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ofer-etol

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-etol, -ettol; adj.

Given to excess in eating, gluttonous

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Gehiéren ða oferetolan ða word ðe Krist cuæþ: Behealdaþ eów ðæt eówre heortan ne sín gehefegode mid oferǽte, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 317, 8, 16

Linked entry: etol

ono

(con.)

if

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gif ( si autem ) hé gehæfted wæs, hwæt hé ðonne ne feaht, S. 497, 37: 3, 24; S. 557, 29

ge-speornan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-speornan, -spornan; p. -spearn, pl. -spurnon; pp. -spornen

To tread uponto perchspurncalcare

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To tread upon, to perch, spurn; calcare Ðæt heó fótum ne meahte land gespornan so that she might not perch on land with her feet, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 33; Gen. 1458: 72; Th. 87, 11; Gen. 1447.

Linked entries: ge-spearn ge-spornan

ge-tíhtlod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tíhtlod, -tíhtled, -týhtlod, -týhtled; part. [tíhtlian to accuse]

Accused;accūsātus

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Nán man ne tǽce his getíhtledan man fram him, ǽr he hæbbe ryht geworhte let no one dismiss his accused man from him before he has done what is right, i. 22; Th. i. 210, 23

Linked entry: ge-týhtlod

wén-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wén-líc, adj.

fairhandsomecomelyconveniens

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Ass. 108, 205. the word glosses conveniens in the following passages Ne wæs woenlíc (þæslíc (q v.), W. S.) gecýðnisse hiora non erat conveniens testimonium illorum Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 59.

Linked entry: wénþ

eíg

(n.)
Grammar
eíg, e; f.

An islandinsŭla

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An island; insŭla Wið eíge near the island, Chr. 878; Th. 148, 29, col. 1

sweor-sceacel

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-sceacel, es; m.
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A neck-shackle, pillory:?-Fótcopsa[s] vel sweorscacul nerui, boia, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 15

Linked entry: sceacel

lufsumlíce

(adv.)
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D. lovesomely] : <b>lufsum-ness.</b> Add:

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Ne cúðon firena fremman ... elles ne ongunnon rǽran on roderum nymþe riht and sóð, Cd. Th. 2, 18; Gen. 21. Geflitu rǽran, Elen. Kmbl. 884; El. 443.

Linked entry: hebban

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Ne com ic tó ðon on eorðan ðæt mé mon ðénóde, ac tó ðon ðæt ic wolde ðegnian filius hominis non venit ministrari, sed ministrare (Mt. 20, 28), Past. 41; Swt. 301, 2.

Linked entry: þénian

ge-rád

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Hí wurdon sehte on þá gerád ꝥ hé nǽfre eft Englisce ne Frencisce intó þám lande ne gelógige, 1093 ; P. 228, 28. <b>IV a.

Carrum

(n.)
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the place of a naval engagement, near Charmouth, Dorsetshire, Chr. 840; Erl. 67, 12

Clistún

(n.)
Grammar
Clistún, es; m.

CLIST or CLYST

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CLIST or CLYST, near Exeter, Devon, Chr. 1001; Gib. 132, 16; Ing. 175, 7

be-þorfte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-þorfte, -þorfton

did need

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did need, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 14; Similar entries p. of be-þurfan

æt-wesende

(adj.)
Grammar
æt-wesende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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At hand, imminent Ætwesendre inmi-nente. Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 44. Ætweosendre, 110, 67

Linked entries: æt-wæsend æt-wæsend

EAXEL

(n.)
Grammar
EAXEL, eaxl, exl, e; f: eaxle, an; f.

The shoulder hŭmĕrus

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He gewérgad sæt freán eaxlum neáh he sat wearied near his lord's shoulders, 5699; B. 2853: 722; B. 358. Hæfde earmas and eaxle it had arms and shoulders, Exon. 129 a; Th. 494, 24; Rä. 83, 6. Gif eaxle gelæmed weorþeþ if a shoulder be lamed, L.

Linked entries: eaxle esl exl

for-grindan

(v.)
Grammar
for-grindan, p. -grand, pl. -grundon; pp. -grunden [for-, grindan to grind]

To grind thoroughlygrind to piecesgrind downcrushpulverizemangleconsumedestroycommŏlĕrecontĕrĕrecontundĕreconfringĕrepulvĕrārelăcĕrāredemōlīri

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Biþ beorhtast nesta bǽle forgrunden the brightest of nests is pulverized by the fire, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 20; Ph. 227. Wundum forgrunden mangled with wounds. Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 9; Æðelst. 43. Glédum forgrunden consumed or destroyed by fire, Beo.

lytling

(n.)
Grammar
lytling, es; m.

A little onea young personchild

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Furþon litlincgas nellaþ forbígean mé nec parvuli nolunt præterire me [the baker], Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 1. Ða litlingas fuhton on hire innoþe, Gen. 25, 22. Ǽnne of ðyssum lytlingum unum de pusillis istis, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 6: Homl. Th. i. 84, 11.

rǽd-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-gifa, an; m.
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Cf. rǽd-bora and next word

ge-líðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líðian, -líðegian; p. ode; pp. od

To soothesoftenmitigaterelieveappeaselēnīremītĭgāreplācāre

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Gáte cýse niwe ongelegd ðæt sár gelíðegaþ a new goat's cheese laid on relieveth the sore, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 7; Lchdm. i. 352, 9. Ðú gelíðegodest ealne ðínne graman mītĭgasti omnem īram tuam, Ps. Lamb. 84, 4.

Linked entry: líðigian