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offrung-spic

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-spic, es; n.
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Bacon offered to idols Hé dyde swilce hé ǽte of ðám offrungspice, Hml. S. 25, 92

Linked entry: spic

rihtlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtlǽcan, p.-lǽhte

To make right, rectify, correct, amend

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To make right, rectify, correct, amend Gif hé ðonne swá ne béte and rihtlǽce, hé sý of ðam ealdorscype áworpen, after punishment R. Ben. 46, 19. Se ðe ǽr ðysum misdyde, ðæt hé hit georne gebéte and rihtlǽce hine sylfne, Wulfst. 277, 2. Úton wé nú ǽlces

blíðe-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
blíðe-líce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Gladly, joyfully, BLITHELY, merrily ⬩ læte, hilariter

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Gladly, joyfully, BLITHELY, merrily; læte, hilariter He hine blíðelíce onféng he received him joyfully, Lk. Bos. 19, 6: Gen. 46, 30. Ge mágon blíðelíce hlihhan potestis hilariter ridere, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 28. Ðæt he ðý blíðelícor þrówode that he the

grǽdig-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
grǽdig-, grǽdi-, grǽde-líce; adv.
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GREEDILY, covetously; avide He gýmþ grǽdelíce his teolunge he attends greedily to his gain, Homl. Th. i. 66, 10. Ðás fugelas habbaþ feónda gelícnysse ðe gehwilce menn beswícaþ and grǽdelíce grípaþ to grimre helle these birds are like the fiends, that

micel-ǽte

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Sífre, ná mycelǽte sobrius, non multum aedax, R. Ben. I. 61, 5 : 20, 14. Ne beó hé druncengeorn, ne beó hé tó slápol, ne beó hé tó micelǽte, Ll. Th. ii. 416, 15. Add

án-daga

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Hé cwæð þæt hé wolde sylf on ðæm dæge ðe hé gecwæð ðǽr gecuman . . . Hí georne ðæs ándagan cépton. Þá æteówode Benedictus . . . on þǽre nihte þe se ándaga on merigen wæs, Hml. Th. ii. 172, 9-17. Æfter þám fyrste and ándagan þe se heáhengel gecwæð tó

for-sacan

renounce ⬩ abandon ⬩ forsake

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Add Ic forsace detracto, ne forsace ic non detracto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 1, 2. Forsooc detractavit, 106, 15. Forsóc, 25, 24. to refuse to receive what is offered Hé forsóc þá feáwa axan (cf. ꝥ hé underfénge þá gerýnu, 46), Hml. S. 12, 58. Mid árwurðnysse

heorþ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
heorþ-fæst, adj.

Having a house of one's own

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Having a house of one's own Sý hé heorþfæst sý hé folgere whether he have a house of his own or be the follower of another man, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 23

Linked entry: fæst

ge-unárian

(v.)
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Saul hine bealg wið Samuel ...; and ðá hé him from wolde, ðá geféng hé hine, and tóslát his hrægl, and hine geunárode, Past. 35, 20. Hét hé hig ( Eulalia ) nacode geunárian, Shrn. 154. 6. Add

sám-weaxen

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-weaxen, adj.
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Half-grown up Ǽlc man hæfð swáþeáh his ágene lenge on þǽre mycelnesse þe hé man wæs ǽr, oððe hé beón sceolde, gif hé full weóxe, sé ðe on cildháde oððe sámweaxen gewát, Nap. 55

a-bát

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-bát, p. of a-bítan.

bit ⬩ ate

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bit, ate He abát he ate, MS. Cott. Jul. E. vii. 237; Salm. Kmbl. 121, 15;

bælcan

(v.)

to cry out ⬩ vociferari

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to cry out; vociferari He bælceþ he cries out, Exon. 83b; Th. 315, 8; Mód. 28

be-slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-slǽpan, p. -slép; pp. -slǽpen; [be, slǽpan to sleep]

To sleep ⬩ dormire

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To sleep; dormire He oft beslép he often slept, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284. 3

Linked entry: be-slép

witer

(adj.)
Grammar
witer, witter; adj.

Knowing ⬩ wise

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Knowing, wise Hé wíslíce hine beþóhte, swá hé full witter wæs, Chr. 1067 ; Erl 204, 35

Linked entries: witran witter

mann-slege

(n.)
Grammar
mann-slege, es; m.

Man-slaying ⬩ homicide

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Man-slaying, homicide Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes and hé weorðe ðǽr ofslegen, ne síe hé ( the slayer ) ná mansleges scyldig. Gif hé æfter sunnan upgonge ðis déþ, hé biþ mansleges scyldig, and hé ðonne self swelte, L. Alf. 25; Th. i. 50, 18-21: Blickl

Linked entry: slege

níd-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
níd-wyrhta, an; m.

One who acts from necessity ⬩ an involuntary agent

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One who acts from necessity, an involuntary agent Se ðe nýdwyrhta biþ ðæs ðe hé misdéþ, se biþ ðý beteran dómes symle wyrðe, ðe hé nýdwyrhta wæs ðæs ðe hé worhte, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 23-25. On mænigre dǽde ðonne man biþ nýdwyrhta, ðonne biþ se

Linked entry: níd-dǽda

a-hefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hefan, p. -hefde; pp. -hefed

To heave up ⬩ lift up ⬩ raise ⬩ levare ⬩ elevare ⬩ extender

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To heave up, lift up, raise; levare, elevare, extender Ahefdon upp ðone arc elevaverunt arcam, Gen. 7, 17. He ahefde upp his hand extendit manum, Ex. 17. He ahefde up he lifted up, 14, 27

ferele

(n.)
Grammar
ferele, an; f.

A rod

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A rod Þá beran hé slóh mid þǽre telgan (færelan, v. l. ferula) þe hé wunode ꝥ hé bær him on handa . . . Þá réþan deór . . . ondrédon þǽre ferelan (ferulae) slegas, Gr. D. 229, 21, 25

þurh-seón

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Hé þurhseah swá þone preóst for ðon gesealdne deófle, gif hé gedyrstlǽhte ꝥ hé underféngce ðone hálgan sácerdhád perspexit hunc clericum idcirco diabolo traditum, ne ad sacrum ordinem auderet accedere, Gr. D. 136, 6. Add

ge-crístnian

(v.)
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Substitute: To administer the rite of crístnung to a person. See the passage given under crístnian; II. [The passages given under crístnian; I and IV (l. III) should be taken under II. In Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 581, 1-19 the rite is evidently referred to, as

Linked entry: crístnian