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wræc-síþian

(v.)
Grammar
wræc-síþian, p. ode

To betravel in a foreign country, to be in exile

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To be or travel in a foreign country, to be in exile Ic wræcsíðige peregrinor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 145, 19. Ðæt hine mann ásende ofer sǽ on wræcsíð tó sumum wéstene, on ðam ðe cristene menn for geleáfan fordémde wræcsíðedon, Homl. Th. i. 560, 22. Tó wræcsíðienne

á-barian

(v.)
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Add: to make bare, strip Stówe róde ábarude locum cruce denudatum, Angl. xiii. 427, 894. to lay bare, expose, disclose Ælfremeda wunda ná ábarian ( detegere ) and geswutelian, R. Ben. I. 80, 12. Gylt ábarian delictum denudare, Scint. 195, 2. For ábaredum

cwudu

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Cwudu rumen, An. Ox. 20, 3. Swín wæs unclǽne for ðan þe hit ne ceów his cudu, Hml. S. 25, 80, 46: Lch. iii. 120, 27. ¶ hwít cwudu mastich :-- Huuít quidu, huít cudu mastice, Txts. 78, 655. Hwít cweodu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 53. Hwit cudu mastica, i. 286,

cyne-ríce

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Add: royal power or authority Óswoldes cyneríce wearð gerýmed swá ꝥ feówer þeóda hine underféngon tó hláforde, Hml. S. 26, 104. Næs nán eorðlic cynincg ofer hí cyneríce underféncg, 18, 7. [Laws for a haill country and kinrick, Rob Roy i. 216. v. N. E

freót-man

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Sceóte man æmessan be þám þe man þonne tóþearfe gerǽde . . . hwílum be teóþunge, hwílum be mannes efenwihte, hwílum be freótmen, hwílum be healffreón, Wlfst. 171, 4. Hé geann Gode his sáwelscættas, ꝥ is .i. híd and .i. pund penega and .vi. and twéntig

ge-méde

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Add: of persons Hí óðer twéga oððe wíf habbað him gemæc, oððe him geméde nabbað, Bt. II l ; S. 24, 9. of things, that satisfies requirements, adequate, suitable Heó hit Ósulfe on ǽht gesealde wið gemédan feó ( the land was sold for a fair price, or

ge-scínan

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Add: to shine Eft gesceán onsióne his resplenduit facies ejus, Mt. L. 17, 2. Gewoedo his huít swíða gesceán (giscionun, R.) uestitus eius albus refulgens, Lk. L. 9, 29. to shine on Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan

gecoren-ness

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Take here ge-corenes in Dict., and add Seó gecorennys (-corenes, v.l.) þǽre geférrǽdene electio societatis, R. Ben. 112, 7. Be Godes hǽse and gecorennysse, Hml. Th. i. 388, 16. Sé wæs tó cynincge áhafen swýðor for folces gecorennysse þonne ðurh Godes

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hideres

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Take here hidres in Dict., and add: local Hé þǽr lange hyderes and þyderes sécende fór, Hml. S. 236, 730. figurative Sió ábisgung hine scofett hidres ðædres, Past. 169, 13. Mé þincþ ꝥ þú mé dwelige and dyderie and lǽdst mé hidres and þidres, Bt. 35,

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ofer-sewenness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-sewenness, e; f.
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Contempt; as a legal term, fine for disobedience to authority. The word occurs only in legal documents. In the laws of Henry I it corresponds to ofer-hírness in the Anglo-Saxon laws Habeat episcopus debita transgressionum et poenam delictorum quae nos

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rícetere

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Add Ofermód rícetere insolens potestas, Germ. 391, 97. Hwǽr syndon démra dómstówa? hwǽr ys heora rícetere and heora prass and orgol?, Wlfst. 144, 32. add: undue display of power, arrogance Wæs sum man, Leófstán geháten, ríce for worulde . . . sé rád

sárgian

(v.)
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add: of physical ill Seó þrúh monigum monna þe heora eágan sárgedon and hefegodon wearð tó hǽle loculum nonnullis oculos dolentibus saluti fuisse perhibent, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 450, 22. of mental pain Ymb ðæt ilce sárgode se wítga hinc propheta conqueritur

stilness

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Add Se tíma hyra reste and stillnysse hora quietis, Gr. D. 170, 12. add: abstention from speech: — For þǽre stilnesse hefignysse neoþran stefne tó sprecenne wé geþáfedon pro taciturnitatis gravitate summissa voce loquendum permisimus, Angl. xiii. 433

wisc

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For 'a marsh' substitute: A wish (wish a damp meadow, a marsh, D.D.), and add On ðám mǽdum .viii. æceras, and on myclan wysce (cf. in loco uulgari uocitamine æt miclamersce, 218, 18) . v. æceras, C. D. iii. 283, 10. Andlang burnstówæ ðænna ðǽr eást

un-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
un-wrenc, es; m.

an evil tricka malicious wilea wicked artificean evil practicea vice

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an evil trick, a malicious wile, a wicked artifice Ðisne unwrenc (the device practised by Potiphar's wife) heó geþóhte, Gen. 39, 16. Hé (Antichrist) bið eal unwrenca full, Wulfst. 97, 16. Mid ðám unwrencan bið Antecrist eal áfylled, 54, 15. an evil practice

æsc

ash-treea ship

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Add: ash-tree (v. C. D. vi. 252-3 for the large number of place-names in which æsc occurs) Æsces sceal mǽst there must be most of ash, Lch. ii. 86, 8. a ship Aesc cercilus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 56. Æsc cercylus, 14, 16. Ðá Deniscan leóde on Norðhymbra

hearm-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-stæf, es; m.

Hurt, harm, sorrow, trouble, affliction

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Hurt, harm, sorrow, trouble, affliction Wé nú gehýraþ hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan we now hear whence troubles arose for us, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 1; Gen. 939. Ne móstun hý Gúþláces gæste sceððan ... ac hý áhófun hearmstafas they might not injure Guthlac's

GÝMAN

(v.)
Grammar
GÝMAN, géman, gíman, giéman; p. de

To care fortake care oftake heed toheedobserveregardkeep

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To care for, take care of, take heed to, heed, observe, regard, keep; cum gen. acc Ic gýme mín wedd I will keep my covenant, Lev. 26, 42. Ic geornor gýme ymb ðæs gǽstes forwyrd ðonne ðæs líchoman I care more earnestly about the spirit's destruction than

líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
líhtan, p. te.

to alleviaterelieveassuageto lightalight

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to make light or easy, to alleviate, relieve, assuage Líht ðæt ðone swencendan magan that relieves the labouring stomach, L. M. 2, 7; Lchdm. ii. 186, 20: 2, 44; Lchdm. ii. 256, 13, Gif ðǽr hwylc wíteþeówman sý bútan ðyson hió gelýfþ tó hyre bearnon ðæt

stricel

(n.)
Grammar
stricel, es; m.
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a strickle, an implement for smoothing corn in a measure, v. strícan, Stricilum trocleis, rotis modicis, Txts. 100, 994. [Hic modius a buschylle, ]orium a strikylle, Wrt. Voc. i. 233, col. 2 (15th cent.). Strykylle hostorium Cath. Ang. 369. In note I

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