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sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
sweorcan, p. swearc, pl. swurcon; pp. sworcen.
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Th. 178, 33; Gú. 1253. figuratively of mental gloom, of that which feels sadness, to become troubled, gloomy, sad Siteþ sorgcearig, on sefan sweorceþ, sylfum þinceþ, ðæt sý endeleás earfoða dǽl, Exon. Th. 379, 6; Deór. 29.

orsorglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
orsorglíce, adv.

without anxietycarelessly, rashlysecurely, safely

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without anxiety Geoffra Gode ðone ðe ðú getuge, ðæt ðú ðý orsorglícor becume tó ðam æðelan wulderbeáge offer to God him whom thou hast brought up, that with the less anxiety thou mayest come to the noble crown of glory, Homl.

hwettan

(v.)
Grammar
hwettan, p. te

To WHETsharpeninstigateurgeinciteexcite

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bold-wéla

(n.)
Grammar
bold-wéla, an; m. [bold a house, wéla wealth] .

a dwelling of wealth or happinessprædium, opes domesticæparadise, heavenparadisuscœlum

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He [God] sceal rǽdan, se ðe ródor ahóf, wuldres fylde beorhtne boldwélan he [God] shall rule, who uplifted the firmament, with glory filled the bright dwelling of wealth, Andr. Kmbl. 1047; An. 524

hosa

(n.)
Grammar
hosa, an; m. [or hose; f. (?) v. next word, and cf. other dialects] .

a covering for the leg, HOSE caligabreeches, hose.]a husk, a covering for a grain or seed

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Glouc. (in the corresponding passage) hose: A. R. hosen; pl: Chauc. hosen: Icel. hosa; f. a covering for the leg between the knee and the ankle, serving as a kind of legging or gaiter: O. H.

Linked entry: leðer-hose

á-sceádan

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Sý fram ásceádan excipiatur, i. segregatur, 145, 11. to separate, dissociate, literal Þém áscádendum, quia carbones inseparunt scoria de ferro [marginal gloss on cum carbonibus], Bl.

Linked entry: sceádan

clyne

(n.)
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Clynes globi (lunaris ), 492. Trendles, clynes spere (clynes, trendies sphaerae, trendel, clyne sphaera, Hpt. Gl. 489, 22), 3527. Clyne, clotte (of clyne ł clottum, Hpt. Gl. 488, 76) wǽran gecrammede massa (picis) farciuntur, 3514.

ge-springan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-springan, p. -sprang, -sprong, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen.

To springboundarisego outgo forthprosilireexoririabireprocedereTo get by going[?]to cause to springeructare

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Sigemunde gesprong æfter deáþ-dæge ðóm unlytel to Sigemund sprang after his death-day no little glory, 1773; B. 884: Exon. 92 a; Th. 345, 27; Gn. Ex. 196: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 24: Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 28. v. trans. To get by going[?]

Linked entry: gi-sprunt

cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwom, pl. cwómon came; venit, venerunt; have the same meanings as the contracted forms com, pl. cómon, p. of cuman , q. v. The p. indic., pl. cwómon,-an, -un; p. subj.
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Wuldres áras cwómun messengers of glory came, 15a; Th. 31, 11; Cri. 494. Cwom, pl. cwómon, seent to be from cwiman, which I have not found in A. Sax. It is in Goth. qiman [pronounced kwiman = cwiman]; p. qam, pl. qemum; pp. qumans to come; venire.

ge-lómlǽcan

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Efne ðá fǽrlíce æteówdon gelómlǽcende lígas sweartes fýres ecce subito apparent crebri flammarum tetrarum globi (Bd. Sch. 617), ii. 350, 19.

þracu

(n.)
Grammar
þracu, gen. þræce; f.
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Geceósan swá þrymmes þræce swá þrýstra wræce to choose either the power of glory or the misery of darkness, Exon. Th. 37, 14; Cri. 593.

Linked entries: ge-þracen þrece

CÍÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CÍÞ, cýþ, es; m.

a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, motegermen, festucaseedcrementum

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MS. 43a, 6. seed; crementum Cýþ crementum, Glos. Brux. Recd. 38, 7; Wrt. Voc. 64, 16. Cíþ, vel weres sǽd crementum, vel hominis semen vel crementum, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 73; Wrt. Voc. 44, 55

Linked entries: cýþ corcíþ

wyllen

(adj.)
Grammar
wyllen, adj.

Woollenof woolwoollen stuff

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the word is printed wylnenan and put as a gloss to vetulae; the passage is : Cygnaeam vetulae senectutis caniciem, Ald. 25) hárnysse (in the margin is ða grǽgan hárnysse) cygneam canitiem, Hpt. Gl. 450, 62. Wyllene wearp lanea stamina, 417, 27.

lóc

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Its force in the latter combination, ever, is seen in the following gloss Lóc hwæt tó láfe beó quodcumjue restat, Germ. 388, 78. with nú, bespeaking attention Lóce nú age, Germ. 393, 168. Lóca nú be þǽre sunnan . . . Bt. 6 ; F. 14, 21.

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m.

A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaftthe shaft of a speara spearthe shaft of an arrowa polea taper

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Ðæt yrre ðæt geþyld mid ðam sceafte (mid his spere, B.) slihþ ira patientiam conto percutit, Glos. Prud. A. 18. Scyld sceft oncwyð, Fins. Th. 12; Fin. 7. Hlyn wearð on wícum scylda and sceafta, Cd. Th. 124, 13; Gen. 2062.

wuldor-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-cyning, es; m.

The king of glorythe Deity

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The king of glory, the Deity Wuldorcyning þeóda gehwylce háteþ árísan. Exon. Th. 63, 22 ; Cri. 1023 : Cd. Th. 272, 6; Sat. 115. Se wuldorcyning, 10, 32 ; Gen. 165. Ælmihtig God, wuldorcyning, 242, 30; Dan. 427: Salm. Kmbl. 640; Sal. 319.

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, ðú -worhtest; pp. -worht.

to workmakebuildformdisposedoperformcelebratecommitto get by workinggainobtainmerit

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Lof se gewyrceþ hafaþ heáhfæstne dóm he gains praise, hath undying glory, Exon. 97 a; Th. 327, 6; Víd. 142. Se ðe gewyrceþ ðæt him wuldorcyning milde geweorþeþ he who obtains that the king of glory becomes mild to him, 63 b;  Th. 234, 8; Ph. 536.

Linked entry: ge-worht

þyle

(n.)
Grammar
þyle, es; m.

An oratorspokesman

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If a gloss in Wrt.

Linked entries: þele þyl-cræft

snǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽdan, p. de.

to slice, cut into slicesto snathe to lop, prune, cut branches off trees to hew trim stones. putare to cut into slices

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Gloss. B. 15. Jamieson gives sned to prune, lop off, sned a branch pruned off.] to lop, prune, cut branches off trees Snédit putat Txts. 117, 249. Sume snéddun telgran of treówum alii caedebant ramos de arboribus Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 8.

Linked entries: tó-snǽdan ge-snǽdan

Sol-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
Sol-mónaþ, es; m.

February placenta panibus sol sun mire spurcalia

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Bede says, 'Solmónaþ dici potest mensis placentarum, quas in eo diis suis [Angli] offerebant;' but there is no word sol = placenta, unless it be found in the gloss panibus sol, Epinal Glossary, ed. Sweet, p. 21 a, 11.

Linked entries: Februarius sol