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ymb-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-swápan, p. -sweóp; pp. -swápen.
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to sweep about (of the motion of waves) Ða ýþa weóllan and ymbsweópan and ǽghwonene ðæt scyp fyldon verrentibus undique et implere incipientibus navem fluctibus Bd. 3, 15 ; S. 541, 42. to wrap round Ymbswápen circumamicta, Ps. Surt. Spl.

hámettan

(v.)
Grammar
hámettan, p. te

To provide with a home, to house

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To provide with a home, to house Denewulf bisceop lýfde Beornulfe his mége ðæt he, móste ða inberðan menn hámettan tó Ebblesburnan nú hebbe ic hí hámet bishop Denewulf allowed Beornulf his kinsman to house the inborn people at Ebblesburn.

spíca

(n.)
Grammar
spíca, an; m.

Spikenard

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Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum; ðǽr wǽron þreó ða betstan — ele, nardus, spíca (or is this merely the Latin word?), Blickl. Homl. 73, 21.

swingel

(n.)
Grammar
swingel, swingell, e; and swingel[l]e, an ; f.

a stripe, strokea scourging, whipping, flogginga scourge, rod, whip a swingle, a stick to beat flaxthe swinglele pesselinto swingle the flax estonger vostre lynexcussorium, excudiaexculidiumexcudiumto beat flaxchastisement, affliction

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Ð á eode hé tó ðam bysceope . . . and hym eówde ða lǽla ðæra(-e?) swingellan ðe hé from Dryhtne onféng, Shrn. 98, 14-18. Hé wénde ðæt hé mid swinglan (verberibus) sceolde ða ánrédnesse his heortan ánescian . . .

Linked entry: swincgel

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Nú giet tó dæge ( usque ad nunc ) hit is on leóðum sungen, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 10. Nú giet tó dæge mon hǽtt ðæt lond 'Mánfeld' campus nunc 'Sceleratus' vocatur, 108, 19. Nú get æt þysne andweardan dæg, Bl. H. 125, 16.

efn-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
efn-þeów, es; m.

A fellow-servantconservus

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A fellow-servant; conservus Ðæm hláforde is to cýðanne, ðæt he ongiete ðæt he is efnþeów his it is to be made known to the master, that he understand that he is his fellow-servant, Past. 29; Hat. MS. 38 b, 18

un-mennisclíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mennisclíc, adj.

Inhuman

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Inhuman Wé hérdon on ealdum spellum, ðæt sum sunu ofslóge his fæder, ic nát húmeta, búton wé witon ðæt hit unmennislíc (-lícu, Cott. MS.) dǽd wæs nimis e natura dictum est, nescio quem filios invenisse tortores, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 16

ge-reclic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-reclic, ge-reccelic; adj. That affords proof or explanation, v. ge-rec; III: or orderly, v. ge-rec, II, un-gerec
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He sceal beforan ðǽm ðearlwísan Déman mid gereclicre (ge-reccelicre) race gereccean ðætðæt ilce self dyde jbe hé ððre men lǽrde opud districtum judicem cogitur tanta in opere exsolvere, quanta eum constat aliis voce praecepisse, Past. 192, 15..

Linked entry: ge-reccelic

sárig

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig, adj.

feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter

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Ðá sceolde se hearpere weorþan swá sárig ðæt hé ne mihte on gemong óðrum monnum beón the harper (Orpheus) is said to have become so afflicted with grief, that he could not live among other men, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 6.

hleahtor

(n.)
Grammar
hleahtor, hlehter, es; m.

Laughter

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Ða gesíðas wóp and hleahtor the comrades weeping and laughter, Salm. Kmbl. 695; Sal. 347: Beo. Th. 1226; B. 611.

Linked entries: leahter hlehter

gífer-nes

(n.)
Grammar
gífer-nes, -ness, e; f.

Greedinessavaricevoracitygluttonyaviditasgula

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Ðæt ríce ðæt ða ǽrestan men forworhtan þurh heora gífernesse the kingdom that the first persons forfeited through their greediness, Blickl. Homl. 25, 1: Num. 11, 4: Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 2

Linked entry: giefernes

ge-mynan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mynan, p. de

To remember, remind

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Ðæt he mec bí noman mínum gemyne that he remember me by name, Exon. 76 a; Th. 215, 28; Jul. 721. Gie gemynan reminiscamini, Jn. Skt. Lind. 16, 4. Gemyne ðú ðæt ðú ðisne ele send on ða sǽ tu memento ut hoc oleum mittas in mare, Bd. 3,15; S. 541, 33.

wer-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wer-líc, adj.
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Hié ǽghwelcum cnihtcilde ymbsnidon ðæt werlíce lim, Shrn. 47, 20. Ða werlícan virilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 54. <b>I a.

seldan

(adv.)
Grammar
seldan, (-on, -un, -um) ; cpve. seldnor ; adv.
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Ðæt dysie folc ðæs hit seldnor gesihþ swíðor wundriaþ, Met. 28, 66

Linked entry: seldnor

georn

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Mánbealwes georn, Dan. 45. Is nú fús þider gǽst síðes georn, Gú. 1018: 1241: Bo. 41: B. 2783. Wæs þǽre wífgifta guma georn on móde, Jul. 39.

hege-stów

(n.)
Grammar
hege-stów, e; f.
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On ðá hegstówe; of ðǽre hegstówe, 77, 27. Ofer ðǽre strǽte in ðá hegestówe, 263, 25

Linked entry: heg-stów

þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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Hí tó ðon ðider ( illo) sende wǽron, ðæt hí sceoldon ðæt gyldene mynet mid him geniman ðætte ðider (eo ) of Kent com, Bd. 3, 8; S. 530, 40. Ðá férde hé ðyder, Blickl. Homl. 225, 7. Nú þyder ingongaþ and mé ætstondaþ, 207, 2.

Linked entry: þyder

liccian

(v.)
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His blód ðá fleów binnon ðám cræte, þæt liccodon (linxerunt) hundas, Hml. S. 18, 226. Swá swá hundas lapodon Naboðes blód, swá hí sceolon lapian and liccian þín blód in loco hoc, in quo linxe-runt canes sanguinem Naboth, lambent sanguinem tuam, 210.

CRÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRÁWAN, ic cráwe, ðú cráwest, crǽwst, he cráweþ, crǽwþ; p. creów, pl. creówon; pp. cráwen

To CROW as a cock cantare instar galli

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Hrædlíce ðá creów se cocc. Mt. Bos. 26, 74, anon the cok crew. Wyc. Se hana creów gallus cantavit Mk. Bos. 14, 68; Lk. Bos. 22, 60. Ðá eftsóna creów se hana Mk. Bos. 14, 72;

ge-sellan

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Ic eów geselle ðá ðurhwuniendan sibbe, Past. 351, 13. Sib gesealla him pacem dare eis, Jn. p. 7, 8. Gesealla hlíf middangearde dare uitam mundo, p. 4, 18 to endow with a quality, faculty, &amp;c. Him freá gesealde wǽpna geweald, Exod. 20.