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þurh-sécan

(v.)

to make search forseek outto search throughexamine

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to make search for, seek out Þurhsécende conquirens, Scint. 209, 3. [ to search through, examine (?), as in later English He þurhsecheð al þe soule, O. E. Homl. ii. 191, 28. Twa Goddspelless uss birrþ þurrhsekenn, Orm. 242. He hefde al ꝥ lond ouergan

Linked entry: sécan

wudian

(v.)
Grammar
wudian, p. ode

To cut wood

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To cut wood Gelamp on Móyses dagum ðæt Móyses fór þurh ánne wudu mid his werode. Ðá gesáwan hié ǽnne ceorl, hwǽr hé stód and wudede him, Wulfst. 2 20, 11, 15. Hé him bebeád ðæt hí bǽron wæter tó ðæs folces neóde and wudedon him simble decrevit eos esse

Linked entries: wudere wudung

wuldor-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-beáh, gen. -ges; m.

A crown

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A crown Wuldorbeáh corona, Ps. Spl. 64, 12. Wulderbeáh, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 5 : Hpt. Gl. 438, 24. [For] wuldurbeága pro corona, 458, 22. [Tó] wuldurbége ad coronam, 460, 5. Wulderbeáge tropheo, 508, 64. Wuldorbeág coronam, Ps. Lamb. 20, 4. Hé (Stephen)

adela

(n.)
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Add: also adel, es (?); m. Filth (cf. addled); a filthy place, sewer Ðá swýn hí gecuron for ðǽre fúlnysse fenlices adelan, Hml. Th. ii. 380, 8: 472, 7. His líchama læg on þám adelan, Hml. S. 5, 463. Ðæt cweartern wearð áfylled mid fúlum adelan, 35, 244

cenep

(n.)
Grammar
cenep, es; m.
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a bit of a bridle Cenepum lupatis (cf. the gloss of the same passage in An. Ox. 12 :-- Lupatis, frenis, mídlum), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 4. a moustache Cambas cenepes cristas cerebri, Germ. 401, 117. Leófgár werede his kenepas on his preóstháde, Chr. 1056

cyne-wíse

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Substitute for translation of first passage 'nihil omnino in re militari ausus est,' and add Sum eorðlic ǽ is in þǽre Rómániscan cynewísan (cynne-, v. l.) quaedam terrena lex in Romana republica, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 68, 24. Ðeós cwén on þám lande manege

ersc

(n.)
Grammar
ersc, ersc, ærsc, es; m.

Arrishersh

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Arrish, ersh (arrish a stubblefield; stubble of any kind after the crop has been cut, D. D. See also N. E. D. arrish, earsh) Tó brádan ersce, Cht. E. 290, 29. Tó cráwan ersce, C. D. iii. 123, 6. Tó wudan ærscæ; fram wudan ærscæ, v. 255, 37. For bealdan

fægnung

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Fægnung jubilatio, Hy. S. 106, 23. Fægnunge, blisse jubilationis, i. laudis, An. Ox. 1345. Fægnunge tripudio, gaudio, exultatione, Hpt. Gl. 433, 2. Mid blisse and mid fægnuncge in laetitia et exultatione, Ps. Th. 44, 16. Ongan for ðon gefeán (fægnunge

gengan

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Novƀ and Decƀ mid seofon rihtingum glædlíce gengað, Angl. viii. 302, 8. Man gengde geond eall ábútan þone portweall, Hml. S. 23, 267. For him Jordanen gengde on hinder Jordanis conversus est retrorsum, Ps. Th. 113, 3. Fengel geatolic gen[g]de, B. 1401

ge-bind

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Add: constipation, costiveness Gebind tenacitas ventris, tentigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 60. Wið stede and for gebinde . . . wið innoþa wræce and gif gebind men byþ. Lch. i. 338, 3-9. as a measure of quantity, a bind (v. N. E. D. bind : 'A Bind of eels .

ge-bǽdan

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Þæt hió gebǽdde compellere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 16. Gebǽded actus, 89, 69: 5, 50 : compulsus, 14, 55. Ðonne sió sául hire unðonces gebǽdd wierð (urgetur)) Hé wæs gebǽded for neódþearfa swá myccles plyhtes tanta periculi necessitate compulsus, Gr. D. 48,

hód

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Hood capitium Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 65. Hód, 128, 49: 13, 22. Ðonne þú cuglan habban wylle, þonne wege þú þínne earmellan and fóh tó þínum hóde, Tech. ii. 127, 17. Nim þú þé be þínum hode, 129, 4. Gif hé godspel rǽde lecge him þæne hód ofer þá sculdra si

lácan

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Add: to delude, trick Óðer gást lǽdeð hine and lǽceð (læceð? v. læccan) and geond land spaneð, Sal. 496. Swilce þá woruldsǽlþa wǽron rihte þá hí ðé mǽst geóleccan swilce hí nú sindon, þeáh þe hý þé liólcen (óleccan, v. l.) on þá leásan sǽlþa fortuna

hyge-méþe

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Substitute: weary or sad in mind Bróðor ofscét óðerne . . . : þæt wæs feohleás gefeoht fyrenum gesyngad hreðre hyge-méðe one brother shot the other . . . that was a fight where no bót could be claimed (cf. Wedra helm lie meahte on þám feorhbanan fǽhðe

leóþ

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On tælsumum leóðe (smicere leóðe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 24) carmine rythmico i numerali, Hpt. Gl. 415, 55. Sigarlic (þæt sigorlice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 49) leóþ hé sinþ carmen triumphale decantet, An. Ox. 1347. Eác mé sceal áðreótan ymbe ealra þára Tróiána

mancus

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Ǽgehwilcre sprǽce þe máre sý þonne . iiii. mancussas, Ll. Th. i. 154, 10. Án æstel on fíftegum mancessa (mon-, v. l. ), Past. 9, 1. Hé hæfde þrý mancas (tres aureos) áhýdde . . . þá fundon hí þá ylcan þrý áhýdde mancas . . . secge him se bróþer ꝥ hé sý

on-cunnan

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For the last passage substitute: Tó oncunnanne oncunnessa, Ps. Vos. 140, 4, and add Hí ealle bǽdon heora wóhnyssa forgyfennyssa, þæs þe hí þæs unrihtes hý oncúðan, Hml. A. 136, 670. Þá ongunnon þá gebróðru hí sylfe oncunnan (selfe hí oncúðon, v. l.)

reáf-lác

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Add Hé feccan sceolde ꝥ feoh mid reáfláce, Hml. S. 25, 762. Þysum wolde gedón sum Langbeardisc man reáflác on ðám ylcum beón huic cum Longobardus quidam in eisdem apibus rapinam voluisset ingerere, Gr. D. 229, 13. Add Ðæt hé for ðý reáfige ðý hé tiohchie

sige

Grammar
sige, victory.
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Add Hié wǽron him ondrǽdende ꝥ Læcedemonie ofer hié rícsian mehten for þǽm lytlan sige þe hié þá ofer hié hæfdon, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 18. Hié longe ymb þæt fuhton on hweorfendum sigum bellum ancipiti statu gestum, 3, 5; S. 106, 3. Add Oft ðone geðyldegestan

wæter-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-fæt, es; n.

A vessel for water, a water-pot

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A vessel for water, a water-pot Wæterfæt ydria, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 56 ; Zup. 68, 4 : ydriavel soriscula, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 12. Ðæt wíf forlét hyre wæterfæt ( hydriam ), Jn. Skt. 4, 28. Ðǽr wǽron áset six stǽnene wæterfatu (hydriae), 2, 6 : Homl. Th. ii. 56,