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mǽl

(n.)
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Gif hwám geboden sý tó ðigene, and hé hit mid gebelge forsace, ne sý him tó gewilnedum mǽle ( hora qua desideraverit ) nánre óðere þigene getíðad, R. Ben. 69, 21. Hý on án mǽl tó nónes gereorden ad nonam semper reficiant, 66, 5.

sweotolung

Grammar
sweotolung, <b>. I.</b>
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Sigewulf hine ( Albinus ) befrán ... be gehwylcum cnottum þe hé sylf ne cúþe ... þá cwæð Albinus ꝥ hé wolde his áxunga ealle gegaderian, and him andsware sendan mid heora swutelungean, Angl. vii. 2, 16.

weg

Grammar
weg, <b>. Ia.</b>
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add: means of access Ðý lǽs sió úpáhæfenes him weorðe tó wege micelre scylde ne elatio via fiat ad foveam gravioris culpae, Past. 439, ii. add: [weg seems contrasted with pæþ, and with here-strǽt, -pæþ Of þám wege út æt norðgæte, on þone smalan pæþ

same

(adv.)
Grammar
same, (always in combination with swá); adv.

Similarly, in the same way

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Swá same swá Hú ne forealldodon ða gewritu swá some swá ða wríteras dydon, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 1. Twá ðara gecyndu habbaþ nétenu swá swá men, 33, 4; Fox 132, 5. Ðǽr wífmenn feohtaþ swá same swá wǽpnedmen. Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 27

un-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-wísdóm, es; m.

follystupidityignorance

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Hé of yfelum wiilan ne gesyngaþ, ac of unwísdóme (non malitia, sed sola ignorantia), 21.; Swt. 157, 25

Linked entry: wís-dóm

ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ, ǽ(w); g. d. ac. ǽ, ǽe, ǽwe (g. ǽs in N. Gospels); g. pl. ǽa; f. and n.
    (? in
  • Bd. 4, 5
  • ;
  • S. 573, 17
  • ).

law, &c.matrimony

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Ðæt hé of ðǽre ǽwe ne cerre, Past. 175, 5: 181, 1: 439, 30. Aee legem, Ps. Srt. 26, 11. Ǽa legum, Germ. 388, 16. Ǽwum cerimoniis, Hpt. xxxiii. 239, 26. matrimony Se hálga wer ðǽre wíflufan wordum stýrde unryhtre ǽ, Jul. 297.

horsc

(adj.)
Grammar
horsc, adj.

Quick, ready, active, valiant, wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted wisealacer, celer, præproperus, volucer, promtus, sagax,

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Nis ǽnig ðæs horsc ne ðæs hygecræftig ðe ðín frumcyn mǽge fira bearnum sweotule geséðan, 11 a; Th. 15, 24; Cri. 241. Horsc and hreðergleáw herges wísa a guide of the host, prompt and prudent, Cd. 143; Th. 178, 17; Exod. 13.

Linked entry: horsc-lic

ofer-winnan

(v.)

to overcome, conquer, vanquish, subdueexpugnare, superare, devincere

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Seó ylce þeód wæs oferwunnen fram Eald-Seaxum, 5, 11; S. 626, 10, On ðǽm xxv. wintrum ðe hé winnende wæs hé ná oferwunnen ne wearð, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 114, 6. Se mon hafaþ weán oferwunnen, Exon. Th. 475, 5; Bo. 43.

tótian

(v.)
Grammar
tótian, p. ode

To peep outlook

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Toten vt wiðuten vuel ne mei nouðer of ou, & nim ȝeme hwat vuel beo icumen of totinge, A. R. 52, 2-11. Euer se recluses toteó more utwardes, 92, 7. Ajein kunde hit is, ꝥ te deade totie, 50, 25. He bad me toten on þe tree. Piers P. 16, 22.

swicol

(adj.)
Grammar
swicol, sweocol; adj.

deceitful, false, treacherous, craftyoccasioning offencesubdolustreacherous

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Ne sceole wé ná besettan úrne hiht on ðissum swicelum lífe, Homl. Th. i. 162, 18. Geseoh gif ic on swiculne weg oððe on unrihte eode vide, si via iniquitatis in me est, Ps.

Linked entry: sweocol

sprengan

(v.)
Grammar
sprengan, de

To cause to spring.to scatter to sprinkle to burst, crack (cf. to spring a leak,sprung, applied to a bat)to apply a clysterquassare, rorareto burst, scatter, sprinkleto burst

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To cause to spring. to scatter Ðú gaderast ðǽr ðú ne sprengdest ( sparsisti ), Mt. Kmbl. 25, 24. His eágan wǽron spearcan sprengende, Homl. Th. i. 466, 26. to sprinkle, an object with something Ðú spren[g]st Aaron and his reáf, Ex. 29, 21.

Linked entry: sprængan

geaflas

(n.)
Grammar
geaflas, pl. m.

The jawsfauces

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Ðæt nebb lixeþ swá glæs oððe gim, geaflas scýne innan and útan the beak [of the Phoenix] glitters like glass or gem, the jaws comely within and without, Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 1; Ph. 300.

telga

(n.)
Grammar
telga, an; m.
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. ¶ In the following passage Kemble and Leo take the word as meaning a strip of land (fallow), but as such a strip of land if fallow one year would not be so the next, its designation as the fallow strip would hardly serve the purpose of marking a boundary

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a worda single part of speechwordsa written worda worda group of wordsa sayingsentencewordsa sayingmaxima talestorya reporttidingsfamename(good) word,(good) reporta commandan orderordinancea messagean announcementwordsolemn statementpromiseoathan (expressed) intentionopinionspeechlanguagewordslanguagestylewordword of God

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Gif heó ne bið mid Godes worde féded, 57, 11. translating verbum in Jn. 1, 1

wítnian

(v.)
Grammar
wítnian, p. ode

To punishtormentplague

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Nele God ús wítnian, Ps. Th. 76, 7. Ða unrihtwísan beóð wítnade (punientur ), Ps. Surt. 36, 28. Hí wǽron wítnade virgis caesi, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 160, 14.

EFEN

(adj.; prep.; adv.)
Grammar
EFEN, efn, æfen; adj.

EVEN, equal æquus, plānus, æquālis

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On even ground, on a level, by, near, aside with; in æquāli, juxta Him on efn ligeþ ealdor-gewinna by him lies his vital adversary, Beo. Th. 5798; B. 2903

Linked entries: æfen efn emn euen

hweorfa

(n.)
Grammar
hweorfa, an; m.

a jointa whorl

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Nim ðone hweorfan ðe wíf mid spinnaþ bind on his sweoran take the whorl that women spin with, bind it on his neck, L. M. 3, 6; Lchdm. ii. 310, 21

ge-stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stregdan, ge-strédan; pp. strogden and -stregd(ed), -stréd(ed) (v. stregdan).
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Ox. 3754. to make a bed Hé wolde ꝥ him wǽre þǽr gestréd neáh þǽre byrgenne stratum fieri sibi juxta sepulcrum voluit, Gr. D. 257, 22

hæfern

(n.)
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Haebern, habern, hafern nepa, Txts. 81, 1370. Hæfern, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 11. Crabba oððe hæfern, 61, 48; Hebernum choncis (= conchis), Txts. 114, 106

hringe

(n.)
Grammar
hringe, an; f.
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Gif seó hringe nele úp . . .' Se smið . . . genam áne hringan . . . Héé Hringan legulam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 18