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scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
scrincan, p. scranc, pl. scruncon; pp. scruncen.
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of a plant, to wither away, dry up, shrivel Mid ðam mǽstan bleó hy ( the male and female pennyroyal) blówaþ ðonne neálíce óðre wyrta scrincaþ and weorniaþ, Lchdm. i. 204, 13. Scrincan marcescere, Hpt.

Linked entry: a-scrincan

be-teón

(v.)
Grammar
be-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to draw over or round, cover, surround, inclose, protectobducere, superinducere, circumducere, concludere, munireto leave by law, bequeathlegareaccusecriminari, accusare

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Se reáda æppel biþ betogen mid ánfealdre rinde, and monig corn on-innan him hæfþ in malo punico uno exterius cortice multa interius grana muniuntur, Past. 15, 5; Hat. MS. 19 b, 22. to leave by law, bequeath; legare, Th. Diplm. A.

ge-hæftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hæftan, he -hæft; p. -hæftede, -hæfte; pp. -hæfted, -hæft

To taketake captivecast into prisondetainbindcaptarecaptivarevincire

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Híg mycelum ege gehæfte wǽron timore magno tenebantur, Lk. Bos. 8, 37. Drihten híg gehýrde ðæt híg gehæfton wiþ hine, Josh. 11, 20 [?]

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þúf

(n.)
Grammar
þúf, es; m.

A tuftthe crest of a helmeta kind of standard, made with tufts of feathers

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Lydus de magistrat. καλoυσι δέ αύτάs oί μέν 'Pωμαιoι ίoύβαs oί δέ βάρβαρoι τoυφάs. v. next section. a kind of standard, made with tufts of feathers Illud genus vexilli, quod Romani Tufam (tufa genus vexilli ex confertis plumarum globis, v.

Linked entries: þuuf ge-þúf

un-geþyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþyldig, adj.

Impatient

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Swá ungeþyldige ðæt hí ne magon nán earfoþu geþyldelíce áberan, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 2 note. On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða ungeðyldegan (-geðyldgan, Hatt. MS.) and on óðre ða geðyldegan ...

Linked entry: ge-þyldig

worms

(n.)
Grammar
worms, worsm, wurms, wursm, es; n.

Corrupt matter

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Áfléwð ðæt sár of ðære wunde mid ðý wormse mala livor vulneris abstergit, Past. 36 ; Swt. 259, 2. Heó ðæt worsm (worms, v. l.) út átýhþ. Lchdm. i. 100, 13. Ðæt worms, ii. 72, 14. Ðæt wursm, 202, 25.

Linked entries: worsm wurms wursm

afor

Grammar
afor, l. áfor.
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Gif se maga þæs ne féle, lege óþra on-legena on strengran and áferran, 192, 21

á-fyllan

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Seó dene wæs áfylled mid manna sáwlum, ii. 350, 9. to fill, supply abundantly, with gen. Þán heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 18. with mid Gebytla mid wistum áfyllede and mid écum leóhte, Hml.

á-sceótan

(v.)
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D. 12, 8. of position, to make prominent, thrust out Se stán wæs ásceoten gecyndelíce of þám munte saxum naturaliter egrediens, Gr.

bindan

to bindto fasten toknit

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Voc. ii. 90, 28. to restrain the action of Onlegen tó trymmanne þone magan and tó bindanne, Lch. ii. 180, 25. of obligation Hine ǽghwylc sylfne on forhæfednysse band, Hml. S. 23 b, 132.

eáste-weard

(adj.)
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Eásteweard hit mæg bión syxtig míla brád, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 29, 30. Búton gewaldenum dǽle eásteweardes þæs folces, Chr. 894; P. 86, 13. From eástewearde middangearde ab oriente, Nar. 25, 24. On eásteweardre (eástwarde, v. l.)

ge-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnan, <b>. I.</b>
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to tell, say, mention a matter Þéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebroca on becume, þonne gemǽnað gé hit tó (v. tó; I. 5 f I þǽm wyrrestan tídum, and magon hié hreówlíce wépan if some little of such troubles come on you, then you talk of it as the worst times

hátian

(v.)
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Add: — Hátende, háttendae, haetendae calentes, Txts. 47, 357. to be made hot by the sun, get dried up by heat, cf. hát; 3 Sunne upp cuóm hátedun sole orto aestuaverunt, Mt. R. 13, 6. of a person, to get hot.

nyten-ness

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</b> a condition of not being known by others, a state of incognito :-- Þá gefylde Smaragdus on þǽre netennysse eahta and þryttig wintra Smaragdus (who was Euphrosyne in man's clothes) maintained her incognito for thirty-eight years, Hml.

on-feng

(n.)
Grammar
on-feng, es; m. [v. fón (on)].

laying hold of, seizingtaking, with the idea of wrongful takingdefence, protection (cf. and-fenga) attack, onset, assault

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Be unáliéfedes mæstennes onfenge, 49; Th. i. 132, 11. defence, protection (cf. and-fenga) Wǽron ða hálgan on onfenge manna sáulum, Blickl. Homl. 209, 29. attack, onset, assault Wurdon hié on ðam onfenge forhte, and on fleám numen, Andr.

Linked entries: and-feng on-fang

hleóðor-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
hleóðor-cwide, -cwyde, es; m.

A saying, vocal utterance, words, speech, discourse

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Bodan þurh hleóðorcwide hyrdum cýðdon messengers made known to the shepherds by speech, Exon. 14 a; Th. 28, 21; Cri. 450. Hleóðorcwyde, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 16; Dan. 155: 190; Th. 236, 5; Dan. 316: 109; Th. 143, 20; Gen. 2382.

swígan

(v.)
Grammar
swígan, p.de.

to be silentto become silent from astonishmentstuperesilere, reticere

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Ðæt ánra manna gehwylc sceáwige hine sylfne swígende móde, Blickl. Homl. 57, 34. to become silent from astonishment; stupere. v. swígung, III., swíge, Swígdon ł styldon stupebant, Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 22. Stylton ł suígdon, 6, 51.

Linked entry: for-swígan

fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, fulligan, fulwian, to fullianne; part. fulligende; ic fullige, ðú fullast, he fullaþ, pl. fulliaþ; p. fullode, ede; pp. fullod, ed; v. trans.

To FULL or make white as a fullerto baptizealbārecandĭdum făcĕrebaptīzāreβαπτίζειν

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In the version made by Coverdale and other Protestant exiles at Geneva in 1559, in the Anglo-Rhemish version made by Cardinal Alien and other Romanists at Rheims in 1559, and in the authorized version of 1611, the word is written Baptisme.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Th. 58, 33; Gen. 955. where an object exists, and so may be found; where in modern English there precedes the verb Wæs ðara manna . . . endleofan síþum hund teóntig þúsenda, Blickl. Homl. 79, 17. Wǽron monge, ða ðe Meotude gehýrdun, Exon.

fæder

a parenta step-fatherforefatherfathersancestorsfathera god-fathera patron

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D. ii. 176, 7. a god-father On þám fulluhte án fæder (sponsor) mæg beón, gif hit nýdþearf bið, Ll.