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med-micel

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L. 25, 45, margin. of things Hé þǽre ýtemestan yldo his lífes on ancorsetle mid medmiclum hláfe (coarse bread; pane cibario) and cealde wætere áwreþede, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 630, 18

ofer-gán

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Seó eorðe bið mid fúlum wætere ofergán, Angl. vii. 48,463. Add Swá ꝥ heora nán óþres mearce ne ofereóde, Bt. 33, 4 ; F. 128, 32. <b>III b.

smítan

(v.)
Grammar
smítan, p. smát, pl. smiton; pp. smiten

to daub, smear, smudge ⬩ to defile, pollute ⬩ to smear, anoint ⬩ to cast ⬩ linere ⬩ strike

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Genim ðæs hornes melo, meng wið wætere, smít on 72, 14. Mid feðere smít on 102, 8. Smíte mon ða sealfe ǽrest on ðæt heáfod iii. 14, 29. Smíte of ðam sylfan blóde on ðæs weofodes hyrnan Lev. 4, 18.

gífer-nes

(n.)
Grammar
gífer-nes, -ness, e; f.

Greediness ⬩ avarice ⬩ voracity ⬩ gluttony ⬩ aviditas ⬩ gula

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Greediness, avarice, voracity, gluttony; aviditas, gula Gífernys biþ ðæt se man ǽr tíman hine gereordige oððe æt his mǽle to micel þicge mid oferflówendnysse ǽtes oððe wǽtes greediness is a man's eating before the time, or taking too much at his meal

Linked entry: giefernes

bledu

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Dó twá bleda fulle wæteres tó, Lch. ii. 38, 2, 4 : 118, 6. Add

sellan

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Add Nim þá fífe and syle Martio, Angl. viii. 303, 30. add Sé ðe sylð drinc eów calic fulne wæteres, Mk. 9, 41. Eal ꝥ flǽsc ꝥ wildeór lǽfen, ne eten gé ꝥ, ac sellað hit hundum, Ll. Th. i. 54, 2. <b>IV b.

of-standan

(v.)

to remain standing, keep (trans. or intrans.) in the same place or condition, stop in a place

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Gif him ofstondeþ on innan ǽnigu ceald wǽte if any cold humour stops in them. Lchdm. ii. 194, 15.

síc

(n.)
Grammar
síc, es; n.: but síce, es; m. seems also to occur.

A sike

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In ðæt wǽte sícc; of ðam síce, 386, 16. On ðæt eástre síc, 438, 28. In ðæt síc, 31, 12

stille

(adj.)
Grammar
stille, adj.
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Oft stille wæter staðo brecaþ (cf. still waters run deep ), Prov. Kmbl. 63. not easily moved (?), that will not run freely (?)

líðan

(v.)
Grammar
líðan, p. láð

To go ⬩ sail

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Nú is ðon gelícost swá wé on laguflóde ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, Exon. 20 a; Th. 53, 18; Cri, 852. Líðan cymeþ comes sailing, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 11; Gn. Ex. l09: 108 b; Th. 415, 23; Rä. 34, 1: Andr. Kmbl. 512; An. 256: Bt. Met.

Élíg

(n.)
Grammar
Élíg, e; f. [él = ǽl an eel, íg an island]

The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi

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The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire; insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Is Élíg ðæt land on Eást-Engla mǽgþa, hú hugu syx hund hída, on eálondes gelícnesse; is eall mid fenne and mid wætere ymbseald, and fram genihtsumnesse ǽla ða ðe on ðám ylcan fennum

á-fyllan

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Áfyllan fatu mid wætere, Hml. Th. i. 58, 12. Seó dene wæs áfylled mid manna sáwlum, ii. 350, 9. to fill, supply abundantly, with gen. Þán heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 18. with mid Gebytla mid wistum áfyllede and mid écum leóhte, Hml.

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To wallow, roll

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Hé wealwode on ðæm gedrófum wætere in lutosa aqua semetipsum volvit, 54; Swt. 421, 8. His hors feól wealwigende geond ða eorðan . . . mid ðam ðe hit swá wealwode, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207.

cyrran

(v.)
Grammar
cyrran, ic cyrre, ðú cyrrest, he cyrreþ, pl.cyrraþ ; p. cyrde, pl.cyrdon ; pp. cyrred .

to turn ⬩ vertere

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to turn;vertere He clifu cyrreþ on wæteres wellan he turneth rocks into wells of water, Ps. Th. 113, 8. Gif ic míne gewǽda on wíte-hrægl cyme cyrde et posui vestimentum meum cilicium, Ps. Th. 68, 11.

Linked entries: cerran cirran

stillan

(v.)
Grammar
stillan, p. de.
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Cyning ( Christ ) ýðum stilde, wæteres wælmum, Andr. Kmbl. 902 ; An. 451. Ðæt se ðám ómum stille, Lchdm. ii. 182, 6. Beóþ ða elcran tó stillanne, 178, 14

þindan

(v.)
Grammar
þindan, p. þand; pp. þunden

to swell up ⬩ to swell with indignation, pride, etc.

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Gif ómihte blód and yfel wǽte on ðam milte sié þindende, þonne sceal him mon blód lǽtan, 252, 25: 168, 11. figurative, to swell with indignation, pride, etc.

Linked entry: a-þindan

wull

(n.)
Grammar
wull, e; wulle, an; f.

Wool

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Nim wǽte wulle, i. 312, 12: 362, 17: Ps. Surt. 147, 16. Wullan (? the MS. has wulla with a stroke after the a) lanam, Kent. Gl. 1135. Wulla lanas, Hpt. Gl. 524, 14

Linked entries: wul wyll

ǽt

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Hé tó micel nimð on ǽte oððe on wǽte, Hml. S. 16, 270. Ǽt foresceáwian, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 35. Þú scealt þá óþre ǽtas sellan, Lch. ii. 90, 12. See also passages under wǽt. eating Be ðæs lambes ǽte de agni esu, An. Ox. 40, 29.

DRÉFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÉFAN, part. dréfende; p. dréfde; pp. dréfed

To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble ⬩ commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre

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Gewát him on nacan, dréfan deóp wæter he departed in the bark, to agitate the deep water, Beo. Th. 3812; B. 1904. Hwý ge scylen eówer mód dréfan why should ye trouble your mind? Bt. Met. Fox 27, 3; Met. 27, 2.

ge-fetian

(v.)
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S. 2, 197. the object a thing Hí ofer six míla him wæter on heora exlum gefetton, Hml. Th. i. 562, 4. to go and get what one seeks, get, obtain, with concrete object Críst sitt on heofonum mid þám hálgum þe hé on ðisum lífe gefette, Hml.