ǽmetta
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On ǽmettan in tranquilitate, Past. 59, 1. Beóð hié swíður on hiera móde geswenced for ðǽm ǽmettan (ǽmtan, Hatt. MS.) ipsa deterius sua quiete fatigantur, 126, 24, Swá oft swá hí ǽmtan (ǽmettan, v. l.) habbaþ quotiescumque vacant, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 16
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á-tendan
to light up ⬩ to expose to severe trial ⬩ to excite ⬩ inflame
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Add: to light up Swá swá seó sunne hine átent (the moon), Lch. iii. 266, 25 note. to expose to severe trial Wé wǽron átende grimlíce swýðe ǽr wé mihton þás geréna áspyrian, Angl. viii. 312, 48. to excite, inflame Fram átendendum his deófle ab accensore
stefnettan
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To stand firm(?) Swá stemnetton stíðhugende hysas æt hilde, Byrht. Th. 135, 22; By. 122
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ómian
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to rust Swá ár ómað yfelnysse his sicut aeramentum eruginabit malitia illius, Scint. 196, 5
sýferlíce
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Add Þá dyde se áðum swá . . . sýferlíce mid byrnendre árfæstnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 2
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æfter-fylgedness
A sequel
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A sequel Ne forlǽt ðú ðá æfterfylgednysse swá hálwendre gerecednysse, Hml. S. 23 b, 365
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ceahhetung
cachinnus, cachinnatio
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cachinnus, cachinnatio A loud or cackling laughter. Ðá gehýrde ic mycel gehlýd and ceahhetung, swá swá ungelǽredes folces then heard I a great noise and a cackling laughter, as of rude folk, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 30. Ceahhetung vel cincung cachinnatio,
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scip-steóra
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A steersman, pilot Swíðe eáðe mæg on smyltre sǽ ungelǽred scipstiéra (-stióra, Cott. MSS.) genóh ryhte stiéran quieto mari recte navem imperitus nauta dirigit, Past. 9, 2; Swt. 59, 1. Swá swá gód scipstýra (-stioera, Cott. MS.) ongit micelne wind ǽr
ge-hǽman
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Add: in a good sense, to marry Gehǽmed nupta, An. Ox. 1176. in a bad sense, to have illicit intercourse Uenus wæs swá fúl and swá fracod on gálnysse, þæt hyre ágen bróðor wið hý gehǽmde, Wlfst. 107, 16. Ꝥ man wið swustor gehǽme, Ll. Th. i. 404, 27
hirste
a frying-pan ⬩ a gridiron
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a frying-pan Bán míne swá swá on herstan (frixorio) herste sint, Ps. Vos. Srt. 101, 4. a gridiron Hyrste craticula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 53. Herst[um?] graticulis, ferreis factis (flectis?), Ld. Gl. H. 36, 175. Herst[an?] latriuncula, craticulas prunis
sellend-lic
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To be given; dandus Ðá ðe nǽfre gystas on húsærne onfóð, búton sellendlices gysthúses méd ǽr ápinsod sý ( nisi prius dandi hospitii merces compensetur), Chrd. 102, 1. Swá hwylce swá wénað ꝥ sóð lufu sý on anfóndlicum and sellendlicum þingum (dandis atque
ǽrend-wreccan
To deliver a message
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To deliver a message Ðá eóde hé in swá swá hé his hláfordes ǽrende secgan sceolde; and mid ðý hé ðá geswippre múþe líccetende ǽrend (ǽrende, v. l.) wrehte (ǽrendwrehte?) intravit quasi nuntium domini sui referens; et cum simulatam legationem ore astuto
ǽror
earlier, before ⬩ rather
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Add: temporal, earlier, before Nán mann ǽror nán swylc ne gemunde, Chr. 1032; P. 159, 5. Ǽrer hé hit ǽrǽrde, 1086; P. 219, 4. Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 15. rather Ðaacute; óðre þrý godspelleras áwriton ǽror be Crístes menniscnysse, Hml
un-efne
Unequally ⬩ diversely
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Unequally, diversely Swá unefne is eorþe þicce sicut crassitudo terrae, Ps. Th. 140, 9
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wundor-beácen
A wondrous sign
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A wondrous sign Swá hí on wege wyrcean sceoldon wundorbeácen, Ps. Th. 73, 5
for-hogdlíce
contemptuously
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With contempt, contemptuously Críst þá mycclan burh swá forhogdlíce nemde, Bl. H. 77, 26
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GREÁT
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Great, large, thick, coarse Græát grossus, Ælfc. Gl. 89; Som. 74, 101; Wrt. Voc. 51, 14. Swá swá greát beám like a great tree, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 9. Æðelword Æðelmǽres sunu ðæs grǽtan Ethelward son of Ethelmer the great, Chr. 1017; Er1. 16l, 7. Tú hund
æl-fremed
strange, foreign, not belonging to one ⬩ stranger to anything, without a share in, free from
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Add: strange, foreign, not belonging to one Næs mid him [god] elfremed alienus Cant. M. ad fil. 12. Se ælfremeda Heródes ðæs ríces geweóld, Hml. Th. i. 82, 4. Hé earmlíce geendode on ælfremedum earde, Hml. S. 25, 547. On eorðan elfremedre in terra aliena
þurstig
Thirsty
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Thirsty (lit. and fig.) Hé sylfa þursti wæs ipse sitiens, Nar. 8, 4. Þurstig wyll bibulus fons, Scint. 13, 12. Swá swylgþ seó gítsung ða dreósendan welan, for ðam hió hiora simle biþ ðurstegu, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 14. Swá hwá swá sylþ ceald wæter drincan
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wer-fǽhþ
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Slaying, in pursuing the feud, under circumstances that call for the payment of wer [cf. L. Alf. pol. 42 : Be fǽhðum . . . Gif hé (a man's foe) wille on hond gán and his wǽpenu sellan, and hwá ofer ðæt on him feohte, gielde swá wer swá wunde, swá hé gewyrce