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flów-nys

a flowfluxa stream

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Sió unrótnes ðe cymð of yfles blódes flównesse, Past. 455, 14, 23. a stream Ðára lára flównisa doctrinarum fluenta, Mt. p. 8, 17

fóre-smeagan

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fóre-smeagan, -smeágean. l. fore-smeág(e)an,
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For foresmeá[gende] ob indaganda, 1504, Ne foresmeáge gé hwæt gé specan nolite praecogitare quid loquamini, Mk. 13, 11. Foresmeánde praecogitandum, Lk. p. 10, 14. for last line substitute and add:

ge-smeágan

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Mt. L. 16, 7. Gesmeáudon (gismeádun, R.), Lk. L. 20, 5. Gesmeáge cogitare, 5, 21. Beón gesmeád conici, i. intelligi, An. Ox. 1 2688. Add

háligdóm-hús

(n.)
Grammar
háligdóm-hús, es; n.
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A place where holy things are kept, a sacrarium Beón út ágáne diácon and pistelrǽdere of (on, MS. ) hálig*-*dómhúse mid líchaman Drihtnes egrediantur diaconus ac subdiaconus de sacrario cum corpore Domini, Angl. xiii, 422, 818

hýdan

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Mk. R. 14, 65. Ðá wǽron hié þý swýðor áfyrhte and hié fæstor hýddan tanto magis cunctis propter timorem abditis, Nar. 10, 26. Add

lystan

(v.)
Grammar
lystan, p. te
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Manige men hine geornlíce lystan geseón multi hunc anxie videre sitiebant, Gr. D. 45, 22

on-weard

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Add: hostile Hwí is se deófol swá onweard (-werd, v. l.) þám men? cur diabolus tam infestus est hominum saluti ? Angl. vii. 8, 64. Hé wæs ðám Crístenum onweard (-werd, v. l. ), Hml. S. 5, 369

un-rihtlic

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Ꝥ is unrihtlic and unálýfedlic ǽnigum men tó cweþanne quod dict nefas est, Gr. D. 334, 22. Þá þe of him selfum áceorfað unryhtlico weorc qui affectum in se pravi operis abscidunt, Past. 409, 2. Add

Linked entry: riht-lic

win-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
win-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of wine Ne drinc ic heononforð of ðysum wíncynne ( de hoc genimine uitis, Mt. 26, 29) ǽr on ðám dæge þe ic eft drince mid eów níwe wín on mínes fæder ríce. Nap. 69

on-fenge

(adj.)
Grammar
on-fenge, adj.

Taken, accepted

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Taken, accepted Onfenge adsumtus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 19. Mið ðý onfenge woeron assumtis, acceptis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 10: 9, 16. Án geonfenge (onfenge, Rush.) biþ una assumetur, 17, 35. Onfengo suscepta, Rtl. 9, 7

swipian

(v.)
Grammar
swipian, sweopian; p. ode

To scourge, strike, beat, lashto whip; to move swiftly

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Kmbl. 185, MS. A.; Sal. 92. Rodor swipode meredeáða mǽst the destroying sea lashed the skies, Cd. Th. 207, 8; Exod. 463

Linked entry: swippan

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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</b> with verbs of observation, well :-- Fóre míne and míne gangas þú gearwe átreddest (investigasti ), and ealle míne wegas wel foresáwe, Ps. Th. 138, 2. Geara ic sceáwade considerabam, 141, 4. readily, willingly, eagerly Geare andettan, Ps.

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
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mihte mid heáfde gerǽcan, on sumere mid handa earfoðlice, Hml.

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, slæge,es; m.

a stroke, blowof a serpent's sting,a striking, beating,stamping, coiningclashing, collisiona crash, clap of thundea fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violencea defeat, loss inflicted on an army; cladesa stroke of affliction, punishment, diseasean instrument for striking a slaya plectrumplectro]a stroke, blowslayingplaga, ictus, tusio, percussio :a blow, defeat; n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy

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a stroke, blow and míne geféran mid ánum slege (ictu) hé (the whale) mæg besencan Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 33. Gif hine mon geyflige mid slege oððe mid bende L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 3. Geswell ðe wyrð of fylle oððe of slege Lchdm. ii. 6, 28.

Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege

déman

(v.)
Grammar
déman, to démanne, démenne; part. démende; ic déme, ðú démest,démst, he démeþ, démþ, pl.démaþ ; p. démde, pl. démdon; impert. dém, déme, pl. démaþ, déme ge; pp. démed; v. trans. dat. acc. [dóm judgment, opinion]

DEEM, judge, think, consider, estimate, reckon, determine, examine, prove, doom, condemn judicāre, arbitrāri, æstimāre, censēre, recensēre, decernĕre, sancīre, examināre, condemnāre

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He démþ folcum mid rihte judicābit popŭlos cum justĭtia, Ps. Th. 9, 9: Ps. Lamb. 95, 13. Ðam ylcan dóme ðe ge démaþ, eów biþ gedémed in quo judĭcio judicātis, judicabimĭni, Mt. Bos. 7, 2. He monige démde to deáþe he doomed many to death, Elen.

Linked entries: a-déman doeman

EARM

(n.)
Grammar
EARM, es; m.

ARM, the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand brachium ocean, etc sĭnus, rāmus

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Ðe me mid his earmum worhte who made me with his arms, Cd. 26; Th. 34, 28; Gen. 544: Ps. Th. 90, 11. Muscl ðæs earmes the muscle of the arm; tŏrus vel muscŭlus vel lăcertus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 123; Wrt.

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segn

(n.)
Grammar
segn, segen, es ; m. n.
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Eall mín weorod . . . herebeácen and segnas beforan lǽddon totum agmen me . . . sequebatur cum signis et uexillis, Nar. 7, 16. <b>IIa.</b> used metaphorically Wynród segn sóðfæstra the cross, the standard of the righteous, Salm.

Linked entry: segen

ge-cýðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cýðan, p. -cýðde, -cýdde; pp. -cýðed, -cýd.

to make knowntellrelateproclaimannounceinformnuntiareannuntiarereferreeffarimonereto declarerevealmanifestshewperformconfirmtestifyprovedeclararerevelareedoceremanifestaremonstrareperhiberetestariprobareto make celebratedrenownedfamednotum facereinclytum reddere

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Swá ðú hyldo wið me gecýðdest as thou hast manifested grace to me, Andr. Kmbl. 780; An. 390. Ðæt ðíne leóde gecýðdon that thy people shewed, Salm. Kmbl. 654; Sal. 326.

á-feallan

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. ¶ used figuratively :-- Ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor, oð hit mid ealle áfielð . . . hit sceal niédenga áfeallan for ðǽm slide. Past. 279, 2-5.

wyn-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
wyn-sum, adj.

winsomeagreeablepleasantpleasantjoyous

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swéte and wynsum wæs ðæt ic oþþe leornode oþþe lǽrde aut discere aut docere dulce habui, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 27. Mín geoc is wynsum jugum meum suave est, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 30. Wynsum gamen sales, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 54. Wynsum glíw facetiae, 61, 19.