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pusa

(n.)
Grammar
pusa, posa, an ; m.
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Th. ii. 532, 19-24. Se ríca berþ máre ðonne hé behófige tó his fórmettum, se þearfa berþ æmtigne pusan, i. 254, 31. Áwurp stánas in tó ðám pusum, and besenc hý on sǽlícum ýþum, ii. 418, 6. Posa peram, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 8 : Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 3 : 10, 4

Linked entry: posa

ge-boned

(v.)
Grammar
ge-boned, part.

Polished ⬩ burnished ⬩ pŏlītus

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Polished, burnished; pŏlītus He hæfþ ðiderynn gedón ii mycele gebonede róda, and ii mycele Cristes béc gebonede, and iii gebonede scrín, and i geboned altare he has placed therein two large burnished crosses, and two large Christ's books [= Gospels]

ge-endung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-endung, -ændung, e; f.

An end ⬩ finish ⬩ death ⬩ fīnis ⬩ consummātio ⬩ mors

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Th. ii. 74, 10. On geendunga in consummātiōne, Ps. Spl. 58, 14. Æfter geendunge ðæra ealdra manna after the death of the old men, Jud. Thw. 153, 20 : Homl. Th. ii. 122, 18

Linked entry: ge-ændung

ufan-weard

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ufan-weard, adj.

top of

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The word may be translated by top of (the noun with which it agrees) Sóna wǽron wit on his heánesse on ðam wealle ufanweardum statim fuimus in summitate ejus (i. e. muri), Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 18.

un-mǽþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-mǽþlíce, adv.

immoderately ⬩ out of measure ⬩ inhumanely

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immoderately, out of measure Seó wydewe mænigfealde sceattas hyre unmǽðlíce beád ( was immoderate in her offers ), Homl. Skt. i. 2, 147. Hé hét ðone bisceop unscrýdan and unmǽðlíce ( or II) swingan, ii. 29, 231. inhumanely.

Linked entry: mǽþlíce

wiþ-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-lǽdan, p. de

To lead away ⬩ carry off ⬩ take away

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Cneóris mín wiðlaeded is generatio mea ablata est, ii. p. 184, 30. Wiðlaedde eam ablatus sum, 108, 23: Ps. Spl. C. 108, 22

blód-læswu

(n.)
Grammar
blód-læswu, blód-lǽs, e; -lǽswu, e; f.

Blood-letting

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Blood-letting Blódlǽs is tó forgánne fíftýne nihtum ǽr Hláfmæsse, Lch. ii. 146, 8. Frægn hé hwonne hyre blódlǽs (-lǽswu, v. l.) ǽrest wǽre . . . þæt þǽre tíde blód-lǽs (-lǽsewu, -lǽswu, v. ll.) wǽre frecenlic, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 563, 10-564, 11.

dwellan

(v.)
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Álýse mé of ðám gedwolan þe ic on oð þisum dwealde, Shrn. 170, 17. Hí dweldon on wéstene erraverunt in solitudine, Ps. Spl. 106, 4

fisc

a fish

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Add: a fish Gif þú finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebræd swíþe, Lch. ii. 90, 9. Wel meltende mettas, scellihte fiscas, Lch. ii. 196, 22. in a collective sense Ðá munucas habben þriddan dǽl ðæs fisces, and he ðá twá dǽl, C.

geong-lic

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Take here <b>iung-lic</b> in Dict., and add For geonglices (geonlices, v. l. ) mǽdenes plegan, Mart. H. 156, 18. Iunglices cildhádes nascentis infantie, An. Ox. 966. On iunglicere in tenero, i. iuuenili, 3360.

Linked entry: geon-lic

ge-wand

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wand, es; n.
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Hí búton gewande sóna in tó þám ciningce eódon, 142.

wedd

Grammar
wedd, <b>. I.</b>
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<b>I a.</b> add :-- Giftlicum wedde nuptiali dote. An. Ox. ii. 159. Add

sceadd

(n.)

a shad

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Ribble and the Mersey, and in Wirral . . . on the condition that, when shad are in season, each of them give .iii. thousand shad to the convent at Burton, Chart.

Linked entry: sceadd-genge

sceóh

(adj.)
Grammar
sceóh, adj.

shy, timid, fearful: ⬩ wanton

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shy, timid, fearful: — Nú mín hreðer is hreóh, heówsíþum sceóh, Exon. Th. 354, 10 ; Reim. 43. wanton (?) Ðæs sción petulantis (peculantis,Wrt. ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 24.

ge-tremman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tremman, p. -tremede; pp. -tremed

To strengthen ⬩ establish ⬩ confirm ⬩ firmāre ⬩ confirmāre

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Grn. ii. 279, 133: Blickl. Homl. 17, 6: 119,14

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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Ath. i. 9; Th. i. 204, 12. Ne teó se hláford ná máre on his ǽhte bútan his rihtan heregeate, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 412, 29.

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, to roast.
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Th. ii. 264, 5. Dǽl fisces gebrédedes (-bréddes, R.), Lk. L. 24, 42. Gebrǽdedne æppel, Lch. ii. 132, 14. Genim gósa tungan gebrǽdde, 90, 8.

hlǽw

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Inn on Kett; of Kette in ðá hláwas; of ðám hláwan ... of ðám sló ine on ðá hláwas; and of ðám hláwan ad tumulum uocitatum Kett; ex Kette usque ad monticulos ... ad sloh; deinde ad alios monticulos, C.D. iii. 382, 14-19.

pytt

(n.)
Grammar
pytt, es ; m.
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Eth. v. 12 ; Th. i. 308, 5), Wulfst. 118, 7. Uton dón hine on ðone ealdan pytt ( cisternam ), Gen. 37. 20. Ic wæs on pytt beworpen in lacum missus sum, 40, 15. Hé ádylfþ ðone pytt lacum aperuit, Ps. Th. 7, 15.

un-ásecgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgendlíc, adj.

beyond the powers of language to describe ⬩ unspeakable ⬩ indescribable ⬩ ineffable ⬩ not proper to tell ⬩ not to be told

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Voc. ii. 61, 40