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a-stífician

(v.)
Grammar
a-stífician, -stíficigan; p. ode ; pp. od ; v. a.

To eradicateextirpatedestroyexterminateeradicare

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To eradicate, extirpate, destroy, exterminate; eradicare Ðæt he astíficige unþeáwas that he exterminate vices, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, 23

Linked entry: a-stýfecigan

cýpe-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
cýpe-cniht, es; m.

A bought servant, slavevenalis puer, servus

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A bought servant, slave; venalis puer, servus Ðá geseah he cýpecnihtas he then saw slaves, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 18

drepe

(n.)
Grammar
drepe, drype,es ; m.

A slaying, stroke, violent deathoccīsio

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A slaying, stroke, violent death; occīsio He drepe þrówade he suffered the stroke [death-stroke], Beo. Th. 3183; B. 1589

Linked entries: deáþ-drepe drype

eft-sóna

(adv.)
Grammar
eft-sóna, adv. [eft again, sóna soon]

EFTSOONS, soon after, again, a second time itĕrum

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EFTSOONS, soon after, again, a second time; itĕrum He hí lǽrde eftsóna he taught them again, Mk. Bos. 10, 1

Linked entry: efter-sóna

esl

(n.)
Grammar
esl, e; f.

A shoulder hŭmĕrus

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A shoulder; hŭmĕrus He on esle ahóf he raised [him] on his shoulder, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 18; Sat. 681

fett

(adj.)
Grammar
fett, adj.

Fatpinguis

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Fat; pinguis He biþ anlícost fettum swínum he is most like to fat swine, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 26

ful-yrre

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-yrre, adj.

Full angryvery angryvalde irātus

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Full angry, very angry; valde irātus He fulyrre wód he rushed forth very angry, Byrht. Th. 139, 13; By. 253

neowol-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
neowol-líc, adj.

Profound

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Profound siccetunga teáh of niwellícum breóste he heaved sighs from the depths of his breast, Homl. Skt. 7, 66

be-sión

(v.)

to look about

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to look about Ðæt he hine ne besió that he look not about him Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 17

ge-drohtnian

(v.)
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to live a life Stiðlíce his líf ádreáh . . . Mid þan þe þuss lange gedrohtned hæfde . . ., Shrn. 13, 26.] [

Linked entry: drohtnian

mis-þeón

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Hwæs cépð , bútan hú mage þeónde mis-þeón? quid agit nisi ut crescendo decrescat ? Chrd. 79, 18. Add

teón-rǽden

Grammar
teón-rǽden, teón-rǽdenn.
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Nánum ne forgeald yfel mid yfele, ac forbær manna teónrǽdene mid micclum geðylde, Hml. S. 31, 305. Add

wiþ-teón

Grammar
wiþ-teón, <b>. I.</b>
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Hwílum seleð hálgan wítedómes gást, hwílon eft wiðtýhð (subtrahit) þám módum þára wítegana, Gr. D. 146, 31. Add

wóh-dǽd

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forhogade ꝥ ǽnig gemet sette his wóh-dǽdum modum suis pravitatibus ponere contemsit, Gr. D. 341, 4. Add

smeá-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
smeá-wyrhta, an; m.

A skilled workman, an artisan

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A skilled workman, an artisan Gif smeá-wyrhtan hæfþ ðám sceal tó tólan fylstan Anglia ix. 263, 16

fíc-treów

(n.)
Grammar
fíc-treów, es; n.

A FIG-TREEfīcus

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He ofslóh wíngeardas heora and fíctreów heora percussit vīneas eōrum et fīculneas eōrurn, Ps. Spl. 104, 31

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To meanto intend to convey a certain senseto intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement to meanpurposehave as an object to which the mind is directedintendto signifyhave a certain signification or purpose

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MS. mænþ) if he does none of these, then he does not know what he means, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 28. Ðá ongon sprecan swíðe feorran ymbútan swilce ná ða sprǽce ne mǽnde, 39, 5; Fox 218, 12.

Linked entries: ge-mǽnan ge-mǽnan

DROPA

(n.)
Grammar
DROPA, an; m.

DROPstilla, gutta, stillicĭdium

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Wið ðone dropan against the paralysis [the drop], Herb. 59; Lchdm. i. 162, 4, 7. Heó ǽlc yfel blód and ðæne dropan gewyldeþ it subdues all evil blood and the paralysis [the drop], 124, 1; Lchdm. i. 236, 13

grípan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. with personal subject, to grasp at Heó gráp þá tógeánes, gúðrinc geféng atolan clommum, B. 1501. to take hold of, lay hands on. a material object Heó on mec ( an onion ) grípeð, Rä. 26, 7.

dreccednys

(n.)
Grammar
dreccednys, -nyss, e; f.

Vexation, affliction, tribulation vexatio, afflictio, tribulātio

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Vexation, affliction, tribulation; vexatio, afflictio, tribulātio He ðære dreccednysse geswác he ceased the affliction, Homl. Th. i. 454, 28