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óþ-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-íwan, -éwan, -eáwan, -eówan, -iéwan, -ýwan.
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In bócum ne cwiþ ðæt hý in hwítum hræglum óþýwden, 28, 30; Cri. 454. Cf. æt-ýwan

Linked entries: óþ-eáwan óþ-éwan

æþel-boren

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Voc. ii. 47, 45

Linked entry: boren

on-secgan

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. :-- Ic onsæge ł ic offrige þé sacrificabo tibi, Ps. L. 53, 8. Hí ðám deóflum onsægdon and heora Drihten forsáwon, Hml. S. 14, 13. Þæt þú heofoncyninge wiðsóce, and onsægde synna fruman, Jul. 362. (l aα) to sacrifice with something, Bl.

rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
rúh, adj.

rough, hairy, shaggy rough, untrimmed, uncultivatedrough, knottyrough, undressed

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Voc. ii. 43, 15-16 : 90, 17 : i. 51, 20. Rúh hrægel amphibalum, 25, 65. Óxn vel rúh óxn ascella vel subhircos, 43, 65. Rúh scó pero, ii.68, 6. Se wæs reód and eall rúh totus in morem pellis hirsutus, Gen. 25, 25.

Linked entries: rýht rúg rupe

á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
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in Dict.). to permit Álýfde concessit, i. permisii, concedit, Wrt.

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan

ge-séðan

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Add Ic gesébe vel áfæstnie confirmo, i. astruo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 28. Geséþ conprobat, 10. to declare true, state as a fact, assert, affirm Hé geworhte twá mycle leóhtfatu swá Genesis geséð, Angl. viii. 299, 14.

læccan

(v.)
Grammar
læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To takegraspseizecatchapprehendcapture

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I. P. 19; Th. ii. 328, 4. Hí gærs ǽton georne and ǽlc læhte of óðrum gif hé hwæt litles hæfde they eagerly ate grass, and each seized from the other, if he had any little bit, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 10.

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan

ge-wunelíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 504, 6. <b>II a.

langsum

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Voc. ii. 53, 52 (in Dict.)

waefer-sín

(n.)
Grammar
waefer-sín, -sién, -sýn, -seón, e; f.

A sightshowspectacle

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Voc. i. 55, 44. Ðæt ic him wæfersýn wǽre factus sum illis in parabolam, Ps. Th. 68, 11. Ond swá micel wundor and wæfersién wæs mínes weoredes on fægernisse fuitque inter uarietates spectaculorum in conspiciendo talem exercitum, Nar. 7, 18.

Linked entry: wlite-seón

of-sceótan

(v.)

to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weaponelf-shot, diseased from an elf&#39;s shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal&#39;s stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.

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The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal&#39;s stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.

frécennes

Grammar
frécennes, frécnes.
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Take here frǽcnes in Dict., and add

tó-cnáwenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwenness, e; f.

Knowledge,discernment,understanding,knowledge which appreciates the difference between things

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Knowledge, discernment, understanding, knowledge which appreciates the difference between things Ne sind hí ðrý Godas . . . ac seó Ðrynnys is án sóð God . . . Ðeós tócnáwennys is éce líf, Homl. Th. ii. 362, 32

fela

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II. 2 and I. 2 b α Wǽron swá fela gereord swá ðǽra wyrhtena wæs, Hml. Th. i. 318, 22, Similar entries v. II. 2 and I. 2 b β Þá wǽron swá fela gereord swá ðǽr manna wǽron, Hml.

Linked entry: feald

metgung

(n.)
Grammar
metgung, metegung, e; f.

moderationtemperancemeditation

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moderation, temperance Wísdóm is se héhsta cræft, and se hæfþ on him feówer óðre cræftas, ðara is án wærscipe, óðer metgung, þridde is ellen, feórþe rihtwísnes, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 34. meditation Mé is metegung hú ic ǽ ðíne efnast healde lex tua meditatio

Linked entry: ge-metgung

þreát

(n.)
Grammar
þreát, es; m.

a troopbandcrowdbody of peopleswarmpressthrongviolencecompulsionforceoppressionpunishmentill-treatment

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Gl. 413, 1. violence, compulsion, force, oppression, punishment, ill-treatment. Similar entries v. þreátend Is ðeós þrág ful strong, þreát ormǽte; ic sceal þinga gehwylc þolian, Exon. Th. 270, 14; Jul. 465.

symbel-calic

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-calic, es; m.

A chalice

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II. Ic an Ðeódréd mín wíte massehakele ðe ic on Pauie bouhte and simbelcalice, Chart. Th. 515, 18

Linked entry: calic

topp

(n.)
Grammar
topp, es; m.

a top,summita lock of hair, tufta collection of rays of lighta top to play withthe hair at the top of the head that which has a similarity with it

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It is found, too, as the name of a plaything En la rue vus juvetz a toup (a top of tre), Wrt. Voc. i. 144, 25. Top of chylderys pley trochus, Prompt. Parv. 496. Sweype for a top flagellum, 482

swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
swelgan, p.swealh, pl. swulgon; pp. swolgen (with acc. or inst. (dat.))

To swallow.of taking food, etc., by living creaturesof absorption or reception by inanimate things, to swallow, take in, drink, absorbto take in to the mind, accept, imbibe (wisdom)with the idea of violence or destruction, to devour (lit. or fig.), to consume, engulf absorbereglutireto swallow.

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Lchdm. ii. 230, 4. Syle ðam cilde swelgan, i. 350, 14. Swylgende (-fende, Wrt.) drenc a potion to be gulped down; catapodia (καταπότιον ), Wrt.

Linked entry: swylfende

útera

(adj.)
Grammar
útera, cpve. útemest, útmest; spve. adj.

Outeroutmostexternalnot of the inner man

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Þeáh ðe ic næbbe ða úttran lác, ic geméte on mé sylfum hwæt ic lecge on weófode ðínre herunge, Homl. Th. i. 584, 15

Linked entry: ýtera