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þeód-lícettere

(n.)
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þeód-lícettere, es; m.
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An arch-hypocrite Se þeódlícetere ( Antichrist ) hit gehíwaþ swá ðæt læst manna wát, hú hé him wið ðone ðeódfeónd gescyldan sceal, Wulfst. 54, 18

á-blissian

(v.)
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to moke glad God ne byð nǽfre geblissod (áblissod, v. l.) mid earmra manna cwale Deus miserorum cruciatu non parcitur Gr. D. 335, 14

eorþ-brycg

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-brycg, e; f.
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A bridge made by placing poles across a stream and laying earth and sods on them Of eorthbrycge, C. D. B. iii. 223, 24

Linked entry: brycg

ge-þenian

(v.)
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And geðenede 'extende manum tuam.' Et extendit, Mt. L. 12, 13. Geþen[ed] deductum, An. Ox, 28, 12

ge-brytsnian

(v.)
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to distribute, spend Nǽfre welan ne beóð bútan synne begytene, ne nán þá eorðlican þing ne mæg bútan synne gebrytsnian, E.S. viii. 473, 33

Linked entry: brytsnian

glæd-scipe

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Þæt wé magon cuman tó þám eásterlican dæge þe aa byð mid fullum glædscipe and wynsumnysse and écere blisse, Angl. viii. 323, 40. Add

pínung

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Nǽre his (the rich man's) wíte fulfremed on ðám fýre, búton hé ðá ylcan pínunga his siblingum gewénde, Hml. Th. i. 334, 2. Add

máþum-gestreón

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Þér se bróþer þám óþrum ne mæg gehelpan, ne se fæder þám suna, ne þá neáhmágas, ne þá mádmgestreón, Verc. Först. 134, 24. Add

scellan

(v.)
Grammar
scellan, sceall ; scullon

To sound, make a noise

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To sound, make a noise Scylþ, cirmþ crepitat, resonat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 72. Cum qð þe culure wið schillinde stefne, Marh. 19, 19

Linked entries: scillan scelle

wæfer-geornness

(n.)
Grammar
wæfer-geornness, e; f.

Eagerness to see sights

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Eagerness to see sights Mæssepreóstas ne sceolon fremdra manna túnas, ne hús, for nánre waefereornnysse sécan, L. E. I. 13; Th. ii. 410, 19

bræsian

(v.)
Grammar
bræsian, brasian, ic bræsige, ðú bræsast, he bræsaþ, pl. bræsiaþ; p. ode; pp. od

ærare"To cover or furnish with brass, to make of brass

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ærare"; To cover or furnish with brass, to make of brass Ic bræsige [MSS. C. D. brasige] æro, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 39

Linked entries: bracigean brasian

on-cýðan

(v.)

to make known, announce

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to make known, announce Ðá ðá ic on eard com ic oncýððe ealle folce hwæt ic on Róme gedón hæfde, Chart. Th. 117, 1

tó-þundenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-þundenlíce, adv.

Proudlyarrogantly

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Gif hwylc cræftigra manna for ðæs cræftes þingon hine tóþundenlíce onhefþ, R. Ben. 95, 5

Linked entry: -þunden-líce

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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Nán crísten man ne sceal sceandlíce flítan, Hml. S. 13, 122. to dispute, argue, have a controversy, oppose the opinions of a person, be at variance Paulus ꝥ ilce lǽreþ, and wiþ mé flíteþ, and ꝥ ilce spreceþ and mid him (S. Peter) bodaþ, Bl.

FRETAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRETAN, ic frete, ðú fritest, fritst, he freteþ, friteþ, fritt, fryt, pl. fretaþ; p. ic, he fræt, ðú frǽte. pl. frǽton; pp. freten [for-, etan to eat?].

to eat upgnawFRETdevourconsumedevŏrāreconsūmĕrecomĕdĕreto breakburstfrangĕrerumpĕre

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Swá hwylcne man swá hý gefóþ fretaþ hí hine quoscunque capiunt comedunt, Nar. 36, 4. Freotas devorant, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 40. to break, burst; frangĕre. rumpĕre Heó wǽre frǽton they brake their covenant, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 7; Exod. 147

Linked entry: gefrett

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurkskulk

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Cwæþ ðæt hé god wǽre on mannes hiwe lutiende said that he was a god concealed in the form of a man, ii. 474, 22

ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ranc, adj.
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Proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent; the word remains with a somewhat different meaning in rank, used of coarse but fertile growth Gif ǽnig man hæbbe módigne sunu and rancne ( protervum ) ðe nelle híran his fæder and his méder, Deut. 21, 18.

Linked entry: ranc-strǽt

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Gif Englisc man Deniscne þrǽl ofsleá, gylde hine mid punde, and se Denisca Engliscne eal swá, gif hé hine ofsleá, L. Eth. ii. 5; Th. i. 286, 24. Þrǽlas ne móton habban ðæt hí ágon on ágenan hwílan mid earfeðan gewunnen, Wulfst. 158, 38.

án-rǽd

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Th. ii. 336, 11. of things ꝥ man menn blód ne lǽte ǽr þám þe se móna and seó sǽ beón ánrǽde, Lch. iii. 154, 2. of one (unvarying) counsel, steadfast, constant, resolute Gestæþþig, ánrǽde constans, stabilis, Wrt.

be-reáfian

(v.)

alone

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Gif man beó æt his ǽhtum bereáfod, i. 286, 16. Aaron hæfde bereáfod (spoliaverat) ꝥ folc æt hira golde, Ex. 32, 25. with acc. of spoil and on with person ꝥ hé him ágeáfe þæt hé ǽr on him bereáfode (ge-, v. l. ), Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 30