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bócere

a bookmanan authora scholar

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Add: a bookman, an author, a scholar Nán bócere ne mæg, þeáh hé mycel cunne, heora naman áwrítan, Hml. S. p. 6, 67.

fleardian

(v.)
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ne swincaþ á swíþe ymbe ǽnige þearfe, ac maciað eall be luste . . . wóriað and wandriaið and ealne dæg fleardiað, spelliað and spiliað and nǽnige note dreógað, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 24. Mid dislicum glengum fleardiende stolidis pompis indruticans, An.

Linked entry: fleardere

for-seárian

(v.)
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Add: intrans. of material Þás cynehelmas nǽfre ne forseáriað, Hml. S. 34, 82. Ðý lǽs ðá treówu tó ðǽm forweóxen ðæt hié forseáreden (-oden, v. l.), Past. 293, 7. ꝥ palmtwig tó eorÞan áfyllan, and forsáreden him bégen dǽlas forbrecan, Bl.

fugel-cynn

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Culfran and turtlan . . . þás twá fugelcyn ne singað ná, 142, 17. Saga mé hú fela is fleógendra fugelcynna? Ic ðé secge, iiii and fíftig, Sal. K. 190, 18

forþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-weard, adv.
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A. 181, 17. temporal, continuously Hé þeáh fægere forðwerd he went on thriving, Wlfst. 17, 8. prospectively, looking to the future Þis gemet (the imperative mood) sprecð forðwerd (-weard, v. l.) and næfð nánne praeteritum, for þan þe nán man ne hǽt

ge-cneówian

(v.)
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Gesinge hé fíftig sealma and gecneówige æt ǽlcon heora; and gif hé gecneówian ne mæge, singe hundseofontig sealma cantet quinquaginta psalmos et inter singulos eorum in genua procumbat; si in genua procumbere nequit, septuaginta psalmos cantet, Ll.

ge-witscipe

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Cf. ge-witnes; 1 a Ne sceal bisscopa hálgung on óþre wísan wesan nemne on gesomnunge and on gewitscype þreóra oððe feówer bissceopa episcoporum ordinatio sine adgregatis tribus uel quattuor episcopis fieri non debet, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 12

Linked entry: wit-scipe

ge-wǽgan

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Hié sint tó manienne ðæt hí baldlíce getrúwien ðæt hí ðá forgiefnesse habbað for ðǽre hreówsunga ðe hí wilniað, ðý lǽs hí tó ungemetlíce sién gewǽgde mid ðǽre hreówsunga admonendi sunt, ut de misericordia, quam postulant, praesumant, ne vi immoderatae

gorettan

(v.)
Grammar
gorettan, p. te.
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Ne gán hí goretyndum eágum non vagis oculis incedant, Nap. 34. Gorettende passiuos (oculorum obtutus ), An. Ox. 5, 3. Wídlese ( = -lǽste ?) goretende passiuis, Archiv lxxix. 89. trans.

Linked entry: gorian

grápian

(v.)
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Ðeáh þú mé tǽhtest ǽr þá duru, ic hire ne mihte máre áredian búton ꝥ ic hire grápode ymbúton, Bt. 35, 3; F. 158, 31. Grápade adtrectat (poplitem debilitate curvatum, Bd. 1, 21), Txts. 182, 82. Grápode adtrectaverit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 30. Add

rǽding

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Hé náteshwón from his rǽdinge ne árás, Hml. Th. ii. 180, 24-34. add Man rǽdde þá nigoðan rǽdinge on Crístes godspelle, Shrn. 126, 26. Wé rǽdaþ ðǽs rǽdinge æt þǽra hálgena mæssan þe wé hátaþ Confessores, Hml. A. 50, 26.

scín-cræft

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D. 211, 13. add Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite . . . ðé nán scíncræft ne gehelppe tógeánes disum Godes dóme, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 26.

wén

(n.)
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Add Ne cýð ðú witod on wén ðín (don't count your chickens before they are hatched] ; wite máran þanc ðæs ðe ðú hæbbe, ðonne ðæs ðe ðú wéne ( a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush). Prov. K. 22

wyrt

Grammar
wyrt, <b>. I.</b>
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'Ne can ic nǽnigne óþerne cræft búton þone, ꝥ ic mæg wyrta wel begangan'. . . Þá þá hé gehýrde ꝥ hé gelǽred wæs wyrta tó begangenne ' Artem aliquam nescio, sed hortum bene excolere scio' . . .

gýmeleást

(n.)
Grammar
gýmeleást, gímelíst, gémelést, e; f.

Carelessnessnegligenceneglectnegligentia

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Se Hǽlend ne forlét to gýmeleáste his gelufedan apostol the Saviour did not leave his beloved apostle to neglect, Homl. Th. 1. 58, 33

gyte

(n.)
Grammar
gyte, es; m.

A pouringsheddinginundationflood

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Ne mihton hí for ðam ormǽtan gyte heora fét of ðære cytan astyrian they could not move their feet from the cottage for the excessive flood, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 6.

gealpettan

(v.)
Grammar
gealpettan, p. te.

to devour, eat greedily

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Sax. galpón Ne galpó thu far thínun geƀun te swíðo do not say too much about your gifts Hél. 1563]

wil-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wil-síþ, es; m.

A desired journey,a wished for, welcome journey

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Elene ne wolde ðæs síð-fætes sǽne weorðan, . . . ac wæs sóna gearu wíf on wilsíð, Elen. Kmbl. 445; El. 223. Sunnan wilsíð, Exon. Th. 2, 29; Cri. 26

wifel

(n.)
Grammar
wifel, es; m.

A weevila beetle

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Weorp ofer bæc ðone wifel (tordwifel, l. 15) on wege; beheald ðæt ðú ne lócige æfter, 318, 19. ¶ the word seems to occur in several local names, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 352

Linked entry: wibil

on-hǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
on-hǽle, adj.

Secret, hidden

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Secret, hidden Ne lǽt ðú ðínne ferþ onhíélne, dégol ðæt ðú deópost cunne, nelle ic ðé mín dyrne gesecgan, gif ðú mé dínne hygecræft hylest, Exon. Th. 333, 9; Gn. Ex. 1.