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earfoþ-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþ-síþ, earfeþ-síþ, es; m.

A laborious journey, misfortune, calamity mŏlestum ĭter, infortūnium, calămĭtas

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Ðú wást ánra gehwylces earfeþsíðas thou knowest every man's calamities, Andr. Kmbl. 2568; An. 1285

Linked entry: earfeþ-síþ

Ine

(n.)
Grammar
Ine, es ; m.
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Ine wæs Cénréding. pref; Ert. 4, 10. The laws of Ine are given in Thorpe's Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, vol. i. pp. 102-150

Linked entry: Cénréd

lár-leást

(n.)
Grammar
lár-leást, -lýst, e; f.
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Lack of learning or instruction Þurh lárleáste hí ne cunnon ne lǽdan ne lǽran hí through want of knowledge they cannot guide or teach them, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 28.

lippa

(n.)
Grammar
lippa, an; m.

A lip

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Áwergode beón heora tungan and lippan, Wanl. Catal. 137, 51. Wið lippe sár. Eft sóna ðes lǽcedóm sceal ðan manne ða hyra lippa beóþ sáre oððe hyra tunga ... smire mid ða lippa, Lchdm. iii. 100, 15-21

Óðen

(n.)
Grammar
Óðen, es; m.
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Odin (the Scandinavian form of the word which appears in Anglo-Saxon as Wóden) Ðes gedwolgod Mercurius wæs árwurðe betwux eallum héðenum on ðám dagum, and hé is Óðon geháten óðrum naman on Denisce wísan.

Linked entries: Ówðen Wóden

ge-cringan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cringan, p. -crang, -crong, pl. crungon; pp. crungen

To sinkfalldieoccumberemori

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Th. 63; Fin. 31 : Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 9; Wand 79. Stíðmód gecrang firm of mind he died, Apstls. Kmbl. 144; Ap. 72

sencan

(v.)
Grammar
sencan, p. te; pp. ed.
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.), plunge, immerse Wæs his gewuna ðæt hé hine on ðam streáme sencte solebat in flumine supermeantibus undis immergi, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 631, 22. to submerge, flood with water Abraham wolde his sunu cwellan folmum sínum fýre(?)

Linked entry: be-sæncan

stániht

(adj.)
Grammar
stániht, stǽniht, adj.
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Stony, rocky Wæs seó eorþe tó ðæs heard and tó ðæs stánihte erat tellus durissima et saxosa, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 27. Tó ðære stánehtan dæne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 179, 24. On stánehtan ford, iii. 389, 1. On ðone stánihtan ford, 168, 31.

Linked entries: stǽniht ǽniht

þrág-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
þrág-mǽlum, adv.

From time to timeat timesat intervals

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From time to time, at times, at intervals Ic wæs nýde gebǽded, þrágmǽlum geþreád, ðæt ic ðé sóhte, Exon. Th. 263, 3; Jul. 344. Ne meahton hió word forðbringan, ac hió þrágmǽlum þióton ongunnon, Met. 26, 80.

andgit-full

(adj.)
Grammar
andgit-full, (-get-).
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Þá hé andgitfull wæs when he had come to years of discretion, Shrn. 12, 17. Se man déð swylce hé andgytful sý þe lytel can tó geráde, Wlfst. 53, 4. Andgytful capax, An. Ox. 3101. Þæs antgyttfullan intellectualis, 897.

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bogung

(n.)
Grammar
bogung, bógung, bðung, e; f.

Ostentationarroganceboasting

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D. 77, 4. þæt Iudéisce folc wæs up áhafen and hi sylfe herodon . . . þæt ludéisce folc gewát fram Gode forsewen þurh heora upáhefednysse and ágenre bógunge (praise of themselves). Hml. Th. ii. 428, 17. Substitute:

byrst

(n.)
Grammar
byrst, a bristle.
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wæs ðára strǽla swá full swá igl biþ byrsta, Shrn. 55, 9

ebba

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On þís ylcan geáre wæs swa mycel ebba ǽghwǽr ánes dæges swá nán man ǽror gemunde, and swá ꝥ man férde rídende and gangende ofer Tæmese be-eástan þǽre brigge on Lunden, Chr. 1114; P. 244, 13. iii. ebban týne he must put three fences to correspond to the

elcora

(adv.)
Grammar
elcora, elcra; adv.
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Wæs his rest on his hǽran oððe elcora (elles, Bl. H. 227, 11) on nacodre eorðan . . . 'Ne e Gif hé elcra (ælcra, v. l.) þurh tóþundennesse gedyrstlǽcð si aliter presumpserit, R. Ben. 113, 12

for-weaxan

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Gif wamb forweaxe on men, Lch. ii. 238, 29.

ildian

(v.)
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wæs lange wið-sacende and hit eldode diu negando distulit, Gr. D. 103, 32. with dat. (?), Hml.

on-cunnan

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On ðeosum wordum se ungesǽliga Iúdas wæs openlíce oncunnen, Hml. A. 161, 218

on-hón

(v.)
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A. 171, 36.] to hang on a gallows or cross, to crucify On þǽm eahtateóþan geáre his ríces, þá Críst wæs áhangen (on-, v. l.) (cum Christus patibulo suffixus est), Ors. 6, 2; S. 256, 15. Ic gemétte þone cásere onhangen, Hml. A. 191, 286.

Linked entry: an-hón

on-þræc

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Seó dene wæs weallende mid anðræcum lígum, on ánre sídan (cf. unum latus flammis feruentibus nimium terribile, Bd. 5, 12), 350, 7. Tengdon þá hǽþenan mid andþrecum wǽpnum tó þám ǽwfæstum heápe, Hml. S. 28, 67. Add

oþ-standan

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Add Ic wæs út áþrungen fram eallum þám folce, oð ðe ic ǽnlípigu on þám cafertúne tó lǽfe oþstód, Hml. S. 23 b, 410

Linked entry: æt-standan