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eá-stán

(n.)
Grammar
eá-stán, es; m.
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Eác hylpð gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð, Lch. ii. 218, 23

fleám-lást

(n.)
Grammar
fleám-lást, es; m.

apostasy

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The track of a fugitive, apostasy (cf. apostata áflíged mon, Kent. Gl. 141) Fleámlástes apostasie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 38

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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On twegra nihta eald móna, and on .xxviii. scinþ áne tíd and iii pricena, etc.: cf. with the calculations on this page the statement at 242, 7 :-- Dæghwamlíce ðæs mónan leóht byþ weaxende oððe waniende feówer prican. See also Homl. Th. i. 102, 30

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum

ge-rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rinnan, p. -ran; pp. -runnen

To run, run together, congeal, join ⬩ coagulare, coagulari ⬩ to run together ⬩ coagulare

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Munt gerunnen, dúne fæt, to hwý wéne gé muntas gerunnene mons coagulatus, mons pinguis, ut quid suspicamini montes coagulatos, Ps. Spl. 67, 16. Gerunnen coagulatus, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 17; Wrt. Voc. 28, 1.

Linked entries: ge-irnan heofon-setl

a-býwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-býwan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To adorn ⬩ purify ⬩ clarify ⬩ exomare ⬩ purgare

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To adorn, purify, clarify; exomare, purgare Beóþ monna gǽstas beorhte abýwde þurh bryne fýres the souls of men are brightly adorned [clarified] through the fire's heat, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 24; Ph. 545

þeáh-hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh-hwæðere, adv. conj.
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Monast. Th. 29, 27. Þeáhhweðere, Blickl. Homl. 31, 18. Þeáhhweþre, 93, 17.Ac þeáhhwæþere sed tamen, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 32: Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 26. Gyt þeáhhwæþere adhuc tamen, Coll. Monast. Th. 33. 9.

Linked entry: hwæðere

folc-lǽsung

(n.)
Grammar
folc-lǽsung, e; f.

Public lying ⬩ slander ⬩ publĭcum mendācium

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Public lying, slander; publĭcum mendācium Gif mon folclǽsunge gewyrce si quis publĭcum mendācium confingat, L. Alf. pol. 28; Wilk. 41, 19

híne

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
híne, [ = (?) hínan as gehúse = gehúsan, hiwæ = híwan in the same verse] domesticos, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 25. Is this the word which gives later English hine, Mod. E. hind, or are these taken from the gen. pl. of híwan, hína, which occurs most frequently in phrases hina fæder, etc., and which may have come to be looked upon as an uninflected word used in such cases as the first part of a compound? In v. 36 domestici is glossed hígu ł híne ł híwen, and 24, 34 pater-familas = híne-fæder [but this may be for hína-fæder]

Linked entry: hína

un-tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tídlíce, adv.

Unseasonably ⬩ at a wrong time

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Unseasonably, at a wrong time Eall ðæt mon untídlíce onginþ, næfþ hit nó æltæwne ende, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 27

Linked entry: tídlíce

un-scearpsíne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scearpsíne, adj.

Not sharpsighted

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Þus mon sceal unscearpsýnum sealfe wyrcean tó eágum, Lchdm. ii. 30, 27-32, 1

Linked entry: scearp-síne

blód-sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
blód-sceáwung, e; f.
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Ꝥ mon mæg gelácnian þenden of þǽre lifre sió blódsceáwung geondgét ealne þone líchoman, Lch. ii. 222, 9

Linked entry: sceáwung

efen-metan

(v.)
Grammar
efen-metan, pp. -meten
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To compare Mon efenmeten wes neátum homo comparatus est jumentis, Ps. Srt. 48, 21. [Cf. O. H. Ger. eban-mezón comparare.]

heáfod-beáh

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Add: — Mon hehþ þone heáfodbeáh æt þæs ærneweges ende currenti in stadio jacet praemium corona, Bt. 37, tit.; F. xviii. 9

on-útan

(adv.)
Grammar
on-útan, adv.
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Outside, out-of-doors Æt hám gebring, and nǽfre in on þone mon, sceafe ꝥ gréne onútan, Lch. ii. 292, 27

ge-rǽcan

Grammar
ge-rǽcan, <b>; I 3 a.</b> add: to attain (cf.
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Ger. er-reichen) Ic biddo ... ðæt se monn se hígon londes unnen tó brúcanne ðá ilcan wísan léste on swǽsendum tó mínre tíde and ðá godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, C.D. i. 316, 21

gǽlsa

(n.)
Grammar
gǽlsa, an; m.

A glutton ⬩ one who is inordinately fond

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A glutton; fig. one who is inordinately fond of a pursuit Gif mann bið ákenned on xxvi nihta ealdne mónan, sé bið weorces gǽlsa (he will be a glutton of work), Lch. iii. 158, 15

Athlans

(n.)
Grammar
Athlans, m. ['Aτλαs, αντοs, m.]

Mount Atlas, in West Africa ⬩ Atlas mons

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Mount Atlas, in West Africa; Atlas mons Hyre west-ende is æt ðæm beorge, ðe man Athlans nemneþ its west end is at the mountain, which is called Atlas, Ors. 1, 1 ; Bos. 16, 6

dimlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dimlíc, dymlíc; adj.
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Dim, secret, hidden, concealed; obscūrus, clandestīnus Of dimlícum clandestīnis, Mone B. 872. Ná swylce he todrǽfe ða dymlícan þeóstra not as if he dispelled the dim darkness, L. Ælf. C. 14; Th. ii. 348, 7

Linked entry: dymlíc

twá-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
twá-nihte, adj.
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Two days old On twánihtne mónan far tó and bige land ðæt ðíne yldran áhton when the moon is two days old, go and buy land that thy forefathers owned, Lchdm. iii. 176, note 2

Linked entry: twi-nihte

wiþer-trod

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-trod, es; n.

Return ⬩ retreat

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Wiðertrod seón láðra monna to see the retreat of the foe, Cd. Th. 125, 25; Gen. 2084

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