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syngian

(v.)
Grammar
syngian, ode

To sin

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Ic ánum ðé syngode tibi soli peccavi, Ps. C. 47. Ðá sǽde him Plenius ðæt hé wóh bude, and miclum on ðǽm syngade, Ors. 6, 10; Swt. 264, 28. Wé singodon on úrum bréðer peccavimus in fratrem nostrum, Gen. 42, 21.

Linked entry: singian

un-ǽmetta

(n.)
Grammar
un-ǽmetta, -ǽmta, an; m.

Want of leisure for doing, something, occupation, business

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Gif man hwylc metrum cild tó mæssepreóste bringe, ðonne fullie hé hit sóna, and for nǽnigum unǽmtan ne forlǽte [ðæt] hé hit ne fullie if any sick child be brought to a priest, let him baptize it at once, and do not let him be prevented by any occupation

Linked entry: ǽmetta

un-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trum, adj.

Weaksickillinfirm

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Nǽnig næs tó ðæs untrum, ðæt hé sóna hǽlo ne onfénge, 223, 23. Ðæt flǽsc is untrum caro infirma est, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 41. Man hwylcne dǽl his hrægles tó untruman men bróhte, ðæt hé wearð hál geworden, Blickl. Homl. 223, 25.

á-flíman

(v.)
Grammar
á-flíman, -flýman.
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Wé mid strǽlum hié scotodon and hié sóna onweg áflýmdon, Nar. 32, 18. Hý ðǽr áflýmede wurdon, Chr. 1001; P. 132, 22. to drive away what is unpleasant or hurtful Áflýman ealle þá þeóstru þǽre nihte, Gr. D. 171, 2.

Linked entry: á-flýman

flocc

a companya troopbandlegiona banda flockherd

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Add: of people. a company Hé sóhte his gelícan, ac hé ne mihte hine findan on ðám flocce he looked for his match, but could not find him in that company, Ap. Th. 12, 25.

hen

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Beóð henna (galline) gelíce þám þe mid ús beóð reádes híwes; and gyf hí hwylc man niman wile oððe hyra æthríneð, þonne forbærnað hí sóna eall his líc, Nar. 33, 26. Henna hróst, Angl. ix. 262, 4. Æt .x. hídum tó fóstre . . . .x. gees, .xx. henna, Ll.

swín

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Þá semninga geféldon hí án swýn ( porcum ) yrnende hider and þider betwyh heora fótum, ꝥ sum ꝥ swýn heora hwylc gefélde ... sóhte ꝥ swín þá duru þǽre cyrcan ... and ne mihte hit nán man geseón, and swá þeáh hí hit mihton gefélan, Gr. D. 236, 1-6.

á-slacian

(v.)

to slackenbecome slackto make slack

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Áslacige (solet) enervare, 96, 51. Ásleacod enervata, 143, 53. Áslacod evacuatum, 144, 52

Linked entry: á-slæcian

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Sóna ðæs ðe hí on ðis eálond cómon, ðá compedon hí, 1, 12; S. 480, 29. Ðæs ðe . . . ðá sóna, 5, 6; S. 620, 11. Æfter siextegum daga ðæs ðe ðæt timber ácorfen wæs intra sexagesimum diem quam arbores caesae erant, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 4.

eft

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Ic sóna eft mé sylfum andwyrde, Past. 5, 21. Gesceóp God Adam and Evah eft siððan . . . Beswác se ðeófol siððan eft ðá men, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 4-8. Hé spræc tó Abrahame . . . Cwæð þá eft raðe tó Sarran, Gen. 2726: Sat. 229.

ge-sécan

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Híwǽron sóna deáde swá hí eorðan gesóhtan ( solo adlidebantur), Bd. I. 12; Sch. 35, 4. Gif hí Cwicchelmes hlǽwe gesóhton þet hí nǽfre tó sǽ gán ne sceoldan, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 6. Oð ðæt seó ex sý gesóht, Lch. iii. 2, ll.

lyft

(n.)
Grammar
lyft, es, e; m. f. n.

Airatmospherebreezeskyheavenscloud

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Gr. 1; Som. 2, 31-35. Án ðæra [the elements] is eorþe, óðer wæter, þridde lyft, feówrþe fýr, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 30. Ðeós lyft ðe wé on libbaþ is án ðæra feówer gesceafta ...

Linked entries: lift loft

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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sóna ealle wǽron geácsode (requisiti), and wǽron gelǽtene, Gr. D. 182, 8. a non-material object Sume synna se man wandaþ ꝥ hé hí ásecgge, búton se mæssepreóst hié æt him geácsige, Bl.

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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sóhte and smeáde (tractavit), hwæt tó dónne wǽre Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 29: Elen. Kmbl. 826; El. 413. Maria smeáde and þohte, hwæt seó hálettung wǽre Blickl. Homl. 7, 16. Smeáge man geornlíce, hwæðer hit sóþ sí Deut. 19, 18.

Linked entry: smeán

EGE

(n.)
Grammar
EGE, æge, eige, es; m.

Fear, terror, dread, AWE tĭmor, terror, formīdo

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Wearþ hit swá mycel æge fram ðam here there was so great awe of the army, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 31. Gefeallaþ [MS. gefeællæþ] ofer hí eige and fyrhto fear and dread shall fall upon them, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 19; Thw. 30, 19.

Linked entries: æge eige

hengen

(n.)
Grammar
hengen, e; f.

hanging that on which any one is hunga gibbetgallowscrossprisonconfinementdurance.

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B. hengene] and ðǽr gebíde óþ ðæt hé gá tó Godes ordále if a friendless man be so distressed that he have no surety, then let him submit to prison, and there abide, until he go to God's ordeal. Cf. L. H. 65, 5; Th. i. 568, 14, ponatur in hengen

Linked entry: heng-wíte

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

Inwithin

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Duru ðæt mannes heáfod ge ða sculdro mágan in a door so that a man's head and shoulders may get in, 127, 9. Ðá heó ðá in tó ðære hálgan Elizabethe eode when she went in to the holy Elizabeth, 165, 28. Ðá eode Simon in tó Nerone, 175, 10.

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Wæs swá mycel mancwealm ðæt manige land binnan ðære byrig wǽran bútan ǽlcum yrfewearde there was so great a pestilence that many lands within the city were without any to inherit them, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 13.

irre

(adj.)
Grammar
irre, yrre; adj.

Gone astraywanderingconfusedperversedepravedangryenragedwrathfulindignant

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Hie wǽron tó ðon hátheortlíce yrre ðæt hie woldan ðone cásere cwicenne forbærnan they were so furiously enraged, that they wanted to burn the emperor alive, Blickl. Homl. 191, 11. Yrre wǽron begen réðe angry were both and fierce, Beo.

ge-þungen

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S. 3, 209. developed so as to be fit for, fitted Þá þe tó ciriclicum háde geþungene wǽron qui ecclesiasticum gradum apte subirent, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 469, 1