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hrínan

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</b> to lay hands on, or meddle with so as to hurt, to injure, hurt. the agent a person Ic hríno ðone hiorde percutiam pastorem, Mk. L. R. 14, 27.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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Parv. lyvelode victus; lyflode or warysone donativum So O.H.Ger., líb-leita victus, annona, alimonium

mótan

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Solil. H. 56, 10. Gif þé ǽfre gewyrð ꝥ ðú wilt oððe móst eft fandian þára þióstra þisse worulde si terrarum placeat tibi noctem relictam visere Bt. 36, 3; S. 105, 25.

a-wǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wǽgan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To deceivedeludefrustratedisappointcause to faileluderefrustrariirritum facere

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To deceive, delude, frustrate, disappoint, cause to fail ; eludere, frustrari, irritum facere Ðæt is sóþ ðæt ðú ǽr awǽgdest that is true which thou before didst frustrate, Homl. Th. ii. 418, 58.

Linked entry: wǽgan

CÆRSE

(n.)
Grammar
CÆRSE, cerse, an; f. CRESS, watercress; nasturtium, cardămum = κάρδαμον
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Ðeós wyrt, cærse, ne biþ sáwen, ac heó of hyre sylfne cenned biþ on wyllon and on brócen this herb, cress, is not sown, but it is propagated of itself in wells and in brooks, i. 116, 15

Linked entries: cesena cerse cresse

finul

(n.)
Grammar
finul, es; m: finule, an; f.

Fennelfēnĭcŭlum

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Genim finules niðeweardes take some of the netherward part of fennel, L. M. 1, 60; Lchdm. ii. 130, 18. Finule fennel, Lchdm. iii. 34, 30

gár-clife

(n.)
Grammar
gár-clife, an; f.

Agrimonyagrĭmōnia eupătŏria

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Gárclifan etan ǽrende fúllíc getácnaþ to eat agrimony betokens a disagreeable message, Somn. 20; Lchdm. iii. 198, 24

leoþu-bíge

(adj.)
Grammar
leoþu-bíge, -bíg; adj.

humblemeek

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Ic gesette eów sóðe gebysnunge, ðæt eówer ǽlc sceole óðres fét áþweán, swá swá ic láreów eów liþebíg [humble] áþwóh, 242, 28

Linked entry: liþe-bíge

líðig

(adj.)
Grammar
líðig, adj.

Lithepliantsuppleflexiblesoftyielding

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Lithe, pliant, supple, flexible, soft, yielding Heó biþ líðig swá cláþ ongeán deófles láre it [a man's heart] is pliant as cloth to the devil's teaching, Wulfst. 234, 22. Ðá gelǽhte Petrus hire líðian [líðigan, MSS. U.

Linked entries: líðe líðeg

ge-derian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-derian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To injurehurtlædĕre

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To injure, hurt; lædĕre Ðyssum wordum ðá gecwedenum, hine sóna se wind onwearp fram ðære byrig, and dráf ðæt fýr on ða ðe hit ǽr onbærndon, swá ðæt hí sume mid ðam fýre gederede wǽron quo dicto, stătim mūtāti ab urbe venti, in eos qui aecendĕrant flammārum

ge-défelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-défelíce, adv.

Becominglyfillydecentlyproperlydĕcenteropportūne

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Becomingly, filly, decently, properly; dĕcenter, opportūne Sóna ðæs ðe gehálgod wæs, ða dyde mon his líchoman in, and on ðære cyricean norþ-portice gedéfelíce wæs bebyriged mox vēro ut dedĭcāta est, intro inlātum, et in portĭcu illīus aquĭlōnālis dĕcenter

ge-gada

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gada, an;

A fellow-travellera companionassociatecomescomplexconspirans

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Gl. 86; Sons. 74, 27, 28. He feóll ðá adún and ealle his gegadan into helle wíte he fell down then and all his companions into hell torment, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 59, 93, 87.

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

geócend

(n.)
Grammar
geócend, es; m.

A preserver, Saviourservator, salvator

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Gǽsta geócend Saviour of souls, 10b; Th. 13, 5; Cri. 198: 49 a; Th. 170, 3; Gú. 1106: Andr. Kmbl. 1095; An. 548: 1801; An. 903: Elen. Kmbl. 1360; El. 682: 2151; El. 1077

tama

(n.)
Grammar
tama, an; m.

Tameness

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Gif heó blódes onbirigþ, heó forgit sóna hire níwan taman, and gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12

fiscian

(v.)
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Ælcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf . . . getimbred hæfð, þæt hé hine móte . . . huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil. H. 2, 10. Ic gǽ fisciga uado piscari, Jn. L. R. 21, 3. Add

frignung

(n.)
Grammar
frignung, e; f.
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Question, inquiry Ac þá word mé secgendum óðru sócn and frignung (fríninge, áxung, v.ll.) on mód becumen sed mihi haec dicenti alia suboritur quaestio, Gr. D. 137, 29.

Linked entry: frægning

hwilc-hwegno

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc-hwegno, hwilc-hwegnu, hwilc-hweogne, hwilc-hwoene, hwilc-hwóne.
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adjectival,some, any Hé hyhtade bécon hwelchweogne from him gesegen wére (bécon hnoelchuoene tó geseánne signum aliquod uidere L.), Lk. R. 23, 8.

drohtnung

(n.)
Grammar
drohtnung, drohtung, e; f. [droht vitæ condĭtio]

Conversation, condition, conduct, life, actions conversātio, condĭtio, stătio, actio

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Some on mynsterlícre drohtnunge on reogollícum lífe getreówlíce Drihtne þeówdon some served the Lord truly in monastic conversation in regular life, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 24: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 4, 5; Lchdm. iii. 238, 4.

irfe

(n.)
Grammar
irfe, ierfe, yrfe, es; n.

Inheritanceproperty

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Gl. 13; Som. 57, 96; Wrt. Voc. 20, 37. Ungewriten yrfe intestata hereditas, Som. 57, 101; Wrt. Voc. 20, 41. Yrfe drihtnes hereditas Domini, Ps. Spl. 126, 4.