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gnídan

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Add Ic gníde frico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 11. Frico ic gníde, fricui ic gnád, frictum gegniden, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 137, 15. to rub an object Hit biþ geornlic þæt mon heardlíce gníde þone hnescestan mealmstán, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 27. <b>I a.</b> to

sceam-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sceam-leás, adj.

Shameless, bold; impudent, wanton

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Shameless, bold; impudent, wanton Scamleás im*-*pudens Wrt. Voc. i. 47,45 . Scamleás frontosa Hpt. Gl. 506, 77. Scam*-*lease procax 525, 57. Scomleás impudens Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 38. Selǽce biþ micles tó beald and tó scomleás ( praesumtione percussus )

fyrst

Grammar
fyrst, adj.

first, foremost in positionforemost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence

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For 'First . . . Exod. 399' substitute: first, foremost in position Hé wæs mid þǽm fyrstum mannum on þǽm lande he was among the first men in the country, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 13. foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence Hú se láreów sceal

galan

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Add: of human speech, in poetical or passionate expression Se geonga ongann geómran stefne gehæfted for herige hearmleóð galan, An. 1129 : 1344. Sorhleóð galan to lament Kr. 67 : Cri. 623. Gehyrde heó hearm galan (tell his woes) helle deófol . . . '

ge-angsumian

(v.)
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Þá deóflu ðá sáwle mid ðreátungum geang-sumiað;, Hml. Th. i. 410, 8. Hunger þæt landfolc micclum geangsumode (cf. genyrwde coangustabat, Gr. D. 145, 5), ii. 170, 32. Wearð geancsumod se árleása Pascasius. . . wódlíce geancsumod ꝥ his mágas ne mihton his

bǽtan

to baitworry with dogs,to beatmake way against the wind or current

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Substitute: to bait, worry with dogs, Gif ðú mid wilddeórum mé bǽtan wylt, Hml. S. 8, 85. [Icel. beita to bait, hunt with dogs] to beat, make way against the wind or current Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorðe, and hǽt

ge-mynd

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Add: I. the faculty of memory Seó sáwul is memoria ꝥ is gernynd, þonne heó gemanð, Hml. S. I. 185. Gé hwæthwega godcundlices on eówerne sáule habbaþ, þæt is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwísa willa, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 25. Ǽghwilc ungemyndig hine sceolde

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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Take these together, and add: intrans. to stand in the way of an object (dat.), lie in the line of advance Oð þæt sǽfæsten landes æt ende leódmægne forstód, Exod. 128. to come to a stand, stop Gif se man áspíwð þone yfelan wǽtan onweg, þonne forstent

Linked entry: for-licgan

ofer

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Add Þú woldest mé laðian þæt ic swíðor drunce swilce for blisse ofer mínum gewunan; ac wite þú þæt sé þe óðerne neádað ofer his mihte tó drincenne, þæt sé mót áberan heora bégra gilt, gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 29-32.

hwearfian

(v.)
Grammar
hwearfian, p. ode

To turnchangeroll aboutrevolvewandermovetoss about

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To turn, change, roll about, revolve, wander, move, toss about Ic nú giet hwearfige mé self on ðǽm ýðum mínra scylda adhuc in delictorum fluctibus versor, Past. 65, 7; Swt. 467, 22. Ǽlc gesceaft hwearfaþ on hire selfre swá swá hweól and tó ðam heó swá

Linked entry: hreafigende

neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.

nighnearlaterlatterlastlatest

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nigh, near On ðam neáhgum mynstre [neáhnunnan-mynstre] de vicino virginum monasterio, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 4 note. Neágum proximis (cf. O. L. Ger. náan proximum ), Germ. 399, 409. Seó ús neárre Ægyptus, Ors. 1, I; Swt. 14, 3. Seó ús neárre Ispania, Swt.

þrúh

(n.)
Grammar
þrúh, (also þrýh, Bd. S. 580, 14); gen. dat. þrýh, and dat. þrúh; f.: dat. þrúge; m. n.

Wood or stone hollowed outa troughpipeconduita boxchesta coffinsarcophagustomb

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Wood or stone hollowed out. a trough, pipe, conduit Ðrúh, thruuch, thruch tubo, Txts. 103, 2067. Þrúh vel mylentroh canalis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 16. Of þrýh ł þeótan tubo, Hpt. Gl. 418, 61. Of ðam bróce in ðæt þrúh; of ðam þrúge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii.

Linked entry: þrýh

cwide

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Add: a saying, words Se cwide Dauides þe hé cwæð, Bl. H. 139, 27. Drihten is gemyndig þæs his cwides þe hé gecwæð . . . and hé wolde þone cwide getrymman on þǽre godcundan dǽde, 215, 24. Getrymede mid Jóhannes cuide Johannis voce roborati, Past. 85,

án-streces

(adv.)
Grammar
án-streces, adv. [an one; streces, gen. of strec a stretch]

At one stretchwith one effortcontinuallysine intermissione

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At one stretch, with one effort, continually; sine intermissione And fóron on ánstreces dæges and nihtes and went at one stretch day and night, Chr. 894; Th. 170, 25

Linked entry: án-reces

beód-wist

(n.)
Grammar
beód-wist, beód-wyst, e ; f. [beód a table, wist food]

Food placed on a tableboarda tablemensa

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Food placed on a table, board, a table; mensa Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beód-wyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5

car-leást

(n.)
Grammar
car-leást, e; f.
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Freedom from care, security, carelessness; securitas Ring on swefoum underfón carleáste getácnaþ to receive a ring in dreams betokens freedom from care, Lchdm. iii. 198, 21, 29: 210, 5

Linked entry: cear-leást

entse

(n.)
Grammar
entse, an; f.

A shekel, Jewish money siclus

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A shekel, Jewish money; siclus Ic geseah twáhund entsena hwítes seolfres and sumne gildenne dalc on fíftigum entsum vīdi dŭcentos siclos argenti rēgŭlamque auream quinquāginta siclōrum, Jos. 7, 21

ferhþ-cleófa

(n.)
Grammar
ferhþ-cleófa, an; m.

The mind's cavebreastmentis cŭbīlepectus

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The mind's cave, breast; mentis cŭbīle, pectus Eádig byþ se wer, se ðe him ege Drihtnes on ferhþcleófan, fæste gestandeþ beātus vir, qui tĭmet Dŏmĭnum, Ps. Th. 111, 1

fixian

(v.)
Grammar
fixian, p. ode; pp. od [fisc = fix a fish]

To fishpiscāri

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To fish; piscāri Ic fixige piscor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 27, 11. For hwí ne fixast ðú on sǽ cur non piscāris in mări? Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 1

flód-ýþ

(n.)
Grammar
flód-ýþ, e; f.

A flood-wavemăris unda

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A flood-wave; măris unda Nó he fram me flódýþum feor fleótan meahte he could not float far from me on the flood-waves, Beo. Th. 1088; B. 542