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timbrung

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Hít næs ná búton gewyrhtum ꝥ his húses timbrung weóx Sæternesdagum non immerito domus ipsias fabrica sabbato crescebat, Gr. D. 322, 10. Þá læg þǽr án stán þone hí mynton hebban upp on þæs húses timbrunge lapis jacebat, quem in aedificium levare dicreverant

unc

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Add: — Férdon mín fæder and módor út, and genámon unc and férdon tó sǽ, and út reówan. Þá wé úp cómon, þá næs úre módor mid ús, nát ic for hwí þá genam úre fæder unc, and bær ús wépende forð on his weg, Hml. S. 30

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.
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Add On þeáwum wær moribus cautus. Chrd. 19, 13. Sió wiþerweardnes biþ . . . wæru . . . mid þǽre styringe hire ágenre frécennesse adversam fortunam videos ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem, Bt. 20; F. 72, 6. Se wara weard his ágenre þearfednesse

am-byre

Grammar
am-byre, (am-byre = and-byre).
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Substitute: Unfavourable, contrary (of wind) Þyder, hé cwæð, þæt man ne mihte geseglian on ánum n, mónðe, gyf man . . . ǽlce dæge hæfde ambyrne wind, Ors. l, I ; Bos. 21, 20. [Cf. Icel. aud-viðri a head wind. Mod. Icel. and-byrr (= mðt-byrr). (Dr. Craigie's

martyr-dóm

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On ðá tiid . . . suá huelc sua biscephád under-féng, hé underféng martyrdóme . . . nán twió næs ðæt hé sceolde cuman tó hefegum martyrdóme illo in tempore quo quisquis plebibus praeerat, primus ad martyrii tormenta ducebatur. . . quemque dubium non erat

windel-streáw

(n.)
Grammar
windel-streáw, -streów, es; n.

Windle-straw, some kind of coarse grass or reed

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Windle-straw, some kind of coarse grass or reed (v. windle-straws, E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) Eár spica, egle aresta, windelstreów calmum, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 22: ii. 16, 74. Genim ðæt micle greáte windelstreáw twyecge, ðæt on worþium wixð, Lchdm. ii.

ofersǽwisc

(adj.)
Grammar
ofersǽwisc, adj.

From beyond the seatransmarine

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From beyond the sea, transmarine: — Ofersǽwisc rind bark from beyond the sea (cinnamon), Lchdm. ii. 52, 3. Landferþ se ofersǽwisca hit gesette on Léden, Glostr. Frag. 10, 21. Hé (Benedict of Wearmouth) ða ciricean gefretwade mid godcunde wísdóme and

ge-soden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-soden, part. [soden, pp. of seóðan to seethe]

Seethedsoddencookedboiledcoctuselixus

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Seethed, sodden, cooked, boiled; coctus, elixus Gesoden, gebacen coctus, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 86; Wrt. Voc. 27, 16; 82, 71. Gesoden mæt on wætere elixus cĭbus, 31; Som. 61, 87; Wrt. Voc. 27, 17. Gesoden wín defrūtum vīnum, 32; Som. 62, 8; Wrt. Voc.

friþ-herpaþ

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-herpaþ, friþ-herepaþ, es; m.

The king's highwaya public road which was under the king's

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The king's highway, a public road which was under the king's friþ. [Cf. De pace regia et .iiii. chiminorum vel viarum regalium, Ll. Th. i. 447, 6. Omnes herestrete regis sunt, 519, 11 ] On Wifeles ford; ðonne andlang ðæs friðherpadcs (Icknield Way?),

wan

(n.)
Grammar
wan, es; [n. (?) cf. Icel. vánt (neut. of vanr) with gen.]

Wantlack

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Want, lack Ne byð mé nánes gódes wan nihil mihi deerit, Ps. Th. 22, 1. Hí habbaþ ǽghwæs genóh, nis him wihte won, Exon. Th. 352, 9; Sch. 95. On ðám ðingum ðe hí won hæfdon in eis quae minus habuerat, Bd. 5, 22 ; S. 644, 15

wíglian

(v.)
Grammar
wíglian, p. ode

To practise divination or sorcery

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To practise divination or sorcery Wígliaþ stunte men menigfealde wígelunga on ðisum dæge æfter hǽð;enum gewunan, swylce hí magon heora líf gelengan, oþþe heora gesundfulnysse. Homl. Th. i. 100, 19. Ne sceal nán cristen mann nán þincg be ðám mónan wíglian

spircan

(v.)

to sparkleto fall in drops.

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to sparkle Spircendre scintillante. Hpt. Gl. 429, 42. Spyrcendum scintillantibus, 499, 43. to fall in drops. v. spircing Hé hét mycel ád ontendan on ymbhwyrfte ðæs mǽdenes and mid pice hí besprencgan and mid spyrcendum ele with oil that bespattered

Linked entries: spearcian spyrcan

forþ

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ, adv. [faran to go]

FORTHthencehenceforwardsonwardshenceforthfurtherstillindehincprorsumporrodehincdeincepstămen

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FORTH, thence, hence, forwards, onwards, henceforth, further, still; inde, hinc, prorsum, porro, dehinc, deinceps, tămen Abraham eóde forþ Abraham went forth, Gen. 18, 16: Num. 22, 35: Jud. 16, 30. Alǽdaþ míne bán forþ mid eów efferte ossa mea hinc vōbiscum

hrǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hrǽw, hráw, hreáw, hrá, es; n. m.

a corpsecarcasetrunkcarrion

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The body of a man living or dead, a corpse, carcase, trunk, carrion Líc vel hreáw funus, Ælfc. Gl. 85; Som. 74, 1; Wrt. Voc. 45, 25. Ðú earma nú ðú byst geworden ðæt fúleste hreáw and wyrma mete thou miserable thing, now art thou become a very foul corpse

Linked entries: hráw hreáw hrá

neowol

(adj.)
Grammar
neowol, nifol, nihol, nihold, neól, niwol; adj.

proneprostratedeep downlowprofound

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prone, prostrate Nihol pronus, Ep. Gl. 20 b, 2. Nihold, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 20. Hwí líst ðú neowel on eorþan cur jaces pronus in terra? Jos. 7, 10. Hé feóll niwel on ða eorþan, Gen. 33, 3. Niwol, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 3. Neowol, Met. 1, 80. Ðǽrrihte férde eall

scort

(adj.)
Grammar
scort, adj.
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Short. marking the length of an object Scort sinewealt stán cilindrus, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 35. Sceort bed wið eorþan coma, 41, 31. Sceort scip naviscella, 47, 60 : 56, 33. Ðæt ic ðé móste getǽcan swá sceortne (scortne, Cote. MS.) weg swá ic scyrtestne

Linked entries: scyrtra sceort

ge-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]

To thinkconceiveconsiderdevisereflectbe mindfulthink aboutcareintendresolve

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To think, conceive, consider, devise, reflect, be mindful, think about, care, intend, resolve Ne mæg ic ðeáh gehycgan hwý him on hige ðorfte á ðý sǽl wesan I cannot, however, conceive why it need be the better in mind for them, Bt. Met. Fox 15, 17; Met

ge-tenge

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Take here ge-tænge in Dict., and add: of local relations, close against. lying on or by, in contact with Eall líchoma eorþan getenge (cf. sume licgaþ mid eallon lichoman on eorþan, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 25) alia exiento sunt corpore, pulveremque verrunt

hæc

(n.)
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Substitute for all but the bracket: hæc[c], e ; /. and hæc[c], hæcce, es; m. A hatch, heck, [hatch a gate or wicket; a flood-gate or sluice; a contrivance for trapping salmon: heck a grating or frame of parallel bars . . . used to catch fish at a weir

hnesce

(adj.)
Grammar
hnesce, hnæsce, hnysce; adj.

Nesh, soft, delicate, tender, effeminate

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Nesh, soft, delicate, tender, effeminate Hnysce hwítel linna, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 113; Wrt. Voc. 40, 23. Hnesce on móde tó flǽsclícum lustum yielding easily to the lusts of the flesh, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 4. Gefrédan hwæt biþ heard hwæt hnesce to feel

Linked entries: heard hnæsce