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áþ-wyrþe

Entitled to make oath

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Add: Entitled to make oath Sé þe mánáð swerige, and hit him on open wurðe, ꝥ hé nǽfre eft áðwyrðe ne sý, Ll. Th. i. 212, 19

bán-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
bán-sealf, e; f.

A bone-salvea salve for pains in the limbs

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A bone-salve, a salve for pains in the limbs Tó gódre bán-sealfe þe mæg wið heáfodece and wið ealra lyma týddernysse, Lch. iii. 12, 23

fór-wel

(adv.)
Grammar
fór-wel, adv.

Very wellveryvalde

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Ólǽcþ ðes middangeard fórwel menige this world flatters very many, Homl. Th. i. 490, 14: ii. 158, 30: Ps. Th. 131, 6. Wurdon geworhte wundra fórwel fela very many wonders were wrought, Homl. Th. ii. 152, 28: 292, 34.

ge-emnettan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to make level Geemnettende complanans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 7. to make equal Beóð ealle þá fers geemnytte be ánum getele, Ælfc. Gr.

FÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
FÁH, fág; pl. nom. acc. ; gen. fára; dat. fáum; adj.

Guilty, criminal, proscribed, outlawed, inimical, hostilesons, reus, proscriptus, inĭmīcus, infensus, infentus

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Máne fáh guilty of crime, Beo. Th. 1960; B. 978. Máne fá, nom. pl. Andr. Kmbl. 3196; An. 1601. Synnum fáh guilty of sins, Frag. Kmbl. 28; Leás. 16: Exon. 118 b; Th. 456, 9; Hy. 4, 64. Mid synnum fáh, Cd. 217; Th. 275, 32; Sat. 180.

ge-lettan

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Þæt deófol wyle ǽlces mannes geþanc, gyf hé mæg, swýðe gelettan, Wlfst. 101, 15. Ic nolde þurh gielpcwide gǽstes mínes frófre gelettan, Gú. 1210.

cynnestre

(n.)
Grammar
cynnestre, an; f. [cennan to bring forth, -estre a female termination, q. v.]

One who brings forth, a mothergenitrix, mater

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One who brings forth, a mother; genitrix, mater Ðæt cild oncneów Marian stemne, cynnestran the child knew the voice of Mary, the mother, Homl. Th. i. 352, 27

Linked entries: cænnestre cennestre

deáþ-wang

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-wang, es; m. [deáþ death, wang a field, plain]

A death-plain mortis campus

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A death-plain; mortis campus Hí swǽfon dreóre druncne, deáþwang rudon they slept drunken with blood, made the death-plain red or bloody, Andr. Recd. 2009; An. 1005

fliógan

(v.)

to flyvŏlāre

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to fly; vŏlāre Ic mæg fliógan ofer ðone heán hróf ðæs heofones I can fly over the high roof of the heaven, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 5

forþ-asettan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-asettan, p. -sette; pp. -seted

To set forthappointmakepropōnĕrepōnĕrestatuĕre

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To set forth, appoint, make; propōnĕre, pōnĕre, statuĕre Ic ðone frumbearn forþasette ofer eorþcyningas ealra heáhstne ĕgo prīmogĕnĭtum pōnam illum, excelsum præ rēgĭbus terræ Ps. Th. 88, 24

módiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
módiglíce, adv.

Boldlybravely

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Boldly, bravely Modelíce manega sprǽcon ðe eft æt þearfe (MS. þære) þolian noldon many used brave words, who would fail at need, Byrht. Th. 137, 42; By. 200

morgen-swég

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-swég, es; m.

A sound made in the morning

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A sound made in the morning Ðá wæs on úhtan Grendles gúþcræft gumum undyrne. Ðá wæs æfter wiste wóp up áhafen, micel morgenswég. Beo. Th. 258; B. 129

nǽgen

(v.)
Grammar
nǽgen, = ne mǽgen
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Gedó ðæt hý nǽgen dón ðæt yfel ðæt hý þencaþ make them unable to do the evil that they devise; decidant a cogitationibus suis, Ps. Th. 5, 11

sib-æðeling

(n.)
Grammar
sib-æðeling, es; m.
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A prince and kinsman Sibæðelingas (Beowulf and Wiglaf; a few lines before the former is spoken of as the mǽg of the latter). Beo. Th. 5409; B. 2708

friþsumian

(v.)
Grammar
friþsumian, p. ode
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To make peaceable, reconcile Ealle friðsumaþ God (cf. ? per eum reconciliare omnia in ipsum, Col. I, 20) on eallum his mhtum, Hpt. 21, 189, 28. Cf. ge-sibsumian

ge-ráwan

(v.)
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to make a row or line Geráwende infindens (labara per terram trudito dextra, quatuor infindens directo tramite sulcos, Ald. 153, 33), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 24: 47, 22

Linked entry: ráwan

hæcine

(n.)
Grammar
hæcine, an; f.
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A drink made of vinegar and water Hæcine pusca (printed hacine (but see Angl. viii. 451) pusta ), Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 4 (in a list' de generibus potionum ')

Linked entry: hacine

rysc

Grammar
rysc, [Perhaps risc is the better form. v. N. E. D. rush.]
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The word occurs as the first part of many local names

wlaffian

(v.)
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to stammer, speak indistinctly Nán fefor nis mannon mára þonne se wínlica wǽta, of þám deáfiað þá eáran and wleaffad seó tunge (balbutit denigue lingua), Chrd. 74, H

Linked entry: wlæffetere

on-cnyssan

(v.)

to cast down

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to cast down Ðú mé yfela feala oft oncnyssedest thou didst strike me down with many evils, Ps. Th. 70, 19. Oncnyssyde depulsae, Ps. Spl. C. 61, 3