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mere-grot

(n.)
Grammar
mere-grot, es; n.

A pebblestone of the seaa pearl

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Ðá funde ðæt án deórwyrðe meregrot ðá bohte ðæt meregrot, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 45-46. Bergean swylce meregrota ( margaritæ ), Nar. 37, 29. Gefrætwod swá swá mid meregrotum, Homl. Th. i. 596, 8

Linked entry: grot

nǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
nǽtan, p. te

To trample uponcrushsubdue

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sceal weorðan his lífe tó nytte mid dý ðæt nǽte his unþeáwas mores pravorum premere, vitae prodesse, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, l0. Nǽtendne proterentem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 3 : Ep. Gl. 18 b, 27

be-slépan

(v.)
Grammar
be-slépan, p. -slépte; subj. pl. -slépen; pp. -sléped, -slépt

To slip, lay, place, putto slip, put or lay on, to impose, clotheponere, imponere, induere

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To slip, lay, place, put, and with the preposition on on, upon - to slip, put or lay on, to impose, clothe; ponere, imponere, induere Hú hefig geoc he beslépte on ealle how heavy a yoke he laid on all! Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 16.

Linked entry: slípan

ge-fælsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fælsian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To cleansepurifyexpiatelustrārepūrĭfĭcāreexpiāre

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To cleanse, purify, expiate; lustrāre, pūrĭfĭcāre, expiāre He wolde gefælsian foldan mǽgþe he would purify the race of earth, Exon. 10 a; Th. 9, 33; Cri. 144 : 12 b; Th. 20, 19; Cri. 320. Heorot is gefælsod Heorot is purified, Beo.

Linked entry: ge-felsode

sicol

(n.)
Grammar
sicol, (-el, -ul), es ; m.
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sent his sicol mittit falcem, Mt. Skt. 4, 29. sceal sicol habban, Anglia ix. 263, 5

Linked entry: sicel

þeáw-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-fæst, adj.
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Wunige mid þeáwfæstumm mannum maneat cum bene moratis hominibus, L. Ecg. P. i. 10; Th. ii. 176, 23. gentle Sumum syleþ monna nlilde heortan, þeáwfæstne geþóht, Exon. Th. 299, 28; Crä. 109

þegen-wer

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-wer, es; m.
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The wer-gild of a thane sý þegenweres and þegenrihtes wyrðe, L. Eth. v. 9; Th. i. 306, 21: vi. 5; Th. i. 316, 14.

Linked entry: wer

un-forsceáwodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forsceáwodlíce, adv.

unexpectedlywithout forethoughtwithout consideration

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Gif hit ǽne and unforsceáwodlíce gedyde si semel et inconsiderate fecerit, L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 24

Linked entry: fore-sceáwodlíce

un-getǽse

(n.)
Grammar
un-getǽse, es; n.

An inconveniencea trouble

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An inconvenience, a trouble Gif ðǽm gehiér-suman mannum næfde geteohchad his éðel tó sellanne, hwié wolde hié mid ǽnegum ungetǽsum lǽran?

un-weorþness

(n.)
Grammar
un-weorþness, e; f.

Indignitycontemptdisgrace

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his ríce mid micellre unweorðnesse and mid micelre uniéðnesse gehæfde, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 276, 1. his onféng mid micelre unweorðnesse a quo arrogantissime exceptus est, 6, 30; Swt. 280,12.

Linked entry: weorþness

æt-reccan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-reccan, p. -re(a)hte
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To declare forfeited Swá . . . swá him man ætrehte béc and land ealle þá þe áhte ita quod per judicium judicatus sit perdere omnia quae de rege tenuit , Cht. Th. 202, 14.

á-hwilfan

(v.)
Grammar
á-hwilfan, p. de
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sǽde swá oft swá þæt scip wǽre ofdúne áhwylfed, ꝥ sǽte ofer þǽre bytman quoties carabo a superiori parte deorsum verso ipse carinae ejus supersederat, Gr. D. 347, 23

Linked entries: á-hwylfan hwilfan

cifes

(n.)
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hæfde his bróþor wíf him tó cifese, Shrn. 123, 1. hæfde cyfese under his rihtǽwe, Scrd. 22, 22. Cebise, cebisae, caebis pelices, Txts. 85, 1540. Cyfesa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 1. Cifesene ( from sing. cefesen?), 67, 1.

Linked entries: cefes cyfes

ge-hálsian

(v.)
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Add: to make a solemn appeal to Þá áxode hine se ealdorbiscop and mid áðe gehálsode, þæt openlíce sǽde gif Godes sunu wǽre ( princeps sacerdotum ait: 'Adjuro te per Deum vivum, ut dicas nobis si tu es Christus filius Dei, Mt. 26, 63), Hml.

ge-leccan

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Geleht lyftum, Met. 20, 98. to moisten the lips of a person, give drink to a person Gif hyne sylfne mid þǽm ǽspryngum Godes worda gelecð, and his mód mid þǽre swétnysse þæs gástlican gedrinces gefylleð, seleð þæs þonne dryncan his þyrstendum móde

ge-þoftscipe

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Ðý lǽs sié innan ásliten from ðǽm geðoftscipe ðæs incundan Déman ne interni foederis discussione feriantur, Past. 351, 24. Ðá hine geðiédde tó ðǽm geðoftscipe ðǽre incundan sibbe dum se ad foedera pacis internae constringeret, 353, 3.

full-gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
full-gearwian, p. ode.
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to complete, finish Ꝥ sceolde fullgearwian þone wáh mid þám gebróðrum ut ipse parietem cum fratribus perficeret, Gr. D. 126, 2. to equip fully Án scegð is eall gearo bútan þám hánon, hine wolde fulgearwian his hláforde tó gerisnum, Cht.

tó-geagnes

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(b a) Add Him upp gándum of þám baðe hæfde him scýtan gearwe tógǽnes, Gr.

sóþ-sægen

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-sægen, -segen, e; f.

A true statementstatement of the truthstatement of the facts of a case

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A true statement, statement of the truth, statement of the facts of a case Se Hǽlend nolde hine betellan mid nánre sóðsegene ðeáh ðe unscyldig wǽre the Saviour would not clear himself by any statement of the truth, though he was innocent, Homl.

á-styntan

(v.)

to bluntdullto checkstop

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Láreówas [] ástynte magistros confutat, i. vincit, An. Ox. 2102. Þæt ástente elideret, i. offenderet, Hpt. Gl. 471, 32. Ástyntende arewan retundens catapultas, An. Ox. 4235