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on-hyscan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hyscan, p. te.

to mock, make a jest ofto reproach, abuse, speak ill ofto detest

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Ic wénde ðæt hí mec onhyscte illudi me a senibus existimavi, Nar. 25, 22. to reproach, abuse, speak ill of Ðonne men eów onhiscaþ ( exprobaverint ), Lk. Skt. 6, 22. Gebiddaþ for ða ðe eów onhyscaþ (-hisceaþ) pro calumniantibus vos, 6, 28.

on-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-lǽnan, p. de; with gen. or acc.

of the loanto lend, grantto lease, let

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of the loan. to lend, grant Ic eów onlǽne ðás gewítendan, and ic eów geselle ða þurhwuniendan, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 351, 13. Se cræft ðe him Crist onlǽnþ, Met. 10, 37. Hé úre ðé onlǽnde æfter his bebodum tó brúcanne, Bt. 7, 5; Fox 24, 9.

etan

to devourconsumedestroy

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H. 57, 5. to eat habitually, as a regular article of food: Næbbe gé líf on eów búton gé eton mín flǽsc . . . Sé ðe et mín flǽsc, hé wunað on mé . . . Sé ðe et ðisne hláf, hé leofaðon écnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 266, 25-32.

tyslian

(v.)
Grammar
tyslian, p. ode
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To dress Ic secge ðé, bróðor Eádweard, ðæt gé dóþ unrihtlíce ðæt gé ða Engliscan þeáwas forlǽtaþ ðe eówre fæderas heóldon and hǽðenra manna þeáwas lufiaþ ðe eów ðæs lífes ne unnon and mid ðam geswuteliaþ ðæt gé forseóþ eówer cynn and eówre yldran mid

un-gód

(n.)
Grammar
un-gód, es; n.

Evilill

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Evil, ill Wá eów ðe taliaþ ungód tó góde and gód þing tó yfele vae qui dicitis malum bonum, et bonum malum, Wulfst. 47, 6. Heó firenaþ mec wordum, ungód gæleþ, Exon. Th. 402, 25; Rä. 21, 35

hwæder

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæder, hweder; adv.

Whither

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Gif hé eów áxie hweder gé willon si interrogaverit 'quo vadis?' Gen. 32, 17

Linked entry: hwider

ge-metlǽcan

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For the passage substitute Ðeáh wé nú ofer úre mǽð ðencen and smeágen, ðæt we dooð for Gode; ðonne wé hit eft gemetlæcað, ðonne dóð wé ðæt for eów sive mente excedimus, Deo; sive sobrii sumus, vobis, Past. 101, 12

feoh-gítsere

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An avaricious, a covetous person Gehiére gé feohgiétseras (-gídseras, v. l.) hwæt be eów gecweden is . . . 'Ne wyrð se gítsere nǽfre full feós' cum augendis pecuniis inhiat, audiant quod scriptum est: 'Auarus non impletur pecunia,' Past. 331, 6.

wed-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wed-loga, an ; m.

One who is false to a pledge or engagement

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One who is false to a pledge or engagement On ðison gére swác Harðacnut Eádulf eorl under his grðle, and hé wæs ðá wedloga. Chr. 1041 ; Erl. 166, 33. Ic ðé eom andetta mínra synna . . . ic eom wedloga, Anglia xii. 501, 19.

leóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cwide, es; m.

A poem

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A poem Ic nát for hwí eów sindon ða ǽrran gewin swá lustsumlíce on leóþcwidum tó gehiéranne I do not know why the earlier contests are so pleasant for you to hear in poems, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 2

næced

(n.)
Grammar
næced, e; f.

Nakedness

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Drihten ásent hungor on eów and þurst and næcede, Deut. 28, 48

on-drǽdendlic

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Add: tremendous Ic eów bidde ðurh þæne ondrǽdendlican dómes dæg, Hml. A. 145, 41. fearful, in terror Wearð eorþbeofung . . . Hié þeah swá ondrǽdendlice (andrǽdende, v. l.) gebidon terra tremuit.

sceó-ness

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Gebí[gað] eów fram þæs líchoman sciónesse, Verc. Först. 145, 15. Add

Linked entry: scý-nes

ge-reordan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reordan, -reordian; p. ode; pp. ad, od

To give food to, feed, take food, satisfy, refresh, feastcibare, saturare, satiare, epulari

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Ic gereordige reficio, ic eom gereordod reficior, 37; Som. 39, 2. He hine gereordode mid ðam papan he dined with the pope, Chr. 1022; Erl. 161, 34. Giriordade hine cibavit illum, Rtl. 46, 9. He gereordode hí saturavit eos, Ps. Spl. C. 80, 15.

Linked entry: reordan

Iudéisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Iudéisc, adj.

Jewish

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Crist cwæþ be ðám ungeleáffullum Iudéiscum wá eów Christ said of the unbelieving Jews 'Woe to you,' Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 5

or-lege

(adj.)
Grammar
or-lege, adj.

Hostile

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Hostile Wépaþ and heówaþ eall orlegu folc, for ðam úre God eów hæfþ ofercumen . . . orlega þeóda he áléde under úre fét, Ps. Th. 46, 1-3. Ne onégdon ná orlegra níð, ðeáh ðe feónda folc féran cwóme, Cd. Th. 259, 26; Dan. 697

un-clǽnlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-clǽnlíce, adv.

Impurely

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Wé wilaiaþ mid úrum hláforde clǽnlíce sweltan, swíðor ðonne unclǽnlíce mid eów lybban, Homl. Th, i. 432, 26

Linked entry: clǽn-líce

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, to clothe.
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Add: to dress Nimað þis hrægl and scrýdað (scyrpað, v. l. vestite ) eów mid, Gr. D. 202, 27. Þá þá hé wæs eallinga eft scyrped vestitus, 343, 19. to equip for a journey Hé hine hám wel scyrpan wolde, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 659, 25

geornian

(v.)
Grammar
geornian, p. ode.
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Gif ic eów ealla eówra þinga geunne on þá geráde þe gé mé míne georniað ( exoptetis ), Ll. Th. i. 196, 29-32.

leornere

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Add: a learner, scholar, pupil, disciple Eálá gé wynsume leorneras ( discipuli ), eów manaþ eówer láreów, Coll. M. 35, 33. Wæs se Hálga Gást áhafen ofer þá Godes leorneras, Bl. H. 135, 3. a reader, student Lá, þú leornere o Lector, Guth.