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blíce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
blíce, es; m.

An exposuredenudatio

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[blícan II. to shine by exposure, as the bones] An exposure; denudatio Gif bánes blíce weorþeþ, þrím scillingum gebéte if there be an exposure of the bone [by wounding], let amends be made with three shillings, L. Ethb. 34; Th. i. 12, 4

ge-byre

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byre, es; m.

The time at which anything happensa favourable timean opportunityoccasioopportunitas

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The time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; occasio, opportunitas Hwonne him eft gebyre weorþe, hám cymeþ when there shall again be an opportunity to him he will come home, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 3; Gn. Ex. 105

ge-lácian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lácian, ic, he -lácige; p. ode; pp. od [lác a gift]

To givebestowpresent one with a thingmuneraremunerare aliquem aliqua re

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To give, bestow, present one with a thing; munerare, munerare aliquem aliqua re Gelácige mid eádigum gifum donis beatis munerabit.

Linked entry: -lácian

tíd-fara

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-fara, an; m.
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A traveller the time of whose journey is come (?), or one who journeys for a (short) time (?) Nú ðú ( the blessed soul immediately after death ) móst féran ðider ðú fundadest . . . eart nú tídfara ðam hálgan hám, Exon. Th. 102, 18; Cri. 1674

þoterian

(v.)
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þoterian, p. ode
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To howl, wail, cry out Þotraþ clamat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 12. Geómriende hell þoteraþ gemens infernus ululat, Hymn. Surt. 84, 34. Gé wépaþ and þoteriaþ plorabitis et flebitis, Scint. 167, 3. Hí ðotorodon swilce óðre wulfas, Homl. Th. ii. 488, 27

un-getogen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getogen, adj.

Uneducated

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Uneducated Fisceras and ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him leorningcnihtum, and hí swá geteáh, ðæt heóra lár oferstáh ealne woruldwísdóm, Homl. Th. i. 576, 28.

ungemet-hleahtor

(n.)
Grammar
ungemet-hleahtor, es; m.

Immoderate laughter

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Immoderate laughter Hú micele má wénestú ðæt hé mid yrre ða út áweorpe of his temple, ðe mid unnyttum gesprǽcum and mid ungemethleahtrum ða stówa, ðe Godes þeówdóme gehálgode wǽron, fýlaþ and besmýtaþ, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 32

un-gníðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gníðe, adj.

Not scantyliberalabundant

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Th. 359, 31; Pa. 70

un-land

(n.)
Grammar
un-land, es; n.

What is not land

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ðam unlonde ( the whale, by whose side seamen,'deeming him some island,' moor their bark ), Exon. Th. 361, 3; Wal. 14

be-hyldan

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Hí behyldon ǽnne oxan and besywodon Crisan-tum mid þǽre hýde his nacodum líce, Hml. S. 35, 158. Behyldan, befleán deglobere, i. decoriare, An. Ox. 3280: Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 13. Ódre wǽron cuce behylde, Hml. Th. i. 542, 29. Add

cyne-gird

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Take here exs. under cyne-gyrd in Dict., and add Swíðe ryht is seó cynegyrd þínes ríces virga recta est virga regni tui, Ps. Th. 44, 8. Hé bícnode hire mid his cynegyrde extendit contra eam virgam auream, Hml. A. 97, 181

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Th. i. 438, 18. Æt ánes heówe[s] cý, Lch. iii. 24, 13. Hé ðá cealfas cúum lǽdde, Shrn. 61, 19. Betwih cýe inter vaccas, Ps. Srt, 67, 31. Add

ende-byrdan

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ende-byrdan, -byrdian
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Þá þe endebyrdiaþ (ordinant) gecýðnesse his, Ps. L. 49, 5. Gif hwám þises sealmsanges endebyrdnes mislícaþ, endebyrde (ordinet) hé sél, R. Ben. 44, 15. Mynster endebyrdienne ordinandum monasterium, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 467, 12.

ge-hlencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlencan, pp. ed
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To twist, bend (?) Gif men sió heáfodpanne beó gehlenced, álege þone man úpweard, dríf . ii. stacan æt þám eaxlum, lege þonne bred þweóres ofer þá fét, sleah bonne þriwa on mid slegebytle; hió gǽþ on riht sóna, Lch. ii. 342, 4 : 302, 29

gold-óra

(n.)
Grammar
gold-óra, an; m.
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wecgum vimina siluestria (e frondosis) nemoribus (allata mutavit) in obrizum flauentis auri metallum (cf. ðá grénan gyrda wurdon reádum golde áwende, Hml. Th. i. 64, 1), An. Ox. 1810

Linked entry: gold-wecg

land-mearc

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Þis sind þá landmearca Byligesdýne, C. D. iii. 274, 31. Þegnas and ceorlas habbað landmearke, hú mycele má geríst hyt ꝥ seó tíd hæbbe mearke, Angl. viii. 326, 12. Add

þeówetling

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Se mæssepreóst cóm sume dæge hám of síðfæte, and þá hé eóde in bis hús hé cleopode réceleáslíce his þeówtlinge (ðeówet-, v.l. mancipio suo ) and cwæð: 'Cum, deófol, hider and unscó mé,' Gr. D. 221, 21. Þeówetlinge (þeówit-, v.l. ), 222, 1. Add

weá-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
weá-dǽd, e ; f.

A deed of woe an ill-deed

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A deed of woe, an ill-deed Hé ( Stephen ) bæd þrymcyning ðæt hé him ða weádǽd wræce ne sette (cf. Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum, Acts 7, 60), Elen. Kmbl. 987; El. 495. Árísaþ weádǽda, Fins. Th. 15 ; Fin. 8

Linked entry: weá

wín-wringe

(n.)
Grammar
wín-wringe, an; f.

A wine-press

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A wine-press Frymþa wínwringan ðínre primitias torcularis tui, Scint. 109, 3. To wínwringan ad praelum (ad torcular), Hpt. Gl. 468, 29: Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 59. Hé sette wínwringan (torcular), Mt. Kmbl. 21, 33. Ðíne wínwringan torcularia tua, Kent.

Linked entry: wringe

ge-sincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sincan, p. -sanc, -sonc, pl. -suncon; pp. -suncen

To sink;delābi

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To sink; delābi Him in gesonc flacor flánþracu the flickering arrow's force sank into him, Exon. 49 b; Th. 170, 22; Gú. 1115. Ðá ne meahton hí on ðæm wætere gesincan then they could not sink in the water, Shrn. 103, 19