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sorgian

(v.)
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Sume ofer sǽ sorhgende gewiton, Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 43. 30. Add

wiþ-teón

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to withdraw ⬩ draw back ⬩ to draw back ⬩ restrain ⬩ to draw away ⬩ to draw to

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MS.) se esol ðe hé onuppan sæt Balaam pervenire ad propositum tendit, sed ejus votunt animal, cut praesidet, praepedit, Past. 36; Swt. 254, 23.

bærlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
bærlíc, es; m?

Barley ⬩ hordeum

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Barley; hordeum Man sælde ðæt æcer-sǽd bærlíc to six scillingas one sold the acre-seed of barley for six shillings, Chr. 1124; Th. 376, 5

mód-geómor

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-geómor, adj.

Sad at heart ⬩ of mournful mind

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Sad at heart, of mournful mind Ðæt eorlwerod módgiómor sæt, Beo. Th. 5779; B. 2894. Þeód wæs módgeómre, Andr. Kmbl. 2227; An. 1115: 3412; An. 1710

hell-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
hell-cniht, es; m.
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An infernal servant, a devil as servant Stód se earming ætforan þám árleásan deofle þǽr hé heálíce sæt mid his hel-cnihtum, Hml. S. 3, 372

un-gecyndelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gecyndelíce, adv.

Unnaturally

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Unnaturally And sǽ hé déð beón ungemetlíce and ungecyndelíce swíþe ástyrode, Wulfst. 196, 3

cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwom, pl. cwómon came; venit, venerunt; have the same meanings as the contracted forms com, pl. cómon, p. of cuman , q. v. The p. indic., pl. cwómon,-an, -un; p. subj.
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Ðá hleóðor cwom when the sound came, Cd. 181; Th. 226, 29; Dan. 178. Ðá ðú ǽrest cwóme when thou first camest, Exon. 39a; Th. 129, 25; Gú. 426. Hwonne bearn Godes cwóme when the child of God should have come, 10a; Th. 10, 6; Cri. 148. To Hierasalem cwómon

for-seón

(v.)
Grammar
for-seón, -sión; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, -sixst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. -ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, -seáge, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; impert. -seoh; subj. he -seó; pp. -sewen

To overlook ⬩ despise ⬩ contemn ⬩ scorn ⬩ be ashamed of ⬩ neglect ⬩ reject ⬩ renounce ⬩ despĭcĕre ⬩ temnĕre ⬩ contemnĕre ⬩ spernĕre ⬩ erŭbescĕre ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ posthăbēre ⬩ rejĭcĕre

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To overlook, despise, contemn, scorn, be ashamed of, neglect, reject, renounce; despĭcĕre, temnĕre, contemnĕre, spernĕre, erŭbescĕre, neglĭgĕre, posthăbēre, rejĭcĕre We á sculon ídle lustas forseón we should ever despise idle lusts, Exon. 19 a; Th. 47

Linked entry: for-sión

be-geondan

(prep.; adv.)
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Begeondan sǽ hé is ultra mare est, begeondan ðé ultra te, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 270, 8. Begiondan Humbre, Past. 3, 16. Begeondan (begienda ðǽm streáme, L.) Iordáne, Jn. 3, 26. Begeondan þisse sǽ, Chr. 885; P. 78, 31. Be-gonden sǽ, 1013: P. 144, 20.

bréden

(adj.)
Grammar
bréden, adj.

Broad; ⬩ latus

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Broad; latus Seuerus geworhte weall of turfum, and brédenne [breden MS: bred weal, col. 1: bred weall, col. 2] ðár on ufon, fram sǽ to sǽ Severus made a wall of turfs, and a broad wall thereupon, from sea to sea, Chr. 189; Th. 15, 22, col. 3

Linked entries: bred-weall briden brýden wah

þurh-brengan

(v.)

to bring through

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to bring through Hé tóslát sǽ and hé þurhbróhte ( perduxit ) hig, Ps. Lamb. 77, 13

Linked entry: brengan

síd-land

(n.)
Grammar
síd-land, es ; n.
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Sǽs and sídland, 148, 3 ; Gen. 2451. Cf. wíd-land

syn-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
syn-rǽs, es; m.

A sinful impulse

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A sinful impulse Þence hé swíðe georne hwæt tó bóte mǽge ongeán ǽlcne synrǽs, ðe þurh deófles sǽd ǽr wearð áweaxen, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 9

be-sáwan

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Sǽd on eorðan besáwen, Hml. Th. i. 184, 34. Add

un-gewildelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewildelíc, adj.

Not to be subdued ⬩ unyielding

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Not to be subdued, unyielding Hæbbe se mann heardheortnysse and ungewyldelíc mód ... ðonne forsearaþ swíðe hraðe ðæt hálige sǽd on his heortan, Homl. Th. ii. 92, 2

leoþu--wǽcan

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Dele first passage (for which see Sǽs geliþewǽcað brymmas ponti mitescunt freta, Hy. S. 6, 28), and for last passage substitute :-- Leoþewǽcan mitigare, pacificare, An. Ox. 3802

sáwan

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'Sé ðe him ealneg wind ondrǽt, hé sǽwð tó seldon'. . . hé cwǽdon ðæt sé sceolde lytel sáwan, sé ðe him ðone wind ondréde, Past. 285, 17-24. Add Hé sǽwð ðone sticel ðæs andan, Past. 279, 9. Ðá ðe wróhte sáwað, 357, 14: 361, 6.

réwet

(n.)
Grammar
réwet, réwett, es; m. n. (?)

Rowing ⬩ a ship ⬩ navigium

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Rowing Forhwí ne fixast ðu on sǽ? Hwílon ic dó, ac seldon, forðan micel réwyt mé ys tó sǽ quia magnum navigium mihi est ad mare, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 3. On réwette swincende laborantes in remigando, Mk. Skt. 6, 48. Hí wǽron on réwute, Homl.

Linked entry: rówet

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Sprec tó ðínum discipulum, ꝥte sý geblissad heora heorte, and hié sýn ofergytende ðisse sǽwe ege, Blickl.

hae-swealwe

(n.)
Grammar
hae-swealwe, an ; f.
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A kind of hawk Haesualwe (Sweet suggests sǽ-) astur, Txts. 43, 234. Cf. beoru-swealwe

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