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sáp

(n.)
Grammar
sáp, e; f. (?)

Amber, resin, pomade

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Reádre deáge (in margin,sápe) rubro stibio (the word occurs in a passage treating of dressing the hair, cf. the passage in Pliny describing the use and invention of'sapo:' Gallorum hoc inventum rutilandis capillis; fit ex sebo et cinere optimus fagino

Linked entry: sápe

wíh

(n.)
Grammar
wíh, (wih?), weoh ; gen. wíges (weós?); m.

An idol

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Kmbl. 95 ; Ap. 48. Hé hǽþengield ofer word Godes, weoh gesóhte, Exon. Th. 244, 6; Jul. 23. Wóden worhte weós, 341, 28; Gn. Ex. 133

Linked entries: wíg wíg-bora

healfunga

(adv.)
Grammar
healfunga, adv.

By halves, partially, imperfectly

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Gif wé healfunga and be summm dǽle heora gódan weorc secgeaþ si quædam illorum bona ex latere requiramus, 211, 16

ofer-flówendness

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ofer-flówendness, , , e; f.

Superfluity, exuberance

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Wé nellaþ habban ús tó lífes bricum, ac tó oferflówednyssum, 540, 11

of-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
of-lǽtan, . I.

to give up, relinquishto give up the ghostto let off, cause (blood) to flowto let off, forgive, dismiss

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[Goth. af-létan to let off, forgive, dismiss: Ger. ab-lassen.]

æt-eáca

(n.)
Grammar
æt-eáca, an; m.
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An addition, appendix Etheácan appendices, An. Ox. 53, 18

biddan

to askto askto pray to

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Add: to ask, make a request Hit bið swá þú bidest. Shrn. 89, 1. Biddað, and gé underfóð, Jn. 16, 24. Nele se sláwa erian on wintra, ac hé wile biddan on sumera, Past. 285, 6. þ hé þon bid*-*dendan líf forgeáfe, Bl.

ágenung

(n.)
Grammar
ágenung, ágnung, ahnung, e; f.

An OWNINGa possessingpossessionownershipclaiming as one's ownpower or dominion over anythingpossessiodominium

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An OWNING, a possessing, possession, ownership, claiming as one's own, power or dominion over anything; possessio, dominium Gif getrýwe gewitnes him to ágenunge rýmþ; forðam ágnung biþ nér ðam ðe hæfþ, ðonne ðam ðe æfter-sprecþ if a true witness make

Linked entries: ágnung áhnung

ge-met

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-met, adj. [ge-met IV. a fit or proper measure]

Fit, meet, properaptus, congruus, conveniens

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Kmbl. 2358 ; An. 1180, Swá him gemet þince as to him may seem fit, Beo. Th. 1379; B. 687: 6107; B. 3057. Ðæt hit gemet wǽre that it were fit, Ps. Th. 143, 4: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 86; Met. 29, 42

Linked entry: or-met

stuntness

(n.)
Grammar
stuntness, e; f. Foolishness, folly, stupidity
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Nú ðingþ ðam dysegan menn . . . ac hé ne understent ná his ágene stuntnysse, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 20. Gif hé him sylfum stýrþ fram eallum stuntnyssum, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 23

worpian

(v.)
Grammar
worpian, p. ode.

to throw with something at an objectto throwstrike

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to throw with something at an object, Similar entries v. weorpan, I. 22 Ðonne hié forwandigaþ ðæt hié mid ðǽm kycglum hiera worda ongeán hiera ierre worpigen (worpien, Cote.

wudung

(n.)
Grammar
wudung, e; f.

cutting wood

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Th. ii. 222, 29. as a technical term referring to the right of cutting timber in a wood Dis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó; gebyreþ, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte, and húsbót, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 243, 11.

Linked entry: wudiung

á-ídan

(v.)
Grammar
á-ídan, p. de
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[The rarity of the verb (the three last instances are glosses in different MSS. of the same passage in Aldhelm), and the fact that eliminare is elsewhere glossed by á-nídan, á-ýtan (q. v.) may suggest a doubt as to the genuineness of á-ídan.]

Linked entry: -ídan

be-wrítan

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ciric-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hálgung, e; f.
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Dedication of a church Hé ꝥ mynster lét halgian . . . and seó circhálgung (cyric-, v. l.) wæs on Cildamæsse*-*dæig, Chr. 1065; P. 192, 22, Níwe circhálgung encenia (cf. encenie, nove dedicationis, ii. 74, 16), Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 52: An. Ox. 56, 286.

Linked entry: hálgung

ge-hycgan

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Add: to think of, consider, with acc. ꝥ ic on mínum móde betwih þás eorðlican gedréfednesse hwílum gehicge þá heofonlican þing, Gr. D. I. 20. with clause Sceáwa nú and gehige hú heora sáwla lifgiað pensa eorum animae qualiter vivunt Gr.

gyrdels

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méd-sceatt

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Ðá ðwyran déman ne geendiað ná þá spǽce ǽr heora seód bið áfylled; and þan þonne hý démað, ne scéwiað hý ná þá spǽce, ac þá médsceatas (munera), 475, 46

sam-mǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
sam-mǽle, adj.

Agreed, come to an agreement

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Hér swutelaþ on ðisum gewrite hú Wulfríc and Ealdréd wǽron sammǽle ymbe ðæt land at Clife, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 300, 5. Dene and Engle wurdon sammǽle æt Oxnaforda, Chr. 1018; Erl. 161, 16

Linked entry: sam-

weá-mét

(n.)
Grammar
weá-mét, weá-métt, e: -méttu(-o); indecl. f.

Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility

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Se feórða leahtor is weámét, ðæt se man náge his módes geweald, ac búton ǽlcere foresceáwnnge his yrsunge gefremaþ, 220, 12. Wé sceolon ofer*-*winnan weámétte mid wíslícum geðylde, 222, 21. Ne gerísaþ heom hræde weámétta, L. I.