf

swice

(n.)
Grammar
swice, es; m.
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</b> outcome, event, issue :-- þenceþ ðæt his wíse þince unforcúþ biþ ðæs óþer swice ðonne ðæs fácnes fintan sceáwaþ he thinks that his ways appear respectable; their event will be different when he observes the result of the fraud.

Linked entry: swicc

á-wiht

aloneany goodgood for anything

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Gif ǽfre þæs organes ówiht cúðe, Sal. 33. Heó ówiht swylces ne hýrdon, El. 571. Ymbe ówiht elles, Seef. 46. Ǽniges teónan óht ongitan, Gr. D. 35, 27.

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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cóm intó Afenan múðan and hergode ofer eall þone ende, 1067; P. 203, 12. a division of an army fór on þone ende Hannibales folces þe self on wæs, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 12.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

stille

(adj.)
Grammar
stille, adj.
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hét ða Saducéiscan stylle beón silentium inposuisset Sadducaeis, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 34. And fig. :-- Mid heortan stilre corde tacito, Hymn. Surt. 132, 30. Wén is ðæt eówer sum cweðe tó him sylfum on stillum geðohtum . . ., Homl.

un-gild

(n.)
Grammar
un-gild, -gilde, es; n.

An improper or excessive tax

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An improper or excessive tax ǽfre ðás leóde mid here and mid ungylde tyrwigende wæs, for ðan ðe on his dagan ǽlc riht áfeóll, and ǽlc unriht up árás, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 2.

Linked entry: un-gyld

framlíce

(adv.)
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Ongan framlice (from-, v.l., strenuissime ) þá staþolas ýcean, Bd. 2, 4; Sch. 127, 2: 1, 5; Sch. 17, 13: 4, 10; Sch. 400, 1. Fromlíce, 5, 7; Sch. 583, 1

gemót-stów

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See first passage under gemót-hús. a place where a law-court is held hæfde áne gemótstówe gecweden ymb sume neódþearfe þæs mynstres erat pro utilitate monasterii causa constituta, Gr. D. 21, l

ge-drincan

(v.)
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Add: absolute. to take liquid as nourishment or to quench thirst Þá þone mete bróhte, bróhte him eác wín.

heáfod

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On seohteres heáfod, 624, 20. head, as in bed's head, the part of a couch where a person's head would rest Sce Adrianes hand heó ásette æt hire heáfdum on hire ræste, Shrn. 59, 35.

a-scirian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scirian, -scyrian; p. ede; pp. ed, ud; v. a. [a, scirian to share]

To cut fromseparatedividepartseversepararesejungereexcommunicaredestinare

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Ðæt he scyle from his Scippende ascyred weorþan to deáþe niðer that he shall be separated from his Creator by death beneath, Exon. 31b; Th. 99, 2; Cri. 1618

burh-loca

(n.)
Grammar
burh-loca, burg-loca, an; m.
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He nǽnige forlét under burglocan bendum fæstne he left not one under the city-barriers fast in bonds, Andr. Kmbl. 2075; An. 1040: 1879; An. 942

Linked entry: burg-loca

furþ-an

(adv.)
Grammar
furþ-an, furþ-on, furþ-um; adv. [furþ = forþ forth, furþan, furþon, furþum, forþum, dat.]

Alsotooevenindeedfurtherat firstetiamquĭdemprīmo

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He wéneþ furþon ðæt he man ne sý he even thinks that he is not man, Blickl. Homl. 179, 5. Ic furþum ongan búgan I first [prīmo] began to dwell Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 21; Gú. 1213

Linked entry: furþum

hrif-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
hrif-wund, adj.
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Wounded in the belly Gif [] hrifwund [hrif wund, Thorpe] weorþeþ xii scill. gebéte. Gif þurhþirel weorþeþ xx scill. gebéte if he be wounded in the belly let twelve shillings be paid.

wiþ-gínan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-gínan, p. de

To replyto repelreject

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Ðá wiðgýnde eft his geðance, ond him þus andwyrde (he replied to his thought, or he rejected the idea, and answered himself thus): 'Ac ic nát eftsóna, ne ic nǽfre git nyste ðæt ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende búton Ephese ánre,' Homl.

Linked entry: gínan