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lár-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
lár-bóc, f.
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A book which conveys instruction: Swá swá Beda áwrát, Engla þeóde láreów, on his lárbócum, Chart. Th. 241, 20

Fariséisc

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Hú ne eom ic Fariséisc swá same swá gé?, Past. 363, 3. Þǽre fariséiscre farisaicę, An. Ox. 1259. Add

samnian

(v.)
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Add Swá hwǽr swá bið líc, þider somnigaþ earnes ubicumque fuerit corpus, illuc congregabuntur aquilae, Mt. R. 24, 28

wealh-land

Grammar
wealh-land, I.
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add: cf. the prose version of this passage Swá oft swá wyt férdon tó fyrlenum eardurn, Gen. 20, 13

ge-sworc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sworc, es; n.

A cloudmistnĕbŭla

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A cloud, mist; nĕbŭla Gesworc swá swá ahsan he tostredeþ nĕbŭlam sīcut cĭnĕrem spargit, Ps. Spl. C.147, 5

Linked entry: -swore

hwettan

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Substitute: To whet, sharpen Ic hwette (hwætte, v. l.) acuo Ælfc. Gr. Z. 167, l. to sharpen the edge of an imple-ment (lit. or fig.) Se lǽce hýt his seax and hwete (hwæt, v. l. ), Past. 166, 6. Þá undeádlican wyrmas hwettað hyra téð tó þon ꝥ hig. .

wítan

(v.)
Grammar
wítan, p. wát, pl. witon; pp. witen.

to see totake heed toguardkeepto lay tchargelay the blame ofimputeto godepart

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to see to, take heed to, guard, keep, Grammar wítan, absolute God wíteþon ðam héhstan heofna ríce ufan Alwalda, Cd. Th. 32, 31 ; Gen. 511. [ He (God) witeð and wialdeð alle þing, Anglia i. II, 40. Ihesu, wel þu witest hem, Jul. 51, 15. > Wel is him

Linked entry: ge-wítan

fald-gang

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The pasture land grazed by the animals belonging to a fold (?). (Cf. fold-course a sheep-walk, N. E. D.) Sceóte man ælmessan, swá æt heáfde peninc, swá æt sulhgange peninc, swá æt faldgange pening, Wlfst. 170, 37. Substitute:

Linked entry: fald-gang-penig

un-wlitigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wlitigness, e; f.

Uglinessdisfigurement

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Ugliness, disfigurement Semninga gehrán hé his eágan; ðá gemétte hé hit swá hál swá swá him nǽfre nǽnig swyle oððe unwlitignes on ætýwde (ac si nil unquam in eo deformitatis ac tumoris apparuisset), Bd. 4, 32; S. 612, 7

Linked entry: wlitigness

ofer-wlenced

(adj.; part.)

possessed of superabundant means, very opulent

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possessed of superabundant means, very opulent Hié andwyrdon ðæt hit gemálíc wǽre ðæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc swá hié wǽron responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44

hnæppan

(v.)

to strike [?]

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to strike [?] Swá swá sió nafu simle biþ swá gesund hnæppen ða felga on ðæt ðe hí hnæppen if the nave is always quite safe the fellies may strike against what they will, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 26

be-limpan

(v.)

To concernregardbelongpertainappertaincurarepertinereto happenoccurbefallevenireacciderecontingere

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Grammar be-limpan, p. -lamp, pl. -lumpon; sub. -lumpe; pp. -lumpen [be, limpan to appertain] To concern, regard, belong, pertain, appertain; curare, pertinere Ne belimpþ to ðé non ad to pertinet Mk. Bos. 4, 38. Hwæt ðæs to him belumpe what of that concerned

Linked entry: be-lumpe

stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
stranglíce, adj.
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Strongly Stranglíce roborabiliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 3. Stranglíce fortiter, stranglícor fortius, stranglícost fortissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 230, 15. with power, with energy, strenuously, vigorously Hé stranglíce ríxode and bewerode ðæt folc wið ða

un-gesceádwíslíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesceádwíslíc, adj.

Indiscreetimprudentunreasonableextravagant

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Indiscreet, imprudent, unreasonable, extravagant Ðætte hé ne ðóhte náwuht ungesceádwíslíces ne unnetlíces nec indiscretum quid vel inutile cogitet, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 12. Gif wé hwæt ongietaþ on him ungesceádwíslíces gedoon si qua ab eis inordinate gesta

Linked entry: un-sceádwíslíc

nǽder-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
nǽder-cynn, es: n.
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A kind of snake Cwóman hornede nǽdran, carastis ꝥ nǽdercyn, Nar. 13, 16. Saga mé hwæt nǽddercynna sí on eorðan. Ic ðé secge, feówer and þrittig. Sal. K. 204, 7. Wið scorpiones stingc and wið ealra nǽddercynna slitas, Lch. i. 304, 18

un-sméþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sméþe, adj.

Not smoothroughuneven

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Not smooth, rough, uneven Unsméðe scabra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 13. Unsméðe hrægel birrus, i. 40, 25. Eoh bið útan unsméðe treów, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 27; Rún. 13. Tunge unsméþe, Lchdm. ii. 242, 10. Wé habbaþ hrepunge, ðæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið sméðe

Linked entry: sméðe

rǽswan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽswan, rǽswian, rǽsian, résian; p. ede, ode
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To think, suppose, suspect, consider, conjecture Tó ðǽm sóðum gesǽlþum ðe ðín mód oft ymbe rǽsweþ ad veram felicitatem, quam tuus somniat animus, Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 7. Résiaþ comminiscimus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 7. Résiat, 77, 24. Hié eallneg rǽswaþ and

Linked entry: résian

ge-þafung

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Add: ge-þeafung. permission Ne hé nán þing næbbe bútan þæs abbodes sylene and geþafunge ae quicquam liceat habere quod abbas nan dederit out nan permiserit, R. Ben. 57, 5. Búton se abbod him geþafunge (permissionem) sylle, 69, 6. submission to action

word-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
word-fæst, adj.

Adhering to what one sayskeeping one's word

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Adhering to what one says, keeping one's word Se hláford sceal beón egesfull ðam dysegum, ðæt hé heora dysig álecge ; and hé sceal beón wordfæst and witan hwæt hé clypige (he seal beon weordfeste and wise lare lusten, III, 32), O. E. Homl. i. 301, 13

Linked entry: word

wrecend

(n.)
Grammar
wrecend, es; m.

An avenger

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An avenger Hwæt hwá óðrum tó wó gedó, God his bið wrecend, L. E. I. 35 ; Th. ii. 432, 27 : Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 17. Ðæt gesýne wearð, ðætte wrecend ðágyt lifde æfter láþum, Beo. Th. 2517 ; B. 1256. Hí habbaþ eác wrecend (ultorem), Scint. 39, 13