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scearplíce

(adv.)
Grammar
scearplíce, adv.

sharply, keenly, smartly, effectually, quicklysharply, keenlysharply, painfully

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Heó gehǽlþ ðæt sár tó ðam scearplíce, ðæt hé eác gán dyrre it heals the pain (gout) so smartly, that he may even venture to walk, 176, 8: 210, 9: Exon.

Linked entry: scearp

creópan

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D. 228, 10. to walk with crutches Hé árás and mid twám criccum creáp him tó Wynceastre, Hml. S. 21, 101. of humble, abject movement Þá iermingas út of þǽm holan crupon þe heó on lutedan, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 30. Uton creópan tó Críste, Wlfst. 166, 38

ge-fóg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fóg, es; n.

A joiningjoint

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A joining, joint Ðæt ðú gesomnige síde weallas fæste gefóge that thou unite the spacious walls with a fast juncture, Exon. 8 a; Th. 1, 10; Cri. 6. From eallum heora gefógum from all their joints, Blickl. Homl. 101, 4

FÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
FÁH, fág; pl. nom. acc. ; gen. fára; dat. fáum; adj.

Guilty, criminal, proscribed, outlawed, inimical, hostilesons, reus, proscriptus, inĭmīcus, infensus, infentus

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Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 11: Cd. 215; Th. 270, 28; Sat. 97; Wald. 101; Vald. 2, 22.

rignan

(v.)
Grammar
rignan, rínan; p. rínde. [A strong preterite occurs in the Blickling Gloss, rán pluit.
  • Cf.
In Elyes tyme heuene was yclosed þat no reyne ne rone (roon, MS. W.: roen, MS. R.: ron, MS. B.: raynade, MS. C.),
  • Piers P. 14, 62.
]

to rain, to cause rain to fallto rain, to fall (of rain)

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to rain, to cause rain to fall, with the agent expressed Ic ríne pluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 53. Hé rýnde ofer synfullan grin, Ps. Spl. 10, 7. Hit ágan rínan xl. daga and xl. nihta tósomne ðæm mǽstan réne, and seó eorþe rínde ealswá swíðe of hire eásprencgum

Linked entries: regnian regnan rínan

Clede-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Clede-múþa, an; m. [the mouth of the river Cleddy]

GLADMOUTH, CLEDMOUTH

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GLADMOUTH, CLEDMOUTH, South Wales Hér Eádweard cyning getimbrede ða burh æt Cledemúþan in A. D. 921, king Edward built the burgh at Cledmouth, Chr. 921; Th. 194, 1-3, col. 3; Th. 195, 1-3, col. 1

dún-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
dún-sǽte, gen. -sǽta; dat. -sǽtum,sǽtan ; pl. m. [dún a mountain, -sǽte dwellers, inhabitants]

Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales montĭcŏlæ Walliæ

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Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales; montĭcŏlæ Walliæ Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Angelcynnes witan and Wealhþeóde rǽdboran betweox Dúnsǽtum [MS.

GEÁP

(adj.)
Grammar
GEÁP, adj.

Openspread outextendedbroadroomyspaciouswidepătenspătŭlusampluslātus

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Munt is hine ymbútan, geáp gylden weal a mountain is about him, a lofty golden wall, Salm. Kmbl. 511; Sal. 256. Sum sceal on geápum galgan rídan one shall ride on the extended gallows, Exon. 87 b; Th. 239, 12; Vy. 33.

hand-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
hand-scyldig, adj.

Liable to the penalty of losing the hand

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Liable to the penalty of losing the hand Se ðe gewundaþ man binnan ciricwagum se biþ handscyldig he that wounds a man within church walls shall be liable to lose his hand, L. Eth. vii. 13; Th. i. 332; 9

heofon-feld

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-feld, es; m.

A Northumbrian local name

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Seó stów is geháten Heofonfeld on Englisc wið ðone langan weall ðe ða Rómániscan worhton the place is called in English Heavenfield, by the long wall that the Romans made, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 96, 33

eorþ-weall

a rampart

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Se cásere hét dícian and eorðwall (-weall, v. l.) gewyrcan uallum fecerat, 1, 12; Sch. 33, 27. a wall formed by the ground, the side or roof of a cave Hé beáh under eorðweall he went into the cave, B. 2957. Inn under eorðweall, 3090.

for-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-búgan, port, -búgende; p. -beáh, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen; v. trans.

To bend frompass bydeclineavoidshuneschewrecēdĕreprætĕrīredeclīnāreevītāredevītāre

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MS. 12 a. 14: Wald. 25; Vald. 1, 15. Hú man sélost mæg synna forbúgan how a man may best avoid sin, Ælfc. T. 15, 2: Homl. Th. i. 82, 26: 206, 6: Num. 22, 26. Se wer wæs forbúgende yfel ĕ rat vir recēdens a mălo, Job Thw. 164, 3.

recen

(adj.)
Grammar
recen, adj.
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ready, prompt. v. recenian Mæg sige syllan se ðe symle byþ recon and rǽdfæst, Wald. 108; Vald. 2, 26. [Cumeð her forð, and beð alle reken, And lereð wel quat he sal speken, Gen. and Ex. 3485. Louerd, ic ( Moses ) am unreken of wurdes, 2817.

Linked entries: recene recenlíce

Wealh-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
Wealh-cyn, Wealh-cynn, es; n.

The Celtic race

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Hig gegaderadan mycle fyrde mid Walkynne( the Celts of Wales ), Chr. 1055; Erl. 188, 33. Griffin wæs kyning ofer eall Wealcyn, 1063; Erl. 195, 12

witon

Grammar
witon, wuton (-an, -un), uton (-an, -un);

let us

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interjectional form with an infinitive, the combination being the equivalent of a subjunctive, = let us . . . Uton (wuton,Cott. MS.) ágifan ðæm esne his wíf, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 6. Wuton wuldrian weorada Dryhten, Hy. 8, 1. Uuton nú gehýran, Blickl. Homl

Linked entries: utan uton

wudu-lǽs

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-lǽs, we; f.

Forest pasture

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Wæs tiolo micel spréc ymb wuduléswe tó Súðtúne; waldon ða swángeréfan ða lǽswe forður gedrífan ond ðone wudu . geþiogan ðon hit aldgeryhto wéron, i. 278, 32

ge-hwemman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwemman, p. ed
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To slope Næs þæt hús æfter manna gewunan getimbrod, ac mid mislicum torrum gehwemmed ( the walls were not smooth and vertical but of varying inclination on account of projecting rocks ) tó gelícnysse sumes scræfes, Hml. Th. i. 508, 17.

Linked entry: hwemman

bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.

a bedcoucha surface on which something rests?

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Þersc-wald limen, oferdyre superliminare, bed spatula, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 18: Txts. 98, 971. of ground. Similar entries v. grund-bed. of ground where plants grow. [O. H. Ger. betti areola.] of ground occupied by insects.

grundleás

(adj.)
Grammar
grundleás, adj.
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Fox 7, 29; Met. 7, 15: Exon. 97 a; Th. 362, 34; Wal. 46: Cd. 22; Th. 25, 7; Gen. 390.

be-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lúcan, he -lýcþ; p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen; v. trans. [be, lúcan to lock]

To lock upinclosesurroundshutshut upconcludererecludereincluderecircumcludereamplectiobserareclaudere

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Wealle belocen inclosed with a wall Cd. 209; Th. 259, 24; Dan. 696. Ðæt man belúce ǽlc deofulgyld-hús that one should close every idol-temple Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 127, 36