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á-rásian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 168, 21. to blame, reprehend Hé nyle hié árásian . . . ðǽm synfullan menn bið oftogen ðæt hine mon stíðlíce árásige . . . hié suíðe stíðlíce árásigeað and mid ealle ofðrysceað corripere non praesumit . . . correptionis duritia peccanti subtrahitur

Linked entry: rásian

ge-irman

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Ðá underðiéddan mon sceal lǽran ðæt hié elles ne sién genǽt ne geirmed (-iermed, v. l.) subditos non subjectio conterat, Past. 189, 16. Ealle ðá gódan fǽrlíce geyrmde hreówlíce wurdon, Hml. S. 23, 24.

of-feallan

(v.)

to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy

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Hé geslóg xxv dracena and hine ðá [of] deáþ offeóll he slew 25 dragons and then death fell upon him, Salm. Kmbl. 430; Sal. 216. Seó módinys wyle offeallan ða eádmódnysse superbia inruere vult super humilitatem, Prud. 32 b.

FÁCEN

(n.)
Grammar
FÁCEN, fácn, es; pl. nom. acc. fácnu; gen. fácna; n.

Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio

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He ládige ða hand mid ðe man týhþ ðæt he ðæt fácen mid worhte let him clear the hand therewith with which he is charged to have wrought the fraud, L. Ath. i. 14; Th. i. 206, 24. Fácen ne dó ðú ne fraudem fēcĕris, Mk. Bos. 10, 19.

Linked entries: fácn fácon fǽcne

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Ne wæs ðæt gewrixle til, ðæt hié on bá healfa bicgan scoldon freónda feorum, Beo. Th. 2613; B. 1304. Áhte ic folgað tilne ( a service that benefited me ), Exon. Th. 379, 25; Deór. 38.

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

wǽfels

(n.)
Grammar
wǽfels, es; m.

A coveringwrapcloakveil

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Ðam ðe wylle niman ðíne tunecan, lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels (pallium), Mt. Kmbl. 5, 40: Gen. 39, 12: 24, 65: Ap. Th. 11, 27. Ælmesgedál dǽle man gelóme, mete ðám ofhingredum, wǽfels ðám nacedum, Wulfst. 74, 4. Wéfels pallium, Kent. Gl. 968

lærest

(adj.)

least

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least Æt ðam lærestan wlitewamme iii scillingas and at ðam máran vi scill. for the smallest disfigurement of the face iii shillings, for the greater vi shillings, L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15.

Linked entry: læssa

ge-gnídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gnídan, p. -gnád, pl. -gnidon; pp. -gniden

To rubrub togethercomminutefricaredefricarefricando comminuereplanarelevigare

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Genim ðas wyrte on wætre gegnidene take this wort rubbed in water, Herb. 84, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 1. Ic gegníde plano vel levigo, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 8

wídness

(n.)
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wídness, e ; f.
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Ðæt eástportic wæs on lenge twéntig fæðma be ðæs temples wídnysse, and wæs týn fæðma wíd. Homl. Th. ii. 578, 10-13

hundteóntigoþa

(num.; adj.)
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Fram ðám hundteóntigeðan-and-þám-nigeðan oð þene hund-teóntigeþan-and-þane-seofan-and-feówertigeþan .. . fram ðám hundteón-tigeþan-and-seofonteóðan oð þone hundteóntigeðan-and-seofon-and-twéntigeðan . . . bútan þám hundteóntigeþan-and-þreó-and-þrítigeðan

snaca

(n.)
Grammar
snaca, an; m.: snacu (?), e; f.

A reptile, a snake

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Dan snaca on wege fiat Dan coluber in via Wulfst. 192, 20. Snace colubro Hpt. Gl. 409, 72. Gif ðú gesihst snacan ongeán ðe cuman, ongeán yfele wýfmen ðé bewerian mynegaþ Lchdm. iii. 214, 9. Snacan colubros Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 37: scorpiones Lk.

ge-beótian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beótian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, beotian, II. to boast, vow, promise]

To promise in a boastful mannerto vowglōriōse pollĭcēri

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To promise in a boastful manner, to vow; glōriōse pollĭcēri Gebeótode án þegena, ðæt he mid sunde ða eá oferfaran woldon one of the officers vowed that he by swimming would cross over the river, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 2, 4.

Linked entry: beótian

wíþig

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig, wíþing (?), es; m.

A withywillow

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.; of ðam wíþige, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 457, 8, 10: 313, 27: 399, 21: 400, 2. On ðone ealdan wíðig; ðonne of ðam wíðige, vi. 35, 33. On ðone wíðig, iii. 10, 25. In ǽnne wíðing, 391, 27

Linked entry: wíþing

hwæt-hwega

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæt-hwega, -hwigu, -hugu; pron. and adv. [cf. use of something in Shakspere.]

Somethingsomewhata little

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Hé hwæthwego fram ðam wage ða limu áhóf, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 27; Homl. Th. ii. 90, 29. Hwæthwega ufor gán, 32, 22. Hwæthwegu tódǽled somewhat separated, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 142, 14. Hwæthwiga aliquantulum, Ps. Th. 89, 15. Hwæthwygu, 93, 8.

mann-þwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
mann-þwǽrness, e; f.

Gentlenessmeeknesscourtesy

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Gentleness, meekness, courtesy Forðam oft gebyreþ ðæm monþwǽran ðonne hé wierþ riéce ofer óðre menn ðæt hé for his monnþwǽrnesse ásláwaþ and wierþ tó unbeald forðæm sió unbieldo and sió monnþwǽrnes bióþ swíðe anlíce nonnunquam enim mansueti, cum praesunt

cǽg

(n.)
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Mid ðám unwemlican cǽgan virgineo clave, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 76. Wé rímdon ðá cǽga (cǽgea, v. l.), wé ætiéwen hwæt hié healden, Past. 179, 11: Wlfst. 176, 15

gramlic

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Gebígan fram Godes geleáfan þurh ðá gramlican wítu, 19, 132. Þurh gramlice steóra, Wlfst. 133, 18

mǽte

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Ðá druncengeornan synt micele mǽttran ðonne nýtenu, Hml. A. 145, 27.

wending

(n.)
Grammar
wending, e; f.

Turninga turning roundrevolutionchangingmutation

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Cf. wendan On ánre wendinge, ða hwíle ðe hé (the firmament) ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 30. a turning up or over Gif ðǽr sié ðæs hrifes wendung if the stomach be upset (?)

á-drencan

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Hé lét flód ádrencan eal, Wlfst. 10, 8. subject uncertain Ðǽr wæs ðæs folces mycel ádrenct, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 35. Ádrenced, Exod. 458. Ádreintum suffocato, An. Ox. 832