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scencan

(v.)
Grammar
scencan, te

To skink

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Ðæt góde wín ðæt hé scencþ nú geond his gelaðunge, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 11. Ðonne scencþ hé ða scylde mid ðære bisene ǽlcum ðæra ðe him ǽnges yfles tó wénþ cunctis mala credentibus per exemplum culpa propinatur, Past. 59, 5; Swt. 451, 24.

wróht

(n.)
Grammar
wróht, e; f. : es; m.

accusationa false accusationslandercalumnyfaultcrimeoffencea quarrelstrifecause of complaintinjuryhurt

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Ic eall gebær wráþe wróhtas geond werþeóde, ða ðe gewurdon from fruman worulde, Exon. Th. 272, 30; Jul. 507. a quarrel, strife Wearð micel ungeþwǽrnes, . . . swá nán mon nyste hwonon sió wróht com, Ors. 6, 4; Swt. 260, 21.

HUNGOR

(n.)
Grammar
HUNGOR, es; m.

HUNGERfamine

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Hér on ðyssum geáre wæs se mycla hungor geond Angelcynn swilce nán man ǽr ne gemunde swá grimme, 1005; Erl. 139, 36. Hungor se háta ne se hearda þurst, Exon. 64 b; Th. 238, 32; Ph. 613.

þæs-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þæs-líc, adj.
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Ðá geseah ic týn geonge men genóh þæslíce on líchaman, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 370. accordant, in agreement, in harmony Ða cýðnessa nǽron þæslíce .. . And hyra cýðnys næs þæslíc convenientia testimonia non erant . . .

Linked entry: his-lic

wíd-gil

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gil, wíd-gill, -giel, -gel, and-gille; adj.
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Geond ðone wídgillan munt, Blickl. Homl. 199, 12 : Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207. Ða wídgillan sǽ, Hexam. 4; Norm. 6, 24. Ofer ðæt wídgille wésten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 40: Jos. 11, 16.

Linked entries: -gill -gal

wód

(adj.)
Grammar
wód, adj.

Madravingblasphemousmadragingfurious

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His hors feól wealwigende geond ða eorðan wódum gelícost, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 206. of things, mad, raging, furious Heom on becom swiðe hreóh weder, and seó wóde sǽ and se stranga wind hí on ðæt land áwearp, Chr. 1075; Erl. 212, 23.

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, to be fitting. [In line 11 2. gerise bet.]
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Gehriseð (giríseif, R. ) mé geonga, Lk. L. 13, 33 : 17, 25. Ill bb. with acc. and infin. Ðás gerás geðrouia Críst haec oportuit pati Christum, Lk. L. R. 24, 26. III o. with gerundial infin. Ðá ðe gehrísseð tó cuoeðanne quae oporteat dicere, Lk.

hár

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Ic ( a plough) geonge swá mé wísað hár holtes feónd (the grey-haired ploughman ?, the enemy of the holt, because the wood has to be cleared away from the land which is to be brought under cultivation ), Rä. 22, 3.

hálig-nes

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</b> Hér wæs Ósuuald ofslagen . . . þæs hálines and wundor wǽron manigfealde gecýdde geond ðis égland (cf. cujus quanta fides in Deum, quae deuotio mentis fuerit, etiam post mortem uirtutum miraculis claruit, Bd. 3, 9), Chr. 641; P. 27, 24.

HOLT

(n.)
Grammar
HOLT, es; m. n.

a HOLT, wood, grove, copsewood;lignum

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Ðú geond holt wunast thou shall dwell among the woods, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 6; Dan. 574. wood; lignum Ic geseah holt hweorfende I saw wood moving, Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 5; Rä. 57, 3. Holte bi[h]lǽnan to pile wood round, 74 a; Th. 277, 7; Jul. 577

Linked entries: gár-holt hilt

FOLDE

(n.)
Grammar
FOLDE, an; f.

the earthdry landtellusterraa landcountrydistrictregionterritoryrĕgiotractusplăgaterrĭtōriunithe groundsoilhŭmussŏlumearthclayterræ līmuslŭtum

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Unlytel dǽl sídre foldan geond-sended wæs bryne no small part of the wide land was overspread with burning, Cd. 119; Th. 154, 5; Gen. 2551. Nyste hine on ðæere foldan fira ǽnig none of the men in the land knew him, Salm. Kmbl. 547; Sal. 273: Menol.

GRÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRÓWAN, part. grówende; ic grówe, ðú grówest, gréwst, he gróweþ, gréwþ, pl. grówaþ; p. greów, pl. greówon; pp. grówen
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Leáf and gærs geond Bretene blóweþ and gróweþ leaves and grass blow and grow over Britain, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 198; Met. 20, 99: 29, 140; Met. 29, 70: Ps. Th. 91, 11: 146, 8: Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 19; Gn. Ex. 159: Hy. 35; Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 35.

Linked entry: ge-grówan

seld

(n.)
Grammar
seld, es ; n.
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Com tó Heorot, ðǽr Hring-Dene geond ðæt sæld swǽfon, Beo. Th. 2564 ; B. 1280. Wǽron on ðyssum felda unríme gesomnunge manna and monig seld (or to ?)

Linked entry: sæld

wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
wlítan, p. wlát, pl. wliton

To lookgaze

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Wlát wítga geond þeódland, óþ ðæt hé gestarode, ðǽr gestaþelad wæs æþelíc ingong, 19, 25; Cri. 306. Hió wlát ofer ealle, Elen. Kmbl. 770; El. 385. Hé tó heofenum wlát, Byrht. Th. 136, 56; By. 172. Hé æfter recede wlát, Beo. Th. 3149; B. 1572.

hege

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'Far geond wegas and hegas' . . . Hé hét faran tó wegum and hegum getácnigende þæt wilde folc þe hé gegaderode of eallum middanearde, 376, 13-19. Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned wið hegas, Lch. i. 226, 2.

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, e; f.
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Ðá wearð his hors gesíclod, and feóll wealwigende geond ða eorþan ... Hé begann ðá tó gereccenne hú him on ráde getímode, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 178. Gif mon on mycelre ráde oððe on miclum gangum weorðe geteorad, Lchdm. i. 76, 4.

ge-setnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setnes, -setenes, -setednes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, lawpŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum

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Ða gesetnessa sigora Wealdend lǽt geond ðas mǽran gesceaft mearce healden the Lord of victories permits these constitutions to keep their limits over this great creation, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 141; Met. l1, 75.

swician

(v.)
Grammar
swician, p. ode.
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Hí swycedan geond wésten erraverunt in solitudine, Ps. Th. 106, 3. Swicedan, 39. Swiciende pervagatus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 79. to depart, turn Ná ic fram ðínum dónum dǽdum swicade a judiciis tuis non declinavi, Ps.

gingra

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Take here <b>geongra</b> in Dict., and add: of time-relations, a descendant.

cniht

(n.)
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Se drý wearþ fǽringa geong cniht and sóna eft eald man, Bl. H. 175, 3. Hé þone cniht ( Hæsten&#39;s son ) ágef and þæt wíf, Chr. 894; P. 86, 31. Ðone cniht (Alcibiades se æðeling, 19) ðurhseón, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 23.