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drý-lic

(adj.)
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drý-lic, adj.
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Of magic, magical Mid drýlices fácnes galdre magicae fraudis necromantia, An. Ox. 2907. Mid drýlicum scínláce magica praestigia, 3261: 4699. Mambres ontýnde ðá drýlican béc ( libros magicos ) his bréðer, Nar. 50, 13

ge-cneordlíce

(adv.)
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Þá hǽðenan mid lácum heora leásra goda gecneordlíce munde bǽdon, Hml. Th. i. 504, 19. Hé Godes beboda gecneordlíce mid weorcum gefylð, ii. 228, 24. Gecnyrdlícost studiosius, Wülck. Gl. 250, 39. Add

stæl-hrán

(n.)
Grammar
stæl-hrán, es; m.

A decoy-reindeer

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A decoy-reindeer Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas; ðara wǽron syx stælhránas; ða beóþ swýðe dýre mid Finnum, for ðæm hý fóþ ða wildan hránas mid, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 11

þrafung

(n.)
Grammar
þrafung, e; f.

Reproof ⬩ rebuke ⬩ censure

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Ðæt is ðonne swelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge, ðæt mon openlíce and unforwandodlíce on óðerne rǽse mid tǽlinge and mid ðrafunga ex mucrone quippe percutere, est impetu apertae increpationis obviare, Past. 40; Swt. 297, 53.

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on-hrínan

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Gif his mon onhrinð mid buccan blóde, 271, 3. Heó mid hire ýtemestan fingrum þǽre lenticula onhrán, Hml. S. 23 b, 715. Ær ðú his onhriéne (-hríne, v. l. ), Past. 241, 13. Gif man mid unclǽnum handum hwylces metes onhrine, Ll.

grimnes

(n.)
Grammar
grimnes, se; f.
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GRIMNESS, severity, fierceness, cruelty; ferocitas, atrocitas Se deófol wile hit him mid grimnesse and mid yfele eall forgyldan the devil will requite it all to him with cruelty and with evil, Blickl. Homl. 55, 24.

be-ceápian

(v.)

to sell ⬩ to buy ⬩ purchase

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Ne beceápige hé mid his sáwle ðæs líchaman gesundfulnysse, 474, 26. Hæfde Zacheus beceápod heofonan ríce mid healfum dǽle his ǽhta, 582, 7

on-sígan

(v.)

of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descend ⬩ of violent movement

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Fornumen mid onsígendre ylde with declining years, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50, 20. of violent movement Gif hí oncneówon ða geniðerunge ðe him onsíhþ, Homl. Th. i. 408, 8.

ge-récan

(v.)
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to smoke, fumigate Dó gléda an glédfæt, and lege þá wyrta on; geréc þone man mid þám wyrtum, Lch. ii. 346, 4. Gyf hyt bið mid gereced, i. 356, 14.

planéta

(n.)
Grammar
planéta, planéte?, an; m. f. (?).
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.), chasuble Scrýde hine mid superhumerale and mid alban and stolan and handlíne and planétan, ꝥ is godwebben cappe, MS. Laud 482, f. 48 a

scrudnung

(n.)
Grammar
scrudnung, scrutnung, e; f.

Examination ⬩ investigation ⬩ enquiry

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Examination, investigation, enquiry Hé began mid geornfulre scrudnunge smeágan and áhsian be ðám gebodum ðæs hálgan regules, Lchdm. iii. 440, 20. Tó ásmeáganne mid scrutniendre scrutnunge. Anglia viii. 302, 36

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efestung

(n.)
Grammar
efestung, e; f.
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Haste Swá þæt nánra þinga mid ǽnigre efestinge mannes hí mihton beón undón ut dissolvi tam concite nulla hominum festinatione potuissent, Gr. D. 164, 15. Mid oefestunge cum festinantia, Ps. Srt. 77, 33

teldian

(v.)
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Mid þý se feónd his yfelnesse mægen and his grimnesse áttor teldað, ꝥ hé mid þý átre þá menniscean heortan wundað dum omnis nequitiae suae vires versutamente tentaret, Guth. Gr. 119, 44. Add

ge-fágod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fágod, adj. (ptcpl.)

Of varied colour, coloured (of dress)

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Of varied colour, coloured (of dress) Godweb mid golde gefágod, Bl. H. 113, 20. Mid deórwyrþum reáfum and gefágedum ne beóþ hý gescrýdde pretiosis vel coloratis vestibus non induantur, R. Ben. 137, 8

Linked entry: fágian

collecta

(n.)
Grammar
collecta, an; m. f.
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Mid þysum collectum cum his collectis, Angl. xiii. 381, 223

ge-treówþ

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Gif hé hit mid getrýwðan geearnod, 440, 3. loyalty Ánum cynehláforde holdlíce hýran, and georne hine healdan mid rihtan getrýwðan, Ll.

ge-wǽpnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpnung, e; f.
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Armour, arms. military, v. ge-wǽpnian; i Cóm Mercurius mid his gewǽpnunge and wearð ásend tó þæs cáseres slæge, Hml. S. 3, 251. Hé férde mid þám cempum búton gewǽpnunge, 31, 41.

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íre

(n.)
Grammar
íre, es; m.
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For this entry I hove to thank Professor Max Förster] Ægylsige bohte Wynríc æt Ælfsige abbude mid ánon ýre goldes, C. D. vi. 210, 24. Bohte man .LX. æcera mid þrím pundum and mid ánum ýre, C. D. B. iii. 371, 2

on-bláwan

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Hé wæs aþunden mid oferhigde and onbláwen (inflalus) mid þý gefeán þissere gewítendan gesǽlignysse, Gr. D. 180, 16. to blow on or away: — Feónd úre wé onbláwaþ mid horne inimicos nostros ventilabimus cornu, Ps.

ymb-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-settan, p. te.

to set round, put round, surround ⬩ to plant with something

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Eá mid treówum ymbset amnis, i. 54, 16

Linked entry: ymb-seten