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beorg

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, sealh-beorg

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Ic ðé secge twá sindon sealte sǽ, and twá fersce, Sal. K. 186, 25. Add Andlang strǽte on Scoffoces sǽ, C. D. i. 258, 4

brúnéða

(n.)
Grammar
brúnéða, an; m.

A disease called brunella or prunamorbus quidam, idem forte, qui Belgis bruyne, id est, Erysipelasἐρυσίπελαςcerebri. Oris vitium, cum linguæ tumore, exasperatione, siccitate, et nigredine, vulgo, inquit Kilianus, brunella,

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Oris vitium, cum linguæ tumore, exasperatione, siccitate, et nigredine, vulgo, inquit Kilianus, brunella, Som Ðæt biþ strang sealf and gód wið swelcre abláwunge and brúnéðan, and wið ðara ceácna geswelle, oððe asmorunge that is a strong salve and good

ge-resta

(n.)
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ge-resta, an; f.

One who rests with another, consort

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Heó Balan sealde Iacobe to gerestan Bilham dedit Iacobo quacum concumberet, Gen. 30, 4

Linked entry: resta

býrigan

(v.)
Grammar
býrigan, p. de
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Ðæt he hire sealde ðæt wæter to býrigenne ut gustandam illi daret eam aquam. Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 21

and-giet

(n.)
Grammar
and-giet, es; n.

understandingintellectknowledgeintellectus

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understanding, intellect, knowledge; intellectus Ic ðec, mon, ǽrest geworhte, and ðé andgiet sealde I first wrought thee, O man, and gave thee understanding, Exon. 28a; Th. 84, 30; Cri. 1381: 117a; Th. 449, 16; Dóm. 72

óþ-þingian

(v.)
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to get from another on unfair conditions Gif hwylc mæssepreóst onfunden biþ ðæt hé ... ǽnige médsceat selþ oððe sealde, for ðí ðe hé wilnige óðres preóstes cyrcean óþþingian, L. E. I. 16 ; Th. ii. 412, 13

eást-healf

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Seó Asia on ǽlce healfe is befangen mid sealtum wætre búton on eásthealfe Asia absque orientali parte undique circumdata est mari, Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 12. On eásthealfe þæs landes líþ gársecg, S. 14, 2. Add

ge-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brítan, p. te; pp. ge-briacute;ted, ge-brítt
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Genim . . . gebærned sealt tó swýþe smalan dúste gebrýt, 216, 4. fig- God eall heora wǽpn gebrýt Dominus confringet arma. Ps. Th. 45, 8. þára synfulra mægen þú gebrýttest dentes peccatorum conteruisti, 3, 6. God ealle his fýnd gebrýtte, 46, arg.

scrúd

(n.)
Grammar
scrúd, es ; n.
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sealde hira ǽlcum twá scrúd (stolas), and hé sealde Beniamine fíf scrúd, Gen 45, 22

smireness

(n.)
Grammar
smireness, e; f.

Ointment, unguent

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Smerenessa and sealf Lchdm. ii. 10, 19: 158, 9. Hié selfe mid smirenissum hié smerwan 224, 1

Linked entry: smereness

scilling

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Se Godes wer þá sealde þám biddere and cwæð ꝥ hé ágeáfe his maniendum þá .xii. and þone ǽnne hǽfde him tó his ágenre nytte (In the story as told in Hml.

þeór-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
þeór-ádl, e; f.
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Drencas and sealfa wiþ þeórádlum, 12, 1, 3

Linked entry: þeór-drenc

weorold-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-friþ, es; n.
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Cf. cyric-friþ Ðæt woroldfrið stande betweox Æðelréde cynge and eallum his leódscipe, and eallum ðam here ðe se cyng ðæt feoh sealde, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 9

emel

(n.)
Grammar
emel, e; f. A canker-worm, caterpillar, weevel; ērūca, brūchus = βροῦχος
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He sealde emele oððe treówyrme wæstm heora dĕdit ērūcæ f ructus eōrum, s. Spl. C. 77, 51. He sǽde and com gærshoppe and emel ðæs næs ná gerím dixit et vēnit lŏcusta, et brūchus cūjus non ĕrat nŭmĕrus, 104, 32

scearpness

(n.)
Grammar
scearpness, e; f.

Sharpnessroughnessacidity, pungencyefficacy

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Se líchama gefélþ ðæs sealtes scearpnesse, Wulfst. 35, 6. efficacy For ðære sealfe scearpnesse ( to make the salve effectual ) genim wífes meoluc, ii. 28, 7

Linked entry: scearp

cwíþ-ness

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sealde hine sylfne in wóp and in cwíðnesse sese in lamentis dedit, 207, 8. In hefige cýþnesse (cwíðnesse, v. l.) in gravibus lamentationibus, 120, 7. Add

Linked entry: cýþ-ness

heamol

(adj.)
Grammar
heamol, hamal(?); adj.

Parsimoniousmiserlyniggardly

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Wlfst. 258, 12) mínra góda þe ic ðé sealde?, Nap. 36. Substitute:

réþ-ness

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Sealde hé bysne his folgerum ꝥ hí móston forbúgan réðnysse, Hml. A. 72, 176

Linked entry: hréð-ness

stód-hors

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Hé þone cyning bæd ꝥ hé him wǽpen sealde and stódhors (equum emissarium) . . . For þon þám bisceope hiora hálignesse ne wæs álýfed ꝥ hé móste wǽpen wegan, ne ælcor bútan on myran rídan, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 168, 11. Add