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hópig

(adj.)
Grammar
hópig, adj.

In hills and hollows

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Scot. hope a sloping hollow between two hills, or the hollow that is formed between two ridges on one hill] Com ic on sǽs hricg ðǽr mé sealt wæter hreóh and hópig holme besencte veni in allitudinem maris; et tempestas demersit me, Ps. Th. 68, 2

scippan

(v.)
Grammar
scippan, scieppan, sceppan; p. scóp, sceóp; pp. sceapen, scepen.
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</b> in the phrases naman or tó naman scippan to give a name :-- Him se pápa Petrus tó noman scóp cui papa Petri nomen imposuerat, Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 43. Scóp him Heort naman, Beo. Th. 157; B. 78.

a-scúnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scúnian, l. á-scunian,

to abhordetestto express hate or scorn of:-- to reject because of hate or scorn

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On áscunigendre synne in detestabili flagitio, Scint. 137, 7. to express hate or scorn of:-- Hí ásceonodon ł hyspton sáwle míne, (exprobraverunt ) Ps.

gabban

(v.)
Grammar
gabban, p. ede; pp. ed

To scoffmockdeludejestGABBLEGIBBERISHderīdĕrelūdĕreillūdĕre

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To scoff, mock, delude, jest; hence, perhaps, GABBLE, GIBBERISH; derīdĕre, lūdĕre, illūdĕre, Som. Ben. Lye

méðian

(v.)

to grow weary

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to grow weary Wið miclum gonge ofer land ... mucgwyrt nime him on hand oððe dó on his scó ðý læs hé méðige for much walking over the country ... let him take mugwort into his hand, or put it into his shoe, lest he grow weary, L.

fýr-ræce

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-ræce, (?), an; f.

An implement for removing ashes from a fireplace

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Cf. fýr-scofl

Linked entry: férrece

for-wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wrecan, p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen [wrecan to drive]

To drive outbanishexpelexpellĕrepropellĕrefŭgāre

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Hý forwrǽcon wícinga cynn they expelled the race of the vikings, Scóp Th. 95; Wíd. 47. Eart ðú ána forwrecen on Hierusalem tu sōlus peregrīnus es in Jerusalem? Lk. Bos. 24, 18

be-hrópan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hrópan, p. -hreóp, pl. -hreópon; pp. -hrópen [hrópan to call or cry out]

To scoff atrailtroublesugillare

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To scoff at, rail, trouble; sugillare Ðe-læs heó cume me behrópende ne veniens sugillet me Lk. Bos. 18, 5

mǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ, es; n. (?)

Math in after-mathmowinghay-harvest

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ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre síþe tó rípe free from every secular service except three things; one is church scot, and (the other two) that he [work] with all his might twice a-year, once at hay-harvest, the other time at corn-harvest, Cod. Dip.

creás-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
creás-lic, adj.
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Dainty, rich (of food) Sume þá preóstas þe worold*-*welan habbað . . . scolon máran and creáslicran fódan ( maiorem annonam ) habban on mynstre, Nap. 13

hlacerian

(v.)
Grammar
hlacerian, p. ode

To scoff atmock

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To scoff at, mock Ne ne tǽlun ł hlakerian ł gebysmerian [mé] míne fýnd neque irrideant me inimici mei, Ps. L. 24, 3

Linked entry: hlacerung

á-bíwan

(v.)
Grammar
á-bíwan, -beówan (-býwan, v.
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Dict. ), to rub up, polish, burnish, scour Ǽren fæt nyþewerd ábýwed, Lch. iii. 292, 10. Ábeówed defricatum Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 26

Linked entries: á-beówed a-býwan

ed-wít

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Þurh edwít in scorn (?), Sat. 681. an expression of disapproval Edwít apostropha de muliere nequam, Scint. 223, 1. of scorn, contempt, opprobrious term Cweþað him þæt edwít feóndas þíne quod exprobraverunt inimici tui, Ps. Th. 88, 44.

cwyð

(n.)
Grammar
cwyð, e; f. [ = cwide, cwyde]

A word, sayingverbum, dictum

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A word, saying; verbum, dictum Him ða cwyðe frecne scódon these words overwhelmed him with woe, Cd. 78; Th. 96, 18; Gen. 1596

til

(prep.)
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scóp ælda barnum heben til hrófe (cf. tó hrófe, Bd. 4, 24; M. 344, 11), 149, 6. Ðá cueð til (tó, Rush.) him ðe Hǽlend tunc dicit illis Jesus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 31. Huér wiltú ðæt wé gearuiga ðé til eottanne (tó etanne, Rush.)

drince-leán

(n.)
Grammar
drince-leán, es; n.

Tributary drink, scot-ale, the contribution of tenants to purchase ale for the entertainment of their lord or his steward on the fee, Glos. to Th. Laws, vol. ii. Or, perhaps, the ale given by the seller to the buyer on concluding a bargainretrĭbūtio potus vel præmium bibendi

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Tributary drink, scot-ale, the contribution of tenants to purchase ale for the entertainment of their lord or his steward on the fee, Glos. to Th. Laws, vol. ii.

ge-hyspan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyspan, p. de, te

To deridemockscoffinsultareexprobare

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To deride, mock, scoff; insultare, exprobare,Hpt. Gl. 441. Se god ðe on heofonum ys híg gehyspþ qui habitat in cœlis irridebit eos, Ps. Th. 2, 4

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, m.
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Add: [Whaðer unker þe geð abake and þis feoht wulle forsake, beo he in ælche londe iqueðe for ane sconde, Laym. 23668]. v. sceand, f. ; swǽm

fór-werod

(v.)
Grammar
fór-werod, -wered; part. p. [werian to wear]

Worn outvery oldattrītusvĕtus

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Næs his reáf hórig ne tosigen, ne his scós fórwerode his raiment was not dirty nor threadbare, nor his shoes worn out, i. 456, 21: ii. 94, 11. Nǽron eówre reáf fórwerede non sunt attrīta vestīmenta vestra, Deut. 29, 5.

Burgendas

(n.)
Grammar
Burgendas, gen. a; pl. m: Burgendan; pl. m.
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Weóld Burgendum Gifica Gifica ruled the Burgundians, Scóp Th. 40; Wíd. 19: 131; Wíd. 65

Linked entry: Burgendan