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un-sceamig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceamig, adj.

Not to be confoundedunabashed

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Not to be confounded, unabashed Is on mé sweotul ðæt ðú unscamge ǽghwæs wurde on ferþe fród in me is it plain, that thou, O woman not to be confounded! hast become in everything sagacious in mind, Exon. Th. 275, 18; Jul. 552

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ǽþmian

(v.)
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Substitute. to send forth vapour, be heated, be in a ferment Þá þe on gewilnunge grǽdignysse ǽþmeað qui desiderio cupiditatis exestuant, Scint. 112, 11. to send forth a smell Ǽþmmigende redolentia, Germ. 391, 202. [O. H.

beterung

(n.)
Grammar
beterung, e; f.

Improvement

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Th. i. 350, 19. Hé leofode on mynstre for neóde swídor þonne for bete*-*runge, 534, 2. For úre beterunge, 272, 1 : 414, 26. Ús beterunge, 360, 30. fire beterunge, Hml. A. 8, 211

ge-hwemman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwemman, p. ed
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To slope Næs þæt hús æfter manna gewunan getimbrod, ac mid mislicum torrum gehwemmed ( the walls were not smooth and vertical but of varying inclination on account of projecting rocks ) gelícnysse sumes scræfes, Hml. Th. i. 508, 17.

Linked entry: hwemman

ge-wítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wítan, p. ge-wát, pl. ge-witon. For <b>ge-wítan;</b>
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substitute: To see after, take care of. with acc. Gewíte and beseoh wíngeard þisne vide et visita vineam istam, Ps. Th. 79, 14. with clause Gewíte þǽre cirican ealdor ꝥ him mon on þám fierste mete ne selle, Ll. Th. i. 64, 16

sceáp

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Hý létan him . . . þá mǽde þe gebyrað ðám geréflande . . . and his sceápa lǽse æfter þæs hláfordes, C. D. B. i. 544, 3. Add

hád-notu

(n.)
Grammar
hád-notu, e; f.

The employment, ministry, office belonging to holy orders

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The employment, ministry, office belonging to holy orders Búton hé forworhte ðæt hé ðære hádnote notian ne móste unless he should do amiss so that he might not exercise the office which belongs to his orders, L. R. 7; Th. i. 192, 16

hearm-cwidol

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm-cwidol, adj.

Given to speak evil, calumnious

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Ðá wǽron hí æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige and hearmcwydole in consequence of noble birth they were haughty and given to speak contemptuously of others, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 8

Linked entry: hearm-sprǽcol

on-sǽlan

(v.)

to untie, unfasten

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to untie, unfasten Onsǽl meoto sigehréð secgum, Beo. Th. 983; B. 489. Ðonne geméte gyt eoselan gesǽlede and hire folan; onsǽlaþ hié, Blickl. Homl. 69, 36. Onsaelid desolutus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 80. Hæft wæs onsǽled, Cd. Th. 215, 15; Exod. 583

on-spreccan

(v.)

to enliven, to make sprack(?)

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to enliven, to make sprack(?) [Sprack lively, active, Halliw. Dict.: Icel. sprækr active. ] Ðá wæs wæstnum áweaht world onspreaht (-spreht, MS.), Exon. Th. 353, 8; Reim. 9. [Cf.(?)

Linked entry: spreccan

hluttrian

(v.)
Grammar
hluttrian, p. ode.

to become clearto make clear,purify

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to become clear Hit wile hluttrian it will become clear, Lchdm. iii. 76, 7. Grammar hluttrian, [v. áhluttrian] to make clear, purify Morgenrén hluttraþ [or is the verb in the plural?] the morning rain purifies, Exon. 54 a; Th. 191, 8; Az. 85

Linked entry: hluttran

Eald-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Eald-Seaxe, Ald-Seaxe; gen. -Seaxa; dat. -Seaxum; pl. m: Eald-Seaxan; pl. m.

The Old-Saxonsantīqui Saxŏnes

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The Old-Saxons; antīqui Saxŏnes; the German or continental Saxons occupying the territory between the Eyder and the Weser Hér Eald-Seaxe [Ald-Seaxe, Th. 92, 29, col. 1] and Francan gefuhton in this year [A.D. 779] the Old-Saxons and the Franks fought

Linked entry: Ald-Seaxe

micelian

(v.)
Grammar
micelian, miclian, micclian; p. ode.

to become greatto increase in size or in quantityto make greatto increase the size or quantity of a thingto extolmagnify

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On ðǽm dagum wæs ðæt norþmeste (ríce) micliende, Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 12. to make great, to increase the size or quantity of a thing Man myclade ðæt ordálýsen the ordeal-iron should be increased in weight, L. Æðelst. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 13.

GRINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRINDAN, gryndan; part. grindende, ic grinde, grynde, ðú grintst, grinst, he grint, pl. grindaþ; p. ic, he grand, grond, ðú grunde, pl. grundon; pp. grunden
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Th. i. 488, 25. Se hæruflota grond wið greóte the floater of the surge [the ship] ground against the gravel, Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 12; Gú. 1309. Hí grundon ofer me mid tóðum heard frenduerunt super me dentibus suis, Ps. Spl. 34, 19: Andr.

hǽman

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</b> figurative :-- Þú fordydest ǽlcne man sé þe hǽmþ (fornicatur) fram þé, Ps. L. 72, 27

ofer-seón

(v.)

to observe, survey, seerespicere, superspicereto overlook, neglect, despise

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O. 8; Th. i. 180, 29: L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 24. Ðú ealle míne fýnd eágum ofersáwe super inimicos meos respexit oculus tuus, Ps. Th. 53, 7.

Linked entry: ofer-sewenness

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, a mark, <b>mearc</b> a limit. [These may be taken under one head, see N. E. D. mark.]
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Z. 71, 10. an object placed to indicate a point to be reached Beó þǽr gemeten nygon fét of þám stacan þǽre mearce, Ll. Th. i. 226, 13. a sign, token, indication, symptom Him næs nán deáðes mearc on gesewen, Hml.

here-toga

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Swá hwylcne heora swá him se tán ætýwde, þonne gecuron hí þone him heretogan and ládþeówe (hunc tempore belli ducem omnes sequuntur), Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 19.

hlyt

(n.)
Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.

A lot, portion

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P. iv. 19; Th. ii. 210, 11

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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There was too much fear of God in his mind for him to partake of human glory, following the dictates of pleasure, Exon. Th. 112, 7; Gú. 140. on þanc, þances, þance to the satisfaction of a person, so as to please, cf. O.

Linked entries: þancung þonc