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leccan

(v.)
Grammar
leccan, p. lehte, leohte

To moistenwet

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Sumu twigu hé lehte mid wætere some twigs he watered, Past. 40, 3; Swt. 293, 7. His eágospind mid teárum leohte wetted his cheeks with tears, Guthl. 20; Gdwin 82, 4. Leohte ðæt líðe land lago yrnende, Cd. 12; Th. 13, 30; Gen. 210.

Linked entry: leohte

lyt-hwón

(adv.)
Grammar
lyt-hwón, subst. and adv.

A little

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P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 34: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 200: Beo. Th. 408; B. 203. Ne lythwón not a little, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 32; Gl. 363. Ðá geswígode heó lythwón parumper reticuit, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 22

Linked entry: hwón

óþ-standan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-standan, I.
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Alf. pol. 46; Th. i. 92, 23. to remain standing, remain Uneáþe ǽnig grot staþoles óþstód, Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 23. Ðæt is lang tó sæcganne, hú ða wurdon generede in ðære Noes earce, ða ðe ðǽr tó láfe ófstódon.

pleó-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pleó-líc, adj.
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Hiora ingewinn him wǽron forneáh ða mǽstan and ða pleólecestan, Ors. 2, 6 ; Swt. 88, 29. v. un-pleólíc

ge-nédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nédan, -niedan, -nýdan; p. de; pp. ed

To compel, force, urge

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Sihhem geniédde ðæt mǽden Sichem forced the maiden, Past. 53, 5; Swt. 415, 22; Hat. MS. Genéddon Simon angariaverunt Simonem, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 21.

sibbian

(v.)
Grammar
sibbian, p. ode
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To make people friends, make peace between disputants, reconcile Se seðe ða unryhtwísan tósomne sibbaþ ( pace social ), hé seleþ ðære unryhtwísnesse fultom, Past. 47, 3; Swt. 361, 22. Sipbade paciscitur. Lk. Skt. p. 11. 2.

þweorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þweorlíce, adv.

awryaskewin reversed orderin a way that offers oppositionobstinatelyflatlyperverselyevilly

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Th. ii. 24, 29. perversely, evilly And suá ðeáh hé mid wónweorcum hit tó ðweorlíce ne fremeþ ðeáh hé hit on his móde forlǽtan ne mæge et quamvis prava non exerceat opere, ab his tamen non evellitur mente, Past, 11; Swt. 73, 13.

ymb-trymian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-trymian, -trymman; p. -trymede, -trymde.
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Past. 35; Swt. 245, 8. Hiericho seó buruh wæs mid weallum ymbtrymmed and fæste belocen Jericho clausa erat atque munita Jos. 6, 1. Ic eom embtrymed fulcior, sustentor Wülck. Gl. 245, 26

ymb-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-habban, p. -hæfde.
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Ispania land is eall mid fleóte útan ymbhæfd, ge eác binnan ymbhæfd ofer ða land ǽgþer ge of ðám gársecge ge of ðam Wendelsǽ Hispania circumfusione oceani Tyrrhenique pelagi pene insula efficitur, Ors. 1, I ; Swt. 24, 1-3. to, contain Beféhð ł emhæfð

út-siht

(n.)
Grammar
út-siht, e,an; f.

Diarrhoeadysentery

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Wespasianus gefór on útsihte Vespasianus profluvio ventris mortuus est, Ors. 6, 7; Swt. 262, 28. Æfter útsihtan, Lchdm. ii. 180, 25. For útsihtan, 254, 3: 276, 22. Þurh ða wambe útsihtan, 224, 5.

of-feallan

(v.)

to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy

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Æfter his fielle wearþ ðara cásera mǽgþ offeallen caesarum familia consumta est, Ors. 6; 6; Swt. 262, 6

trem

(n.)
Grammar
trem, trym

a step

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Cf. also: Ðonne wiðtremð hé and onhupaþ gressum post terga revocet, Past. 58; Swt. 441, 27. The form is probably to be recognized in a gloss given

nama

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swá Adam hit gecígde, swá ys hys nama, Gen. 2, 19.

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Ǽr ðám tíman næs ǽfre ǽnig mann swá mǽre, ꝥ hé on án ne sceolde tó helle swá hé forðfaren wæs, Wlfst. 16, 14. Ðá gesægdon Rómáne on án ( at once) Bryttum, Bd. 1. 12; Sch. 33, 15. On þreó genamod, C.

be-ceówan

(v.)
Grammar
be-ceówan, bi-ceówan ; p. -ceáw, pl. -cuwon ; pp. -cowen

To chewgnawcorrodere

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To chew, gnaw; corrodere Biþ swyra becowen [bicowen, Exon.] the neck is gnawed, Soul Kmbl. 218; Seel. 111

Linked entry: bi-cowen

swaþu

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Swína swaþu suesta, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 56. Suína suadu (sceadu, Corp. Gloss.) suesta, sivesta, Txts. 98, 972. ?

bræclian

(v.)
Grammar
bræclian, p. ode

To cracklerattleresound

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To crackle, rattle, resound Áweóx and bræclade mára swég and hefegra gravior sonitus excrevit, Gr. D. 236, 12

ge-swimman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swimman, pp. ge-swummen
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To swim þá hié hæfdon feórðan dǽl þǽre eá geswummen jam quartam fluminis partem natauerant, Nar. 10, 31

healf-eald

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-eald, adj.

Half grown, of middle age

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Half grown, of middle age Halfeald swín half-grown swine, L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 246, 2

CYFES

(n.)
Grammar
CYFES, cyfys, cifes, ciefes,e; f: cyfese, an; f.

A concubine, handmaidconcubina, pellex, ancilla

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> Gif he cyfesan hæbbe, and náne riht ǽwe, he áh ðæs to dónne swá him geþincþ; wíte he ðeáh ðæt he beó on ánre gehealden, beó hit cyfes, beó hit ǽwe si concubinam habeat, et nullam legitimam uxorem, erit ei proinde quod ipsi videbitur faciendum; sciat