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dysegian

(v.)
Grammar
dysegian, dysigan, dysian; part. dysigende, dysiende; he dysegaþ; p. ede, ode ; pp. ed, od; v. intrans. [dysig foolish] .

to be foolish, act foolishly, err ineptīre, errāreto talk foolishly, blaspheme blasphĕmāre

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to be foolish, act foolishly, err; ineptīre, errāre Ða, dysiende, wénaþ ðætte ðæt þing sió ǽlces weorþscipes wyrþe they, foolish, think that the thing is worthy of all estimation, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 9. He dysegaþ, se ðe wile sǽd óþfæstan ðám dríum forum

Linked entry: dysian

be-wenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wenian, p. ede; pp. ed [be, wenian to accustom, draw to one's self, honour]

To entertain, take care ofhospitio accipere

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To entertain, take care of; hospitio accipere We wǽron hér tela bewenede we were here kindly entertained, Beo. Th. 3646, note; B. 1821. Dryht-bearn Dena duguþa bewenede [MS. and Thorpe's note, 4077; bí werede, B. 2035] a noble offspring of the Danes

Linked entry: be-þénede

ge-ǽðed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽðed, part. [áþ an oath, a swearing]

Swornjūrātus

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Edg. S. 6; Th. i. 274, 18

Linked entry: ge-ǽþan

wác-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wác-scipe, es; m.

Remissness

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Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 7

hafecere

(n.)
Grammar
hafecere, es; m.

A hawker

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Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 7

ge-bicgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bicgan, -bicgean

to buypurchase

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Edg. ii. 3; Th. i. 266, 18: L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 13

weorold-gewuna

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gewuna, an; m.
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Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 15

ge-fæd

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fæd, adj. [ge-fadian to set in order]

Orderlydispŏsĭtus

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Edg. C. 4; Th. ii. 244, 14

feorh-gener

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-gener, es; n.

Life-safetysalvation of lifevītæ servātio

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Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 25

twi-bille

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-bille, adj.
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Double-edged Bipennis twibille vel stánæx (the double gloss seems to render the double character of the Latin word as adjective and noun; a little later (see preceding word) in the same glossary bipennis as noun is rendered by twybill ), Wrt.

Linked entry: -bille

fǽr-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-cwealm, es; m.

A sudden pestilence repentīna pestĭlentia

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Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 8

Linked entry: cwealm

mynster-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-preóst, es; m.

A priest who conducts service in a minster

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Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 8

weorold-wíg

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wíg, es; n.
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Edg. C. 60; Th. ii. 256, 35. Worldwíge, L. Eth. ix. 30; Th. i. 346, 23

æt-dón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-dón, ic æt-dó; p. -dide; subj. ic, ðú, he -do; pp. -dón, -dén

To take awaydepriveeripere

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Edg. C. 9; Th. ii. 246,10

cynnan

(v.)

to declare, clear, proveadvocāre, purgāre, manifestāre

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Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 12, note 7

ge-áhnian

(v.)

to ownpossessappropriate to one's self

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Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 16

mis-efesian

(v.)

to cut the hair improperly

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Edg. C. 47; Th. ii. 254, 13

heolfor

(n.)
Grammar
heolfor, es; n.

Blood from a woundgorecruor

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Blood from a wound, gore; cruor Blód út ne com heolfor of hreþre ðeáh mec bite stíðecg stýle there came not out blood or gore from my breast though the steel with stiff edge bit me, Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 9; Rä. 88, 13.

Linked entry: helabr

læs-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
læs-boren, adj.
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Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 21

cométa

(n.)
Grammar
cométa, an; m.

A comet cométacométesκομήτης

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. = κομήτης, ov; m. long-haired Higegleáwe hátaþ cométa be naman the wise-minded call a comet by name Chr. 975; Th. 228, 38, col. 1, 2, 3; Edg. 52