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ládian

(v.)
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In l. 3 read 241 for 244, and add: to clear, excuse, defend a person Manigra manna gewuna is ðæt hié hié mid ðissum wordum ládiað and cueðað: 'Wé brucað úres ǽgnes, ne gítsige wé nánes óðres monnes,' Past. 337, 19: 439, 21.

mæsse-preóst

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Se biscop sceal þrafian þá mæssepreóstas ꝥ hié*-*healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, and þone híred þe hié ofer beóþ, and þá lǽwedan men þe hié aldormen ofer beón sceolan ; for þon se góda láreów sægde, þonne se mæssepreóst wǽre gelǽded on éce forwyrd, þonne ne

nytt

(v.)
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Æfre hé mæig findan on ðám hé mæig nyt beón and ðá nytte dón ðe him fylstan scylan, Angl. ix. 261, 2

ofer-fyll

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Þá þe hér on unrihttídum on oferfyllo bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30. Hé oferfyllum (commesationibus) þeówaþ, Chrd. 117, 20. Deóflice dǽda on ofermettan and on oferfyllan, Ll. Th. i. 319, 17. Add

on-drysne

(adj.)
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Ben. 140, 5 is: Ad celebrandum missarum solemnia] is þearf mycel ꝥ wé on forhasfdnesse lifian and úre synna clǽnsian . . .

oróþ

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Úre fnǽst áteórað, gif wé áteón ne magon mid úre orðe intó ús ðæt lytt and eft út ábláwan, Hex. 8, 19

síde

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Add Saga mé on hwæðere Adames sídan nam úre Dryhten ðæt rib ðe hé ðæt wíf of geworhte, Sal. K. 198, 8. Add On sídum húses þínes in lateribus domus tuae, Ps. L. 127, 3. <b>II a.

steór

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Add þágýt þá nunnan heora tungan geheóldon mid ðǽre steóre (freno) heora hádes, Gr. D. 151, 31. Se Drihtnes wer ongan hire stýran mid gemetlicre steóre (modesta prohibitione) and þus cwæð, 216, 22

út-fær

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Add: egress from an inclosure Ꝥ man næbbe infær ne útfær bútan leáfe ut nulli nisi per licentiam aditus potest intrandi aut exeundi, Chrd. 20, ll: 21, 16. agoing away, departure Hwæt gemǽnað þá þreó útfæru (-faru, v.l.) þe God Abrahame beád þus cweþende

eall

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eall, <b>. I 1 a.</b>
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</b> dele Nar. 9, 10, and add :-- Him eall þá eágan floterodon, Hml. S. 23, 655. Add

út-laga

(n.)
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út-laga, an; m.

An outlaw

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-ne?) extorrem, Hpt. 412, 73. Se ðe Godes útlagan hæbbe on gewealde, L. Eth. ix. 42; Th. i. 350, 1. Wé beódaþ ðæt útlagan Godes and manna of earde gewítan, L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 11.

brastlian

(v.)
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brastlian, brastligan, to brastlienne, brastligenne; part. brastliendebrastligende;; he brastlaþ; p. ode ; pp. od [berstan rumpi, frangi]

To BRUSTLE, rustle, crackle, make a noise, murmur;crepare, crepitare, strepere, murmurare

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Se þuner oft egeslíce brastlaþ thunder often crackles fearfully, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 280, 13

Linked entry: bærstlian

hǽmed-þing

(n.)
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hǽmed-þing, es; n.

Carnal intercourse, venery, matrimony

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Be hǽmedþingnm : eallum þyrrum líchomum hǽmedþing ne dugon of venery : venery does not do for all dry constitutions, L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 28 : 36; Lchdm. ii. 244, 4

clýsing

(n.)
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clýsing, clýsung, e; f.

A CLOSINGinclosureconclusion of a sentenceperiodclaustrumperiodusπερίοδος

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A CLOSING, inclosure, conclusion of a sentence, period; claustrum, periodus = περίοδος Seó fæstnung ðære hellícan clýsinge ne geþafaþ ðæt ða wiðercoran ǽfre útabrecon the fastening of the hellish inclosure never allows the wicked to break out Homl.

Linked entry: clýsung

spild

(n.)
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spild, es; m.

Destructionruindesperatio, effusio

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Ic hí ne sparige, ac on spild giefe, 247, 28; Jul. 85. Spilth pessum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 75. Ðætte hié ðone spild ðæs hryres him ondrǽden ut praecipitem ruinam metuant, Past. 52, 5; Swt. 407, 20.

ge-þwǽnan

(v.)
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ge-þwǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

To moistenwetsoftenirrigareemollire

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To moisten, wet, soften; irrigare, emollire Gif þat wæter hí ne geþwǽnde if the water moisten it not, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 7. Ða adrugodan heortan geþwǽnan mid ðǽm flówendan ýðon [ýðum, MS.

tó-heáwan

(v.)
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tó-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew to pieces,cut to pieces

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To zenne ne ssel he wende ayeu, þaȝ me ssolde hine al toheawe, Ayenb. 178, 7

tó-hreósan

(v.)
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tó-hreósan, p. -hreás; pl. -hruron ; pp. -hroren

To fall to piecesto go to ruinto decay,rot away

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.), & nauere seodden heo ne aras, 9426

twifealdness

(n.)
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twifealdness, e; f.

doublenessdoublingirresolutionduplicitydeceitfulness

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Ða ðe nán sceadu ue geðiéstraþ ðære twiefaldnesse quos nulla umbra duplicitatis obscurat. Swt. 243, 23.

Linked entry: twi-feald

be-fleón

to fleeto flee fromto flee from

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Ðeáh hé hæbbe beflogen ðone gesin-scipe, næfð hé beflogen ðá byrðenne, Past. 401, 21-2. to flee from, with dat. Heó befleáh þám gesettan gyfte tó Godes cyrican, Gr. D. 199, 15. with prep. Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 39 (in Dict.)