ǽ-swícung
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and add: seduction, deceit Álýs ús from deóflicum costnungum and fram eallum ǽswicungum unrihtwísra wyrhtena, Hml. S. 11, 42. sedition Folcslite vel ǽswicung seditio. Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 30. offence Ǽswicung scandalum, Ps. L. 48, 14. 'Mannes bearn
beó-breád
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For meanings given substitute: Honeycomb with honey, and add Beóbreád favus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 65: favum, 284, 70: favi, ii. 37, 62: Beóbréd favus, Germ. 390, 72. Hwæt getácnode ðæs hunies beóbreád ? Beóbreád is on twám ðingum, on weaxe and on hunie,
bissextus
leap-year
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The intercalary day of leap-year; also leap-year Sume preóstas secgað ꝥ bissextus cume þurh ꝥ,ꝥ Iosue ábæd æt Gode ꝥ seó sunne stód stille . . . Nis nǽfre þurh ꝥ bissextus . . . Bis is twuwa, sextus se syxta, bissextus twuwa syx, for þám wé cweðað on
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ceahhetung
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Substitute for first citation Gehýrde ic mycel gehlýd and ceahhetunge (-ttung, ceahetunge, v. ll.) swá swá ungelǽrdes folces and bysmriendes genæftum heora feóndum audio cachinnum crepitantem quasi uulgi indocti captis hostibus insultantis, Bd. 5, 12
ealdor-lic
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Add: of an ealdor. v. ealdor, I Ealdorlicere mihte tribunice potestatis, An. Ox. 4544. Ealdorlicere tribunica, 4010. chief, principal, princely Seó ceaster wæs héh and aldorlic, Bl. H. 77, 25. Swá ealdorlices hádes principalis tanti sexus, An. Ox. 3890
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eást-ríce
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Substitute: an empire in the east, the East Ðæt eástríce in Asiria gefeóll . . . Ninus rícsade on ðon eástríce lii wintra, Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 7, 13. Constantinopolis is nú ꝥ héhste cynesetl and heáfod ealles eástríces Constantinopolis nunc imperii sedes
ed-hwyrft
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Substitute: return to a place Ús is áléfed edhwyrft tó þǽm écean lífe, Bl. H. 137, 14. Gesǽligum edhwyrftum felici reditu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 30. return, recovery from a condition Oftigen bið him torhtre gesihðe . . . þæt him bið sár in his móde . .
ge-hweled
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Substitute: <b>ge-hwelian;</b> pp. ed To inflame with foul matter Sió diégle wund bið sárre ðonne sió opene, for ðám ðæt worsm ðæt ðǽrinne gehweled bið, gif hit bið út forlǽten, ðonne bið sió wund geopenod tó hǽlo ðæs sáres vulnera clausa
ge-midlian
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and add: to bridle (fig.), restrain Sé þe gelustfullunge gemídlað (refrenat), Scint. 88, 7. Manige ge-mídliað hiera giéfernesse and átemiað hira líchoman carnem gulae refrenatione edomant, Past. 345, 23. Swá horsum mídlu synd on tó asettenne, swá heortan
god-wræc
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For <b>god-wrec</b> substitute <b>god-wrece</b> (short i-stem?), and add: Exiled from God (cf. Meh leásne, mé ceigendæ ꝥ ic sié Godes wracco me falsarium, me clamans sacrilegum, Mt. p. 1, 9), impious Goduureci scevum (cf. sceno
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hǽþen-nes
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Add: paganism: — Hǽðennesse gentilitatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 30. Hé frægn hwæþer þá ylcan landleóde crístene wǽron þe hí þá gýt on hǽþennesse gedwolum lifdan (an paganis adhuc erroribus essent implicati), Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 109, 19. Hé monige wæs gecígende
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heán-lic
paltry ⬩ common ⬩ vile ⬩ contemptible ⬩ base
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Add: of little worth or importance, paltry, common; vilis Man wót oft máre be þám heálicran ðonne be þám heánlicran, Solil. H. 17, 14. vile, contemptible, base Heánlic slǽp, Dóm. L. 257. Eów mæg gescomian ꝥ gé swá heánlic geþóht on eów geniman for ánes
hleótan
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Add: to cast lots Ic eów forbeóde ꝥ eówer nán ne áxie þurh ǽnigne wiccecræft be ǽnigum ðinge . . . for ðan sé ðe þys déð . . . bið þám hǽðenum gelíc, þe hleótað be him sylfum mid ðæs deófles cræfte . . . Hleótan man mót mid geleáfan swá þeáh on woruld-ðingum
myndgian
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add: to bring to the notice of a person For ðám ic ðé mindgige, ꝥ þú ongite ðætte nán gesǽlþ nis on þisse andweardan lífe ut agnoscas in his fortuitis rebus beatitudinem constare non posse, sic collige Bt. 11, 2 ; F. 34, 14. to remind a person of something
myntan
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add: of the action of an inanimate object ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúmeweard, and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, Gr. D. 12, II. <b>I d.</b> add: to mean something for a person :-- Ic hit ágnian wille tó ágenre
of-spring
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For ðan ðe hé is Abrahames ofspring quod ipse filius sit Abrahae (Lk. 19, 9), Hml. Th. i. 582, 6. Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu æt Ælfsige . . . tó écum freóte, and eall hire ofspring, C. D. vi. 209, 11. Tácnu wurðað on eów and on eówrum ofspringum (in semine
scilling
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Add Sum mon sealde óþrum scilling seolfres tó borge, Shrn. 127, 25. Scil[ing] dragmam, An. Ox. 348. Hú þá scillingas (solidi) wurdon þurh wundor ágifene þám biddendum . . . Sum wer . . . sǽde ꝥ hé wǽre geswenced from his moniendan for .xii. scyllingum
secgan
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Add Þe lǽs þe hig sæggon, 'Hwǽr is heora god?,' Ps. L. 78, 10. 2. Add Cirus, Persa cyning, þe wé ǽr beforan sægdon Cyrus, rex Persarum, quem superius commemoraveram, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 22. Add Ðǽm welwillendum is tó sæcganne, ðæt . . . Past. 230, 10
ǽsce
question, inquiry ⬩ search for stolen cattle
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Add: question, inquiry Uton áhsien úrne Drihten . . . Wé gehýraþ æfter ðisse ǽscan (-ean, v. l.) (post hanc interrogationem ) Drihten andswariendne, R. Ben. 3, 16. Hé angan tó befrínenne . . . Hé wearð æfter ðysse ǽscan ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 29. Ðá
ge-þingan
To thrive ⬩ grow ⬩ become excellent
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To thrive, grow, become excellent Metode geþungon Abraham and Loth Abraham and Lot throve to the Lord [cf. ge-þeón], Cd. 82; Th. 103, 7; Gen. 1714: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 14; Met. 1, 7. Ǽghwæðer heora wæs ælþeódig ðǽr and hwæðere for heora lífes geearnunge
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