clǽnsung
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Add: , clǽsnung. physical. cleansing from dirt Clǽnsunga purgamenta (latrinarum ), An. Ox. 3918. cleansing from impurity, disease Clǽsnunga and swiling tó heáfdes hǽlo, Lch. ii. 2, 3. II. with reference to moral impurity :-- Mid clǽsnunge forhæfednesse
Eofor-wíc
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Hér forbarn Eoferwíc, Chr. 741; P. 45, 32. Of Eoferwíc, 774; P. 51, 28: 1075; P. 210, 23. Tó Eoferwíc, 1041; P. 163, 27: 1068; P. 202, 6. Tó Eoforwíc weard, 1016; P. 148, 4: 1066; P. 196, 27. Hér Regnold gewan Eoforwíc (Eofer-, v. l.), 923; P. 105, 12
geond-faran
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Add: to traverse, pass through Gindfærð pertransit, Ps. L. 38, 7. Þá þe iandfarað (perambulant) paðas sǽ, 8, 9. Sideralis se circul hátte, for þan þá tunglan hine geondfarað, Angl. viii. 317, 35. to penetrate, permeate. Cf. þurh-faran Wæs ꝥ hús eall
ge-brǽdan
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Add: to spread out Genim þá leáf, gebrǽd on gærse, Lch. ii. 124, 20. to extend, enlarge Hé gebrǽdde his ríce oþ India gemǽro ad Indium extendit imperium, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 25. Hié ne mót heore mearce gebrǽdan ofer þá eorþan. Bt. 21; F. 74, 28. Mid
ge-wyrtrumian
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Substitute : <b>ge-wyrttrurnian;</b> p. ode. to root, fix firmly, establish Gewyttrurnod radicatum, i. fundatum. An. Ox. 2, 153. Gewyrdtrurned, 3111. Þæt gé beón on sóðre lufe ge-wyrtrumode ( in charitate radicati et fundati Eph. 3, 17),
holen
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Add: holig[n] Holegn acrifolus Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 4. Holen ruscus Hpt. Gl. 530, 6. Tó ðǽam beorge ðe mon háteð æt ðǽm holne, C. D. ii. 29, 6. In ymman holig; of ymman holigne, C. D. B. iii. 223, 25. Tó ðǽm gemǽre æt ðám holignan; of ðám holigena gemǽra
ides
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The word occurs as a gloss to virgo, Kent. Gl. 1196, and a weak form, idesan, glosses juvenculam (Ald. 29, 14), An. Ox. 2136. It is also found as a gloss to virgo in Aldhelm's poems (Ald. 191, 7), An. Ox. 15, 4; 17, 52: (Ald. 194, 14), An. Ox.
íw
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Take here <b>eow</b> (l. <b>eów</b>) in Dict., and add Íuu taxus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 76. Eów ornus, 65, 8. Tó íwes heáfdan ... on íwdene, C. D. iii. 444, 4-6. On Íwwcumb, of Íwwa cumbe, 218, 34. Cf. Tó íwígað, v. 240, 25
ofer-heáfod
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Add: [v. N. E. D. over-head]: <b>ofer-heáh.</b> Add: [Orm. oferr-heh] : <b>ofer-hebban.</b> Add: to uplift, exalt. v. ofer-hebbendlic. [Overhofen sal be over Yban his fruyte, Ps. 71, 16. Goth. ufar-hafjan sik to exalt oneself:
smyltness
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See preceding word; or is pinguedo connected with pinguis in its sense of calm, quiet, easy? Add Mé sóna sum staþolfæstlic smyltnyss tó becóm, Hml. S. 23b, 551. Add Ꝥ yrre hæfd wununge on ðæs dysegan bósme, ꝥ is ðonne hé bið tó hrædmód; and se ealwealdenda
rúm-gál
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Rejoicing in ample space in which to move (applied to the dove when sent from the ark) Seó culufre wíde fleáh óþ ðæt heó rúmgál reste stówe funde far the dove flew, in flight unconfined rejoicing, until a place of rest she found (cf. heó rúme fleáh,
weddung
Betrothal, espousal
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Betrothal, espousal Ðá cwæþ Pilatus tó ðam folce, ða ðe sǽdon ðæt hé of forligere wǽre ácenned : ' Ðeós sprǽc nys ná sóþ ðæt gé sprecaþ, for ðon seó weddung wæs beweddod, eal swá eówre ágene ðeóda secgaþ, ' Nicod. 7 ; Thw. 3, 31. [Or men wimman to louerd
ádlian
to ail, &c. ⬩ to make ill, cause disease
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Add: to ail, &c. Lange hé ádlað and áríst diu languet et surget, Lch. iii. 151, 6, 7, 23, 25. Hé ádlað and hé swelt, 26: Scint. 41, 3. Míne eágan ádlodan languerunt Ps. L. 87, 10. Hálwende ádligendum líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 86, 22. to make ill, cause
riftere
a reaper
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a reaper Riftre messor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 55 : 71, 30. Riptere, i. 74, 68. Ðæt geríp is micel and ða rifteras feáwa, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 16. Riftra[s], messores Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 39. Ic cweþe tó riftrum mínum dicam messoribus, 13, 30. Se bær his ryfterum
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hæn-fugul
A hen
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A hen Henfugel gallina, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 164, 21. Gewurp tó sumum hen [hæn, MS. B.] fugule throw it to a hen, Herb. 4, 10; Lchdm. i. 92, 16.iiii hænfugulas four hens, Th. Chart. 509, 18. Ðǽr æfter swulten ða henne fugeles after that the hens died
Snotinga-hám
Nottingham
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Nottingham Hér fór se ilca here innan Mierce tó Snotengahám (Snotinghám, MS. E.) Chr. 868; Erl. 72, 21. Fór hé tó Snotingahám and gefór ða burg and hét hié gebétan and gesettan ǽgðer ge mid Engliscum mannum ge mid Deniscum 922; Erl. 108, 30. Hér Eádmund
ge-sión
to see ⬩ behold ⬩ videre
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to see, behold; videre Wénaþ ða dysgan ðæt ǽlc mon síe blind swá hí sint; and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón [gesión, note] ðæt hí gesión ne mágon the foolish think that every man is blind as they are; and that no man is able to see what they cannot see, Bt
sealt-stán
rock salt ⬩ a stone formed of salt ⬩ a pillar of salt
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rock salt Ðis mæg tó eáhsalfe: genim geoluwne stán (ochre) and saltstán, Lchdm. i. 374, 14. a stone formed of salt, a pillar of salt Heó on sealtstánes sóna wurde anlícnesse ǽfre siððan, Cd. Th. 154, 31; Gen. 2564. Lothes wíf wearð áwende tó ánum sealtstáne
seglan
To sail
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To sail Ðá hé hámweard seglde, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 1. Hé siglde ðá eást be lande, 1, 1; Swt. 17, 16. Se sciphere sigelede (seglode, MS. E.) west ymbútan, Chr. 877; Erl. 78, 17. Hé hys segl up áhóf, and swýðe forð seglode, St. And. 38, 33. Út on sǽ
sicetan
to sigh ⬩ groan
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to sigh, groan Sicetit singultat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 50. Ðá begann se ealda siccetan and mid wópe wearþ ofergoten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 1. as opposed to expressing grief by speech (?) Ða unryhtwísan sicettaþ (siccettaþ, Cott. MSS.) on ðǽm þiéstrum impii
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