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ge-writ

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Wríte man manega gewrita be þissum, Ll. Th. i. 278, 8. a list or catalogue Hæbbe se abbod gewrit ( brevem ) ealra þǽra ǽhta, R. Ben. 56, 7. a letter Cartena, gewrita scedarum, An. Ox. 2308.

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up. ⬩ up ⬩ on high ⬩ up ⬩ erectly ⬩ up ⬩ to a high point

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Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 10.

cyme

(n.)
Grammar
cyme, cime,es; m. [cuman to come]

A coming, an approach, advent ⬩ adventus

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Ic ne wát hwonan his cymas [MS. cyme] sindon I know not whence his comings are, Exon. 50b ; Th. 175, 18; Gú. 1196: Beo. Th. 520 ; B. 257

Linked entry: cime

á-weorpan

to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ cause rapid ⬩ violent movement of a body, ⬩ to throw away ⬩ to throw upfood ⬩ to throw off ⬩ free one's self from ⬩ to cast out ⬩ expel ⬩ to reject ⬩ cast away or off ⬩ renounce, ⬩ to cost down ⬩ trouble

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Bið áworpen dejicitur (spiritus), 518. Áworpenra dejectior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 3

Boétius

(n.)
Grammar
Boétius, nom. acc; g. Boéties, Boétiuses; d. Boétie; m. [βoηθόos warlike]

Anicius Manlius Severīnus Boëthius, born in Rome between A. D. 470-475, was Consul in 510. He was so eminent for his integrity and talents that he attracted the attention and obtained the patronage of Theodoric the Great, king of the East or Ostrogoths. He was afterwards accused of treason, and cast into prison, where he wrote his celebrated work De Consolatione Philosophiæ, which king Alfred translated into Anglo-Saxon about A. D. 888. Being condemned to death, without a hearing, he was beheaded in prison about A. D. 524

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MS. æfterre frófr-bóc Boéties] here now endeth the second consolation-book of Boëthius, Bt. 21; Fox 76, 2-3. Hér endaþ nú seó þridde bóc Boéties here now endeth the third book of Boëthius, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 23

fægere

(adv.)

beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly

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Þǽr mé sófte byð, þǽr ic beó fægere beþeaht fiðerum ðínum, Ps. Th. 60, 3.

lim-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
lim-mǽlum, adv.
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Limb-meal (used by Shakspere in Cymbeline), limb by limb, a limb at a time Limmǽlum membratim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 55: membratim, particulatim, Hpt. Gl, 443, 3: membratim, per singula membra, 486, 44

wæter-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-cláþ, es; m.

A towel

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Ben. 59, 7 : R. Ben. Interl. 66, 1

holt-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
holt-wudu, a; m.

a wood; ⬩ silva, ⬩ nemus, ⬩ wood from a holt, ⬩ forest-wood; ⬩ lignum,

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a wood; silva, nemus, Beo. Th. 2743; B. 1369: Exon. 58 a; Th. 209, 16; Ph. 171. wood from a holt, forest-wood; lignum, Beo. Th. 4669; B. 2340: Rood Kmbl. 179; Kr. 91

ǽfre

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽfre, ǽfer; adv.

Ever ⬩ always ⬩ unquam ⬩ semper

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Nú ic eóm orwéna ðæt unc seó éðyl-stæf ǽfre weorþe gifede ætgædere now I am hopeless that the staff of our family will ever be given to us two together, 101; Th. 134, 12; Gen. 2223. Ðú ǽfre wǽre tu semper fuisti, Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 2; Cri. 111.

a-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew or cut out or off ⬩ hew down ⬩ prepare by cutting ⬩ mate smooth ⬩ plane ⬩ excidere ⬩ resecare ⬩ succidere ⬩ levigare

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To hew or cut out or off, hew down, prepare by cutting, mate smooth, plane; excidere, resecare, succidere, levigare On hys niwan byrgene, ða he aheów on stáne in monumento suo novo, quod exciderat in petra. Mt. Bos. 27, 60.

BEÓT

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓT, es; n.

a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ command ⬩ menace ⬩ comminatio ⬩ minæ ⬩ peril ⬩ periculum ⬩ a boasting ⬩ boasting promise ⬩ promise ⬩ jactantia ⬩ promissio gloriosa ⬩ promissum

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He beót eal wið ðé sóðe gelǽste he truly fulfilled all his promise to thee Beo. Th. 1051; B. 523 : 160; B. 80

clam

(n.)
Grammar
clam, clammes; m. n?

mud, clay ⬩ malagma, lutum ⬩ a bandage ⬩ chain, net, fold, prison ⬩ vinculum

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Of ðǽm clammum with tnose chains, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 165; Met. 1, 83: Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 30; Rä. 43, 12. Gebindan ǽrenum clammum to bind with brazen bands, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 28; Dan. 520: Beo. Th. 2675; B. 1335: 1931; B. 963

Linked entries: CLOM helle-clam

for-secgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-secgan, p. -sægde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd

To for-say ⬩ mis-say ⬩ pretend ⬩ deny ⬩ say against ⬩ accuse ⬩ prædīcĕre ⬩ diffāmāre ⬩ nĕgāre ⬩ accūsāre

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Be ðon ðe mon óðerne forsecgaþ in case any one accuse another, L. Edg. ii. 4, titl; Th. i. 266, 21. Swá hwá swá óðerné forsǽde whosoever accused another, Homl. Th. i. 50, 16. Ða leásan gewitan hine forsǽdon the false witnesses accused him, i. 50, 14

forþ-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-weard, -werd; adj.

in a forward direction ⬩ forward ⬩ prōnus ⬩ tending towards any one ⬩ ălĭquem versus tendens ⬩ everlasting ⬩ continual ⬩ sempĭternus

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Á swá hit forþwerdre beón sceolde, swá wæs hit lætre always as it should be more forward, so was it later, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 32. tending towards any one; ălĭquem versus tendens Forþweard to ðé tending towards thee, Ps. Cot. 50, 79; Ps.

heofon-waru

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-waru, e; f.

The inhabitants of heaven

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Ealle heofonwara and eorþwara on his andwerdnysse beóþ onstyred all those in heaven and on earth shall be moved in his presence, Chart. Th. 390, 10: Homl. Th. ii. 360, 32. Bearn heofonwara children of heaven-dwellers, Salm. Kmbl. 930; Sal. 464.

Linked entry: heofon-ware

hulc

(n.)
Grammar
hulc, es; m.

A hut ⬩ hovel ⬩ cabin

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Gyf hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe oððon hulc geworhtne oððon geteld geslagen ðæt hé ðǽr friþ hæbbe and ealle his ǽhta if he have drawn his ship ashore or have built a hut or pitched a tent, let him and all his property be unmolested, L.

innan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
innan-weard, adj.

Inward ⬩ internal ⬩ interior

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Inward, internal, interior Ǽlc wuht cwices biþ innanweard hnescost mollissimum quodque, sicuti medulla est, interiore semper sede reconditur, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 6. Flet innanweard the interior of the hall, Beo. Th. 3957; B. 1976 : 1987; B. 991.

Linked entries: inne-weard in-weard

LEÁF

(n.)
Grammar
LEÁF, es; n.

A LEAF

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Skt. 13, 28: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 114; Met. 11, 57. Man scóf ðara bóca leáf ðe of Hibernia cóman and ða sceafþan dyde on wæter rasa folia codicum qui de Hibernia fuerant, et ipsam rasuram aquæ immissam, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 37.

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, g. leáge; f.

A lea

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On mapodorleáge; be eáston ðære leáge ... eft on Heortleáge westeweardre, 407, 7, 8, 13. On hemléclége, 437, 4. Ðonne on ðæt (ða?) lége ... ðonne on gerihte on riscleáge, 10, 24-5.

Linked entry: leáh