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seax

(n.)
Grammar
seax, es; n.
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Wirc ðé stǽnene sex fac tibi cultros lapideos, Jos. 5, 2. as a weapon, a short sword, dagger Ðǽr gebrægd ðara hǽðenra manna sum his seaxe; ðá hé hineðá stingan mynte, ðá nyste hé fǽringa hwǽr ðæt seax com, Blickl. Homl. 223, 16.

Linked entries: sex sæx CNÍF

treówþ

(n.)
Grammar
treówþ, triéwþ, trýwþ, e; f.
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Grn. 1, 12. a covenant, an assurance of good faith Ðis ys ðære treówðe blód ðe Drihten eów behét hic est sanguisfoederis, quod pepigit Dominus vobiscum, Ex. 24, 8. In treówþe geþeóded gástlícesfreóndscipes spiritalis amicitiae foedere copulatus.

Linked entry: trýwþ

á-rásian

(v.)
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Add: to try, put to the proof Hé sceolde gecunnian and árásian, hwæþer se Drihtnes wer hæfde wítedomes gást an vir Dei prophetiae spiritum haberet, explorare conatus est, Gr.

Linked entry: rásian

feorh

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Á tó wídan feore sý úrum Drihtne lof, 65, 24. Manig man his feorh for cyle gesealde many a man died of cold, 213, 32.

fóster

(n.)
Grammar
fóster, m. (not n.).
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Dele first passage, and add: food, nourishment, sustenance Sió lifer is blódes timber and blódes hús and fóstor, Lch. ii. 198, 2. Seó sóðe lufu is þǽre sáwle fóstor, Ll. Th. ii. 428, 38. Geunn ús tó þissum dæge dæghwámlices fóstres, Wlfst. 125, 11.

rihte

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Add Genóh wel ðú hyt ongitst, and genóh rihte, Solil. H. 16, 22. Genóh rihte ðú hyt understenst, 24, 14. Apollonius þone rǽdels rihte árǽdde, Ap.

wil

(n.)
Grammar
wil, will, es; n.

will, pleasurea pleasant or desirable thing

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Th. ii. 334, 25 : Ap. Th. 4, 5. Wylles, Nicod. 11 ; Thw. 6, 7. Gif hwá hine sylfne besmíte his ágenes willes ( sua sponte ), L. M. P. 36; Th. ii. 274, 20 : Homl. Ass. 62, 255.

fram

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Wæs ǽlcum fram dæges orde drync gearu, An. 1537. (3 a) where the two limits of a period are given :-- From (fram, v.l. ) frymþe middangeardes oþ þis geár, Chr. 6; P. 6, 1: Bt. 18, 3; F. 66, 14.

æf-éstian

(v.)
Grammar
æf-éstian, -éstigan ; p. ode ; pp. od

To envybe envious of or atinvidere

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To envy, be envious of or at; invidere Ðes iunga man ne æféstigaþ on nánum þingum, ðe he hér gesihþ this young man is envious at nothing, which he here seeth, Th. Apol. 14, 25: Cot. 119

Linked entry: ge-æféstian

beard-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
beard-leás, adj.

BEARDLEssimberbisthose without a bearda youthstriplinga hawkbuzzardephebusbuteo

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Used as a noun, it denotes those without a beard, as a youth, stripling, also a hawk or buzzard; ephebus, buteo Beardleás ephebus, vel buteo, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 55; Wrt. Voc. 50, 33

hýrig-mann

(n.)
Grammar
hýrig-mann, es; m.
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A person hired to work Ðá gewearþ ðam hláforde and ðam hýrigmannum wið ánum peninge an agreement to work for a penny was made between the lord and the workmen he had hired, Th. An. 73, 30

lim-lǽw

(n.)
Grammar
lim-lǽw, e; f.

mutilation

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Injury to the limbs, mutilation Bendas oððe dyntas ... hwílum lim-lǽwa and hwílum líflǽsta bonds and blows ... at times mutilations of the limbs, and at times deprivation of life, L. Pen. 3, note; Th. ii. 278, 27

Linked entry: lǽw

eáre-lippric

(n.)
Grammar
eáre-lippric, eár-lipric, e; f: eór-lippric, es; n.

A flap of the ear aurĭcŭla

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A flap of the ear; aurĭcŭla In eárlipricum, dat. pl. Mk. Lind. War. 7, 33. Eárliprica, acc. pl. Mk. Rush. War. 7, 33: Jn. Rush. War. 18, 26. Ða eárelipprica, acc. pl. Mk. Lind. War. 14, 47

Linked entry: eór-lippric

ge-trymnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-trymnes, -ness, e; f.

An exhortationpersuasiona setting in orderan arrayinghortātus

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An exhortation, persuasion, a setting in order, an arraying; hortātus Mid his getrymnesse ejus hortātu, Bd. 1, 33; S. 498, 35. Gitrymniso ortamenta, Rtl. 56, 4. Fyrdweorodes getrymnes the arraying of a host, Blickl. Homl. 91, 36

syge

(n.)
Grammar
syge, (better (?) sige), es; m.
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Sight, aim (?) Scyppend hafa ðé tó hyhte and á sóð tó syge ðonne ðú secge hwæt have God as your hope, and ever truth as your aim, when you say anything, Exon. Th. 304, 2; Fä. 64

Linked entry: sige

deófol-seóc

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Deófelseócne inerguminum, An. Ox. 4934. Hé deóflum bebeád ꝥ hié of deófolseócum mannum út férdon, Bl. H. 173, 28. Heó deófulseóce gehǽlde, Shrn. 31, 13. Gewitleáse, deófel*-*seóce inergumenos, i. amentes, An. Ox. 3057: larbatos, 4936. Add

wanung

Grammar
wanung, <b>. I</b> 3.
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Hé becóm tó þám dæmme his sylfes wanunge ad defectus damna pervenit, Gr. D. 200, lo. Heó byð tó þám mǽstan gestreónum gehealdenu of þám lytlan woningum ad lucra maxima ex minimo damno servetur, 205, 9. Add

leóf

(n.)
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used as a form of address to one or to many, cf. modern 'dear sir' Wé biddap ðé leóf ðæt ðú hlyste úre sprǽce oramus, domine, ut audias nos, Gen. 43, 20: 3, 10 : Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 5, 14.

lor

(n.)
Grammar
lor, es; n. (v. ðæt forlor, Past. Swt. 403, 13).

Lossdestruction

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Ðonne hié him ǽr tíde tó tióþ ðæt hí ne mágon, ðonne is him tó ondrǽdenne ðæt him weorþe tó lore ðæt hié tó ryhtre tíde gefolgian meahton, ðæt is se wisdóm, ðe hié ǽr tíde wilniaþ and eówiaþ, ac hé him wyrþ ðonne swíðe ryhtlíce tó lore admonendi ne, cum

Linked entries: los lyre

a-lefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lefan, to become weak.
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A. 10, 255. Gegadera ðearfan and áléfede ( pauperes ac debiles, Lk. 14, 21), Hml. Th. ii. 374, 27. Ðá áléfedan men ( men who had been practised on by wizards ), 486, 19. of an inanimate object Wǽron þǽre hlǽddre stapas áléfede on ǽr, Hml.