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hæfen

Grammar
hæfen, having.
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Se bróðor þe mid swǽrra gylta hæfene bið gedered frater qui gravioris culpe noxa teneatur, 49, 13. concrete, what is possessed Sé ðe eallunge ðá eorðlican gestreón forlǽtan ne mæg . . . fremige hé hafenleásum mid his hæfene, Hml. Th. ii. 400, 2.

god-webb

(adj.)
Grammar
god-webb, adj.
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D. 13, 18. made of silk or cotton Of ealseolcenum, sidenum olosericis, godewebbum, sidenum bombicinis (the passage is: Olosericis et bombicinis indutum vestibus. Perhaps godewebbum might be intended to represent bombicinis vestibus.

ládian

(v.)
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In l. 3 read 241 for 244, and add: to clear, excuse, defend a person Manigra manna gewuna is ðæt hié hié mid ðissum wordum ládiað and cueðað: 'Wé brucað úres ǽgnes, ne gítsige wé nánes óðres monnes,' Past. 337, 19: 439, 21.

út-laga

(n.)
Grammar
út-laga, an; m.

An outlaw

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Wé beódaþ ðæt útlagan Godes and manna of earde gewítan, L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 11. Riht is ðæt ða útlagan weorþan, ðe tó Godes rihte gebúgan nellan, Wulfst. 269, 5. Útlagan exules, Hymn. Surt. 5, 25

wacol

(adj.)
Grammar
wacol, (-ul, -el); adj.

Watchfulvigilant

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Ða ðe cariaþ mid wacelum móde hú hí óðra manna sáwla Gode gestrýnan, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 2. Gewinn wið ðone wacolan feónd, 560, 28. Wacele (-ole) beón on gódum weorcum, Homl. Ass. 53, 86. Wacule (-ole), R. Ben. 2, 7.

wincian

(v.)
Grammar
wincian, p. ode

to winkmake a signto close the eyesblink

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to wink, make a sign Ic wincie annicto vel annuto, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 27. to close the eyes, blink Ic wincige conniveo, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 14:Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5.

rihtlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtlǽcan, p.-lǽhte

To make right, rectify, correct, amend

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To make right, rectify, correct, amend Gif hé ðonne swá ne béte and rihtlǽce, hé sý of ðam ealdorscype áworpen, after punishment R. Ben. 46, 19. Se ðe ǽr ðysum misdyde, ðæt hé hit georne gebéte and rihtlǽce hine sylfne, Wulfst. 277, 2.

grút

(n.)
Grammar
grút, indecl. but also dat. grýt

GROUTthe wet residuary materials of malt liquorcondimentum cerevisiæ grounds, dregsporridge

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Lchdm. iii.28, 9; f.GROUT, the wet residuary materials of malt liquor; condimentum cerevisiæ Wyrc clam of súrre rigenre grút oððe dáge work a paste of sour rye grout or of dough, L. M. 3, 59; Lchdm. ii. 342, 17.

hǽmed-þing

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed-þing, es; n.

Carnal intercourse, venery, matrimony

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Be hǽðenra manna hǽmedþincge de gentilium hominum matrimonio, L. Ecg. C; Th. ii. 128, 27. Gif hí him betwynan hǽmedþing fremmen si inter se fornicationem commiserint, 16; Th. ii. 144, 9.

or-gete

(adj.)
Grammar
or-gete, gyte, -geate; adj.

To be perceived, manifest

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Ic eów secgan mæg sóþ orgete, 1702 ; An. 853. Ðú meaht geseón orgete on mínre sídan swátge wunde, Exon. Th. 89, 17 ; Cri. 1458

Linked entries: -gete or-gyte

spreót

(n.)
Grammar
spreót, es; m.

A pole, sprit (in bow-sprit)contussprit

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Ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant, spreot et tendentis ante se quantum potest, Chart. Th. 318, 10.

for-sweorcan

(v.)

to grow darkto make dark

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. ¶ a wk. form occurs, to make dark (?) Forsweorced fuscatus (velut Aethiopica nigritudine,Ald. 66, 23), An. Ox. 2, 369. (Cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 7 supra.) For Prov. 7 substitute Kent. Gl. 185, and add

cempa

(n.)
Grammar
cempa, an; m. [camp war, battle, -a, q. v.]

A soldier, warrior, CHAMPIONmiles, bellator, athleta = ἀθλητής

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Se cempa oferwon frécnessa fela the champion overcame many perils, Exon. 35a; Th. 113, 2; Gú. 151: Andr. Kmbl. 922; An. 461: Byrht. Th. 135, 17; By. 119: Beo. Th. 2629; B. 1312.

Linked entry: cæmpa

list

(n.)
Grammar
list, es; m: list, e; f.

Artskillcraftcunningartifice

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Hé fela onginþ leornian lista many arts doth he learn, 28, 153; Met. 28, 77: Cd. 13; Th. 16, 5; Gen. 239. Mid listum speón idese on ðæt unriht with wiles he lured the woman to that wrong, 28; Th. 37, 12; Gen. 588: 32; Th. 43, 8; Gen. 687.

Gota

(n.)
Grammar
Gota, an; m.
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The Goths Unrím mánes se Gota fremede the Goth perpetrated an excess of wickedness, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 89; Met. 1, 45. VISIGOTHS or West Goths, under Alríca, q. v. A.

sige

(n.)
Grammar
sige, es ; m.
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Sige onsendan to make victorious, Salm. Kmbl. 487 ; Sal. 244. Heó bád ðone écan sige, Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 593, 14. Sigas triumphos, Hymn. Surt. 47, 20 : victorias, 129, 24 : trophea, 131, 22. <b>IIa.

sumer

(n.)
Grammar
sumer, (-or, -ur), es; dat. a, e; m.
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On ðone nygeþan dæg ðæs mónðes ( May ) biþ sumeres fruma. Se sumor hafaþ hundnygontig daga, Shrn. 83, 33. Sumor biþ sunwlitegost, Menol. Fox 473; Gn. C. 7. Beorht sumor, Cd. Th. 239, 23; Dan. 374.

Linked entries: sumor sumur

þeór

(n.)
Grammar
þeór, es(?), e(?), gender is uncertain: in the following passages, which might be decisive, the forms are doubtful
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Drenc wiþ þeórádle ... gif hé on þam innoþe biþ þonne ádrífþ hine ðes drinc út (hé and hine may, perhaps, be taken as referring to þeór, as ádl is fem. ), 118, 1-12. The meaning, too, is doubtful.

car-ful

Grammar
car-ful, (care-).
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Add: of persons, filled with anxiety, anxious, troubled Ðú eart carful and bysig ymbe fela ðing thou art careful and troubled about many things (Lk. 10, 41), Hml. Th. ii. 440, 8. Ne beó ðú carful ymbe woruldlicum gestreónum, 344, 2.

réðness

(n.)
Grammar
réðness, -e; f.

Fiercenessragecrueltyseverity.ferocitasausteritasferitas, i. crudelitas, inclementia, duritia furorferia, insaniasavagenessfiercenessferocityharshnessseverity

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Homl. 43, 29. of justifiable severity Ðæt hé his hiéremonna yfelu tó hnesclíce forberan ne sceal ac mid miclum andan and réðnesse him stiére subditorum mala, quae tolerare leniter non debent, cum magna zeli asperitate corrigere, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 16,