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lim-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
lim-seóc, adj.
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Having diseased limbs, Andr. Kmbl. 1157; An. 579: Elen. Kmbl. 2425; El. 1214

scip-weard

(n.)
Grammar
scip-weard, es; m.
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One who has charge of a ship Scipweardas, Andr. Kmbl. 596 ; An. 297

gryn-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
gryn-smiþ, es; m.

One causing grief, affliction, evil

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.], Andr. Kmbl. 1833; An. 919

Linked entry: smiþ

ge-métan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-métan, he -méteþ, -métt, -mét; p. -métte, pl. -métton; pp. -méted, -métod, -métt, -mét

To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet withinvĕnīre, compĕrīre

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He gemétte stapul ǽrenne he found a brazen pillar, Andr. Kmbl. 2123; An. 1063: 481; An. 241. Geswinc and angnys gemétton me trībŭlātio et angustia invēnērunt me, Ps. Spl. 118, 143: 75, 5. Ge-méte gé hine invĕnies eum, Deut. 4, 29.

Linked entries: métan ge-mittan

láf

Grammar
láf, <b>. I.</b>
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Wearð se mǽsta dǽl mid hungre ádýd, and þá láfe ðæs hungres ofslóh se here, Hml. Th. i. 404, 11. Add Him féla láf ( used with collective force and taking verb in plural? ) ne meahton sceððan, B. 1032.

Sunnan-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-dæg, es; m.
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hálgan þénunge him gehwá hám hwyrfe, and mid his freóndum and his nýhstum and mid ælðeódigum hine gástlíce gereordige, and hine wið oferǽt and druncennysse beorge, L.

sype

(n.)
Grammar
sype, es; m.

Suction

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Suction Seó eorþe ðæt wæter helt and be sumum dǽle swilgþ, and for ðam sype heó biþ geleht, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 6: Met. 20, 97. Similar entries v. Cf. súpan, and next word

ge-cnúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnúwian, pp. ge-cnúwad, ge-cnúad
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To pound together Genim rúdan and wermód, gecnúwa and meng wiþ eced and ele, Lch. ii. 18, 6: 12: 19. Gecnúa on ceald wæter, 20, 3: 94, 6: 322, 26. Finoles wyrttruman gecnúadne, 30, 6

sehtan

(v.)
Grammar
sehtan, p. te
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Ðæt wé habban ús gemǽne sibbe and sóme, and ǽlce sace sehtan, 272, 23. Bisceop sceal beón symle ymbe sóme and ymbe sibbe . . . Hé sceal georne saca sehtan and friþ wyrcan, L. I. P. 7 ; Th. ii. 312, 14

unriht-gítsung

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-gítsung, e; f.

Greedcovetousness

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Greed, covetousness Ða welan, and ðæt mycele gylp, and seó unrihtgítsung, and ðæt man ðæm earman forwyrne, ðæt is eal swíþe mycel synn beforan Gode, Blickl. Homl. 53, 21: Wulfst. 290, 26.

HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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Ðæt se stemn and se helm móte ðý fæstor and ðý leng standon that the stem and top may stand the foster and longer, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 33: Fox 150, 3.

Linked entry: helmiht

fæstnian

(v.)

to betroth

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Ic ðás míne gesaldnisse trymme and faestna (cf. roboravi, I. 15) in Crístes ródetácne, ii. 5, 33. Ic ðás word and ðás wísan fæstnie and wríte, 122, 2. Ic ðis wríte and ðeafie and mid Crístes ródetácne hit festniæ, i. 311, 24

hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel, hrægl, es; n.

A garmentdressroberailclothing

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Hrægl and hringas robe and rings, Beo. Th. 2394; B. 1195. Sæt ðǽr sum þearfa nacod bæd hrægles and ælmessan a beggar sat there naked asked for a garment and an alms, Blickl. Homl. 213, 33.

Linked entry: hrægl

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, e; f: acc. s. byrig, byrige
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A city; urbs, civitas Hér Cúþa gefeaht wið Brytwalas æt Biedcan forda, and genam Lygeanbyrig and Ægles byrig in this year Cutha fought against the Brito-Welsh at Bedford, and took Lenbury and Aylesbury, Chr. 571; Th. 33, 28.

ge-met-fæstnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-met-fæstnys, -nyss, e; f.

Moderation, modestymoderatio, moderamen, modestia

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Petrus tihte geleáffulle wíf to eádmódnesse and gemetfæstnysse Peter exhorted faithful women to humility and modesty, Homl. Th. i. 98, 3. Gimetfæstnisse modestiam, Rtl. 13, 33

self-líce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, adj.
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Self-satisfied, self-complacent, conceited, arrogant Oft se welega and se wædla habbaþ suá gehweorfed hira þeáwum ðæt se welega biþ eáðmód and sorgfull and se wædla biþ upáhæfen and selflíce plerumque personarum ordinem permutat qualitas morum, ut sit

sac-leás

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Add Æilsig, ðe ðá men bohte, nam hig and freóde uppan Petrocys weófede ǽfre saclés, C. D. iv. 313, 11. Hé dide hine sylfne and his ofspreng ǽfre freóls and sacclés, 314, 8.

breóst-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-geþanc, -geþonc, es; m.

the heart, mindthoughtThe thought of the heart or mind, a thoughtcordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio

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[breóst the heart, mind, geþanc thought] The thought of the heart or mind, a thought; cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio Annanias ðec, and Adzarias and Misaél, Metod, dómige breóstgeþancum Hananiah and Azariah and Mishael glorify thee, O God, in their

Linked entry: ge-þanc

FEORM

(n.)
Grammar
FEORM, fiorm, fyrm, e; f.

foodprovisiongoodssubstancevictussubstantiabŏnaan entertainingentertainmentfeasthospĭtālĭtasconvīviumcœnaa place where provisions are keptprovision-quarters of an armyvictus stătiousebenefitprofitenjoymentūsusfructus

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Án dǽl bisceope and his híréde for feorme and onfangenysse gesta and cumena ūna portio episcŏpo et fămĭliæ propter hospitālĭtātem atque susceptiōnem, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 7.

Eald-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Eald-Seaxe, Ald-Seaxe; gen. -Seaxa; dat. -Seaxum; pl. m: Eald-Seaxan; pl. m.

The Old-Saxonsantīqui Saxŏnes

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Be norþan Þyringum syndon Eald-Seaxan and be norþan westan him syndon Frysan, and be westan Eald-Seaxum is Ælfe múþa ðære eá and Frysland to the north of the Thuringians are the Old-Saxons, and to the north-west of them are the Friesians, and to the west

Linked entry: Ald-Seaxe