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fleswian

(v.)
Grammar
fleswian, p. ede ; pp. ed

To mutter ⬩ whisper ⬩ susurrāre

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To mutter, whisper; susurrāre Mid ðý he ðá geswippre múþe líccetende ǽrend rehte [MS. wrehte] and leáse fleswede when he then told a feigned message with his crafty mouth, and falsely whispered; cum sĭmŭlātam lēgātiōnem ōre astūto volvĕret, Bd. 2, 9;

for-cýðan

(v.)
Grammar
for-cýðan, p. de; pp. ed

To surpass or excel in knowledge ⬩ scientia excellĕre vel supĕrāre

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To surpass or excel in knowledge; scientia excellĕre vel supĕrāre Hæfde se snotra sunu Davides forcumen and forcýðed Caldéa eorl the wise son of David had overcome and surpassed in knowledge the leader of the Chaldeans, Salm. Kmbl. 353; Sal. 176: 411

eád-nes

(n.)
Grammar
eád-nes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Happiness, prosperity ⬩ beatĭtūdo

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Happiness, prosperity; beatĭtūdo Ós byþ eorla gehwám eádnys mind is to every man prosperity, Hick. Thes. vol. i. 135, 8; Runic pm. 4; Kmbl. 340, 10. Ongan he wurþigan eádnysse and hýrsumnysse he began to esteem happiness and obedience, Guthl. 2; Gdwin

in-bryrdniss

(n.)
Grammar
in-bryrdniss, e; f.

Inspiration ⬩ animation ⬩ compunction ⬩ feeling

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Inspiration, animation, compunction, feeling Mid ða mǽstan swétnesse and inbryrdnisse [inbrydnisse, MS.] maxima suavitate et compunctione, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 34 : 3, 19; S. 549, 21. Tó inbryrdnesse [inbyrdnesse, MS.] and tó gemynde ðære æfterfyligendra

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leoþu-wác

(adj.)
Grammar
leoþu-wác, adj.

flexible ⬩ pliant ⬩ supple

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With pliant joints, flexible, pliant, supple Liþowác habile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 67. Leoþuwác, 110, 25. Leóht and leoþuwác nimble and supple, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 12; Crä. 84. Swilce liðewácum velut lentescente, Hpt. Gl. 520, 36. Liðewácum tagum [? tánum

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port-mann

(n.)
Grammar
port-mann, es; m.
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A towns-man, citizen Portman civis, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 39. Eádgár æþeling corn mid eallum Norþhymbram tó Eoferwíc, and ða portmenn wið hine griðedon, Chr. 1068 ; Erl. 207, 2. Se port-geréfa and ða yldostan portmenn ( of Ephesus ), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 749

ge-birhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-birhtan, he -birht; p. -birhte: pp. -birhted, -birht

To make bright ⬩ brighten ⬩ illuminate ⬩ illuminare

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To make bright, brighten, illuminate; illuminare Ðe ealle bing gebirht which brightens all things, Bt. 34, 8 ; Fox 144, 37. Ealle steorran weorþaþ onlíhte and gebirhte of ðære sunnan all stars are lighted and made bright by the sun, 34, 5 ; Fox 140,

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gelodr

(n.)
Grammar
gelodr, e; f.

A part of the body about the chest, the backbone or spine? pars corporis circa thoracem vel spinam? - Se maga biþ neáh ðære heor-tan and ðære gelodre the stomach is near the heart and the spine,

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A part of the body about the chest, the backbone or spine? pars corporis circa thoracem vel spinam? - Se maga biþ neáh ðære heor-tan and ðære gelodre the stomach is near the heart and the spine, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 176, 3

sypian

(v.)

to take in moisture

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to take in moisture Glædenan rinde lytelra gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt; gedó ðonne ðæs scearpestan wínes tó .v. sestras, ásete ðonne on háte sunnan . . . ðæt hit sipige and socige .iiii. dagas, Lchdm. ii. 252, 11. Similar entries v. Cf. súpan, and preceding

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un-bliss

(n.)
Grammar
un-bliss, e; f.

Unhappiness ⬩ grief ⬩ sorrow ⬩ misery

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Unhappiness, grief, sorrow, misery Mycel is mé unbliss mínra dýrlinga miss, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 271. Nú wé beód blíðe, and eft on micelre unblisse, Homl. Th. i. 184, 3. Manege unblissa and micele sorga becómon ðám Iudéiscum æfter Cristes slege, Homl. Ass

underling

(n.)
Grammar
underling, es; m. (the word seems to occur only in late texts)

An underling ⬩ a subordinate ⬩ a subject

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An underling, a subordinate, a subject Heó ( the Jews ) syððen ǽfre unwurðe wǽron on heora lífdagen and get synden underlinges, Homl. Ass. 194, 50. Eádward kyng grét Harald eurl and alle his undurlynges ( omnes meos ministros ) in Herefordeshíre, Cod

wíte-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-lác, es; n.

Punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ pain

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Punishment, torment, pain Wurdon tó axan eorðan wæstma, efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác (the burning and terror at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ) gerǽhton, Cd. Th. 154, 12 ; Gen. 2554. Weras básnedon wíteloccas (wíteláces, Grn.) weán under weallum

be-westan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-westan, prep, with dat. or adv.
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To the west of Bewestan Achaie is Dalmatia . . . ; besúþan Istria is se Wendelsǽ, and bewestan þá beorgas þe man hǽt Alpis . . . bewestan him Frofentsǽ, Ors. I. I; S. 22, 13, 15, 30. Beeástan him is se Risca sǽ, and bewestan Addriaticurn, S. 28, 1, 10

dún-land

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Genim swínes scearn þæs þe on dúnlande and wyrtum libbe, Lch. ii. 62, 28. Ðeós wyrt ( betony ) biþ cenned on mǽdum and on clǽnum dúnlandum, i. 70, 2. Hé hine geond ealle eorðan sóhton, ge on dúnlandum gé on wudalandum, Ap. Th. 7, 14. Add

exe

(n.)
Grammar
exe, an: ex (?), e; f.

The brain

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The brain Cerebrum brægen vel exe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 21. Exon þǽre ðryfealdan (brægene þám þryfealdan, v. l.) cerebro triformi, Lor. H. 183, 1. Se drænc is gód wið heáfodecce and wið brægenes hwyrfnesse and weallunge, wið seóndre exe, Lch. iii. 70,

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gnæt

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Gnæt scinifes vel tudo, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 3: scinifes, 77, 56. Gneat, Ps. Srt. 104, 31. Þá gnættas mid swíþe lytlum sticelum him ( man ) deriaþ, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 10. Heó ( fleabane ) gnættas and micgeas and fleán ácwelleþ, Lch. i. 266, 1. Add

hofer

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Hofr gibbus Txts. 64, 459. Horer, ofer tuber 103, 2074. Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod and ðearle gebíged þurh ðone brádan hofor . . . Hé wearð gehǽled . . . swá ꝥ næs gesýne on his hricge hwǽr se hofor stóde, Hml. S. 21, 95-106. Dele '[?]', and

ídisc

(n.)
Grammar
ídisc, . . . m. n [?].
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Substitute: <b>ídisce, ídisc</b> (<b>ýdd-</b>), es; n. and add Árís and ágif þyses ceorles ýddisce (ǽhta, v. l.) þe þú underfénge surge et res istius rustici redde quas accepisti, Gr. D. 164, 3

meduma

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For 'A weaver's beam' substitute 'A treadle of a loom,' in l. 2for 'insubulæ,' l. 'insubula,' and add Meðema tramarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 27. (Wright prints: Tramarium meðema wersa, but the MS. has persa, which is Latin, and belongs to the next word.)

niht-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hwíl, e ; f.
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9