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bor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bor-líce, adv.

Eminentlyexcellentlywell

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Eminently, excellently, well Hyt geríst borlíce wel it is eminently suitable, Angl. viii. 302, 5. Wel borlíce hé forð stæppeð full nobly he steps forth, 307, 28. Hé geswutelað borlice he shews admirably, 329, 24.

dirne-geligere

(n.)
Grammar
dirne-geligere, es; n.
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Th. ii. 152, 21. Wíf fornumen in dernegiligro ( adulterio ), Jn. R. 8, 4. Mid þǽm heó hæfde diernegeligre quem flagitiose cognitum, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 3. Dernegiligero adulteria, Mk. R. 7, 21. Dernegiligru and arognisse, 8, 38.

ende-mann

(n.)
Grammar
ende-mann, es; m.
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A person living in the latest age of the world Wé endemenn ðyssere worulde (for the ideas of the time as to the end of the world cf. Wlfst. 156, 4 ; Ðeós woruld is on ofste and hit neálǽcð þám ende), Hml. Th. i. 476, 18.

fǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽgan, p. fǽde; pp. fǽged

To paint

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. ¶ In the following glosses there seems to be confusion either between the Latin verbs pangere and pingere or between the English verbs fǽgan and fégan: Fégð pingit (cf. gefégað conpingite, 15, 43), Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 14. Fǽgde (foegde?)

Linked entries: fædun faehit fégan

fæsten-gewerc

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-gewerc, fæsten-geweorc, es; n.
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Work at the repairing or construction of fortifications: one of the three obligations included in the trinoda necessitas. Bútan fæstengewerce and fyrdsócne and brycggeweorce, C. D. ii. 111, 16. Fæstengeworce, 24.

flíman

(v.)

to rontto banishexile

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Ine ofslóh Ealdberht þe hé ær út flémde, Chr. 725; P. 43, 28. Man flýmde Godwine eorl and ealle his suna of Englalande, 1051; P. 172, 38

girran

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Take here <b>georran</b> in Dict., and add Ic (a file) gyrre garrio (garrio, voce carens, rauco cum murmure stridens, Ald. 252, 25), An. Ox. 26, 13. Gyrran grunnire (porcinus paganorum strepitus grunnire desisteret, Ald. 60, 36), 4337.

hirtan

to refreshrevivecomfort

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Voc. ii. 81, 43. Suá se micla cræftiga hiertende tó scýfð magnus regendi artifex favoribus impellit, Past. 53, 16. Hyrtendum cohortante, An. Ox. 791. Hyrtende refocilantes, i. confirmantes, 3866. Take here hyrtan in Dict., and add:

Linked entries: hyrtan heortian

máwan

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On hærfeste rípan, in Agusto and Septembri and Octobri máwan, Angl. ix. 261, 16. Add

on-teón

(v.)
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Ger. ant-(in-)ziohan ab-, de-, dis-trahere, extricare: Ger. ent-ziehen.]

týdrung

(n.)
Grammar
týdrung, e ; f.

propagationa branch

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Ic ongite ðæt ǽlc gesceaft willnaþ simle tó biónne; ðæt is swíþe swital on ðære týdrunge. Bt. 34, 12; Fox 152, 25. Cf. (?) Þis woreld ebbeð þenne hit þat tuderinde wiðteoð withholds its productivity, O.E.

Linked entry: tyddrung

á-spelian

(v.)
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Ben. 101, 5. ꝥ se mæssepreóst æt þám þingum þone bisceop áspelian móte ut presbytero in illis rebus episcopi munere fungi liceret, LI. Th. ii. 176, 34. Sý se hordere áspeled (-ad, v. l.) æt þǽre þénunge cellarius excusetur a coquina, R. Ben. 59, 2.

Linked entry: spelian

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Ǽlc sǽ ðeáh heó deóp sý hæfþ grund on ðære eorþan every sea, though it be deep, hath its bottom in the earth, Lchdm. iii. 254, 20. Hordweard sóhte georne æfter grunde the keeper of the hoard sought eagerly along the floor [of the cave], Beo.

ǽwisc-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽwisc-mód, adj.

Disgraced in mindashamedabasheddedecoratus animopudore suffusus

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Disgraced in mind, ashamed, abashed; dedecoratus animo, pudore suffusus Ides, ǽwiscmód, andswarode the woman, disgraced in mind, answered, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 18; Gen. 896.

Linked entry: ǽwisc

deáþ-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-cwalu, e; f.

A deadly pain or plague, agony mortis dolor

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A deadly pain or plague, agony; mortis dolor Sió wérge sceólu hreósan sceolde in wíta forwyrd, ðǽr hie in wylme nú dreógaþ deáþcwale the wretched crew were compelled to fall into the ruin of punishment, where they now suffer deadly pains in flame, Invent

Linked entry: swylt-cwalu

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, to roast.
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Th. ii. 264, 5. Dǽl fisces gebrédedes (-bréddes, R.), Lk. L. 24, 42. Gebrǽdedne æppel, Lch. ii. 132, 14. Genim gósa tungan gebrǽdde, 90, 8.

nídþearf-ness

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<b>I a.</b> what is unavoidable :-- Neádþear[f]nysse débitum (naturae), An.

nídwræclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nídwræclíce, adv.
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As if acting under compulsion, as if forcibly driven Þá ongan ic nýdwræclíce gemang þám folce wið þæs folces þringan, Hml. S. 23 b, 404

beáh

(n.; part.)
Grammar
beáh, beág, bǽh, bég, béh; gen. beáges; dat. beáge; pl. beágas; m. [beáh, beág; p. of búgan to bend]

Metal made into circular ornamentsA ringbraceletcollargarlandcrownanulusarmilladiademacorona

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These being valuable were probably used in early times as means of exchange or as money; hence the origin of ring-money. v. Sir Wm. Betham's Essay in the Trans. of Rl. Ir. Acd. and Gent's. Mag.

mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽte, adj.

Moderatemeansmallpoorbadinferior

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Biþ seó síþre tíd sǽda gehwylces mǽtræ in mægne (inferior in virtue), Exon. 33a; Th. 105, 2; Gú. 17. Gif hió biþ gód drenc, biþ on peninge; gif mǽtra, biþ on óðrum healfum oððe on twám; and gif ifel þrím, ac ne mǽ, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 272, 24.

Linked entries: mæctor ge-mǽte