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sencan

(v.)
Grammar
sencan, p. te; pp. ed.
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sencan mǽges dreóre [ flood the pile with his son's blood ), Cd. Th. 176, 4 ; Gen. 2906. Ne biþ flód tó sencende (tó stencende (?) dissipans ) ða eorþan. Gen. 9, 11

Linked entry: be-sæncan

ge-síclian

(v.)
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Sé þe un-endebyrdlíce mægenu gegrípan hogað, raþe hé byð gesíclud (períclitatur), Scint. loi, 15. Hé wearð gesícelod. Hml. S. 7, 65. Wearð his hors gesíclod (-sícclod, v.l.) and sóna feóll (v. Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 18-), 26, 205.

syn-grin

(n.)

the toilsnare which a sin constitutes

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the toil or snare which a sin constitutes Ðæt ús deófol of rihtan wege þurh deriende þýstra belǽdan ne mǽge, ne mid syngrinum tó swíðe gehremman not hamper us too much with the snares of sin, Btwk. 196, 19.

and-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
and-sæc, n.
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Þone þe tó nánan andsæce ne mæge, 228, 14. 'Ne mæg ic wunian.' . . . Ðá ðáá Þú ondsæc dydest, þæt þú on feorwegas féran ne cúðe, An. 929. Add

a-reccean

(v.)
Grammar
a-reccean, p. -reahte. -rehte; pp. -reaht, -reht; v. trans.

To tell outrelaterecountexpresstranslateenarrareeloquiexprimerereddere

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To tell out, relate, recount, express, translate; enarrare, eloqui, exprimere, reddere Hwá is ðæt ðe eall ða yfel, ðe hí dónde wǽron, mǽge areccean who is there that can relate all the evils which they did? Ors. 1, 8 ; Bos. 31, 24: Hy. 3, 17; Hy.

cólian

(v.)
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Wyrc swylc án lytel cicel . . . swá ðú hátost forberan mæge . . . þonne se cicel cólige, Lch. iii. 30, 21. Cólgendre frigenti, Angl. xiii. 38, 318. [ O. Sax. kólón.] Add

fore-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þeón, (for-)

o excelsurpass

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Hú hé óþerne on hálgum þeówdóme forþeón mæge, R. Ben. 131, 18.

Linked entry: for-þeón

geond-irnan

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Ꝥ se seáw mæge ꝥ heáfod geondyrnan, 18, 15. of mental action, to run over a subject Geondyrnan ( percurrere ) þá þing þe syndon ongunnene be his lífe, Gr. D. 103, 10

Linked entry: geond-yrnan

lád

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Add Gif hwá þeóf fridige, sý hé emscyldig wið mé þá þe þeóf scolde, búton hé hine mid fulre láde wið mé geclǽnsian mæge, Cht. E. 251, 1. (mistaken for) accusation Fram þrím ondréd heorte mín. ... láde ( delaturam ) ceastre, Scint. 224, 17

seáw

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mæge ꝥ heáfod geondyrnan] :-- Genim þisse sylfan wyrte (foxglove ) seáw mid rosan seáwe, Lch. i. 268, 5. Þicgen þá mettas ðe gód seáw wyrcen, ii. 226, 12

teám

Grammar
teám, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> add :-- Toll and teám sý ágifen intó þám mynstre, bútan hé hit geearnian mæge tó þám ðe þænne áh mynstres geweald, Cht. E. 236, 4. efen-teám. Add

wyrt-gemang

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-gemang, es; n.
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Ða wyrtgemang getácniaþ mistlícu mægen Cristes, Ps. Th. 44, 10. Wyrta oððe wyrtgemangu herbae vel pigmenta, Scint. 36, 11. Wyrtgemanga strengðe pigmentorum uim, 120, 13. Mid wyrtgemangum cum aromatibus, Jn. Skt. 19, 40: Anglia xiii. 427, 885.

Dene

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Mægen Deniga, 155: 271. Fram Anglum ge fram Denum, Chr. 1039; P. 161, 25. Hé Dene weorðode, B. 1090

neáh-sibb

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh-sibb, adj.

Related

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Related Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig cristen man ǽfre ne gewífie on his mǽges láfe ðe swá neáhsib (neáh sib, Th.) wǽre, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 24.

cíþ

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Hí habbaþ nǽnne cíð ( incrementum ) mægenes, Scint. 5, 18. Ciþas gramina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 35. Cíðas genimina, Kent. Gl. 251. Add

min-dóm

(n.)
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Th. 54, 7 is Ic bíde þæs beornes þe mé bóte eft mindóm and mægenes hreóh The last line is too short, perhaps it might be completed by writing mínne after mindóm ? But see min

mann-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
mann-cyst, e; f.
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Manly virtue Healdan wé þæt mid gódum dǽdum and mid æðelum mancystum, þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, and in ðám dǽdum þe wé þurhteón magon, Verc. Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst

Linked entry: cyst

durran

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Gebíd oþ ꝥ þú mæge oððe dyrre, Lch. ii. 254, 4. Gif þú dón ne durre, 252, 27. Oðsace sé, sé þe wille oþþe sé þe dyrre, Ors. 6, 4; S. 260, 5: Ll. Th. i. 154, 6: Shrn. 176, 32. Ꝥ hé gán dyrre and mæge, Lch. i. 176, 9.

eargian

(v.)
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Sculon eówre heortan eargian swíðe ( animam uestram tabescentem faciam ), and eówra feónda mægen strangian þearle, Wlfst. 133, 4. [v. N. E. D. argh; vb. Cf. O. H. Ger. ir-argén obstupescere.] Cf. ge-irgan

ge-þeóde

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Ðæt wé sumæ béc on ðæt geðiode (-ðeóde, v. l. ) wenden ðe wé ealle gecnáwan mægen, 8. Se þridda dǽl gesæt æt his byrgenne betweoh þá men þe heora geþeóde (geþeódo, v. l. ) ne cúðon, Mart. H. 180, 2. From wiðcwedenisse geðiéda (linguarum), Ps.