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wudian

(v.)
Grammar
wudian, p. ode

To cut wood

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To cut wood Gelamp on Móyses dagum ðæt Móyses fór þurh ánne wudu mid his werode. Ðá gesáwan hié ǽnne ceorl, hwǽr hé stód and wudede him, Wulfst. 2 20, 11, 15. Hé him bebeád ðæt hí bǽron wæter tó ðæs folces neóde and wudedon him simble decrevit eos esse

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bogung

(n.)
Grammar
bogung, bógung, bðung, e; f.

Ostentationarroganceboasting

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Ostentation, arrogance, boasting Bóung ł gylp jactantia, Angl. xi. 118, 63. Bóunge ostentationis, An. Ox. 5163: 2, 427. Swýðor begýman on bóunge ídeles gylpes þonne on árfæstum weorke ostentationi potius intendisse quam operi, Gr. D. 77, 4. þæt Iudéisce

be-stǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stǽlan, p. de
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To lay a charge of crime on a person, to convict a person (on with dat. ) of crime þæt mé nǽfre deófel náht on ne mæge bestǽlan æt mínum endedæge, Angl. xi. 101, 53. þæt se deófol eów náge náht on tó bestélenne ungeandettes, Wlfst. 135, 31. Sé þe frióne

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Breoten-wealda

(n.)
Grammar
Breoten-wealda, an; m.
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The ruler of Britain Ic Æðelstán Ongol-Saxna cyning and Brytænwalda eallæs ðyses íglandæs ego Æðelstanus rex et rector totius hujus Britanniae insulae, C. D. v. 218, 17. Ongol- Saxna cyning and Brytenwalda ealles ðyses íglandæs Angul-Saxonum necnon et

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býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, l. bytlian,
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and add: , bytlan Wer þe ofer fæstum stáne bytlode, R. Ben. 4, 12. Man bytlode áne gebytla, Hml. Th. ii. 354, 32. 'Ðá synfullan bytledon uppe on mínum hrycge.' Hé sárette ðætte hié sceoldon bytlan , Past. 153, 9. Hét Harold bytlian on Brytlande, Chr

cyne-wíse

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Substitute for translation of first passage 'nihil omnino in re militari ausus est,' and add Sum eorðlic ǽ is in þǽre Rómániscan cynewísan (cynne-, v. l.) quaedam terrena lex in Romana republica, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 68, 24. Ðeós cwén on þám lande manege

fægnung

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Fægnung jubilatio, Hy. S. 106, 23. Fægnunge, blisse jubilationis, i. laudis, An. Ox. 1345. Fægnunge tripudio, gaudio, exultatione, Hpt. Gl. 433, 2. Mid blisse and mid fægnuncge in laetitia et exultatione, Ps. Th. 44, 16. Ongan for ðon gefeán (fægnunge

foreþanclíce

(adv.)

carefully

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with forethought, carefully Ðá gódan weorc ðe hé longe ǽr foreðonclíce timbrede quidquid diu labore provida construxit, Past. 215, 18. Ðæt hí foreðonclíce ongieten ut provide perpendant, 429, 3. Ðæt hit ðá ungedónan unðeáwas foreðoncelíce becierre alia

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ge-stæððignes

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Add: staidness Gesete, Dryhten, hirde mínum múðe and ðá duru gestæððignesse (ostium circumslantiae), Past. 275, 22. Seó rípung his gestæþþignesse sý swylc þæt hine ne worian lyste cuius maturitas eum non sinat vagari, R. Ben. 126, 17. Mid gestæbþig-nesse

ge-beácnian

(v.)
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Dele -bécnian, -bícnian, last passage, and bracket, and add: to make signs Gebeácnað annuit (oculis ), Kent. Gl. 143: 328. to shew by signs, indicate, make known Niht nihte gecýð ł gebeácnaþ wísdóm nox nocti indicat scientiam, Ps. L. 18, 3. to give

god-gild

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Add: a rite or practice of a heathen religion Godgildum ceremoniis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 65: Lupercalibus, 50, 40. Se déma stód æt his godgyldum and deóflum onsægdnesse bær judex aris adsistebat, ac daemonibus hostias offerebat, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 21, 1. Hé

græft

(n.)
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Dele <b>græft,</b> e; f. (?), and last passage, and add Græft sculpture, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 24: celatura, i. sculptura, ii. 130, 58. Græftas emblemata, uarietates, uasa uarię sculpta, An. Ox. 50, 26. Ísenum græftum carpenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15

hridder

Grammar
hridder, Add: <b>, hríder, hriddern</b>
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Hríder glebulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 12. Hridder capisterium, 92, 3: 19, 38. Hú hé geedstaðelode, ꝥ tóbrokene hridder ( capisterium) . . . hé genam þá sticcu þæs tóbrocenan hriddres (hridderes, v. l.) . . . and hire ágæf ꝥ hriddern (hridder, v. l. ) . .

ildian

(v.)
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Add: with oblique case, acc. Hé wæs lange wið-sacende and hit eldode diu negando distulit, Gr. D. 103, 32. with dat. (?), Hml. Th. i. 350, 14 (in Dict.). with (negative) clause Se munuc gehýrde þá word þæs hátendan, ac hwæþre hé yldode ꝥ hé þá hǽsa

hymlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hymlíc, hymlic ?, es; m.
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Hemlock. Take here <b>hemlíc</b> in Dict., and add Hymblícae, huymblícae, hymlíce cicuta, Txts. 46, 185. Hymlíc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 32. Hymelíc, i. 67, 30: septiphilos, 66, 64. Hymlíc leptefilos, ii. 54, 20. Slǽpdrænc; rædic, hymlíc . . .

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locc

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Loc crinis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 4. Loccas antiae, 87, 60. Winde loccas circinni, 104, 6. Gewanedum locca fexe dempta cincinnorum cesarię (the reference is to Samson), An. Ox. 5048. Fexa loccum (rasis) cincinnorum criniculis, 4173. Þá Ismahéli hæfdon ge-þwinglode

nafela

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Ylp is eall mid bánum befangen binnan þám felle bútan æt ðám nafelan, Hml. S. 25, 568. Ðonne þG gyrder habban wylle, þonne sete þú þíne handa forewearde wiðneoþan þínne nafolan and stríc tó þínum twám hypum, Tech. ii. 119, 22. Þǽr beóð kende homodubii

récan

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Add: to expose to smoke or steam, fumigate: — Lege stór on þá gléda and réc hine mid ꝥ hé swǽte, Lch. ii. 348, 5. Gif sinwe síen gescruncene . . . wyl on wætre, beþe mid, and réce þá sinwe geornlíce, 328, 8. to cause to emit smoke, burn incense Ꝥ hú

yppan

Grammar
yppan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þá þá hé ypte and forþbróhte mycle stefne cum magnas voces ederet. Gr. D. 247, 14 : 248, l. add God on mé ypð swá micle gódnesse, Hml. A. 198, 93. Ne ep ðú ne proferas (in jurgio cito, quae viderunt oculi tui), Kent. Gl. 956. Þæt hors ongan mid

scear

(n.)
Grammar
scear, es ; m. (?)

A plough-share

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A plough-share scer, scær, scear uomis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28 ; Zup. 55, 16. Scaer vomer, Txts. 35, 32. Scear vomer vel vomis, Wrt. Voc. I. 15, I: 74,72. Scer, 287,6. Hwanon ðam yrþlinge sylan scear oððe culter, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 29. Gefæstnodon sceare