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a-creópian

(v.)
Grammar
a-creópian, p. ede; pp. ed

To creep ⬩ serpere ⬩ scatere

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To creep; serpere, scatere Ðá lǽfdon híg hit [Manhu] sume, óþ hit morgen wæs, and hit wearþ wyrmum acreóped dimiserunt quidam ex eis usque mane, et scatere cæpit vermibus, Ex. 16, 20

be-hýpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hýpan, p. -hýpte; pp. -hýped [hýpe a heap]

To heap or cover over ⬩ surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ contegere ⬩ circumsepire ⬩ circumdare

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To heap or cover over, surround, encompass; contegere, circumsepire, circumdare He wæs mid wǽpnum and mid feóndum eall útan behýped cum armis et hostibus circumseptus erat Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 28

gærs-hoppa

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-hoppa, an; m.

A grass-hopper ⬩ locust ⬩ lŏcusta ⬩ cĭcāda

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A grass-hopper, locust; lŏcusta, cĭcāda He cwæþ and com gærshoppa dixit et vēnit lŏcusta, Ps. Lamb. 104, 34 : 108, 23. Cwómón gærshoppan grass-hoppers came, Ps. Th. 104, 30 : 77, 46

Linked entries: hoppa græs-hoppa

mægen-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
mægen-róf, adj.

Of great power

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Of great power Módig and mægenróf mid ðære miclan hand ( applied to God ), Cd. 156; Th. 195, 11; Exod. 275. Þegn, mægenrófa man, Exon. 109 b; Th. 419, 9; Rä. 38, 3

þri-slite

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-slite, -slitte(?); adj.

Three-forked ⬩ three-pointed

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Three-forked, three-pointed Hæfdon ða wyrmas þriesli[ ]te (a letter has been erased before the t, see note, and Anglia i. 510, iv. 151) tungan cum trisulcis linguis, Nar. 14, 12

úht-hlem

(n.)
Grammar
úht-hlem, úht-hlemm, es; m.

A din made in the early morning

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A din made in the early morning (the noisy conflict of Beowulf and Grendel; cf. dryhtsele dynede ... reced hlynsode ... swég up ástág, 1540-1569; B. 767-782), Beo. Th. 4019; B. 2007

untíd-fyll

(n.)
Grammar
untíd-fyll, untíd-fyllu; f.

Unseasonable repletion ⬩ excessive drinking at improper times

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Unseasonable repletion, excessive drinking at improper times Be oferfylle. Ve, qui consurgitis mane ad bibendum, etc. Wá eów, hé cwæð, ðe lufiaþ untídfylla and ǽr on morgen oferdrenc dreógaþ, Wulfst. 46, 14

un-sóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-sóm, e; f.

Disagreement

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Disagreement Gyf hyra ǽnig wið ǽnigne mon ǽnige unsóme hæbbe, ðæt hé wið ðone geþingie ... Man sceal ǽlce unsóme and ealle geflytu gestyllan, L. E. I. 36; Th. ii. 434, 2-7

Linked entry: sóm

wrist

(n.)
Grammar
wrist, e; f.

A wrist

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A wrist Gif hit ánfeald tyhtle sý, dúfe seo, hand æfter ðam stáne óð ða wriste; and gif hit þryfeald sý, óð ðæne elbogan, L. Ath. iv. 7 ; Th. i. 226, 17

Linked entry: wyrst

ágend

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Ágend possessor , Kent. Gl. 543. Gif man mægðman néde genimeð, þám ágende .L. scillinga, and æft æt þám ágende sínne willan æt gebicge. Ll. Th. i. 24, 3-4: 42, 21. Add

ágend-líce

(adv.)
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As if something belonged to one's self, imperi- ously :-- Gé budon suíðe ríclíce and suíðe ágendlíce vos cum austeritate imperabatis eis et cum potentia . Past. 145, 5. Cf. ágend-, (-ágen)freá. Add

birging

(n.)
Grammar
birging, e; f.

Tasting ⬩ taste

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Tasting, taste Byrgincg (gustus) swéte út ánýdde of neorxena wonge, Scint. 57, 2. Hnesce on æthrine and weredre on byrigincge (biriginge, byrincge, v. ll.), Lch. i. 108, 2. On byrgynge, 250, 22

bifung

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Wiþ hramman and wið bifunge, genime þás wyrte, Lch. i. 302, 8. Seó swuster eallum limum cwacode . . . hí þæt mihton tócnáwan on ðǽre swuster bifunge, Hml. Th. ii. 32, 21, 33. Add

be-sceáden

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceáden, be-sceádan; p. -scéd.

to separate ⬩ to sprinkle

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Substitute: to separate, part from (gen.) Sé þe gesyhð hine sylfne ryhtwísnesse and óðera weorca besceádenne, Ll. Th. ii. 430, 9. to sprinkle Genim ǽgerfelman, besceád mid pipore. Lch. ii. 54, 21

bóc-léden

Grammar
bóc-léden, l. -leden,
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Se steorra þe mon on bóclǽden (on Læden, v. l. ) hǽt cometa, Chr. 892; P. 82, 31. Seó dún is on bócleden geháten Armenia, E. S. viii. 477, 4. and add: -læden

bróþor-sib

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Bróðorsibbe germanitatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 33. Hé ofteáh his bréðer landes and ǽhta . . . Ðá for þǽre bróðorsibbe ( propter consanguinitatis fraternitatem ) geúðe hé him Wuldahámes his dæg, Cht. Th. 272, 9. Add

cócer-panne

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For 'Mone B. 4694' substitute Hpt. Gl. 514, 38, and add Hyrstepanne vel cócorpanne frixorium, i. sartago, cremium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 2. Cócerpannan sartagines, An. Ox. 4673. Cócur*-*pannan, 8, 278

deáwig

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Substitute for first passage Deáwig sceaftum with the dew on their spears, Exod. 344; and add :-- Deáwigre roscido, An. Ox. 84. Mid déwium (dǽwigum, Hpt. Gl. 421, 65) roscidis, rore madidis, 655

ferþe

(n.)
Grammar
ferþe, es; m.

Skin

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Skin Wiþ tóbrocenum heáfde . . . gespǽt þá wunde, and gif se hála ferþe wille habban reádne hring ymb þá wunde, wite þú þonne ꝥ þú hié ne meaht gehǽlan, Lch. ii. 22, 22

forcel

(n.)
Grammar
forcel, es; m.

a pitch-fork

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A fork with two or three prongs (?), a pitch-fork (cf. furculus tridens, merga, Migne) Þæt hús (hell) is mid swíðe egeslican fýre áfylled, and helle hús hafað forclas miccle, Nap. 23