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brégan

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Ús deófol brégð mid yfelum geðóhtum, Hml. Th. i. 156, 30. Mid óðrum worde hé hierte, mid óðrum hé brégde (terret), Past. 53, 11. Réðe forebécna ꝥ folc earmlíce brégdon, Chr. 793; P. 55, 33.

pæll

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Add Hí gesáwon ꝥ án scínende weg wæs ástreht mid godwebbenum pællum (pellum, v. l.) (strata palliis via), Gr. D. 176, 1. Hé hét dæftan his búr mid pallum and mid wáhryftum, Hml. S. 35, 50. Mǽrða . . . on pellum and purpuran, Hml. A. 92, 18.

wǽpnung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpnung, e; f.

Armourarms

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Iudas com mid ðám cwealmbǽrum mid ormǽtere wǽpnunge (with an immense amount of weapons), Homl. Ass. 74, 44: Homl. Th. ii. 302, 4

ge-mæstan

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Þá sind gemæste mid gife þæs Hálgan Gástes. . . Sé ðe mid fódan þǽre úplican lufe bið gefylled, he bið swilce hé sig mid rúmlicum mettum gemæst.

mete-cú

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Be oxanhyrde . . . his metecú mót gán mid hláfordes oxan. Be cúhyrde . . . gá his metecú mid hlafordes cú, Ll. Th. i. 438, 12-20. Add

tó-cirran

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mid áþum fryþ gefæstnodon on þǽre stówe þe genemned is æt Eámótum ... and syþþan mid sibbe tócyrdon, Chr. 926; P. 107, 26. Add

a-metan

(v.)
Grammar
a-metan, to paint, l. á-métan,
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Hí beóð ámétte and ámearcode mid gildenum stafum, Wlfst. 302, 27

Linked entry: on-métan

án-módnes

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Geornlíce gebinde ge eów tósomne mid ánmódnesse and mid sibbe solliciti servare unitatem spiritus in vinculo pacis, 345, 17. Oferswíðed mid ánmódnesse ( unonimitate ) eallra þára witena. Gr. D. 329, 17. Add

bisenung

(n.)
Grammar
bisenung, e; f.

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Náþor ne hí mid bodengum wel ná lǽraþ ne mid bisnuncgum wel ná tǽcaþ, Wlfst. 376, 25. Hí mid bysnungum wel ne lǽdað, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 2. example, proof Bysnung documentum, An. Ox. 4539

flá

Grammar
flá, a strong dat. flá occurs: dat. pl. flán(?)
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Hé wearð mid ánre flán ofscoten telo e muris jacto perfossus occidilur, Ors. 3, ll; S. 144, 27. Hé wearð gescoten mid ánre flá on ðám cneówe, Hml. Th. 492, 5. Weartð se cyng Willelm en huntnoðe fram his ánan men mid ánre flá ofsceoten, Chr.

of-geótan

(v.)

to moisten by pouring, souse, soakto put out a fire by pouring water on it

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to moisten by pouring, souse, soak Ofgeót mid ealaþ moisten the plants by pouring ale on them, Lchdm. ii. 140, 15: iii. 28, 16. Ofgeót mid wætere, 48, 5.

for-brict

(v.)
Grammar
for-brict, for-brícan (?); p. te

To use upconsumedestroy

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To use up, consume, destroy Mid þissum wǽpnum beóð ǽlce uncysta forbrícte (-brítte?) and mid þyssum andlyfenum bið ǽlc mægen geféd, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 5. Substitute:

ge-dafenlicness

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Gesetton ðá hálgan fæderas ꝥ wé fæston mid geráde, and ǽlce dæg eton mid gedafenlicnysse, swá ꝥ úre líchama áléfed ne wurðe, Hml. S. 13, 103. Add

riht-stefn

(n.)
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a properly pronounced word, properly modulated sound Ná mid rihtstefnum ac mid micelum hreáme ongann clypian magnis non vocibus, sed stridoribus clamare incepit, Gr. D. 28, 28

Linked entry: stefn

wód-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wód-seóc, adj.
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Insane, mad, lunatic Þá wæs gelǽded se wód-seóca (wédend-, v.l.) man (cf. mid deófle geswenced, gedreht mid deófolseocnysse, 134, 24) tó Benedicte, Gr. D. 135, l

þolung

(n.)
Grammar
þolung, e; f.
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Passion Þolunga ( passiones ) and leahtras líchaman úre gif mid hungre fæstena beóð áhlǽnsude, Scint. 57,11. Þá sáwle offeallan mid þolungum animam obruere passionibus, 55, 15

lús

(n.)
Grammar
lús, f.

A louse

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Hé áfylde eal heora land mid froggon, and siððan mid gnættum, eft mid hundes lúsum, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 21

steng

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Heora án hine (James) slóh mid ormǽtum stencge (printed strencge; but cf. Þone Iacóbum Iúdǽa leorneras ofslógan mid webwyrhtan róde, Shrn. 93, 13) inn oð þæt bragen, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 24. Þá Walas ádrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum stængum.

ymb-trymian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-trymian, <b>. I.</b>
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Heó wæs mid hálgum mægnum ymbtrymed and mid engla þreáturn, Hml. Th. i. 444, 6. Add Ne sceal hé his ágene weorc mid deádum fellum ymbtrymman, Hml. Th. ii. 532, 32

on-cirran

Grammar
on-cirran, <b>A. I a.</b>
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Add On midde niht oncierde ꝥ scip on wónne síðfæt þurh deófles beswicennesse, Shrn. 60, 8. <b>B. I c.</b> add :-- Thás spréce naenig mon on naenge óthre halfe oncaerrende sié, C.