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ge-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd, es; n: e; f.

Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemorationremembrance

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Us is mid mycelre gemynde to geþencenne we must bear well in mind, Blickl. Homl. 29, 2. Gimynd commemoratio, Rtl. 62, 21. In gemyndum to habbanne to be had in mind, Nar. 4, 9: 2, 8

DOCCE

(n.)
Grammar
DOCCE, an; f.
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Sume seóðaþ bétan oððe doccan on geswéttum wíne some seethe beet or dock in sweetened wine, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 7: 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 11: 1, 76; Lchdm. ii. 150, 10. Seó fealwe docce the fallow dock; rumex marĭtĭma vel palustris, L.

syll

(n.)
Grammar
syll, e; sylle,an; f.

a beam that serves as a foundation or support, a sill, a basis, supporta support, foundationto lay a foundation

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Ðǽr fram sylle ( from the plank to which it was fixed ) ábeág medubenc monig, Beo. Th. 1555; B. 775.

Linked entries: sýl syl

pluccian

(v.)
Grammar
pluccian, ploccan ; p. ode
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M.) sum gehwǽde andgyt of ðære béc ðe Beda se snotera láreów gesette, Lchdm. iii. 232, 2

Linked entry: plyccan

géna

(adv.)
Grammar
géna, adv.

Yet, still, further

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Ic wille ðé ánre nú géna béne biddan I will of thee one more boon require, Andr. Kmbl. 950; An. 475. Mycel is nú géna lád ofer lagustreám great is now still our voyage over the lake-stream, 844; An. 422. Cwico wæs ðá géna was still living, Beo.

Linked entries: giéna geóna

wiþ-æftan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-æftan, prep. adv.

Behind.

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Hí cómon tó Wiht, and námon ðǽr ðæt him ǽr wiðæftan wæs (what had been left behind them), Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 25. Grammar wiþ-æftan, with acc. or doubtful Heó com wiðæftan ða menigu uenit in turba retro Mk. Skt. 5, 27.

Linked entry: æftan

ceást

(n.)
Grammar
ceást, e; f.
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Ðá ðing þe heó nú tó sibbe talað, beóð hire ðonne tó ceáste áwende, Hml. Th. i. 408, 26. Hé forlét his gingran tógeánes þǽre ceáste he left his subordinate to meet the tumult, Hml, S. 7, 212. Þa ðe þá ceáste macedon, 222.

mearh

(n.)
Grammar
mearh, g. meares; m.

A horsesteed

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Se swifta mearh burhstede beáteþ, Beo. Th. 4521; B. 2264. Hwǽr cwom mearg, hwǽr cwom mago, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 34; Wand. 92. Sum biþ meares gleáw one is skilful in the management of a steed, 79 a; Th. 297, 17; Crä. 69.

starian

(v.)
Grammar
starian, p. ode
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To stare, look fixedly, gaze (with on, tó) Ðæt ic on ðone hafelan eágum starige, Beo. Th. 3567; B. 1781. Starie, 5585; B. 2796. Secga gehwylcum ðara ðe on swylc staraþ, 1997; B. 996: 2975; B. 1485. Wé on ðæt bearn foran breóstum stariaþ, Exon.

folc-leásung

(n.)
Grammar
folc-leásung, e; f.

Folk-leasingpublic lyingslanderpublĭcum mendäciumcălumnia

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If a man commit slander, let him make amends with no lighter thing than that his tongue be cut out, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 80, 19-82, 1

Linked entries: leásung folc-lǽsung

á-láþian

(v.)
Grammar
á-láþian, p. ode.
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to be hateful, odious. v. láþ, <b>I </b>Dýpe stencum áláþode fundus fetoribus horrebat, An.

Linked entry: láþian

créda

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Se mæssepreóst sceal secgan Sunnandagum . . . be þám Paternoster and be þám crédan eác, swá hé oftost mage, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 30. Gif hé song his crédon oððe Paternoster on untrumne mon, hé wæs sóna hál, Shrn. 116, 20. Add

on-lícness

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Add: likeness, that to which a thing may be compared Is leornod on bócum þæt on þysse worulde sýn fíf onlícnessa be hellegryre. Sió ǽreste onlícnes is nemned wræc, Verc.

súþan

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Add Be-westan him is se beorh Athlans oð ðone gársecg, and súþan ðá beorgas þe man hǽt Æsperos; and be-súþan him Aulolum sió þeód ab occidente Atlantem montem et Oceanum Atlanticum, sub Africo Hesperium montem, a meridie gentes Aulolum, Ors. 1, 1; S.

wegan

Grammar
wegan, <b>. A I.</b>
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Perhaps in Exod. 180 wǽpn might be inserted before wǽgon, aud the passage be removed to <b> A. III</b> 1

horsc-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
horsc-líce, adv.

Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudentlynaviter, strenue, agiliter

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Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudently Biþ seó tunge tótogen forðon heó ne mæg horsclíce [MS. horslíce] wordum wrixlan wið ðone wergan gǽst the tongue shall be rent asunder, therefore it will not be able to converse readily

toll-freó

(adj.)
Grammar
toll-freó, adj.

Free from toll,exempt from payment of toll

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Free from toll, exempt from payment of toll Tolfreó ofer ealle Engleland, wiðinne burhe and wiðútan, æt gárescépinge and on ǽfrice styde be wætere and be lande per totam Angliam infra ciuitatem et extra, in omni foro et annuis nundinis et in omnibus

hýr-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hýr-, heár-sum; adj.

Obedientcompliant

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Obedient, compliant Se ðe him hýrsum beón wolde hé gehét qui sibi obtemperantibus promitteret, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 26. Him hýrsum beón ei obtemperare, 2, 12; S. 574, 16. Hit biþ his láreówum hýrsum it is obedient to its teachers, Salm.

mæsse-preóst

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mihte hé þǽre heorde þe hé Gode healdan sceolde nǽnige góde beón,Bl.

hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
hreów, adj.

fiercesævusmæstus

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In the compounds blód-, wæl-hreów the second syllable seems to be hreóh [or is it reów, or may hreów be a confusion of the two forms?], as the form hreóh does not occur independently in the sense of fierce.