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bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.

a bedcoucha surface on which something rests?

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D. bed = ant-hill

ge-wita

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wita, an; m.

One who is cognisant of anythinga witnessan accessorytestisconscius

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Gif heó clǽne sý and ðæs fácnes gewita nǽre if she be innocent and were not an accessory to the crime, L. Ath. v. § 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 17. Ðæt ðú sý wommes gewita that thou art an accessory to the crime, Exon. 80 a; Th. 301, 14; Fä. 19: Frag.

un-gecoren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecoren, adj.

unchosenunselectedreprobateevil

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unchosen, unselected; used in reference to those who swore along with another, when they were not selected by the party making oath from a number of persons named to him, as was the case in the cyre-áð, q. v.

Linked entry: ge-coren

sulh

(n.)
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Th. i. 208, 12 seems to belong to II. as dealing with an extent of land rather than with an implement. Such an area was to provide two men with good horses.

swilce

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Add:, swálíce. Add Be þon swilce (swelce, swylce, v.ll.) Paulus cwǽð unde Paulas quoque dicit. Bd. 1. 27; Sch. 85, 11. <b>II a.

on-hréran

(v.)

of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violentlyto move, disturb, agitateof emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite

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Kmbl. 2606; An. 1304: 2788; An. 1396

Linked entry: hréran

tó-dǽlan

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Add [On] þreó tódǽledes tripertiti (mundi), An. Ox. 4512. <b>II b.</b> add :-- Tódǽlað hig þurh seofon, Angl. viii. 326, 26. Tódǽlað þás feówertig þurh fífe, 328, 25. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Tódǽledre sequestra (pace ), An.

FLET

(n.)
Grammar
FLET, flett, es; n.

the groundfloor of a houseārĕaa dwellinghabitationhousecottagehallhăbĭtātiodŏmuscăsaaula

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the ground, floor of a house; ārĕa Ne cume on bedde, ac licge on flette let him not come into a bed, but lie on a floor, L. P. M. 2; Th. ii. 286, 21. Heó on flet gecrong she sank on the ground, Beo.

Linked entries: fled flett

frymþ

(n.)
Grammar
frymþ, frumþ, es; m: e; f. [frum original, first]

A beginningfoundationoriginfirst-fruitsinĭtiumprincĭpiumconstĭtūtioŏrigoprīmĭtiæ

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A beginning, foundation, origin, first-fruits; inĭtium, princĭpium, constĭtūtio, ŏrigo, prīmĭtiæ Næs his frymþ ǽfre his origin never was, Exon. 65 a; Th. 240, 12; Ph. 637. Ic sprece fóresetnyssa fram frymþe lŏquar propŏsĭtiōnes ab inĭtio, Ps.

swǽslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swǽslíce, adv.
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properly. v. swǽs, Wé andettaþ swǽslíce and sóþlíce Fæder and Sunu and Háligne Gást confitemur proprie et veraciter Patrem et Filium et Spiritum Sanctum Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 36. of persons, kindly, in a gracious, friendly manner, blandly; of things, agreeably

þanc-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
þanc-weorþ, -wurþ, -wirþe; adj.
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Smylte weder biþ ðý þancwyrþre (gratius) gif hit hwéne ǽr biþ stearce stormas ... And þancwyrþre biþ ðæs dæges leóht for ðære egeslícan þióstro ðære nihte, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 26-29. Þancwurðra gratuita, Hpt. Gl. 442, 26.

á-belgan

(v.)
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Þá áne þe him ǽr ábolgen wæs, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 80, 17. Ábolgene (-bloncgne in text) wéron indignati sunt Mt. L. 26, 8. [Laym, abalh; p.; abolȝen; pp.: O. Sax. á-belgan: O. H. Ger. ar-belgan.]

Linked entries: á-bloncgne in-belgan

byrgen

(n.)
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Be his lífe and be his forðfóre and be his byr(i)geune (sepultura), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 348, 14

eád

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Add: happiness, felicity, prosperity Ne bið him hyra yrmðu án tó wíte, ac þára óðerra eád tó sorgum, Cri. 1294.

fǽr-lic

(adj.)

suddensuddenfortuitous

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Fǽrlicum gelimpum fortuitis casibus, An. Ox. 4185. Þá fǽrlican áwendennissa fortuitas permutationes, 190

ge-hreówan

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hreówan;</b> p. ge-hreáw, ge-hreów. to cause sorrow to, grieve a person (acc. ). the subject a noun Mec þín weá set heortan gehreáw, Cri. 1494.

on-secgan

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add: absolute, to offer a sacrifice, sacrifice Þé þes déma hafað wítu gegearwad, gif þú onsecgan nelt, Jul. 251. (1 a) to sacrifice to a divinity, &amp;amp;c. :-- Ic onsæge ł ic offrige þé sacrificabo tibi, Ps. L. 53, 8.

weorc

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weorc, <b>. IV.</b>
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IV b. add: — Ðsér wæs cyrice geworht and getimbred wundorlices worces. Bd. i. 7 ; Sch. 27, 7. Add Ne forstondeð ꝥ fæsten nówiht ꝥ mid gesynsciplice weorce bið besmyten, Ll. Th. ii. 440, 7.

sacerd

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd, es; m.

A priest

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Kmbl. 141; Ap. 71

on-hebban

(v.)
Grammar
on-hebban, p. -hóf (the weak form -hefde also occurs); pp. -hafen.

to lift up, raise (the eyes, voice)to raise (as barm does), to leavento take up, beginto take awaymetaph. to lift up, exalt (generally in a bad sense)

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Spl. 71. 7. metaph. to lift up, exalt (generally in a bad sense) Ǽlc ðæra ðe hine onhefþ, hé sceal beón geeádmét. Homl. Th. i. 202, 33. Ǽlc ðe hine anhefþ, hé biþ geneoþerad, and ǽlc ðe hine geneoþeraþ, hé biþ mid weorþmynte onhafen. . . .

Linked entries: an-hebban in-hebban