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efnettan

Grammar
efnettan, <b>; I.</b>
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Se cræftga ... ne blinneþ ꝥ betriende béte þá onlícnessa and efnette artifex ... ea tundere meliorando non desinet, Gr. D. 283, 27. Add

heard-lícness

(n.)
Grammar
heard-lícness, e; f.

Hardness, severity, strictness

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Hardness, severity, strictness Sume sǽdonða heardlícnysse his lífes some of them told the severity of his life, Guthl. 27; Gdwin. 70, 15

ge-stitian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stitian, p. ode; pp. od

To disposeorderdispōnĕre

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To dispose, order; dispōnĕre Ða he gestitode to Abrahame quod dispŏsuit ad Abraham, Ps. Spl. C. 104, 8: Ps. Spl. T. 102, 12

torn-word

(n.)
Grammar
torn-word, es; n.

A word that causes distress or grief,a contemptuous, scornful word

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A word that causes distress or grief, a contemptuous, scornful word hosp sprecaþ, tornworda fela, Exon. Th. 11, 17; Cri. 172

Linked entry: torn-wyrdan

wan-scrýd

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-scrýd, wan-scrýdd; adj.

Imperfectly clothedill-clad

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Imperfectly clothed, ill-clad wæs swíðegeswǽs eallum swincendum, and on mislicum yrmðum mannum geheólp, wǽdligum and wanscrýddum. Homl. Th. ii. 500, 17

á-wannian

(v.)

to become livid

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Add:to become livid: gedyde ꝥ eall his andwlita áwannode (wearð áwannod, v. l.) totum illius vultum lividum reddidit, Gr, D. 20, 32

Linked entry: wannian

be-cwelan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cwelan, p. -cwael

To die

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To die Hit becwæð and becwæl sé þe hit áhte he that owned it bequeathed it and died, Ll. Th. i. 184, 1

Linked entry: cwelan

be-feón

(v.)
Grammar
be-feón, pp. -feód

To deprive of propertyto confiscate

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To deprive of property (feoh), to confiscate Ꝥ wǽre benǽmed, befeód (-fiód, Hpt. Gl. 480, 53) infiscaretur, i. fraudaretur, An. Ox. 3157

Linked entry: ge-feón

hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
hwǽr, [or hwær?], hwar; adv.

Whereanywheresomewherewheresoeverwherever

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Ic séce míne gebróðru hwar hig healdon hyra heorda, Gen. 37, 16. indefinite, anywhere, somewhere Gyf hwǽr hit tóbræcaþ if they violate it anywhere, L. Ælfc. C. 34; Th. ii. 356, 16: Homl. Th. i. 170, 18: 482, 26.

Linked entries: hwára hwar

hrace

(n.)
Grammar
hrace, an; f: hraca, an; m.

The throat

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Ne him gást on hracan eardaþ neque est spiritus in ore eorum, 113, 16. Swille ða hracan let him swill the throat, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 27. Stinge him on ða hracan ðæt máge spíwan, 1, 18; Lchdm. ii. 62, 12.

næglian

(v.)
Grammar
næglian, p. ode, ede

To nailfasten with nails

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To nail, fasten with nails dulfon ł nægledun handa míne and fét míne foderunt manus meas, et pedes meas, Ps. Lamb. 21, 17. Síæ nægled on róde crucifigatur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 23. Ne hié scip fereþ naca nægled bord ( or nægled-bord; adj. ?)

Linked entry: nægled-bord

neoþor

(adv.)
Grammar
neoþor, nioþor, niþor; adv.

Lowerin an inferior position

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Ðá heó ðá hié in ðæm gefeohte neoþor geségon qui dum se inferiores in bello conspicerent, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 16. Ðé læs ðe ðæt mód sý neoþer ðonne se líchoma, Homl. Skt. 1, 58. Nioþoror, Bt. 41. 6; Fox 254. 31.

Linked entry: niþor

belle

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Beácn þǽre bellan gehýran, Hml. A. 168, 107. Áhéng se munuc áne lytle bellan on ðám stánclúde . . . Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán tó ðǽre bellan, þæt heó tósprang, Hml. Th. ii. 156, 4-10. Hos-tiarius. . . sceal mid bellan bícnigan þá tída. Ll.

caru

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fácnum wordum heora aldorþægn unreordadon on cearum ( d. pl. ) cwidum (?cwíðdun, Cf. in cearum cwíðað, Gú. 194), Sat. 67.

irþ-land

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Ic tówurpe ðás burh and gesméðige, and tó yrðlande áwende, swá þæt heó bið cornbǽre swíðor þonne mannbǽre, Hml. Th. i. 450, ii. His deácon sǽde ꝥ seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þiére cyrican yrðland ( agros ) úp yrnende, Gr. D. 193, 15. Add

medumlíce

(adv.)
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Manige wé sceáwiað nú, and swá þeáh nú gýt wé ná full medomlíce (perfecte) oncnáwaþ, Gr. D. 331, 13. Hweln úre mæg áreccan medemlíce úres Sceppendes willan?, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 11. Bútan hit medomlíce gebǽte ǽr his ænde, C. D. vi. 35, 2

or-sorg

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Hml, i. 302, 8

wearg

(n.; prep.)
Grammar
wearg, wearh, es; m.

a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminalof other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit

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Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ðæt ǽr fácen dyde manna cynne, Menol. Fox 572; Gn. C. 55.

on-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
on-búgan, p. -beáh.

to bendto bend in reverence or submission, to bowto submit, yieldto bend aside, deviate

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Th. 405, 16; Rä. 24, 3. to bend in reverence or submission, to bow Heó tó hyre módor cneówum onbeah, Lchdm. iii. 428, 13. Hís gebróðru onbugon tó him proni adorantes Gen. 50, 18.

Linked entries: an-búgan on-bígan

spearca

(n.)
Grammar
spearca, an; m.

A spark

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Sleá him ánne spearcan, Lchdm. ii. 290, 17. ásprungan up swá swá spearcan, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 23: Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 31.

Linked entry: spærca