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ge-fǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fǽtan, p. -te

To pack upconvasare

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To pack up; convasare Ðæt gold gefætaþ on ða myran the gold they pack on the mares, Nar. 35, 12

Linked entry: fǽtan

ge-hátian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hátian, p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud

To become or be hotconcălescĕre

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To become or be hot; concălescĕre Gehátude heorte mín on in me concăluit cor meum intra me, Ps. Spl. 38, 4

un-réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-réðe, adj.

Not fiercegentle

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Not fierce, gentle Wé rǽdaþ be ðære culfran gecynde, ðæt heó is unréðe on hire clawum, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 25

Linked entry: réðe

un-sac

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sac, (-sæc?); adj.

Free from any charge

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Free from any charge Unsac wæs on lífe no charge was brought against him while alive, Lchdm. iii. 288, 6

Linked entry: sac

un-mǽrlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽrlíc, adj.

Ignoble

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Ignoble Hwæþer ðé þynce unweorþ and unmǽrlíc seó gegaderung obscurumne hoc, atque ignobile censes esse? Bt. 33. 1; Fox 120, 29

wíd-mǽrsung

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽrsung, e; f.
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Proclamation, publication Openung múþes his wídmǽrsung (infamatio) ys he openeth his mouth like a crier (Ecclus. 20, 15), Scint. 96, 11

weorf-tord

(n.)
Grammar
weorf-tord, es; n.
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Dung of beasts mæg of woruftorde ðone þearfendan áreccan de stercore erigens pauperem, Ps. Th. 112, 6. v. preceding word

Linked entry: tord

á-firman

(v.)
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to clear off Lege þás wyrte tó þám sáre, heó hyt áfyrmeþ ( = (?) á-feormaþ; v. l. áfyrreþ), Lch. i. 280, 2. (?)

Linked entry: á-feormian

be-sprengan

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hét mid pice þæt mǽden besprencgan, Hml. S. 9, 118. Add

broc

(n.)
Grammar
broc, es; n.

A fragment

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A fragment Þá hǽðenan weras tóslógon his glǽsenne calic. Þá gesomnode þá brocu (brycas, v. l.), Mart. H. 140, 12

cwealm-bǽrnes

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Heó heóld þá líc oþ ꝥ seó éhtnys geswác, and se crístendóm ácucode æfter þǽre cwealmbǽrnysse, Hml. S. 29, 330. Add

cwiferlíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: Actively, zealously Ðonne wel þénaþ and úres Drihtnes heorde cwiferlíce gealgað and tó rihte manað, R. Ben. 122, 2

copp

(n.)
Grammar
copp, a cup.
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gefylde copp ( spongiam ) mið æcced, Mk. L. R. 15, 36. Bolla full ł copp full, Jn. L. 19, 29. Add

ge-bannan

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Þá gebeón (geban, v.l.) his fyrde and micel werod gesamnode exercitum colligit copiosum, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 160, 24. Add

ge-spillan

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Add: to waste gispilde (dissipauit) feh his, Lk. L. 15, 13 ; 16, 1. Bið gespilled demolitur, Mt. L. 6, 19

gristbátung

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ongan beón swíðe geswænced mid gristbátingum ( stridoribus ) and gehlówum, Gr. D. 223, 8. Add

heofon-hæbbende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
heofon-hæbbende, heofon-hæbbend, es; m.
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An epithet of the Deity, he that holds the citadel (arx) of heaven, Heofenhæbbend arcitenens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 59. Substitute:

Linked entry: heofon-wealdend

lífan

(v.)
Grammar
lífan, to permit.
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úre Hǽlend lýfde ꝥ mann his lífe gebeorge, Hml. S. 5, 322. lýfdon ðe þǽr ofer wǽron lytlingum heora Add: —

lytle

(n.)
Grammar
lytle, an; f.
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A servant-maid, female slave Heó (Judith) hire lytlan ( Abram. Cf. mid ánre þínene Abra, 109, 231), Hml. A. 114, 401

munuc-regol

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Add: monastic rule or mode of life munucregol myrdon, and mynstra tóstæncton, and munecas tódrǽfdon, Chr. 975; P. 121, 26