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spyre-mann

(n.)
Grammar
spyre-mann, es; m.

One who tracks

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One who tracks His speremon the man who tracked him, Chart. Th. 172, 25

Linked entry: spere-mann

áweg-ádrífan

(v.)
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In this verb and in others with the same prefix áweg should be separated

á-wirgung

(n.)
Grammar
á-wirgung, e; f.

A curse

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A curse Þám gelamp seó áwyrigung þe se wítega cwæð, Hml. S. 15, 115

ge-edlǽcan

(v.)
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S. 12, 161. intrans. to repeat, recur Ðás áteorigendlican woruld þe tyrnð on seofon dagum, and hí symle geedlǽcað (the days always recur). Hml. Th. ii. 214, 30.

hálgung

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Ná béte nán man ꝥ fýr (the fire at the ordeal) ná længe þonne man þá hálgunge onginne, Ll. Th. i. 226, 26.

dol-willen

(adj.)
Grammar
dol-willen, adj.

Rash, mad temĕrārius, dēmens

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Rash, mad; temĕrārius, dēmens Ic ðec gedyrstig and ðus dolwillen gesóhte I have sought thee thus daring and rash, Exon. 72 a; Th. 269, 17; Jul. 451

efn-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
efn-lícnes, -ness, e; f.

Evenness, equality æquālĭtas

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Evenness, equality; æquālĭtas Hie healdaþ má geférrǽdenne and efnlicnesse ðonne ealdordóm they observe companionship and equality more than authority, Past. 17, 9; Hat. MS. 24 b, 6

Linked entry: efen-lícnes

epistol

(n.)
Grammar
epistol, e; f.

A letter ĕpistŏla

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A letter; ĕpistŏla Eall heora gewinn awacnedon ǽrest fram Alexandres epistole all their wars arose first from a letter of Alexander, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 20

Linked entry: pistol

bíding

(n.)
Grammar
bíding, e; f.

A BIDING, abodemansio, statio

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A BIDING, abode; mansio, statio Ðǽr hý bídinge móstun tídum brúcan where they might at times enjoy a biding, Exon. 35 b; Th. 114, 30; Gú. 180

ge-neh

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-neh, adv.

Enough, sufficiently, abundantly

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Enough, sufficiently, abundantly Ðonne sceolon we geneh geþencean emb úre sáula ðearfa then ought we to consider very much about our souls' needs, Blickl. Homl. 101, 32

un-ornlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ornlíc, adj.

Poorplainmean

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Poor, plain, mean Hí námon him ealde gescý and unornlíc scrúd they took old shoes and mean apparel; tulerunt calceamenta perantiqua, induti veteribus vestimentis, Jos. 9, 5

ofer-hragan

(v.)

to come in stormsto sleeta storm

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Wǽtum hé oferhrægeþ, gebryceþ burga geatu it (snow) comes in damp storms on cities' gates, and breaks them, Salm. Kmbl. 612; Sal. 305

Linked entry: hragan

of-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
of-hende, adj.

Out of one's hand, taken away, lost to one

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Out of one's hand, taken away, lost to one Gif him ǽnig ðara ofhende wyrþ if any one of them is lost to him, Met. 25, 34

Linked entries: æf-hende on-hende

swilc

Grammar
swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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Add On ðǽm dæge plegedon hié of horsum ... swá heora þeáw æt swelcum ( on such occasions ) wæs, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 31. Ðá swelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt ..., Past. 293, 22. 2 a.

lǽce-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-dóm, es; m.

Medicinea medicineremedycure

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Ýdel biþ se lǽcedóm ðe ne mæg ðone untruman gehǽlan vain is the medicine that cannot heal the sick, Homl. Th. i. 60, 34.

Linked entry: lǽce-cræft

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perishbe loststrayescape

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Gaderiaþ ða láfe and hí ne losion gather the remnants, and let them not be lost, Homl. Th. i. 182, 21. Ne sceal hé for ðám læssan losian he shall not be lost for the lesser sins, ii. 336, 22.

Linked entry: lorian

segl

(n.)
Grammar
segl, swegel, segel, es ; m. n.
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</b> used metaphorically of the fiery and cloudy pillars :-- Swegl síðe weóld the pillar governed their journey, Cd. Th. 184, 10 ; Exod. 105.

Linked entry: swegl-síðe

elcian

(v.)
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Úre Álýsend ne elcode ná ongeán þone deáð Enoch and Elias delay to meet death, and do not avoid it . . . at the end of this world they will receive death. Our Saviour did not delay to meet death, Hml. Th. i. 308, 2-7.

hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
hlinian, hleonian; p. ode

To lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest

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Ne ðǽr hleonaþ unsméðes wiht nor does aught unsmooth rest there, Exod. 56 a; Th. 199, 14; Ph. 25. Ða ðe him godes egsa hleonaþ ofer heáfdum those on whose heads rests the fear of God, 33 b; Th. 106, 20; Gú. 44.

Linked entries: a-hlinian hleonian

Æðel-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Æðel-wulf, es; m. [æðele noble, wulf a wolf]

ÆthelwulfÆthelwulfus

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D. 837, king Ecgbryht died, and Æthelwulf his son succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons, Chr. 836; Th. 117, 34, col. 1. A. D. 855, her, Æðelwulf cyning gefór here, A. D. 855, king Æthelwulf died. Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 24