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wǽpen-líc

(adj.)
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wǽpen-líc, adj.

Male ⬩ masculine

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Male, masculine Ðæt wǽpenlíce lim calamus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 58. Ða wǽpenlícan limo preputia, 68, 60: 69, 16

Linked entry: wǽpen

healf-clǽmed

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-clǽmed, adj.

Half finished

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Half finished [of house built with mud] Mín ðæt healfclǽmede hús my half-finished mud-hut, Shrn. 39, 20

gesoc

(n.)
Grammar
gesoc, es; m?

Suck; ⬩ suctus

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Suck; suctus Ðæt Sarra sceolde lecgan cild to hyre breóste to gesoce quod Sara lac'āret fīlium, Gen. 21, 7

ge-styllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styllan, p. de; pp. ed

To still ⬩ calm ⬩ sĕdāre

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To still, calm; sĕdāre Se eorl gestylde ðæt folc the earl stilled the people, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 3

tó-seóðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-seóðan, p. -seáð ; pp. -soden

To boil to pieces

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To boil to pieces Seóð on cetele and wylle óþ ðæt hió sié eal tósoden, Lchdm. ii. 230, 8

scín-lǽce

(n.)
Grammar
scín-lǽce, an; f.

A woman who practises magic ⬩ a sorceress

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A woman who practises magic, a sorceress Ðá cwǽdon Rómware ðæt heó wǽre drýegge and scínlǽce, Shrn. 56, 13

Linked entry: scín-lǽca

wil-geþofta

(n.)
Grammar
wil-geþofta, an; m.

A pleasant associate

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A pleasant associate Ðæt inwitspell Abraham sægde freóndum sínum, bæd him fultumes willgeþoftan, Cd. Th. 122, 14 ; Gen. 2026

ge-eáwan

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Þá wǽron geeáwde swǽhit áwriten is ðæt hié wǽron ymb eall útan mid eágum besett, Past. 194, 18. Add

Linked entries: ge-íwian ge-eówan

á-þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
á-þreátian, p. ode

To force away

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To force away Ðæt mon wielle æt óðrum his yfel áðreátigan, and hine on ryhtum gebringan, Past. 293, 10

forþmest

(adj.)
Grammar
forþmest, adj.

First

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On ðǽm forðmestum (foerð-, R.) seatlum sitta and ðá formesto setla, 12, 39

Linked entry: forþ

un-gemetlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíc, adj.

immoderate ⬩ inordinate ⬩ excessive ⬩ too great ⬩ immense ⬩ very great ⬩ not of the same measure ⬩ diverse

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Hé onsent ofer hig ungemetlíce hǽto ðære sunnan, Ps. Th. 10, 7. Ðá hié angeátan ðæt hé ungemetlíc gafol wið ðæm friþe habban wolde cum intolerabiles conditiones pacis audissent, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 24.

feórþa

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Similar entries v. feówerþa(-e) in Dict. in combination with another numeral: Þý twéntigðan dæge and þý feórþan Septembris mónðes, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 373, 19.

heá-líce

(adv.)

on high ⬩ greatly ⬩ extremely ⬩ nobly ⬩ elaborately

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P but see heálic; IV. l a) hlúdan stefne fægre, Cri. 389. with high quality, nobly Hé bið geniéd mid ðǽm folgoðe ðæt hé sceal heálíce sprecan loci sui necessitate exigitur summa dicere, Past. 81, 6. of workmanship, with perfect workmanship, elaborately

Linked entry: heá-lic

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, es; m.

song, singing ⬩ a singing, chanting ⬩ song, poetry, ⬩ a song ⬩ a poem

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Dǽr wæs sang and swég samod ætgædere ... gomenwudu gréted, gid oft wrecen, Beo. Th. 2130; B. 1063: 180; B. 90. Ðǽr wæs singal sang and swegles gong, wlitig weoroda heáp, Andr. Kmbl. 1737; An. 871. Ðǽr is engla song, eádigra blis, Exon.

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spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
spyrian, p. ede, ode

to track ⬩ go in a track ⬩ follow ⬩ make a journey in search of something ⬩ to make a track ⬩ go ⬩ to enquire ⬩ investigate ⬩ examine ⬩ to enquire after or into ⬩ seek to know about ⬩ to search after ⬩ seek to attain ⬩ to ask ⬩ investigare, indagare, sciscitari ⬩ to track; to investigate; to ask

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to track, go in a track (v. spor, spyreman), follow, make a journey in search of something Deáð spyraþ (spyreþ, Met. 27, 9) ǽlce dæge æfter fuglum and æfter diórum and æfter monnum, and ne forlǽt nán swæþ, ǽr hé geféhþ ðæt, ðæt hé æfter spyreþ, Bt. 39

Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian

DRAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRAGAN, ic drage, ðú drægest, drægst, dræhst, he drægeþ, drægþ, dræhþ, pl. dragaþ; p. dróg, dróh, pl.drógon ; pp. dragen.

DRAG, draw ⬩ trahĕre ⬩ To draw oneself, to draw, go ⬩ se conferre, ire

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To DRAG, draw; trahĕre Eall ðæt ða beón dragen toward ða dráne dragaþ fraward all that the bees draw towards them the drones draw from them, Chr. 1127; Th. 378, 24, 25. Simon Petrus dróg ðæt nett on eorþe Simon Petrus traxit rete in terram, Jn.

lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Him is nyt ðæt hé hláf þicge and lactucas ðæt is leahtric it is beneficial for him to eat bread, and lactucas, that is, lettuce, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6

mǽr-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽr-líc, adj.

Great ⬩ magnificent ⬩ glorious ⬩ splendid ⬩ illustrious

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Ðá hæfde ðæt cild swíðe mǽrlíce stemne the boy had a magnificent voice, Wulfst. 152, 11. Hwæðer má miérlecra dǽda gefremed hæfde ðe Philipus ðe Alexander which had performed more splendid deeds, Philip or Alexander, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 130, 27.

bútan

(prep.)
Grammar
bútan, búton, bútun; prep. [
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útan
out
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out ⬩ out of, against ⬩ extra, contra ⬩ without, except ⬩ sine, absque, præter ⬩ out of ⬩ extra ⬩ without, except ⬩ sine, præter

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with the dative; cum dativo. out of, against; extra, contra Forbærn ðæt celf bútan ðære wícstówe ipsum vitulum comburet extra castra, Lev. 4, 21. Bútan leódrihte against the law of the land, Andr.

ídel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-ness, e ; f.

Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness

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Ðonne hí mid fulle gesceáde ongietaþ ðæt ðæt wæs leás and ídelnes ðæt hí ǽr heóldon cum certo judicio deprehenderint falsa se vacue tenuisse, Past. 58, 1; Swt. 441, 19. Sebastianus cwæþ ðis is swutol gedwyld and leás ýdelnyss, Homl. Skt. 5, 274.

Linked entry: ídel-gild