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pohha

(n.)
Grammar
pohha, poha, pohcha, pocca, an; m.
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'Se ðe médsceattas gaderaþ, legeþ hié on þyrelne pohchan ( sacculum ).' An þyrelne pohchan se legþ ... Past. 45, 4; Swt. 343, 20

sellend

(n.)
Grammar
sellend, es
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Hihton on God, ðæra góda syllend. Homl. Th. ii. 328, lufaþ ðone glædan syllend, 212, 9. a betrayer Se sellend his traditor ejus, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 44

Linked entry: syllend

ge-cwician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwician, -cwycian; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [cwician to quicken]

To quickencreatevivĭfĭcerecreāre

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He bebeád and gecwicode synd ipse mandāvit et creāta sunt, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 9 : 101, 19. bíþ gecwicude creābuntur, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 31

þyrnen

(adj.)
Grammar
þyrnen, adj.

Of thorns

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Of thorns hæfde fiþru swylce þyrnen besma, Shrn. 120, 28. mid þyrnenum helme his heáfod beféngon, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 26. Þyrnenne helm (ðyrnenne bég, Lind., Rush.) spineam coronam, Mk. Skt. 5, 17: Jn. Skt. 19, 5.

wíd-mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽrsian, p. ode
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ongan bodian and wídmǽrsian ða sprǽce ille coepit praedicare et diffamare sermonem, Mk. Skt. 1. 45. Heó nolde wídmǽrsian Cristes dígelnesse. Homl. Th. i. 42, 18. Wídmǽrsiende crebrescens, Hpt. Gl. 512, 21

bismer-lic

disgracefulignominiouscontemptibleridiculousfrivolous

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heora ǽgþer ge mid bismere onféng, ge hié eác on þone bismerlecestan eard gesette cum foedissima ignominia dispersi sunt, 3, 11; S. 146, 34. contemptible, ridiculous, frivolous Bismerlic frivolus, i. mendax, fictus, Wrt.

cnyll

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Petrus þá duru belýcó . . . and þonne weorpeð þá cǽga ofer his exle intó helle. . . . Hlúd bið se cnyll ofer ealle eorðan, þonne seó cǽg fealleð innon helle, Hml.

dæg-hwámlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dæg-hwámlíce, every day.
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dæghwámlíce wæs blótende diófolgildum, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 13: Bl. H. 127, 14. Wé him gyldað singallíce, and ús hýnað dæghwámlíce, Wlfst. 163, 11: 156, 12: Gen. 41, 56.

Linked entry: -hwámlíce

ge-hrifnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hrifnian, p. ode
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cf. hrif) Alexandres æfterfol-geras xiiii geár þisne middangeard tótugon and tótǽron þǽm gelícost þonne seó leó bringð his hungregum hwelpum hwæt tó étanne : hié ðonne gecýðað on ðǽm ǽte hwelc heora mǽst mæg gehrifnian.

geréf-scir

(n.)
Grammar
geréf-scir, or geréfscire.
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is nú geréfscíre healdende in Rómebyrig in Romana civitate locum praefectorum servans, Gr. D. 193, 9. stewardship, v. ge-refa; III is tó ágeldenne gescád his geréfscíran (uillicationis), R. Ben. I. 107, 16. Groefscire, Lk. L. 16, a.

ge-emnettan

(v.)
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Z. 296, 2. to equal Þæt micelnysse synna mæge geemnyttan ( exaequare ) mid genihtsumnysse mægena, Scint. 43, 13. to adjust, square Him bið hefigtýme geðúht ðæt heora þeáwas be his regole geemnetton, Hml. Th. i. 524, 18. intrans.

nealles

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Þæt áttor nales þæt án (nalæs ꝥ ón, v.l.) eallum middan-geardes ciricum þæt strægd, ac hit eác swylce in ðis eáland becóm. uirus non solum orbis totius, sed et insularum ecclesiis aspersit, Bd. l, 8; Sch. 29, 14

tela

Grammar
tela, <b>.
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</b> of health :-- settað heora handa ofer ádlige men, and him bið tela ( bene habebunt ), Hml. Th. ii. 304, 22. Add him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardung-hús sibi humile habitaculum construxit, Gr. D. 201, 5

wiþ-habban

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Add: to restrain Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán; ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege, Hml. S. 31, 154.

gástende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gástende, l. ge-áscende ?
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Ðá reahte [] hys mód fór oft gastnde (geáscende ?)

of-þryscan

(v.)

to beat down, repress, suppress

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Ða hié suíðe stíðlíce árásigeaþ and mid ealle ofþrysceaþ hos asperitate rigidos semper invectionis premunt, Past. 19, 2; Swt. 145, I. Ðæt on him selfum ofþrysce ða lustas his unþeáwa in semetipso suggestiones vitiorum reprimat, 14, 5; Swt. 85, 12

neáh-líce

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
neáh-líce, neá-líce; adv.

Nearlyabout

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Nearly, about Hié neálíce swá fela ( tot pene ) þearfena ofsleáþ swá hié ídelíce mid hiera ælmessan gehelpan meahton, Past. 45, 1; Swt. 335, 15. blówaþ ðonne neálíce ( just about when ) óðre wyrta scrincaþ, Lchdm. i. 204, 13

ge-þingþu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþu, -þingcþu, -þincþ, -þyncþ, e; f.

honourdignityrankhonordignitas

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Him to wǽron witode geþingþo to him were destined honours, Cd. 23; Th. 30, 31; Gen. 475.

Linked entries: þyncþ ge-þincð

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

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empty Tó hwan mæg ðis eorþlíce hús gif hit ýdel stent? Hit ne biþ ná hús búton hit beó mid híréde áfylled what purpose can this earthly house serve, if it stand empty? It is not a house unless it be filled with a household, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 12.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

ge-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten.

to sitsit downsettleleanreclinesĕdēreconsīdĕrediscumbĕreto occupypossessinhabitpossĭdērehăbĭtāre

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gesittaþ him on gesundum þingum they sit in sound condition, 89 b; Th. 337, 1; Gn. Ex. 58. He wið earm gesæt he leaned on his arm, Beo. Th. 1503; B. 749: Cd. 223; Th. 291, 18; Sat. 432.

Linked entry: ge-setenness