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for-swíþan

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Gif wíf forswýð hire wer hyre fram si mulier virum suum a se rejiciat, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 1

Linked entry: fore-swíþan

neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.
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Þá gegaderode micel folc hit of þám niéhstum burgum, Chr. 921 ; P. 102, 4. marking relation, position, or order Cyninges þegenes (heregeata) þe him nýhste syndon, Ll.

ǽrne

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ǽrne, l. ǽrne-mergen, -morgen

early morning

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On ǽrnemorgen (ǽrmergen, -morgen, v. ll.) mane primo, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 578, 23

fýst

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Gif man óðerne mid fýste in naso slæhð .III. scill. gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 16, 17. Þanne ic sleá swíðe mid fýste, breóst míne beáte ego percutiam pugnis pectora, Dóm. L. 29: 160.

on-dryslíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-dryslíc, -drystlíc, -ðyrstlíc, deslíc; adj.

Terrible, dreadful

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Terrible, dreadful Ús is tó geþencanne hú onþrislíc (-dryslíc : egeslíc, other MS.) hit on bócum gecweden is, L. Ath. i. prm. ; Th. i. 196, 4. Cwæð ðæt se mon wǽre ondrysenlíc (onderslíc, MS. T. : ondrislíc, MS.

sweord

(n.)
Grammar
sweord, swurd, swyrd, es; n.
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.: swordana, Rush.) ecge cadent in ore gladii, Lk. Skt. 21, 24. Standan mid átogenum swurde, Jos. 5, 13. Hér synt twá swurd (sweord, MS. A.: suordas, Lind.: sworde, Rush.) ecce gladii duo, Lk. Skt. 22, 38.

Linked entry: swyrd

un-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
un-lagu, e; f.

violation of lawillegalityinjusticea bad law

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violation of law, illegality, injustice Mid unlage contra justitiam, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 198, 15: 224, 11. Ðeáh ðe Harold ðæt land mid unlage út nam, 274, 29.

búr

(n.)
Grammar
búr, es; m. (not n.).
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Add: <b>A</b> (private, inner) chamber (as distinguished from the heall) Búr camera, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 6. Gemétton hí ðás cnihtas on ánum búre tó Gode gebiddende, Hml. S. 23, 140.

ge-líca

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Ládige hé hine mid .xi. his gelícena, Ll. Th. i. 154, 8. Hé mǽðe cann on mannum, ge on his gelícum ge on lǽssum mannum, Wlfst. 58, 4

hyngrian

(v.)
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Lk. L. 6, 35. ' Brec ðǽm hyngriendum ðínne hláf, Past. 315, 13. Ðá hyngerendo (hy[n]crende, R.) gefylde, Lk. L. l, 53. Hé gesamnode hungrigendan, Ps.

cæg-loca

(n.)
Grammar
cæg-loca, an; m.
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'hord-ern,' and her chest, and her cupboard, L.

rǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdels, es; m.: e; f.: rǽdelse, rǽdelle (?), an; f.
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<b>III a.</b> the imaginative faculty :-- Hé (man) hine ongit þurh his rǽdelsan (imaginatio) synderlíce, þurh his gesceádwísnesse (ratio ) synderlíce, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 19. a dark saying, enigma, riddle Rǽdels aenigma, Ælfc.

sticol

(adj.)
Grammar
sticol, adj.
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<b>III a.</b> difficult, arduous :-- Sticol arduam (rem ), R. Ben. Interl. 16, 1

Linked entry: sticel

wiþer-winna

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-winna, an; m.

An adversaryopponentenemy

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Beó ðú onbúgende ðínum wiþerwinnan (adversario tuo ) . . . ðe læs ðe ðín wiðerwinna ðé sylle ðam déman, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 25: Homl. Ass. 4, 95.

dreám

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dreám, drém, drím.
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<b>II a.</b> musical sound of voice or of instrument :-- Efenhleóþrung vel dreám concentus, i. adunationes multarum vocum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 8. Dreámes melodiae, An. Ox. 402: psalmodiae, 982.

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Gif hǽðen cild binnon .ix. nihton þurh gímelíste forfaren sí if a child die and be lost, because through carelessness it is not baptized within nine days after birth, and so dies a heathen, Ll. Th. ii. 292, 7.

Linked entry: fór-faran

geoc

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Take here <b>iuc</b> in Dict., and add: a (material) yoke. for animals Scear vomer, culter cultor, geoc jugum, Wrt.

ge-rídan

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Gif þonne nelle hwá ge[rí]dan (rídan, tó rídan, v. ll. ) mid his geférum, Ll. Lbmn. 160, 16. to traverse by riding, ride over, ride along the boundaries of land Ða ic sylf gerád, C. D. v. 331, 1.

geap

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geap, geáp, geápes.
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Take all together under <b>geáp,</b> and add: curved, bent Geáp curfa Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 46. Geápum pandis, 116, 23 : curvis 21, 16. of a line Geápum ł gebígedum pando, curvo (arcu ), Hpt. Gl. 405, 69. Geáp, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 70.

hwǽte

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Ꝥ hé him hwǽtes ( tritici ) gemet sylle, Lk. 12, 42. Hund mittena hwǽtes, 16, 7: Ap. Th. 10, 2. Hí þone hwǽte úp bǽron, 5. Huít corn sonuuald for huǽtte cuóm of heofnum, Jn. L. 6, 31 note on manna.