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be-swincan

to labour at

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Gedafenað esnum þám orpedan, þonne gód weorc ongynð, ꝥ ꝥ geornlíce beswynce, Angl. viii. 324, 18. to till land :-- seów hwǽte on be-swuncenum lande, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 10

be-nemnan

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L. 9, 9, to appoint, settle On þám mónðe bleóton á; ꝥ is þæt betǽhton and benemdon (-nemn-don, v.l.) hyra deófolgyldum þá neát þá þe woldon syllan, Mart. H. 198, II.

tó-stencan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stencan, p -stencte; pp. -stenced, -stenct.

to scatter the parts of a wholedisperse a number of objects gathered togetherto destroy the integrity of a wholedissipatebring to noughtoverthrow

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Se wulf cymþ tó ðám sceápum, sume ábítt, sume tóstencþ, Homl. Th. i. 240, 24: 238, 16. Ðínne líchoman geond ðisse ceastre lanan hié tóstenceaþ, Blickl. Homl. 237, 5. Ðú tóstenctest feónd ðíne dispersisti inimicos tuos, Ps. Spl. 88, 11: 43, 13.

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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com on ðære syxtan ylde, Blickl. Homl. 71, 26. Se eahtoþa dæg getácnode ða eahtoþan ylde ðyssere worulde, Homl. Th. i. 98, 8.

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lengan

(v.)
Grammar
lengan, p. de

protractdelayextendlengthen

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Ðá lengde hit man swá lange it was so long delayed, Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 10.

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níwian

(v.)
Grammar
níwian, p. ode

To renewrenovaterestore

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níwade Cnutes lage (v. Freeman's Old English History, p. 241), Chr. 1064; Erl. 196, 2. Ne wrec ðú ða ǽrran yflu, búton mon eft níwige, Prov. Kmbl. 35. Swá ðæt ðú ǽghwylce dæg ðone drenc níwie (níwige, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 192, 15.

réc

(n.)
Grammar
réc, es; m.
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Réce gelícast geteoriaþ sicut deficit fumus, deficiant, Ps. Th. 67, 2. Geondfolen fýre, réce and reáde lége, Cd. Th. 3, 31; Gen. 44. In onlícnesse uppástígendra yselena mid réce instar favillarum cum fumo ascendentium, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 23.

ge-wilnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wilnung, -willnung. e; f.

A wishdesirelongingseekingappetitewillvowoncŭpiscentiadesīdĕriumambĭtusappĕtītusaffectusvōtum

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Of gewilnunge ic gewilnode etan mid eów ðás eástron desīdĕrio desīdĕrāvi hoc pascha mandūcāre vobiscum, Lk. Bos. 22, 15. férdon on gewilnunge heortan transiērunt in affectum cordis, Ps. Spl. 72, 7: Homl. Th. i. 136, 9, 31.

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scrid

(n.)
Grammar
scrid, es; n.
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Scriðes, Hpt. Gl. 504, 15. On scride ł on cræte in carruca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 42. Ðá héht se cásere gesponnan fiówer wildo hors tó scride and hine gebundenne in ðæt scrid ásetton . . . Hió gelǽddon ðæt scrid on heá dúne, Shrn. 71, 34.

Linked entry: scriða

un-wæstmbǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmbǽre, adj.

Unproductivebarrensterile

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Sume treówu cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7

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beþian

(v.)
Grammar
beþian, beþigean.

To warmfoment

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(two seals) mid heora blade his leoma beðedon, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 13.. Gesæt under sunn-beáme and his scencan beðode, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 26. Seóð on wætre, beþe mid . ꝥ lim, Lch. ii. 146, 5 : 148, 9: 154, 17.

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be-sencan

Grammar
be-sencan, pp. -senct

To plungesubmergedrown

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xiii scipa on sǽbesencte, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 172, 10. God besencte Pharao, Hml. Th. i. 312, 5. Wé besencton obsorbuimus. Bl. Gl. hine besencton on þá eá æt his cneówa, Bl. H. 43, 29. Besencean oþþe gecwylman mergere aut mortificare, Coll.

bréme

(adj.)
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Dæg brýme dies Celebris, Hy. S. 38, 5. Se bréma cyng (Cnuf), Chr. 1023 ; P. 156, II. Béda ðe bróema bóecere, Jn. L. 10, 37 margin. Þá rícu þæs bréman Fæder Patris regna, Dom. L. 295. Heó æteówde hyre breóst þám bréman Philippe, Hml.

esol

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læddon him tó þone eosol, Bl. H. 71, 6. Eoselas (assan, v. l.) þá habbað swá micle horas swá oxan onagri cornua boum habentes, Nar. 34, 15. Eosola gehlýd ruditus asinorum, Gr.

ge-seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seóþan, p. ge-seáþ; pp. ge-soden
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Selle him flǽsc etan smælra fugla gesodenra and gebrǽdra, 182, 13

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ge-brýsed

(v.)
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Þá stánas nales ꝥ án ꝥ his limu tóbrǽcan, ac eác swylce mid ealle his bán gebrýsedon (-brýsdon, tóbrýsdon, v. ll.] saxa non solum cjtes membra, sed etiam ossa contri*-*verant, Gr. D. 125, 23.

ge-windan

(v.)
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Gewand him út eall his innewearde, Hml.

gramlic

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Ne cwæð þú ná goda, ac gramlicra deófla, 8, 59. of things Nǽron geneádode tó ðám gramlican geþeahte, Hml. S. 27, 166. genam áne cuppan mid cwealmbǽrum drence ... and begól þone gramlican drenc, 14, 76.

mǽte

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mót ǽgðer witan ge lǽsse ge mǽre, ge betere ge mǽtre ðæs ðe tó túne belimpð, Angl. ix. 259, 23. getrymedon him word mǽte firmauerunt sibi uerbum malum, Ps. Rdr. 63, 6. Micle ge méttan, C. D. B. iii. 491, 12.

líf-lic

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Ic com se líflica hláf, Hml. Th. i. 34, 16. long-lived Sé þe acenned bid, líflic (vitalis) bið, Archiv cxxix. 18, 11.