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áþ-brice

Grammar
áþ-brice, l. -bryce,
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and add Syndan wíde þurh áðbrycas and ðnrh wedbrycas forloren and forlogen má þonne scolde, Wlfst. 164, 7

drince-leán

(n.)
Grammar
drince-leán, es; n.

Tributary drink, scot-ale, the contribution of tenants to purchase ale for the entertainment of their lord or his steward on the fee, Glos. to Th. Laws, vol. ii. Or, perhaps, the ale given by the seller to the buyer on concluding a bargain ⬩ retrĭbūtio potus vel præmium bibendi

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Tributary drink, scot-ale, the contribution of tenants to purchase ale for the entertainment of their lord or his steward on the fee, Glos. to Th. Laws, vol. ii.

for-wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wrecan, p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen [wrecan to drive]

To drive out ⬩ banish ⬩ expel ⬩ expellĕre ⬩ propellĕre ⬩ fŭgāre

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Hý forwrǽcon wícinga cynn they expelled the race of the vikings, Scóp Th. 95; Wíd. 47. Eart ðú ána forwrecen on Hierusalem tu sōlus peregrīnus es in Jerusalem? Lk. Bos. 24, 18

ge-hyspan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyspan, p. de, te

To deride ⬩ mock ⬩ scoff ⬩ insultare ⬩ exprobare

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To deride, mock, scoff; insultare, exprobare,Hpt. Gl. 441. Se god ðe on heofonum ys híg gehyspþ qui habitat in cœlis irridebit eos, Ps. Th. 2, 4

ge-þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeaht, m. (e. g. geþeahtas, Gr. D. 137, 20), f. (e. g. mid bróþorlicre geþeahte. Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8), n. (e. g. ðæt ryhte geðeaht. Past. 287, 14).
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Add: consultation, deliberation by many Beóð tóstencte geþancu þár þár nys geþeaht (consilium); þár þár manega synd geþeahteras beóð getrymmede, Scint. 199, 12. Ic gehýrde . . . mid þec þegn æt geþeahte, Gú. 1189. Hafa ðú mid þone bysceop sprǽce and

be-hrópan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hrópan, p. -hreóp, pl. -hreópon; pp. -hrópen [hrópan to call or cry out]

To scoff at ⬩ rail ⬩ trouble ⬩ sugillare

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To scoff at, rail, trouble; sugillare Ðe-læs heó cume me behrópende ne veniens sugillet me Lk. Bos. 18, 5

geard

(n.)
Grammar
geard, e; f.

A staff ⬩ rod ⬩ stake ⬩ fagot ⬩ băcŭlum ⬩ virga ⬩ pālus ⬩ fascis

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A staff, rod, stake, fagot; băcŭlum, virga, pālus, fascis He scolde gifan [MS. gife] sex fóður gearda he should give six loads of fagots, Chr. 852; Erl. 67, 38

Burgendas

(n.)
Grammar
Burgendas, gen. a; pl. m: Burgendan; pl. m.
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Weóld Burgendum Gifica Gifica ruled the Burgundians, Scóp Th. 40; Wíd. 19: 131; Wíd. 65

Linked entry: Burgendan

lár-lic

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Cf. lár; Hé underfǽng þone cnapan tó lárlicre scóle, Hml. S. 3, 14. Lárlicere bígenge gymnicum (philosophiae) studium An. Ox. 2282. Lárlice cræftas scolares disciplinas 41

mǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ, es; n. (?)

Math in after-math ⬩ mowing ⬩ hay-harvest

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ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre síþe tó rípe free from every secular service except three things; one is church scot, and (the other two) that he [work] with all his might twice a-year, once at hay-harvest, the other time at corn-harvest, Cod. Dip.

feorh-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
feorh-seóc, adj.

Life-sick, mortally wounded ⬩ letālĭter vulnĕrātus

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Life-sick, mortally wounded; letālĭter vulnĕrātus Scolde Grendel ðonan feorhseóc fleón Grendel must flee thence mortally wounded, Beo. Th. 1644; B. 820

á-bíwan

(v.)
Grammar
á-bíwan, -beówan (-býwan, v.
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Dict. ), to rub up, polish, burnish, scour Ǽren fæt nyþewerd ábýwed, Lch. iii. 292, 10. Ábeówed defricatum Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 26

Linked entries: á-beówed a-býwan

wéding

Grammar
wéding, wédung.
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Benedictus lǽrde ꝥ hé scolde gestillan fram þǽre wédunge and ungewittignesse swá mycelre wælhreównysse ( a tantae crudelitatis insaniae), Gr. D. 164, 27. Add

heard-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
heard-cwide, es; m.

Harsh language, reproach, abuse, contumely

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Harsh language, reproach, abuse, contumely Ic geþolade hosp and heardcwide I suffered scorn and contumely, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 22; Cri. 1444

til

(prep.)
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Hé scóp ælda barnum heben til hrófe (cf. tó hrófe, Bd. 4, 24; M. 344, 11), 149, 6. Ðá cueð til (tó, Rush.) him ðe Hǽlend tunc dicit illis Jesus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 31. Huér wiltú ðæt wé gearuiga ðé til eottanne (tó etanne, Rush.)

mǽte

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽte, adv.
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Poorly, badly Him þúhte ꝥ heora frið mǽttor (mæctor, MS.) gelǽst wǽre þonne hit scolde, Ll. Th. i. 162, 3. v. or-, úþ-mǽte

hleahtrian

(v.)
Grammar
hleahtrian, p. ode

deride

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To laugh to scorn, deride Ealle geseónde mé hlehtredon ł tǽldun [mé] omnes uidentes me deriserunt me Ps. L. 21, 8. Gif þú mid þan þeáwe tǽlendra mé hleahtrige, Guth. Gr. 101, 23

un-gefæd

(n.)
Grammar
un-gefæd, es; n.
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Indiscretion Hit is gewuna on manegum preóst-híredum ꝥ mid miclum ungesceáde and ungefade (inrationabiliter atque indiscrete) sume þá preóstas þe woruldwelan habbað . . . scolon máran and creáslicran fódan habban on mynstre, Chrd. 13, 14

Linked entry: ge-fæd

Eorman-ríc

(n.)
Grammar
Eorman-ríc, Eormen-ríc, es; m. The celebrated king of the Ostrogoths or East Goths, the Alexander of the Goths; Eormanrīcus, v. Gota III, Alríca, and þeód-ríc
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Weóld Eormanríc Gotum Ermanric ruled the Goths, Scóp. Th. 38; Wíd. 18. Ic wæs mid Eormanríce I was with Ermanric, 178; Wíd. 88. Ðæt wæs inn-weorud Eormanrices that was the household band of Ermanric, 224; Wíd. 111.

Linked entries: Eormen-ríc Ermanríc

wacung

(n.)
Grammar
wacung, e; f.
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Vigilance Þá sette hé weard tó þám wíngearde, and bebeád ꝥ hine man scolde healdan mid geornlicre wacunge (wacone, v.l.) (solerti vigilantia), Gr. D. 57, 24

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