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syn-rust

(n.)
Grammar
syn-rust, es; m.

The foulness of sin

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The foulness of sin Synrust þweán and ðæt wom ǽrran wunde hǽlan to wash away the foulness of sin and to heal the scar of the former wound, Exon. Th. 81, 9; Cri. 1321.

Linked entry: rust

þurh-sleán

(v.)

to smite throughstrike throughto smite

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Th. ii. 30, 21. to smite Ic ðerhslǽ ł hríno ðone hiorde percutiam pastorem, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 27. [O. Frs. thruch-slá: O. H. Ger. durh-slahan percutere, pulsare.]

un-rǽdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rǽdlíce, adv.

Unadvisedlyinconsiderately

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Th. i. 440, 31

wistfullian

(v.)
Grammar
wistfullian, p. ode

To feast

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Th. ii. 278, 24

Linked entry: wist

bítan

to bite

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Bítende (bídtende, L.) ł bát hine discerpens eum, 1, 26. to bite, gnash the eccen :-- Hí bíton heora téð him tógeánes, Hml. Th. i. 46, 27. of a pungent substance Þone yfelan, bítendan wǽtan, Lch, ii. 60, 23

cearcian

(v.)
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Þá téð, þe nú on oferǽte blissiað, sceolon þǽr cearcian on pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 530, 32. Ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes, Lch. iii. 430, 33. Cearciendum crepante i. sonante (naucleri portisculo ), An. Ox, 31: 3, 20.

ge-tirgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tirgan, ge-getirigan; p. de; pp. ed.
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to vex, provoke For ðan þe ðú mé getyrgdest quia egisti, ut me ad iracundiam provocares, Hml. S. 18, 212. Wearð seó módor biterlíce gegremod fram hire ánum cilde ... wolde ðone sunu þe hí getirigde mid wyriungum gebindan, Hml. Th. ii. 20. 6.

Linked entries: ge-tyrgan tirgan

gód-dǽd

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Th. 77, 13

helle-fýr

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On hwylc gerád is hit gelýfanne ꝥ ꝥ líchamlice hellefýr mage geniman þá unlíchamlican wísan þǽre sáwle ?, Gr. D. 303, 18. Hweþer hit sý gelýfanne ꝥ sý án hellefýr (unus gehennae ignis) . . . witodlíce án hellefýr is, 333, 13-16.

hwæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hwæcce, an; f.
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The same incident is described in the two passages ), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 8.] [Nether wheche ne leede to be leyde in, bote a grete Clothe to hely my foule Caryin, E. W. 27, 4]

Linked entry: corn-hwicce

hýþ

Grammar
hýþ, a port. (
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Þá þá hé cóm Rómána hýþe ( ad Romanum portum ), Gr. D. 347, 16. Of ðǽre hýðe andlang streámes, C. D. vi. 100, 6. Æ[t] hýðum (æt[h]ýðum wǽran gesette, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 30) portunalia (v. hýþ-gild), An. Ox. ll, 186

Linked entries: hýþ-gild Lamb-hýþ

letting

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I. 87, 10. delay Se ar̃b. þá bútan ǽlcre lettinge férde anán dám cinge, Chr. 995 ; P. 130, 14. Lettincga morarum, An. Ox. 1671

merigen

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add: — Wæs þá geteald ǽfen and merigen ánum dæge, Lch. iii. 232, 12. Drince on morgenne scenc fulne þises drences, middes mergenes stande eástweard, ii. 116, 7. Ofer ealle niht oð leóhtne mergen, R.

riht-gifu

(n.)
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Th. i. 422, 2 (cf. Hláfordes gifu þe hé on riht áge gifanne, 292, 16): ii. 302, 7

ge-andwerdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andwerdian, Add: -weardian
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Þá þá hé wæs geondweardod and gecýðed Benedicte praesentatus Benedicto, Gr. D. 129, 20 note. Swylce hé þám egefullan Godes dóme geandweardod (-werded, R. Ben. I. 36, 5) beón scyle se tremendo judicio Dei representari existimet R. Ben. 31, II

Linked entry: ge-andweard

hǽðen-gilda

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-gilda, -gylda, an; m.

A heathen worshipper, heathen, an idolater

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Se ofslóh ðæs hǽðengyldan sunú which slew the idolater's son, ii. 294, 19. Se ealdorman wolde ða hǽðengildan forbærnan the general then wanted to turn the idolaters, 484, 8

of-lícian

(v.)

to displease, be displeasing

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Ðá oflícode mé þearle ðæt ic eft ðam líchaman sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 354, 10. Gif hwam seó lár oflícige, 216, 23

Linked entry: lícian

for-syngian

(v.)

To make sinfulto sinburdened with sinsinful

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Substitute: To make sinful ; reflex, to sin Gif hé hine sylfne wið God forsyngað, Wlfst, 280, 8. ¶ forsyngod burdened with sin, sinful Swá se man sý swýðor forsingod, swá he geornor Godes hús séce, Wlfst. 155, 8.

Linked entry: for-singian

fúle

(adv.)
Grammar
fúle, adv.

Foully

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On þá fúle stincendan eá in foetentem fluvium, Gr. D. 319, 14, in a moral sense Fúle forlegene hóringas, Wlfst. 165, 33. Fúle áfýlede hórcwenan, Ll. Th. i. 172, 21

á-singan

to recite verseto compose verse

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Add: to recite verse Hé þý betstan leóðe geglenged him ásong and ágeaf þæt him beboden wæs, Bd. 4, 34;Sch. 485, 22.