ge-warnian
To warn
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To warn God on swefne hí gewarnode God warned them in a dream, Homl. Th. i. 78, 29. Ðá gewarnode man hí ðæt ðǽr wæs fyrd æt Lundene then they had notice that there was a force at London, Chr. 1009; Erl. 143, 12. Ðá wearþ Godwine gewarnod then was earl
ge-wrixlian
to change ⬩ to get by exchange ⬩ obtain ⬩ to give in exchange ⬩ grant
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to change Gewixla mutare, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 17. to get by exchange, obtain Hie hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím >they had got punishments innumerable, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 3; Gen. 335. to give in exchange, grant Swá sceal gewrixled ðám ðe ǽr wel heóldon meotudes
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god-sunu
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A GODSON Ðá onféng he him and æt fulluhtbæþe nam æt ðæs B' handa him to godsuna then he accepted him and took him from the font at the bishop's hand as his godson, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 18. Hiora wæs óðer his godsunu óðer Æþerédes ealdormonnes one of them
be-þringan
To throng or press around, encompass, surround ⬩ undique urgere, circumvenire, circumdare
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To throng or press around, encompass, surround; undique urgere, circumvenire, circumdare Ic wæs bísgum beþrungen I was encompassed with misery, Elen. Kmbl. 2488; El. 1245 : 1896; El. 950. Se sceal wesan wyrmum beþrungen he shall be surrounded with worms
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bismor-líce
Disgracefully, indecently, irreverently, contemptuously, reproachfully ⬩ probrose, indecore, inverecunde, contumeliose
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[bismer, bismor disgrace, -líce] Disgracefully, indecently, irreverently, contemptuously, reproachfully; probrose, indecore, inverecunde, contumeliose Bysmerlíce disgracefully, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 2; Jud. 100. Hí willaþ, binnan Godes húse, bysmorlíce
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ge-bismerian
To mock ⬩ laugh at ⬩ deride ⬩ provoke ⬩ illūdĕre ⬩ irrīdēre ⬩ derīdēre ⬩ exacerbāre
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To mock, laugh at, deride, provoke; illūdĕre, irrīdēre, derīdēre, exacerbāre Draca ðes ðe ðú hywodest to gebismrienne him drăco iste quem formasti ad illūdendum ei, Ps. Lamb. 103, 26. Se ðe eardaþ on heofenum gebismeraþ oððe hyscþ hig qui hăbĭtat in
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ge-líhtan
To alight ⬩ approach ⬩ come
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To alight, approach, come Gelíht of his horse desiliit ab equo suo, Gr. Dial. 1, 2. Ðá gelíhte se cuma then the stranger alighted, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 34. He gelíhte to ðæm hearge propiabat ad fanum, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 11. Segde ðætte sealfa god wolde
sencan
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to sink (trans.), plunge, immerse Wæs his gewuna ðæt hé hine on ðam streáme sencte solebat in flumine supermeantibus undis immergi, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 631, 22. to submerge, flood with water Abraham wolde his sunu cwellan folmum sínum fýre(?)sencan mǽges
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sib-fæc
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A degree of relationship Æfre ne geweorðe, ðæt cristen man gewífige in .vi. manna sibfæce on his ágenum cynne, ðæt is þinnan ðam feórþan cneówe, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 14: L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 22. Cf. Christiani ex propinquitate sui sanguinis
stániht
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Stony, rocky Wæs seó eorþe tó ðæs heard and tó ðæs stánihte erat tellus durissima et saxosa, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 27. Tó ðære stánehtan dæne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 179, 24. On stánehtan ford, iii. 389, 1. On ðone stánihtan ford, 168, 31. On ðone stánihtan
stær
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A starling, a stare (the latter is the name used in some dialects. v. E. D. S. Pub. Bird Names, and Halliwell's Dict.) Staer sturnus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 17. Stær, i. 63, 6: turdus, 77, 30. Stær turdus, se máre stær turdella, 29, 40, 41. Etan gebrǽdne
þurh-sécan
to make search for ⬩ seek out ⬩ to search through ⬩ examine
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to make search for, seek out Þurhsécende conquirens, Scint. 209, 3. [ to search through, examine (?), as in later English He þurhsecheð al þe soule, O. E. Homl. ii. 191, 28. Twa Goddspelless uss birrþ þurrhsekenn, Orm. 242. He hefde al ꝥ lond ouergan
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un-gestæððiglíce
Unsteadily ⬩ without stability
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Unsteadily, without stability Ðonne mon ða fæstrǽdnesse his módes innan forlíst, ðonne bið hé hwílum swíðe ungestæððiglíce ástyred útane on his limum qui statum mentis perdidit, subsequenter foras in inconstantiam motionis fluit, Past. 47; Swt. 359,
un-wærlíc
Unwary ⬩ incautious ⬩ heedless
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Unwary, incautious, heedless Suá suá unwærlícu and giémeleáslícu sprǽc menn dweleþ sicut incauta locutio in errorem pertrahit, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 8. Oft ðæt mægen ðære láre wierð forloren, ðonne mon mid ungedafenlícre and unwærlícre ofersprǽce ða heortan
wudian
To cut wood
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To cut wood Gelamp on Móyses dagum ðæt Móyses fór þurh ánne wudu mid his werode. Ðá gesáwan hié ǽnne ceorl, hwǽr hé stód and wudede him, Wulfst. 2 20, 11, 15. Hé him bebeád ðæt hí bǽron wæter tó ðæs folces neóde and wudedon him simble decrevit eos esse
ampre
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Add: , ompre Amprae (-e), omprae varix , Txts. 106, 1073. Ampre cocilus, 55, 595. Ompre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 37. Ompre varix, i. 289, 41 (in a list of plant-names). Ompre, docce rodinaps, 68, 53. Drenc of ompran, Lch. ii. 106, 18: 108, 1. Tó sealfe .
búc
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Add: a vessel Búc lagena, An. Ox. 56, 54. Him wearð geboren tó búc ful wæteres, Hml. Th. ii. 422, 29. Butas (búcas ?), bléda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17. glossing buccula ( = a cheek?, or the beaver of a helmet?, or the boss of a shield?; from
cenep
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a bit of a bridle Cenepum lupatis (cf. the gloss of the same passage in An. Ox. 12 :-- Lupatis, frenis, mídlum), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 4. a moustache Cambas cenepes cristas cerebri, Germ. 401, 117. Leófgár werede his kenepas on his preóstháde, Chr. 1056
byrst
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Substitute: e; f., in passage from Lch. read swínen . . . bristle, and add Byrst seta, An. Ox. 51, 1. Brysti setes, Txts. 109, 1132. Manu, brystae (biriste, Hpt. 33, 244, 5) juba, setes porci et leonis cabalique, 110, 1182. Hí heora flán him on áfæstnodon
crypel
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a narrow passage, burrow, drain Crypeles (crepeles cuniculi, i. latrinae, Hpt. Gl. 484, 21) cuniculi, An. Ox. 3320. Crypelas, 2, 191. Crypel (crepel, in margin, crypell altered to crypele cuniculum, foveam, domunculum, Hpt. Gl. 473, 34) cuniculum, 2856