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gristbitian

(v.)
Grammar
gristbitian, p. ode, ede
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To gnash or grind the teeth; frendere, stridere Ic cearcige oððe gristbitige strideo vel strido, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 29, 7. Tóþum gristbitaþ [gristbitteþ, Lind.] stridet dentibus, Mk. Skt. 9, 18. He grennade and gristbitade he grinned and ground his teeth

Linked entry: gristbátian

ge-riht-wísian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-wísian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To justifyjustificare

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To justify; justificare He wolde hine sylfne gerihtwísian ille vŏlens justĭfĭcāre seipsum, Lk. Bos. 10, 29; Ðú eart se ðe me gerihtwísast thou art he who justifieth me, Ps. Th. 4, 1. Ða ðe he him to clypode, ða he gerihtwísode, and ða ðe he gerihtwísode

wapolian

(v.)
Grammar
wapolian, p. ode
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To foam, bubble up, pour forth (intrans. and trans. ?), abound, swarm Wapolaþ ebullit (os fatuorum ebullit stultitiam, Prov. 15, 2), Kent. Gl. 505. Wapolode vaporat, Germ. 398, 220. Up ábrǽcan, wapeladan ebulliebant, emergebant (cadavera vermium examina

flǽsc-mete

Flesh

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Flesh (as opposed to fish and vegetables) as food Þonne mé hingrigan ongan, þonne wǽron mé þá flǽscmettas on gewilnungum; ic gyrnde þára fixa þe on Egyptum wǽron; ic gewilnode þæs wínes, Hml. S. 23 b, 533. Ðæt hié ne wilnoden flǽscmetta cibos carnis

ge-fréfran

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Take here <b>ge-fréfrian</b>, and add God sylf gefréfrað ús, Hml. S. 25, 123 : Hml. Th. i. 550, 30. Þú mé gefréfrodest (-adest, v.l.) consolatus es me, R. Ben. 60, 2. Hé þone nacodan mid náhte ne gefréfrode, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 25. Ðá earman

án-lépnes

(n.)
Grammar
án-lépnes, -ness, e; f.

Solitudelonelinesssolitudo

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Solitude, loneliness; solitudo Ne tala ðú me, ðæt ic ne cunne ða ánlépnesse ðínes útsetles think not thou, that I know not the loneliness of thy outsitting, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 41

Linked entry: ǽn-lépnes

bæcling

(adv.)
Grammar
bæcling, adv. Only used with on,

On the backbackwardsbehindretrorsum

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On the back, backwards, behind; retrorsum On bæcling retrorsum, Ps. Th. 113, 5. On bæclincg, 43, 12, 19. Cer ðé on bæcling turn thee behind me, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 26; Sat. 698

Linked entry: ears-ling

ful-wrætlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-wrætlíce, adv.

Full wondrouslyvery wonderfullymirissĭme

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Full wondrously, very wonderfully; mirissĭme Ðæt me on gescyldrum scínan mótan fulwrætlíce wundne loccas that on my shoulders curled locks may shine very wonderfully, Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 6; Rä. 41, 104

un-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
un-weorþung, e; f.

disgraceshameindignation

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disgrace, shame Sýn gescrýdde mid gescendnysse and unwurþunge ðe yfel sprecaþ ofer mé, Ps. Spl. 34, 30. indignation Hit bið unnyt ðæt mon unweorðunga forlǽte frustra indignatio tollitur, Past. 33; Swt. 222, 12

un-rétu

(n.)
Grammar
un-rétu, (-o); f.

Anxietydisquiet

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Anxiety, disquiet Ðá bǽdon mec míne geféran ðæt ic on swá micelre módes unréto and nearonisse mec selfne mid fæstenne ne swencte rogantibus amicis ne me anxietate et jejunio condeficerem, Nar. 30, 23

Linked entry: rétu

sceand-word

(n.)
Grammar
sceand-word, es ; n.

A vile, foul word, or an opprobrious, abusive word

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A vile, foul word, or an opprobrious, abusive word Ðæt ic (the devil) wolde, ðæt hý (wicked men) ðé (God ) áfremdedon and ðíne circean forgeáton and æt mé leornedan sceandword, Wulfst. 255, 15

windwian

(v.)
Grammar
windwian, p. ode

To winnowventilareliteralfigurative

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To winnow; ventilare, literal Hé corn ðærsc and windwode, Shrn. 61, 19. figurative Fiónd úre wé windwiaþ inimicos nostros ventilavimus, Ps. Surt. 43, 6. Ic windwade (ventilabam) in mé gást mínne, 76, 7

Linked entries: a-windwian windung

á-hwæðer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
á-hwæðer, aaj, pron.

Some oneany oneanythingquisaliquisaliquid

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Some one, any one, anything; quis, aliquis, aliquid Nis me ege mannes for áhwæðer nontimebo quid faciat mihi homo [non est mihi hominis timor pro aliquo ], Ps. Th. 55, 4: 117, 6

Linked entry: áwðer

elnung

(n.)
Grammar
elnung, ellnung, e; f.

Zeal, hot emulation, envy zēlus, æmŭlātio

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Zeal, hot emulation, envy; zēlus, æmŭlātio Elnung zēlus. Rtl. 192, 5. Elnung oððe æfista húses ðínes ge-et [=ge-æt] mec zēlus do)mus tuæ cŏmēdit me, Jn. Lind. War. 2, 17

Linked entry: ellnung

ge-cearfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cearfan, -ceorfan; p. earf

To killcut off or upinterficeredecollare

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To kill, cut off or up; interficere, decollare Gie soecas mec gecearfa quaeritis me interficere, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 37; 40. Ðone ic gecearf quem ego decollavi, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 16

borh-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
borh-fæst, adj.
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Bound by the giving of security Wolde he gedón ꝥ ic him wære borhfæst . . . and ætfæste hé mé míne efenþeówene [the marriage would be security for continued service], Hml. A. 203, 254

fléwsa

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Mé þæs blódes fléusa twelf geár eglode, Hml. A. 189, 228. Fram þæs blódes fléusan gehǽled, 187, 178. Þá þe on hyra líchaman witan fléwsan (fluxa) gálnysse wealdan, Scint. 121, 19. Add

ge-fæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-fæstlíce, adv.
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with certainty Ic his nát náht gefæstlíce nihil abs te dictum est quod me scire audeam dicere, Solil. H. 32, 9. firmly, with constancy Gelýf gefæstlíce Gode constanter Deo crede, 53. 12

serc

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Þes pallium þe ic werige wyle mé gelǽstan, and mín syric ne tósíhð, ne míne sceós ne tóbærstað, ǽr þan þe mín sáwl síðað of þám líchaman, Hml. S. 36, 161. Add

be-gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gyrdan, -girdan; p. de; pp. edor begyrd; v. trans. [be, gyrdan to gird] .

to BEGIRDsurroundcingerepræcingereaccingereto clotheamicire

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to BEGIRD, surround; cingere, præcingere, accingere Begyrdaþ eówer lendenu renes vestros accingetis Ex. 12, 11. He ðæt eálond begyrde and gefæstnade mid díce he begirt and secured the island with a dike Bd. 1, 5; S. 476, 10. God se begyrde me of mihte

Linked entry: be-girdan