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ge-wringan

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Ðysse wyrte wós wel gewrungen, i. 274, 18. to squeeze together, press into a shape Hé mæg ealla gesceafta on his ðǽre swíðran hand on ánes weaxæpples onlícnisse geðýn and gewringan, Sal. K. p. 150, 34

ge-spreca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-spreca, an; m.

One who talks with anothera counsellor

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Ðú dé ánne genim to gesprecan symle spella and lára rǽd-hycgende always take as thy counsellor one sagacious in discourses and doctrines, Exon. 80 a; Th. 301, 26; Fä. 25

Linked entry: ge-speca

bledu

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IIII. cuppan and IIII. bleda, Cht. Th. 519, 24. Man sceal habban beódas, bleda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17. Dó twá bleda fulle wæteres tó, Lch. ii. 38, 2, 4 : 118, 6. Add

hwilc

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, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, II.. in an interjectional clause, what (excessive), cf. hwá ; Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús þæt wǽre hláford ofer óþre mýs, and sette him dómas . . . hú wunderlic wolde eów þæt þincan, hwelce cehhettunge gé woldon þæs habban, and mid

ge-dreccan

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Hý wérge wǽtan bǽdan drynces gedreahte tormented by thirst and weary they begged for a drink of water, Cri. 1509. the object a thing, to injure, destroy Þ heriendlic [lof] hé gedrehte ut favorabile [viri Dei] [praeconium] elideret i. frangeret, An.

leoþu-bend

(n.)
Grammar
leoþu-bend, m. f.

A fetterbond

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A fetter, bond Ic ðé álýse of ðyssum leoþubendum I will release thee from these bonds, Andr. Kmbl. 200; An. l00: 2746; An. 1375: 327; An. 164. Of leoþobendum, 2066; An. 1035: 3127; An. 1566. Lioþobendum, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 23; Gen. 382

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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Hí geopenodon heora hordfatu and him lác geoffrodon gold and récels and myrram they opened their treasures, and presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh [Mt. 2, 11], Homl. Th i. 78, 27. Lác gifan.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

hreppan

(v.)

to touchtreat

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Moyses ǽ forbeád tó hrepenne ǽnigne hreóflan the law of Moses forbade to touch any leper, Homl. Th. i. 122, 5. v. preceding word, and for such pairs of verbs see March 's Anglo-Saxon Grammar, & sect; 222. ;

hwít

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oððe beorhte bine gescrýdan alba aut splendida se uestire, Lch. iii. 198, 26. ¶ The weak form used substantively, the white (part) of an egg :-- On ánum ǽge . . . þæt hwíte ne bið gemenged tó ðám geolcan, Hml. Th. i 40, 27.

scíne

(adj.)
Grammar
scíne, sciéne, scéne, sceóne, scióne, scýne; adj.
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Beautiful, fair, bright Is se forrynel fæger and sciéne, Met. 29, 25: Cd. Th. 41, 14; Gen. 656. Cwæð ðæt his líc wǽre leóht and scéne, 17, 26; Gen. 265. Wæsim wlitig and scéne, 30, 16; Gen. 467. Deór wundrum scýne ( the panther ), Exon.

wóhhian

(v.)
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to go astray mentally, rave, wander Þá wénde se cniht ꝥ hé dwolode and wóhhade (wihade, v.l. wóhade ?) cum anne puer insanire crederet, Gr. D. 314, 7

Linked entry: wihade

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Healf cyninge, healf biscepe and þǽre cirican hláforde þe þá nunnan áge, 66, 17. Wiib and cild ðǽm hláforde and hígum and ðǽre stówe befestan, C.D. i. 316, 10. Geunnan healfes Gode and sancte Petre and ðǽre cyrcean hláforde, v. 143, 2.

un-tódǽledlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tódǽledlíc, adj.

Indivisibleinseparable

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Indivisible, inseparable Ánfeald and untódǽledlíc simplex indivisumque natura, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 10: 34, 7; Fox 144, 19. Hí ðrý án God untódǽledlíc, Homl. Th. i. 150, 15: 248, 9: 500, 29. Ðære Hálgan Ðrynnysse weorc is ǽfre untódǽledlíc, 498, 35.

wíd-mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽrsian, p. ode
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To spread abroad the knowledge or fame of an object, to proclaim, publish, celebrate Ðá spræc man ofer eall and wíd*-*mǽrsude, ðæt Iósepes bróðrn cómon tó Pharaone auditum est et celebri Sermone vulgatum in aula regis: Venerunt fratres Joseph, Gen. 45

wíd-wegas

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-wegas, pl. m.
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Férdon folctogan feorran and neán geond wídwegas, Beo. Th. 1684; An. 840. Blǽd is árǽred geond wídwegas, ofer þeóda gehwylce, 3412 ; B. 1704. Cf. síd-wegas

hæferblǽte

(n.)
Grammar
hæferblǽte, es; m.
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Substitute: <b>hæfer-blǽte</b> (-a), an; f. (m.) A snipe, or bittern (?) (the word translates bicoca and bugium) Hraebreblétae, hebreblétae, hæbrebléte bicoca, Txts. 44, 2. Hæferblǽte vel pur, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 42: 280, 28 : ii. 11. 7.

Linked entry: -blǽta

nædre

Grammar
nædre, l. nǽdre,
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and add Cóm of ðǽm wætre án nǽdre, seó wæs ungemetlíce micel ( serpens mirae magnitudinis ), and þá men ealle ofslóg þe néh ðǽm wætre cóman, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 4. Sió nǽdre . . . lǽrde Euan on wóh.

Róm-pening

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-pening, es; m. A penny paid to Rome. v. Róm-feoh
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Gif hwilc túnes-man ǽnigne pænig forhæbbe, gilde se landríca ðone pænig, and nime ǽnne oxan (cf. the fine of 30 pence in the passages given under Róm-feoh, and the value of an ox, v. oxa) æt ðam men, L. N. P. L. 57-59; Th. ii. 298, 29-300, 7

Linked entry: Róm-feoh

cræftig

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Cræftig[estan] sollertissimae, An. Ox. 56, 208. <b>III a.</b> of books, dealing with art or science :-- Munecas þe heora cildhád habbað ábisgod on cræftigum bócum, Angl. viii. 321, 27

rǽding-grád

(n.)
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Þonne hé þæder geclypod cume . . . ætforan þám bisceope and þám preósthírede, þonne ástrecce hé hine on eorðan ætforan þám rǽdinggráde (ante absidam). Cf. absidam grece sedem episcopalem; ante absida, ante sedem episcope, Ld. Gl.

Linked entry: grad