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drencan

(v.)
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Swelcum mannum deáh ꝥ hié hié selfe drencen, Lch. ii. 224, 1. to plunge into water Heó þǽre róde tácn on þá wætru drencte, Hml. S. 23 b, 684. <b>II a.</b> to plunge, sink :-- Þæt hý wið deáða duru drencyde wǽran, Ps.

ge-wídmǽrsian

(v.)
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Ox. 1305. to make known what is unfavourable or should be concealed Mid andetnesse suman gástlicum bréder þe . . . his sáule wundela gehǽlan cunne and gewídmǽrsian (publicare) nelle, R. Ben. 72, 7.

orf

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Hire hyrdeman his orf lǽswode, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 31.

tó-middes

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
tó-middes, prep. (adv.)

in the midst of,amidst,into the midst ofin the midst of,in the middle ofinto the midst of

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Skt. i. 23, 639. following the governed word Hé stód him tómiddes, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 617. Ðǽr ic sylf beó him tómiddes, Homl. Th. ii. 284, 19. Sticaþ him tómiddes, Salm. Kmbl. 1010; Sal. 506. Holte tómiddes, Met. 13, 37: Cd.

Linked entries: middes

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Ða sylfan wilniaþ him tó yrfeweardum tó habbanne ipsos habere heredes quærunt, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 18.

slæc

(adj.)
Grammar
slæc, sleac, slec (v. slæcness); adj.
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Th. ii. 138, 6. that makes inactive, sluggish Wé sceolon ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp ús fram, i. 602, 15. not attended with effort Hit is ealles tó sleac munuca . þeówdóm (nimis iners seruilium), gif hié læsse singaþ, R.

Linked entry: sleac

sorh-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-full, adj.

full of care or anxietycarefulanxiousfeeling anxietyattended with anxietycausing anxietysorrowfulmournfulsadfeeling sorrow or griefattended with or causing sorrowgrievoussollicitus

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full of care or anxiety, careful, anxious, feeling anxiety Seldan snottor guma sorgleás blissaþ swylce dol seldon drýmeþ sorgful ymbe his forðgesceaft nefne hé fǽhþe wite seldom does the prudent man rejoice without anxiety about his future, just as the

BRǼW

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼW, breáw, breág, brég, brégh, bréhg, es; m.

An eye-lid;palpebra

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Ðá gehrán he his eágan, gemétte he hit swá hál mid ðý brǽwe contingens oculum, sanum cum palpebra invenit, 4, 32; S. 612, 7. Brǽwas [brégas, Surt.] his axiaþ oððe befrinaþ bearn manna palpebræ ejus interrogant filios hominum, Ps.

tacan

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tócon mycele ǽhta and fóron áweg, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 15. Hé hine lét tacan, P. 211, 35. ¶ tacan on to touch. Cf. Icel. taka á :-- Swá hwæt swá ꝥ ele on tæcð . . . ꝥ Add

ge-píned

(v.)
Grammar
ge-píned, part. p.

Punished

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Punished Ðætte hia wére gepíned puniri, Lk. Skt. p. 9, 4

bláte

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In first passage for Helle fýr, substitute Hit (Etna) óðra stówa

deáþ-dæg

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Huaet his gástae aefter deóthdaege doemid uueorthe, Txts. 149, 20. Add

druncen-wille

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Hé drincð him mid ðǽm druncenwillum monnum, Past. 120, 13. Add

dumbness

(n.)
Grammar
dumbness, e; f.
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Dumbness Úre Drihten gehǽlde þone wódan fram his dumbnesse, Nap. 18

Linked entry: dumnys

eáþ-dǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-dǽde, adj.
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Easy to do Wæs hit hyre eáðdǽde, Lch. iii. 428, 30

fæder-éþel

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In his faderoeðel in sua patria, Mt. p. 17, 8. Add

fréced-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fréced-lic, adj.
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Perilous Hit ús is frécenlic (frécedlic, v.l. ), Hml. A. 139, 24

lofung

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Add: — Wynsum sié him lofung (laudatio) mín, Ps. Rdr. 103, 34

næs

Grammar
næs, was not.
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Hit nas (næs, v. l. ) ná gecweden, Past. 108, 10. Add

un-áwemmed

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Ic beó unáwemmed (immaculatus) mid him, Ps. L. 17, 24. Add