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wræc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-stów, e; f.

a place of exilea place of miserypunishment

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a place of exile Seó stów ðe, ðú nú on hǽft eart, and ðú cwist ðæt ðín wræcstów , heó is ðám monnum éþel ðe ðǽron geborene wǽran hic ipse locus, quem iu exsilium vocas, incolentibus patria est, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 27. a place of misery or punishment

á-merian

(v.)
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Srt. 16, 3. Ámere examina, judica vel proba, Wülck. Gl. 230, 9. Hine sylfne symle ámeriende se semper examinans, Gr. D. 107, 14. Beón ámerede and geclǽnsode of synnum, Wlfst. 95, 22. Ámerode, 96, 6. Womma gehwylces geclǽnsod, ámered, El. 1312.

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ceaf

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ðe getimbrað ofer ðám grundwealle treówa, oþþe streáw, oððe ceaf (ligna, foenum, stipulam) . . . Ðurh ðám streáwe and ðám ceafe sind getácnode leóhtlice synna, ii. 590, 9-14: 322, 19.

dæg-réd

(v.)
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Srt. ii. p. 201, 25. Ðæt leóht þe wé hátað dægred (dæge-, v. l. ), Lch. iii. 234, 29. Gongað þá .vii. steorran on dægered on setl, Shrn. 146, 8. Se cocc hlúdor singð on úhtan ðonne on dægred, Past. 461, 2. On dægred siþþan hit frumlýhte, Bl.

eaxel

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Hine þonne ofer eaxle besihð se déma tó þám forwyrhtum, Wlfst. 256, 8. Eaxla humeri, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 67: 283, 5. Eahslum scapulis, Bl. Gl. Add

efnan

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.), efne tó eorðan (lay flat on the ground ) ealdne ceorl; sóna þæt onfindeð, þe mec féhð ongeán, þæt hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, Rä. 28, 8. [v. N. E. D. even; vb. 2. Cf. O. H.

for-grípan

Grammar
for-grípan, fór-grípan (l. for-).

To seizeTo destroy

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Ealle hí se stranga deáð forgrípeð and nymð, Guth. 78, 15. Genom ł forgráp appraehendit, Lk. L. 5, 26. Hé wæs mid hrædlice deáðe forgripen morte immatura praereptus est, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 472, 5. with dat. To destroy, B. 2353: Gen. 1275 (v. Dict.)

for-legen

adulterous

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Eallswá scyldig byð geteald se forlegena cniht swá ꝥ forlegene mǽden, Hml. A. 20, 152. For mé earmlicre forlegenre, Hml. S. 23 b, 598.

fremdian

(v.)
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S. 23 b, 670. to make an alien of a person, excommunicate Fremðiga anathematizare, Mk. R. 14, 71. Fremdian (frendian, MS. The word is a gloss on Mk. 14, 71), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 31

fóster-nóþ

(n.)
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fóster-nóþ, m. ? l. fósternoþ; m.
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Wæs neódþearf ꝥ heom wǽre bútan yldinge gegearwod se mete and fóstornoð (-nað, v.l.) þǽre dæghwámlican andleofne necesse erat ut quotidiani sumtus laborantibus sine dilatione praeberentur, Gr. D. 251, 16. Sceáp fóstornoþes ( pascue ) his, Ps.

ge-derian

(v.)
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ðe heom gederige mid worde oððe weorce, Ll. Th. ii. 240, 6. Gif hit gewierðe ꝥ man gehádedum oþþe ælþeódigum gederode (-ede, v.l.), i. 192, 18. Nán mon ne mæg þám gesceádwísan móde gederian, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 17

gnagan

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Sceal se hund bán gnagan, Lch. ii. 48, 12. Gnægen conrosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 35. Gnagene (gragene, MS.) roderentur (leonum rictibus ), An. Ox. 2, 224

Gota

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Sum Gota þearfa on gáste Gothus quidam pauper spiritu, Gr. D. 113, 15. Hú se Gota geneádod ágeaf Furtunate þá cnapan, 79, 8. Wisle lond, and be-eástan þǽm sint Datia, þá þe iú wǽron Gotan, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 18.

middeweard

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Middeweard se spaca bið ǽgðrum (ende) emnneáh, Bt. 39, 7 ; F. 222, 8. On middeweardum hire ríce hió getimbrede Babylonia, Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 14: 2, 4; S. 74, 11. On þá lytlan dúne middeweardre, C. D. ii. 249, 31.

mynster

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S. 31, 28. v. Élíg-, neáh-, West-mynster. Add

wærc

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On þysse worulde sýn fíf onlícnessa be hellegryre.

cniht

(n.)
Grammar
cniht, <b>; I.</b> add: <b>I b.</b> used in reference to a guild, a junior member (?);
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Gif cniht ǽpen bréde, gilde se hláford án pund. Cht. Th. 612, 23: 28: 32. ( The guild in this case was &#39;þegna gild. &#39;)

wæter-seóc

(adj.)
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wæter-seóc, adj.

Dropsical

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Dropsical Ðá wæs sum wæterseóc man homo quidam hydropicus erat, Lk. Skt. 14, 2 : Homl. Skt. i. 5, 145. Wæter-seóc lymphaticus, Hpt. Gl. 514, 30. Ydropicus byð se wæterseóca, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 56;Zup. 68, 3.

æfter-gengness

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-gengness, e; f.

posteritysuccession in an officeinferiority of position, occupation of the lowest place

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Th. ii. 206, 10. succession in an office For ðǽre gewissan æftergencgnysse (-gegencgednysse, v. 1.) ðæt is ðæt se sunu sceolde symle fón tó ðám háde æfter his fæder geendunge, Hml. S. 10, 219.

ærn

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Seó reáde netele ðe þurh ærne in wyxð, Lch. iii. 52, 12. Genim grun-deswyligean ðá ðe on ærenu wexeð, 48, 29. Add: [older ræn. ]