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in-drincan

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Rinnellan his indrincende, Ps. Srt. 64, 11. Add

yfel-wilnian

(v.)
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Hig yfelwilnadon malignauerunt , Ps. L. 82, 4. Add

tiér

(n.)
Grammar
tiér, distillation (? cf. teár); ornament, splendour (? cf.
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v. tír) Nis nán wundor ðæt sió lyft sié wearm and ceald wǽt wolcnes tiér winde geblonden (cf. sió lyft is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt ge wearm; nis hit nán wunder, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 35), Met. 20, 81

þeód-loga

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-loga, an; m.
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An arch-impostor, a great liar Ða gódan Godes þegnas sǽdan, ðæt hé ( Simon the sorcerer ) luge, and hý geswutelodon, ðæt hit eal leás wæs, ðæt se þeódloga sǽde, Wulfst. 99, 23.

Linked entry: loga

un-tímende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tímende, adj.

Not productivebarren

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Hit is swíðe ungedafenlíc ðæt forwerode menn and untýmende gifta wilnian, ðonne gifta ne sind gesette for nánum ðinge búton for bearnteáme, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 12. Eádige synd, ða untýmendan beatae steriles, Lk. Skt. 23, 29

bóc-fel

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Wrít þis on swá langum bócfelle ꝥ hit mæge befón útan ꝥ heáfod, Lch. iii. 66, 7. Bócfellum pitaciolis, i. membranulis, An. Ox. 4570. Add

friþ-bræc

(n.)
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Gyf hit binnan byrig gedón bið, seó friðbrǽc, Ll. Th. i. 286, 25-30

hlosnian

(v.)

to listen

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Tó hircniendum oððe hlosnendum attonitis, 2, 47. to listen as an eavesdropper or spy Gelamp hit ꝥ sume hlosniende menn ðǽr betweónan eódon and þisra seofona georne héddon, Hml. S. 23, 136

lógian

(v.)
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Hit biþ tó langsum eall hér tó lógigenne be ðám clǽnum nýtenum oððe be þám unclǽnum on ðǽre ealdan ǽ it is too tedious to give here an ordered account of everything in the old law concerning the clean and unclean animals, Hml. S. 25, 82. Add

sǽdere

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Gif hwá forstelð hwǽte and ꝥ forstolene sǽwð, hwæt áh ꝥ corn geweald ( how can the corn help) ꝥ hit wearp se sǽdere mid unclǽnum handum on ðá clǽnan moldan ?

bræd

(n.)
Grammar
bræd, bred, es; m. [= brægd, bregd from bregdan
to braid, weave, twist
]

to braid, weave, twistFraud, deceitfraus, dolus

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Fraud, deceit; fraus, dolus He hit dyde bútan brede [bræde MS. B.] and bigswíce he did it without fraud and guile, L. Ed. 1;Th. i. 160, 6. Ic spæce drífe bútan bræde and bútan bíswíce I prosecute my suit without fraud and without guile, L.

Linked entries: brægd bred

twi-bóte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-bóte, adj.

Needing double compensation

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Gif ðisses hwæt gelimpe þenden fyrd úte sié, oþþe in Lenctenfæsten, hit sié twybóte, 40; Th. i. 88, 12

Linked entry: twi-béte

bædling

Grammar
bædling, (bǽd- ?). Substitute

An effeminate person mollis

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On óðre stówe hit cwyð . . . sodomisce .vii. geár fæston. Gif se bædling mid bædlinge (mollis cum molli) hǽme, Ll. Th. ii. 228, 13-17. Bædling cariar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 6. oððe bædlingas, Effeminati, molles 29, 7

a-breótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-breótan, p. -breát, pl. -bruton; pp. -broten

To bruisebreakdestroykillfrangereconfringereconciderenecare

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Hine seó brimwylf abroten hæfde the sea-wolf had destroyed him, Beo. Th. 3203 ; B. 1599. Stánum abreótan lapidare, Elen. Kmbl. 1017; El. 510

Linked entry: a-breátan

disc-þén

(n.)
Grammar
disc-þén, es; m. [þegen, þén a minister, servant]
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Godes engel gebrohte ðone discþén ðǽr he hine ǽr genam the angel of God brought the minister of food where he had before taken him, Homl. Th, i. 572, 9

gremian

(v.)
Grammar
gremian, p. ede; pp. ed
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Hig me gremedon they provoked me, Lev. 26, 40: Num. 11, 20: Deut. 9, 7, 8. Ða ðe forþstópon hine gremedon prætereuntes blasphemabunt eum, Mk. Skt. 15, 29: Lk. Skt. 23, 39

un-wæstmbǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wæstmbǽrness, e; f.

Unproductivenessbarrennesssterility

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On his ácennednysse hé ætbrǽd ðære méder hire unwæstmbǽrnysse, Homl. Th. i. 352, 30

Linked entry: wæstmbǽrness

íþan

(v.)
Grammar
íþan, to lay waste.
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Take here éjmn in Dict. and add He hinf gegyrede mid wyrgðu . . . and sió his innatf ýþde (?

Linked entry: ydwe

stór

(n.)
Grammar
stór, es ; m.
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him geoffrodon gold and récels and myrran . . . se stór getácnode ðæt hé is sóð God, Homl. Th. i. 116, 9. Áne hand fulle stóres, Lev. 2, 2. Nymeþ stór sumite modicum storacis, Gen. 43, 11.

Linked entry: stéran

be-sceótan

(v.)

to dashflingto shut upto dashto happenoccur

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On ðisum dagum . . . búton sum heálic freólsdæg him on besceóte, Hml. Th. ii. 244, 28