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weorold-wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wlencu, (-o); indecl.: -wlenc; e; f.
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Hí læccaþ of manna begeátum lóc hwæt hí gefón magan . . . Syððan hý hit habbaþ, hí glencgaþ heora wíf mid ðam ðe hí weofoda sceoldan, and maciaþ eall heom sylfum tó woruldwlence, 19 ; Th. ii. 328, 9.

hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽtan, p. te; pp. ed

To heat, make hot

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Tó hǽtanne magan to heat the stomach, L. M. 2, 10; Lchdm. ii. 188, 16. Hit gelamp sume dæige ðæt ðæs swánes wíf hǽtte hire ofen and se king ðǽr big set it happened one day that the herdsman's wife heated her oven, and the king sat by, Shrn. 16, 15.

Linked entry: ge-hǽt

for-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swápan, p. -sweóp; pp. -swápen

To sweep awayverrĕreprotrūdĕre

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Ealle wyrd forsweóp [MS. forsweof] míne mágas fate has swept away all my kinsmen, Beo. Th. 5621; B. 2814

mæg

(n.)
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Cf. maga, and (?) (?)

súgan

(v.)
Grammar
súgan, p. seáh, pl. sugon; pp. sogen.
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Ðonne him on ðam magan súgeþ when it is in his stomach as if it were sucked in, Lchdm. ii. 192, 13: 160, 1

namian

(v.)
Grammar
namian, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Swá swá Abraham dyde . . . and ꝥ wíf Anna . . . and fela óðre men ðe wé ne magan namian, Hml. A. 34, 261. substitute: to call by some title or epithet Hwí namode Críst on his godspelle Abel rihtwísne tóforan óðrum ?

wíf-hand

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hand, a; f.

The female sidefemale line

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The female side, female line Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe; ðonne gif ic gesealde ǽnigre wífhanda ðæt hé gestrýnde, ðonne forgyldan míne mágas . . . for ðon ic cweðe ðæt hí hit gyldan, for ðon hý fóð

un-gemetfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetfæst, adj.

immoderateimmodestintemperateimmoderateexcessiveirretentive

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Hwílum of ungemetfæstre hǽto, hwilum of ungemetfæstum cyle, hwílum of ungemetlícre wǽtan, hwílum of ungemætlícre drígnesse, iii. 72, 29. applied to the stomach, irretentive Ðæs hátan magan ungemetfæstan tácn sindon, ðonne hé bið mid ómum geswenced, ðam

róf

(adj.)
Grammar
róf, adj.

Valiantstoutstrong

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Wís hæleþ, maga móde róf, Andr. Kmbl. 1249; An. 625. Ánrǽd oretta, maga móde róf, 1967; An. 986. Árás ðá mægene róf, 2936; An. 1471 : 3348; An. 1678. Dǽdum róf, æþeling ánhýdig, Beo. Th. 5326; B. 2666. Ðeáh hé (róf síe níþgeweorca, 1369; B. 682.

éþung

breathingpantingflatulencyinspirationbreath

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: Wiþ áþundenesse and éþunge magan, Lch. ii. 188, 19. fig. inspiration: Éþunge inspirationis, R. Ben. I. 53, 12. breath Oroþ vel éþung flatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 32. Ðridde wæs windes pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs seó ǽðung geseald, Sal.

Linked entry: ǽþung

for-helan

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magan þá cyningas forhelan hiora unmihte, Bt. 29, 1; F. 104, 13. Ic þé árecce, náht ne forhelende (-hæl-, v. l.), Hml. S. 23 b, 319. Hit forholen beón ne mihte, Gr. D. 60, 20. Hú nytt bið se forholena cræft?

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, <b>. I.</b>
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. ¶ to urge an animal :-- Nimað þás swipan þæt gé magan þis hors mid mynegian and drífan (minare ), Gr. D. 14, 21

beód-ern

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Canonicas, þǽr seó ár sí ꝥ hí beóddern and slǽpern habban magan, healdan heora mynster, Ll. Th. i. 306, 12. Bróðra beóddern (met-, v. l. ) árǽran, Gr. D. 147, 29. Add

ádlig

Grammar
ádlig, (dele ádlíc and addle).
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Tácn ádlies magan, Lch. ii. 174, 20. Hé ðonehis ádligum mǽge on ðone múð begeát, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 10. Gesáwon hí hine ádligne, 24, 28. Middaneard ádligne mundum languidum, Hy. S. 34, 24. Lifre ádlige jecur morbidum, 29, 23.

brid

(n.)
Grammar
brid, bridd, es; m.

The young of any of the feathered tribe; pullus

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On swealwan bridda magan in the maw of the young ones of a swallow, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 7. Hit sculon beón micle briddas it should be big young ones, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 14. Hrefnes briddum corvi pullis, Ps. Th. 146, 10

Linked entries: bird briddas

ge-líþigian

(v.)
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Hyt þone wlættan þæs magan gelíþigaþ. Lch. i. 204, 21. Hyt gelíþegaþ þone gicþan, 25.

un-lust

(n.)
Grammar
un-lust, es; m.

absence of desiredisgustdisinclinationwant of appetitedisinclination to actionlistlessnesswant of pleasurejoylessnesswearinessan evil pleasurelust

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Wiþ unluste and wlætan þe of magan cymð, 158, 12. Wiþ sáre and unluste ðæs magan, se ðe ne mæg ne mid mete ne mid drincan beón gelácnod, 158, 17. Hié þrowiaþ ormǽtne þurst and metes unlust, 230, 19.

sibling

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Swilce hí þonne lufian heora siblingas, ðe ǽr on lífe ne hí sylfe ne heora mágas ne lufedon, i. 332, 30. Add

ge-twǽman

(v.)
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Gif úre mágas willað ús getwéman (-wéman, v.l. ) fram Críste, Hex. 40, 29. Swá ꝥ úre Drihten wurde getwǽmed (-twémed, v.l. ) fram his heofonlican fæder, Hml. A. 59, 198. to end a dispute, settle a case

a-dreógan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dreógan, -driógan; ic -dreóge, ðú -dreógest, -drýhst, he -dreógeþ, -drýhþ; p. -dreág, -dreáh, pl. -drugon; pp. -drogen.

to actperformpractiseagereperficereto bearsufferendurepatisustinere

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Líf adreógan agere vitam, Hexam. 3; Norm. 4, 29. to bear, suffer, endure; pati, sustinere Hí adreógan mágan they may bear, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 27. Ic ne mæg adreógan ðíne seófunga I cannot tolerate thy lamentations, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 20.