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tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tredan, p. træd, pl, trǽdon; pp. treden.

to treadtread downtrample uponto tread uponstep uponwalk upon

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Ðá hét ic ðone here ðæt hié mid fótum ðone snáw trǽdon calcare militem niuem jubeo, Nar. 23, 18: Jos. 10, 24. Ða ðe mé trǽdan canculcantes me. Ps. Th. 56, 3. Ðæt hig hine trǽdun, Lk. Skt. 12, 1. Trédun proterunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 2.

scrúd-fultum

(n.)
Grammar
scrúd-fultum, es ; m.
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Twelf hída to scrúdfultume ðam híréde (Winchester), 499, 13. Ic habbe gifen ðæt land intó Sanctes Petres mynstre intó Baðan ðam munecan tó scrúdfultume. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 171, 15. v. next word

wiþer-rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽdness, e; f.

Contrarietyoppositionhostilityill-willunfavourablenessdisadvantageoppositeness of nature

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Gr. 47; Zup. 275, 7. hostility, ill-will, Similar entries v. wiþer-rǽde, I Wið hunda réðnysse and wiðerrǽdnysse; se ðe hafaþ hundes heortan mid him, ne beóð ongeán hine hundas céne, Lchdm. i. 372, 3. unfavourableness, disadvantage, Similar entries v.

Linked entry: wiþer-rǽde

and-swaru

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Ðá bysmrode ic hine mid mínum ondswarum . . . þá wæs hé ge*-*feónde mínra ondswaro, Nar. 18, 13-18. Ondsuearum (-sworum, R.) responsis, Lk. L. 2, 47. Add

dys-lic

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Hit ðincð ungelǽredum mannum dyselig tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 94, 35. Fela dyslice dǽda deriað mancynne, Hml. S. 13, 91. Hé ádreáh his líf on dyslicum weorcum, 26, 245. Mid dislicum glencgum stolidis (i. stultis) pompis, An. Ox. 1216. Add

be-meldian

(v.)
Grammar
be-meldian, p. ode
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To denounce a person, disclose, reveal a secret Þéh hit sume hwíle forholen beó, hit warð á bemeldod (cf. hit bið æt sumum cyrre open, Prov. K. 30), Prov. M. 27

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.

a neck of land, a hause a colthe neck, the declination of a mountain near the summit; the most level spot between two hills,the local name of a neck-shaped ridge in western Iceland.of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least

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Hié sendon ráp on his sweoran (swyran, 20), Blickl. Homl. 241, 24. Is ymb ðone sweoran ( the neck of the phenix ) beága beorhtast, Exon. Th. 219, 10; Ph. 305. Óþ mannes swuran, Blickl. Homl. 245, 33: Gen. 41, 42: Deut. 28, 48.

Linked entries: swira swyra

full-dón

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Ic his líc behwearf ... næs his heáfodcláð eallunga fuldón, Hml. S. 31, 1425. Add

un-ofslegen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ofslegen, adj.

Unslain

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Unslain His bróðor geendode his líf on sibbe unofslegen, Homl. Th. ii. 544, 31

Linked entry: of-sleán

wóp-lic

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Add Hig ymbscrýdan hig mid þám wóplican gyrlan lamentationis habitum induere, Chrd. 96, ll

ears-gang

Grammar
ears-gang, <b>; II.</b>
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ꝥ meox his argancges and his micgan stercus et urinam, Chrd. 69, 29. Add

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Preóst hine clǽnsie in his hálgum hrægle, Ll. Th. i. 40, 14. Þá hie in hyra gryregeatwum gangan cwómon, B. 324.

á-feorsian

(v.)
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áfyrsiað nǽddran, Hml. Th. i. 304, 20. Þæt hé áfyrsode ðæs deófles éhtnysse him fram, ii. 528, 5. Hé þám mannum hyra líf áfyrsode istis vitam abstulit . Gr. D. 162, 7. Áfyrsa expelle eos , Ps. L. 5.

for-dyttan

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Heó simble heora eáran fordyttan and hit gehýran noldon, Wlfst. 255, 7. Heora módes andgytu fordytton, Hml. S. 23, 379. Forduttende (obturantes) eáran hire, Ps. Srt. 57, 5. Fordytt obstructum, Bl. Gl.

land-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
land-hláford, es; m.

a land-lord

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a land-lord, an owner of land, lord of the manor Tódǽle man ða eahta dǽlas on twá and fó se landhláford tó healfum tó healfum se bisceop sý hit cynges man sý hit þegnes [cf. H.

Linked entry: hláford

réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
réðe, ;adj.;

Fierce, cruel, savagesevere, stern, austere, zealouswild, savage, fierce;severe, cruel, fierce, dire;

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Ealle his ǽhta ríce réðe mann gedǽle ; may a rich and cruel man divide all his possessions;; scrutetur foenerator omnem substantiam ejus; Grein takes reðemann and compares Gothic raðjo; Gif hé (;a king;) his folc ofsit, ðon biþ hé ;tyrannus,; ðæt is réðe

Linked entry: hréðe

ge-beór

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Wæs his gewuna ꝥ hé wolde swýþe lytel drincan, þeáh hé mid gebeórum blíðe wǽre, Vis. Lfc. 24.

wealg

(adj.)
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Tie meaning &#39;insipid, nauseous&#39; is borne out by what follows áspiwen For ðǽm ǽlc wæter bið ðý unwerodre tó drincanne, æfter ðǽm ðe hit wearm bið, gif hit eft ácólað, ðonne hit ǽr wǽre, ǽr hit mon ongunne wleccan. The &#39;?

lǽwede

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽwede, adj.

Laylaiclewd

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Ne úre nǽnig his líf ne fadode swá swá hé scolde, ne gehádode regollíce ne lǽwede lahlíce, Swt. A. S.

Linked entry: lǽwed

bétan

put rightto mendrepairrestorecureto correctto amendmake amendsreparation for

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Ðá menn þe heora synna and unrihtes gescwícaþ, and hié heora scriftum geandettiaþ, and be heora dóme bétaþ, Bl. H. 193, 23. Ǽghwylc man sceal bétan his wóhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, 45, 38.