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un-sláw

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sláw, -slǽw, -sleáw; adj.

Not slownot sluggishactivereadyquick

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Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw tó cyrican, Wulfst. 72, 15. Ðone ðe him on weorcum gecwémde elne unsláwe, Exon. Th. 159, 7; Gú. 923. Wígan unsláwne ( St. Andrew ), Andr. Kmbl. 3419; An. 1713. Hí slógon tógædere unsláwe mid wǽpnum, Homl.

Linked entries: sláw un-sleáw

swíþlíce

(adv.)
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Add Cúðberhtus cwæð þæt Hereberhtus ðá sceolde swíðlíce befrínan (most fully inquire about) his nýdþearfnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 7. Sý spǽc eówer 'Ys, Ys', 'Ná, Ná'; ꝥ þysum swýðlícor (abundantius) ys, fram yfele hit ys, Scint. 135, 8

egesfullíce

(adv.)
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egesfullíce, adv.
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Óþer dæl wæs weallendum lígum ful swíðe egesfullíce flammis feruentibus nimium terribile, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 5

frum-wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
frum-wæstm, es; m: e; f. [wæstm fruit]

First-fruitsprīmĭtiæ

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Heora frumwæstme fulle syndon promptuāria eōrum plēna, Ps. Th. 143, 16. He ofslóh frumwæstmas [-wæstme, Th.] ealles geswinca heora percussit prīmĭtias omnis lăbōris eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 77, 51: 104, 36

igil

(n.)
Grammar
igil, íl, es; m.

A hedgehogporcupinean urchin

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Hé wæs ðara [strǽla] swá full swá igl bip byrsta he [St. Sebastian] was as full of arrows as a hedgehog is of bristles, Shrn. 55. 9.

Linked entry: iil

dys-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dys-líce, adv.

Foolishly stulte

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Foolishly; stulte Se Godes cunnaþ ful dyslíce he tempteth God very foolishly. Salm. Kmbl. 455; Sal. 228. Dyslíce ðú dydest stulte opĕrātus es, Gen. 31, 28

fám-bláwende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fám-bláwende, def. se -bláwenda; part.

Foam-blowing, emitting foamspūmam efflans

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Foam-blowing, emitting foam; spūmam efflans Se légfámbláwenda seáþ and se fúla ðone ðú gesáwe, ðæt wæs helle tintreges múþ pŭteus ille flammĭvŏmus ac pūtĭdus quem vīdisti, ipsum est os gehennæ, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 12, note, MS. T

seowian

(v.)
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Álces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelic swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þyrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml. S. 34, 316. Add

ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
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Heó þá fǽhðe wræc þe þú Grendel cwealdest . . . heó wolde hyre mǽg wrecan ge feor hafað fǽhðe gestǽled ( to the full has she made good her charge of slaying), B. 1340

án-gild

(n.)
Grammar
án-gild, -geld, -gyld, es; n. [án one, gild a payment, compensation] .

a single payment or compensationthe single value of property claimed or in disputea rate fixed by law, at which certain injuries, either to person or property, were to be paid forsimplex compensatiothe fixed price or rate at which cattle and other goods were received as currencyæstimatiopretium

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D. 883; 130, 18-131, 5. the fixed price or rate at which cattle and other goods were received as currency; æstimatio, pretium Gif we ðæt ceáp-gild arǽraþ be fullan ángylde if we raise the market-price [of cattle] to the full fixed price, L.

Linked entries: án-geld án-gyld

ge-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gangan, -gongan; pp. -gangen, -gongen.

to gohappentake placebefalto fall to one's shareto come inireevenireaccidereto exerciseeffectaccomplishexercereperficereefficereto go against with hostile intentionto pass overovercomesubdueconquerobtainacquireaggreditransgredisuperaresubigereoblinereadipiscipossidere

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Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ full oft it happens, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 9; Vy. 1 : 117 a; Th. 451, 3; Dóm. 98. Ðá wæs gegongen gumum unfródum, ðæt . . . then it had befallen the youthful man, that . . . Beo. Th. 5634; B. 2821.

Linked entry: ge-gongan

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, (or túcian ?; in Piers P. (v. infra) touked occurs, but the form of the noun is tokkere as well as touker, Prol. 100 A-text, and Halliwell gives tucker = fuller as a western word); p. ode
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To treat ill, to afflict, harass, vex Unrihtwíse cyningas ðe ðis wérige folc wyrst tuciaþ (quos miseri torvos populi timent tyrannos; ða unrihtwísan cyningas . . . ðe ðis earme folc heardost ondrǽt, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 26-29), Met. 24, 60. Hé heora fela

Linked entry: ge-tucian

ge-hnǽgan

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Full oft hit ðæs deófles dugoð gehnǽgeð, Sal. 399 (2nd ed.). Gehnǽcþ (=?-hnǽgþ, see ge-hnǽcan) deprimit, Germ. 401, 117. Sé þe hine áhæfæþ, hé bið genægeþ; and sé þe hine genǽgeþ (humiliaverit), hé bið áhæfen, Mt. R. 23, 12.

ge-winful

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Hí ne mihton swá gewinnfullicum (gewinesfullicum, v. l.) fyrdum (tam laboriosis expeditionibus ) swencte beón, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 33, 17. full of trouble. v. ge-win; 4 Þis líf is lǽnlic and hit is gewinful, Ll. Th. ii. 400, 15

self-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
self-cwalu, e; f.
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Self-slaughter, suicide Sum sceal ful earmlíce ealdre linnan . . . and hine tó sylfcwale secgas nemnaþ speak of him as committing suicide, Exon. Th. 330, 24; Vy. 56

bi-gellan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-gellan, p. -geal, pl. -gullon; pp. -gollen

To celebrate by song, to screamcanendo celebrare, exclamare

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To celebrate by song, to scream; canendo celebrare, exclamare Ful oft ðæt earn bigeal the eagle screamed that often, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 16; Seef. 24

Linked entry: be-gellan

FÝLÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FÝLÞ, e; f.

FILTHimpurityrottennessspurcĭtiaputrēdo

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FILTH, impurity, rottenness; spurcĭtia, putrēdo Hig synt innan fulle ealre fýlþe intus plēna sunt omni spurcĭtia, Mt. Bos. 23, 27. Wið áne cwénan fýlþe adreógaþ cum ūna meretrīce spurcĭtiem ăgunt, Lup. Serm. 1, 11; Hick.

wæscestre

(n.)
Grammar
wæscestre, an; f.
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One who washes. used of a man Iobinus wæs mín wæscestre (fullo), Gr. D. 191, 23 : 192. of a woman Hé wæs lufigende his wæscestran (presbyteram) swá swá his ágne swuster . . . þá þá hine geseah seó his wæscestre, Gr. D. 276, 1-14

leáp

(n.)
Grammar
leáp, es; m.

a baskettrunk

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Sǽdere gebyreþ ðæt hé hæbbe ǽlces sǽdcynnes ǽnne leáp fulne, L. R. S. 11; Th. 1. 438, 9. Leápas corbes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 52. Ðá bær man up of ðan ðe hí lǽfdon twelf leápas fulle, Wulfst. 293, 32. trunk [of the body], Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 8; Jud. 111

Linked entry: sǽd-leáp

bismerung

Mockeryscorn

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Fúle bismerunga spurca ludibria (opprobria), Hpt. Gl. 507, 21. Add: