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be-sprengan

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Besprengan men mid fantwætére, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 16. Hé hét mid pice þæt mǽden besprencgan, Hml. S. 9, 118. Add

copp

(n.)
Grammar
copp, a cup.
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Hé gefylde copp ( spongiam ) mið æcced, Mk. L. R. 15, 36. Bolla full ł copp full, Jn. L. 19, 29. Add

fore-sægdness

(n.)
Grammar
fore-sægdness, e; f.

A preface

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A preface Ðis ondweard foresaegdnis haec praesens praefatiuncula, Mt. p. 2, 14. Onginnes foresægdnise incipit praefatio, 10, 11. Foresægdnisse, 12, 6

Linked entry: -sægdness

fore-setl

(n.)
Grammar
fore-setl, es; m.
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A chief seat, seat of honour Þá formo ræsto ł foresedlo (ꝥ ǽreste sætil, R.) primos recubitos, Mt. L. 23, 6

ge-spillan

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Bið gespilled demolitur, Mt. L. 6, 19

gristbátung

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Tóþa gristbátung, Mt. R. 25, 30. Hé ongan beón swíðe geswænced mid gristbátingum ( stridoribus ) and gehlówum, Gr. D. 223, 8. Add

in-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
in-wyrm, es, m.
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Gif men innan wyrmas eglen, 82, 22), Lch. i. 4, 25

Linked entry: wyrm

íþrung

(n.)
Grammar
íþrung, (?), e; f.
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Amelioration, a making easier Ne mæg éðrunge (? edringe, MS.) ǽnge gehátan geómrum gáste, geóce oððe frófre, Seel. 107. See preceding word

Linked entry: éþring

scirian

(v.)
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On þám se abbod scyrige (swyrige, MS.) his byrðena in quibus abba partiat honera sua, R. Ben. I. 54, 4. Add

strúdian

(v.)
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to plunder Þá þá ðú swíðust strúdadest and óðre men mid wó reáfodest, ðá greówon unc þá écan wítu, Nap. 60

þeów-lic

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Se deáð is freólic and ðeówlic ( printed deoplic), for þan cyningas sweltaþ and eác þeówe men, Verc. Först. 103, 21. Add

under-tunge

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Ic úp áhóf míne nyþeran cǽflas ł mínre undertungan exultavi sub lingua (sublingua seems glossed) mea, Ps. L. 65, 17. Add

brice

(n.)

use, service

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use, service God híg gesceóp eallum mannum to brice God created them for the use of all men. Deut. 4, 19

gafol-geréfa

(n.)

a tax-gatherer

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., and add Mathéus se gæfelgeroefe (publicanus), Mt. R. 10, 3

organian

(v.)
Grammar
organian, orgnian

to sing to the accompaniment of a musical instrument

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to sing to the accompaniment of a musical instrument Ic orgnige (organige, MS. H. ), Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7 ; Som. 32, 62

Linked entry: organ

smǽran

(v.)
Grammar
smǽran, (?); p. de

To laugh at, deride

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cf. besmeradun in Rush.) hine deridebant eum Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 24

socc

(n.)
Grammar
socc, es; m.

A sock, kind of shoe soccus, caliga, calicula a sock.

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Soccas pedules (cf. meó) R. Ben. Interl. 92, 1

lust

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Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce, An. 286. þæt ic þé mæge lust áhwettan that I may whet your appetite, i. e. make you more ready (to take us as passengers ), 303.

ge-cunnian

(v.)
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Gecunnate conati, Mt. p. 7, 2. Gecunnad, 9. to try, vex, afflict Cnæht mín mið yfle is gecunned puer meus male torquetur, Mt. L. 8, 6

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertainharbourreceive as a guestfeedcherishsupportsusciperehospitio suscipereepularefoverecurareto feed ondevourvescicomedereto cleansefarmcleanse outmundare

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Hát gefeormian mín blód bid [them] wipe away my blood, Blickl. Homl. 183, 26