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werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, p. ode
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(Cf. werian to defend, )

ymb-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-swápan, p. -sweóp; pp. -swápen.
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to sweep about (of the motion of waves) Ða ýþa weóllan and ymbsweópan and ǽghwonene ðæt scyp fyldon verrentibus undique et implere incipientibus navem fluctibus Bd. 3, 15 ; S. 541, 42. to wrap round Ymbswápen circumamicta, Ps. Surt. Spl.

án-dagian

(v.)
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Ðá cwæð ic þæt hé wolde cunnigan, and bæd ðone cing ðæt hé hit ándagade ( that he would appoint a day for taking the oath ), and hé swá dyde, and hé gelǽdde ðá ðon ándagan ðone áð . . . and wé ridan ðá ðon ándagan, Cht. Th. 171, 18-34. Add

brýd-hlóp

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-hlóp, -lóp, es; pl. -hlópa; n.
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Wérun sald brýdhlópum (-loppum, L.) dabantur ad nuptias, Lk. R. 17, 27. Brýdhlópum (-lópum, L.), 20, 34. In brýdlópum in nubtiis, Jn. p. 1, 8, 3. brýdloppum, Mt. L. 25, 10. Sé ðe dyde brýdlópa ( nubtias ), 22, 2

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deorfan

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Add: I. to labour Ic dearf exercebor, i. laboravi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 67. Ic nelle deorfan (laborare) ofer hig, Coll. M. 26, 17. II. to be in peril :-- On frecednesse he dyrfð periculo periclitat, Lch. iii. 151, 10, 15.

dóm-setl

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dómsetlum ad subsellia, ad tribunal, Germ. 393, 61. Þæt hí on ðám micclum dóme ofer twelf dómsetl sittende beóð démenne eallum mannum, Hml. Th. i. 542, 20. Add

ele-beám

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Úp ðám ealdan elebeáme, C. D. v. 194, 3. ðám elebeáme, 297, 20. On ǽnne elebeám, 374, 21. Andlang hagan on ðone elebeám, 70, 23. Mór oelebeáma (-beómes, R.) mons oliuarum, Mk. L. 11, 1: 14, 26. On móre oelebeáma (-beóma), 13, 3. Add

for-screncan

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Ox. 865. to cause to shrink up: Mid forscrencedre (-screcendre, MS.) arida (manu), An. Ox. 4926

ge-hámettan

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Substitute: To domicile, settle in a fixed residence and so bring within reach of the law Wé cwǽdon be þǽm hláfordleásum mannum þe man nán ryht æt begytan ne mæg, ꝥ man beóde þǽre mǽgðe ꝥ hí hine folcryhte gehámetten, and him hláford finden, Ll.

líf-fæst

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S. 23 b, 625. settled in respect to domicile Ic wille ǽrist mé siolfne Gode forgeofan ðére stówe æt Crístes cirican, and mín bearn dér líffest gedóan, C. D. i. 316, 9

of-linnan

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Add: to leave off, desist Hú lange willað gé wunigan on þǽre fúlnesse þæs líchoman fyrenlustes ? Oflinnað, lá, ǽr eów se deáð ofercume, Verc. Först. 143, 7. to desist from (gen.) Uton oflinnan þára unárímedra metta . . .

ormǽtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ormǽtlíce, adv.
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Excessively, immensely Hé ongann ormǽtlíce þancienne Gode coepit immensas gratias Deo agere, Gr. D. 38, 5. Ðá becóme wit ánre dene, seó wæs ormǽtlíce deóp and wíd (deuenimus ad uallem multae latitudinis ac profunditatis, Bd. 5, 12), Hml.

pistol-rǽding

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Be ðyssere tíde (Advent) mǽrsunge spræc se apostol Paulus on ðyssere pistolrǽdinge Rómániscum leódum (Rom. 13, 11 sqq.), 600, 31. Add

súþ-land

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Add: land to the south, south shore of a river Hý heóldan þurh þá brycge áá bi þǽm súþlande (sýð-, v. l. ), Chr. 1052; P. 181, 15. a country to the south Þá þá in þám súðlandum wédde seó arrianisce éhtnes dum persecutio Ariana in Africa insaniret, Gr

ofer-búgan

(v.)

to avoid, shun

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to avoid, shun Hié sindon suá micle wærlícor oferbúganne [ferbúgonne, Cott. MSS.] suá mon ongiet ðæt hié on máran ungewitte beóþ tanto caute declinandi sunt quanto insane rapiuntur, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 21.

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ofer-steppan

(v.)

to over-step, to cross, exceedtransgredi, excedere

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to over-step, to cross, exceed Ic ofersteppe weall trdnsgrediar murum, Ps. Lamb. 17, 30. Ðú oferstópe tu supergressa es, Kent. Gl. 1151. Ne oferstepe ðú ealde geméro ne transgrediaris terminos antiques, 854.

Cofan-treó

(n.)
Grammar
Cofan-treó, Cofen-treó, Conen-tré, es; n. [a monachorum conventu sic dictum putant quidam]

COVENTRYWarwickshire Coventria in agro Warwicensi

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COVENTRY, Warwickshire; Coventria in agro Warwicensi Leófwine abbod on Cofantreó féng to ðam bisceopríce Leofwine, abbot at Coventry, succeeded to the bishopric Chr. 1053; Erl. 188, 7.

smícan

(v.)
Grammar
smícan, smécan; p. te

to smoke, emit smoketo smoke, fumigate

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to smoke, emit smoke Muntas smícaþ montes fumigabunt Ps. Surt. 103, 32 : 143, 5. to smoke, fumigate Sume mid pice smícaþ Lchdm. ii. 236, 9. Nim gáte hǽr, sméc under ða bréc wið ðæs rægereósan 146, 3. Smíce mid fearne swíðe ða þeóh 64, 26.

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hnot

(adj.)
Grammar
hnot, adj.

Bald, shaven, close-cut

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ðon hnottan seale to the pollard-willow, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 193, 35. On ða hnottan díc of ðære hnottan díc the dike without turf(?), iii. 211, 24

treówa

(n.)
Grammar
treówa, trýwa, an; m.

An assurance of good faitha covenant

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Náðor ne wé on ðone here faran, ne heora nán ús, búton man trýwan and gýslas betwýnan sylle friðe wedde, L. A. G. 4; Th. i. 156, 8

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