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crúc

(n.)
Grammar
crúc, es; m.
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A cross Nime hé his ( of petroleum ) dǽl and wyrce Crístes mǽl on ǽlcum lime, bútan crúc on þám heáfde foran sé sceal on balzame beón, Lch. ii. 288, 22. Hine ymbwrít mid sweorde on .iiii. healfa on crúce, 346, 27

sǽ-scill

(n.)
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a sea-shell Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and þǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum (cf. mittitur in carcerem ubi . . . fragmenta testarum subter eum sternebantur, Bede's Life of Felix), Shrn. 51, 13

Deór-hám

(n.)
Grammar
Deór-hám, es; m. [deór a wild beast, hám home, dwelling]

DERHAM, Gloucestershire, DEREHAM, Norfolk lŏcōrum nōmen in agris Glocestriæ et Norfolciæ

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On ðysum geáre Wihtburge líchama wearþ gefunden eal gehál and unformolsnod æt [MS. a] Deórhám, æfter fíf and fífti geáran ðæs [MS. þas] ðe heó of ðysum lífe [MS. liue] gewát in this year [A.

efor-fearn

(n.)
Grammar
efor-fearn, es; n. A species of fern, polypody; rădiŏlus, poly̆pŏdium =πολυπόδιον
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fern, and it is produced in stony places, and in old homesteads, and it has on each leaf two rows of beautiful spots, and they shine like gold, Herb. 85, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 10-14: L.

í-dæges

(adv.)
Grammar
í-dæges, adv.
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Swá hraþe swá hé him tó com ýdæges swá gewát hé of ðisum andwerdum lífe as soon as he came to him, on the same day, he departed from this present life, 176, 3

Linked entry: ig-dæges

self-willes

(adv.)
Grammar
self-willes, adv.
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Ealle hyra unlustas hí sceolon gebétan sylfwylles on ðyssum lífe, oððe unþances æfter ðyssum lífe, Homl. Th. i. 148, 27, Wrýt nú sylfwylles ðæt ðú wiðsace Criste, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 379. Hé sylfwilles menniscnesse underféng, Wulfst. 15, 12.

Linked entry: self-will

ge-helpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helpan, p. -healp, -heolp, pl. -hulpon; pp. -holpen; gen. dat.

To assistpreserveto be sufficientadjuvaresubveniresuppetere

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Ðæt wíf, ðe eówrum lífe geheolp the woman who preserved your life, Jos. 6, 22. He wolde gehelpan ðearfum he wished to help needy people, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 226

Linked entry: ge-heolp

ge-ortrúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortrúwian, -trýwian; p. ode; pp. od [or without, treówian, trúwian to trust]

To distrust, despairdiffīdĕre, dēspērāre

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To distrust, despair; diffīdĕre, dēspērāre Ða ðé ne lǽtaþ geortrúwian be ðis andweardan lífe they suffer thee not to despair of this present life, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 7.

Linked entry: ge-ortréwan

drohtnian

(v.)
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Of cyrliscum lífe ... men ... swá micele eáðelícor and sél drohtniaþ ( live as monks ), swá hý stíþlíce áfédde wǽron, R. Ben. 138, 24. Hé cwæð be ðám Hǽlende: 'Mid mannum hé drohtnode,' Hml. Th. ii. 12, 32.

flód-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
flód-wudu, m.

Flood-wooda shipmărīnum lignumnāvis

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Flood-wood, a ship; mărīnum lignum, nāvis Swá we ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, geond sídne sǽ flódwudu fergen as if we journey in vessels over the cold water, convey our ships through the wide sea, Exon. 20a; Th. 53, 21; Cri. 854

luf-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
luf-sum, adj.

Amiablepleasantlovable

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Lufsum and líðe leófum monnum amiable and kind to the men that are dear to him, Exon. 21 a; Th. 57, 5; Cri. 914: 96 a; Th. 357, 21; Pa. 32

múþ-bersting

(n.)
Grammar
múþ-bersting, e; f.

A breaking out about the mouth

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A breaking out about the mouth Múþberstingc (in a list of diseases) frenus (cf. frenusculi, ulcera circa rictum oris, similia his quae fiunt jumentis asperitate frenorum, Isid. 4, orig. 8), Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 14. Múþbersting, ii. 39, 17.

rǽd-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-mægen, es; n.
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, cf. lof-mægen (v. rǽd, IV) Ðá wæs wæstmum áweaht world onspreht ... rǽdmægne oferþeaht the world was aroused to fruitful life, and overspread by productive force, Exon. Th. 353, 10; Reim. 10

betwux-alegednes

(n.)
Grammar
betwux-alegednes, -nyss, e; f. [betwux between; aleged, alegd laid]

an interposition, interjectioninterjectio

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What is laid or placed between, an interposition, interjection; interjectio Interjectio mæg beón gecweden betwuxalegednyss on Englisc, forðanðe he líþ betwux wordum an interjection may be called a laying between in English, because it lies between words

Linked entry: betwyx-aworpennyss

ge-bryddan

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

To frightenterrifyterrēre

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To frighten, terrify; terrēre Gif ðú mec gebringest, ðæt ic sí gebrydded þurh ðæs cantices cwide Cristes línan if thou wilt bring me, that I may be frightened through the word of the canticle of Christ's discipline, Salm. Kmbl. 32; Sal. 16

Linked entry: bryddan

ge-leofian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leofian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To livevīvĕre

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To live; vīvĕre Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges, ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt there is no mirth in life when there is dread of death, Prov. Kmbl. 16. Gyf swá biþ geleofad si sic vīvĭtur, Cant. Ezech. Lamb. fol. 185 a, 16

Linked entry: ge-lifian

swoncen-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
swoncen-ferhþ, adj.
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Hé (a man who has been hung) sígeþ swoncenferð (swoncerferð life having failed, (?) v. swancor, <b>I;</b> or sworcenf;erð with darkened soul, i. e. dead (?)), sáwle bireáfod, fealleþ on foldan, Exon. Th. 328, 29; Vy. 25. ?

æt-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-limpan, p. -lamp, pl. -lumpon
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To fall away, 4e lost Hí ðára sáwla bemǽndon þe tó heofona ríce faran sceoldon, ꝥ hí Gode swá earm-líce ætlumpon, Hml. S. 30, 67. Mycel is mé unbliss mínra dýrlinga miss, ꝥ hí ús swá fǽrlíce mid ealle sýn ætlumpene, 272

be-hyldan

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Hí behyldon ǽnne oxan and besywodon Crisan-tum mid þǽre hýde tó his nacodum líce, Hml. S. 35, 158. Behyldan, befleán deglobere, i. decoriare, An. Ox. 3280: Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 13. Ódre wǽron cuce behylde, Hml. Th. i. 542, 29. Add

ge-híwlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híwlǽcan, p. ge-híwlǽhte.
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Cf. ge-híwian ; 2 Heó ágyfð ꝥ gecynde-lice híw, and hé byð gehýwlǽht swylce hé of swíðe háton bæþe eóde. Lch, i. 262, 14

Linked entry: -híwlǽcan