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cóc

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Angl. xix. 102; but see first citation, and next ), Txts. 55, 620. Cócas culini, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 56. Gebríwed swá cócas cunnon, Lch. ii. 220, 9. Kóka ealdormon princeps cocorum, Past. 311, 6, 7, 11. Add

cracian

(v.)
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Angl. vi. 133), but the former seems better to give the meaning of the sonaverunt in the Latin, and to agree with the preceding clause of the English :-- Ús ðúhte for þám geþune þæt seó eorþe eall cracode (?)

freólslíce

(adv.)
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., liberius ) gewinne, 4, 25; Sch. 500, 7. in a manner proper to a festival, solemnly Seó wucu freólslíce ( sollempniter ) byþ gewyrþud, Angl. xiii. 436, 1017

ge-sinscipe

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Gewilnede gesinscipes (-sen-, Hpt. Gl. 506, 49) optata connubia, An. Ox. 4288. Add

hama

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Seó nǽddre áwurpð ǽlce geáre hire ealdan haman, and bið ðonne befangen mid eallníwum felle, Nap, 35. Hér cóm in gangan in spíder (inspíder?) wiht hæfde him his haman on handa, Lch. iii. 42, 12

nón-tíd

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Synd þá ðe wénað ꝥ hý fæstende synd rihtlíce, gif hý etað sóna swá hý ꝥ belltácen (v. nón-belle) gehýrað þǽre nigoðan tíde, ꝥ is seó nóntíd, Hml. A. 140, 65. Ǽr nóntíde ábyrigan ne ǽtes ne wǽtes, Wlfst. 102, 25.

setlung

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Ox. 1753. add Seó sunne setlunge geneálǽhð on þæs dæges geendunge, Hml. Th. ii. 76, 23: 302, 2. Ne lǽt ðú ðæt yrre licgean on ðínre heortan ofer sunnan setlunge (cf. sol non occidat super iracundiam vestram, Eph. 4, 26), Hex. 46, 14

Tifer

(n.)
Grammar
Tifer, e; f.
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Cf. þá wearð Tiber seó eá swá flédu swá heó nǽfre ǽr næs Tiberis ultra opinionem redundans, Ors. 47; S. 180, 17

wærc

(n.)
Grammar
wærc, wræc, es; m.

Warkachepain

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Seó reádnes and bryne ðæs swyles and wærces rubor tumoris ardorque, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 31. Wið magan wærce . . . Wið wambe wærce, Lchdm. ii. 318, 4, 15: 356, 19, 22. From wærc deáðes a dolore mortis, Jn. Skt. p. 2, 3. Wærco ł ádla dolorum, Mt.

Linked entries: wræc breóst-wærc

wed-bróðer

(n.)
Grammar
wed-bróðer, m.

One who is pledged to act as a brother to another, a confederate

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[Send after mine sune Octa, and æfter Ebissa his wedbroðer, Laym. 14469

ærn

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Seó reáde netele ðe þurh ærne in wyxð, Lch. iii. 52, 12. Genim grun-deswyligean ðá ðe on ærenu wexeð, 48, 29. Add: [older ræn. ]

leahter-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
leahter-líce, adv.

Viciouslynoisomely

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Viciously, noisomely Ðæt deáde flǽsc rotaþ leahtorlíce ðonne se deádlíca líchama þeówaþ gálnysse the dead flesh rots noisomely when the mortal body is a slave to lust, Homl. Th. i. 118, 13

niþerness

(n.)
Grammar
niþerness, e; f.

Lownessa low positionthe bottom

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Lowness, a low position, the bottom Ðá geseah hé swá þýstre dene under him in nyþernesse gesette vidit quasi vallem tenebrosam subtus se in imo positam, Bd. 3. 19; S. 548, 9

big-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
big-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten

To sit by or nearadsidere

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To sit by or near; adsidere Se bisceop ðæt geseah ðe him bigsæt the bishop who sat by him saw it; quo viso pontifex qui adsidebat, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 22

bii

(prep.)
Grammar
bii, prep. dat. [ = big = bí = be]

By, near tojuxta, prope

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By, near to; juxta, prope Se eádiga ærcebiscop Sanctus Laurentius bii his fóregengan Sancte Agustine bebyrged wæs beatus archiepiscopus Laurentius juxta prædecessorem suum Augustinum sepultus est, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 6

bleó-brygd

(n.)
Grammar
bleó-brygd, es; m? n?

A variegated colourcolor variegatus

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[bleó colour, bregdan to change] A variegated colour; color variegatus Is se fugel fæger, bleóbrygdum fág the bird is fair, shining with variegated colours, Exon. 60 a; Tb. 218, 9; Ph. 292

ge-beoran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beoran, to -beoranne [ge-, beoran to bear]

To bearbringofferferreproferre

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To bear, bring, offer; ferre, proferre Ðám ðe se deáþ tobeótaþ, bútan ǽnigre yldinge is to gebeoranne his quĭbus mors inmĭnet, sĭne ulla dilātiōne profĕrenda est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 30

ge-eádmódian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eádmódian, -eáþmódian

to humiliatedeign

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to humiliate, deign Se ðe ne wyle geeádmóded ingangan qui non vult humiliatus ingredi, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 19. Ðæt he ge-eádmódige ut ipse dignetur, 2, 2; S. 502, 19

Linked entry: ge-eáþmódian

þǽr-binnan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-binnan, adv.
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Se bisceop bebeád, ðæt hí heora lác geoffrodon binnon ðam temple, and hét hí ðǽrbinnon andbidigan, Homl. Th. i. 450, 25

Linked entry: binnan

þri-fingre

(adv.)
Grammar
þri-fingre, adv.

By a distance equal to the breadth of three fingers

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By a distance equal to the breadth of three fingers Gif se ord sié þreofingre ufor ðonne hindeweard sceaft, L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 17. Cf. Grmm. R. A. l01