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ge-weorodlǽcan

(v.)
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to sweeten On welerum his byð gewerecilǽhþ feónd in labiis suis indulcatur inimicus, Scint. 196, 5

girrettan

(v.)
Grammar
girrettan, gyrrettan
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to roar Leó gyrretynde ł grymetende leo rugiens, Ps. L. 21, 12. v. See preceding word

Linked entry: gyrretynde

gripol

(adj.)
Grammar
gripol, gripul; adj.
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Able to grasp much, capacious Gripul, numul capax, qui multum capit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 29

gryllan

(v.)
Grammar
gryllan, p. de
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To gnash the teeth, rage, be angry Grylde frendit, Germ. 399, 393. Gryllendum stridentibus, 398, 173

Linked entry: grillan

in-cerran

(v.)
Grammar
in-cerran, (=on-cirran, q.v.)
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to pervert, divert Gif aenig monn ðás úre gewitnisse incerre on ówihte, C.D. ii. 6, 11

Linked entry: on-cirran

lustsum-líc

(adj.)
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Ðá syndon swýþe fægere and lustsumlíce on seónne, Ors. 1, 3; S. 32, 14. Add

ofestan

(v.)
Grammar
ofestan, ofstan ( = efestan, efstan)
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to hasten Hé ofeste festinet, R. Ben. I. 29, 5. Ofstende festinanda, Angl. xiii. 378, 186

Linked entries: ofstan efestan

offrung-spic

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-spic, es; n.
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Bacon offered to idols Hé dyde swilce hé ǽte of ðám offrungspice, Hml. S. 25, 92

Linked entry: spic

on-byrgan

(v.)
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to be surety Ambyriendum sequestra, An. Ox. 11, 142. Onbyrgedum, 7, 99. Cf. on-borgian; byrgen

Linked entry: -byrgan

ræpsung

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Add: repsung. add: evening On hrepsunge hé beeóm Iordanes ófrum, Hml. S. 23 b, 663

stocc-gemǽre

(n.)
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Andlang stódfaldgemǽres þæt hit cymð stoccgemǽre, Cht. Crw. 25, 43

un-coþu

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Add: plague Sé bid forfleónne swilce uncoðu oððe cwyld quasi pestis fugiendus, Chrd. 70, 7

Linked entry: coþu

wítega

Grammar
wítega, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðe Hálend cwæð ǽs wítgum Iesus dixit ad legis peritos, Lk. R. 14, 3. Add

ymb-habban

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Add: to detain, hold Unwís on flǽslicum byð emhæfed insipiens in carnalibus detinetur, Scint. 168, 18

á-wlispian

(v.)
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to stammer, speal inarticulately Seó tunge áwlyspaþ, seó þe ǽr hæfde ful recene sprǽce, Nap. 74

Linked entry: wlispian

fore-wyrdan

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Add: to settle terms, agree Eal swá mín swestar hit ér foræwyrde, C.D. iii. 274, 12

Bret

(n.)
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a Briton Ne wearð án Bret (Brit, v. l. ) láfe, Chr. 491; P. 14, 17

eorþe

Grammar
eorþe, <b>; I 2 a.</b>
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Ofseah hé feorran ðá hǽðenan ferian án líc eorðan, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 16. Add

ceás-lunger

(adj.)
Grammar
ceás-lunger, odj.
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Quick to quarrel, contentious Se hordere sceal beón sýfre and ná ceáslunger (conteniiasvs), Chrd. 19, 12

wǽg-stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-stæþ, es; n.

A shorebank

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A shore, bank Cwom .LX. monna wǽgstæþe rídan, Exon. Th. 404, 3; Rä. 23, 2