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sum

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Sume ðás race habbað getrahtnod on óðre stówe, Hml. Th. ii. 264, 23. 4. Add Æt sumum twám cirron, æt óþrum cierre beeástan Wæced, æt óþrum cierre æt Portlocan, Chr. 918; P. 98, 27.

HEÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEÁWAN, p. heów, pl. heówon; pp. heáwen

To HEW, cut, strike, smite

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heáwaþ ðone wudu ligna succidimus, 167, 6. Hé heów oð ðæt hé on hilde gecranc he smote with his sword until in fight he fell, Byrht. Th. 141, 18; By. 324. Heów ðæt hors mid ðam spuran he struck the horse with the spurs [cf.

swǽman

(v.)
Grammar
swǽman, p. de

To trouble, afflict, grieve.

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Se sceocca sceall áswǽman æt ús, gif ánrǽde beóþ on úrum geleáfan, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 203

Linked entry: á-swǽman

tunece

(n.)
Grammar
tunece, an;f.

A tuniccoat

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Ðæt hé ús forgeáfe ða undeádlícan tunecan ðe forluron on ðæs frum-sceapenan mannes forgǽgednysse, Homl. Th. i. 34, 29. Hió becwið hyre betstan dunnan tunecan, Chart. Th. 537, 31.

Linked entry: tunice

full-fremman

(v.)
Grammar
full-fremman, to -fremmenne; p. -fremede; pp. -fremed

To do fullyfulfilfinishperfectpractiseperfĭcĕreperăgĕrepatrāre

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Ðæt ic fallfremme his weorc ut perfĭciam ŏpus ejus, Jn. Bos. 4, 34. Ðæt he hí eft fullfremme that he practise them [the vices] again, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 18. Swá eówer heofonlíca fæder is fullfremed sīcut păter vester cœlestis perfectus est, Mt.

Linked entry: fremman

hwearftlian

(v.)
Grammar
hwearftlian, p. ode

To turn roundroll roundrevolvemove aboutrove

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Se cwyrnstán ðe tyrnþ singallíce and nǽnne færeld ne þurhtíhþ getácnaþ woruldlufe ðe on gedwyldum hwyrftlaþ and nǽnne stæpe on Godes wege gefæstnaþ the millstone that is continually turning and makes no progress, betokens worldly love, that goes round

Linked entry: hwyrftlian

leornung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
leornung-mann, es; m.

A learnerpupilscholarstudentdisciple

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A learner, pupil, scholar, student, disciple Sum leorningman well gelǽred on gewritum scholasticus quidam doctus studio literarum, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 18.

ræfnan

(v.)
Grammar
ræfnan, p. de.
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Ræfn elne ðis, ðæt ðú nǽfre fǽcne weorð freónde ðínum, Exon. Th. 302, 3; Fä. 30. v. á-ræfnan and cf. dreógan for the same two meanings

Linked entry: a-rǽfnan

un-wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wéne, adj.

hopelessnot having hope or expectationnot hoped forunexpected

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Similar entries Cf. or-wéne Wæs ðǽr án cnapa geǽttrod þurh næddran, swíðe tóswollen þurh ðæs wyrmes siege, unwéne his lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 7. Hé gehǽlde ánre wydewan sunu ðe unwéne læg, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 103.

weorc-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-dæg, es; m.
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A work-day, any day, not a ' freólstíd, ' of the week but Sunday Weorcdæg feria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 4. Sealmas tó weorcdæge (ad feriam) gebyrigende, Anglia xiii. 402, 532. Ðam syxtan weorcdæge sexta feria, 404, 563. Worcdæge, 389, 348.

brǽdan

(v.)

to roast

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Dele last two passages, and add: to roast flesh Ðú, earming, brǽddest ǽnne dǽl mines líchaman, wend nú þone óðerne, and et, Hml. Th. i. 430, 16. Hine cwicne hirstan and brǽdan, Shrn. 116, 3. Þæt lamb brǽdan, Hml. Th. ii. 40, 13.

dǽd

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Mid dǽdum gelǽstan to carry into effect, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 34: 76, 25. v. ælmes-, forþ-, fracod-, lác-, sceaþ-, un-, unriht-, weorc-, weorold-, wil-, wóh-, wundor-dǽd. Add

dyrstig-ness

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wearð deád for þǽre dyrstignysse ꝥ hé dorste onginnan þǽra sácerda þénunga, Hml. A. 59, 188. Se ealda feónd onféng swilce dyrstinysse (bylde, v. l., ausum ) tó ácwellanne, Gr. D. 75, 32.

firdian

(v.)

march

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Ðá wearð se cyning swá gram ꝥ hé wolde eft in fyrdian, and þone eard fordón, 948; P. 112, 3a. of troops Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn . . . for þan þe hí sceoldon fyrdrian (fyrdian?) swá swá eall folc dyde, Hml. S. 28, ii.

Linked entries: firdrian fyrdrian

inweardlíce

(adv.)
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Hú mæg ǽnig man hine inweardlíce tó Gode gebiddan, búton he inwerdlíce (-weard-, v. l. ) on God hæbbe rihtne geleáfan, Wlfst. 21, 2-4. Inweardlíce medullitus (dilexerit ), An. Ox. 7, 114. Inwurdlíce, 2007. Inwerdlí[ce] uoluntatiue, 56, 147.

þe

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Add Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð few men are glad for long at having tricked another, Prov. K. 34. Add His freónda foresprǽc forstent him eal þæt ylce þe (cf. eal þæt sylfe swylce, 38, 17) hit sylf sprǽce, Wlfst, 110, 4

sǽta

(n.)

a resident, inhabitant.

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There is also beside the weak -sǽtan a strong -sǽte. Similar entries v. Dorn- (Dor-), Dún-, Peác-, Sumor-, Wil-sǽte (-sǽtan).

Linked entry: séta

fýst

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Gif þú gyrde habban wille, þonne wege þíne fýst swylce þú swingan wille, Tech. ii. 122, 11. Fýstum pugillis, i. colaphis, An. Ox. 4694. Add:

hearm

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm, herm; adj.

Causing harm or sorrow, grievous, injurious, evil, malicious

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Tugon longne síð in hearmra hond went a long journey into the power of evil ones, Exon. 62 a; Th. 228, 20; Ph. 441. Ne hyld ðú míne heortan ðæt ic hearme word þuruh inwitstæf útforlǽte ut non declines cor meum in verbum malum, Ps. Th. 140, 5

will-spryng

(n.)
Grammar
will-spryng, and -sprynge, es; m.

A well-spring, fountainsource (lit. and fig.)

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A well-spring, fountain, source (lit. and fig.) Welspreng latex, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 30. Seó sóðe lufu is wylspring and ordfruma ealra gódnyssa, Homl. Th. 1. 52, 12. Ðæs wæter-scipes welsprynge is on hefonríce, Past. Swt. 467, 31.