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orcen

Grammar
orcen, (?) a sea-monster.
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Substitute: <b>orcnéas</b> sea-monsters, and in 1. 2 for orcneas (orcenas ?) l. orcnéas

sealm-wyrhta

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Swá swá se sealmwyrhta cwæð, 'Hé hit gecwæð, and þá gesceafta wǽron geworhte,' Hml. Th. i. 122, 13. Add

siccetung

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Hé tógeihte þá teáras þám teárum and gemænig-fealdode þá sworetunga þám siccetungum, Hml. S. 23 b, 202. Add

teón-word

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Þá hǽþenan weras his word hefiglíce onféngcon, and hine mid teónwordum ( injuriis ) éhtende wǽron, Gr. D. 250, 20. Add

tíderness

Grammar
tíderness, <b>. I.</b>
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Dele 'I.' and under Add Þá heofenan wé ne magon for úre eágena týddernysse geseón, Lch. iii. 232, 16

un-árweorþlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-árweorþlic, adj.
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Dishonourable, disgraceful Swá hit is eác unárwurðlic (inhonestus) and bysmerlic ꝥ hig óðres hádes reáf werian, Chrd. 63, 24

un-gefóglic

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Add Gif þá synna ne beóþ tó ungefóhlice and unonlýsendlice si insolubiles culpae non fuerint, Gr. D. 348, 3

Linked entry: ge-fóglic

wígbed-heorþ

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For Lchdm. . . . col. I substitute Gr. D. 216, 6, and add: the Latin is: Ab altaris crepidine pulverem collegit

æt-hrínan

(v.)
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with gen, and acc. Ꝥ fýr heora ne æthrán ne furþum án hǽr heora heáfdes, Hml. S. 30, 454

be-tǽcan

Grammar
be-tǽcan, <b>I a</b>.
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Mæssepreóst sceal betǽcan brýdguman and brýde be lagum sponsus ac sponsa a sacerdote legibus sponsentur , Chrd. 81, 9. Add

réstan

(v.)

to exult

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; to exult; Hæfdon beorgas blíðe sǽle and rammum ðá réstan gelíce ;montes exultaverunt ut arietes,; Ps. Th. 113, 4. (?)

sár-spell

(n.)
Grammar
sár-spell, es; n.

A sorrowful speech, a lament

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A sorrowful speech, a lament Ic secge ðissárspell and ymb síþ spræce, Exon. Th. 458, 6; Hy. 4, 96

ofer-líhtan

(v.)

to outshine

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to outshine Seó sunne oferlíht ealle óðre steorran and geþióstraþ mid hire leóhte, Bt. 9, tit.; Fox xii. 2

ofer-ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-ranc, adj.

Over-luxuriant, extravagant, sumptuous

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Over-luxuriant, extravagant, sumptuous: — God lǽteþ reáfian eówere dohtra heora gyrla and tó oferrancra heáfodge-wǽda. Wulfst. 46, 1

ge-sweccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweccan, p. te; pp. ed [sweccan to smell]

To smell;odōrāri

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To smell; odōrāri Næsþyrlu hí habbaþ and ná gesweccaþ nāres hăbent et non odōrābunt, Ps. Spl. M. 113, 14

Linked entry: sweccan

tó-gǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gǽnan, p. de

To utter,pronounce

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To utter, pronounce Hig spelliaþ ł hig tógǽnaþ and spræcaþ unrihtwísnesse effabuntur et loquentur iniquitatem, Ps. Lamb. 93, 4

Linked entry: gǽnan

tó-seóðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-seóðan, p. -seáð ; pp. -soden

To boil to pieces

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To boil to pieces Seóð on cetele and wylle óþ ðæt hió sié eal tósoden, Lchdm. ii. 230, 8

á-þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
á-þreátian, p. ode

To force away

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To force away Ðæt mon wielle æt óðrum his yfel áðreátigan, and hine on ryhtum gebringan, Past. 293, 10

frætwe

(n.)
Grammar
frætwe, frætewe, frætuwe, frætwa, frætewa; gen. frætwa; pl. f.

Ornamentsadornmentsdecorationstreasuresornāmentaornātusres pretiōsæ

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Ornaments, adornments, decorations, treasures; ornāmenta, ornātus, res pretiōsæ Holtes frætwe the decorations of the wood, Exon. 57 a; Th. 202, 22; Ph. 73. Ða wæstmas, foldan frætwe the fruits, the treasures of the earth, 59 b; Th. 215, 22; Ph. 257.

Linked entry: frætewe

þorn

(n.)
Grammar
þorn, es; m.
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A thorn, the prickle of a plant or a plant on which such prickles grow Þorn spina, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 44: 80, 22: tribulus, 33, 45: dumus, ii. 25, 70. On ða þyrnan westeweardes, ðǽr se mycla þorn stód, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 404, 13. Tó hafucðornæ; of ðam

Linked entry: Þ