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forad

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
forad, part. adj.

Brokenweakenedvoidfractuslăbĕfactus

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Gif ða earmscancan beóþ begen forade if the arm-bones be both broken, 55; Th. i. 94, 26. Beó ðæt ordál forad let the ordeal be void, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 9: iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 1

fóre-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-spræc, fóre-spæc, e; f. [fóre- fore-, spræc a speech]

A fore-speechprefaceintroductiona speaking before for anothera fore-promisepræfātiopræ-sponsio

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A fore-speech, preface, introduction, a speaking before for another, a fore-promise; præfātio, præ-sponsio Ðis is seó fórespræc hú S. Gregorius ðas bóc gedihte, ðe man Pastoralem nemnaþ this is the preface how St.

Linked entries: fóre-spæc for-spǽc

mid-hrif

(n.)
Grammar
mid-hrif, es; n. m. [mid middle, hrif ventus]

The mid-riffthe diaphragmseparating the heart from the stomachthe entrails

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Voc. i. 44, 51: exta, 44, 49. Wið ðæt mannes midrif ace, Herb. cont. 3, 6; Lchdm. i. 6, 21. Midrife, Lchdm. i. 88, 11. On ðam uferan hrife oððe on ðam midhrife, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm ii. 260, 20.

Linked entries: mid-rif hrif

nihte-gale

(n.)
Grammar
nihte-gale, an; f.

A bird whose note (v. galan) is heard at nightthe night-raventhe nightingale

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A bird whose note (v. galan) is heard at night. the night-raven Naechthraebn, ali dicunt nectigalae noctua, Ep. Gl. 16 b, 15; but more generally the nightingale Naectegale luscinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 30 : roscinia, 119, 23.

Linked entry: -gale

stihtan

(v.)
Grammar
stihtan, p. te.
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Ic heó tó þeófendum and tó geflitum stihte, Wulfst. 255, 12

Linked entry: a-stihtan

un-nytness

(n.)
Grammar
un-nytness, e; f.

Uselessnessfrivolityvanitytriviality

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Wé forbeódaþ ǽgðer ge geflitu, ge plegan, ge unnytta word, ge gehwelce unnytnesse in ðám hálgan stówum tó dónne, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 23

Linked entry: nytness

ceósan

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Voc. ii. 53, 34. to choose a person as lord Ic eom fyrmdig tó þám híwum ꝥ hý hine ceósan, Cht. Th. 487, 28.

leahter-full

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Ne beó se carfulla leahterful, ne sé ne lufige ídelnysse, sé ðe on stilnysse is, Hml. Th. ii. 442, 34. Hé is Gode deád, for þan þe hé leahterfull and geleáfleás ætbærst, and hé ys geworden tó wealdgengan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 5.

liþian

(v.)
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Foldan ic freoþode folcum ic leoþode (as leoþode rimes with freoþode its root vowel should be short), Reirn. 40

munt-clýse

(n.)
Grammar
munt-clýse, munt-clýsa ?, an; f. (m. ?).
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., no. 143. v. mann-cynn ; II.2.] —

Linked entry: clýse

siþþan

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Th. i. 276, 11. add: correlative, when . . . then Siþþan Metellus þá elpendas ofercóm, siþþan hé hæfde eác raðe þæt óþer folc gefliémed Metellus prius belluas vel in fugam vel in mortem egit, et sic magnam vim hostium superavit, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 2-

máþum

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Th. ii. 306, 11. 'Geswutela mé ðǽre cyrcan mádmas' . . . ' Gif ðú gelýfst, ic ðé geswutelige ðá mádmas'. . . 'Ágif ðá mádmas'. . . 'On Godes ðearfum ic hí áspende, and hí sind ðá écan mádmas ðe nǽfre ne beóð gewanode,' i. 422, 11-34.

un-wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wlitig, adj.

Not beautifuluglyfoul

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Voc. ii. 28, 68. Unwlitig swile tumor deformis, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 17. Hú fægerne and hú wlitigne monnan ic hæbbe átǽfred, swá unwlitig wrítere swá swá ic eom pulchrum depinxi hominem pictor foedus, Past. 65; Swt. 467, 19.

Linked entry: un-gewlitig

útian

(v.)
Grammar
útian, p. ode

To put out.to put a person out of a placeto expelremoveto put a thing out of one's possessionto alienate

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Kmbl. iv. 208, 10

wealh-hafoc

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-hafoc, es; m.

A foreign hawk a gerfalcon herodius

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Voc. i. 188, col. 2: jarfawkon, 220, col. 2) Walhhabuc falc(o ), Txts. 61, 826. Walchhabuc, uualhhaebuc, uualh[h]ebuc, ualchefuc herodius, 67, 1016. Góshafuc accipiter, wealhhafuc herodius, spearhafuc alietum, Wrt. Voc. i. 280, 18-20: ii. 42, 67.

wed-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wed-loga, an ; m.

One who is false to a pledge or engagement

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One who is false to a pledge or engagement On ðison gére swác Harðacnut Eádulf eorl under his grðle, and hé wæs ðá wedloga. Chr. 1041 ; Erl. 166, 33. Ic ðé eom andetta mínra synna . . . ic eom wedloga, Anglia xii. 501, 19.

smeáþancollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeáþancollíce, adv.

Exactly, in a searching manner, thoroughly subtiliter

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Skt. i. 3, 44. Hé hí gewissode swíðe smeáþancellíce ymbe ðæs mynstres gebytlungum he gave them most exact directions about the buildings of the monastery Homl. Th. ii. 172, 16. Hé lǽrþ manna mód mid godcundre láre smeáþancellíce i. 412, 32

ge-swutelung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swutelung, e; f.

A making clearplaina manifestationdeclaration

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Th. i. 92, 32: Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 300, 9. Hér is siú geswitelung ðære gerǽdnisse ðe ðiús geférrǽden gerǽd hæfþ here is the declaration of the ordinance that this society has decided upon, Th. Chart. 610, 27

Linked entry: sweotolung

hlynnan

(v.)
Grammar
hlynnan, p. ede

To sound, make a noise, shout

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Th. ii; Fin. 6. Gársecg hlynede the ocean roared, Andr. Kmbl. 476; An. 238. Hlynede and dynede raised shout and din, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 18; Jud. 23. Stefn in becom hlynnan under hárne stán the voice got in and sounded under the grey stone, Beo.

tó-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-lǽtan, p. -lét; pp. -lǽten

To let go in different directions,to cause to go different ways,to disperse,release,relax

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To let go in different directions, to cause to go different ways, to disperse, release, relax Tólǽte[þ] relaxat, Hpt. Gl. 405, 67. Gif mon sýþ gárleác ou henne broþe and selþ drincan, ðonne tólǽt hió ðæt sár (costiveness), Lchdm. ii. 276, 16.