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stalu

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Add Gehwylce wyrte, þe ǽr mid stale (furto) gewilnode, him sealde, Gr. D. 25, 16. <b>I a.</b> a particular instance of theft :-- Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite oððe gewita wǽre, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 24.

stíþlíce

(adv.)
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Add Hefelícor steóre ł stýðlícor stíre sí underþeód districtiori discipline subdatur, R. Ben. I. 65, 4. Búton hit hér ǽr his ænde ðe stíðelícor gebéte, C. D. iv. 248, 30

þeówan

(v.)
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to press. [ passages here might be taken to next word, q. v. ] Add Þá scóc án oxa his heafod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 786. add stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539.

rúm-líc

(adj.)
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rúm-líc, adj.

gracious, liberal, benignliberal, abundant, plentiful

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Se ðe mid fódan ðære upplícan lufe biþ gefylled, biþ swilce sý mid rúmlícum mettum gemæst, Homl. Th. i. 522, 32.. Similar entries v. next word (rúmlíce)

æf-weard

absens

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ðá word ðára æfweardra swá geara wiste swá ðára andweardra, Guth. 70, 4: Gr. D. 311, 1. sægde ðá æfweardan þing andweardum mannum praesentibus absentia nuntiare coepit, 126, 11: Guth. 86, 9. Add

Linked entry: -weard

ǽrendung

carrying a message, acting as an emisarya message, an errand

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Ben. 50, 13. a message, an errand Ðæt wæs hræd ǽrendraca; sé tylode tó secganne hys ǽrndunge ǽr ðon ðé lyfde, Shrn, 95, 21

wind-gerest

(n.)
Grammar
wind-gerest, e; f.

A windy resting-place (?)a hall open to the winds (?)

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gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (? For the hall as a sleeping-place, cf.

hand-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
hand-þegen, es; m.

An attendant, one of a retinue, servant

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An attendant, one of a retinue, servant Ðá ðá ðyder férde ðá wǽron his handþegnas twegen when he journeyed thither, two of his attendants were with him, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 3.

spearnlian

(v.)
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spearnlian, p. ode

To spurnstrike out with the feetkick

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Se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorðan and ætforan hire spearnlode mid fótum the nail went through his head into the earth, and he (Sisera) struck out with his feet before her, Jud. 4, 21

ge-span

(n.)
Grammar
ge-span, -spann, -spon, es; n.

A joiningfastening togethernexus

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He is on helle hæft mid hringa gesponne he is in hell bound with the clasping of rings, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 17; Gen. 762. Searo-rúna gespon the web of mysteries, Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 20; Sch. 15

homela

(n.)
Grammar
homela, homola, an; m.
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A word of uncertain meaning occurring in the following passage Gif hine on bismor tó homolan bescire mid x sciłł. gebéte. Gif hine tó preóste bescire mid xxx sciłł. gebéte, L. Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 5.

for-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-trúwian, [-trúwan]; p. trúwde ; pp. trúwed
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(cf. fortrúwed-nes)
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Ðæt hié ðencen tó him selfum and ne fortrúwigen hié for óðerra monna weorcum ut ad suum cor redeant, et de alienis actibus non praesumant, 231, 12. Add:

fricca

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Sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, onféhð friccan ( fryccean, v.l.) scíre and foreryneles ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeaí hira færelt . . .

un-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemet, es; n.

immensityan immense numberimmoderationexcessto excesswithout measureexcessivelyimmenselyvery

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immensity, an immense number Ealles his heres wæs swelc ungemet ðæt mon eáðe cweþan mehte ðæt hit wundor wǽre hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden ðæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan ut exercitui immensaeque classi vix ad potum flumina suffecisse memoratum sit,

Linked entries: un-gemete on-gemet

sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden

to cut, make an incision in anythingto cut as a surgeon does, to lance to amputateto cut up or to piecesto cut so as to kill, to slay an animal to cut stone, to hewto cut hairto cut corn, to reap to reap to cut secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere to cut, prune

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Ic wéne ðæt hiene snide sláwlícor, gif him ǽr sǽde ðæt hiene sníðan wolde . . . se lǽce, ðonne cymþ ðone untruman tó sníðanne 26; Swt. 186, 2-7. metaphorically Ðæt mon mǽge sníþan and bærnan his unþeáwas ut culpae morbos supplicio resecarent

ge-timbran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-timbran, -timbrian, -timbrigean; part. -timbriende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [timbrian to build] .

to make of woodto buildto build upconstructædĭfĭcāreconstruĕreexstruĕreto build up the mindinstructedifyinstruĕre

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Ná ðú getimbrast non ædĭfĭcābis eos, Ps. Spl. 27, 7. He getimbreþ eardwíc niwe he builds a new dwelling-place, Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 28; Ph. 430: Salm. Kmbl. 150; Sal. 74.

flíma

(n.)

a run-awaydeserteran apostatean outlawexilean outcastwretch

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H. 18, 7), Nic. 17, 5

Linked entry: flýma

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
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twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: , tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara, twoegra, tuoera.

Twoabsolutelydistributively

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on twá férdon they parted, Homl. Th. i. 388, 20.

Linked entries: tuu twá

be-gang

(n.)
Grammar
be-gang, be-gong, bi-gang, bi-gong, bi-gencg, es ; m. [be, gang a step, proceeding].

a coursewaypassagecircuitdistrictcursusviatenorcircuitusan undertakinga businessexerciseservicereligious worship negotiumexercitatiocultus

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Ðæt heó móste healdan ðone geleáfan and bigong hire ǽfestnysse ut fidem cultumque suæ religionis servaret 2, 9 ; S. 510, 29 : 1, 7; S. 477, 21 : Jos. 23, 7. Bigencg observatio, studium Scint. 7

CÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÍDAN, to cídenne; cídde, cíddon, cídon; cíded, cídd [cíd strife, chiding]

To CHIDE, rebuke, blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complainincrepare, rixari, altercari, queri

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Cídde him se Hǽlend increpavit ilium Jesus, Lk. Bos. 4, 35: Mk. Bos. 1, 25: 8, 33: Homl. Th. i. 300, 24: ii. 44, 21. His leorningcnihtas cíddon him discipuli ejus increpabant illos, Lk. Bos. 18, 15. Cíde he wið God let him blame God, Homl.