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for-seón

to despisehold in contemptto rejectto rejectto refuse

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Gif ðæt mód ǽr ne forsáwe ðá écan edleán, Past. 435, 3. Forseónde spernendo, R. Ben. I. 61, 11. Hé ne mæg geþyldgian ðæt hé for ðisse worlde sié forsewen (fore-, v. l.), Past. 216, 7. Forsáwen (-saw-?), Chr. 975; P. 120, 18 note.

hlýp

(n.)
Grammar
hlýp, es; m.

A leap, jump

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A leap, jump Hlýp saltus, Ælfc. Gl. 61: Som. 68, 49; Wrt. Voc. 39, 33: Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 14.

tramet

(n.)
Grammar
tramet, es; m.

A page

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Swá fela trameta tot paginae, swá fela leáfa tot folia, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Zup. 117, 12. Trametas paginas, Germ. 398, 181

hwistlung

(n.)
Grammar
hwistlung, e; f.

A hissingWHISTLINGpipingmusic

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A hissing, WHISTLING, piping, music Ðeós hwistlung hic sibilus, ðás hwystlunga hæc sibila, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 28. Hwistlung sibilatio, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 67; Wrt. Voc. 46, 24. Huislung simphonia, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 25.

Lǽden

(adj.)
Grammar
Lǽden, adj.

Latin

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Lédene láreówas maciaþ on sumum namum accusativum on im, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 14, 32. Stafum créciscum and lǽdenum [latinum, Lind.] litteris græcis et latinis, Lk. Skt. Rush. 23, 38

sǽ-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-lida, -leoda, an; m.

A sea-goer, sailor

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Ic ǽfre ne geseah ǽnigne mann ðé gelícne steóran ofer stæfnan . . Ic georne wát ðæt ic ǽfre ne geseah on sǽleodan syllicran cræft I have never seen in a seaman more wondrous skill, Andr. Kmbl. 999; An. 500.

Linked entries: lida sǽ-leoda

wæl

(n.)
Grammar
wæl, es; n.

the slainthe deada number of slain,a single corpsea slain personslaughtercarnagedestruction

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Th. 477, 17; Ruin. 26. in an abstract sense, of destruction in war, slaughter, carnage Wæl on gefeohte strages, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27;Zup. 53, 5. Mycel wæl (wælfill, MS. A.) gewearð on Brytene æt Wódnesbeorge, Chr. 592; Erl. 19, 34.

a-lútan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lútan, anlútan; p. -leát, pl. -luton; pp. -loten [a, lútan to bend]

To bendinclinebend or bow downprocumbere

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He aleát to eorþan he bowed to the earth, Ælfc. T. 37, 8

Linked entries: a-leát a-loten

apa

(n.)
Grammar
apa, an; m.

An APEsimia

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An APE; simia Wið apan bíte against bite of an ape, Med. ex quadr. 11, 7; Lchdm. i. 366, 24: Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 18; Wrt. Voc. 22, 59

be-gleddian

(v.)
Grammar
be-gleddian, ic -gleddige; p. ode; pp. od

To dyestainlaninficere

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To dye, stain; laninficere Ic begleddige inficio Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 37. And begleddod is eorþe on blódum et infecta est terra in sanguinibus Ps. Spl. 105, 36

Linked entry: gleddian

eorþ-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-æppel, es; m: nom, acc. pl. n. -æppla

An earth-apple, a cucumber cŭcŭmis

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Eorþæppel mandrăgŏra, Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 79; Wrt. Voc. 32, 15

mis-lǽdan

(v.)

to misleadlead astray

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Ælfc. P. 46; Th. ii. 384, 22

niþer-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer-weardes, -weard; adv.

Downwardsin a downward direction

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Nyþerwerd deorsum versum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 63. Niþerwurd in praeceps, deorsum, Hpt. Gl. 499. 66

blóstm

(n.)
Grammar
blóstm, es; m: e; f ?

A blossom, flowerflos

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A blossom, flower; flos Blóstm flos, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 10; Wrt. Voc. 33, 9. Blóstma hiwum in hues of flowers, Exon. 94 a; Th. 352, 32; Reim. 4

ge-dyrst-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyrst-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To dareaudere

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Th. i. 456, 9 : Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 43, 29

ge-lómlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lómlǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To frequent, to use oftenfrequentare

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To frequent, to use often; frequentare Gelómlǽcende word frequentative verb, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 14. Mid gelómlǽcendum hryrum with frequent destructions, Homl. Th. i. 578, 34 : ii. 350, 19

un-gebeorhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gebeorhlíce, adv.

Not safelyrashly(?)intemperately(?)

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Lufiaþ, gé weras, eówere wíf on ǽwe; ne beó gé bitere him ungebeorhlíce ( polite amari esse ad illas, Col. 3, 19), Homl. Th. ii. 322, 26

Linked entry: ge-beorglíce

un-gerípod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerípod, adj.

Immaturepremature

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On ungerípedum freódóme and unstæððigum þeáwum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 12. Hé forfleáh ungerípedan deáð, Homl. Th. i. 390, 31

Linked entry: ge-rípian

un-geworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geworht, adj.

not madenot finished

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Hé wæs ǽfre ungeworht, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 69. not finished Ungeworht infectum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 17

Linked entry: ge-wyrcan

eár-finger

(n.)
Grammar
eár-finger, es; m.
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Voc. i. 179, 25 Eárfinger auricularis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 298, 15: Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 25

Linked entry: eáre-finger