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á-screncan

to trip up ⬩ cause to stumble

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Add: to trip up, cause to stumble Hé mid ðǽre synne ðæt mód áscrenceð mentem peccato supplantat, Past. 415, 11. Áscrencte elideret, i. offenderet, áscrencte elisi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 9-12. Áscrencan elisisse, 87, 52: 31, 41. Ðonne ætspornað hié and weorðað

á-wirdness

corruption ⬩ blemish ⬩ injury ⬩ annoy ⬩ affliction

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Add:to á-wyrdnys in Dict.: corruption, blemish Líchaman unbrosnigendlicne bútan eallum wommum and bútan áwyrdnysse, Hml. A. 45, 522. Ðá ðe tó Godes ríce gebyrigað nabbað náðor ne womm ne áwyrdnysse on heora líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 236, 31. injury, annoy

bearhtm-hwíl

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Ꝥ ꝥ waes án brehtmhwíl (breahtm-, v. l.), þá heó ꝥ heáfod upp áhóf and se regn ofdúne feóll quatenus unum idemque esset momentum, et levare caput et pluviam deponere, Gr. D. 168, 6. Þá hraðe on þá ylcan tíd næs án brehtmhwíl tó ðon ꝥ se cniht gewearð

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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To draw, pull Ic teó traho, ic teó swýðe pertraho, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 176, 5, 6. Teáþ trahunt, Wülck. Gl. 253, 32. with the idea of horizontal movement, to draw along, pull, drag Ðú mé gebundenne mid fýrenum racenteágum týhst in éce fýr, Shrn. 117

a-tymbrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-tymbrian, -tymbran; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To erect ⬩ build ⬩ ædificare

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To erect, build; ædificare Se Cénwalh hét atymbran [atymbrian MS. Laud.] ða ealdan cyrican on Wintanceastre Cenwalh ordered to build the old church at Winchester, Chr. 643; Ing. 38, 1 : 919; Ing. 133, 57

Fearn-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Fearn-dún, e; f. [Hunt. Ferandune: Brom. Farandon: fearn fern, dún a hill]

Faringdon, Berkshire? or Farndon, Northamptonshire?-Hér Eádweard cing gefór on Myrcum æt Fearndúne in this year [A. D. 924] kind Edward died in Mercia at Farndon

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Faringdon, Berkshire? or Farndon, Northamptonshire?-Hér Eádweard cing gefór on Myrcum æt Fearndúne in this year [A. D. 924] kind Edward died in Mercia at Farndon, Chr. 924; Th. 198, 1, col. 2, 3

fóre-gewítnys

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-gewítnys, -nyss, e; f.

False witness ⬩ falsum testĭmōnium

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False witness; falsum testĭmōnium Ðæt heora ǽnig on fóre-gewítnysse sý quod eōrum ălĭquis in falso testĭmōnium sit, L. Ath. i. 10; Wilk. 58, 22; Lambd. 49, 12, = wóhre gewítnesse, Th. i. 204, 23;

friðo

(n.)
Grammar
friðo, indecl. f.

Peace ⬩ pax

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Peace; pax On friðo Drihtnes in the Lord's peace, Cd. 57; Th. 70, 11; Gen. 1151. He benam his feónd friðo he deprived his foe of peace, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 21; Gen. 57

eald-spell

(n.)
Grammar
eald-spell, es; n.

An old story ⬩ antīqua narrātio

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An old story; antīqua narrātio Ælfréd us ealdspell reahte Alfred told us an old story, Bt. Met. Fox introduc. 2; Met. Einl. 1. On ealdspellum in old tales, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 19

langung

(n.)
Grammar
langung, e; f.

Lengthening ⬩ prolonging ⬩ delay

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Lengthening, prolonging, delay Longunga prolixae, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 40: prolixa [in both cases = prolixe ], Jn. Skt. p. 7, 18. On ǽlcre longunge geþyldige patient in every delay, Past. 5, 1; Swt. 41, 16

mann-eáca

(n.)
Grammar
mann-eáca, an; m.

An increase of human beings

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An increase of human beings Ðæt hié wǽron ortriéwe hwæðer him ǽnig moneáca cuman sceolde ut defectura successio crederetur (on account of pestilence no children were born alive), Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 20

morgen-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-dæg, es; m.

morning ⬩ day-light ⬩ the morrow

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morning, day-light Ðá hit wæs tóforan dæges ðá cwóman fugelas . . . hí eft gewiton. Ðá hit on mor-gendæg wæs ðá . . ., Nar. 16, 24. the morrow Be ðan morgendæge þencean. Blickl. Homl. 213, 22

Linked entry: merigen-dæg

nafela

(n.)
Grammar
nafela, an ; m.

The navel

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The navel Nabula umbilicus, Wülck. Gl. 54, 13. Navela, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 50. Ðínum nafelan, Kent. Gl. 32. Hé (Minutius) hiene (the elephant ) on ðone nafelan ofstang, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 11

eardung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
eardung-stów, e; f.

A dwelling-place, a tent, tabernacle ⬩ habitātiōnis lŏcus, tabernācŭlum

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A dwelling-place, a tent, tabernacle; habitātiōnis lŏcus, tabernācŭlum On eallum eówrum eardungstówum in cunctis habitācŭlis vestris, Ex. 12, 20: Ps. Th. 106, 6: Jn. Bos. 14, 2: Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 19

beso-reádian

(v.)
Grammar
beso-reádian, p. ode; pp. od [baso red, purple, reádian to redden]

rubefacere

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To make a reddish purple; rubefacere Besoreáda ða rinda ealle útan make all the rinds on the outside a reddish purple [by soaking in chalybiate water?] L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 116, 3

Linked entry: basu-reádian

ge-fér

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fér, es; n.

A company ⬩ society ⬩ cŏmĭtātus

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A company, society; cŏmĭtātus Eart ðú úres geféres ðe úre wiðerwinna noster es an adversāriōrum [?], Jos. 5, 13. Wéndon ðæt he on heora gefére wǽre existĭmantes illum esse in cŏmĭtātu, Lk. Bos. 2, 44

ge-mundian

(v.)

to protect

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to protect Mildheortnys ána gemundaþ us on ðam micelum ðóme mercy alone will protect us at the great doom, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 5. Gemunde ðisne heáp protect this assembly, H. R. 103, 31

teárig

(adj.)
Grammar
teárig, adj.

tearful, weeping ⬩ watery, watering (of the eyes)

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tearful, weeping Teárigum sícetungum lacrimosis singultibus, Hpt. Gl. 421, 3. v. teár I. 1., watery, watering (of the eyes) Gif mon biþ on wæterælfadle, ðonne beóþ him ða eágan teárige. Lchdm. ii. 350, 22

þunor-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
þunor-wyrt, e; f.

Thunder-plant ⬩ house-leek ⬩ sempervivum tectorum

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Thunder-plant (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names), house-leek; sempervivum tectorum Nime þunorwyrt, Lchdm. ii. 118, 2. [On plants that were a protection against thunder, see Grmm. D. M. pp. 167, 1147.]

un-from

(adj.)
Grammar
un-from, adj.

Not strong ⬩ feeble ⬩ weak

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Not strong, feeble, weak Ðæt hé sleac wǽre, æðeling unfrom, Beo. Th. 4382; B. 2188. Eágan ðíne gesáwon ðæt ic ealles was unfrom on ferhþe imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, Ps. Th. 138, 14