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for-dimmian

(v.)
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Ꝥ hí ná mid þrýstnesse hýrsumnysse gearnunge fordimmian ne praesumptione obedientiae meritum obnubilent, Angl. xiii. 383, 263. Þænne his mód ne feóndes hatunge byð fordimmode cum eius animus nec inimici odio fuscatur, Scint. 24, 19.

ge-rówan

(v.)
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to row, sail Hrówundum t mið ðý gehrówun nauigantibus, Lk. L. 8, 23. to reach by rowing (sailing, & c. ), sail to a place Dona gehréwun enauigauerunt, Lk.

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ge-erian

(v.)
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D. ii. 398, 20. .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽda gesáwan, iv. 306, 27. Add

hege-rife

Grammar
hege-rife, hairif (N. E. D.)
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Wyl æscrinde, . . . hegerife, marubian . . . and jí líc gnid mid þǽre hegerifan, Wyrc sealfe of marubian, . . . hegerifan, 78, 11-16. Hegerifan corn, 344, ii. Genim hegerifan, 76, II: iii. 16, 16. Wyl hegerifan, ii. 342, 2.

ofer-módigian

(v.)
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Mid nánes prýte þú ofermódiga nulla elatione superbias, Scint. 152, 16. Ðý lǽs hí dyrren ofermódgian (superbire) for ðǽm æðelestum weorcum, Past. 467, 16. Hí ofermódgiende his gebod forhogdon, 405, 31. Add

pípe

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Add Swilce án man pípige mid nigon pípan, Nap. 51, 20. Add Gif þonne gít sió ádl egle, gebringe inne þurh pípan oððe horn, swá lǽcas cunnan, Lch. ii. 224, 28. the channel of a small stream. v. N. E. D. pipe; 8 a. See the quotation from C.

strang-lic

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Hé þet land mid stranglicum feohte gewann, 1097; P. 234, 12

wulf

Grammar
wulf, <b>. I.</b>
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Læg se grǽga wulf þe bewiste ꝥ heáfod, and mid his twám fótum hæfde ꝥ heáfod beclypped, grǽdig and hungrig, and for Gode ne dorste þæs heáfdes ábyrian, Hml. S. 32, 145-155. Add

wyrt-tún

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Hé eóde into his wyrttúne ( ingressus hortum ), þá gemétte hé þone wyrttún beón oferwrigenne mid micelre menieo emela, Gr. D. 67, 4-8.

ælmes-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-riht, es; n.

A right or obligation in reference to alms

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Th. ii. 256, 30) Ǽghwilc ælmesriht ðe man on Godes ést scolde mid rihte georne gelǽstan, ǽlc man gelitlað oððe forhealdeð, Wlfst. 159, 21. Ðrǽlriht wǽron generwde and ælmesriht gewanode, 158, 16

hálig-wæter

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-wæter, es; n.

Holy water

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Mid háligwætere with holy water, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 4. On háligwætre in holy water, 45, 1; Lchdm. ii. 110, 14

tó-endebyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-endebyrdness, e; f.

Order,series,succession

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Order, series, succession Hé eallum mannum megena weorc mid wordum bodode. And tóendebyrdnesse his gesihþa ðám mannum ánum hit cýþan wolde, ðam ðe hine ácsodon for ðam luste inbryrdnesse omnibus opus virtutum praedicabat sermonibus.

for-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-lǽdan, p. -lǽdde; pp. -lǽded, -lǽdd, -lǽd

To misleadlead astrayseducesedūcĕre

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Ðeáh heó wurde forlǽd mid ligenum though she was misled with lies, 30; Th. 39, 23; Gen. 630: Past. 58; Hat. MS. Men synt forlǽdde men are misled, Cd. 33; Th. 45, 18; Gen. 728

leccan

(v.)
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leccan, p. lehte, leohte

To moistenwet

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Sumu twigu hé lehte mid wætere some twigs he watered, Past. 40, 3; Swt. 293, 7. His eágospind mid teárum leohte wetted his cheeks with tears, Guthl. 20; Gdwin 82, 4. Leohte ðæt líðe land lago yrnende, Cd. 12; Th. 13, 30; Gen. 210.

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lencten-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lencten-líc, adj.

Vernallenten

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Nú is ús álýfed ðæt wé ðæghwomlíce on ðyssere lenctenlícan tíde úre líchaman gereordigan mid forhæfednysse and clǽnnysse. Stuntlíce fæst se lenctenlíc fæsten, se ðe on ðisum clǽnum tíman hine sylfne mid gálnysse befýlþ, Hontl. Th. ii. 100, 13-17

glóf

(n.)
Grammar
glóf, e; a weak pl. glófan occurs; f. A

GLOVEchirothēcaχειρoθήκη

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He mid gyrde of ðam húses hrófe ða glófe gerǽhte he reached the glove from the house-roof with a stick, 22: 56, 4. Earnian mid ðam glófa him sylfum deserviat, per id cirotecas sibi, L. R. S; Th. i. 438, 15. Foxes glófa buglosse, Wrt.

þri-feald

(num.; adj.)
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þri-feald, adj.

Threefoldtriple

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Mid þreofealdre lencge terna proceritate, 445, 7. Ðú þriefalde on ús sáwle gesettest, Met. 20, 176. Þryfealdne (þreo-, MS. B.) áð ... þryfealde (þri-, MS. B.) láde mid þryfealdan foráðe, L. C. S. 22; Th. i. 388, 12-15.

þweorlíce

(adv.)
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þweorlíce, adv.

awryaskewin reversed orderin a way that offers oppositionobstinatelyflatlyperverselyevilly

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Icel. synja, neita þverliga; or angrily, Similar entries v. þweorh, III) and hí mid gedréfedre ǽbilignysse him fram ádráf Homl.

un-weorþlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþlíc, adj.

of little value or importancehumblethat has little honournot famous or splendidpoorignobledisgracefulinfamous

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God ða mǽstan ofermétto geniðrode mid ðære bismerlícestan wrace and ðære unweorðlícostan ( tormenta turpia ), Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 5

ymb-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-habban, p. -hæfde.
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Mid ðý unmǽtan weorode ymbhæfd optimo vallatus exercitu, Bd. 3, 18 ; S. 546, 31 : 2, 9; S. 511, 25 note. Emhæfd circumseptus (densis agminibus. Ald. 3), Anglia xiii. 27, 5.