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swégan

Grammar
swégan, <b>. I b</b> 1.
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</b> where the words of a passage are given, to be expressed in such and such words :-- ꝥ sárlice leóð þe þús swégð on þám sealme, 'Transivi et ecce non erat (Ps. 37, 35),' Angl. viii. 332, 38

á-wringan

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Betonican seáw gebeátenre and áwrungenre, 30, 4. Add

Linked entry: wringan

máðum

(n.)
Grammar
máðum, máðm, mádm, máððum, es; m.

A precious or valuable thinga treasurejewelornament

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Ðæt se fénge ǽgðer ge tó lande ge tó mádmum and tó eallum his ǽhtum that he should succeed to the land and to the valuables and to all his possessions, Chart. Th. 486, 1.

Linked entry: máðm

ge-háthirtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-háthirtan, ge-heortan; pp. ge-háthirt (ge-hyrt, ge-heort).
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to make angry, anger Se hláford geháthyrt ( iratus ) cwæð tó his ðeówan, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 25. Se hálga wer wearð geháthyrt ðurh his unstæð*-*ðignysse, 176, 18: Hml. S. 8, 112: 22, 220. Philippus swíðe gehátheort hét hí gefæccan, 2, 191.

mál

(n.)
Grammar
mál, es; n.

an actionsuitcause

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an action, suit, cause Mál clasma (cf. clasma clam oððe wed oððe wæra. 'This barbarous word meant in medieval Latin, an action at law, for a bond or other obligation,' 21, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 42 : Hpt. Gl. 496, 4. [Icel. mál an action : O. H.

blíþe

(adj.)

cheerfulgentle

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Wǽron þá burgware tó þon fægene and tó þon blíðe þæt hié feohtan móston, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 4. Blíþum uoti compotibus, i. letis, An. Ox. 809. Mycele blíþre bið seó sáwl, Bl.

cost

(n.)
Grammar
cost, es; m?

The herb costmary costusκόστος balsamita vulgaris, Lin

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Genim pipor and cymen and cost take pepper and cummin and costmary 1, 17; Lchdm. ii. 60, 15; 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 9; 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 120, 9. Ænglisc [MS. Æncglisc] cost English costmary, tansy; [tanacetum vulgare, Lin.] Lchdm. iii. 24, 8

ge-riht

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Ben. 125, 21. justice (in to bring to justice) Ǽlc sy on borge gebroht, and gehealde se borh hine and gelǽde to ǽlcon gerihte (rihte, v. l. ), Ll.

weorþ-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-georn, adj.
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Eálá gé eargan and ídelgeornan . . . hwý gé nellan ácsien æfter ðám wísum monnum and æfter ðám weorþgeornum . . . ðe ǽr eów wǽron . . . hí wunnon æftr wyrþscipe on ðisse worulde, and tiledon gódes hlísan, Bt. 40, 4; Fox 238, 28-240, 5.

forligerlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
forligerlíce, adv.

Adulterously

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Adulterously (lit. and fig.) Hé áwearp his rihtǽwe and forligerlíce mánfulles sinscipes breác, Hml. Th. i. 478, 28. Ðǽr is þæs geleáfan mægðhád þe wurðað ǽnne sóðne God, and nele forligerlíce tó leásum hǽðengylde búgan, ii. 566, 10

ge-drygan

Grammar
ge-drygan, l. ge-drýgan,
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and add Þæt wíf foet his mið hérum heáfdes hiræ gedrýgde (tergebaf), Lk. L. 7, 38. Nim þysse wyrte wyrttruman, and gedríge hine, Lch. i. 102, 8. Genim þás wyrte . . . and gedríge (-drigge, v. l. ) hý, 146, l

medumian

(v.)
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add: to assign as one's proper place Gif munuc eáðhylde bid and geþæf, þeáh hine man wácne and unweorðne talige andan úteweardum forlǽte and tó úteweardum medemige si omni vilitate vel extremitate contentus sit, R. Ben. 24, 9

wæl-slítende

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-slítende, adj.

Corpse-rending, that rends the dead

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Corpse-rending, that rends the dead Ðæt líc ðǽr (in the grave) tó fúlnesse weorðeþ and ðám wælslítendum wyrmum weorðeþ tó ǽte, Wulfst. 187, 14. On helle mid deóflum and mid dracum and mid wælslítendum wyrmum, 241, 12

cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm, cwélm , es; m. n. [cwelan to die]

Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium

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Th. 215 ; B. 107: Exon. 28b; Th. 87, 17; Cri. 1426: Andr. Kmbl. 2243: An. 1123. Ðú wást cwealm hátne in helle thou knowest hot torment in hell, 2374; An. 1188: 562; An. 281.

Linked entries: cwælm cwelm cwylm

friþiend

(n.)
Grammar
friþiend, friþigend, es; m.
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A protector Hé ys úre friðigend and úre gescyldend adjutor et protector noster est, Ps. Th. 32, 17. Þú eart mín friðiend and mín gefultumend and mín gescyldend adjutor meus et liberator meus esto, 39, 21.

first

timerespite(additional) timein time

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R. 6, 31. with idea of postponement, delay, respite, (additional) time, time granted for doing something Þú wilt siofian ꝥ hí swá langne fyrst habbaþ leáf yfel tó dónne, and ic þé sǽde ꝥ se fyrst biþ swíþe lytle hwíle, and . . . him wǽre ealra mǽst unsǽlþ

Linked entry: fyrst

twiccian

(v.)
Grammar
twiccian, p. ode

To twitchpluck

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Sume hió twiccedan ða grasu mid heora múðe, (ants) Shrn. 41, 2. Teóh him ða loccas, wringe ða eáran and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. Twiccian carpere, arripere. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 69

Linked entry: twiccere

BANNAN

(v.)
Grammar
BANNAN, bonnan; ic banne, ðú bannest, banst, benst, he banneþ, banþ, benþ, pl. bannaþ; p. bén, bénn, beón, beónn, pl. beónnon; pp. bannen

To summonjuberecitareconvocare

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To summon; jubere, citare, convocare Leóde tosomne bannan to summon the people together, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096: Elen. Grm. 45

Linked entries: a-bannan banst bonnan

cald-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
cald-heort, adi.
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Cold-hearted, unfeeling, cruel; frigidus cordis, inhumanus, crudelis Cirmdon caldheorte the cold-hearted cried out, Andr. Kmbl. 275 An. 1, 8

deáþ-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-rǽs, es; m. [rǽs a rush]

Death-rush, rushing of deathmortis impĕtus

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Death-rush, rushing of death; mortis impĕtus Ealle deáþrǽs forféng the death-rush clutched them all, Andr. Kmbl. 1990; An. 997