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wræclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wræclíce, adv.

abroadto foreign partsstrangelywonderfully

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abroad, to foreign parts férde wræclíce (peregre) on feorlen ríce, Lk. Skt. 15, 13. strangely, wonderfully Wræclíce mirabiliter, Ps. Th. 75, 4. Gemunaþ hú mænig wundor worhte wræclíce, 104, 5 : 105, 7: 148, 5

besma

Grammar
besma, bisme, bysm
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hæfde fiþru swylce þyrnen besma. Shrn. 122, 28. sceal habban . . . besman, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Add:

scippend

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Add: a creator Nú cwǽdon gedwolmen þæt deófol gesceópe sume gesceafta, ac hí leógað; ne mæg náne gesceafta gescyppan for ðan ðe nis ná scyppend, Hml. Th. i. 16, 21. v. frum-, ge-scippend

or-treówness

(n.)
Grammar
or-treówness, e; f.

Want of faith or confidence, mistrust

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æteówde ða wunda ðǽm ungeleáflullum mannum, forðon ðe nolde ðæt ǽnig ortrýwnes wǽre embe his ǽriste, Blickl. Homl. 91, 3

Linked entry: treówness

be-neah

he requires

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he requires, Elen. Kmbl. 1233; El. 618

twi-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twi-feald, adj.
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hine hét ðæt ne tweóde, ac ðæt wǽre ánrǽd, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 30, 3-7. double (as in double dealing), not straightforward, deceitful, v. twifealdness, Dómes dæg áráfaþ ðæt cliwen ðære twifaldan (twy-fealdan, Cott.

nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
nemnan, nemnian; p. nemde.

to namegive a name to a person or thingto use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thingto call upon the name ofaddress by nameto invoketo mention by nameto mentionrelateto namenominate

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Ðis andwerde líf nemde for weg this present life he spoke of as a way, L. E. I. 35; Th. ii. 432, 23.

Linked entries: a-nemnan namnian

be-æftan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-æftan, adv.

Behindafterhereafterpostponepostea

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Ðæt ic wille hér beæftan sweotolor gereccan that I will hereafter more clearly shew, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 29

frǽcenes

(n.)
Grammar
frǽcenes, frǽcnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Dangerperilperīcŭlum

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Danger, peril; perīcŭlum On frǽcenesse heora stealles in perīcŭlum sui stătus. Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 17. Bútan frǽcnesse without danger. Herb. 30, 4, Lchdm. i. 126, 24, MS. B. Bútan frǽcnysse, 63, 2; Lchdm. i. 166, 7, MSS. B. H

West-Wealas

(n.)
Grammar
West-Wealas, pl. m.
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Hér cuom micel sciphere on West-Walas (Wæst-Wealas, v. l. ), 835 ; Erl. 64, 24

lyb-lǽca

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Þá lyblǽccan and þá ðe manige galdor cunnon and þá ðe gelóme galaþ . . . þá þe hér bióð þá mǽstan drýicgan and gealdorcræftigan and lyblácan ne cumað nǽfre of þǽra wyrma seáðe, Nap. 43. Lyblaecan caragios, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 24. Add: —

mæsse-dæg

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Se cyng hét ofsleán ealle ðá Deniscan men þe on Angelcynne wǽron on Bricius messedæg, 1002 ; P. 135, 2. Add

wín-háte

(n.)
Grammar
wín-háte, an; f.

A feast

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A feast Gefrægn ic Olofernus wínhátan wyrcean, and eallum wundrum þrymlíc girwan up swǽsendo; tó ðám hét se gumena baldor ealle ða yldestan þegnas (the Latin is: Holofernes fecit cenam servis suis, Judith 12, 10), Judth. Thw. 21, 6; Jud. 3

soc

(n.)
Grammar
soc, es; n.

Suck, sucking at the breast

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[Seseȝ childer of her sok A. P. 103, 391. Taken awei fro sok, or wenyd Wick. (Isaiah 11, 8)]

tó-teran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-teran, p. -tær, pl. -tǽron; pp. -toren

To tear to piecesto tear to pieces a material to tear to piecesto harassdistractdestroy

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ðæs beran ceaflas tótær, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 15. ðone pistol tótær, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 30. tótær his tunecan, 450, 21. Hí tótǽron heora reáf, 454, 11. Fýrene næddran ðæt folc tótǽron, Num. 21, 6.

micel

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Hwǽr beóþ þá glengeas and þá mycclat, gegyrelan þe þone líchoman ǽr mid frætwode?, Bl. H. 111, 36. For hwan ne déþ ꝥ lǽsse nú ꝥ máre dyde?

ge-néþan

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Wé frécne genéðdon eafoð uncúðes, 959. with clause Ne dorste genéðan þæt hié mid firde gefóre, Ors.

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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Hét se cyning bannan út here ... Ðá hí þider út cómon (cf. ðone here ðe ðam cynge mid wæs,Ed. 181, 8), 1048; Erl. 180, 1: Exon.

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp. swicen.
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cease from Gif ðære hnappunge ne swícþ, ðonne hnappaþ óð wierð on fæstum slǽpe, Past. 28; Swt. 195, 11.

Linked entry: be-swicenness

nídan

(v.)
Grammar
nídan, p. de

To forcecompelurge

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nýdde his leorningcnihtas on scyp stígan, Mk. Skt. 6, 45. Ne nýdde ná ðæt folc tó his cwale he did not force the people to kill him, Homl. Th. i. 216, 1. Ðá nýdde ðone unclǽnan gást út, Lk. Skt. 9, 42. hié nýdde in fæðm fýres, Cd.