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forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, <b>; II 2.</b>
Entry preview:

Þæt hí ne forhtgean þæs gewinnes ne þæs síþfætes, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 50, 3. Add

for-licgan

Grammar
for-licgan, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Heora gedohtra ... forlæg se fæder fúllíce, Sal. K. p. 121, 35. Add

faran

Grammar
faran, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Ǽlc mann þe on módignysse færd, Hml. S. 34, 315. Add

fíf

Grammar
fíf, <b>; II 1.</b>
Entry preview:

Add Dó tó þám fífum þe Octƀ hæfð, Angl. viii. 305, 17. the abstract number Gif ꝥ gedæl byð tódǽled þurh seofon ... and þǽr byð án ofer þá seofon oððe twá ..., fífe oððe syxe, Angl. viii. 303, 46

unc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
unc, dat.: unc, uncet (-it), acc.: uncer; gen.

Us two ⬩ me and thee ⬩ me and him

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O. 7; Th. i. 180, 24. Unc is his hyldo þearf, Cd. Th. 41, 30; Gen. 664. Æfter ðon ðe wit nú betweoh unc tógongenne beóþ, ne geseó wit unc ofer ðæt in ðysse weorulde, Bd. 4, 19; S. 607, 20. Beforan ungc, 5, 12; S. 628, 15.

Linked entries: uncet ungc wit

DRENCAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRENCAN, part. drencende; p. ic, he drencte, ðú drenctest, pl. drencton; pp.drenced ; v. a.

DRENCH, make drunk ⬩ potum vel potiōnem dāre, potāre, inebriāre ⬩ to drown ⬩ submergĕre

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On þurste mínum hí drencton me mid ecede in siti mea potavērunt me acēto, 68, 26. Drencende inebrians, 64, 11.

Linked entry: dryncan

an-rine

(n.)
Grammar
an-rine, es; m. [an in, ryne a course]

An inroad ⬩ incursion ⬩ assault ⬩ incursio

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An inroad, incursion, assault; incursio Fram anrine ab incursu, Ps. Spl. 90, 6

el-mehtig

(adj.)
Grammar
el-mehtig, almighty, Ps. C. 77 [Pfr. Germ. io, 427]

Similar entry: eal-mihtig

rǽswa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽswa, an; m. (a word used only in poetry).
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a counsellor Cwæð ðá se ðe wæs cyninges rǽswa (cf. 'the king spake unto his counsellors ... They answered and said unto the king,' Dan. 3, 14), wís and wordgleáw, Cd. Th. 242, 11; Dan. 417. one who takes thought (for the public good), a prince, king

hatian

(v.)
Grammar
hatian, <b>; II 2.</b>
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See hettan

strude

Grammar
strude, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 26. v. next word.

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swer

(n.)
Grammar
swer, a pillar, swér a mother-in-law, swér
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heavy

þegnisc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
þegnisc, (? cf. -ska nouns in Icelandic(?); or see þegnest(?))
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service Þat sáwulgesceot sceulon ða canonicas habban, and swilce þénisce dón for hig swilce hig ágon tó dóne, Chart. Th. 609, 16

Linked entry: þénisc

eald-letre

Grammar
eald-letre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 57. v. next word.

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gihsinga

(n.)
Grammar
gihsinga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 13. v. ge-scinco.

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hand-hæbbende

(adj.)
Grammar
hand-hæbbende, Add: v. hand;
1.

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líf-brycgung

Grammar
líf-brycgung, v. ge-brýcgan in Supplement: íif-dæg.
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Add: [v. N. E. D. life-day] : -lífe. v. lang-lífe : lifen. Add:

lígnian

(v.)
Grammar
lígnian, l. lígnan, and in bracket for iaugnen l.
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läugnen

trymming

Grammar
trymming, <b>II b.</b>
Entry preview:

., trymunge, Lch. iii. 206, 19) tutamento, Archiv cxxv. 59, 381. Trimminge (trimnige, MS., truminge, Lch. iii. 210, 30) tutamentum, 65, 585

þurh-wunung

Grammar
þurh-wunung, <b>. II.</b> add.
Entry preview:

Be þurhwunge. Ne bið nó þám crístenan menn sceáwod se fruma þæs gódan weorcts, ac se ende; for þon þe ǽlcum men bið demed be his þám endenýstan weorcum, Archiv cxxii. 260, l

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