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dríman

(v.)
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Seó beó ne murnð leóflic leóþ tó drýmanne, Angl. viii. 324, 17. Wynsume swinsunge tó drémene dulcem melodiam modulaturus (i. canaturus ), An. Ox. 1344. Getwinnum sangum hǽle Gode dré(mende) geminis concentibus Osanna persultans, 2608

Linked entries: dreman drýman

gegninga

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Geagnunga, El. 673. without intermediate agency Hwá meahte mé swylc gewit gifan, gif hit gegnunga God ne onsende?, Gen. 672.

ge-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-liþian, ge-leoþian; p. ode
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Hé swá swýðe gebunden geare ongeat and georwénde ꝥ him nǽfre ofer ꝥ ne mihte beón geleoðad con-strictus nimis relaxari sejam posse desperabat, 326, 12

Linked entries: on-liþian ge-leoþian

ísen

(n.)
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ísen, n.
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Aðamans mon mid náne ísene ceorfan ne mæg, Past. 271, 3. Ðæt ísen ðæt hié men mid lácnian sculdon, 364, 10. Hé teáh ꝥ ísen (cf. þás hringan, 66) úp, Hml. S. 21, 69.

middel

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Ne wyrð seó nǽfre onwend þá hwíle þe God byð on hire midle, Ps. Th. 45, 4. the middle of the body Oð middil pube ( puue, MS. ) tenus, Hpt. 33, 251, 25

ofer-stígan

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Hwenne so wil wit oferstieð ( gets the upper hand of), Misc. 192, 1.] add: with the idea of passing across or beyond Gewyrc ánne hring ymb þone slite útan, ne oferstíhð hit furðor, Lch. ii. 112, 1. Hé oferstáh ealle gesceafta, Hml. S. 15, 164.

of-stígan

(v.)
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to descend Sé ðe ofer hróf ne ofstíges (ástigað, R.) ádúne in hús qui super tectum non descendat in domum, Mk. L. 13, 15. Ofstág (ástág, R.) mið him descendat cum eis, Lk. L. 2, 51. Ofstág ádúne, 19, 6.

Linked entry: stígan

on-gildan

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Wearð Godes wracu on Róme . . . him wæs ungemetlic moncwealn getenge, þæt nán hús næs binnan þǽre byrig þæt hit næfde þǽre wrace angolden exoritur ultio . . . incredibilium morborum pestis extenditur: nulla domus fuit, quae non illa pestilentia correpta

sceáwung

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Add Ne cúþe hé þá deógolnysse þǽre godcundan sceáwunge, Gr. D. 136, 12. On þysre sceáwunge ( in hac speculatione) wundorlic þing æfterfyligde, 171, 7. Þurh þá gástlican sceáwunge, 154, 3.

stæpe

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Add Nis nán twýn þæt eów ne beó forgolden ǽlc þǽra stapa ðe gé tó Godes húse stæppað, Hml. Th. ii. 444, 11. <b>I b.

H

hail

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In. some cases it is dropped, e. g. bleó for bleoh; seón, p. seah; nabban = ne habban.

ge-angsumian

(v.)
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Wearð geancsumod se árleása Pascasius. . . wódlíce geancsumod ꝥ his mágas ne mihton his módleáste ácuman, Hml. S. 9, 103, 124. Hé læg geancsumod, orwéne lífes, 21, 114. Geancsumod on móde, 9, 116. Geangsumod (-anc-, v. l.), 25, 224.

ofer-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-sprǽce, adj.

speaking too much, talkative, loquaciouszungun linguam magniloquumsaying more than is just or true

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Ne beo ðú tó oferspréce ac hlyst ǽlces monnes worda swíðe georne ' give every man thy ear, but few thy voice, ' Prov. Kmbl. 58. Salamon cwæþ, ðæt sélre wǽre tó wunigenne mid león and dracan ðonne mid yfelan wífe and ofersprǽcum, Homl.

baþian

(v.)

to immerse in a liquid by way of torment,

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.:--- Ic mé nǽfre bet ne baðode, Ap. Th. 13, 21. Ðá baþode hé hine on gehálgedum wætre, Guth. 60, 2: Gr. D. 308, 22. Baþige hé hine on swétum wætre, Lch. ii. 244, 17, 23. Ongan hé hine baðian swá swátigne, Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 30.

Linked entry: bæþ

náwiht-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
náwiht-, náht-líc; adj.

Good for nothingworthlessnaughty

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Manna rǽdas syndon náhtlíce ongeán Godes geþeaht men's plans are of no avail against God's counsel, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 27. Ða hé geceás ðe dyselíce and nahtlíce geþuhte synt he chose those that seemed foolish and of no account, R. Ben. 138, 30

un-fyrn

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un-fyrn, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hé wæs unfyrn ( for lyttlum fyrste, v.l.) forðféred ante non longum tempus defunctus est, Gr. D. 71, 18. add "Hé deád byð unfyrn" . . . þírn ódran dæge æfter þæs Godes weres cwide hé his líf geendode, 62, 28.

hí-réd

(n.)
Grammar
hí-réd, hírd, es; m.

A household,house, family, the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, a court, the members of a religious house, a company, band of associates

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Lucinius bebeád ðæt nán cristen mon ne cóme on his hieréde Licinius omnes Christianos e palatio suo jussit expelli, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 282, 28.

Linked entry: hý-réd

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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. þe lytel, þe þǽr nán ne sié, Lch. ii. 218, 11.

nebb

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Add Hér pilus, neb piceca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 41-42. Add Mid nebbe pluc[ciað] rostra (apes) decerpunt. An. Ox. 100. Add Nebb uultus, An. Ox. 2931. Dragað hine niwelne his neb tó eorðan, Hml. S. 14, 155.

a-calan

(v.)
Grammar
a-calan, p. -cól, pl. -cólon

To become coldalgerefrigescere

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To become cold; algere, frigescere acól for ðý egesan he never became cold for the terror, Andr. Grm. 1267