scræf
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Gé mín hús dóþ sceaþum tó scrafum, Blickl. Homl. 71. 20. Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum ðonne ðú on healle heálíc biscop sitte (cf. ðá wolde se hálga sum hús timbrian, 144, 31), Homl. Th. ii. 146, 28.
scip-here
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Se cyng wæs west on Defnum wið ðone sciphere ( acting against the Danish fleet ), Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 26. On ðysum geáre wæs micel unfriþ on Angelcynnes londe þurh sciphere, 1001; Erl. 136, 2.
sin-gal
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Goth. sinteins daily (bread )) :-- Syle ús hláf úserne ðone singalan, Exon. Th. 469, 4 ; Hy. 5, 8. Singal tído diurna tempora, Rtl. 164, 36. <b>IIb.
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stingan
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Wæs on slǽpe ætýwed ðæt hyre man stunge áne sýle on ðone bósum, Shrn. 149, 1. Crist hét stingan sweord in scǽðe, Charter quoted by Lye. <b>Ia.
stycce-mǽlum
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Ðone song hé gehýrde sticcemǽlum tó him neálǽcan, 4, 3; S. 567, 43.
teón
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Gif man ðone hláford teó, ðæt hé be his rǽde út hleópe, L. C. S. 30; Th. i. 394, 19. Gyf hine þreó men ætgædere teón, Th. i. 392, 23. Se man ðe man tuge the man who shall have been accused, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 15.
þeóstre
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Tódríf ðone þiccan mist, ðe wið ða eágan foran ússes módes hangode, hefig and þystre, Met. 20, 266. On hú ðióstrum horaseáþe ðara unþeáwa, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 1. On ðás þeóstran weorulde, Exon. Th. 86, 18; Cri.1410.
un-blíðe
sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ grieved ⬩ unkind ⬩ shewing ill-will or displeasure ⬩ stern ⬩ angry ⬩ unquiet ⬩ not peaceful
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Ðá geseah Gúðlác ðone bróþor sárig, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 6. Beón in unblíðum móde moestus esse, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 37. Ðám unblíðum (tristibus) sint tó cýðanne ða gefeán ðe him gehátene sindon ...
wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Oft gehwá gesihð fægre stafas áwritene, þonne heraþ hé ðone writere and ða stafas, and nát hwæt hí mǽnaþ. Homl. Th. i. 156, 3. Wrítera strican notariorum characteres, Hpt. Gl. 473, 12. Wríterum antiquariis (antiquariis describentibus, Aid. 79), Wrt.
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wórian
To wander about ⬩ to wander about ⬩ ramble ⬩ be a vagabond
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Gangas rihte dóþ, ðæt ná healtigende wórige (erret), Scint. 186, 4. Bútan sóþre lufe. i. á gán (ambulare) magan menn ac wórian (errare ), 3, 8. Wer unsnoter and wórigende (errans) þencþ stunte, 138, 18.
á-scirian
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Ðone áscyrian and ámánsumian fram crístenum mannum, Hml. Th. i. 124, 29. Mǽden þe hine ne móste áscyrian fram his clǽnum lufe, Hml. S. 4, 14. Ne geþafa þú ꝥ ic beó fram ðé áscired, 15, 72.
crístnian
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Þonne se preóst crístnað, þonne ádrǽfð hé ðone deófol of ðám cilde; for ðan ðe ǽlc hǽðen man bið deófles, ac þurh fulluht hé bið Godes, Hml. Th. i. 304, 33. to baptize (?)
ferian
to carry ⬩ move ⬩ convey ⬩ to lead ⬩ conduct
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Feredon ðone eorðcrypel ferentes paraliticum, Mk. L. 2, 3: Hml. Th. i. 492, 28: Chr. 1012; P. 143, 2. Hí áweg feredon þæs godspelleres líc, Hml. S. 15, 98. Hine mon bere oþþe on wǽne ferige, Lch. ii. 30, 30.
fore-sceáwian
to foresee ⬩ to provide for ⬩ to provide ⬩ give for use
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I. 106, 17. to foresee, have knowledge of the future Wé sculon ús ondrǽdan ðone endenéxtan dæg, þone þe wé ne magon nǽfre foresceáwian, Hml.
hnesce
soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate
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Ðone hnescan ðafettere, Past. 453, 25. tender, gentle Lufu, næs tó hnesce, Past. 127, 2. Hnesce andswore responsio mollis Kent.
líc
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Hine lyst bet þaccian and cyssan ðone óðerne on bær líc, Solil. H. 42, 4. Þa men forbrédan and weorpan hi an wildedeora lie, Bt. 38, I ; F. 194, 31. <b>I a.
wadan
To go ⬩ pass ⬩ proceed.
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Hé wód þurh ðone wælréc, Beo. Th. 5315; B. 2661. Hé wód under wolcnum, 1432; B. 714. Wódon wælwulfas west ofer Pantan, ofer scir wæter, Byrht. Th. 134, 38; By. 96. Ðis leóhte beorht cymeþ ofer misthleoþu wadan ofer wægas, Exon. Th. 350, 9; Sch. 61.
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wamb
a belly, stomach ⬩ a womb ⬩ a hollow
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Eall ðæt on ðone múð gǽð, gǽð on ða wambe (womb, Lind. : wombe, Rush. ventrem ), Mt. Kmbl. 15, 17: Lchdm. ii. 186, 23. Wambe gefyllan ventrem implere, Lk. Skt. 15, 16: Exon. Th. 494, 22;Rá. 83, 5. Hé hæfð áne wambe and þúsend manna bigleofan, Homl.
BRÝD
A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, woman ⬩ sponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier
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Tyn fǽmnan férdon ongén ðone brýdguman and ða brýde decem virgines exierunt obviam sponso et sponsæ, Mt. Bos. 25, I. Se ðe brýde hæfþ, se ys brýdguma qui habet sponsam, sponsus est, Jn. Bos. 3, 29.
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wíglung
Divination ⬩ soothsaying ⬩ sorcery ⬩ augury
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Nis ðis nán wíglung, ac wíse menn hit áfunden þurh ðone hálgan wísdóm, Lchdm. iii. 154, 5. Gif treówa beóð on fullum mónan geheáwene, hí beóð heardran, and langfǽrran tó getimbrunge. . . Nis ðis nán wíglung, ac is gecyndelíc ðincg, Homl.
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