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lim-lǽweo

(adj.)
Grammar
lim-lǽweo, adj.
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Maimed or injured in the limbs Gif limlǽweo (other MS.

Linked entry: lim-lǽw

mot

(n.)
Grammar
mot, es; n.

A motean atom

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A mote, an atom Mot attomos, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 37: ii. 8, 10. Mote atomo, 9, 62. Tó hwí gesihst ðú ðæt mot ( festucam ) on ðínes bróðor égan, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 3, 5. Ðú gesáwe gehwǽde mot on ðínes bróðor eáge, R. Ben. 12, 3.

neáh-mǽg

(n.; prefix)
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neáh-mǽg, neá-, néh-mǽg, es; m.

A near kinsman

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Se man leóf his néhmágum and his worldfreóndum, 111, 27. Wífe and cildan and néhmágon (MS. B. neáhmágum), L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 414, 1

plantung

(n.)
Grammar
plantung, e; f.
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Voc. i. 39, 5. what is planted, a plant Ǽlc plantung ( plantatio ) ðe mín heofenlíca fæder ne plantode byþ áwurtwalod, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 13. Plontung rósæs plantatio rosae, Rtl. 65, 35. Ðara bearn swá swá æðele plantunga, Ps. Spl. 143, 14 : Blickl. G1.

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, grǽtan; p. grét, pl. gréton; pp. gréten, grǽten
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Beornas grétaþ men shall wail, Exon. 22 b; Th. 61, 30; Cri. 992. Hú ða womsceaðan hyra eald-gestreón gréten how the wicked doers shall bewail their works of old, Exon. 31 a; Th. 96, 10; Cri. 1572

GÓS

(n.)
Grammar
GÓS, gen. góse; dat. gés; acc. gós; pl. nom. acc. gés, gees; gen. gósa; dat. gósum; f.
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Gees [gés, MS. H.] geese, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 18

Linked entry: gees

gód-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
gód-dǽd, e; f.

A good deeda benefit

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A good deed, a benefit Menn swíðor scamaþ nú for góddǽdum ðonne for misdǽdum men are now more ashamed of good deeds than of misdeeds, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 161: Exon. 26 b; Th. 79, 7; Cri. 1287: 65 b; Th. 242, 6; Ph. 669.

seglan

(v.)
Grammar
seglan, siglan, seglian ; p. de, ede, ode
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Se sciphere sigelede (seglode, MS. E.) west ymbútan, Chr. 877 ; Erl. 78, 17. Hé hys segl up áhóf, and swýðe forð seglode, St. And. 38, 33. Út on sǽ tó seglanne, Prov. Kmbl. 64

Linked entries: seglian siglan

ge-dwol-godas

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dwol-godas, pl. m.

False godsidolsfalsi deiīdōla

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Ne dear man gewanian on hǽðenum ǽnig ðæra þinga ðe gedwolgodum [MS. -an] broht biþ ne ausus est quispiam e păgānis eōrum quidquam commĭnuĕre quæ deōrum simulacris allāta fuĕrant, i. 4; Hick. Thes. ii. l00, 6, 11

ge-hihtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hihtan, -hyhtan; p. -hihte; pp. -hihted.

to hopetrustspērāreto rejoiceexultāre

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On hys naman ðeóda gehyhtaþ in nŏmĭne ejus gentes spērābunt, Mt. Bos. 12, 21. to rejoice; exultāre Muntas gehihtaþ swá swá rammas montes exultasti sīcut arietes, Ps. Spl. 113, 6

Linked entry: ge-hyhtan

siltan

(v.)
Grammar
siltan, p. te
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On ðæm ðe gé hit syltaþ ( condistis ), Mk. Skt. 9, 50. Selte mon hiora mettas, Lchdm. ii. 234, 14. Láreówum gedafenaþ ðæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 17. ge-, un-silt (-sylt)

Linked entries: seltan syltan

stán-gella

(n.)
Grammar
stán-gella, -gilla, an; m.
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Gelíc geworden ic eom ðam stángillan (-gyllan, MS. C.: stánegellan, Ps. Surt.) wéstene similis factus sum pellicano solitudinis, Ps. Spl. T. 101, 7

Linked entry: gella

tiér

(n.)
Grammar
tiér, distillation (? cf. teár); ornament, splendour (? cf.
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v. tír) Nis nán wundor ðæt sió lyft sié wearm and ceald wǽt wolcnes tiér winde geblonden (cf. sió lyft is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt ge wearm; nis hit nán wunder, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 35), Met. 20, 81

þæt

(adv.)
Grammar
þæt, adv.
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After that, then Ǽrest ymbe heora landgemǽra : andlang Temese, ðæt (ðonne in other MS., v. l. 8) up on Legean, L. A. G. 1; Th. i. 152, 18.

þolemódness

(n.)
Grammar
þolemódness, e; f. Patience, long-suffering, endurance
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Se geþyldiga man mid his þolmódnysse his sáwle gehylt, ii. 28, 146. Ða getreówfullan ealle lífes wiðerweardnesse forþyldigian scylun, be hiora þolemódnesse (þolo-, MS. T.) is þus áwriten, R. Ben. 27, 8, 13.

under-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
under-sceótan, p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten.

to move to a place beneathto interceptto under-propsupport

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to move to a place beneath, to intercept His ( the moon's ) trendel underscýt ðære (ða, MS.

þurh-þyrel

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-þyrel, adj.

Pierced throughperforated

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Gif sió lendenbrǽde biþ on bestungen, geselle .xv. sciłł. tó bóte; gif hió biþ þurhþyrel (-þyrl, MS. B.), ðonne sceal ðǽr .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 67; Th. i. 98, 3

Linked entry: þyrel

un-áberendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áberendlíc, adj.

Unbearableintolerable

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On ðam ne eardaþ nán eorðlíc mann for ðam unáberendlícum (unáberiendan, MS. R.) bryne, Lchdm. iii. 260, 23 note. Unáberendlíce intolerabilem, Ps. Lamb. 123, 5. Unáberendlíce broc, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 4.

wróht-stafas

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-stafas, pl. m.

Accusations

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Ic eom fáh and freóndleás, gén ic findan ne can þurh wróhtstafas wiðercyr wið ðam I am proscribed and friendless; still I can by accusations (cf. w. 1813-1830, where the devil complains of unfair treatment (nis ðæt fæger síð)) devise no resistance to my

ymb-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-wyrcan, p. -worhte.
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Byrig ðære ðe mid náne wealle ne bið ymbworht urbs absque murorum ambitu, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 21. to weave Ymbworhton bége plectentes coronam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 29