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oret-stów

(n.)
Grammar
oret-stów, e; f.

A place where a struggle is carried on, a place for wrestling

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Oredstówe in scammate, 478, 48

ge-stungen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-stungen, part. [stungen, pp. of stingan to pierce]

Pierced; ⬩ transfixus

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Pierced; transfixus He wæs mid spere on his sýdan gestungen he was pierced in his side with a spear, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 31

hócor-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
hócor-wyrde, adj.

Using scornful, ⬩ mocking language

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Using scornful, mocking language Hér sind on earde hócorwyrde ǽghwǽr there are in the land here everywhere men of scornful speech, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 156

tó-feng

(n.)
Grammar
tó-feng, (?: but cf. the expression fón tó), es; m.

Taking, ⬩ seizure

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tóðum heora qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum. Ps. Lamb. 123, 6

sealt-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-wíc, es; n.

A place where sail is sold ⬩ Saltwych

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A place where sail is sold; hence Saltwych In unico emptorio salis quern nos Saltuuic uocamus, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 81, 9. Æt Saltwíc, v. 143, 21

ge-witfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-witfæst, adj.

Of sound mind

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Of sound mind Nǽnig deófolseóc ðæt he eft wel gewitfæst nǽre no possessed person that was not in his right mind again, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 17

Linked entry: -witfæst

wíglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wíglíce, adv.

In a warlike manner ⬩ by fighting

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In a warlike manner, by fighting Bellatores syndon wígmen,ðe eard sculon werian wíglíce mid wǽpnum, L. I. P. 4 ; Th. ii. 306, 37 : Wulfst. 267, 16

byrgen-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen-leóþ, es; n.

A tomb-elegy, an epitaph ⬩ sepulcrale carmen, epitaphium

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A tomb-elegy, an epitaph; sepulcrale carmen, epitaphium On his byrgenne is awriten byrgen-leóþ scriptnm est in tumba ipsius epitaphium, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 18

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, es; n.

A mulberry-tree ⬩ morus

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A mulberry-tree; morus He ofslóh byrig heora on hagule occidit moros eorum in pruina, Ps. Spl. 77, 52: L. M. 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 17

ge-cwilman

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Take here ge-cwylman in Dict., and add

Linked entry: ge-cwelman

ge-feálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-feálíce, adv.

Joyously, in joy

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Joyously, in joy Þæt wé ealle mótan on þás hálgan tíde ǽghwæðer ge for Gode and for worolde þý gefeálicor and þe blíþelícor lifian, Wlfst. 284, 16

bán-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
bán-sealf, e; f.

A bone-salve ⬩ a salve for pains in the limbs

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A bone-salve, a salve for pains in the limbs Tó gódre bán-sealfe þe mæg wið heáfodece and wið ealra lyma týddernysse, Lch. iii. 12, 23

clíða

(n.)
Grammar
clíða, clýða, an; m.

A plaster, salve, poultice ⬩ emplastrum, malagma = μάλαγμα

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Genim ðyssa wyrta wyrtruman, gecnucude mid ele, and mid hwǽtenan meluwe, and mid sápan, ðam gemete ðe ðú clýðan wyrce take roots of these herbs, pounded with oil, and with wheaten meal, and with soap, in the manner in which thou wouldst make a poultice

Linked entries: cleóða clýða

tó-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sendan, p. de.

to send in different directions ⬩ send away, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ scatter ⬩ to destroy

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Ehtatýne sýþum hundteóntig þúsenda hí tósendon and wið feó sealdon wíde intó leódscipas. Blickl. Homl. 79, 23. to destroy (?)

GREÓT

(n.)
Grammar
GREÓT, es; n.
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Ic gewíte in greótes fæðm I depart into dust's bosom, Exon. 64 a; Th. 235, 13; Ph. 556: Andr. Kmbl. 1587; An. 795: Beo. Th. 6315; B. 3168. Of greóte from the earth, Exon. 59 b; Th. 216, 13; Ph. 267: Andr. Kmbl. 3246; An. 1626.

ge-mynd

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Gode nó syððan hié in gemynd cumað, El. -303- (to bring, call to] mind Him in gemynd his Dryhtnes naman dumba bróhte, Rä. 60, 7. (5 a) (to take to (into] fix in) mind :-- Ðeáh ealra þǽra worda hí wǽron forgytene, námon him þá gedwoll-men ǽnlípige tó

þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
þyrel, (from þyrhel, v. þurh), þyrl, es; n.

A hole made through anything ⬩ an aperture ⬩ orifice

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Is on ðam wáge ðyrl geworht est foramen in pariete, Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 17. Gif án þyrl ( foramen ) open byð forlǽten, ðanon fram feóndum beó inn ágan, Scint. 140, 6. Ðæt wǽre ðyrel on middum ðæm hweóle, Shrn. 81, 13.

Linked entries: þyrl þirel

hæslen

(adj.)
Grammar
hæslen, adj.

Of hazel

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Strike the scores, and do all that in silence, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm, ii. 104, 6-11.

a-gyltan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gyltan, -giltan; p. -gylte, -gilte; pp. -gylt, -gilt [a, gyltan to be guilty]

To fail in duty ⬩ to commit ⬩ become guilty ⬩ offend ⬩ sin against ⬩ delinquere ⬩ committere ⬩ admittere ⬩ peccare

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Ðæt he agylte on him sylfum ut delinquat in semet ipso, Ps. Spl. 35, 1. Agyltan wið to offend or sin against. Twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hlaford peccaverunt duo eunuchi domino suo. Gen. 40, 1

Linked entry: a-giltan

lícham-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líce; adv.

Bodily

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Bodily, in the body Ðeáh ðe hé líchamlíce on heora slege andwerd nǽre though he was not present in the body at their slaughter, Homl. Th. i. 82, 33. Líchamlíce corporaliter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Sam. 41, 6.