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scip-broc

(n.)
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scip-broc, es; n.
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Trouble, hardship, or labour when journeying in a ship Paulus him rehte hú myccle scipbrocu hé gebád on ðæm síþe St. Paul related to them the hardships he had undergone on his voyage to Rome, Blickl. Homl. 173, 6

Linked entry: bróc

wer-met

(n.)
Grammar
wer-met, es; n.
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A man's measure, stature of a man Tó wermete ad staturam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 23: 8, 70. (In both cases stauram is printed; but the former is a gloss on Mt. 6, 27. v. Wülck. Gl. 479, 23.)

be-hreósan

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Substitute: to fall Sé þe on ðá wítu behreóseð, Wlfst. 26, 12: Ll. Th. ii. 330, 12. Ðá on helle behreósað in gehen-nam incidunt, R. Ben. 24, 3. Þæt wæs ungerím þæt intó helle behreás, Wlfst. 9, I

be-lecgan

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Gif man mid tihtlan preóst beléde. Ll. Th. ii. 256, 39. Belege mid wulle cover with wool, Lch. ii. 262, 3. Mid unþeáwum beléd subject to vices, R. Ben. 121, 14. Líge belegde enveloped in flame, Dan. 296. Add

fót-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fót-lic, adj.
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on foot, that is done on foot Folga mé ná þæt án on fótlicum gange, ac eác swilce on gódra ðeáwa geefenlǽcunge. Hml. Th. ii. 468, 21. fig. pedestrian, low in style Fótlic pedestre, i. uile. Germ. 403, 12

ge-tengan

(v.)
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Add: I. intrans. To hurry Hé mid fleáme tó wuda getengde, Hml. Th. i. 384, 8. reflex. To press, apply oneself to; incumbere Ongan Dryhtnes ǽ georne cýðan, and hine sylfne getengde in Godes þeówdóm, æscróf unsláw, El. 200

geár-dagas

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Add: days, lifetime Heora geárdagum in their days, Gen. 1657, days of yore Án wæs on geárdagum Gode wel gecwéme, Isaias se wítega, Wlfst. 44, 21. Hit gewearð on geárdagum þæt God sylf spæc of Synai munte, 66, 9

gíme

Grammar
gíme, care.
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Take here <b>gýme</b> in Dict., and add Gif wé habbað suá micle sorge and suá micle giéman úrra niéhstena suá suá úre selfra si ut nostram, sic curam proximi gerimus Past. 45, II

híwcúþ-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
híwcúþ-lic, adj.

domesticfamiliar

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domestic Híwcúðlic geter domestica scissura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 70. Of híwcúþlicere geférrǽddene domestica sodalitate, An. Ox. 2531. used substantively: On híwcúðlicum ðínum in domesticis tuis, Scint. 194, 9. familiar Mid híwcúlþlicre byldo familiaritatis

hwirflung

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Take here <b>hwerflung</b> in Dict. and add: change, vicissitude Huoerflunges vicissitudinis Rtl. 28, II. Ðæt gér byð áwend mid twi six hwyrfolunga, and hyt hæfð twá and fíftig wucan, Angl. viii. 301, 36

Linked entry: hwerflung

médan

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Substitute: to put courage into a person (?) Ondsware ýwe sé hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him make answer that can encourage himself to say in words how the wood is called, Rä. 56, 15

on-bindan

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Ðý lǽs hí sín tó swíðe gebundne mid ðǽm ðurhtogenum scyldum, and tó lange forelden ðæt hí hí ne anbinden mid ðǽre hreówsunge ne plus adstringantur in debito perpetrati operis, et minus solvant fletibus satisfactionis, Past. 413, 9. Add

un-áspringendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áspringendlic, adj.
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Unfailing Hire byþ se deáþ undeádlic and seó wanung unáspringendlic and se ænde ungedállic ei mors immortalis sit et defectus indeficiens et finis infinitus. Gr. D. 337, II. In heofona ríce is éce líf and unáspringenlic gefeá, Nap. 64

Linked entry: á-springendlic

waroþ

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Tó warode ad litus, An. Ox. 8, 420. Be sǽs wároðe (waroðum, v.l.) sicut arenam quae est in littore maris, Gr. D. 55, 12. Lócian égðer ge ofer þone warað ge ofer þá sǽ, Solil. H. 45, 20. Add

wyrcend

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wyrcend, <b>. II.</b>
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Beóð þæs wordes wircendras estote factores uerbi, Ælfc. T. Grn. 14, 37. Hé ys Godes þén . . . on þám yfelum wyrcendum tó wræce gesett Dei minister est; vindex in iram ei, qui malum agit (Rom. 13, 4), 20, 28. Add

bletsian

(v.)
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Add: <b>I a</b> α. to pronounce the benediction in a religious service Hé hæfeð nú gemæssod, and bletsað nú þis folc, Vis. Lfc. 17. Þonne gé bletsiað on Israhéla folc, Num. 6, 23

un-wlitigness

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

Uglinessdisfigurement

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Ugliness, disfigurement Semninga gehrán hé his eágan; ðá gemétte hé hit swá hál swá swá him nǽfre nǽnig swyle oððe unwlitignes on ætýwde (ac si nil unquam in eo deformitatis ac tumoris apparuisset), Bd. 4, 32; S. 612, 7

Linked entry: wlitigness

hors-wealh

(n.)
Grammar
hors-wealh, es; m.

A servant that attends to horses

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A servant that attends to horses [Thorpe takes wealh to mean one of British origin, v. Glossary] Be cyninges horsweale. Cyninges horswealh se ðe him mǽge geǽrendian ðæs wergield biþ cc sciłł. L. In. 33; Th. i. 122, 12

Linked entry: wealh

cottuc

(n.)
Grammar
cottuc, es; m.

Mallow malva

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Mallow; malva Cottuc wyl on wætere boil mallow in water L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 19; 1, 60; Lchdm. ii. 130, 23. Nim niðeweardne cottuc take the netherward part of mallow 1, 68;Lchdm. ii. 144, 5

bær-líce

(adv.)

plainlymanifestlypublicly

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Add:plainly, manifestly, publicly Bærlíce æteáwdon declarant, Mt. p, 7, 4. Bærlíce æteáwas perspicue ostenditur, 10, 8. Bærlíce ðú spreces palam loqueris, Jn. L. 16, 29. Ne on dæge háligum ł bærlíce non in die festo, Mk. L. 14, 2