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wiþ-metan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-metan, p.-mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten

To compare

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Ðeáh ðe hé sí his foregengan tó wiþmetenne tametsi praedecessori suo minime comparandus, Bd. 5, 8; S. 621, 35: Homl. Th. i. 486, 25, 29. Beón wiðmeten ðínre strengðe comparari fortitudini tuae, Deut. 3, 24: Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 21: Ps.

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hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg, es; m.

a backdorsumspinaa ridgerigg

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Ne hé on horses hrycge cuman wolde non equorum dorso vectus, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 28. Se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan ut ipse acclinis humi regem super adscensurum in equum dorso adtolleret, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 274, 24.

Linked entries: hric hrig hryc

earnian

(v.)
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Sume mid þǽre ráde earniaþ ꝥ hié sién ðý hálran; sume earniaþ ꝥ hié sién þý cáfran si salutis causa quispiam velit equitare, non tam equitandi motum desiderat, quam salutis effectum, Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 1-8.

ge-strangian

(v.)
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Ne bið gestrangad non roborabitur (homo ex impietate), Kent. Gl. 393. Oþ þæt þú gestrangle heora mód on mínne geleáfan, Bl. H. 249, 9.Þá þeóda a of ability to act Þú gestrangodes þíne handa ofer mé, Ps. Th. 37, 2.

ge-gaderung

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Wið gehwylce gegaderunge, 322, 1 note

módigian

(v.)
Grammar
módigian, módigan; p. ode.

to be or become proudto gloryexultto take offence through prideto bear one's self proudlyimpetuously

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Ðǽr ǽr wegas lágon mere módgode (v. módig, IV.) where before ran the roads, now raged the sea, 166; Th. 206, 27; Exod. 458. Similar entries v. ofer-módigian

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ge-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-samnian, -somnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to gather, collectcongrĕgāre, collĭgĕreto unite, joinconsŏciāre, jungĕreTo collect, come togethercongrĕgāri, convĕnīre

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Us gesamna of wídwegum congrĕga nos de nātiōnĭbus, 105, 36. Wæs eall-geador to ðam þingstede þeód gesamnod the people was collected together in the public place, Andr. Kmbl. 2198; An. 1100: Elen. Kmbl. 563; El. 282.

Linked entries: samnian ge-somnian

stincan

(v.)
Grammar
stincan, p. stanc, pl. stuncon ; pp. stuncen
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To emit a smell or vapour, exhale, where the kind of smell is not marked Stincþ fragrat, i. odorat, i. odorem dat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 34. Stanc exalavit, 29, 62. Stonc, 107, 54. Swá hý swýþost stincen give out the strongest smell, Lchdm. i. 206, 8.

un-gemetlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíc, adj.

immoderateinordinateexcessivetoo greatimmensevery greatnot of the same measurediverse

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Ðá com se ungemetlíca unfriðhere, 1009; Erl. 142, 16. not of the same measure, diverse Ungemetlícra diversarum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 5

æt-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-feolan, l. æt-feólan, and add: (from -feolhan); p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon, and -fǽlon (
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Ætfealan (not -feolan as in Dict.), 72, 28. fig. of continued action, to stick to, with idea of diligence, be instant in Ðæt hé geornlíce ætfealh ðǽre ðénunge ministerio sedulus insistere, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 14.

a-lefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lefan, to become weak.
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Ben. 51, 16. ꝥ wé fæston swá ꝥ úre líchama áléfed ne wurðe so that our body be not injured, Hml. S. 13, 104. Wearð his cneów mid heardum geswelle áléfed, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 24. Ðá þe ðurh þæs dracan blǽde áléfode wǽron, 294, 31.

efen

(n.)
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</b> of sounds, harmonious, not discordant :-- Efnum sónum consonantibus, Mk. p. 1, 13. unruffled, undisturbed Gyf eówer hwylc bið geunrótsod, hé hyne gebidde mid emnum móde ( aequo animo ), Ll. Th. ii. 354, 19. Mid efnum móde, R.

forane

(adv.)
Grammar
forane, forne; adv.

beforehandOppositein front ofagainst

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Heó þone ealdan forene forféng, and him ne geþafode fulfremodlíce on þá eorðan astreccan she anticipated the old man, and did not permit him to prostrate himself completely, Hml, S. 23 b, 605.

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for-cúþ

uncleanworthless

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For þon Antiochus giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne ware húlice hié wǽron, for þon hiera wæs má forcúþra þonne altǽwra qui cum in exercitu centum millia armatorum habere uideretur, ducenta millia amplius calonum atque lixarum inmixta

gryre

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Ne mæg nǽnig gryre máre geweorðan nor can any terrible time exceed this, Dóm. 43. Hié of þám grimman gryre (the fiery furnace) glade treddedon, Dan. 439.Gyllende gryre (with the roaring waves of the Red Sea), Exod. 489.

innoþ

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Th. 108, 18 sió does not refer to innaþ, but to wyrgðu), and add: the inner part of the body Inneþas ilia (nescitis quod templa Dei sint ilia vestra, spiritus in vobis habitat, Ald, 140, 19. Cf. 1 Cor. 3, 16), Wrt.

fylstan

to help (tó) to help

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Fylstan him tó þæs cynges freóndscipe, Chr. 1046; P. 169, 1. without dat. of person Gé fylstað on unriht wið sceatte and nellað tó rihte ye help unjustly for a bribe, and will not help (men) to get justice, Wlfst. 46, 27.

hǽman

(v.)
Grammar
hǽman, p. de; pp. ed

To lie with, have intercourse with, to marryconcumbere, coire, nubere

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Ne hǽm ðú unrihtlíce commit not adultery, Homl. Th. ii. 198, 7. Gif ǽnig man hǽme mid óðres wífe if a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, Deut. 22, 22 : L. Alf. pol. 10; Th. i. 98, 9

spic

(n.)
Grammar
spic, es; n.

Baconlardthe fat flesh of swine the mast on which the swine were fedpopa,lardumfat of seals, whales, etc., blubberblubber, lardlard

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Kmbl. i. pp. 115, 137, 184, but its meaning here is not evident. Kemble suggests that it may refer to the mast on which the swine were fed

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ge-þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þreátian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [þreátian to urge, press]

To urgeoppressthreatenrebukecompelrestrainafflicttormenturgērecōgĕreafflīgĕretrībŭlēre

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To urge, oppress, threaten, rebuke, compel, restrain, afflict, torment; urgēre, cōgĕre, afflīgĕre, trībŭlēre Ne meaht ðú mec geþreátian ðé to gesingan thou canst not compel me to be thy wife, Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 33; Jul. 54.