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swingan

Grammar
swingan, <b>. I a.</b>
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Gif þú gyrde habban wille, þonne wege þú þíne fýst swylce þú swingan wille, Tech. ii. 122, 12. Add

for-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hogian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed. od [hogian to be anxious]

To neglectdespiseaccuseneglĭgĕrespernĕre

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Ealle middaneardlíce þing swá swá ælfremede forhogigende despising all earthly things as entirely foreign ones, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 35, 4. He forhogaþ, ðæt he híre uncre láre mŏnĭta nostra audīre contemnit, Deut. 21, 20.

Linked entry: for-hycgan

hwón-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hwón-líce, adv.

Littleslightly

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Mid ðære sceall seó sáwul ealle þing gemætegian ðæt hit tó swíðe ne sý ne tó hwónlíce therewith shall the soul moderate all things, that there be not error by excess or by defect, 1, 162. Hwónlícor minus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 47.

afor

Grammar
afor, l. áfor.
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Swá hwylce þincg swá syndon áfore oððe bitere, i. 310, 12. bitter, of complaint, &amp;c. Mid biterum (áfrum) heófum amaris questibus , An.

ge-swinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swinc, -swing, es; n. [swinc labour, trouble]

Labourexerciseinconveniencefatiguetroubleafflictiontribulationtormenttemptationbanishmentlăborexercĭtātioincommŏdumafflictiotrībŭlātiotentātioexsĭlium

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Ðú eall þing birest búton geswince thou bearest all things without labour, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 553; Met. 20, 277: Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 3. On geswince in exercĭtātiōne, Ps. Spl. 54, 2.

be-díglian

(v.)

to conceal,to conceal fromto be concealedlie hid

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Nán þing Gode bedíglian, Angl. xii, 513, 14. Swilce his tócyme mancynne bedíglod wǽre, Hml. Th. i. 82, 30: Hml. A. 53, 84.

HREÁW

(adj.)
Grammar
HREÁW, hrǽw [also written hreów]; adj.

RAWuncooked

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RAW, uncooked Ne ne eton gé of ðam nán þing hreówes non comedetis ex eo crudum quid, Ex. 12, 9. Ne ete gé of ðam lambe nán þing hreáw, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 5.

Linked entry: hreów

pinn

(n.)
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a pin, peg Ne sceolde hé nán þing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte; ne músfellan, ne ðæt git læsse is, tó hæpsan pinn,Anglia ix. 265, 10. [From Latin pinna.] an instrument for writing, a pen Mið pinn ł urittsæx calami, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 17

un-gesewen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesewen, -gesawen; adj.

Unseeninvisible

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Óðre ungesawene þing mon mót mid áðe gewyrðan, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 6

Linked entry: un-gesawen

út-faru

(n.)
Grammar
út-faru, e; f.

A going outgoing abroad or out of doors

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A going out, going abroad or out of doors Ðæt nán neód ne sý munecum útan tó farenne, for ðý ðe seó útfaru nán þing ne framaþ hira sáulum ut non sit necessitas monachis vagandi foris quia omnino non expedit animabus eorum, R. Ben. 127, 8

sníðung

(n.)
Grammar
sníðung, e; f.

a cutting, cutslaying, slaughtering

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Gif ða ómihtan þing sýn útan cumen of wundum oððe of sníþingum oððe of slegum Lchdm. ii. 82, 22. slaying, slaughtering Similar entries (v. sníðan, IV.) Offrung sacrificium sníþung mactatio Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 50. Sníðing ii. 59, 10

Linked entry: sníðing

fácen-lic

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Warnien hí þæt hí nán þing fácenlices ne dón videant ne aliquam fraudem presumant inferre, R. Ben. 95, 12, 15. Fácenlicu dolore (misread dolosa ? ), Ps. L. 106, 39. For 'R. Ben. . . . Lye' substitute

þynnung

(n.)
Grammar
þynnung, e; f.

Thinningmaking thin

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Thinning, making thin Lǽcedómas ðe þynnunge mægen hæbben and smalunge, Lchdm. ii. 260, 23

cubit

(n.)
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a cubit Þín seáð bið twégea cubita wíd and feówra lang, Nar. 50, 29

máðum-wela

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-wela, an; m.

Wealth consisting of costly things

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Wealth consisting of costly things Æfter máððumwelan ( the contents of the fire-draké s cave ), Beo. Th. 5493; B. 2750

sám-locen

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-locen, adj.
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Half-closed Hafa þú þíne wynstran hand sámlocene, Tech. ii. 125, 7: 120, 19. Mid bám sámlocone handum, 128, 4

Linked entry: lúcan

eác

(con.)
Grammar
eác, conj. l. adv.
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Næs nó on gesundum þingum ánum, ac eác swylce on wiðerweardum þingum, Bl. H. 13, 8

ofer-flówendness

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Ðú weliga, tó hwon treówadest þú on þínne welan and on oferflówennysse (-flównessa, v. l. ) þínra góda?, Wlfst. 261, 1

of-lǽte

(n.)
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Gyf þú oflǽtan habban wille, þonne býg þú þínne scytefinger tó þínum þúman, Tech. ii. 120, 7

nídþearf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nídþearf-líc, adj.

Necessaryneedfuluseful

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Ða þing ðe heora andlyfene nédþearflíco gesawen wǽron, 1, 26; S. 487, 35. Nýdþearflícu, 5, 9; S. 622, 26 : 4, 3; S. 567, 31. Be ðám nýdþearflícan þingum, intingum, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 24 : 2, 4; S. 505, 30.