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milte

(n.)
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Þindeþ him se milt, Lch. ii. 232, 11

wiþ-licgan

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Gif hé wiðligð þissum si his renisus fuerit, Chrd. 61, 16. Add

ymb-swápan

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ymb-swápan, <b>. II.</b>
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Hié úme Dryhten Críst ymbsweópon mid reáde hragle, Nap. 71, 27. Add

á-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
á-líhtan, <b>. II.</b>
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Se þegen alýhte of his cræte, Hml. Th. i. 400, 25. Add

cweccan

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Hé cwehte út his sáwle eius animam excussit, Chrd. 99, 34. Add

a-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
a-teorian, -teorigan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od; v. intrans.

To failbecome wearyceaseleave offdeficerefatiscerecessaredesistere

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Hig ateoredon smeágende mid smeáunge defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio, Ps. Lamb. 63, 7. Ateorodun defecerunt, 9, 7 : Cot. 69: Greg. Dial. 1, 1 : R. Ben. interl. 53

lyffettan

(v.)
Grammar
lyffettan, p. te

To flatter

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Ða byrþeras ðe hine tó byrgenne feredon synd ólæcunga lyffetyndra geférena the bearers who carried him to the grave are the blandishments of flattering companions, Homl. Th. i. 492, 28.

Linked entry: liffettan

seonu-bend

(n.)
Grammar
seonu-bend, (?), e; f.
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Siððan hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende (Grein would read -benne, which is more in accordance with the story in the Edda, that Völund had the sinews of the knees cut: v. Thorpe's note on this passage, and his Northern Mythology, i. 86.

teám-byrst

(n.)
Grammar
teám-byrst, es; m.

The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit.

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Ðá bæd Byrhferhð ealdor-mann Æðelstán his wer for ðam témbyrste, Chart. Th. 207, 4

cnósl

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Hig ǽton Jacobes cnósel comederunt Jacob, Ps. L. 78, 7. Add

cyssan

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Hió cyst deosculatur, Kent. Gl. 192. Ne cys þú míne fét, Hml. S. 5, 301. Cyssan bassiare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 19. Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31.

full-gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
full-gearwian, p. ode.
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D. 126, 2. to equip fully Án scegð is eall gearo bútan þám hánon, hé hine wolde fulgearwian his hláforde tó gerisnum, Cht. Crw. 23, 9.

lungre

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Flódwylm ne mæg manna ǽnigne ofer Meotudes ést lungre gelettan, An. 518 : 1423: 1474. of unchecked action Ne magan wé him lungre láð ætfæstan (cf. hine God forstód, 1337), An. 1349. See preceding word

sǽ-genga

(n.)
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sǽ-genga, an; m.

a sea-goer, a marinera vessel, ship

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wel hig understandaþ ðæt eorþlíce líchamlíce beóþ fulran on weaxendum mónan ðonne on wanigendum the skilful mariners well understand that earthly, corporeal things are fuller with a waxing than with a waning moon, Anglia viii. 327,21 . a vessel, ship

Linked entry: sǽ-líðend

on-wadan

(v.)

to make ones way into, to penetrateto enter with irresistible force, to make ones self master of, take possession of

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Hié wlenco onwód, 155, 27; Gen. 2579

Linked entry: an-wadan

slítung

(n.)
Grammar
slítung, e; f.

tearing, rending, bitingwasting, spoiling consumpcio saevitia

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Fugelas hig fretaþ mid ðære biterustan slítunge devorabunt eos aves morsu amarissimo Dent. 32, 24. Sume men fram ðara wyrma slítunge sweltaþ Lchdm. ii. 176, 14. wasting, spoiling Similar entries v. slítan, VI. Slítunge arpagine (or under I.?) Wrt.

hláford-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-dóm, es; m.

Dominion, lordship

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Dominion, lordship For Godes ege under ðæm geoke his hláforddómes þurhwunigen and hine for Godes ege weorþigen, suá mon hláford sceal divino timore constricti ferre sub eis jugum reverentiæ non recusent, Past. 28, 5; Swt. 197, 8.

Linked entry: hláford

súcan

(v.)
Grammar
súcan, p. seác, pl. sucon; pp. socen
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Ðæt hig sucon, Deut. 32, 13. Ongunnon ealle ða næddran heora blód súcan, Homl. Th. ii. 488, 35. Súcende mid ealdum men lactentem cum homine sene, Deut. 32, 25. Ǽgðer ge men ge ða súcendan cild, Homl. Th. i. 246, 21.

Linked entries: a-súcan socian

ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
ǽdre, ǽddre, édre, an; f; ǽdr, e; f.

An arterya veinfountainriverarteriavenafonsrivusa nervesinewkidneynervusren

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Ðá for ðam cýle him gescuncan ealle ǽdra then all his sinews shrank because of the cold, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 39

cýpa

(n.)
Grammar
cýpa, cépa,an ; m. [ceáp

a factor, merchant, trader negotiator, mercator

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Ðás hálgan cýpan, Petrus and Andreas, mid heora nettum and scipe him ðæt éce líf geceápodon these holy traders, Peter and Andrew, with their nets and ship bought for themselves everlasting life, Homl. Th. i. 580, 19.

Linked entry: cépa