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cél-nes

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Dele cól-nes, and add Hé wæs eall biernende, and ðeáh ðá tungan suíðust mǽnde, and him ðǽre kélnesse bæd totus ardens refrigerari se praecipue in lingua requirebat, Past. 309, 11. Coelnisse refrigerium, Ps. Srt. 65, 12: Rtl. 36, 17.

feferian

(v.)
Grammar
feferian, p. ode

feverish

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To be feverish, suffer from fever Febrende wæs febricitans, Mk. L. 1, 30. Gyf hé feforgende (fefrigende, v. l.) sý, Lch. ii. 220, 18. Syle drincan fefergindum, 122, 15. Tó þám fefergendan (-um, v. l.), 138, 5: 212, 13.

Linked entry: febrende

ge-hyspan

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Ox. 1474. to reproach, upbraid Se wer þe wæs Gode gehálgod gehyspte Arrianum þone gedwolbiscop swá swá hit gebyrede ( exprobravit ut debuit ), Gr. D. 238, 15

ge-lofian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lofian, p. ode
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Heofenan ríce wæs álǽten þisum gebródrum for heora nette and scipe, and ðám rícan Zachéo tó healfum dǽle his ǽhta, Hml. Th. i. 580, 21: 582, 28

Linked entry: lofian

ge-þersc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þersc, es; n.
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Ðá þá hé swá swíðe mid geþersce mistucod (swá swíþe geswungen vehementer caesus ) wæs, 20, 33

-geaplíce

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-geaplíce, l. <b>geáplíce,</b>
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Þá betealde hé ( Herod ) hine swíðe geáplíce, swá swá hé wæs snotorwyrde, Hml. Th. i. 80, 9. Hig tósceádað ꝥ stæfgefég on þrým wísan geáplíce swíðe, Angl. viii. 313, 17

ge-creópan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-creópan, p. ge-creáp, pl. ge-crupon
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To creep, crawl. of a human being Hé ne meahte gangan, ac hé gecreáp in þá ciricean he could not walk, but he crawled into the church, Shrn. 126, 25. of a reptile Gecreáp þǽr inn tó þám hálgan men sum unhýre nǽddre, Gr. D. 211, 13

Linked entry: creópan

gingre

(n.)
Grammar
gingre, an; f.
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Cf. gingra; 2 b Heó arn tó þǽre fǽmnan þe þá ðæs mynstres abbodesse wæs, Hilde gingre (geongra, v. l.) cucurrit ad uirginem, quae tunc monasterio abbatissae uice praefuit, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 470, 17

wæter-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-gesceaft, e; f.
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The watery element Swá ꝥ wæter wæs standende and beleác þá duru þǽre cyrican, efne swylce seó wætergesceaft (wæteres gesceaft) wǽre onwænded in fæstes wáges staðolfæstnesse sic stans aqua ecclesiae januam clausit, ac si illud elementum liquidum in soliditatem

crypel

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On crypelgeat [cripple-gate the low opening in a fence or wall to allow the passage of sheep from one field to another; a stile, D.D.), C.D. v. 215, 8. add: [cripple a frame of wood, D.D.]

un-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-dóm, es; m.

Unjust judgement

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Unjust judgement ðam ðe rǽreþ unriht tó rihte and undóm démeþ earmum tó hýnðe vae qui condunt leges iniquas; et scribentes, injustitiam scripserunt; ut opprimerent in judicio pauperes (Is. 10, 1-2), Wulfst. 47, 26: 128, 10: 268, 1.

HNECCA

(n.)
Grammar
HNECCA, an; m.

A NECK, nape of the neck, back of the head

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Voc. 70, 26: ðǽm ðe willaþ lecggean bolster under ǽlcne hneccan menn mid tó gefónne ... Ðonne biþ se hnecca underléd mid bolstre væ his qui faciunt cervicalia sub capite universæ ætatis ad capiendas animas ...

Linked entry: snecca

be-fón

(v.)
Grammar
be-fón, bi-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ ; p. -féng, pl. -féngon ; impert. -fóh; pp. -fangen, -fongen; v. trans.

to comprehendgraspseizetake hold ofcatchcomprehendereapprehenderecapereto surroundencompassencircleenvelopcontainclothecasereceiveconceivecircumdareamplecticomplecticaperecingeretegereoperireaccipereconcipere

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Ne hét he ná etan ðone líchaman ðe he mid befangen wæs he bade them not eat that body with which he was surrounded, Homl. Pasc. Lisl. 9, 19 : Soul Kmbl. 67; Seel. 34 : Job 19, 26; Thw. 168, 2.

FYLGEAN

(v.)
Grammar
FYLGEAN, fylgan, fylgian, fyligean, fylian, filian, feligean; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. dat. acc.

To followattendfollow or carry outsĕquiinsĕquiexsĕqui

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Ða he on his weorcum wæs geornlíce fyligende which he was diligently carrying out in his works, Bd. 3, 28; S. 560, 17. We wǽron þé fylgende we were following thee, St. And. 2, 20. Him fyliende sĕquentes se, Jn. Bos. 1, 38. Ic fylige sĕquor, Ælfc.

MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKEdoact

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Swá hé hit macode on his lífe such was his practice in his life, ii. 354, 24. Jubal wæs fæder ðæra ðe organan macodun, Gen. 4, 21. Forðan hí macodon mǽst ðet unseht betweónan Godwine eorle and ðam cynge, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 27.

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to washto anoint.

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to wash. Grammar þweán, with object of that which is to be cleansed Petrus cwæð tó him: &#39;Ne þwyhst (ðuóas, Lind.: ðwǽs, Rush.) ðú nǽfre míne fét.

un-sib

(n.)
Grammar
un-sib, un-sibb, e; f.

unfriendlinessunkindlinessenmitystrifehostilitieswardivisionvariancedisagreementdisunion

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Ealle unsibba hit wyrcð, Wulfst. 242, 8. strife, hostilities, war Gif hié gemunan willaþ hiora ieldrena wólgewinna and hiora monigfealdan unsibbe recolant majorum suorum tempora, bellis inquietissima, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 64, 15.

an-sín

(n.)
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Gedyde ic þæt þú onsýn hæfdest mǽgwlite mé gelícne, Cri. 1383. of things Seó sǽ þe ǽr gladu onsiéne wæs, Met. 5, 11. Seó cyrice is on onsýne útan yfeles heówes, Bl. H. 197, 11.

Linked entry: an-sýn

feáwa

a few

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Feá ǽnig wæs monna cynnes there was only a few of mankind, Rä. 61, 3. On þám fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána, Hml. S. 20, 77. Ic hæbbe áne feáwa geférena, 23, 733.

for-fleón

(v.)

to avoidto avoidabstain from

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Th. ii. 146, 30. to avoid intercourse with a person, keep out of the way of Hí God lybbende forfleóð Deum uiuendo refugiunt, Scint. 152, 13. Þíne deórlingas þé sylfne forfleóð, Hml. S. 23, 148.