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ge-stæppan

(v.)
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</b> with cognate acc., to step a step, take a step :-- Ælc þǽra stæpa and fótlǽsta þe wé tó cyricean weard gestæppað, Wlfst. 302, 27. <b>I b.

ge-costian

(v.)
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Gicostia and ædeáwa comprobet ac manifestet, 100, 28

heorcnian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Þá hét se bisceop ꝥ hé heorcnode geornlícor; hé siód þá and hlyste . . . and ne mihte nán þing þǽre myrþe gehýran, Hml. S. 31, 1391. Suwian and heorcnian (audire) leorniccnihtum gedafenað, R. Ben I. 26, 10.

mere

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Add Hé hám cymeð . . . nefne him holm gestýreð, mere hafað mundum, Gn. Ex. 107. add: a natural pool Æt Finchámstede án mere blód weóll, Chr. 1098; P. 234, 22. Hí þá hálgan geléddon tó ánum brádum mere. . . se mere wæs mid forste oferþeaht, Hml.

anda

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Bryneleóma stód eldum on andan, B. 2314. where anger, &amp;amp;c., is caused in a person (cf. That the proceedings in the temple.

wafung

(n.)
Grammar
wafung, e; f.

amazement, wonder, astonishment

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Ass. 112, 331 : Jud. 16, 25. God hæfþ geéced mínne ege and míne wafunga stuporem meum Deus exaggerat, Bt. 39, 2;Fox 214, 1

Linked entry: wafung-stede

hæg-weard

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-weard, hæcg-, es; m.

A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground,agellarius

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sworn at the court, took care of the tillage, paid the labourers, and looked after trespasses and encroachments : he was termed fields-man or tithing-man, and his wages in 1425 were a noble.

on-wæcnan

(v.)
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on-wæcnan, p. ede.

to rise, spring, be derived

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Monig sceal siððan wyrt onwæcnan, 191, 4; Az. 83. Ðanon ǽtorcyn ǽrest gewurdon onwæcned, Salm. Kmbl. 439; Sal. 220

Linked entry: on-wacnian

hol

(adj.)
Grammar
hol, adj.

Hollow

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Mary gave birth to him in a hollow cave, Shrn. 29, 28. Ðæt wæter dranc of his holre hand drank the water out of the hollow of his hand, 50, 11. On ánne ealdne holne weg to an old hollow way, Chart. Th. 495, 8. Hole dene convallem, Ps. Spl. 59, 6.

á-streccan

to stretch outhold oatto extend:--to prostrate,

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Add: to stretch out, hold oat Hí ástræhton heora swuran tó slæge, Hml. S. 28, 71. Leóht ofer þ geteld ástreht (columna lucis ad caelum usque porrecta,) stód up tó heofonum Bd. 3, 11,Hml. S. 26, 183.

ge-wuna

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Hé eóde on þá gesamnunge æfter his gewunan (geuna, L., consuetudinem), Lk. 4, 16: 22, 39. (3 a) a custom of a number of people, a general practice :-- [Fæderli]ces gewunan paternae traditionis (regulam servasse describuntur), An.

FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strangeforeignestranged fromdevoid ofaliēnusperegrīnusaliēnātusaversusremōtusexpers

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Ðonne beó we fremde fram eallum ðám gódum then should we be cut off from all those good things, St. And. 8, 10. Feorcund mon oððe fremde a far-coming or a strange man, L. In. 20; Th. i. 114, 15: L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 21: L. C.

un-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemme, adj.

spotlesswithout blemishwithout defectuninjureduninjuredinviolateundefiledpureimmaculateperfectpureimmaculate

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Godes cyrican wé sculan ǽfre lufian and nǽfre derian wordes ne weorces, ac griðian hý symle and healdan unwemme, Wulfst. 67, 17. Hí eodon of ðam fýre feorh unwemme, Exon.

Linked entries: -wemme on-wæmme

wýscan

(v.)
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wýscan, p. te
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Hý ðæs betran lífes wýscaþ and wénaþ, Exon. Th. 106, 26; Gú. 47. Wíscaþ, 115, 24; Gú. 194. Hié his tócymes wýscton, Blickl. Homl. 103, 12. (1 a) to wish something to or for a person :-- Ða apostolas hǽlo eów wýscaþ, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 13.

Linked entry: wíscan

be-swícan

to decoyensnarebeguileto betrayto defraudsupplantto circumventto seducemislead

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Wǽron mid gítsunge beswicene ná þ án his find ac eác swilce his frínd, Ap. Th. 7, 12. to fail a person, leave in the lurch Se mennesca fultum him beswác, Guth. 76, 18.

Linked entry: be-swícende

leógan

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K. 70. to state what is not correct, make a mistake Se áwergda gást ongan Godes béc trahtian, and þá sóna leáh ( and at once made a mistake); forþon þis næs gecweden be Críste . . . ah be hálgum monnum, Bl.

hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg, es; m.

a backdorsumspinaa ridgerigg

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Pricaþ innan ðán sculdru[m] and on ðan hrigge swilce ðár þornas on sý there are prickings in the shoulders and back as if there were thorns in, Lchdm. iii. 120, 10. Ne hé on horses hrycge cuman wolde non equorum dorso vectus, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 28.

Linked entries: hric hrig hryc

æfter-leán

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-leán, es; n.

An after-loanrewardrecompenseretributionpræmiummerces

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An after-loan, reward, recompense, retribution; præmium, merces Þearl æfterleán hard retribution, Cd. 4; Th. 5, 24; Gen. 76

ǽrynde

(n.)
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ǽrynde, es; m.

An interpreterinterpres

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An interpreter; interpres Ðæra byrla ealdor forgeat Iosepes ǽrynde prepositus pincernarum oblitus est Josephi interpretis sui, Gen. 40, 23

alo-malt

(n.)
Grammar
alo-malt, es; n.

Malt used in making alebrasium ad cerevisiam conficiendam

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Malt used in making ale; brasium ad cerevisiam conficiendam Genim alomalt take malt for ale, Lchdm, iii. 28, 8

Linked entry: mealt