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morgen-mete

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-mete, es; m.

A morning mealbreakfast

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[ȝief he frend were me sceolðe ȝief him his morȝemete (cf. 231, 19 where it is called forme mete) þat he þe bet mihte abide þane more mete, O. E. Homl. i. 237, 33.]

till

(n.)
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a fixed point, station Swá stent eal weoruld stille on tille, Met. 20, 172. On ðam gim ástíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre and of tille ágrynt in it (June) the sun mounts up into the skies highest in the year and declines from thai point, Menol.

þweorh-furh

(n.)

a cross furrowa rough place

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a cross furrow, a rough place Þuerhfyri salebrae (cf. O. H. Ger. furihi salebras; sulcos ), Txts. 95, 1761. Ða unsméþan ðwerfuru salebrosos (complanans) anfractus (Ald.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 26.

Linked entry: -fýre

eálá

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Eálá ðú láreów O magister ... eálá, gif gecyrde intó ðǽre byrig pro, si remeasset in urbem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 4-8. Eálá reówlic tíd wæs þæs geáres, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 26. Eálá leás is þysses middaneardes wela, 219, 6.

ge-swætan

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Add: to forge together (?), weld (cf. O. H. Ger. ge-sweizen frigere: Ger. schweissen to forge together) Gisuétit ferru*-*minatus. Goetz ii. 579, 58. ( See Angl. xx. 395. ) to cause to labour (?). v. swǽtan; <b>I a.

sadian

(v.)
Grammar
sadian, ode.

to satisfy, satiateto become satisfied,

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to satisfy, satiate. [ O. H. Ger. satón saturare. Cf. Icel. seðja to satisfy.]

Linked entry: ge-sadian

hnappung

(n.)
Grammar
hnappung, hnæppung, e; f.

Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness

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Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness Ǽresð mon hnappaþ gif ðonne ðære hnappunge ne swícþ ðonne hnappaþ óþ ðæt o wierþ on fæstum slǽpe dormitando vero oculus ad plenissimum somnum ducitur, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 11.

Linked entry: hnæppung

næder-wyrt

Grammar
næder-wyrt, nædre-wyrt, e; f.

Adder-wortpolygonum bistortaadderwort

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Gl. 300, 23. Nædrewyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man uiperinam and óðrum naman nædderwyrt nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 96, 11. Nædderwyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man basilisca and óðrun naman nædder- (næddre-, MS. O) wyrt nemneþ, 242, 7 : iii. 8, 24. Genim næderwyrte, ii. 110, 25.

ge-rínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rínan, pp. -rinen

To touch, take hold of, griptangĕre, contingĕre, arrĭpĕre

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Wæs he sóna gerinen líchomlíce untrumnysse confestim languōre corpŏris tactus est, 4, 3; S. 568, 37. Wæs he semninga fram deofle gerinen sŭbĭto a diăbŏlo arreptus, .3, 11; S. 536, 13, MS. B

scirdan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
scirdan, p. de
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To hurt, injure Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde, ðæt sacerdan heáfod áhylde, . . . and hrædlíce siððan scyrde oððe scynde mid worde oððe weorce, L. , Eth. vii. 27 ; Th. i. 334, 35.

þyrre

(adj.)
Grammar
þyrre, adj.

drylacking waterlacking sap or moisturedry

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dry, lacking water On þyrran mæræ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 117, 5. lacking sap or moisture Þornas þyre (þyrre? but cf. O. L. Ger. thiori holt), Ps. Th. 117, 12. as a medical term, dry Hine dreceþ þyrre hwósta, Lchdm. ii. 264, 13.

under-wed

(n.)
Grammar
under-wed, under-wedd, es; n.

A pledgesecurity

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Gylde ðæt yrfe oþþe uuderwed lecge, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 8: 8; Th. i. 356, 10

mód-leást

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Add: despondency Se syxta unþeáw is þe hláforde bið geset, for módleáste ne mæge his mannum dón steóre, ac bið hin swá mihtleás on his módes strece, his underþeóddan egesian ne dearr, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 5.

ofer-mód

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-mód, es; n.

pride, arrogance, over-confidencea high stylesuperbia

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pride, arrogance, over-confidence: — Feala worda gespæc se engel ofermódes Cd. Th. 18, 12; Gen. 272. Ðá se eorl ongan for his ofermóde álýfan landes fela láðere þeóde, Byrht. Th. 134,25; By. 89.

Linked entries: mód ofer-méde

smæccan

(v.)
Grammar
smæccan, smecgan; smæhte

To taste sapere

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To taste Ic smæcce (smæcge, MS. J. ) sapio Ælfc. Gr. 28; Zup. 166, 6. ['Cum gustasset acetum noluit bibere;' þet is, he smeihte þet bittre drunch wiðdrouh him anon A. R. 238, 21. Summe þinge me haueð ismeiht oðer smelled 92, 4.

Linked entry: smecgan

DYSIG

(adj.)
Grammar
DYSIG, dyseg, dysg, disig, disg, dysi; adj.

DIZZY, foolish, unwise, stupidstultus, insĭpiens, insānus

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DIZZY, foolish, unwise, stupid; stultus, insĭpiens, insānus Dysig ongyt ðás ðing stultus non intellĭgit hæc, Ps. Sp1. 91, 6. He biþ swá dysig and swá ungewiss he is so foolish and so ignorant, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 25.

swǽfan

(v.)
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Sió gítsung ðe nǽnne grund hafaþ swearte swǽfeþ (swǽleþ ? v. swǽlan) sumes onlíce efne ðam munte ðe monna bearn Etne hátaþ se swefle byrneþ, Met. 8, 46-50.

un-fǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fǽle, adj.

Evilillbad

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Voc. ii. 45, 16. applied to living objects wéndon ðæt hit unfǽle gást (phantasma) wǽre, Mk. Skt. 6, 49. Satiri vel fauni vel selini vel fauni ficarii unfǽle men, wudewásan, unfǽle wihtu, Wrt. Voc, i. 17, 20.

lendenu

(n.)
Grammar
lendenu, pl.

The loinsreins

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Gl. 74; Som. 71, 53; Wrt. Voc. 44, 36. Lændenu lumbi, 65, 26. Lendena renes, 71, 41. Laendino rien, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 17. Lendene renes, Ps. Spl. T. 15. 7. Beón eówer lendena ymbgyrde ...

plóg

(n.)
Grammar
plóg, es ; m.
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A plough ; with this meaning the word occurs in Icel. and O. H. Ger., but in A. S. it seems to mean land, a plough of land (cf. Cath. Angl. p. 284 a ploghe of land carrucata.