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fýst

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Ongan heó þerscan heó sylfe mid hire fýste (mid fýstum v. l.) ge eác mid hire brádum handum cum semetipsam alapis pugnisque tunderet, Gr. D. 68, 28. Gif þú gyrde habban wille, þonne wege þíne fýst swylce þú swingan wille, Tech. ii. 122, 11.

ge-blódegian

(v.)
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Hí woldon habban þone hálgan Eásterdæg geblódegodne mid þæs Hǽlendes blóde, Hml. A. 68, 62. þá hors mid þám spurum geblódgode wǽron, Gr. D. 15, 4. Add: —

smeart

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
smeart, adj.

Smart, painful

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Mid smerte smiten of smale longe ȝerden ii. 207, 6. Me him smæt mid smærte ȝerden Laym. 20318. If men smot it with a yerde smerte (adv.) Chauc. Prol. 149.]

hring-finger

(n.)
Grammar
hring-finger, es; m.

The ring-finger

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Mid þuman and mid hringfingre, L. Med. ex Quadr. 1, 5; Lchdm. i. 330, 21

ge-beácn

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beácn, es; n.
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Signs, movements intended to express a meaning Twégen seólas mid heora flýse his fét drygdon, ... and siððan mid gebeácne his bletsunge bǽdon, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 13

dype

(n.)
Grammar
dype, an; f: dýp, es; n.

Depth, the deep, sea ⬩ profundum, altĭtūdo, altum

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Ascúfaþ hine út on middan ðære dýpan thrust him out into the middle of the deep, Homl. Th. i. 564, 8. Teóh hit on dýpan duc in altum, Lk. Bos. 5, 4

ge-sceortian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceortian, p. ade

To fall short, fail

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To fall short, fail Miððý ðæt wín gesceortade vino deficiente, Jn. Skt. Lind. 2, 3

á-snǽsan

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Þene horn þet he asneseð mide alle þeo þet ha areacheð, A. R. 200. Add: —

hoppetan

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Add: hoppettan Se hrefn mid openum múðe and mid áþenedum fiðerum ongann yrnan hoppetende ymbútan þone hláf corvus aperto ore, expansis alis circa panem coepit discurrere Gr. D. 118, 25

médian

(v.)
Grammar
médian, p. ode
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To reward Þone Erminigeldum his fæder ongan lǽran and mid médum médian and mid beótum brégan quem pater et praemiis suadere et minis terrere conatus est, Gr. D. 237, 23

þurh-sleán

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þurh-sleán, <b>. I.</b>
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add: to strike and pierce, wound; percutere Wearð hé mid þæs ealdan feóndes yfelnysse þurhslagen ( percussus ), Gr. D. 117, 7. Þurhslægene (percussi) mid þǽre ádle þæs mycclan líces, 207, 16

ofer-hlæstan

(v.)

to overload

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to overload Mid ðære herehýþe Rómáne oferhlæstan heora scipa, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 176, 18, 27. Hié (the ships) mon ne mehte mid monnum oferhlæstan 5, 13; Swt. 246, 11

Linked entry: hlæstan

ofer-hrops

(n.)

voracity

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voracity Ic brúce ðisum mettum mid sýfernysse swá swá dafnaþ munuce næs mid oferhropse vescor his cibis cum sobrietate, sicut decet monacho, non cum voracitate, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 5

sweord-weras

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-weras, pl.

The name of a people

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S. 329) Mid Seaxum ic wæs and mid Sweord*-*werum, Exon. Th. 322, 13; Víd. 62

ymb-scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-scrýdan, p. de

To clothe

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To clothe Ymbscrýdaþ eów mid Godes wǽpnunge induite vos armaturam Dei (Eph. 6, 11), Homl. Th. ii. 218, 2. Mid hwam gé sýn ymbscrýdde quid induamini, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 25

teón-word

(n.)
Grammar
teón-word, es; n.
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Næs heó swá nú æðelborene men synt mid oferméttum áfylled . . . ne mid teónwordum she was not, as nobly born men now are, filled with haughtiness . . . or with insolent words, Lchdm. iii. 428, 33

ge-sceót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceót, es; n.

shooting, hurling ⬩ rapid movement as of anything shot

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shooting, hurling Ge mid gesceótum [or gesceotum?]

strícan

(v.)
Grammar
strícan, p. strác, pl. stricon; pp. stricen.
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to stroke, smooth, rub, wipe Ne delfe hý nán man mid ísene and mid wætere ne þweá, ac stríce hý mid cláðe clǽne, Lchdm. iii. 30, 24. v. ymb-strícan. to make a stroke, v. be-strícan; strica. to go, move, run Búlon ðæm rodere ðe ðás rúman gesceaft ǽghwylce

Linked entries: a-strícan strece

weorf

(n.)
Grammar
weorf, es; n.
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Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. sciłł. . . . wilde weof mid . xii. Sciłł., oxan mid .xxx. p̃, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 4. Ungewylde weorf, nýten ł hors indomitos subjugales, Hpt. Gl. 458, 1. v. next word

ecglinga

(adv.)
Grammar
ecglinga, eclinga; adv.
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Stríc þú eclinga mid ǽgðere hande ofer ǽðerne earm, 127, 19. Cf brádlinga

Linked entry: eclinga