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smicer

(adj.)
Grammar
smicer, adj.

Fair, fine, beautiful, elegant elegans, delicatus

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Hió bit ðæt hí findon twá smicere scencingcuppan intó beódern she asks them to provide two fair goblets for the refectory Ch. Th. 536, 7. Ðæs smicerestan politissimis Wrt.

hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
hlæst, es; n.

Burden, freight, lading

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Burden, freight, lading Eów is holmes hlæst and hecfonfuglas and wildu deór on geweald geseald into your power is given the ocean's freight [fishes] and the fowls of the air and wild beasts, Cd. 74; Th. 91, 20; Gen. 1515.

un-besacen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besacen, adj.

unmolested by litigationnot made the subject of litigationuncontested

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S. 73; Th. i. 414 23. of things, not made the subject of litigation, uncontested Ðæt ðæt land swá unbesæccen gange intó ðære cyrican swá hit ðá on dæg wes ðá hit man him tó læt that the land pass into the possession of the church as uncontested as it

lacu

Grammar
lacu, For 'A pool ...
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Be healfan stréme intó Sandfordes læce; swá andlang ðǽre lace intó Sandforda; of Sandforda eást andlang ðǽre lace, C.D. iv. 134, 21-24. Oð ðá lace; andlang lace út on Temese, v. 302, 34: 330, 28: vi. 2, 12: vi. 8, 26. On þá fúlan lace, v. 13, 22.

middel

(n.)
Grammar
middel, es; middela(?), an; m.

The middlecentre

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Intó ðam middelan (intó middan, other MS:) ðere stréte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 385, 9. On middel ðæs unmǽtan cyles, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 42: 628, 1. On ðone middel ðære mǽran byrig, Elen. Kmbl. 1724; El. 864.

Linked entry: midlest

ge-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feolan, l. ge-feólan; p. -fealh, pl. fulgon.
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Take here passage given under ge-felgan, and add: to press into, to make ones way into a place, get and remain in Wæs þǽr neáh Apollines templ; þá gefealh hé þǽr in and þǽr þá niht gewunode juxta Apollinis templum fuit, ibique se ad manendum contulit

rihte

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Hwílon Wentsǽte hýrdon intó Dúnsǽtan, ac hit gebyreð rihtor intó West-Sexan, Ll. Th. i. 356, 19. Add Genóh wel ðú hyt ongitst, and genóh rihte, Solil. H. 16, 22. Genóh rihte ðú hyt understenst, 24, 14. Apollonius þone rǽdels rihte árǽdde, Ap.

burh-loca

(n.)
Grammar
burh-loca, burg-loca, an; m.
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A cily-inclosure, city-barrier or defence, as — a wall, mound or moat; urbis septum, arcis claustrum vel clausura He gelǽdde brýd mid bearnum under burhlocan, in Sǽgor he led his wife with the children within the city-inclosure, into Zoar, Cd. 118; Th

Linked entry: burg-loca

ge-dwild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dwild, -dwyld, es; n.

Errorheresyerrorhærĕsis

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On gedwilde into error, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 22; Gen. 23. Ðú scealt þrówian ðínra dǽda gedwild thou shalt expiate the error of thy deeds, 43; Th. 57, 2; Gen. 922. Dyrnra gedwilda of dark errors, Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 22; Jul. 368.

Linked entry: ge-dwyld

heolstor

Grammar
heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Betwyx clúdige heollstru inter recessus scrupeos, Germ. 399, 447. Add:

innan

(adv.)
Grammar
innan, adv. and prep. gen. dat. acc.

Inintowithinfrom within

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In, into, within, from within. Gé synt innan fulle reáfláces intus estis pleni rapina, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 25. Hig synt innan fulle deádra bána intus plena sunt ossibus mortuorum, 23, 27. Heorot innan wæs freóndum áfylled, Beo. Th. 2039; B. 1017.

be-faran

(v.)
Grammar
be-faran, p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faran; v. trans. [be, faran to go]

To go roundto travel throughgo all overto traverseto gomarchencompassto surroundperagrarecircumvenire

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Rómáne on ungewis on án nyrewett befóran, óþ hý Somnite útan befóran the Romans marched unwittingly into a narrow pass, till the Samnites surrounded them on the outside, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 8 : Cd. 167; Th. 209, 10; Exod. 497

Linked entry: be-féran

cyme

(adj.)
Grammar
cyme, adj.

Becoming, convenient, suitable, lovely, beautiful, splendid commŏdus, conveniens, aptus, splendĭdus

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Gif ic míne gewǽda on wítehrægl cyme cyrde if I turned my beautiful garments into sackcloth, Ps. Th. 68, 11. Ðæt ðú sí cymast ceastra Drihtnes that thou may be the most beautiful of the cities of the Lord, Ps. Th. 86, 2

in-ylfe

(n.)
Grammar
in-ylfe, es; n.

A gutbowel

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Gif men síe innelfe úte ... gedó ðæt innelfe on ðone man if a man's bowel protrude ... put the bowel into the man, 3. 73; Lchdm. ii. 358, 23-5. Inelfe viscera, Wrt. Voc. 65, 32. Inilve, 285, 58.

nihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
nihtes, (gen. of niht, q. v.); adv.

At nightnight

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Ðá gestód hé æt ánum éhþyrle óþ forþ nihtes ( far on into the night ), 184, 27. Hys leorningcnihtas cómon nihtes ( nocte ), Mt. Kmbl. 28, 13. Ðæra eágan scínaþ nihtes, Nar. 34, 14, Se biþ dæges hát and nihtes ceald, 36, 27.

ge-dúfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dúfan, he -dýfþ; p. -deáf, we -dufon; pp. -dofen; v. intrans.

To plungeto ducksinkdivebe drownedmergi

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To plunge, to duck, sink, dive, be drowned; mergi Heó gedúfan sceolun in ðone deópan wælm they must dive into the deep fire, Cd. 213; Th. 266, 30; Sat. 30 : Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 6; Gú. 555. Gedeáf sank, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 38.

ge-fylce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylce, -filce, es; n.

A collection of peoplearmytroopdivision

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A collection of people, army, troop, division Ða Wylisce menn gewinn up ahófon and syððan heora gefylce weóx hí hí on má todǽldon the Welshmen raised war . . . and after their number had increased they separated into more [bands], Chr. 1094; Erl. 230

Linked entry: ge-filce

stéran

(v.)
Grammar
stéran, p. de.
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Ozias wolde offrian and stérde æt ðam weofode ( Uzziah went into the temple to burn incense upon the altar of incense, 2 Chron. 26, 16), Homl. Ass. 58, 185. Nim ǽlc his stórcillan and stére ætforan Gode, Num. 16, 7.

Linked entries: stéring stór stýran

ge-strícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strícan, pp. ge-stricen.
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stroke, smooth with the hand Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre sume feþer tácnum gestríce on þýne winstran hand innewearde and lege tó þínum eáron the sign for a cushion is that with your forefinger you make as if you were smoothing a feather into

oróþ

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Úre fnǽst áteórað, gif wé áteón ne magon mid úre orðe intó ús ðæt lytt and eft út ábláwan, Hex. 8, 19