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bi-sweðian

(v.)
Grammar
bi-sweðian, p. ede; pp. ed

To bind, wind round, inwrapligare, involvere

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Sibbum bisweðede, sorgum biwerede inwrapt in peace, from cares protected, Exon. 32 a; Th. 100, 19; Cri. 1644

set-hrægl

(n.)
Grammar
set-hrægl, es; n.
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Ic gean Cristes weofede ánre lytlere goldenre róde and ánes sethrægles ( an altar-cloth? ], Chart. Th. 564, 10, 18. Án lang healwáhrift and þríó sethrægl, 538, 4

Linked entry: setl-hrægl

þreáníd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þreáníd-líc, adj.

That entails painful violencecalamitousafflictive

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That entails painful violence, calamitous, afflictive Micel is ðæt ongin and þreániédlíc ðínre gelícan ðæt ðú forhycge hláford úrne great is the undertaking and calamitous for the like of thee to despise our lord, Exon. Th. 250, 16; Jul. 128

under-creópan

(v.)

to enter surreptitiouslysurrepere

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to enter surreptitiously; surrepere Ða wæs ðæs wítegan cnapa mid gítsunge undercropen avarice crept into the heart of the prophet's servant, Homl. Th. i. 400, 16. Ðæt ne feónd ús undercreópe ( but the Latin is subripiat), Hymn. Surt. 12, 28

weorold-bót

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-bót, e; f.
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' Bót' prescribed by the secular power in contrast with 'godcund bót,' that prescribed by the church Ða woruldbóte hig gesetton . . . swá hwár swá man nolde godcunde bóte gebúgan mid rihte bisceopa dihte, L. E. G. proem.; Th. i. 166, 16

ǽ-wyrp

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(an) abortion Wíf seó þe ǽwyrpe gedó hire geeácnunga mulier quae utero con-ceptum excusserit , Ll. Th. ii. 154, 15

Linked entry: wyrp

á-fundennes

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as a gloss to adinventio, Ps. L. 27, 4: 76, 13: experimentum. An. Ox. 82 : 3896 ; R. Ben. I. 100, 3. Ic áfandige manna heortan, and ǽlcum sylle æfter his . . ágenre áfundennysse. Hml. Th. i. 114, 17. v- on-fundenness. Add

æt-fón

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Substitute: To arrest, apprehend, attach stolen or lost property Gif man óðrum mæn feoh forstele, and se ágend hit eft ætfó. Ll. Th. i. 30, 8. Gif feoh man eft æt þám mæn in Cent ætfó, 34, 6. Cf. 160, 8

be-hádian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hádian, p. ode
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To deprive of holy orders Gif mæssepreóst oððe diácon wífige, þoligon hyra hádes; and gif hig æfter þám hǽmedþing begáð, ná ꝥ án ꝥ hig behádod synt (ordine priventur), ac eác swylce fæston .vii. geár, Ll. Th. ii. 196, 14

Linked entry: hádianv

engel-lic

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Th. i. 84, 9. engelicum sprǽcum, 544, 31. Engellicum, Guth. 86, 8. Engcellice sangas hé gehýrde, 88, 14. Add

for-slǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-slǽwan, p. de

hinderimpede

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To make too slow, hinder, impede, make reluctant Ðæt hé nóht unryhtlíce hit ne forslǽwde (-ðe, v. l.) quod in otio quasi non injuste torpescat, Past. 284, 3. Ná þé forslǽwe geneósian untrumne non te pigeat uisitare infirmum, Scint. 202, 4

Linked entry: for-sláwian

ge-gymian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gymian, ge-gymman, ge-gymmian.
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to pierce, cut into the flesh Gif man sié gegymed, and þú hine gelácnian scyle . . . ꝥ dolh rét mid ealdan spice, Lch. ii. 352, 18-354, 5: 304, 12. Gif man gegemed weorðeð, .xxx. sciłł. gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 18, 8

ge-miltsung

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Lýs þíne synna mid ælmessum on þearfena gemiltsunge peccata tua eleemosynis redime, et iniquitates tuas misericordiis pauperum (Dan. 4, 24), Ll. Th. ii. 434, 25. Gemun gemildsunga (miserationum) þínra, Ps. L. 24, 6. Add: —

geótend-ǽder

(n.)
Grammar
geótend-ǽder, e; f.
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An artery Gif þú geótendǽdre ne mæge áwríþan, genim ꝥ selfe blód þe ofyrnð, gebærn on hátum stáne, and gegníd dúste, lege on þá ǽdre ꝥ dúst, and áwríð swíðe, Lch. ii. 148, 16: 16, 7. See preceding word

ge-bild

Grammar
ge-bild, boldness.
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Take here ge-byld in Dict. and add Uton mid gebylde búgan fulluhte, Hml. S. 3, 52. Cwæð Cecilia mid gebylde, 34, 137: Hml. Th. ii. 508, 29. Ic ðás bóc áwende; ná þurh gebylde mycelre láre, i. 2, 19

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, e; f.
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Th. ii. 502, 3. Hé þám cyninge and his leóde bodade, 128, 21. Hé gecyrde his ágenre leóde, i. 400, 15. Þás land syndon Créca leóde, Ors. 1. 1; S. 22, 12. Add

manna

(n.)
Grammar
manna, manna.
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Hét hé hider rignan mannum móse manna cynne, Ps. Th. 77, 25

ofer-drincere

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-drincere, es; m.
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One who drinks to excess, a drunkard Þa þe óeth;re men mid mánáðum beswícað beóð ealswá miceles wítes scyldige swá ðá manslagan and ðá unrihhǽmeras and ðá oferdrinceras, Hml. A. 147, 95: 148, 124: Nap. 66, 4: 71, 7

Linked entry: drincere

weorc-stán

Grammar
weorc-stán, <b>. I.</b>
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Th. i. 23, 423. Add Hét hé niman Claudium and lǽdan sǽ and wurpan hine út mid ánum weorcstáne, Hml. S. 35, 226

sǽdian

(v.)
Grammar
sǽdian, ode

To sow,

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To sow, provide seed for land Folgere gebyreþ ðæt hé on twelf mónþum .ii. æceras geearnige, óðerne gesáwene and óðerne unsáwene; sǽdige sylf ðæne he must provide the seed for the latter himself, L. R. S. 10; Th. i. 438, 5

Linked entries: séde sǽdere