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rícetere

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, Wlfst. 144, 32. add: undue display of power, arrogance Wæs sum man, Leófstán geháten, ríce for worulde . . . sé rád tó þám hálgan mid rícetere swíðe, and hét him æteówian orhlíce swíðe þone hálgan sanct, Hml. S. 32, 233

sárgian

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs ðú sárgige for ðǽm on lásð ne gemas in novissimis, 249, 13

stilness

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D. 170, 12. add: abstention from speech: — For þǽre stilnesse hefignysse neoþran stefne tó sprecenne wé geþáfedon pro taciturnitatis gravitate summissa voce loquendum permisimus, Angl. xiii. 433, 970.

wisc

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For 'a marsh' substitute: A wish (wish a damp meadow, a marsh, D.D.), and add On ðám mǽdum .viii. æceras, and on myclan wysce (cf. in loco uulgari uocitamine æt miclamersce, 218, 18) . v. æceras, C. D. iii. 283, 10.

un-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
un-wrenc, es; m.

an evil trick ⬩ a malicious wile ⬩ a wicked artifice ⬩ an evil practice ⬩ a vice

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Mid ðám unwrencan bið Antecrist eal áfylled, 54, 15. an evil practice, a vice For ðæm unwrence ðære ungeðylde per impatientiae vitium, Past. 33; Swt. 215, 19

æsc

ash-tree ⬩ a ship

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D. vi. 252-3 for the large number of place-names in which æsc occurs) Æsces sceal mǽst there must be most of ash, Lch. ii. 86, 8. a ship Aesc cercilus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 56. Æsc cercylus, 14, 16.

hearm-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-stæf, es; m.

Hurt, harm, sorrow, trouble, affliction

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Hurt, harm, sorrow, trouble, affliction Wé nú gehýraþ hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan we now hear whence troubles arose for us, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 1; Gen. 939.

freót-man

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Hé geann Gode his sáwelscættas, ꝥ is .i. híd and .i. pund penega and .vi. and twéntig freótmonna for his sáwle, C. D. B. iii. 652, 18 ; Shrn. 159, 6. Add

friþiend

(n.)
Grammar
friþiend, friþigend, es; m.

A protector

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Uton lufian úre cyrican, for ðám heó bið úre friðiend and werigend wið þæt micele fýr on dómes dæg, Wlfst. 239, 7

ge-wit-leást

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wit-leást, -witt-leást, e; f.

Folly ⬩ madness ⬩ phrensy ⬩ stultitia

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Wið ða ádle ðe grécas frenésis nemnaþ ðæt is on úre geþeóde gewitlést ðæs módes for the disease which the Greeks call φρένησιs, that is, in our language, witlessness of the mind, Herb. 96, 4; Lchdm. i. 210, 1

gecoren-ness

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Sé wæs tó cynincge áhafen swýðor for folces gecorennysse þonne ðurh Godes rǽd, Hml. S. 18, 2. Þǽr wǽron bisceopas of gehwilcum burgum tó þǽre gecorennysse, 31, 268. Take here ge-corenes in Dict., and add

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á-barian

(v.)

to make bare, strip ⬩ to lay bare, expose, disclose

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For ábaredum (ábored, in marg.) ob detectum, apertum, revelatum, Hpt. Gl. 474, 78. Ábarude retectos, Germ. 393, 64

rǽs-bora

(n.)
Grammar
rǽs-bora, an; m.

A counsellor, one who takes thought for the public good, a leader, chief

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A counsellor, one who takes thought for the public good, a leader, chief Rǽsbora ( Abraham ), Cd. Th. 108, 24; Gen. 1811. Andreas þanc gesægde rícum rǽsboran ( the Deity who in disguise had guided Andrew's ship ), Andr. Kmbl. 769; An. 385.

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ahse

(n.)
Grammar
ahse, an; f.

Ashes

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Ashes Forðon ahsan swá swá hláf ic æt quia cinerem tanquam panem manducabam, Ps. Spl. 101, 10: 147, 5

Ianuarius

(n.)
Grammar
Ianuarius, m.

January

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January Forma mónaþ folc mycel Ianuarius héton the Romans called the first month January, Menol. Fox 19; Men. l0

ge-bígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bígan, ge-bégan; p. de
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To crown Hié þá swá sigebeorhte and swá gebégde mid mycelre blisse tó hám fóran, Bl. H. 203, 30

ge-þrístlǽcing

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þrístlǽcing, e; f.
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Först. 164

helle-hús

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Forst. 109, 6. Ꝥ hellehús is mid swíðe láðlicum gástum áfylled, 112, 2. Add

ormǽtness

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Först. 111, 18

reliquias

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Först. 171. Add