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rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtan, p. te

to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct to right a person,replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprivedto make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend to keep right, direct, rule

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boetas ł hrihð corrigimus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 2. Se wísdóm hine réte and rihte mid his andsworum, Bt. tit. 5; Fox x, 9. Gemeta and gewihta rihte man georne let weights and measures be made correct with all diligence, L. C. S. 9; Th. i. 380, 24.

ofer-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread

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Mid hwam beó oferwrogene? Mt. Kmbl. 6, 31. Oferwrogne contecta, Hpt. Gl. 417, 48

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec; adj.

strict, severe, rigorous, stern, hardrigid, unyielding, obstinate, persistentviolent, using force, uncompromising, vehement

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Ac nellaþ geþafian ðæt unriht, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 388, 1. Heofena ríce þolaþ neád, and strece (violenti) nimaþ ðæt, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 12. Godes ríce ðolaþ neádunge, and ða strecan mód hit gegrípaþ . . .

Linked entry: strec

byrlian

(v.)
Grammar
byrlian, byrelian; p. ade; pp. ad [byrle, byrele a cup-bearer]
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To pour out, give to drink, serve; propinare Ic him byrlade wróht of wége I poured out complaint to them from the cup, Exon. 72b; Th. 271, 23; Jul. 486.

Linked entry: byrelian

elm-rind

(n.)
Grammar
elm-rind, e; f.

ELM-RIND or barkulmi cortex

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Well elmrinde boil elm-rind, 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 5. Nim elmrinde take elm-rind, 1. 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 8: 3, 29; Lchdm. ii. 324, 15. Genim elmrinde gréne take elm-rind green, 1. 56; Lchdm. ii. 126, 15.

Fíf burhga

(n.)
Grammar
Fíf burhga, or burga; pl. f.

The Five townsquinque cīvĭtātes

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Ferde se æðeling ðanon in to fíf burgum [burhgum, Th. 276, 7, col. 2] the noble went thence to the Five towns, Chr. 1015; Th. 276, 7, col. 1; 277, 7: 1013; Th. 270, 17, col. 2

scip-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
scip-fæt, es; n.
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Wright has the following note on this entry: The nef, a vessel in the form of a ship, used in the church from an early period to hold the incense, as well as other articles

þurh-sleán

(v.)

to smite throughstrike throughto smite

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Ðá wearð heó mid micelre sárnysse ðurhslegen, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 21. to smite Ic ðerhslǽ ł hríno ðone hiorde percutiam pastorem, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 27. [O. Frs. thruch-slá: O. H. Ger. durh-slahan percutere, pulsare.]

under-smúgan

(v.)
Grammar
under-smúgan, p. -smeáh, pl. -smugon; pp. -smogen

To creep undercome upon unawaressurprise

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Ðæt ǽnig þinc ne undersmuge on wege gesyhðe ne quid forte subripuerit in via visus, 113, 11. Swá hý nǽfre mid oferfylle undersmogene and beswicene ne weorðan ne subrepat satietas aut ebrietas, R. Ben. 64, 19

un-trymig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trymig, -trymmig; adj.

Weaksickinfirm

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Ða ðe wérun untrymige (-trymig, Lind.) qui infirmabantur, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 2. Ofer untrymigum super aegrotos, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 16, 18. Fore untrymigum pro infirmis, Rtl. 177, 19

Linked entry: trymig

á-fúlian

(v.)
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Wearð uncer wegnyst áfúlod. Hml. A. 205, 352. Áfúlodan, áfúlat tabida, putrefacta , Txts. 104, 1044. Add

blæse

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. ¶ figurative: Hé wearð mid þǽre blæsan sóþere lufe ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 30. Onǽled mid þæs níþes blæsum invidiae facibus succensus, Gr. D. 117, 27. Add

epistol

(n.)
Grammar
epistol, es; m. (not e; f.): epistola, an; m.
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On þǽm ǽrron epistole, 3, 28. weak forms Hé cuæð on his epistolan tó Galatum, P. 117, 7.

for-dilgian

(v.)
Grammar
for-dilgian, l. for-dílgian,
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Se hindsíð mancynnes and ꝥ heáflice gewrit ꝥ wearð þýs dæge fordílegod, Bl. H. 123, 7. Sýn ealle þá ǽhta þe þám cilde gebyrien swá fordýlegade and tódǽlede ita omnia obstruantur, R. Ben. 105, 2. and add

ge-tirgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tirgan, ge-getirigan; p. de; pp. ed.
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Wearð seó módor biterlíce gegremod fram hire ánum cilde ... wolde ðone sunu þe hí getirigde mid wyriungum gebindan, Hml. Th. ii. 20. 6. Sume ðá hǽðenan wurdon mid andan getyrigde, i. 562, 29. to vex, afflict, oppress Getyrged pertritus, Wrt.

Linked entries: ge-tyrgan tirgan

hwæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hwæcce, an; f.
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A chest [ Wearð gemét þæt feoh uppon ánre cornhwyccan ( printed -hryccan; -hwæccan, v. l. Cf. Ofer þæs mynstres earce, seó wæs hwǽtes full super arcam monasterii, quae erat frumento plena, Gr. D. 158, 13.

Linked entry: corn-hwicce

snaca

(n.)
Grammar
snaca, an; m.: snacu (?), e; f.

A reptile, a snake

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Sý Dan snaca on wege fiat Dan coluber in via Wulfst. 192, 20. Snace colubro Hpt. Gl. 409, 72. Gif ðú gesihst snacan ongeán ðe cuman, ongeán yfele wýfmen ðé bewerian mynegaþ Lchdm. iii. 214, 9. Snacan colubros Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 37: scorpiones Lk.

for-syngian

(v.)

To make sinfulto sinburdened with sinsinful

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Wearð þes þeódscype swýðe forsyngod þurh mænigfealde synna, 163, 19. Forsyngodes mannes nýdhelp, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 2. On forsyngodre þeóde, Wlfst. 45, 13: 166, 8. Ðurh mistlice forligern forsyngode swýðe, 165, 32

Linked entry: for-singian

freó-bearn

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Hú þé (Christ ) rodera weard æt frymðe genóm him tó freóbearne, Cri. 223. Similar entries Cf. freó-dohtor

Fricg

(n.)
Grammar
Fricg, e; f.

The name of a Teutonic goddess, the wife of Odin

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. ¶ a weak genitive occurs Dæg Friggan die Ueneris, Archiv cxx. 297, 33

Linked entry: Fríg