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ræfnan

(v.)
Grammar
ræfnan, p. de.
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Thw. 21, 9; Jud. l1. Ræfn elne ðis, ðæt ðú nǽfre fǽcne weorð freónde ðínum, Exon. Th. 302, 3; Fä. 30. v. á-ræfnan and cf. dreógan for the same two meanings

Linked entry: a-rǽfnan

BOD

(n.)
Grammar
BOD, es; pl. u, o, a; n.

A command, commandment, precept, mandate, an edict, order, messagejussum, mandatum, edictuma commandment

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Stv. 12, 28, 29, 30, 31: Lk. Lind. Stv. 2, 1. Bod on cine diploma, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 110; Wrt. Voc. 46, 67. Hwá swá halt ðis bod [bode MS.] wurðe he éfre wunnende mid God whosoever observes this command, may he ever dwell with God, Cod.

swangor

(adj.)
Grammar
swangor, adj.
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Heavy in movement of the body or mind, slow, slothful, sluggish, indolent, physically Nis hé (the Phenix) swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum ac hé is snel and swift non est tarda, ut volucres quae corpore magno incessus

Linked entry: swenge

under-lecgan

(v.)

to underlaysupportsupponeresubsternere

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Underlegdon substernebant, Lk. Skt. Lind. 19, 36. Of underlédum brandum suppositis torribus, Hpt. Gl. 489, 6

un-gesewenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesewenlíc, adj.

Invisible

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Hé offrige ða ungeswenlícan lác, Homl. Th. i. 584, 3

Linked entry: un-sewenlíc

wyrm-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-cyn, wyrm-cynn, es; n.

the genus reptilereptilesserpentsa species of reptileserpent

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On ðam fíftan dæge hé gesceóp eall wyrmcynn, and eall fisccynn, Lchdm. iii. 234, 11. a species of reptile or serpent Scorpio, ðæt is án wyrmcynn, Lk. Skt. 11, 12. Wyrmcyn, Nar. 13, 10.

wyrt-gemang

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-gemang, es; n.
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Hig bǽron mid him ða wyrtgemang ( aromata ), Lk. Skt. 24, 1. Hig gearwodun wyrtgemang (wyrta gemong, Lind. aromata ), 23, 56: Mk. Skt. 16, 1. v. next word

be-nǽman

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Hí wǽron benǽmode (-ede, -de, v. ll. ) lífes, Hml. A. 69, 92. with dat. (inst.) of thing Hí wǽron heora ǽhtum benǽmede (-némde, v. l.) possessiunculis suis ejecti. Bd. l, 12; Sch. 35, 14. with dat. of person Seó nǽdre him (hí ?)

blǽd

Grammar
blǽd, (properly bléd, v. blówan)

fruit.

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Ácuciað ealle eorðlice blǽdu (-e, -a, v. ll.) and blðwað (printed bláwað), Lch. iii. 374, 21. Hit át áspringþ on leáfum and on blóstmum and on blédum, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 5. Beran ðá bléda gódra weorca ferre fructum boni operis, Past. 339, 21.

bledu

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Dó twá bleda fulle wæteres tó, Lch. ii. 38, 2, 4 : 118, 6. Add

bin

(n.)
Grammar
bin, binn.

a basketcofinusa cribmangera stall

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Þára hláfgebroca wæs tó láfe twelf binna fulle, Shrn. 48, 32. a crib, manger Ne untígð eówer ǽlc his oxan fram þǽre binne (praesepio) ?, Lk. 13, 15. 'Se assa oncneów his hlafordes binne.'

brǽdan

(v.)

to roast

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Fisces brédedes piscis assi, Lk. p. 11, 14. to toast cheese: Brǽde man þone cýse and drígne hláf, Lch. ii. 278, 21. to bake bread : Hé hláfas brǽdde and leác sette in pistrino, in horto, gaudebat exerceri, Shrn. 61, 20

cwealm

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Hé lécnode monigo of cualmum ( plagis ), Lk. L. 7, 21. Nelle wé ná ꝥ þú swelte þurh missenlice and mænigfealde cwealmas and tintergu nolumus te per varios cruciatus mori, Gr. D. 254, 6. v. beorþor-, mǽg-, mann-, slit-cwealm. Add

cliwen

(n.)
Grammar
cliwen, cleowen.
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Gewint hé ( the hedgehog) tó ánum cliewene (cliw-, v. l. ), Past. 241, 11. On fýrenum cliwene (cleow-, clyw-, v. ll. ), Gr. D. 171, 17. Cleowne (cliowene, v. l. ), 272, 15. Suelce se láreów hæbbe án cliwen on his honda, Past. 241, 24.

eald-lic

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Mid ealdlecre (printed -letre, but for -lec = -lic v.ll. l, 12 on same page) autentica veterum (the passage glossed is: Authentica veterum auctoritate, Ald. 35, 26. Cf. An.

ealdor-scipe

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Preóstum gedafenað for ðám ealdorscípe ꝥ hí heora biscope beón underþeódde, Ll. Th. ii. 378, 25: Hml. Th. i. 344, 32. Petre þæne ealdorscipe hé ǽrest betǽhte, Wlfst. 176, 14.

Eáster-lic

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Þá eásterlican tíd, Lch. iii. 238, 29. On þá hálgan eásterlicon tíd, Ll. i. 244, 3. Þá eásterlican dagas, Bl. H. 35, 31. v. Eáster, Æfter þǽre eásterlican emnihte, Angl. viii. 330, 6

feorh-lege

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lege, feorh-lege, es; m.

death

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Life-laying [cf. lecgan; II. to slay], death Hú wolde þæt geweorðan þæt on þone hálgan handa sendan tó feorhlege fæderas ússe how should that come to pass that our fathers should lay hands on the holy one to the end that they might slay him, El. 458.

firdian

(v.)

march

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Take here passages under flerdian, fyrdian, and add: To go on an expedition, march, be on active service Swá oft swá hý fyrdedon oððe tó gefeohte woldon, þonne offrodon hý heora lác, Wlíst. 106, 28. used of a leader Fyrdode (mid fierde férde, v.l. /

Linked entries: firdrian fyrdrian

for-scyldigian

(v.)

to condemn

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Sume weorðað swicole ... forscyldgode (-scildeg-, v. l.) on synnan, Wlfst. 82, 3. to condemn, Similar entries v. scyldig; V. Se sceaða þe forscylgod (-scyldgod, -scyldegod, v. ll.) hangode mid þám Hǽlende, Hml. S. 19, 164.