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breág

(n.)

an eye-lid

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an eye-lid Breága palpebrarum, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 32; Rä. 41, 100

brég

(n.)

an eye-lid,

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an eye-lid, Ps. Surt. 131, 4: Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, note 18

swǽsung

(n.)
Grammar
swǽsung, e; f.

A making pleasant, an alleviation, a mitigation

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A making pleasant, an alleviation, a mitigation Swǽsunga fomenta Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 7

swefen-reccere

(n.)
Grammar
swefen-reccere, es; m.

An interpreter of dreams, a diviner, soothsayer ⬩ conjector

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An interpreter of dreams, a diviner, soothsayer Swefnreccere conjectorem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 40

Linked entry: swefen-racu

scip-férend

(n.)
Grammar
scip-férend, es; m.

A sailor

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A sailor Wǽron hié on gescirplan scipférendum onlíce, eálíðendum, Andr. Kmbl. 500; An. 250

Linked entries: ferend scip-farend

screádung-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
screádung-ísen, es; n.

An instrument for pruning or trimming

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An instrument for pruning or trimming Wíngeardes screádungísen sarculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 11

Linked entry: screádung

seonu-dolh

(n.)
Grammar
seonu-dolh, es; n.

A wound of a sinew

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A wound of a sinew Benna weallaþ, seonodolg swátige. Andr. Kmbl. 2811; An. 1408

wíg-bora

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bora, an; m.

An image-bearer

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An image-bearer Wícbora (wióbora, Anglia xiii. 35, 214) signifer Hpt. Gl. 495, 71

wíg-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-strǽt, e ; f.

A high-road ⬩ public road

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A high-road, public road An ðara wístrǽte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 89, 4

wyrt-eceddrenc

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-eceddrenc, es; m.

An acid potion made with herbs

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An acid potion made with herbs Be ðam súþernan wyrteceddrence, Lchdm. ii. 172, 11

Linked entry: eced-drenc

streám-wilm

(n.)
Grammar
streám-wilm, es; m.

The boiling of the waters, surge ⬩ aestus

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The boiling of the waters, surge; aestus Streámwelm hwíleþ, Andr. Kmbl. 990; An. 495

bǽre

(n.)
Grammar
bǽre, es; n.

Gesture ⬩ movement

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Gesture, movement Bǽrum gestibus, An. Ox. 45. Styllum bǽrum quietis lapsibus, Germ. 400, 487

on-secgan

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add: absolute, to offer a sacrifice, sacrifice Þé þes déma hafað wítu gegearwad, gif þú onsecgan nelt, Jul. 251. (1 a) to sacrifice to a divinity, &c. :-- Ic onsæge ł ic offrige þé sacrificabo tibi, Ps. L. 53, 8.

ge-bícnan

Grammar
ge-bícnan, ge-bícnian.
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Add: I. to make a significant gesture that gives or asks for information, to point to an object, inquire by signs Án lamb bícnode mid his swýðran fét, swilce hit þá wæterǽddran geswutelian wolde.

weddian

(v.)
Grammar
weddian, p. ode

To engage, covenant, undertake ⬩ to engage ⬩ to wed, betroth, espouse

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Gif hwá ordáles weddige if any one engage to undergo an ordeal, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 210, 25. Gif hé ðæs weddie, ðe hym riht sý tó gelǽstanne, L. Alf. pol. i; Th. i. 60, 6.

Linked entry: be-weddian

á-wiht

(adv.)
Grammar
á-wiht, á-wyht, á-wuht, á-uht, áht; adv.

At all ⬩ by any means ⬩ omnino ⬩ ullo modo

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At all, by any means; omnino, ullo modo Ne lata ðú áwiht do not thou tarry at all, Ps. Th. 69, 7: 77, 10, 12: 134, 19.

ǽlc

all ⬩ any

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Hí þegniað ǽlc óðum, Met. 25, 12. adjectival Hwílum on áne healfe, hwílum on ǽlce healfe, Chr. 892; P. 82, 34. combined with án :-- Ǽlc án hagelstán wegeð fíf pund, Wlfst. 228, 6.

feónd-lic

hostile ⬩ diabolic ⬩ devilish ⬩ outrageous

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S. 7, 10. diabolic, of the devil Feóndlices nearaþances spiritalis nequitiae, An. Ox. 377. Þínne feóndlican drýcræft, Hml. S. 7, 183. Feóndlicra spiritalium, An. Ox. 762: 856. Feóndlicum æfgælþum superstitiosa cultura, 3933.

bígels

an arch ⬩ inclination

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Add: an arch. &c. Bígels arcus vel fornix, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 14. Bígels, boga, incleofa camera, arcus, fornax, ii. 127, 78. Sé ðe gebígde þone heofenlican bígels, Hml.Th. i.170, 23. Bígelsa arcuum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 2.

ge-neádian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 139, 74- Ge-neáded inuitus, An. Ox. 2541. to compel, force to (tó) an action Hé bebeád his cempum ꝥ hí ðá crístenan cynegas tó þǽre offrunga geneádodon mid wítum, Hml.