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on-ǽlan

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Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled, Gú. 928. Add Se Hálga Gást heora ealra mód swá onbryrde and onǽlde, ꝥ hí cúðon ǽlc gereord þe on middanearde is, Hml. Th. ii. 47, 7. Hwí eart þú onǽled mid swá ídele gefeán?

fúl

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fúl, adj.

offensive to the sensesdirtymiryfilthydarkuglymorally pollutedguilty of a chargedisgracefulinfamousto bury ignominiously

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Þǽre fúlan obscaene, 63, 11. in a physical sense. offensive to the senses Lazarus . . . on byrgenne wæs fúl wunigende, Bl. H. 75, 5. Fúles hlondes fetentis lotii, An. Ox. 3273. Mid fúlum adelscéþe putido latibulo, 4751.

fullíce

(adv.)

in full measureabundantlyfullyso as to satisfy with foodin a full manner or degree thoroughlycompletelyfullywithout reservation or qualificationfullywithout defect

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Wæs án gér fullíce þæt seó eorþe wæs cwaciende per totum fere annum terraemotus fuerunt, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 10. Seofon geár fullíce, Hml. S. 10, 7. Heó twéntig wintra wunode mid hyre were fullíce, Hml. A. 38, 350. Fullíce lxx wintra, Wlfst. 14, 7.

rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd, es; m.
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Sum woruldwita wæs swýðe wís on rǽde Acitofel geháten ... Ðá wæs se Acitofel mid Absalone on rǽde and rǽdde him hú hé mihte beswícan his fæder, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 196-203. Ðíne heortan tó rǽde gecyr turn thine heart to listen to good advice, Blickl.

Linked entry: rád

a-myrran

(v.)
Grammar
a-myrran, -merran; p. de; pp. ed [a, myrran impedire]

to hinderimpedeobstructcheckdisturbimpedireturbareobstruereto dissipatespenddistractdefilemarcorruptspoildestroydissipareperdereconsummarecorrumperedevoraredistrahere

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Eorþe wæs amyrred corrupta est terra, Ex. 8, 24: Ors. 3, 10; Bos. 69, 39. Ic amyrre distraho, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 10

Linked entries: a-merran on-mirran

lof-sang

(n.)
Grammar
lof-sang, es; m.

hymnpsalm

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Ðá se sealmsang gefylled wæs ðæs úhtlícan lofsanges expletis matutinæ laudes psalmodiis, 4, 7; S. 575, 3. Mid lofsange cum cantico, Ps. Th. 68, 31: Ex. 15, 21. Mid þysum lofsange with this psalm (v. Ps. Th, 53, 1), Homl. Skt. 11, 89.

méðe

(adj.)
Grammar
méðe, adj.

wearyexhaustedweary in mindtroubledsadtroublesomecausing weariness

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Mé swá méðum ( exhausted from want of food ), Elen. Kmbl. 1620; El. 812. Méðne fessum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 26: Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 3; Gú. 988: 49 b; Th. 171, 23; Gú. 1131. Méðe stódon, hungre gehæfte, Andr. Kmbl. 2316; An. 1159: 78; An. 39.

Linked entry: méðig

nett

(n.)
Grammar
nett, es; n.

a neta mosquito-netnet- workweb

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Hyra net wæs tóbrocen, Lk. Skt. 5, 6. Úres fisceres nett nostri piscatoris rete, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 19, 57. Feallaþ on nette his cadent in retiaculo ejus, Ps. Spl. 140, 11. Ic mín nett út lǽte laxabo rete, Lk. Skt. 5, 5: Mt. Kmbl. 4, 18.

ge-wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wilnian, -wilnigan, to -wilnienne; p. ode; pp. od [wilnian to desire]

To wishdesireexpectseekstrive forcŭpĕreconcŭpiscĕredesīdĕrāreexpĕtĕreambīre

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Ðæt sum sume swíðe ondryslícu, and eác to gewilnienne secgende wæs ut quīdam multa et trĕmenda, et desīdĕranda narrāvĕrit, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 3. Ic gewilnige [gewilnie, MS. D,] cŭpio, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 8: 28, 1; Som. 30, 39.

Linked entry: wilnian

ge-medemian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-medemian, p. ode; pp. od [medeme]

To deign, deem worthy, honour, vouchsafe, moderate, humiliate, humble

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Th. i. 40, 25, He wæs gemedomad on róde beón ahangen he suffered the humiliation of being hung on the cross, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 28 : Blickl. Homl. 179, 9 : 139, 26. Gemedemud temperatus, Scint. 12

Linked entry: medumian

seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
seáþ, es; m.
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Ðá wæs ðǽr on óðre sídan ðæs hláwes gedolfen swylce mycel wæterseáþ wǽre. On ðam seáþe ufan Gúþlác him hús getimbrode, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 8. Danihel læg betwux seofan leónum on ánum seáþe, Homl. Th. i. 488, 5.

Linked entry: -syd

scyndan

(v.)
Grammar
scyndan, scendan; p. de.
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To cause to hasten, to hurry Ðá wæs morgenleóht scofen and scynded, Beo. Th. 1840; B. 918. to urge, incite, exhort Se feónd his ( Judas ) heortan tó ðan lǽrde and scynde, ðæt hé Drihten tó deáðe belǽwde, Homl. As. 153, 55.

þeáh-hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh-hwæðere, adv. conj.
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Ac swá ðeáhhwæðere seó menniscnys wæs ǽfre forestiht, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 25. Nolde ic cwic ǽfre swá þeáhhwæðere ðíne gewitnesse forlǽtan, Ps. Th. 118, 157

Linked entry: hwæðere

un-lybba

(n.)
Grammar
un-lybba, (and un-lybbe, an; f., or un-lybb; dat. -lybbe ; n.?), an; m.

poisonpoison used for purposes of witchcraftwitchcraftsorcery

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poison Sumum men wæs unlybba geseald, ac hit ne mihte hine ádýdan, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 11. Unþeáwas weaxaþ on yfel, swa swa átres unlibba on men; swá hé leng ðæs áttres þigene bedíhlaþ, swá wyrð his untrumnes máre, R. Ben. 135, 16.

Linked entry: ge-unlybba

wrídian

(v.)
Grammar
wrídian, wríþian; p. ode

To put forth shootsbe productivegrowflourish

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Nar. 8, 22. figurative, of growen in things abstract or concrete Hé wrrídaþ on wynnum, ðæt hé bið wæstmum gelíc ealdum earne, and æfter ðon feþrum gefrsetwad, swylc hé æt frymðe wæs, beorht geblówen reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, et Phoenix ruptis

Linked entry: wríþian

wrixl

(n.)
Grammar
wrixl, e; f.

changealterationvicissitudealternationexchangeinterchangeplacesteada loanwhat is given in returnreturnrequital

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Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 2. where there is reciprocal action, interchange Ðǽr wæs heard plega, wælgára wrixl, Cd.

boh

Grammar
boh, l. bóh,

sprig

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Wæs Aarones gyrd gemétt grówende mid bógum, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 15. Hit bið unnyt ðæt mon hwelces yfles bógas snǽde, buton mon wille ðá wyrtruman forceorfan, Past. 222, 15. Bógas wíngerdes propagines uitis, An. Ox. 2016: Hpt. Gl. 496, 76

flór

Grammar
flór, flóre.
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Hé árás of þǽre flóra and of þám sæcce þe hé onuppan wæs sittende, Hml. S. 23, 802, 823. On þæs húses flóre (in habitaculi pauimento) seáð ádelfan, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 520, 8. Lǽt sittan þone man onmiddan húses flóre, Lch. iii. 70, 13.

ge-manian

(v.)
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</b> to make demand for a debt, to dun :-- Sum hafenleás man sceolde ágyldan healf pund ánum men and wæs oft gemanod for ðǽre lǽne, Hml. Th. ii. 176, 35. (O. Sax. gi-manón : O. H. Ger. ge-manón memorare, admonere, commonere.)

grénnes

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lufan grénnisse, and forseárian on ðǽre ungeðwǽrnesse qui separantur a uiriditate dilectionis arefiunt, Past. 359, 15, Ne næfð ǽnig bóh grénnysse (printed spen-; uiriditatem ) gódes weorces, sé þe ná wunað on wyrtruman sóðre lufe, Scint. 3, 18. of wood, want