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sculan

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D. 46, 27. (13) :-- Hé cwaeð ꝥ sum wer wǽre þe e add: Sóna swá þára Læcedemonia ládteów wiste ꝥ hé wið þá twégen heras sceolde, Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 15. Hé nyste hwǽr hé út sceolde, Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 20.

freónd-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-rǽden, -rǽdden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

A friend-condition ⬩ friendship ⬩ amīcĭtia

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Hie getreówlíce heora freóndrǽdenne healdaþ they faithfully hold their friendship, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 39: Exon. 67 a; Th. 249, 5; Jul. 107: Elen. Kmbl. 2413; El. 1208. Gif man wille fulle freóndrǽdene [freóndrǽddene MS.

HREDDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HREDDAN, p. de

To RID ⬩ take away ⬩ save ⬩ liberate

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Óþ ðæt him god wolde þurh hryre hreddan heá ríce until god would take from him by death his exalted power, Cd. 208; Th. 258, 5; Dan. 671

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
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Cwæþ hé : 'Hwæt sceal ic singan ?' Cwæþ hé : 'Sing mé frumsceaft,' Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 597, 16

a-wierdan

(v.)

to corrupt ⬩ corrumpere

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to corrupt; corrumpere He awiert ðæt mód corrumpit animum, Past. 53, 5

ge-edwistian

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

To feed ⬩ support

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To feed, support He geedwistode me educavit me, Ps. Lamb. 22, 2

Linked entry: edwistian

hearm-cweðend

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-cweðend, es; m.
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A calumniator Hé ða hermcweðend hýneþ humiliabit calumniatorem, Ps. Th. 71, 5

sundor-gecynd

(n.)
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-Hé hafaþ sundorgecynd, Exon. Th. 357, 18; Pa. 30

teónere

(n.)
Grammar
teónere, es; m.
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A calumniator Hé geeádmét ðane teónere humiliabit calumniatorem, Ps. Lamb. 71, 4

þurh-dúfan

(v.)

to dive through

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to dive through Hé wæter up þurhdeáf, Beo. Th. 3243; B. 1619

un-geáxod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geáxod, adj.

Unasked

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Unasked Hé ungeáxod clypode: 'Ic eom cristen,' Homl. Th. i. 428, 6

Linked entry: ge-ascian

æf-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
æf-hende, (-hynde); adj.
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Absent Gif hé æfhynde byþ si absens fuerit Angl. xiii. 387, 316

Linked entries: of-hende -hende

earfoþ-rihte

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-rihte, adj.
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Hard to correct, incorrigible Gif hé þwur sý . . . oððe earfoðrihte, Nap. 19

Linked entry: -rihte

ge-wǽpne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpne, es; n.
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Armour, weapons, arms Hé tóbricð gewǽpnu confringet arma, Ps. L. 45, 10

Linked entry: -wǽpne

gníding

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Sceal hé þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum, Lch. ii. 30, 28. Add

greót

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Hé on greút giswom the whale was stranded, Txts. 127, 7. Add

torhtness

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Hé ne gýmeð þysses eorðlican ríces torhtnessa, Verc. Först. 108, 4. Add

wiþ-licgan

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Gif hé wiðligð þissum si his renisus fuerit, Chrd. 61, 16. Add

cweccan

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Hé cwehte út his sáwle eius animam excussit, Chrd. 99, 34. Add

ge-hǽman

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Add Hé hí genam niédenga and hire mid gehǽmde, Past. 415, 17

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