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ofer-híre

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-híre, adj.

Disobedient, regardless

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Disobedient, regardless Gif preóst on his scriftscíre ǽnigne man wite Gode oferhýre, oððe on heáfodleahtrum yfele befeallene, L. Edg. C. 6; Th. ii. 244, 22

Linked entries: -hýre -híre

ge-syndlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-syndlíc, adj.

Prosperoushealthyhappyprosperus

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Prosperous, healthy, happy; prosperus On ðám gesyndlícan þingum ... and on ðám wiðerweardum þingum in prosperous ... and in adverse circumstances, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 21

cranic

(n.)
Grammar
cranic, es; m.
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A chronicle Swá swá Hieronimus sǽde on his cranice, Hml. A. 79, 164. Man gesette on cranice ( mandatum est historiis et annalibus traditum ) ǽlc þǽra dǽda þe gedón wæs mid him on þæs cyninges belimpum, 95, 122.

lacing

(n.)
Grammar
lacing, The word seems to occur only as a local name
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On Dýðmere; ðonon on Lacing; andlang Lacing on cealcford, v. 397, 15: vi. 28, 12. Cf. Lacingbróc, vi. 8, 13: 72, 31. In uilla quae cognominatur Lakingheðe, iv. 16, 28. Quandam telluris particulam qui appellatur æt Lacingahið, v. 301, 11

líg

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Add: I. physical Lǽgas (fulgura) on regn hé dyde. Ps. Rdr. 134, 7. figurative Ðá lác þe se liég ðǽre lufe forbiérnð on ðǽm altere gódra weorca, Past. 222, 22.

ge-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten.

to sitsit downsettleleanreclinesĕdēreconsīdĕrediscumbĕreto occupypossessinhabitpossĭdērehăbĭtāre

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Alexander æt Somnite gemǽre and Rómána gesæt Alexander posted himself on the boundary of the Samnites and the Romans, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 58, 28. Gesǽton searuþancle sundor to rúne the wise of thought sat apart in council, Andr.

Linked entry: ge-setenness

brymme

(n.)
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Th. ii. 388, 19, Of grunde brymmes ( pelagi ), Rtl. 61, 33. Of brymme aequore, Hy. S. 70, 31. Ígland beworpen mid sealtum brymme, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 29: 138, 4. On þám heágan brymme, Hml. S. 2, 394.

drífan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 3, 39. to force living beings to move. to force men or animals to move before or from one Hié mon beforan hiera triumphan drifon, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 17. Dríf þá sceáp in heora lǽse, Gr. D. 20, 12.

ge-sweotulian

(v.)
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On þysum dæge Críst wæs geswutelod þám þrým cyningum . . . hé wearð on þysum dæge middangearde geswutelod, Hml.

efne

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Th. i. 166, 21. as intensive or emphatic particle. exactly, just. with a numeral Efne nigon hund wintra and lxxi. on þýs geáre, Bl.

Dún-stán

(n.)
Grammar
Dún-stán, es; m.

Dunstan Dunstānus

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Dúnstáne, and geaf [MS. gif] him ðæt bisceopríce on Wigarceastre, and syððan ðæt bisceopríce on [MS. an] Lundene in this year [A. D. 959] Edgar sent after St.

lǽwede

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽwede, adj.

Laylaiclewd

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Lay, laic, not learned, not of the church; by gradual change of meaning it has become the later lewd Lǽwede man laicus, Wt. Voc. 72, 8.

Linked entry: lǽwed

bláwan

(v.)

to blowbreathesnortpantto blowto flameblazeinflate

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Dele first passage, and add : intrans. of the wind Se wind hæfð mistlice naman on bócum; ðanon þe hé blǽwð him byð nama gesett, Lch. iii. 274, 12.

un-sceþþigness

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Hí noldon feohtan on þám freólsdæge, ac léton hí ofsleán on unscæððignysse (cf. They said, We will not come forth. . . to profane the Sabbath . . . Let us die all in our innocency, I Macc. 2, 34-37), Hml. S. 25, 239.

ge-rínan

(v.)
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to rain on

séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
séfte, adj. Soft
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sleep, undisturbed, untroubled Ðú eart seó séfte ræst sóðfæstra, Bt. 33, 4 ; Fox 132, 34. easy, comfortable, pleasant, without pain or discomfort Rád byþ on recyde rinca gehwylcum séfte, Runic pm.

Linked entry: sófte

ende-byrdlíce

(adv.)
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Add: of action, conduct, &c., in accordance with prescribed or requisite order Ðæt is tó tacne ðæt mon endebyrdlíce (-byrð-, v. l.) ðone biscepdóm halde, Past. 52, 23.

tán

(adj.)
Grammar
tán, adj.

Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family

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Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf.

scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp, adj.

sharppungent, acidacridsharp-tonguedsharp, keen, severe,sharp, roughsharp, keen, active, strenuouseffectual, penetrating,sharp, keensharp, keen, acute,

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Th. 56, 5. sharp, keen, severe, of pain or of that which causes pain Syððan com se scearpa hungor and ádyde hí mid ealle, Chr. 1086;Erl. 219, 37.

Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness

eft

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Nǽnig eft . . . again no one . . ., Crä. 18.