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hosp-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
hosp-sprǽc, e; f.

Contemptuous, insulting language

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Contemptuous, insulting language Se eádmóda biscop ðe wé ymbe sprecaþ wæs swiðe geþyldig wið þwyrum mannum and him ne eglede heora hospsprǽc ac forbær blíðelíce ðeáh ðe him man bysmor cwǽde the lowly-minded bishop that we are talking about was very patient

ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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Ne gémdon hié nánes fyrenlustes, búton swíþe gemetlíce þá gecynd beeódan ; ealne weg ǽton ǽne on dæg Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 7. Ne ic máran getilige tó haldænne, þonne ic gemetlíce bí been mage (nec aliud quidquam praeter necessarium victum), Solil.

ge-girela

(n.)
Grammar
ge-girela, an; m.: <b>ge-girelu,</b> e; pl. n. ge-girele, ge-girela; gen. ge-girela; f.
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Heó him æteówde ealne hire gegyrelan ( omnem indumentum ) þe heó wolde æt hire byrgenne habban, Bl. H. 143, 35.

Linked entry: ge-gerela

lǽce-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-dóm, es; m.

Medicinea medicineremedycure

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Búton hé ðone tíman árédige ðæs lǽcedómes ðonne biþ hit swutol ðæt se lácnigenda forliésþ ðone cræft his lǽcedómes nisi cum tempore medicamenta conveniant, constat procul dubio, quod medendi officium amittant, Past. 21, 2; Swt. 153, 3-5.

Linked entry: lǽce-cræft

dwalian

(v.)
Grammar
dwalian, p. ede ; pp. ed

To err errāre

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To err; errāre Híg dwaledon errāvērunt, Ps. Lamb. 57, 4

Linked entry: dwolian

wréhtend

(n.)
Grammar
wréhtend, es; m.

An accuser

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An accuser Wréhten his selfes accusator sui, Kent. Gl. 650

æt-gæderum

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-gæderum, adv.
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Together Him ðá eallum ætgæderum sittendum, Lch. iii. 428, 16

méce-fisc

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Þes mécefisc hic mugil, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 39, 1. Add

unriht-hǽman

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Unryhthǽmende hié wǽron fornicati sunt, Ps. Vos. 105, 39. Add

heáh-hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-hliþ, es; n.

A high hill

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A high hill, Cd. 71; Th. 86, 31; Gen. 1439

feorh-ner

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ner, -nere, es; n.

Life's preservation or salvation, a refuge, sustenance, nourishmentfoodvītæ servātiorefŭgiumălĭmentumcĭbus

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Hwílum him to honda, hungre geþreátad, fleág fugla cyn, ðǽr hý feorhnere fundon sometimes the race of birds, forced by hunger, flew to his hands, where they found sustenance, Exon. 46 a; Th. 157, 10; Gú. 889.

býge

Grammar
býge, l. byge,
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Andlanges ánre furh oð hit cymð tó ánum byge; ðanone of ðǽm byge, C. D. v. 153, 31. Tó ðǽre díce byge, 298, 12. On ðone byge ; of ðám byge, vi. 1, 20 : 2, 4. Sete þíne hand on earmes byge, Tech. ii. 128, 14. Bigum anfractibus, An. Ox. 3696.

hord-ern

(n.)
Grammar
hord-ern, -ærn,es; n.

A store-house, store-room, treasury

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Búton hit under ðæs wífes cǽglocan gebroht wǽre ðæt is hire hordern and hire cyste unless it has been put into the places which the wife locks up, that is, her storeroom and her chest, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 21.

ymbhygdiglíce

(adv.)
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writon þone dæg and gemearcodon ymbhigdiglíce (ymbehýdiglíce, v. l.) sollicite conscripserunt diem, Gr. D. 306, 13. Swá myccle geornlícor and ymbhýdiglícor beó beeóde hire gebedu tanto sollicitius ad usum orationis excreverat, 284, 7. Add

neósan

(v.)
Grammar
neósan, p. de (?) with gen. acc. or clause.

to search outfind out by enquiryto seekvisitto seek with hostile intent

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Hý neósan cwóman, hwæðere him ðæs wonges wyn sweðrade, Exon. Th. 123, 12; Gú. 321. to seek, visit a place Gewát his beddes neósan Holofernes sought his couch, Judth. Thw. 22, 15; Jud. 63: Beo. Th. 3587; B. 1791. Setles neósan, 3576; B. 1786.

éd-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
éd-wylm, es; m. [= ád a funeral pile, wylm heat, fire]

Heat of fire, burning heat flammæ æstuatio

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Heat of fire, burning heat; flammæ æstuatio Se fǽcna gebroht hafaþ æt ðam édwylme ða ðe him oncleófiaþ the beguiler has brought into that burning heat those who cleave to him, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 19; Wal. 73

Linked entry: éd-

þreátnian

(v.)
Grammar
þreátnian, p. ode

To urgeforcecompel

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To urge, force, compel For hwilcum ðingum neádaþ se deófol eów ðæt gé cristene men tó his biggengum ðreátniaþ for what reasons does the devil compel you to force Christian men to his worship? Homl. Th. i. 424, 3

á-plantian

(v.)
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Þá ðé heora heortan wyrtruman on his lufe áplantodon, Hml. Th. i. 612, 29. Áplanta on ðínre heortan þá sóðan lufe, ii. 410, 1. Hé hæfde áplantod án fictreow binnon his wíngearde, 406, 35: Ps. Th. 1, 3. Add

beót

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Hié tó beóte (bote, MS.) balde gecwǽdon þæt hié þæs wíges wihte ne róhton, Dan. 200. Heó (the vestal virgin) hiere beót (vow; gehát, v. l.) áleág, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19. Dele bracket, and add under III:

geár-gemynd

(n.)
Grammar
geár-gemynd, es; n.
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A yearly commemoration on the anniversary of a person's death Ðis is seó caritas þe Baldwine abbod hæfð geunnon his gebróðrum for Eádwardes sáwle, ꝥ is healf pund æt his geárgemynde tó fisce, Nap. 28. Tó mínon geárgemynde, ib