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on-timber

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Ꝥ nán þurh nán antimber ( pro nulla occasione) ne gedyrstlǽce óðerne wergean, Chrd. 46, 12

rǽcan

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Ox. 56, 18. to stretch out one's hand Ne ráhten gié hondo in mec non extendistis manus in me, Lk. L. R. 22, 53. Honda hráhton on ðene Hǽlend manus injecerunt in Jesum, Mt.

wagian

(v.)
Grammar
wagian, p.ode

To move (intrans.). ⬩ to wag, wave, shake, move backwards and forwards ⬩ to shake, totter

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Ðý wagigendan nutabunto, 83, 71. to shake, be loose, v. wagung His téð ne wagedon nec dentes illius moti sunt. Deut. 34, 9. Wið tóþa sáre and gyf hý wagegen ( wagigan, wagion, v. ll.).Lchdm. i. 126, 15. [Ðe se is eure wagiende, O. E.

Linked entry: wagung

ǽ-lic

Grammar
ǽ-lic, (ǽw-).

of law, concerned with law, belonging to law ⬩ in accordance with law, fixed by law, legal, legitimate

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Tó ðám ǽlicum onsægednyssum, Num. 18, 2. Ǽlice legalia (scita), An. Ox. 5144. with special reference to marriage, Similar entries v. ǽ :-- Ǽulic hǽmæd legitimum connubium, An. Ox. 415. Ǽwlices gegæder-scipes legitime jugalitatis, 582.

Linked entry: ǽw-lic

of-geótan

(v.)

to moisten by pouring, souse, soak ⬩ to put out a fire by pouring water on it

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D.) ofgeóte, ðæt hé leng ne mót ríxian, swá man mid ælmessan synna ealle álýseþ. Wulfst. 257, 21. Hí woldon ðæt fýr mid wætere ofgeótan, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 7

orþian

(v.)
Grammar
orþian, p. ode

To breathe, pant

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Hé ne gedyrstlǽceþ ðæt hé furþon orþige he dare not even breathe, Homl. Th. i. 456, 10. Hé earfoþlíce orþian mihte, 86, 8.

Linked entry: oreþian

ge-þeódnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeódnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [ge, þeódnes, -nys a joining] .

a joining ⬩ juncture ⬩ joint ⬩ junctio ⬩ junctura ⬩ compages

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Gr. 24; Som. 24, 19-23. a translation Ðeáh ða scearpþanclan witan ðisse engliscan geþeódnesse ne behófien though the acute wise men need not this English translation, Lchdm. iii. 440, 32

Linked entry: ge-fégincg

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, (or túcian ?; in Piers P. (v. infra) touked occurs, but the form of the noun is tokkere as well as touker, Prol. 100 A-text, and Halliwell gives tucker = fuller as a western word); p. ode

To treat ill ⬩ to afflict ⬩ harass ⬩ vex

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Noldon hí ná cweþan ðæt hit wǽre wíte . . . and noldan nǽnne þingere sécan, ac lustlíce hí woldan lǽtan ða rícan hié tucian æfter hiora ágnum willan nec hos cruciatus esse dicerent, defensorumque operam repudiarent, ac se totos accusatoribus judicibusque

Linked entry: ge-tucian

beard

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Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig gehádod man . . . his beard ǽnige hwíle ne hæbbe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 13. Þonne hé (one entering a monastery) his beard áléde, Hml. S. 6, 2228.

ongeagn

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S. 37, 163. (4 b) where action is a reply to, or return for, action :-- Sé, sé ðe hátheortnesse ofercuman wille, ðæt hé hiene ongeán ne háthirte ( he must not reply to fury with fury), Past. 296, 6. Hé bord ongeán hefeð, Jul. 385.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a course ⬩ way ⬩ a lode ⬩ watercourse ⬩ carrying ⬩ carriage ⬩ bringing ⬩ Sustenance ⬩ provision

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Noe tealde ðæt hé (the raven) hine, gif hé on ðære láde land ne funde, sécan wolde, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 5: Gen. 1444.

Linked entries: circan lád lát in-lád ládung LǼDAN gén-lád ofer-lád

ge-cígan

(v.)
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Wé sind ásende tó gecígenne mancynn fram deáðe tó lífe, ná tó scúfenne fram lífe tó deáðe, Hml.

ge-féra

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M. 24, 31. (2 a) an associate in office, a colleague :-- Silla se consul, Pompeiuses geféra, Ors. 5, 10 ; S. 234, 25. (2 b) of things Swá nú fýr déþ and wæter . . . and manega óþra gesceafta . . . þætte nó ꝥ án ꝥ hí magon geféran beón . . .

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, <b>. I.</b>
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Móyses cwæð on Godes lage, i. 196, 3. the Mosaic dispensation Under Móyses lage men móston lybban on máran sóftnysse þonne nú æfter Crístes ácennednysse, Hml.

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]

leó

(n.)
Grammar
leó, g. león; [a dat. leóne and acc. f. leó are found as well as regular forms león: the dat. pl. leónum is put under leóna q.v.] m. f.

A lion ⬩ lioness

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Nán heort ne onscúnode nǽnne león, 35, 6; Fox 168, 9. Hé gelǽhte áne león be wege, Jud. 14, 5. Ða wildan leó hé gewylde the wild lion he subdued, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 16. Ðú miht tredan león and dracan conculcabis leonem et draconem, Ps.

Linked entries: leá león leóna

scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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Hwá forstandeþ hié, gif ðú hié ne scyldest? Blickl. Homl. 225, 19. Ne þearf him ondrǽdan ǽnig, gif hine God scildeþ, Exon. Th. 49, 6; Cri. 781. Se godcunda anweald hí scilde, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 12 : Exon. Th. 195, 33 ; Az. 165.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun

streón

(n.)
Grammar
streón, es; n.
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Lind. 6, 20. ahte nis non eldere stren (ayhte nys non ildre istreon, Jes. MS.), O. E. Misc. 113, 184.] begetting(?), generating Swá hwylc monn swá his wíf for intingan ánum brúceþ tó streónne (streónenne ?

þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
þríste, and þríst; adj.

Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless

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Ic ǽnig ne métte þrístran geþóhtes, mægþa cynnes, Exon.

Linked entries: þrístling þrýste

un-geþwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrness, e; f.

discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement ⬩ division ⬩ quarrel ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet

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Bilewite cild ne hylt langsume ungeþwǽrnysse tó ðam ðe him derode, Homl. Th. i. 522, 15.

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes

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