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ende-stæf

An endconclusiondeath

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Him þæt gehreówan mæg, þonne heó endestæf eft gesceáwiað, Sat. 541. Hæfdon hí on rímcræfte áwriten wera endestæf they had written down the date of men's death, An. 135. Substitute:

for-liger

(n.)
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for-liger, m.

an adulteress

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Heó næs dyrne forligr, Hml. S. 12, 227. ꝥ þú ne beó forliger (-ligr, -lír, v. ll.), ne þín ǽwe ne brece, Hml. A. 6, 155. Forligeres prostitutae, An. Ox. 5292. Forligre, 8, 363. Forligras cwylmiað mid forligrum, Hml. Th. i. 132, 22.

fót-welm

(n.)
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Heó (Jezabel) wæs eall freten bútan þám handum ... and þám fótwylmum ( nisi pedes et summas manus, 2 Kings ix. 35), Hml. S. 18, 354. Mid dríum fótwylmum ofer yða gán, Hml. Th. i. 108, 16.

on-wealh

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Hit nys álýfed ꝥ man hyre wyrtruman anwealhne geseón móte it is not permitted that its root be seen when entire, 318, 20. add: of non-material objects, physically or morally perfect Cwǽdon hí þæt heó wǽre onwelges mægðhádes and unwemme, Hml.

a-wéstan

(v.)
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a-wéstan, p. -wéste; pp. -wésted [-wéstd], -wést [a intensive, wéstan to waste]

To wastelay wastedepopulateravagedestroyvastaredevastaredesertum faceredesolare

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Sý wunung heora awést fiat habitatio eorum deserta, Ps. Spl. T. 68, 30. Wiðútan awést híg sweord swerd with outforth schal waaste [destroy] hem, Wyc; foris vastabit eos gladius, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 193 a, 25.

scip-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scip-mann, es; m.
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Volosianus hét hys scypmen swíðe forþ rówan, St. And. 44, 4. one who goes on trading voyages Scipmanna (-e, MS.) myrt teloneum, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 10.

heard-sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
heard-sǽlþ, e; f.

A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct

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A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct Gong inn and geseoh ða heardsǽlþa and ða sconde ðe ðás hér dóþ ingredere et vide abominations pessimas quas isti faciunt hic, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 8.

dǽd-bana

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-bana, an; m. [dǽd a deed, bana a killer]

An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murderhomicida

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An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder; homicida Gif man gehádodne mid fǽhþe belecge, and secge ðæt he wǽre dǽdbana if any one charge one in holy orders with enmity, and say that he was a perpetrator of homicide, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26

dýfan

(v.)
Grammar
dýfan, p. de; pp. ed

To dip, immerse immergĕre

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He hine on ðam streáme sencte and dýfde he sank and immersed himself in the stream, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 22

middangeard-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
middangeard-líc, adj.

Terrestrialphysical as opposed to spiritual

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Terrestrial, physical as opposed to spiritual Forðon oft stormas ðara werigra gásta fram his sylfes sceþenisse and his geférena mid bedum wiðsceáf, wæs ðæt ðæs wyrþe ðæt wið ðam middangeardlícum windum and lígum swíðian mihte ( ventus flammisque

mynster-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
mynster-líce, adv.

Monasticallyin a manner suitable to a monastery

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æþele mynster getimbrede. Ðá ðá ðæt hæfde mynsterlíce ge þeáwlíce gesett, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 37

ge-wundian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wundian, p. ode; pp. ed, od

To wound

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To wound And eft he hym sende óðerne þeów and hí ðone on heáfde gewundodon, Mk. 12, 4. Hí hine mid spere gewundedon they wounded him with a spear, Homl. Th. i. 216, 23. Se swíðe gewundod wæs he was sore wounded, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 8

þwárian

(v.)
Grammar
þwárian, p. ode

To bring into agreementmake harmonious

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To bring into agreement, make harmonious gemetgaþ ða feówer gesceafta, ða þwáraþ and gewlitegaþ (geþwǽraþ and wlitegaþ, Cott.

æt-styntan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-styntan, p. te.
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to blunt Téð ætstente dentes retundat , Hy. S. 16, 3. to make inactive or ineffective ætstynte, gedrehte elideret (favorabile praeconium ). An. Ox. 2779. Móð ætstentan animum retundi , Hy. S. 70, 19.

Linked entry: á-styntan

egesung

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Send him tó swá fela eóroda þe mihton gebígan ꝥ mennisc him tó, oþþe mid egsunge þæt hig bugon tó sibbe, oþþe mid wíge ꝥ hí wurdon gewylde, Jud. Thw. 161, 37. ondrǽde [þæs wítegan] egesunge metuat prophete comminationem, R. Ben. I. 58, 13. Add

ge-hádian

(v.)
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Gesette þæne and gehádige tó ðám dihte abbodhádes, 119, 11. Gif hwylc abbod mæssepreóstes behófige, geceóse of his ágenum geférum þe þæs hádes wyrðe sý, and hine gehádian lǽte, 111, 19. Add

ge-þersc

(n.)
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ge-þersc, es; n.
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Þá gelæhte þone fótscamul and beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod ... Ðá þá swá swíðe mid geþersce mistucod (swá swíþe geswungen vehementer caesus ) wæs, 20, 33

ge-éþian

(v.)
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ge-éþian, p. ode
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Bewreów ðone man ꝥ se æþm ne mæge út náhwǽr, bútan mæge geéþian, Lch. ii. 338, 19. fig. Wé magon witan ꝥ þonne se gást wile geéðað tó þæs mannes mode sciendum est quia quando vult spiritus aspirat, Gr. D. 146, 14

Linked entry: éþian

húslian

(v.)
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Man sceal húslian þone seócan þá hwýle hit for*-*swelgan mæg, and man ne sceal hit ná dón nánum sámcwyce men, for þan þe hit sceal etan, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 23. Gé sculon húslian þá cild bonne hí gefullode beóð, and hý Add: —

un-gelífende

(adj.)
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not believing, incredulous Sé þe ungelýfende byþ in þon þe tweóþ, ne séceð ná þone geleáfan, ac gesceádwísnesse qui infidelis est in eo quad dubitat, fidem non quaerit, sed rationem, Gr. D. 262, II.