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sweðrian

(v.)
Grammar
sweðrian, swiðrian, sweoðerian; p. ode (some instances of the cpd. ge*-*sweðrian, omitted under that word, are given here)

To retire, withdraw, abate, subside, decrease, fail, come to an end

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Gesweþrade constipuit, i. defecit, 133, 63. Sweþeredan fatescunt, 37, 29: facescunt, 91, 61. Gesueðradun, -suedradum exoleverunt, Txts. 61, 786. Exoliverunt, i. tabuerunt, eruperunt, arripuerunt, vel gesweþredon, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 82.

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Add Ic fare eo, ic út fare exeo, ic tó fare adeo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 193, 3. Færeð meat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 33. Síþien and færen comitentur, 22, 14. expressing movement. of persons. to travel, journey Wé beóþ mid þé swá hwyðer swá þú færest, Bl.

Linked entry: farnian

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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II, l; Fox 30, 26. Ða wil*-*niaþ óðer twega, oððe . . . oððe, 24, 2 ; Fox 82, 8. Wite hé ðæt óðer ðara, oððe hé sceal ðæs hádes þolian, oððe hit gebétan, L. E. I. 14; Th. ii. 412, l : 9; Th. ii. 408, II.

hreáðe-mús

(n.)
Grammar
hreáðe-mús, e; f.

a bat

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M. 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 236, 17. Swilce eác cwóman hreáðemýs ... hæfdon hie eác ða hreáðemýs téþ in monna gelícnesse sed et vespertilionum vis ingens ... habentes dentes in morem hominum, Nar. 15, 5-8

Linked entry: hrére-mús

lamp-healt

(adj.)
Grammar
lamp-healt, laempi-halt; adj.
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The word occurs in Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 20, and in Ep. Gl. 13 f, 4 as the gloss of lurdus which Ducange explains as foul, cf. Ital. lordo, or stupid, cf. Fr. lourde, lourdand.

meagol-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
meagol-mód, adj.

Of earnest mindearneststrenuous

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Of earnest mind, earnest, strenuous Ic synful bydde ðæt ðú onsende in mé (mé in?)

sife

(n.)
Grammar
sife, es ; n.
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Voc. ii. 105, 41. Sife crebrum, cribellum, 136, 62 : cribrum, i. 34, 41 : cribra vel cribellum, 83, 20. Lytel sife cribellum, 34, 42. Ásift smale þurh smæl sife sift fine through a fine sieve, Lchdm. ii. 94, 2 : 72, 28.

Linked entries: sibaed sibi syfe

bisceop-scír

(n.)

a diocese

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Voc. ii. 26, 28. Ealle þá witan þe in þǽre biscopscíre (-ríce, v. l.) (episcopio ) wǽron, Gr. D. 67, 30. Sumne híred on his (St. Martin) bisceopscíre, Bl. H. 225, 6. Wæs tódǽled in tuá bisc̃scíra West-Seaxna lond; ǽr hit wæs án, Chr. 709; P. 40, 26.

clǽg

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D. iii. 81, 10. In clǽgwyllan; of clǽgwyllan, 80, 18

ge-dirnan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 83, 9 : 26, 61. Gedyrnan, 140, 40

geolo

(adj.)
Grammar
geolo, adj.
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Voc. i. 77, 1: flabum, ii. 35, 67: melinum, 59, 36: melinum vel croceum, i. 22, 3: succinaceus vel croceus vel flavus, 46, 52: lutei coloris, ii. 137, 9: croceus, i. rubicundus, rubeus, 10: fuluum, flavum, splendidum, nigrum, Wülck. Gl. 245, 35.

þingung

(n.)
Grammar
þingung, e; f.
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P. i. c. ix; Th. ii. 170, 17. v. fore-, ge-þingung

wís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-líc, adj.

Wisediscreetprudentsagacious

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Is wíslíc rǽd, ðæt manna gehwylc geornlíce smeáge, Wulfst. 4, 21. Wíslíc wærscipe, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 37. Ðín mildheortnes wíslíc standeþ, deórust and gedéfust, Ps. Th. 102, 16. Mid wíslícum geðylde, Homl. Th. ii. 222, 21.

folc-leásung

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Th. i. 266, 22-25: 384a 23-26 (depoena convitiatorum). See also L. Hen. I. c. 34, § 7: 59, § 13 Folcleásung seems to be the same crime as that referred to in later lawbooks, quoted Ll.

on-tendan

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S. 25, 416. to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the sun Gyf se môna æfter sunnan setlunge ontend byð. . . ne byð hê nîwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266,

wæstm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wæstm-bǽre, adj.

Fruitful, fertile, productive

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Voc. ii. 147, 51. Hwæt bið wæstmbǽrre ðonne meox? Th. ii. 408, 34. referring to living creatures On hire is wæstmbǽre mægðhád, Homl. Th. i. 438, 25. figurative Se bið cwealmbǽre, se ðe on yfelnysse ǽfre grówende and wæstmbǽre bið, Homl.

leás

(adj.)
Grammar
leás, adj.

loosedestitutevoid ofwithoutvainfalselyingdeceitfuldeceptivefaulty

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Náge wé náne þearfe ðæt wé ðyses weorþan leáse ac utan dón swá ús þearf is gelǽstan hit georne we have no need to fail in this; but let us do, as there is need for us, diligently perform it, Wulfst. 38, 13. vain, false, lying, deceitful, deceptive, faulty

Linked entry: -leás

frófor

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I. 62, 14: 65, 11

hreác

(n.)
Grammar
hreác, es; m.

A heapstackrickreek

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A heap, stack, rick, reek [in dialects, v. E. D. S. Old Country and Farming Words, ii. iii. and Halliwell's Dict.] Hreác acervus, Wrt. Voc. 89, 44.

Linked entry: hrǽc

pínung

(n.)
Grammar
pínung, e; f.
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For his gylta pínunga in criminum suorum cruciatum, L. Ecg. P. ii. 5 ; Th. ii. 184, 8. Pínunge, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 268, 19. Mid ungemetlícre pínunge hé ( Phalaris ) wæs ðæt folc cwielmende, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 18. Pínunge tormento, Hpt.