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scúr

(n.)
Grammar
scúr, sceór, scyur, es; m.: e; f. (?)

a shower ⬩ storm of rain ⬩ snow ⬩ hail ⬩ a shower of missiles ⬩ a shower of blows of a hammer falling on a weapon ⬩ a storm ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet

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Ðá wæs geblissod seó Godes burh for ðam cyme ðæs scúres ðe hý geclǽnsode fluminis impetus laetificat civitatem Dei, Ps. Th. 45, 4. Scúre nimbo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 54: inserenae, Hpt. Gl. 514, 15. Scúras imbres, Ps. Lamb. 77, 44.

ge-crístnian

(v.)

To administer the rite of crístnung to a person

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(v. crístnian) Fleáh hé tó Godes ciricean, and bæd ꝥ hine mon gecrístnode, ꝥ biꝥ seó onginnes and se ǽresta dǽl þǽre hálgan fulwihte, Bl. N. 2, 4.

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syn

(n.)
Grammar
syn, e; f.

misdeed, fault, crime, wrong ⬩ sin

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Hé onfunde Godes ierre . . . ðeáh hé wénde ðæt hit nán syn nǽre, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 6. Seó geofu wæs broht for ðære synne ðæs ǽrestan wífes . . . and seó synn wæs ádilegod, Blickl. Homl. 5, 4-6. Syn, 3, 7.

findan

to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish

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Ne meahte hé æt his hige findan þæt hé Gode wolde þeówian Gen. 266. Hé uneáðe mihte on his móde findan ꝥ hé swá leófne freónd fram him lǽtan sceolde, Hml.

DRECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRECCAN, dreccean, drecan,ic drecce , drece, ðú drecest, drecst, he dreceþ, drecþ, pl. dreccaþ, drecceaþ; p. [drechede = drehde = ] drehte, dreahte, pl.drehton, dreahton ; pp. [dreched = drehed = dreht, dreaht] dreht, dreaht

To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment ⬩ vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre

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Ðeáh hine se ymbhoga ðyssa woruldsǽlþa wráðe drecce though the anxious care of these worldly goods severely afflicts him, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 108; Met. 7, 54: Homl. Th. i. 156, 21.

FÚL

(adj.)
Grammar
FÚL, adj.

FOUL ⬩ dirty ⬩ impure ⬩ corrupt ⬩ rotten ⬩ stinking ⬩ guilty ⬩ convicted of a crime ⬩ fœdus ⬩ immundus ⬩ sordĭdus ⬩ obscœnus ⬩ spurcus ⬩ pūtĭdus ⬩ fœtĭdus ⬩ culpæ conscius ⬩ crīmĭne convictus

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Swá fúle swá gǽt as foul as goats, Exon. 26 a; Th. 75, 34; Cri. 1231. Fúl wín spurcum vīnum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 127; Wrt. Voc. 27, 54. Ic eom wyrslicre ðonne ðes wudu fúla I am viler than this rotten wood, Exon. 111 a; Th. 424, 33; Rä. 41, 48.

mód-sefa

(n.)
Grammar
mód-sefa, an; m.

The inner man

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Wæs módsefa áfýsed on forþwege my soul longed to be gone, Rood Kmbl. 246; Kr. 124. Mé ðín módsefa lícaþ you please me, Beo. Th. 3711; B. 1853. Ne gemealt him se módsefa his heart did not fail, 5249; B. 2628.

stycce-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stycce-mǽlum, (sticce-, stic-); adv.
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Óþþæt ðú hí styccemǽlum áfédde mid ðý Godes worde donec paulatim enutriti verbo Dei, 3, 5; S. 527, 34. Sticcemǽlum, 1, 7; S. 477, 3: 1, 16; S. 484, 15: 5, 10; S. 624, 37. Ðone song hé gehýrde sticcemǽlum tó him neálǽcan, 4, 3; S. 567, 43.

wórian

(v.)
Grammar
wórian, p. ode

To wander about ⬩ to wander about ⬩ ramble ⬩ be a vagabond

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Ne férde heó wórigende geond land, ac wæs wunigende binnan Godes temple, Homl. Th. i. 148, 3: ii. 160, 21. Wórigende geond wudas and feldas, 188, 14. Eówre beam beóð wórigende on ðisum wéstene felii vestri ernnt vagi in deserto, Num. 14, 33 : Homl.

á-scirian

(v.)
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Grn. 20, 8. with idea of exclusion, expulsion Gítsung and unrihtlice welan ðé áscyriað and ásyndriað fram Gode, Hex. 52, 18. Áscyrige man hig fram þǽre þénunge abscidantur a ministerio, Ll. Th. ii. 198, 3.

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burn ⬩ ardent ⬩ vehement

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Hié burnon þǽre Godes lufan, Bl. H. 133, 23. of action or passion, to be ardent, vehement :-- Hátode, barn incanduisset, feruebat (ardor crudelitatis ), An. Ox. 4731. Byrnendes gálscipes flagrantis furie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 36.

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crístnian

(v.)
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Þonne se preóst crístnað, þonne ádrǽfð hé ðone deófol of ðám cilde; for ðan ðe ǽlc hǽðen man bið deófles, ac þurh fulluht hé bið Godes, Hml. Th. i. 304, 33. to baptize (?)

Linked entries: crístian crístnere

ferian

(v.)

to carry ⬩ move ⬩ convey ⬩ to lead ⬩ conduct

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Th. i. 492, 26. figurative Ðá ferede hine Godes hond þider þǽr hine men áredon, Shrn. 57, 5. to direct the course of Hé mid ðǽm úre líf líðelíce and getǽslíce fereð vitam nostram blanda lenitate disponit, Past. 369, 13.

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
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.), to take pleasure Gemyndig ic wæs Godes and ic gelustfullode (delectatus sum), Ps. L. 76, 4. Ne sceal man unálýfedlíce gelustfullian non concupiscere, R. Ben. 16, 19. <b>I a.

ge-frédan

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Ðæt hié ongieton and gefrêden ðæt hié suá micle má beóð Godes bearn, 251, 21

gleng

(n.)
Grammar
gleng, e; f.
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Ǽresð alra glengea scolde scínan gold on his hrægle . . . Tóeácan ðǽm golde ealra glenga fyrmesð . . . se giem iacintus, Past. 85, 1-5. Cume manna gehwilc tó circan búton golde and glæncgum, Wlfst. 181, 2.

líc

(adj.)
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body and its properties, the flesh. of kinship Þú sægdest bast Sarra þín sweostor wǽre, líces mǽge (kinswoman according to the flesh). of sins of the sense Fyrene gestǽlan, líces leahtor, Gú. 1045. a dead body: — Gewát seó sáwul of ðám líchamon tó Gode

on-hagian

(v.)
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Dó gehwá georne on Godes ést, be þám þe hine fyrmest onhagie (to the utmost extent of his ability), Hml.

teón

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teón, [On p. 978, ll. 2, 3 for leáh, tongne l. teáh, longne.]
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Gif hí ǽnig man him tó teó hæbbe hí bútan Godes bletsunge and úre. Cht. Crw. 19, 27. Hí ne sceoldon þone gyrlan him tó teón habitum usurpare non debent, Chrd. 63, 22. <b>III 4.

wénan

(adj.)
Grammar
wénan, <b>. I.</b>
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H. 48, 5-10. add Hwæt wénst þú be Gode, Solil. H. 24, 18. (20) with complement :-- Hé wæs hæfd and wéned fram mannum mycelre árfæstnysse magnae aestimationis habebatur, Gr. D. 326, 24.