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ofer-hlifian

(v.)
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Add Tó þám scræfe næs nán weg, for þon þe þǽr oferhlifode micel stánclif (excelsa desuper rupes eminebat), Gr. D. 99, 2. Add Manega trahtnedon ymbe þis angin . . . ac ic hig ealle oferhlifige oððe oferswýðe (ego sublimor), Angl. viii. 307, 8. Ofe[r]

on-hrínan

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Add: with gen. or uncertain Is wén ðæt sió (fennege) hond ðá óðre besmíte gif hió hire anhrínð, Past. 77, 1. Gif his mon onhrinð mid buccan blóde, 271, 3. Heó mid hire ýtemestan fingrum þǽre lenticula onhrán, Hml. S. 23 b, 715. Ær ðú his onhriéne (-hríne

plega

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Add Leóþwís (? lewis-, MS.) plega celeuma (v. gladung), idem et toma, i. leta cantatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 20. Heora biscepas sǽdon þæt heora godas bǽdon ꝥ him man worhte anfiteatra, ꝥ mon mehte þone hǽðeniscan plegan þǽrinne dón suasere pontifices,

sagu

Grammar
sagu, saying.
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Add Adames sagu wearð of gemynde æfter ðám flóde the story of Adam passed out of mind after the flood, Wlfst. 3, 37. Gif seó hringe nele úp . . . þonne ne sceall hé þínre sage gelýfan, Hml. S. 21, 48. Æt þises sage (narratione) ic geleornode ꝥ . . .

spircan

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Substitute: to sparkle. of fire Spircende (-re, Hpt. Gl. 429, 42) blasan scintillante facula, An. Ox. 974. Spyrcendum scintillantibus (favillis), 3961. of that which is set on fire Spircendum scintillante (ita ut atrae picis offulas et resinae fomentum

tó-weard

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tó-weard, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Þá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan and tó-weardne (an occasion, and one in the immediate future) heora gedáles wið Bryttas quaerentes occasionem diuortii, Bd. 1. 15; Sch. 42, 26. 1 a a. without inflexion Leoniþa sǽde þæt þá tída þá yfele wǽron and

un-geleáffull

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Add: infidel, adjectival Ungeleáful wiþer-cwyda incredulus, i. infidelis negator, An. Ox. 1892. (l a) with gen. Hml. Th. i. 234, 20 (in Dict.). (l b) with dat. :-- Þa wearit hÉ un-geleáfful þæs engles bodungum, Hml. Th. i. 202, 5. (l c) with prep. Hml

wælhreówness

(n.)
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wælhreówness, e; f.

Cruelty

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Cruelty Wælhreównys crudelitas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 50, 12: Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 23 (wæll-, Bd. M. 48, 28). Ðara cyninga wælhreównes wæs tó ðam heard, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 104, 33. Wearð Iulianus for his wælhreównysse ofslægæn, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 419. Wé sceolon

Linked entry: hreów-ness

Wætlinga-ceaster

(n.)
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Wætlinga-ceaster, e; f.

St. Alban's

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St. Alban's Wæs hé ðrowigende se eádiga Albanus ðý teóþan dæge Kalendarum Iuliarum neáh ðære ceastre ðe Rómáne héton Verolamium, seó nú fram Angelðeóde Werlameceaster oþþe Wæclingaceaster (uaetlingacæstir, -cester, uetlinguacaester, Lat. versions,Txts

ælmes-dǽd

(n.)
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ælmes-dǽd, e; f.

An alms-deed, a charitable action

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An alms-deed, a charitable action Ðá ðing ðe God bebeád, ðæt is . . . ælmesdǽda, Hml. Th. ii. 22, 10: 602, 10. Nis nán ðearfa fram ælmesdǽdum áscyred, 106, 8. Hé on ælmesdǽdum áwunode in eleemosynis permansit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 28. Gif se mon áhefð

ge-ǽbiligan

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Hwæt sé geearnige þe geǽbylið (scandali-zauerit) énne þára lǽstena þe on God behycgað, R. Ben. 55, 14. Sé ðe bepǽhð ǽnne Godes þeówena, hé geǽbiligð ðone Hláford, Hml. Th. i. 516, 20. Hé ðám fæderum bebeád þæt hí heora bearn ne geǽbiligdon (patres, nolite

spadu

(n.)
Grammar
spadu, an, e; f.: spada (?); m.

A spade ⬩ sarculum, rastrum

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A spade Spadu fossorium; spada vanga; spad[u?] scudicia vel fossorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 14, 8, 29. Spadu, spædu uanga vel fossorium, Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 318, 17. Ic nát mid hwí ic delfe, nú mé wana is ǽgðer ge spadu ge mattuc, Homl. Skt. ii. 23b, 765. Sum

Linked entries: spad spada spædu

twéntigoða

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twéntigoða, ord. num.

Twentieth

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Twentieth Se twénteogoða(-tigoða) uicesimus, se án and twénteogoða uicesimus primus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 283, 6. Móna se twéntigoþa . . . móna se án and twéntigoða, Lchdm. iii. 194, 5-9. Se fíf and twéntugoþa dæg þæs mónþes, Nic. 1.; Thw. 1, 11. On ðære

be-ceápian

(v.)

to sell ⬩ to buy ⬩ purchase

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Add: to sell Heó beceápode þá gymmas wið licgendum feó, Hml. S. 9, 53. Beceápa ealle ðíne ǽhta, Bas. 56, 3. Ylpes bán becgan oððe beceápan, Lch. iii. 204, 3. to buy, purchase Gif hé mid þám gewítendlicum gestreónum beceápað him þæt éce líf, Hml. Th.

healf

(n.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction

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Substitute: Side, part Hac on ðás healfe, illac on ðá healfe, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 225, 4. as a specification of position or direction. one of two sides of an object (v. 3.) ꝥ tóswollene lim (the foot) fram þǽre uferran healfe beþe, Lch. ii. 68, 14. Lǽt blód

hwǽr

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Add: <b>, hwára.</b> in direct questions. with verbs denoting rest, where, in what place Adam, hwár eart þú?, Gen. 3, 9. Hwǽr is þæt tiber?, Gen. 2890. (1 a) where it is implied that the question cannot be satisfactorily answered :-- Hwǽr

ge-settan

(v.)
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Add: [The participle of ge-sittan seems used in Lk. p. 9, 6 Geseteno posita; and in Lk. L. 22, 41 :-- Gesetnum positis.] to set, put, place, lay Ðá gesettan inditas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 38 ; 48, 82. to move a material object to a position of rest Geseton

dene

(n.)
Grammar
dene, an; f.

A valley ⬩ vallis

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A valley; vallis Dene vallis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 55: Wrt. Voc. 80, 44: Ælfc. Gl. 97; Som. 76, 64; Wrt. Voc. 54, 8. Ǽlc dene biþ gefylled every valley shall be filled, Homl. Th. i. 360, 33. Seó dene ðe ðú gesáwe vallis illa quam aspexisti, Bd.

Linked entries: Dæne Dena lagu

hwéne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwéne, hwǽne [ = hwoene]; adv.

A little ⬩ somewhat

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A little, somewhat Hwéne ǽr a little before, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 27. Hwéne ǽror, Homl. Th. i. 358, 24. Hwéne wíddre ðonne bydenfæt somewhat wider than a bushel measure, Blickl. Homl. 127, 6. Hwéne rúmedlícor paulo latius, Past. 12; Swt. 75, 17. Nioþor hwéne

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gristbitian

(v.)
Grammar
gristbitian, p. ode, ede
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To gnash or grind the teeth; frendere, stridere Ic cearcige oððe gristbitige strideo vel strido, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 29, 7. Tóþum gristbitaþ [gristbitteþ, Lind.] stridet dentibus, Mk. Skt. 9, 18. He grennade and gristbitade he grinned and ground his teeth

Linked entry: gristbátian