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a-holian

(v.)
Grammar
a-holian, p. ode; pp. od [ a, holian to hollow]

To dig ⬩ eruere ⬩ fodere

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To dig; eruere, fodere Gyf ðín eáge ðé swícaþ, ahola hyt út si oculus tuus scandalizat te, erue eum, Mt. Bos. 18, 9: 5, 29

telgung

(n.)
Grammar
telgung, e; f.
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Dyeing, or a dye Te[l]ging tinctura (cf. deáh tinctura, 40, 39), Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 8. Telgung tinctorium, 289, 13. Telgunge tinctura, ii. 89, 28

Linked entry: teging

emn-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
emn-micel, em-micel; adj.

Equally great ⬩ æque magnus

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Equally great; æque magnus Habbaþ emnmicelne willan to cumenne they have equally great desire te come, Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 10: 42; Fox 256, 10

Linked entry: em-micel

in-gelaðian

(v.)
Grammar
in-gelaðian, p. ode

To invite

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To invite Se ðe ðé ingelaðode is qui te vocavit, Lk. Skt. 14, 9, 10. Ðá sǽde hé sum bigspel be ðám ingelaðudan dicebat ad invitatos parabolam, 7

un-geþwǽrlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrlic, adj.
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Discordant, at variance Gif þú gemune ꝥ þín bróðer áht ungeþwǽrlices wið þé gemǽne [hæbbe] si recordatus fueris quiafrater tuus habet aliquid adversunt te, Gr. D. 349, 24

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrlic

windwig-ceaf

(n.)
Grammar
windwig-ceaf, es; n.

A husk winnowed from the grain

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A husk winnowed from the grain Windwig-ceafum paleis (the passage is: Non te hordeo alam, sed paleis et fame conficiam, Ald. 34), Hpt. Gl. 464, 3

Linked entry: ceaf

ǽ-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽ-swícian, p. ode; pp. od

To offend ⬩ to depart from the law ⬩ to dissemble ⬩ scandalizare ⬩ deficere ab aliquo

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To offend, to depart from the law, to dissemble; scandalizare, deficere ab aliquo Gyf ðín swýðre eáge ðé ǽswyície si oculus tuus dexter scandalizat te, Mt. Bos. 5, 29

ele-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
ele-lendisc, adj.

Strange, foreign ⬩ advĕna, aliēnus

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Strange, foreign; advĕna, aliēnus Elelendisc ic eom mid ðé advĕna ĕgo sum ăpud te. Ps. Lamb. 38, 13. Beam elelendisce ferealdodon fīlii aliēni invetĕrāti sunt. Ps. Lamb. 17, 46

Linked entries: -lendisc æle-lendisc

níw-fara

(n.)
Grammar
níw-fara, an; m.

A new-comer ⬩ a stranger

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A new-comer, a stranger Ic eom nífara hider on eorþan beforan ðé and ælþeódig incola ego sum apud te in terra, et peregrinus, Ps. Th. 38, 15

Linked entries: níw-gefara fara

spyrte

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Spyr[te] sportella, An. Ox. 56, 56. Hé sóhte ráp and spertan (wylian, v. l.) funem sportamque quaesivit, Gr. D. 110, 1. Spyrtan sportulas, i. cofinos, An. Ox. 3857. Add

dæg-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-tíma, an; m. [tíma time]

DAY-TIME, day ⬩ diurnum tempus, dies

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DAY-TIME, day; diurnum tempus, dies Þurh dægtíman oððe geond dæg sunne ne forswǽle ðé ne móna per diem sol non uret te, neque luna, Ps. Lamb. 120, 6

hwata

(n.)
Grammar
hwata, an; m.

An augur ⬩ diviner

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An augur, diviner Warna ðé ðæt ðú ne gíme drýcræfta ne swefena ne hwatena nec inveniatur in te, qui ariolos sciscitetur et observet somnia et auguria, Deut. 18, 10

pínian

(v.)
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Ic biddo ðec ꝥte ðú mec ne pínia obsecro te ne me torqueas, Lk. L. 8, 28. Ðú cuóme hider ǽr tíd tó pínenne (torquere) úsih, Mt. L. 8, 29. Add

rift

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Rif[te] conopeo, An. Ox. 5276. Ongeredon hine ðís ryfte exuerunt cum clamyde, Mt. L. 27, 31. Reáde ryfte ymbsaldan him clamydem coccineam circumdederunt ei, Mt. R. 27, 28. Add

of-þencan

(v.)

to remember

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to remember Gif ðú ofþence hwæthwugu ðæs ðe ðín niéhsta ðé wiðerweardes gedón hæbbe si recordatus fueris, quia frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, Fast. 46, 4; Swt. 349, 10

þri-slite

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-slite, -slitte(?); adj.

Three-forked ⬩ three-pointed

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Three-forked, three-pointed Hæfdon ða wyrmas þriesli[ ]te (a letter has been erased before the t, see note, and Anglia i. 510, iv. 151) tungan cum trisulcis linguis, Nar. 14, 12

ymb-trymming

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-trymming, e; f.
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A fortification Ymbtrymming oððe fæstnys munimen Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Zup. 41, 3. Ðíne fýnd ðé ymbsittaþ mid ymbtrymminge circtimdabunt te inimici tui uallo (Lk. 19, 43), Homl. Th. i. 408, 35

Linked entry: em-trymming

ge-gyrdan

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Gegyrdeð (-að, R.) hine praecingit se, Lk. L. 12, 37. Ðú waldes ðec gigyrde cingebas te, Jn. L. 21, 18. Gegyrded praecinctus, 13, 5. Luna beón gegyrd (cingi ), Lch. iii. 206, 19. Add

rodor-lic

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Add Þú þe eart fram Gode gehálgod mid roderlicum wurðmynte te . . . quem Deus aethereo honore sacravit, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 11. Tó ðám roderlican (readorlicum, lxxv. 5) ad aetheria, Lch. i. lxxiii. 6

sneorcan

(v.)
Grammar
sneorcan, p. snearc

To shrivel ⬩ to wrinkle the face in displeasure (?) ⬩ to draw up the nose in contempt or displeasure

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To shrivel Ic gesnerc swé swé deád from heortan excidi tamquam mortuus a corde Ps. Surt. 30, 13. [Cf. ꝥ te hude swartete as hit snarchte (shrivelled with the heat) Marh. 18, 14.]