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wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, l. wáfian,
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and add: Hé forhtmód wáfode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 43. Hé ðis gehýrende ongan micclum wáfian. Hml. S. 33, 311. (2 a) :-- On úrum tídum hí syndon ús swíðe tó wáfienne sunt haec nostris valde stupenda temporibus, Gr. D. 187, 8.

rýan

(v.)
Grammar
rýan, (?), rýn (cf. for similar form of infinitive þýn); rýde

To roar, rage

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ǽlc folc quare fremuerunt gentes? Ps. Th. 2, 1.

Linked entries: rýn rýnan

cneów

(n.)
Grammar
cneów, es; n.

a kneegenua generation; generatio

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a knee; genu Cneów genu Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 87; Wrt. Voc. 44, 69: 71, 52. Heó on cneów sette she knelt down Elen. Kmbl. 2270; El. 1136; Ps. Th. 94, 6. Hí bígdon heora cneów befóran him they bowed their knees before him Mt.

Linked entry: cneó

hnol

(n.)
Grammar
hnol, hnoll, es; m.
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The top, crown of the head Hnol vertex, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 32; Wrt. Voc. 42, 40: 64, 22. Eástdǽl his hnol heóld the crown of his head held the east, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 2.

hold

(n.)
Grammar
hold, es; n.

A carcase, body

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Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 3: L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 328, 5. Tódǽlon ðæs deádan hold him betwýnan cadaver mortui inter se dispertient, Ex. 21, 35

bær

(adj.)
Grammar
bær, adj.
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Hé tóbræc hire ceaflas mid his barum handum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 17. Add

a-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
a-feormian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [a intensive, feormian to cleanse]

To cleanseclean thoroughlypurgewash awaymundareemundarepermundarediluere

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Ic afeormige diluo, Ǽlfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 49. Hit afeormaþ of ealle ða nebcorn it will cleanse away all the face pimples. Herb. 22, 3; Lchdm, i. 118, 24

a-spendan

(v.)
Grammar
a-spendan, p. de; pp. ed [a, spendan to spend]

To spend entirelyconsumesquanderto spendexpendlay outbestowdistributeconsumeredissipareexpenderesumptum facereerogareimpertiri

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Ic aspende yfele distraho, Ælfc. Gr. 47 ; Som. 48, 52. Ic aspende [asende MS.] oððe gife impertior, 37; Som. 39, 13. Aspendan þearfum to spend on the poor; erogare pauperibus, R. Ben. interl. 58 : Scint. 1

Linked entry: spendan

be-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceáwian, p. ode; pp. od

To look round uponlook onconsiderregardwatchcircumspicereintuericonsiderarerespicereperscrutariprovidere

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Ic onlócige, oððe ic besceáwige intueor, Ælfc. Gr. 27; Som. 29, 60. Besceáwiaþ æcyres lílian considerate lilia agri, Mt. Bos. 6, 28. Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád non respicis personam hominum, Mt. Bos. 22, 16.

Linked entry: sceáwian

CWELAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWELAN, ic cwele, ðú cwilst, he cwelþ, cwilþ, cwylþ, pl. cwelaþ; p. cwæl, pl. cwælon; pp. cwolen

To die mori

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L.] ǽlc eorþlíc líchama gyf he byþ ðære lyfte bedǽled as fishes die if they are out of water, so also every earthly body dies if it be deprived of the air, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl. science 17, 9-11; Lchdm. iii. 272, 25, and note 36

dolh-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-swæþ, gen. -swæðes ; pl. nom. acc. -swaðu , -swaðo; n: dolh-swaðu, e ; -swaðof: ; indecl. f. [swæþ, swaðu a trace, vestige]

A trace of a wound, a scar cicatrīcis vestīgium, cĭcātrix

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-swað] cĭcātrix, Ælfc. Gl. 85; Som. 73, 115; Wrt. Voc. 49, 22. Forrotodon gewemmede and híg sync dolhswaðu [dolcswaþu MS: dolhswaðo, Spl.] míne putruērunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrīces meæ, Ps. Lamb. 37, 6. Dolhswaðu cĭcātrix, Wrt. Voc. 85, 50.

for-bryttan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bryttan, -brittan; he -bryteþ, -brytt; p. -brytte; pp. -bryted, -bryt

To break in piecessmashbruisecrushconfringtĕrecontĕrĕreconquassāre

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Ǽlc ðe fylþ ofer ðone stán, byþ forbryt omnis, qui cecĭdĕrit super illum lăpĭdem, conquassābĭtur. Lk. Bos. 20, 18

Linked entry: for-brittan

for-gifenlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
for-gifenlíc, -gifendlíc, -gyfendlíc, -gyfenlíc; comp. m. ra; f. n. re; sup. ost; adj.

givingdativegivingdătīvusforgivingpardonablebearableremissustolerābĭlis

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Ðisum menn ic forgife hors huic hŏmĭni do ĕquum, Ælfc.

Linked entry: for-gyfendlíc

fór-wel

(adv.)
Grammar
fór-wel, adv.

Very wellveryvalde

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Fórwel oft very often; multŏtiens, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 35

gál-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
gál-scipe, es; m. [gál lust, -scipe -ship]

Luxurylustfulnesslasciviousnesswantonnesslewdnessluxŭrialĭbīdolascīviapetulantiasaty̆riăsis σατυρίασιs

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Synwrénnys vel gálscipe saty̆riasis, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 49; Wrt. Voc. 19, 51

hrǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
hrǽcan, p. hrǽhte

hawkspit

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To clear the throat, hawk, spit Ic hrǽce oððe ic spǽte screo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 17. Hrǽce hió him on ðæt nebb foran huic in faciem mulier expuat, Past. 5, 2; Swt. 43, 15.

Linked entries: hráca hráca

ilfette

(n.)
Grammar
ilfette, an: ilfetu, e ; f.

A swan

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Ylfete cignus, Ælfc. Gl, 36; Som. 62, 105; Wrt. Voc. 29, 3. Elfetu, Wrt. Voc. 62, 5. Ylfette olor vel cingnus, 77, 25. Ylfete song the song of the swan, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 6; Seef. 19.

Linked entries: elfetu aelbitu

lár-spell

(n.)
Grammar
lár-spell, es; n.

A discoursesermonhomilytreatise

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Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella I have composed quite forty homilies, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 45. Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror on óðrum lárspellum, 4, 15.

líc-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
líc-þegnung, -þénung, e; f.

funeralexeguies

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Lícþénunga exsequiæ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 17

midde

(n.)
Grammar
midde, an; f.

The middle

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On æge biþ gioleca on middan, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 339; Met. 20, 170