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þurh-smúgan

(v.)

to creep throughmove slowly throughto go carefully through a subjectgo over the details

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hǽt solaris, þurhsmíhþ Zodiacum ðone circul on þrim hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum, Anglia viii. 303, 22. to go carefully through a subject, go over the details Hé sceal snotorlíce smeágean and georne þurhsmúgan ealle ða ðing ðe hláforde magan tó rǽde

Linked entry: smúgan

wæter-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ǽdre, an; -ǽder, e; f.(in the first passage given the word is made neuter).

A vein of water, a spring

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Seó gýtsung hyre gold betweoh ða wæterǽdran rǽt avaritia aurum inter arenas legit, Gl. Prud. 55

Linked entry: ǽdre

ge-dyrstlǽcan

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Þæt nán ne gedyrstlǽce his ágenne rǽd tó beweri-genne, R. Ben. 15, 12 : 55, 10: 56, 17. with a preposition 'Úre Fæder . . . 'Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mǽgðháde bútan sóðre lufe, Hml.

be-dyppan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dyppan, p. -dypte, pl. -dypton; pp. -dypped ; v. trans.

To dipimmersemergereintingeretingere

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Se ðe ic rǽce bedyppedne hláf is cui ego intinctum panem porrexero, Jn. Bos. 13, 26. Híg bedypton his tunecan on ðam blóde tinxerunt tunicam ejus in sanguine, Gen. 37, 31. Ic bedyppe mergo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 36

Linked entries: be-dipped be-dípan

un-cyme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cyme, adj.

Meanpaltrypoor

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Wæs his æþeleste ræst on nacodre eorðan. Ðá bǽdon hine his discipulos ðæt hié móstan húru sume uncyme streównesse him under gedón for his untrumnesse, Blickl. Homl. 227, 12.

of-þyncan

Grammar
of-þyncan, Add: <b>I a.</b>
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<b>I b</b> :-- Ne bið God nǽfre bepéht, ne him nǽfre ne ofþincð ꝥ, ꝥ hé ǽr tó rǽde geþóhte, Angl. vii. 34, 317. Þæt eów ofðince eówer gedwyld, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 8.

carte

(n.)
Grammar
carte, an; f. [Lat. charta] Paper, a piece of paper, a deed; charta = χάρτης
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Cartan wrítan [MS. wirtan] oððe rǽdan to write or read a paper, Lchdm. iii. 200, 35

Linked entry: caerte

íð

(adv.)
Grammar
íð, iéð, ýð; adv. compve.

More easily

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Hwá meahte iéð monnum rǽdan bútan scylde ðonne se ðe hí gescóp quis principari hominibus tam sine culpa, quam is, qui hos nimirum regeret, quos ipse creaverat? Past. 3. 1; Swt. 33, 16. Ðý ýþ, Exon. 120 b ; Th. 463, 6 ; Hö. 66

Linked entry: íðast

hymlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hymlíc, hymlic ?, es; m.
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Slǽpdrænc; rædic, hymlíc . . . Lch. iii. 22, 27. Wyrc sealfe of netlan and of hemlíce, ii. 128, 7. Well hemlíc, 78, 6. ¶ in a local name :-- On hemléclége, C. D. iii. 437, 3

Linked entry: hemlic

rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
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To reach, hold forth, offer, present Ic rǽce porrigo vel porgo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 46. Hé ys se ðe ic rǽce ( porrexero ) hláf, Jn. Skt. 13, 26. For hwon ne rǽcst ( porrigis ) ðú ús ðone hwítan hláf ? Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 14.

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

ge-rídan

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Se king . . . swór ꝥ hit nǽfre næs ná his rǽd ná his dǽd ꝥ man sceolde Sandwíc dón fit of ipes cyrð, 57, 9-17

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raiselift upto take upundertaketo rouse

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to raise, lift up Wreceþ to rǽde Drihten ðara manna bearn ðe sér man gebræc Dominus erigit elisos, Ps.

reád

(adj.)
Grammar
reád, adj.
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Rǽde clæfer, 288, 49. Reád clæfre, Lchdm. ii. 312, 19. Rósena reáde heápas, Dóm. L. 18, 286. Mid reádum rósum cum purpureis rosis, Hpt. Gl. 511, 4. of gold Reád gold aurum obrizum, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 33 : Met. 19, 6 : Cd.

Linked entry: reód

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.

Usefulprofitableadvantageousbeneficial

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Rǽd biþ nyttost, Exon. Th. 341, 1; Gn. Ex. 119

here-gild

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The following passages give instances of the amounts paid to secure peace: On þám geáre man gerædde ꝥ man geald ǽrest gafol Deniscan mannum . . . ꝥ wæs ǽrest .x. þúsend punda; þæne rǽd gerǽdde Síríc arceb., Chr. 991; P. 127, 2-6.

a-rǽman

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽman, p. de; pp. ed.

To raiselift upelevateexcitareerigereelevareTo raise or lift up one's selfto arisese erigerese elevaresurgere

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To raise, lift up, elevate; excitare, erigere, elevare Ða ge mihton rǽdan, and eów arǽman on ðám which ye may read, and elevate yourselves in them, Ælfc. T. 31, 15. v. intrans.

ge-mǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽrian, p. ode
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To fix the bounds of Hé hine gelǽdde ealle ðá gemǽru, swá hé him of ðám aldan bócum rǽdde, hú hit ǽr Æðelbald cyning gemǽrude and gesalde, C. D. v. 140, 33.

Linked entries: mǽran ge-mǽran

hlútor-líce

(adv.)

clearlyplainlysimply

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Þǽr man cyrcean rǽre, Þǽr mon Gode árwurðlíce hlúttorlice (with reverence and sincerity) offrigean mæge, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 17

þrafung

(n.)
Grammar
þrafung, e; f.

Reproofrebukecensure

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Ðæt is ðonne swelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge, ðæt mon openlíce and unforwandodlíce on óðerne rǽse mid tǽlinge and mid ðrafunga ex mucrone quippe percutere, est impetu apertae increpationis obviare, Past. 40; Swt. 297, 53.

Linked entry: þrafian

un-treów

(n.)
Grammar
un-treów, e; f.

Bad faithfaithlessnessperfidyfraud

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Bad faith, faithlessness, perfidy, fraud Mé ðás woruldsǽlþa blindne on ðis dimme hol forlǽddon, and mé ðá berýpton rǽdes and frófre for heora untreówum, Met. 2, 13.