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scyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
scyrtan, p. te
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To make short, to shorten Gif God his hwíle ne scyrte (gescyrte, MSS. B. C.), Wulfst. 19, 9

un-áteald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áteald, adj.

Uncounted

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Uncounted Gif se dæg bið forlǽten unáteald, ðǽrrihte áwent eal ðæs geáres ymbrene ðwyres, Boutr. Scrd. 28, 32

Linked entry: á-tellan

ge-þrístian

(v.)
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Gíf morðwyrhtan ... tó þám geþrístian ꝥ hí on þæs cyninges neáweste gewunian, Ll. Th. i. 324, 12. Add

ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, p. -feóde
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To gain (v. feoh) Gif middangeard eall gettrióna ł gefeáge si mundum itniversum lucretur, Mt. L. 16, 26

oþþon

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Gif se friðman fleó oþþon feohte, Ll. Th. i. 286, 13: 17: 22 : Hml. A. 190, 281. Add

óþ-swerian

(v.)
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Gif hé óþswerian nylle . . . . L. In. 35; Th. i. 124, 10-12

for-bærnan

Grammar
for-bærnan, -bernan.

burnscald

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Ox. 4120. to injure by heat, burn, scald Gif hwá forbærned sý, genim þás wyrte . . . lege tó þám bærnette, Lch. i. 216, 10. Wiþ bryne. Gif mon sié mid fýre áne forbærned. . . . Gif mon sié mid wǽtan forbærned, ii. 324, 12-14

ofer-irnan

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</b> of a fluid, to spread over or throughout Gif of þǽre wambe ánre þá yfelan wǽton cumen, and ne oferyrnen ealne þone líchoman . . . Gif sió yfele wǽte of þǽre wambe oferyrneþ ealne þone líchoman, Lch. ii. 178, 16-20.

be-faran

to come uponsurprisecatch

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Gif man hwilcne man teó ꝥ hé þone man féde þe úres hláfordes grið tóbrocen habbe . . . and gif hine (the man so accused) man mid him (the breaker of the peace) befare, beón hig bégen ánes rihtes weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 298, 2.

cyre

(n.)
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Hé sealde swíðe fæste gife . . . ꝥ is seó gifu, ꝥ se man mót dón ꝥ hé wile, Hml. S. 17, 250. Gehwilc man hæfð ágenne cyre, ǽr ðám ðe hé syngige, hweðer hé wille filian deófles willan oððe wiðsacan, Hml. Th. i. 212, 11.

un-fǽcne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fǽcne, -fácne; adj.

Without deceitwithout fraud

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Gif man mægð gebigeþ ceápi, geceápod sý, gif hit unfácne is, L. Ethb. 77; Th. i. 22, 2. Gif man mannan ofsleá, unfácne feó gehwilce gelde ( there should be no fraud as regards anything given in payment of the wergild), 30; Th. i. 10, 4.

Linked entry: fácne

lecg

(n.)
Grammar
lecg, e; f.
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Leo takes lecg = gift, legacy, and then a dish of three pounds and a cup of equal amount would go to make up the amount of eighty mancusses. As regards the value of a handseax, Chart.

gnyrn

(n.)
Grammar
gnyrn, es; m.

Griefsorrowevilwrong

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Grief, sorrow, evil, wrong Lác weorþade ðe hire brungen wæs gnyrna to geóce the gift she honoured that was brought to her as a consolation of sorrows, Elen. Kmbl. 2275; El. 1139.

dylstiht

(adj.)
Grammar
dylstiht, adj. [dylsta matter; -iht, adj. termination, q. v.]

Mattery, mucous mucōsus

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Mattery, mucous; mucōsus Gif hie dylstihte sién if they be mucous, L. M. 1, 29; Lchdm: ii. 70, 9

feornes

(n.)
Grammar
feornes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

FARNESSdistancelonginquĭtas

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FARNESS, distance; longinquĭtas Gif mycel feornys síþfætes betwihligeþ si longinquĭtas itĭnĕris magna interjăcet, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 39

fram-adrífan

(v.)
Grammar
fram-adrífan, -adrýfan; p. -adráf, pl. -adrifon

To drive from or awayexpelexpellĕre

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To drive from or away, expel; expellĕre Gif gé me framadrýfaþ si me expellĭtis, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 23

lencten-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-bryce, es; m.
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A breach of the Lenten fast Gif hwá openlíce lengctenbryce gewyrce, L. C. S. 48; Th. i. 402, 29

óþ-hleápan

(v.)
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to run away, escape Gif hé út óþhleápe, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, ii. Cf. æt-hleápan

Linked entry: hleápan

onríp-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
onríp-tíd, e; f.
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Harvest-time Gif þunor bið mycel eást oððe norðeást, mycel wæstm bid and gód onríptíd, Archiv cxx. 48, 24

on-wǽcan

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Gif mid nánum ðissa ne bið onwǽced his inngeðonc dum nullis passionibus intentionem mentis humiliat, Past. 83, 20. Add