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ealdor-sacerd

Grammar
ealdor-sacerd, l. -sácerd,
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Gesomnad wéron aldorsácerdas in cæfertún ðæs aldorsácerdas, 3. Æteáw þé ðǽm aldorsácerd, Mk. R. 1, 44. Aldorsácerdas principes sacerdotum, Mt. R. 21, 23: Mt. L. 27, 62. Tó aldorsácerdum, 26, 14, 47

Linked entry: sacerd

firlen

distance

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Take here fyrlen in Dict., and add

fore-word

(n.)
Grammar
fore-word, es; n.

A proviso ⬩ condition

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Take here for-word in Dict., and add:

ge-hwǽdnes

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Add: smallness of size or extent, slenderness Ísen úre sáwle náteshwon byð gelǽdd to gehwǽdnysse scerpnysse ( ad subtilitatem, i. exililatem acuminis ), Scint. 150, 4. fewness of number On gehwédnesse in paucitate (plebis), Kent. Gl. 494.

ge-líþan

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Jul. 677. to go, pass away Synt lífwynne geliden, El. 1269. v. ge-lyðen in Dict

ge-reclíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: In an orderly manner. of movement, smoothly, quietly Ǽspringe Ce áwealleð of clife . . . and gereclice rihte fiðweð, Met. 5, 14.

ge-síþ

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Cf. ge-siþþas in the preceding word.] A body of followers, retinue Hé earfoða dreág, hæfde him tó gesíððe sorge and longað, wintercealde wræce, Deór. 3

hwǽte-wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-wæstm, es; m. (?)
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Hwǽtewæstm (hwętewestem, Surt.) sende him on genyhtsumnesse frumentationem misit eis in habundantiam, Ps. Vos. 77, 25

scimrian

(v.)
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Add: to shimmer, shine with a flickering light as a mote in the sunlight Scimerað uibrat (minor . . . modico Phoebi radiis qui uibrat atomo, Ald. 272, 32), An. Ox. 23, 51. Þá se dægredleóma beorhte scymrode matutina luce radiante, Chrd. 26, 22.

stalian

(v.)
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Add For hwon gédyrstigodest þú ꝥ þú þus oft in þisra muneca wyrtúne stalodest? . . . Gang nú and æfter þissere tíde ne stala (stel, v. l. ) þú her ná má, Gr. D. 25, 6-20. Þæt seofoðe bebod is: 'Ne stala þú' (cf. ne stel þú, Ex. 20, 15), Hml.

swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swaþu, Cf. (?) swín-sceadu.
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The word occurs in a list giving the names of various parts of a pig: — Rysle ausungia, flicce perna, spic larda, meargh lucanica, wrót bruncus, rop jus, swína swaþu suesta, byrst seta, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 50-57.

tó-swellan

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After 'F' in last line insert: 10876, and add His hýd tósweóll cutis intumescebat, Gr. D. 157, 9.

hlecan

(v.)
Grammar
hlecan, p. hlæc [?]

To join, ⬩ unite, ⬩ cohere

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join, unite, cohere Swá eác his folgeras swá hie unwiðerweardran and gemódran beóþ swá hie swíður hlecaþ tósomne and eác fæstor tósomne beóþ gefégde tó gódra manna hiénþe sequaces quippe illius, quo nulla inter se discordiæ adversitate divisi sunt, eo in

swétan

(v.)
Grammar
swétan, p. te; pp. swéted, swét

To sweeten, make sweet. ⬩ to make pleasant

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To sweeten, make sweet. in a physical sense Nim hunig and swét ðone drænc, Lchdm. iii. 58, 30: ii. 120, 11. Swéte swíðe mid hunige, 216, 4. Swétedne, 111, 8, 15. to make pleasant Hé (the devil) mec féran hét, ðæt ic ðé sceolde synne swétan, Exon.

Linked entry: swétian

wande-weorpe

(n.)
Grammar
wande-weorpe, an ; f.

A mole

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A mole (cf.later English mold-werp, still used in some dialects: O. H. Ger. mu-werfo talpa, Grff. i. 1040: M. H. Ger. molt-werf: Ger. maul-wurf: Icel. mold-varpa) Wondeuueorpe (uuan-daeuui[o]rpae, uuondæuuerpe) talpa, Txts. 101, 1975.

Linked entries: weorpe wand

sémend

(n.)
Grammar
sémend, sǽmend, es; m.

One who brings about agreement between parties in a dispute ⬩ an arbitrator ⬩ umpire

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One who brings about agreement between parties in a dispute, an arbitrator, umpire Ðæt hý ealle gemǽnum handum of ǽgðere mǽgþe on ánum wǽpne ðam sémende syllan, ðæt cyninges munde stande, L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 22.

Linked entry: sǽmend

ge-cwémnes

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On gecwémnessum heora in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Rdr. 140, 5. Add

ge-dreóglǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dreóglǽcan, p. ge-dreóglǽhte

To make seemly, set in order

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To make seemly, set in order Menn dæftað heora hús and wel gedreóglǽcað, gif hí sumne freónd onfón willað tó him, þæt nán unðæslicnys him ne ðurfe derian, Hml. Th. ii. 316, 7. Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wolde gedreóhlǽcan his hámas, Hml. S. 6, 121.

Linked entry: -dreóglǽcan

á-breótan

(v.)
Grammar
á-breótan, Add: Also with p. -breot, pl. -breóton, and wk. -breótte
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Wǽran sweordum ábrotene in gladio ceciderunt, Ps. Th. 77, 64

EÁCAN

(v.)
Grammar
EÁCAN, p. eóc, pl. eócon; pp. eácen, écen

To be increased, augmented, enlarged, indued ⬩ augēri, increscĕre

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Ælmihtig eácenne gást in sefan sende the Almighty sent an enlarged spirit into his soul, Cd. 198; Th. 246, 27; Dan. 485. Is dóhtor mín eácen, upliden my daughter is magnified, exalted, Exon. 109 a; Th. 416, 13; Rä. 34, 11

Linked entry: ǽcen