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éste-líce

(adv.)

graciouslydelicatelyluxuriously

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Add: graciously Suá micle suá hió éstelícor of dúne ástígeð, suá hió iéðelícor úp ástígeð quo benigne descendit ad infima, valenter recurrit ad summa, Past. 103, 18.

ge-þwǽrnes

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Gesibsumnesse and geþwǽrnesse ús betweónan healdan, Ll. Th. i. 246, 22.

ge-cwémlíce

(adv.)
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Hú hé Gode gecwémlícost mihte lybban, Guth. 30, 15. so as to satisfy, satisfactorily Ús ꝥ gecwémelíce cýþað þǽre sóðfæstnesse word veritatis nobis verba satisfacerent, Gr.

godspellere

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Swá swá ús sǽde se godspellere (v. Mt. 28, 12), 78, 151. Sc̃e Marcus ðrowung þæs godspelleres, Shrn. 74, 17. Ðe godspellere (Lucas) Evangelista, Mt. p. 7, 1: Bl. H. 15, 3.

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.
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freónda lufige swá mycele má þonne ðone óðerne swá ic ongyte þæt hé betran willað þonne se óðer and his gesceádwisnesse nyttran willan tó dónne tanto magis amo amicos meos, quanta magis bene utuntur anima rationali, vel certe quantum desiderant ea bene uti

wil-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wil-síþ, es; m.

A desired journey,a wished for, welcome journey

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A desired journey, a wished for, welcome journey Eádga ús siges, wlitigan wilsíþes, Exon. Th. 2, 18; Cri. 21. Ðæs sǽs smyltnys eów blíþe on eówerne willsíþ hám forlǽteþ serenitas maris vos cupito itinere domum remittet, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 36.

orgel-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
orgel-líce, adv.

Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently

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Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently Hé hine swá orgellíce up áhóf and bodode ðæs ðæt hê úþwita wǽre ne cýðde hé hit mid nánum cræftum ac mid leásum and ofermódlícum gilpe hominem, qui non ad verae virtutis usum, sed ad superbam gloriam falsum

Linked entry: orhlíce

smirels

(n.)
Grammar
smirels, es; m.

An unguent, ointment, unction, salve grease

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Kepen ðe lich wiðuten smerles Gen. and Ex. 2454. þe Magdalene smerede Cristes uet mid þe precious smerieles Ayenb. 187, 32.]

Linked entry: smyrels

tó-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon ; pp. -corfen.

to cut to pieces,cut in two,cut upto cut off

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to cut to pieces, cut in two, cut up Hé tócearf his basing on emtwá mid sexe, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 26. Hí tócurfon ðone líchaman on manugu sticceo, Shrn. 125, 10. Ða langnysse tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse, Lchdm. i. 260, 15.

tó-sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sníðan, p. -snáð, pl. -snidon; pp. -sniden.

to cut in twocut in piecescut upto cut awaycut off

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to cut in two, cut in pieces, cut up Hé geteáh his seax and genam his sciccels ðe hé him on hæfde, tósnáð ðá hine on twá, and healfne sealed ðæm þearfan . . .

á-screncan

to trip upcause to stumble

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Add: to trip up, cause to stumble Hé mid ðǽre synne ðæt mód áscrenceð mentem peccato supplantat, Past. 415, 11. Áscrencte elideret, i. offenderet, áscrencte elisi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 9-12. Áscrencan elisisse, 87, 52: 31, 41.

á-wringan

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Háwiað hú bóceras áwringað up þæne saltus on heora cræfte, Angl. viii. 314, 12. Áwrang expressit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 58. Þonne hió gesoden sié, áwring þá wyrt of, Lch. ii. 30, 24: 18, 13. Ele áwringan of byrgum, Gr. D. 250, 22.

Linked entry: wringan

alewe

(n.)
Grammar
alewe, aluwe, alwe, an; f.

The aloebitter spicealoesaloe

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Aluwan gegníd rub up aloes, Lchdm, iii. 2, 15. Nim alewan [MS. alewen] take aloes, 104, 26: 134, 9

Linked entries: aluwe alwe

aspide

(n.)
Grammar
aspide, es; m.

An aspviperserpentaspisĭdisάσπίsίδοs

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. = άσπίs, ίδοs; f. a sort of serpent remarkable for rolling itself up in a spiral form: a negative, and σπίζω to extend, Scapulæ Lexicon Aspidas aspides, Ps. Th. 139, 3.

a-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wegan, p. -wæg, -wæh, pl. -wǽgon ; pp. -wegen ; v. trans.

to lift uptake or carry awaylevareauferreto weigh outweigh to any oneappendere

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to lift up, take or carry away; levare, auferre Hí á sibbe gelǽraþ, ða ǽr wonsǽlge awegen habbaþ they shall ever advise peace, which the unblest have before taken away, Exon. 89 a ; Th. 334, 25; Gn. Ex. 21: Homl.

Linked entries: a-wæh a-weged a-wegen

here-paþ

Grammar
here-paþ, her-paþ, es; m.

A road for an armymilitary roadroad large enough to march soldiers upon

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Up tó herpaþe and fram ðam herpaþe súþrihte, 205, 20. On ðone brádan herpaþ, iii. 23, 35. Wísde herepoþ tó ðære heán byrig shewed a road for his army to the lofty city, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 12; Dan. 38.

Linked entries: strǽl here-weg

in-ylfe

(n.)
Grammar
in-ylfe, es; n.

A gutbowel

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Gif men síe innelfe úte ... gedó ðæt innelfe on ðone man if a man's bowel protrude ... put the bowel into the man, 3. 73; Lchdm. ii. 358, 23-5. Inelfe viscera, Wrt. Voc. 65, 32. Inilve, 285, 58.

bitre

(adv.)
Grammar
bitre, bitere, bittre; adv.

Bitterly, sharply, cruellyamare, acriter, atrociter

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Unc he bitere forgeald he bitterly requited us, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 21; Sat. 418.

Linked entries: bitere bittre

ge-fylce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylce, -filce, es; n.

A collection of peoplearmytroopdivision

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A collection of people, army, troop, division Ða Wylisce menn gewinn up ahófon and syððan heora gefylce weóx hí hí on má todǽldon the Welshmen raised war . . . and after their number had increased they separated into more [bands], Chr. 1094; Erl. 230

Linked entry: ge-filce

ge-helan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helan, he -heleþ, -hileþ; p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; pp. -holen

To concealhidecover upcēlāreoccŭleretĕgĕre

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To conceal, hide, cover up; cēlāre, occŭlere, tĕgĕre Se ðe dearnenga bearn gestriéneþ and gehileþ [geheleþ MSS. B. H.] he who secretly begets a child and conceals it, L. In. 27; Th. í. 120, 2.