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scencan

(v.)
Grammar
scencan, te

To skink

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Ðonne scencþ hé ða scylde mid ðære bisene ǽlcum ðæra ðe him ǽnges yfles tó wénþ cunctis mala credentibus per exemplum culpa propinatur, Past. 59, 5; Swt. 451, 24.

út-lah

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lah, adj.

Outlawedan outlawcalling for outlawry

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Gif heora menn sleán úre ǽhta, ðonne beód hý útlage ge wið hý ge wið ús, ii. 7; Th. i. 288, 10. calling for outlawry Gif se Englisca beclypaþ Frenciscne mid útlagan þingan si Anglicus appellet Francigenam de utlagaria, W. ii. 3: Th. i. 489, 22

Linked entries: -lah út-laga

HÉDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÉDAN, p. de

To HEED, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receiveto take care of, guardcustodire, observare

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Ðonne him forþsíþ gebyrige héde se hláford ðæs hé lǽfe when he dies let the lord take possession of what he leaves [cf 434, 27], 436, 9: L. In. 74; Th. i. 148, 19.

Linked entries: be-hédan ge-hýdan

smirwan

(v.)
Grammar
smirwan, smerwan, smirewan, smeruwan, smirian, smerian, smyrian; p. smirede, ode

To smear, anoint unctus to anoint

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Ðonne wé smirewaþ (smierewaþ, Halt. MS.) úre heortan eáge mid sealfe Past. ii; Swt. 68, 10-12. Smiriaþ Ps. Surt. 140, 6. Smirede linivit Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 15. Smyrede 51, 47. Smerede unxit Ps. Spl. 44, 9: Blickl. Homl. 69, 2. Smyrede 73, 18.

sol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sol, eses; n.: solu, we, e; f.

Mire or a miry place filthy volutabrum

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Swín simle willnaþ licgan on fúlum solum . . . ðeáh hí beswemde weorþon, ðonne sleáþ hé eft on ða solu and bewealwiaþ þǽron Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 26-29. [Cf. sol; adj. filthy Wule a sol cloð et one cherre beon hwit iwaschen? A. R. 324, 1.

ge-tríwan

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Th. i. 52, 4. (2 a) to trust a person to do something :-- Him þá from bugan þe hié betst getriéwdon ꝥ him sceolde sige gefeohtan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 25. with acc., to trust a person or thing Ic þíne sóðfæstnysse getreówe, Ps.

Linked entry: ge-trýwan

smæl

(adj.)
Grammar
smæl, adj.

Smallsmall, little, not greatnarrow, not broadslender, thin, not thickfine not coarse not loud gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus a sheep, small cattle

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tó smale netelan Lchdm. ii. 68, 4. Smæle þearmas the small guts; ilia Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 46. Ða gnættas and ða smalan wyrmas . . . ge þeós lyttle loppe Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 11. Flǽsc smælra fugla Lchdm. ii. 180, 13. Smealum bryt (brycum?)

hríðer

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer, hrýðer, es; n.

oxcowheifer

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Næfde hé má ðonne twentig hrýðera and twentig sceápa and twentig swýna, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 14. Hrýðera gehlów the lowing of oxen, Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 35. Hine oftorfodon mid bánum and mid hrýðera [hrýðeres, MS. F: neáta, MS.

Linked entries: hruðer hrýðer

late

(adv.)
Grammar
late, adv.

Slowlylateat length at last

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Gif wit ðæt ealle sculon ásmeágan ðonne cume wit late tó ende ðisse béc oððe nǽfre, 42; Fox, 256, 22. Hú late hí on ðysne middangeard ácennede wurdon and hú raþe hí him eft of gewítan sceolan, Blickl. Homl. 59, 23.

METE

(n.)
Grammar
METE, mæte, es; m.

MEATfood

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Gif hý him syððan ne dóþ mete ne munde if they afterwards give him neither food nor favour, L. Edm. S. 1; Th. i. 248, 7. Ðǽr mæte þygde, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 11. Mettas cibaria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 71: dapes, 28, 1: fercula, Hpt. Gl. 492, 75.

seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
seóc, ; adj.
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Swá swá lǽca gewuna is ðonne hió seócne (siócne, Cott. MS.) mon gesióþ, Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 26. Ða ðe on sáre seóce lágun, Exon. Th. 83, 15 ; Cri. 1356. Feóllon wergend bennum seóce, Cd. Th. 118, 29 ; Gen. 1972. Seócra. manna hús nosocomium , Wrt.

sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, adj.
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Ðonne se deáþ cymeþ ásundraþ ðá sibbe ða ðe ǽr somud wǽron líc and sáwle when death comes, it separates then relations, who before were together, body and soul, Exon. Th. 367, 7; Seel. 4.

weorþ-full

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-full, adj.
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Se cyng Willelm wæs swíðe wís man and swíðe ríce, and wurðfulre and strengere ðonne ǽnig his foregengra wǽre . . .

æfterra

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
æfterra, æft(e)ra; cpve.: æft(e)resta; spve.

latter hinder, lower latterlastnext, following second

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Wæs heora æftra sýð wyrse ðonne se ǽrra, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 25. in place, hinder, lower Ðæt ǽrre folc and ðæt æfterre those before and those behind, Bl. H. 81, 25. Se æftera stemn puppis, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 37.

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, wielle, welle, wylle, an ; f.

A well, spring, stream, fountain

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In fúle wellan; of ðære wellan, 366, 31, Swáculfre ðonne heó baðaþ hí on smyltum wætre on hlúttere wællan Shrn. 85, 22. Ða hálwendan wellan ( fonte ) fulwihles bæþes, . Bd. 2, 6; S, 507, 17. Wyllan, 3, 22; S. 552, 35: 4, 13; S. 582, 13. .

ge-andettan

(v.)

to confess, acknowledgeto confessto admit for oneselfconcede, allowto confess, declare one's beliefto confessacknowledge as having a certain character, declare one's faith into make acknowledgement of a benefitgive thankspraise

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Add: to confess, acknowledge wrong-doing, weakness, &c. Geondeton (confitentes) synna hiora, Mt. L. 3, 6. Geandet swá hwætt swá þú þáron wite, Ll. Lbmn. 414, 34. as an ecclesiastical term to confess to a priest trans.

CLYPIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPIAN, clypigan, clipian, cleopian, clepian, part. clypiende, clypigende, ic clypie, clypige, ðú clypast, he clypaþ, pl. clypiaþ, p. ode, ade ; impert. clypa, pl. clypiaþ; pp. od, ad

To make a vocal soundspeakspeak aloudto cry outcallsayloquiclamarevocaredicere

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Drihten gehýrþ me ðonne ic clypige to him Dominus exaudiet me cum clamavero ad eum Ps. Lamb. 4, 4. Ðú clypast thou callest Hy. 7, 45; Hy. Grn. ii. p. 288, 45. Hwí clypaþ Dauid hyne Drihten quomodo David vocat eum Dominum? Mt. Bos. 22, 43, 45.

ge-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeódan, he -þeót; p. -þeódde; pp. -þeóded, -þeód

To joinconnectuniteassociateapplyadjusttranslatejungĕreadjungĕreconjungĕrecōpŭlāresŏciāreaptāre

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Ðonne mihte he ðara ríme geþeóded beón posset eōrum nŭmĕro sŏciāri, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 36: Ps. Th. 61, 5.

tilþ

(n.)
Grammar
tilþ, e; also tilþe, an; f.

labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is madean employmenttillagecultivation work on landgain from labourproduce of labour,acquisitioncropproducefruit

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let him support himself by an honest employment, Wulfst. 72, 13. with special reference to agriculture,tillage, cultivation, work on land Se scádwís geréfa sceal witan ǽlcre tilðan tíman ðe tó tune belimpþ; for ðam on manegum landum tilð biþ redre ðonne

Linked entries: tilþe tylþ

wyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyn, wynn, e; f.

delightpleasuredelightfullypleasantlya delightthat which causes pleasurethe best of a class,the pride of its kind.the name of the w-rune

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Wæs mé wyn tó ðon, 380, 22; Rä. 1, 2. Næs him tó máðme wynn, Andr. Kmbl. 2228; An. 1115 : 2326; An. 1164. Ða forweorþaþ ðe hira wynne tó ðé habban noldan qui elongant se a te, peribunt, Ps. Th. 72, 22. Hé genom him tó wildeórum wynne, Exon.

Linked entry: mód-wén