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sac-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sac-leás, adj.

innocentcontention, unmolested, secure

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Ðo þe hadden on þesse liue alle here sunnes forleten and bet . . . alle he quað hem saclese, O. E. Homl. ii. 171, 35. Wass Crist sacclæs o rode naȝȝedd, Orm. 1900. Sacles (without strife, freely) he let hin welden it so, Gen. and Ex. 916

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

freá-drihten

(n.)
Grammar
freá-drihten, freah-drihten; gen. -drihtnes; m.

A lordmasterthe Lorddŏmĭnus

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Freádrihten mín O my Lord, 42; Th. 54, 29; Gen. 884. He wolde freahdrihtnes feorh ealgian he would defend his lord's life, Beo. Th. 1596, note; B. 796

Linked entry: freah-drihten

lærest

(adj.)

least

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least Æt ðam lærestan wlitewamme iii scillingas and at ðam máran vi scill. for the smallest disfigurement of the face iii shillings, for the greater vi shillings, L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15.

Linked entry: læssa

teld

(n.)
Grammar
teld, es; n.

A tent, pavilion; left still in tilt of a cart

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A tent, pavilion; left still in tilt of a cart On ðam telde ( tabernaculo ) heó ys, Gen. 18, 9. Eardungstówa Ō teld his tabernaculum ejus, Ps. Spl. 17, 13. Mon teld (geteld, MS.

þístra

(n.)
Grammar
þístra, þrístra
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a trace (?), part of an animal's harness Þístra conjuncta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 34. Þrístra, i. 16, 9. [For similar double form cf. þeóstru, for meaning cf. (?) Goth. þinsan: O. H.

ge-díþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-díþan, ge-déþan; pp. ed. [v. deáþ.]
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to put to death, kill Mið deáðe gedéðed morte moriatur, Mk. L. R. 7, 10. Of huælcum deáðe uére sweltende ł gedéðet qua morte esset moriturus, Jn. L. 12, 33. Þte hiá woere gedéðed ł gecuelledo ut interfaerentur, Lk. L.

Linked entry: ge-déþan

ge-cennan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cennan, p. de; pp. ed.

to begetbring forthproduceto cleardeclareprovepurgareadvocaremanifestare

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to beget, bring forth, produce Gicende edidit, Rtl. 108, 29. From forleigere ne aru we gecenned ex fornicatione non sumus nati, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 41. [Cf. O. H.

Linked entry: ge-cænnan

scortian

(v.)
Grammar
scortian, p. ode.
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to get short, shorten (intrans.) Se dæg ðonne sceortaþ, Lchdm. iii. 250, 23. Se sceortigenda (scort-, MS. L.) dæg ... se langienda dæg, 252, 8. to make short (? cf. þenne cumeð þe deofel and him scorteð his daȝes, O. E. Homl. i. 25, 14.

á-habban

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Add: to restrain from wífum áhæfden, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 5. í Heó sceolde áhabban fram Godes húses ingange, 493, 15: 489, 17. Fram ingange is áhabbanne ab ingressu abstinendum est , 495, 20. Hine fram þám síðfæte áhæbbende, Hml.

Linked entry: on-habban

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.

óman

(n.)
Grammar
óman, pl. f.

Erysipelas, erysipelatous inflammationserysipelas.

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Voc. ii. 45, 34: 110, 52. Lǽcedómas wið ǽlces cynnes ómum, Lchdm. ii. 98, 21. In the section of which this is the heading the word frequently occurs. Of hómena stiéme cymþ eágna mist, 26, 26.

Linked entry: hóme

folc-cyning

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

Folk's kingking of nationsking of the peoplepŏpŭli rex

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Folc-cyninge for the king of nations, Cd. 131; Th. 166, 25; Gen. 2753. Fífe folc-cyningas five kings of nations, 93; Th. 119, 4; Gen. 1974: 95; Th. 125, 5; Gen. 2074. cf. O. Sax. folk-kuning

land-mann

(n.)
Grammar
land-mann, es; m.
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Gyf se landman ǽniges fácnes gewita ðonne wítes scyldig, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 23-7. Landmanna cyme the coming of the men of the country, Cd. 151; Th. 189, 4; Exod. 179

grimman

(v.)
Grammar
grimman, ic grimme, ðú grimst, he grimmeþ, grimþ, pl. grimmaþ; p. gram, grom, pl. grummon; pp. grummen.
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to rage, roar, make a loud noise; fremere Ðú hie grimman meaht gehýran thou mayest hear it [hell] rage, Cd. 37; Th. 49, 17; Gen. 793. Hwæl-mere hlúde grimmeþ the whale-mere [the sea] rages loudly, Exon. 101 a; Th. 382, 3; . 3, 5. [Cf. O.

Linked entry: gúþ-mód

slápian

(v.)
Grammar
slápian, p. ode
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To cause to sleep, used impersonally with acc. ; cf. O. H. Ger. mih sláphóta dormitavit anima mea Ne geþafa ðú ðínum eágum ðæt hié slápige ne ne hnappigen díne brǽwas . . . Ne slápige ðin eáge (eágan, Cote. MSS. ) . . .

wissigend

(n.)
Grammar
wissigend, es; m.

a directorguidera directorruler

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Surt. 20, 25. Rex cwæþaþ cyning, ðæt is gecweden wissigend, O. E. Homl. i. 302, 27. Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðǽr seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 11

cyrnel

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cf. O. H. Ger. cherno nucleus, granum: Icel. kjarni.] a kernel of a nut, &c. Hnutu avilina, cyrnel nuclium, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 26. Cyrnel nucleus, cyrnlas nucli, ii. 60, 26, 25.

meaht-leás

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wǽron mid þǽre meteleáste mihtleáse gedóne. Hml. S. 37, 54. non-physical bið him swá mihtleás on his módes strece his underþeóddan egesian ne dear, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 6

ofer-sceáwian

(v.)

to overlook, superintend

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P. 37; Th. ii. 378, 25-30. [Episcopus . . . is on Englisc scawere, for he is iset to þon þet he scal ouerscawian mid his ȝeme þa lewedan, O. E. Homl. i. 117, 7.]