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síde

(adv.)
Grammar
síde, adv.
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Wide and side spelledd iss, Orm. 5900. Sidder (hanging) lower, Piers P. 5, 193.] Cf. preceding word

ceápian

(v.)
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Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 21. Bochton ł ceápadon emerent, Jn. L. 4, 8. Ceápigan comparare, i. emere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 78. Ceápiendum mercantibus, i. comparantibus, An. Ox. 1647. v. un-ceápod; cípan

dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
dirnan, p. de
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Þéh hié hit ǽr swíþe him betweónum diernden, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 1. Noldan hí heora synna dyrnan, Ps. Th. 77, 4.

eástan

(adv.)
Grammar
eástan, adv.
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dagað eástan, Fin 3. marking direction of measurement, giving quarter from which measurement is made Affrica onginð eástan westwerd fram Egyptum æt þǽre ee þe man Nilus hǽt measured from the east westwards Africa starts from Egypt at the river Nile, Ors

for-leósan

to loseto destroy

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Th. i. 294, 19. to destroy. physical Hié gesworen hæfdon ðæt hié óþer forleósan woldon, oþþe hira líf, oþþe þæs cyninges, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 28. spiritual, moral, &c. þurh áðbrycas forloren, Wlfst. 164, 8.

ge-stæppan

(v.)
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Þá gestóp hé tó ánes wealles byge, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 134, 19. Tó ðé gistepe ué ad te gradiamur. Rtl. 51, 9. <b>I a.

ge-flíman

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., and add: to put to flight a defeated enemy Þá Gotan hié mid gefeohte gefliémdon victo exercitu, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 25. Hé gefeaht wiþ Gotan and gefliémed wearð, and bedrifen on ánne tún, S. 292, I.

heard-lic

boldwarlikeresolutesterndiregrievousharshseverepitiless

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Silla wið Marius heardlice gefeoht þurhteáh and hiene gefliémde Sulla gravissimo praelio vicit, Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 21. Þé sind heardlicu, wundrum wælgrim wítu geteohhad, Jul. 263. harsh, severe, pitiless. Similar entries Cf. heard; VI.

word

Grammar
word, <b>. II</b> I.
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Raþe þæs Rómáne anguldon þæs wordes mid miclum hungre, Ors. 6, l; S. 254, 15.

sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceandlíce, adv.

disgracefully, shamefully, infamouslyopprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly

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Hí ðá, æfter ðæm ðe ða wíf hié swáscondlíce gerǽht hæfdon, gewendan eft ongeán ðone cyning, Ors. 1, 12 ; Swt. 54, 5. Gif man mannan bismærwordum scandlíce gréte if one man insult another by abusive words, L. H. E. 11 ; Th. i. 32, 5.

wælhreówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wælhreówlíce, adv.

cruellyhorriblyatrociously

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Æt ðæm cirre wurdon Ahténiense swá wælhreówlíce forslagen quam pugnam atrociorem fuisse ipse rerum exitus docuit, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 22. Hí woldon habban ðone hálgan Eásterdæg geblódegodne wælhreówlíce (wel-, v.l.) mid ðæs Hǽlendes blóde, Homl.

wág-rift

(n.)
Grammar
wág-rift, es; n.

A wall-covering, a curtain, veil (of the temple)

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[An waȝherifft wass spredd fra wah to waȝhe, Orm. 1014.]

Linked entry: wág-hrægel

BÚAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚAN, búgan; ic búe, ðú búst, he býþ; p. búde, pl. búdon; pp. gebún; v. anom.

To dwell, livehabitare, versari aliquo locoTo inhabit, occupyinhabitare, colere, incolere

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To dwell, live; habitare, versari aliquo loco He búde on Eást-Englum he dwelt among the East-Angles, Chr. 890; Erl. 66. 29: Ors. 1, l; Bos. 19, 26. Gif he weard onfunde búan [MS. buon] on beorge if he found the keeper dwelling in the mount, Beo.

ge-swencan

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Wæs sió ofermycelo hǽto . . . men wǽron miclum geswencte, Ors. 1, 7 ; S. 40, 4. þás bróþor synd geswencede of ðisse sǽwe hreónesse, Bl.

ge-féra

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Th. ii. 290, 3. one of a society or profession Ðá Apostolas and þá eldran bróðor eów cýðað ꝥ wé geáscodon ꝥ úre geféran sume (quidam ex nobis) tó eów cómon. Ll.

heofon-lic

chaste

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Hit wearð fram heofonlicum fýre (igne caelesti) forbærned, Ors. I. 3; S. 32, 3.

hwanan

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Hwanan, B. 257. (1 a) from what position or state :-- ꝥ Adam understóde ... hwanon hé áfeólle, Angl. vii. 26, 238. (2 a) cf. 2 a Hig næfdon hwanon hí hyt águldon, Lk. 7, 42.

ende-byrdnes

(n.)
Grammar
ende-byrdnes, -byrnes, -ness, e; f.

Order, disposition, method, way, manner, means ordo

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Order, disposition, method, way, manner, means; ordo Óþ endebyrdnesse ex ordĭne, Lk. Bos. 1, 3. On endebyrdnesse in ordĭne,l, 8

hwǽst

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽst, es; m.
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Breathing, blowing Orðas ł hwǽstes (hfæstes, MS.) spiritus, Hpt. Gl. 464, 25. Huǽsttum flatibus, 55. Cf. fnǽst, and next two words

geond-geótan

(v.)
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Th. 44, 3. to spread a liquid (lit. or fig.) over a surface Gindgoten is gife on welerum þínum, Ps. L. 44, 3. objects about or over a surface Geondgeótað (gend-, Hpt. Gl. 408, 19) diffundunt (densos exercitos per campos), An. Ox. 91. <b>II a.