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smeágan

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add: — Ðæs ðinges onlícnesse ðe hé ymb smeáð quidquid fictis imaginibus deliberando cogitatur, Past. 157, 14. Ðá hwíle ðe hí tó ungemetlíce smeágad ymb ðás eorðlecan ðing intentionem suam dum rebus transitoriis immoderatius implicant, 431, 14. Ymb ðyllic

stocc

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Dele hand- at end, and Add Ꝥ inn wæs swýþe nearo, and þǽr lágon stoccas, Hml. S. 31, 856. <b>I a</b>. a post to which a person may be fastened, stocks :-- Óstiges stocces fæstene þæs (Godes weres) sceancan (in) nodosi cippi claustrum viri

stów

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Dele weall in the compounds. add: with reference to material things Momentum ys gewyss stów þǽre sunnan on heofenum, Angl. viii. 318, 4. with reference to non-material things Sume úre déningbéc onginnað on Adventum Domini; nis ðeáh þǽr for ðý ðæs geáres

sum-dǽl

(n.; adv.)
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somewhat, some portion Gelamp hit ꝥ Scotta sumdǽl gewát of Ybernian on Brittene and þes landes sumdǽl geeódan, Chr. pref.; P. 3, 18-5, 1. In þám glæsfæte wæs gesewen sumdǽl (hwæthwega lytel dǽl, v.l.) eles tó láfe in vase vitreo parum olei remansisse

heáp-mælum

(adv.)
Grammar
heáp-mælum, adv.

In heaps, by troops, bands, companies, flockscatervatim

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In heaps, by troops, bands, companies, flocks Telle ðú and Aaron heápmǽlum thou and Aaron shalt number them by their armies, Num. 1, 3. Ne wæs ðá ylding tó ðon ðæt hí heápmǽlum, cóman máran weorod of ðám þeódum ðe wé ǽr gemynegodon non mora ergo confluentibus

heard-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
heard-líce, adv.

Hardly, sorely, harshly, sternly, bravely, stoutly

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Hardly, sorely, harshly, sternly, bravely, stoutly Heardlíce duriter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 41. Se Godes man ongan heardlíce and bitterlíce wépan the man of God began to weep sorely and bitterly; solutus est in lacrymis, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29. Hé heardlíce

cólian

(v.)
Grammar
cólian, p. ode, ede; v. intrans.

To COOLto be or become cold algererefrigerari

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To COOL, to be or become cold; algere, refrigerari Lét ðonne hyt cólian then let it cool Herb. 94, 4; Lchdm. i. 204, 23. Flǽsc onginneþ cólian the flesh begins to cool Runic pm. 29; Kmbl. 345, 14. Cólaþ Cristes lufu the love of Christ cooleth Exon. 33a

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á-windan

(v.)

To twistplaitweaveto slip awayto become weak (?)

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Add: trans. To twist, plait, weave Áuundun intexunt, Txts. 68, 507. Áwunden, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 49. Áuunden torta, Txts. 100, 985. Áuundenre suipan verbere torto, 104, 1051. Hrægl of olfenda hǽrum áwunden, Bl. H. 169, 2. Hróf mid gyrdum áwunden culmen

lǽn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn, lán [v. under lǽn-land], e; f.

a loangrantgiftleasefeefief

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a loan, grant, gift Lǽn commodum, Ælfc. Gl, 14; Som. 58, 5; Wrt. Voc. 21, 1. Lǽn commodum, lucrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 1 : depositum i. e. commendatum, 139, 1. Borg vel lǽn fenus i. e. lucrum, usura, 148, 24. Tó hwíle lǽn momentum, Ælfc. Gl. 15; Som.

Linked entries: lǽne lǽn-land

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay Ða apostolas hie gesetton on ðæm fægran neorxna wange the apostles placed her in the fair paradise, Blickl. Homl. 143,

hláford

(n.)
Grammar
hláford, es; m.

A LORD;dominus. herus

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A LORD; dominus. herus Hláford heros, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 46; Wrt. Voc. 50, 28. Scipes hláford nauclerus, 83; Som. 73, 66; Wrt. Voc. 48, 4. Hie cuǽdon ðæt him nǽnig mǽg leófra nǽre ðonne hiera hláford they said that no kinsman was dearer to them than

Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige

ge-býgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býgan, -bígan, -býgean, -bígean, -bégan; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To bowbendturninflect or decline a part of speechreclinetwistbow downhumbleabasebring undersubduecrushflectereincurvareinflecteredeclinarereclinaretorquerehumiliareconfringere

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To bow, bend, turn, inflect or decline a part of speech, recline, twist, bow down, humble, abase, bring under, subdue, crush; flectere, incurvare, inflectere, declinare, reclinare, torquere, humiliare, confringere Gebígdum cneówum flexis genibus, Bd.

Linked entries: ge-bígan ge-býgean

ge-mæcca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mæcca, -mæccea, an; m. and f.

A companion, mate, consort, husband or wifeconjux

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A companion, mate, consort, husband or wife Twegen turturan gemæccan a pair of turtle doves, Blickl. Homl. 23, 27. Ne eart ðú ðon leófre nǽngum lifigendra menn to gemæccan ðonne se swearta hrefn thou art not any dearer to any living man as mate than

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sundor-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-sprǽc, e; f.
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where a single person speaks privately with one or more, private speech, a private conversation Nero cwæð: 'Sege mé, Petrus, on sundorsprǽce, hwæt ðú ðence,' Homl. Th. i. 376, 27. Swá swá him (Moses) God silf dihte on heora sundersprǽce, Ælfc. T. Grn.

fægen

Grammar
fægen, fagen

glad

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Add: glad. absolute Faegen conpos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 73. Fægen voti compos, 124, 11. with cause of gladness given, in genitive Hilarius nine underféng, fagen his cymes, Hml. Th. ii. 504, 19. Fægen (fagen, v. l.) his gecyrrednysse, Hml. S. 26, 133.

for-berstan

exhaustedto failbreak down

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Add: of material, to burst asunder, be lorn asunder Godwebba cyst (the veil of the temple) ufan eall forbærst, þæt hit on eorðan læg on twám styccum, Cri. 1138. Ðonne ðá twigo forburston, þonne gewitan þá sáula niðer þá þe on ðǽm twigum hangodan, Bl.

ge-hlíwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlíwan, ge-hleówan; p. de
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To shelter, cherish, refresh Gehyrt vel gehlýwþ focilat, i. reficit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 82. Fovet, i. nutrit, pascit vel gehlýwþ, 150, 9. Gehlíwan fovere, i. alere, auxiliari, II. in a physical sense. to warm Plúmfeþera hnescnyss geonglice lima ná gehlýwe

Linked entries: ge-hleówan ge-hlýwan

hwít

(n.)
Grammar
hwít, es; n.
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whiteness Hwít ásolað nitor squalescit Angl. i. 285, § 2 : ii. 374, 3. something white, the white of an egg. Cf. hwít; ¶ Mid ǽges þý hwíte. Lch. ii. 82, 9. Dó ǽges hwít tó, 342, 18. Nim ǽgra hwít, iii. 134, 10. certain kinds of food, cheese, eggs, butter

sweotolian

(v.)
Grammar
sweotolian, swutelian, swytelian; p. ode

to make clear or manifest, to shew, declareto become manifest

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to make clear or manifest, to shew, declare Ǽlc gesceaft ðæt sweotolaþ, ðæt God éce is Deum aeternum esse cunctorum degentium commune judicium est, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 7. Hér swutelaþ on ðison cwyde hú Ædelréd geúðe ðæt Æðeríces cwyde standan móste, Chart

a-delfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-delfan, p. -dealf, -dylf, pl. -dulfon; pp. -dolfen

To digdelvefodereeffodere

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To dig, delve: fodere, effodere Cleopatra hét adelfan hyre byrigenne Cleopatra ordered her burying place to be dug, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 22. Seáþ adealf lacum effodit. Ps. Spl. 7, 16: Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 16. óþ ðæt biþ seáþ adolfen donec fodiatur fovea

Linked entries: a-dolfen a-dylf