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sypian

(v.)

to take in moisture

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to take in moisture Glædenan rinde lytelra gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt; gedó ðonne ðæs scearpestan wínes tó .v. sestras, ásete ðonne on háte sunnan . . . ðæt hit sipige and socige .iiii. dagas, Lchdm. ii. 252, 11. Similar entries v.

Linked entry: sipian

brycgian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 127, 72. Betweox húsan bricgian, Angl. ix. 262, 22

exe

(n.)
Grammar
exe, an: ex (?), e; f.

The brain

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Voc. ii. 130, 21. Exon þǽre ðryfealdan (brægene þám þryfealdan, v. l.) cerebro triformi, Lor. H. 183, 1. Se drænc is gód wið heáfodecce and wið brægenes hwyrfnesse and weallunge, wið seóndre exe, Lch. iii. 70, 21

Linked entry: ex

folc-getæl

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The number of a people or army (v. folc ; I. Ia) Wæs on ánra gehwám álesen under lindum on folcgetæl fíftig cista in each tribe were picked out for service, elected into the number of the folk that should fight, fifty troops, Exod. 229. Substitute:

heáfod-leahter

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Se forma heáfodleahter is gýfernyss . . . eahteoða módignyss. Þás eahta heáfodleahtras geniðeriað þá unwǽran intó hellewíte, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 16-24: Hml. S. 16, 267: Hml. A. 76, 101. Cf. heáfod-synn; heáfod-mægen

meduma

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For 'A weaver's beam' substitute 'A treadle of a loom,' in l. 2for 'insubulæ,' l. 'insubula,' and add Meðema tramarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 27.

pundar

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Add: a balance or weight used in a balance Pundor printed wundor) hostimen (cf. hostimentum lapis quo pondus equatur, Corp. Gl. H. 63, 145 : pondus seu bilanx, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 32: 43, 20. Of punder (printed wunder) a perpendiculo, Hpt.

sceáf

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<b>II a.</b> add :-- 'Gebindað þá weód tó scǽfum (sceáfum, v. l. in fasciculos) tó forbærnenne,' Gr. D. 316, 2. Weóda sceáfas, 11. Bunda ł byrðenno ł sceáfa, Mt. L. 13, 30

sófte

(adj.)
Grammar
sófte, adj. Add: <b>I a.</b> of weather
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Gyf gemetegud sófte byþ si temperies tranquilla fuerit (it is uncertain whether sófte should be taken as adjective translating tranquilla, or as adverb qualifying gemetegud, which mist tes temperies), Angl. xiii. 397, 462.

streát

(n.)
Grammar
streát, es; m. (?), n. (?).
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Ðys sind ðá landgemǽra into Dunnestreáttúnne (cf. in loco qui dicitur Dunnestreátún, i. 164, 8) . . . innon hænstreát; of ðám streáte, C. D. ii. 384, 12-20. [Cf. (?)M. H. Ger. ge-striuze, striuzach copse, thicket.] See next word

Linked entry: hen-streát

úp-lic

Grammar
úp-lic, <b>. I.</b>
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add: Se deáð is for þám úplic; þeáh se man ástíge ofer þone yfemystan dǽl þæs hýhstan holtes, swáþeáhhwzðere hiene se deáð geséceð, Verc. Först. 103, 13. On úplicere gesihde in oromate, i. uisione superna, An. Ox. 404.

wǽg-pundern

(n.)

a steel-yard ⬩ weighing-machine

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I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 20. Hé sceal habban wǽipundern, Anglia ix. 263, 9. Similar entries Cf. pundern perpendiculum, Hpt. Gl. 476, 77, and pundar

Linked entry: pundern

fyrhtan

Grammar
fyrhtan, fyrhtian.

to make afraid ⬩ to become afraid.

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Add: to make afraid Fyrhtaþ, gebrégþ consternat, i. perterritat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 66. Þæt hí ne fyrhte þæt gewin ðæs síðfætes, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 50, 3. Fyrhtede wérun conterriti, Lk. R. 24, 37. to become afraid. v. Rtl. 102, 21 (in Dict.)

ge-sundfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sundfullíce, superl. -lícost; adv.

Safely ⬩ securely ⬩ successfully ⬩ prosperously ⬩ tūte ⬩ prospĕre

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Th. ii. 128, 16. Begým gesundfullíce intende prospĕre, Ps. Spl. 44, 5. Hió færþ gesundfullícost it goes most securely, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 22

Linked entry: -sundfullíce

tóweard-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tóweard-líc, adj.

Future

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Future Me þincþ ic stande and his ágene stefne gehýre swá swá hit tóweardlíc is tó gehýranne, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 831. Ðæt tácnaþ tóweardlíce firhto and brógan, Lchdm. iii. 156, 10.

twi-fyrclede

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-fyrclede, adj.

Having two prongs ⬩ forked

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Cf.Wæs gesæwen swilce se beám (the tail of a comet) ongeánweardes wið ðes steorran ward fyrcliende wǽre as if the tail were dividing in two, getting forked (?), Chr. 1106; Erl. 240, 34

ge-trýwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-trýwlíce, adv.

Faithfully ⬩ confidently ⬩ fĭdēlĭter ⬩ fīdūciālĭter

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Getrýwlíce oððe baldlíce ic dó on him fīdūciāĭiter ăgam in eo, Ps. Lamb. 11, 6

Windles-óra

(n.)
Grammar
Windles-óra, an; m.

Windsor

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Kmbl. iv. 209, 27. Ic habbe gegefan Criste and Sancte Petre intó Westmynstre Windlesóran and Stáne, 227, 6: 178, 19

ge-dríhþ

: Gravity or seemliness of behaviour; in pl. sober conduct,

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Th. ii. 318, 4. : 314, 34

wyrm-líc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wyrm-líc, es; n.

The body of a serpent or of a worm,

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Th. 292, 13; Wand. 98. fig. cf. wyrm, II a Ic eom oferfongen mid synnum tó wyrmlíce, Anglia xii. 501, 22