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mánful-lic

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Iacób hæfde twá geswustru him tó wífe. . . Ac ꝥ is nú mánfullic ǽnigum menn tó dónne on þám crístendóme. Hml. A. 16, 73. Add

samod-sprǽc

(n.)
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colloquy Samodsprǽc (conloquium) ne beó him gemǽne, Chrd. 68, 19. Ǽfter óþrum gástlicre getimbrunge samodspǽcum post cetera spiritualis edificationis colloquia, Angl. xiii. 401, 511

on-wrecan

(v.)

to avenge

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to avenge Ðý læs on him gesewen sí ðás þing onwrecen beón ne in eis illa ulcisci videantur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 28

be-fæstnian

(v.)
Grammar
be-fæstnian, ; p. ode.

to fixto pledgebetroth

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to fix Búton gé ðá heáfodleahtras him on befæstnian, ne sceal hé for ðám lǽssan losian, Hml. Th. ii. 336, 21. to pledge, betroth

neáh-gebúr

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Hét hé makian ǽnne castel. . . and hine on his spǽce Malueisin hét, ꝥ is on Englisc Yfel néhhebúr, Chr. 1095; P. 231, 9. Add

hycgan

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higdon nite-bantur, i. moliebantur (flectere ), An. Ox. 2, 198. Higde, 3375.

fór

a journeyan expeditionmarch

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Swá hwylc preóst swá farende byð (iter facial), and hine man on his fóre (in itinere ejus) fulwihtes biddeð, and hé wyrne for ofste his fóre (itineris). Ll. Th. ii. 138, 19-21. Be ciépemonna fóre uppe on londe, i. 118, ll: 82, 15.

múþ

(n.)
Grammar
múþ, es; m.

The mouththe mouth as an instrument of speechthe faceA mouthopeningorifice

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Hé for ðý sáre ne mihte his hand tó múþe gedón could not put his hand to his mouth, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 4. Eall ðæt on ðone múþ gǽþ, gǽþ on ða wambe, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 17. Múþum buccis, Wrt.

seax

(n.)
Grammar
seax, es; n.
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Martin ) tócearf his basing on emtwá mid sexe, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 26. Geteáh his seax, Blickl. Homl. 215, 6

Linked entries: sex sæx CNÍF

agén-standan

(v.)
Grammar
agén-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen

To STAND AGAINSTurgeinsist aponobsistereinsistere

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To STAND AGAINST, urge, insist apon; obsistere, insistere Ða Farisei ongunnan hefilíce him agén-standan Pharisæi cœperunt graviter insistere, Lk. Bos. 11, 53

a-fliéman

(v.)
Grammar
a-fliéman, p. de; pp. ed

To cause to fleeto banish

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To cause to flee, to banish Síe he afliémed let him be [as one] banished, L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 60, 17

Beada ford-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Beada ford-scír, e; f.

Bedfordshire

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Bedfordshire: Cnut wende him út þurh Buccingahámscíre into Beadafordscíre Canute went out through Buckinghamshire into Bedfordshire, Chr. 1016; Th. 279, 16, col. 1

morgen-colla

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-colla, an; m.

Dread (?) or rage (?), furious attack (?) which comes in the morning

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which comes in the morning Him fǽrspel bodedon, morgencollan, atolne ecgplegan. Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 6; Jud. 245

práfost-scír

(n.)
Grammar
práfost-scír, e ; f.
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Provostship Ða sylfan him ( the provost ) práfost-scíre (prófost-, MSS. O. F.) betǽhtan, ðe ðæne abbod tó abbodháde gecuran, R. Ben. 124, 16

un-warnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-warnod, adj.

Unwarned

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Unwarned Gif preóst óðerne unwarnode lǽte ðæs ðe hé wite ðæt him hearmian wille, L. N. P. L. 33; Th. ii. 294, 25

dynge

(n.)
Grammar
dynge, a storm. Substitute: <b>dynges mere</b>?
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Gewitan him þá Norþmen nægledcnearrum on dinges (dynges, dyniges, dinnes, v. ll. ) mere ofer deóp wæter Difelin sécan, Chr. 937; P. 109, 12

stillan

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Add Ðonne sceal him mon sellan hát wæter drincan; þonne stilð (ꝥ) ꝥ gesceorf innan and clǽsnað þá wambe, Lch. ii. 240, 23

cræftiga

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Hé sende him cræftigan (cræftige wyrhtan, v.l. architectos ), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 678, 18. v. galdor-cræftiga, heáh-cræftiga, smiþ-cræftiga; cræfta. Add

weder-burh

(n.)
Grammar
weder-burh, f.

A town exposed to storms, a weather-beaten city

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A town exposed to storms, a weather-beaten city Him Dryhten bebeád, ðæt hé ða wederburg wunian sceolde, Andr. Kmbl. 3390; An. 1699

bócian

(v.)
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Þreó hída ðe Oswald bisceop bócað Héhstáne his þægne þreora monna dæg on ðá gerád . . . C. D. iii. 19, 10 : 20, 32. Add