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neádian

(v.)
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Nán man ne móste neádian óðerne tó máran drænce þonne his mód wolde nec erat qui nolentes cogeret ad bibendum, Hml. A. 93, 24

palm

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Vos. 91, 13, a branch of a palm-tree : — Sceole wé healdan úrne palm, oð þæt se sangere onginne ðone offringsang, and geoffrian þonne Gode ðone palm. Palm getácnað syge, Hml. Th. i. 218, 8-11.

un-bindan

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Gif hwá on þǽre untrumnysse sý . . . þonne meaht ðú hine unbindan. Genim þysse wyrte . . fíf ðýfelas . . . Þus ðú hine meaht of þǽre untrumnesse unbindan, Lch. i. 98, 14-22

wringan

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Ðonne þú cýse habban wille, sete þonne þíne twá handa tógædere brálinga, swilce þú wringan wille, Tech. ii. 123, 21

for-cúþ

uncleanworthless

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Þá cyningas þe æfter Romuluse rícsedon wǽron forcúðran and eargran þonne hé wǽre, 2, 2; S. 66, 25. Forcúðran deteriores, Past. 339, 25. Án ðǽra cyninga wæs heora eallra forcúðost, Hml. S. 25, 6.

á-wǽgan

to deceiveto make of no effect,to fail to performto invalidatenullify

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S. 26, 269. to invalidate, nullify Gif þú nelt hine tellan ... þonne áwǽgst (á-wǽst-wǽst,v. l. ) þú þone regol, Lch. iii. 264, 16. Swilc man swé hit áwége, C. D. i. 297, 13. Hú heó ána mihte ealle þá gewytan áwǽgan mid áðe, Hml. S. 2, 225.

blówan

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Blówendum frondente, 151, 10. of vegetation Þa wyrte man nimeð þonne heó bléþ (bléwð,v.l.) swiðust, Lch. i. 160, 14. ꝥ Þeáh Maius wynsumlíce blówe, Angl. viii. 311, 1. Treówa hé déð blówan and eft áseárian, Wlfst. 196, 1.

ge-mæstan

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Add: To feed with mast, fatten animals Þonne hig gemæstað referunt dum corpora (glandiferis fagis), An. Ox. 23, 27. 'Ic ofslóh . . . míne gemæstan fugelas (altilia)' . . . Þá gemæstan fugelas getácniað þá hálgan láreówas . . .

geolstor

(n.)
Grammar
geolstor, gelostr, gillister, es; n.: <b>geolstor,</b> e; <b>gillistre,</b> an; f.
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Þonne yrnð ꝥ gillister út, Lch. ii. 24, 18. Weaxeð sió yfele gillestre and ꝥ yfele blód, 148, 6. Hreófligum wyrmse (geolstre) elephantino tabo, i. sanie, An. Ox. 3585. Geol(s)ter uirus (acc.), 4855.

ge-redian

(v.)
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Gif þá mon ne mæge eáþe geredian, þonne sceal mon on þǽre middelǽdre blód lǽtan, Lch. ii. 210, 10. to carry out, efect, do Ne see ðú þurh hlytas hfi ii geweoráan scyle . . . ; eáðe gerædað God ðæt hé wile be ðé, ðeáh hé hit iíé ǽr ne secge, Prov.

Linked entries: rédian ge-rædian

hosu

(n.)
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hosu, e (an ?); f. (and <b>? hosa,</b> an; m.; but perhaps hosa, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 48, might be pl., or a mistake for hose (cf. eága for eáge, 70, 42,
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Gyf þú hosa habban wille, þonne stríc þú uppweard on þínum sceancum mid þínum twám handum, Tech. ii. 127, 12. a husk, pod Hose glumulá, An. Ox. 8, 94. Pisan hosa siliqua, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 58. See hosa in Dict. v. leþer-hosu, scin-hosu; lǽs-hosum

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hlís-ful

famoushonourable

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Se seofoða heáfodleahter is geháten ídel wuldor, þæt is gylp, þonne se man gewilnað ꝥ hé hlísful sý, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 28. Hlísfulles rumigerulę (Virginitatis gloriam), An. Ox. 4397: famosae Hpt. Gl. 511, 23. Hlísfulne sigor famosum tropheum Wrt.

norþ

(adj.)
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norþ, adj.
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Ꝥ synd þonne wærteras be norðum mórum (cf. wæs se Columba se ǽresta láreów þæs Crístenan geleáfan on þám mórlandum, þá þe syndon tó norðdǽle Pehta ríces erat Columba primus doctor fides Christianae transmontanis Pictis ad aquilonem, Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 593

in-segel

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. :-- Þonne wé sceáwiað þá inseglu and onlícnessa þe þonne gýt fullfremedlíce ne beóð ágrafene sicut necdum perfecte sculpta sigilla conspicimus. Gr. D. 283, 23

rídan

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Add Þonne þæt scip ungetǽslícost on ancre rít, Solil. H. 30, 1

þeáh

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Þonne andwyrdan þá yrfenuman swá hé sylf sceolde, þeáh hé líf hæfde, Ll. Th. i. 416, 1. ¶ with negative clause :-- Nis þé genóh ꝥ þú sylf losast, þeáh þú uppan ꝥ óþre ne forspylle?

þende

(adj.; con.)
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þende, conj.
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Ðende ðonne (mid þý þonne þende, Rush.) wæs ðe Hǽlend in Bethania cum autem esset Jesus in Bethania, 26, 6.

a-deádan

(v.)
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Gif se líchama næfð mete, þonne forweornað hé and ádeádað, Hml. Th. i. 168, 32. Wiþ springe ádeádedum . . . Lǽcedómas be ádeádedum líce . . . gif ðæt líc tó þon swíþe ádeádige ðæt þǽr gefélnes on ne sý, Lch. ii. 8, 7-14.

efen-hlytta

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Neód is þæt hí beón efenhlyttan þæs edleánes, þonne hí wǽron geféran ðǽre ðrowunge, Hml. Th. i. 84, 19. Geférscipes efenhlyttum sodalitatis consortibus, Hpt. Gl. 506, 41. with prep. Efenhlytta on martyrdóme hé wæs consors martirio fuit, Hy.

fore-þanc

consideration

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Th. 48, 8. what is thought beforehand, a preconceived idea On þone foreþonc . . . þý þe hý (the apostate angels) him sylfum séllan þúhton þonne Críst, Hy. 4, 53

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