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cracian

(v.)
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Substitute: To crack, sound, resound Cracaþ, brastlaþ crepat, i. sonat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 64. Craciendum, cearciendum crepante, i. sonante, An. Ox. 31. ¶ In Ps. Th. 45, 3 for cracode apparently should be read cwacode (v. Angl. vi. 133), but the former

feaxede

bushy

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Add: having hair Ðeós wyrt is greáton bógum and swýþe smælon leáfon swylce heó má fexede gesewen sý this plant is with thick boughs and very narrow leaves, it looks rather as if furnished with hair, Lch. i. 250, 20. bushy, full of foliage (?), Similar

ge-tíme

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tíme, es; n. [<b>ge-tímu;</b> f. (?); pl. ge-tíme; gen. ge-tímena. Cf. ge-timbre.]
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A yoke of oxen Ic bohte án getýme (getýmðe, v. l.) oxena jugum boum emi, Lk. 14, 19. 'Ic bohte fíf getýme oxena ...' Ðá fíf getýma getácniað ðá fíf andgitu ... Þás andgitu sind rihtlíce wiðmetene fíf getýmum oxena, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 23-24. Twégra getýmæna

hælftre

(n.)
Grammar
hælftre, e ; f.
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Substitute: <b>hælfter,</b> e; l. and (?) es; m. : <b>hælftre, es;</b> m. or n. ; or, an; f. and add Hælfter capisirum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 45. Hé breác on þám (horse) hælftre (hælftres, v. l.) for brídelse in quo (jumento) capistro

gripa

(n.)
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Add: <b>gripu (?),</b> e; f. Gripe ( acc. fem. from gripu ? or acc. masc. from gripe ? q.v.) pugillum (farinae ) (cf. quantum pugillus capere potest farinae, 1 Kings 17, 12), An. Ox. 2, 266. Gripan, 3877 (both glosses refer to the some passage

mund

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Add: as representing control, grasp, &amp;.c. Lida bið longe on síðe . . . hám cymeð, gif hé hál leofað, nefne him holm gestýreð, mere hafað mundum (unless the sea has him in its clutches), Gn. Ex. 107. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Se crístena

or-leahter

(n.)
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Add: es; m. Danger, peril Hwæt is ús sélre tó dónne þe on swá pleólicum orleahtre ( in tam graui discrimine) synd becumene?, Chrd. 2, 8. Ðéh þe hé beó mid weredum orsorh, þéhweðere hé ǽfre on wíte wunað and on nearunisse, and ǽfre on gnornunge and on

fæst

Grammar
fæst, <b>.
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III 2.</b> add Swilce hé on fæstre eorðan urne, Hml. Th. ii. 160, 10. Add Hé cwæð ꝥ sió burg wǽre genóh fæst on his hǽlo civitas ad salutem tuta, Past. 399, 25. <b>IV a.</b> of a place that can be shut up :-- Wunion ealle an ánre fæstre

cniht

(n.)
Grammar
cniht, <b>; I.</b> add: <b>I b.</b> used in reference to a guild, a junior member (?);
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a member of a young men&#39;s guild (?) Hæbbe ǽlc gegilda .ii. sesteras mealtes, and ǽlc cniht ánne and sceat huniges, Cht. Th. 613, 33. Ego Æðelhelm and cniahta gegildan (cf. (?) N. E. D. knighten-gild), C. D. B. ii. 128, 32. add. Gif cniht ǽpen

sǽl-wang

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl-wang, es; m.

A fertile plain ⬩ plain

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A fertile plain, plain Hé be wealle geseah wundrum fæste under sǽlwange sweras unlytle by the wall he saw huge pillars with their bases wondrous fast underground. Andr. Kmbl. 2984; An. 1495. Hwílum mec mín freá fæste genearwaþ, sendeþ ðonne under sǽlwonge

Linked entry: sál-wang

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, es; m.

a buffoon, charlatan

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An infamous person, a buffoon, charlatan Scond scurra Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 5. Ðonne sægde Petrus, ðæt hé wǽre leás drý and sceand and scyldig ǽswica then Peter said that he (Simon the sorcerer) was a false sorcerer and a shameless impostor and a guilty

Linked entry: sceond

hám-sittende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hám-sittende, part.

Sitting, dwelling at home, resident

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Sitting, dwelling at home, resident Wé beódaþ se mon se ðe his gefán hámsittendne wite ðæt hé ne feohte ǽrðam ðe hé him ryhtes bidde we command that the man who knows his foe to be dwelling at his home fight not before he demand justice, L. Alf. pol.

heal

(n.)
Grammar
heal, hal, es; m. n.

A corner, an angle, a secret place

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[?] A corner, an angle, a secret place[?] Heal oððe hyrne angulus, Wrt. Voc. 80, 73. Ǽlc wag biþ gebiéged twiefeald on ðæm heale duplex semper est in angulis paries, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 13. Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam

smocian

(v.)
Grammar
smocian, p. ode

To smoke, emit smoke ⬩ To smoke

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intrans. To smoke, emit smoke Muntas smociaþ Ps. Lamb. 103, 32. Smeócaþ ł smociaþ fumigabunt 143, 5. Swilce án ofen eall smociende Gen. 15, 17. Smocigende Homl. Th. ii. 202, 24. trans. To smoke Genim ðú ðás ylcan wyrte and smoca ðæt cild mid Lchdm.

sneóme

(adv.)
Grammar
sneóme, snióme; adv.

swiftly, rapidly ⬩ quickly, immediately, at once ⬩ velociter, cito, subito, statim ⬩ citius ⬩ quickly ⬩ to hasten

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swiftly, rapidly His word yrneþ wundrum snióme velociter currit sermo ejus Ps. Th. 147, 4. quickly, immediately, at once Hét ófstlíce up ástandan . . . sneóme of slǽpe ðæm fæstan Andr. Kmbl. 1589; An. 796: Exon. Th. 55, 27; Cri. 890. Hí semninga sneóme

fremdian

(v.)

to alienate ⬩ make indifferent to ⬩ to deprive of ⬩ to make an alien of a person ⬩ excommunicate

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Substitute: to alienate, make indifferent to Fram weoruldwilnungum hine sceal gehwá fremdian a seculi actibus se facere alienum, R. Ben. 17, 4. to deprive of Ne fremda (cf. l. 443) þú [mé] þǽre gesihþeþe þú mé ǽrest æteówdest, Hml. S. 23 b, 670. to

frum-sceapen

first-formed ⬩ original

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Add: first-formed Se frumsceapena man, Adam, næs gestrýned ne ácenned, ac God hine gesceóp. Seó óðer gesceapennys wæs swá þæt God gesceóp Euan of hire weres sídan, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 22. Frumsceapena protoplastus, i. primitus plasmatus i. Adam, An. Ox.

ge-weorp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weorp, es; n.

A throwing ⬩ tossing ⬩ dashing ⬩ what is thrown up ⬩ a heap ⬩ jactus ⬩ jactātio ⬩ projectio

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A throwing, tossing, dashing, what is thrown up, a heap; jactus, jactātio, projectio Ofer waroþa geweorp over the dashing of the waves, Andr. Kmbl. 611; An. 306. Ðǽr ðú geseó tord-wifel on eorþan up weorpan ymbfó hine mid twám handum mid his geweorpe

Linked entry: ge-wyrp

þing-stede

(n.)
Grammar
þing-stede, es; m.

A place where a meeting (v. þing, II)is held

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A place where a meeting (v. þing, II)is held On ðam þingstede in the place to which Christ had summoned his disciples to speak with them for the last time Cf. tó Bethania þeóden his þegna gedryht gelaðade; hý ðæs láreówes word ne gehyrwdon, hyra sincgiefan

ge-dwola

Grammar
ge-dwola, error.

error, wrong conduct ⬩ a practice that deceives, leads into error. Cf. gedwol-cræft ⬩ erroneous opinion or doctrine

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Add: error, wrong conduct Gedwolum erratis, An. Ox. 43, 8. Hé geseah ꝥ eal manna cynn on missenlicum gedwolum from heora Scyppende gewitene wǽron, Bl. H. 103, 5. a practice that deceives, leads into error. Cf. gedwol-cræft Þá þe galdorcræftas and gedwolan