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ge-segen

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Mid gesegenum þára fremdra tǽlnesse, Guth. Gr. 102, 32. Ne gelýfde ic ǽniges monnes gesegenum swá fela wundorlicra þinga non crediderim cuiquam esse tot prodigia, Nar. 2, 10

ge-cwéme

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Þám men geþeód mid gecwémre geférrǽdene on wynsumre drohtnunge, Hml. Th. i. 438, 23. Hafað ðeós wyrt swýþe gecwémne swæc, Lch. i. 264, 19. Gecwéme beneplacita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 32. Gecwéme lác grata munuscula, An. Ox. 4502.

ginian

(v.)
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Se wóda man stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 538. Geoniendum bile hiulco rostro, i. aperto ore, An. Ox. 2409. Draca mid giniendum (geniendum, v. l. ) múðe, Gr. D. 156, 11.

hirwan

to despisescornderisionscorn to blasphemeblame

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Sume weorþað egeslíce godcundnessa hyrwende, Wlfst. 82, 1. to speak evilly of. of mockery, derision, scorn Man mid hócere góde dǽda hyrweð, Wlfst. 164, 18. Alle ðá geségun mé herwdun (aspernabantur) mé, spreocende wérun mid weolerum, Ps.

Linked entries: hyrwan herian herwan

smíc

(n.)
Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es; m.

Smoke, vapour, steam

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Ða ýsla up flugon mid ðam smíce Gen. 19, 18 : Homl. Th. i. 530, 34. Se wǽta gǽþ up swylce mid smíce oððe miste Lchdm. iii. 278, 9. Sméce gelíce sicut fumus Ps. Th. 101, 3. On ðam fýre and on ðam smýce Homl. Th. ii. 202, 32.

Linked entries: sméc smoca

spic

(n.)
Grammar
spic, es; n.

Baconlardthe fat flesh of swine the mast on which the swine were fedpopa,lardumfat of seals, whales, etc., blubberblubber, lardlard

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Mid ealdan spice oþþe mid ferscre buteran, Lchdm. ii. 354, 5. Gemelte eald spic, 52, 20. Nim clǽne spic, iii. 40, 26. Ðonne hé spic behworfen hæfþ when he has attended to the bacon, L. R. S. 7; Th. i. 436, 23. Etan spice, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 111.

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spere

(n.)
Grammar
spere, es; n.

A spearlancepikejavelinshooting painstitchhasta, lancea, sparus, catapulta

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Mid sperum tósticad confossum vulneribus, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14. Spiorum (swiorum, Wrt.) contis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 57. Speoru contos, 104, 58. Speru, 14, 72: 20, 15: ansatas (cf. ansatas ætgáras, 3, 68), 5, 44: 88, 16.

swecc

(n.)
Grammar
swecc, swæcc,es; m.

a taste, flavour, savourthe sense, of tastean odour, a scent, smell the sense of smell an odourodor

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a taste, flavour, savour Ðæs ( the manna's) swæc (gustus ) wæs swilce smedema mid hunige, Ex. 16, 31: Bt. 34, 11 ; Fox 152, 1. Swæcces nectaris, saporis, Hpt. Gl. 488, 26. Búton swæcce ( sapore ) sealtes. Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 15.

Linked entries: swæc swice

þweores

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
þweores, þwires, þwyres.

across as opposed to alongathwarttransverselycrosswise as opposed to lengthwayson the flankperverselywrongly

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Th. ii. 312, 1. on the flank Ðá hét hé ðæt hiere ( the serpent ) mon mid ðǽm palistas þwyres on wurpe. Ðá wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe án ribb forod, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 10.

Linked entries: þwires þwyre

ge-gladian

(v.)
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S. 28, 38. to appease, reconcile, make gentle what is hard. the object a person Hé mid gebedum gegladað God, Hml. S. 3, 562. Gegladode demulcet, An. Ox. 2, 137. Ꝥ hí þone réðan cásere mid sceattum gegladodon, Hml. S. 3, 231.

ge-dwild

Grammar
ge-dwild, ge-dwyld.
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Antecríst wile ámyrran mid his gedwylde eall þæt se sóða Críst ǽr bodade and gesette tó rihte, Wlfst. 195, 17.

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót.
  • Lchdm. iii. 98, 17,
occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát,
  • ii. 296, 18,
be a compound; ða swát,
  • iii. 72, 28,
may be a mistake for spátl,
  • v. ii. 56, 15.
Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]

sweat, perspiration that which exudes like sweatthat which lies on anything as sweat lies on the skin(?)used of other moisture that comes from the body,foambloodsweat that comes from labour, hence labour, toilsweat; blood

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Beswyled mid swátes gange, Rood Kmbl. 45; Kr. 23. On róde ðú ðín blód águte for heó and [hý] mid ðínum ðam æþelan swáte gebohtest, Wulfst. 255, 23. Cwealmdreóre, monnes swáte, Cd. Th. 60, 24; Gen. 986.

swic-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
swic-dóm, es; m.

deceit, fraudtreachery, failure in loyalty, treason an offencescandalumtreason

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Mid syrewungum and swicdóme hé becom tó ðære cynelícan geðincðe, Homl. Th. i. 80, 34. Hí ( the Romans) mid swicdóme hié (the Sabine women ) begeáton, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 27: Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 20.

sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
sprecan, specan; spræc, spæc; sprǽcon, spǽcon; sprecen, specen

To speak. to exercise the faculty of speechto use words in conversation, discourse, etc.to mentionto sayto speakto sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to

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Ðone áð syllan, ðæt hé mid folcrihte on ðæt land sprece, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 13

ge-healdan

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Ne geeódon úre foregengan ná ðás eorðan mid sweorda ecgum, ne hý mid þý ne geheóldon non in gladio suo possidebunt terram, Ps. Th. 43, 4.

plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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</b> to play (with anything) :-- Hé mid bǽm handum upweard plegade he waved both hands aloft, Elen. Kmbl. 1609; El. 805. Ðá pleogede hé mid his wordum, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 25.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian

þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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Mid ðǽm ðiéstrum (ðiétrum, Hatt. MS.) ðisses andweardan lífes ... on ðǽm ðístrum (ðiéstrum, Hatt. MS.), Past. 65; Swt. 64, 8, 12. Ðýstrum, Ps.

þreát

(n.)
Grammar
þreát, es; m.

a troopbandcrowdbody of peopleswarmpressthrongviolencecompulsionforceoppressionpunishmentill-treatment

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Ealle ða mycclan þreátas ðe him mid férdon, 99, 35. Þurh þreáta geþræcu, Exon. Th. 417, 17; Rä. 36, 6. Mid engla ðreátum ducibus angelis, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 12. Þreátum festis choreis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 14.

wóh

(n.)
Grammar
wóh, gen. wóges, wós; dot. wóge, wó; n.

Wrongperversityinjusticeerrorwrongfullywrongly

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Hié nyllaþ wietan mid hwelcum woo (wó, Cote. MSS. ) hié hit gestriéndon. Past. 45 ; Swt. 343, 23. Mid wóge (wó, v.l. ) forsecgan, L. Edg. ii. 4; Th. i. 266, 22. Mid wó fordéman, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 114, 3.

ge-writ

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Hé áwrát þára muneca regol mid heálicum gewrite and mid torhtum wordum scripsit monachorum regulam, discretione praecipuum, sermone luculentam, Gr. D. 175, 3. Monige cúðon Englisc gewrit árǽdan, Past. 7, 17. On gewrit settan to put into writing, Ll.