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síþlíce

(adv.)
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síþlíce, adv.
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Th. ii. 144, 21. Næs Petrus gewunod tó nánre wǽpnunge ac ðǽr wǽron twá swurd síþ*-*líce gebrohte Peter was not accustomed to arms, but two swords had lately (?) been brought there, 248, 4

þafetere

(n.)
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þafetere, þafettere, es; m.
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One who agrees or consents, one who is remiss in allowing Ðý læs se ðafetere, se ðe wile forgiefan ðæt hé wrecan sceolde, tó écum wítum geteó his hiéremenn ne rector remittendo quod ferire debuit ad aeterna supplicia subditos pertrahat, Past. 20; Swt

ciric-hálgung

(n.)
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ciric-hálgung, e; f.
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Dedication of a church Hé ꝥ mynster lét halgian . . . and seó circhálgung (cyric-, v. l.) wæs on Cildamæsse*-*dæig, Chr. 1065; P. 192, 22, Níwe circhálgung encenia (cf. encenie, nove dedicationis, ii. 74, 16), Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 52: An. Ox. 56, 286.

Linked entry: hálgung

ent

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Th. i. 22, 31: 366, 21. Nembroð and ðá entas worhton þone wundorlican stýpel, Wlfst 105, 3. Enta cyclopum, An. Ox. 23, 16. On hlǽwe hord, eald enta geweorc, B. 2774. ¶ in local names: Ænta díc, C. D. iv. 34 11.

ge-lácnian

(v.)
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Th. i. 100, 4. Gelácnod curaretur, i. sanaretur, An. Ox. 2076. Fotus, i. nutritus, refectus, recreatus, calefactus vel gelácnod, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 78

hlútor-líce

(adv.)

clearlyplainlysimply

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Th. ii. 408, 17

neát

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Him mon scolde sellan ðá breósð ðæs neátes (cf. . pectusculum de ariete . . . in partem Aaron, Ex. 29, 26-28), Past. 81, 25. Gyf man forstele feoðerfót neát, hors oððe hrýðer (animal quadrupes, equum vel bovem). Ll. Th. ii. 140, 33.

wác-lic

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Add: poor with regard to physical properties Hé wæs swíðe wáclic on his gewǽdum erat valde vilis in vestibus, Gr. D. 34, I. with regard to mental or spiritual properties Ic sylf, án wáclic man ( homuncio ), Gr. D. 7, 22.

sceáda

(n.)
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sceáda, (sceáde; f. (?)), an; m.

The top of the head, parting of the hair

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Crulle was his heer, and as the gold it schon . . . Ful streyt and evene lay his joly schood. Miller's Tale, 130. The nayl y-dryven in the schode a-nyght. Knight's Tale, 1149. schodynge of the heede discrimen Prompt. Parv.:

Linked entry: horn-sceaða

fýran

(v.)
Grammar
fýran, fýrian; p. de, ede

To furrow, cut with a ploughshare

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The passage occurs in a riddle, 'De pugillaribus'), Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 67. Ꝥ scer tungan úre fýrian (printed scyrian, but see An.

brúnéða

(n.)
Grammar
brúnéða, an; m.

A disease called brunella or prunamorbus quidam, idem forte, qui Belgis bruyne, id est, Erysipelasἐρυσίπελαςcerebri. Oris vitium, cum linguæ tumore, exasperatione, siccitate, et nigredine, vulgo, inquit Kilianus, brunella,

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M. l, 4; Lchdm. ii. 48, 10-12

hnol

(n.)
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hnol, hnoll, es; m.
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Th. ii. 256, 2. Fram ðám hnolle ufan óþ his fótwylmas neoðan from the crown of his head down to the soles of his feet, 480, 12: 452, 26: 524, 2. On hnol his In verticem ejus, Ps. Spl. 7, 17: 67, 23

óþ-íwan

(v.)
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óþ-íwan, -éwan, -eáwan, -eówan, -iéwan, -ýwan.
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In bócum ne cwiþ ðæt hý in hwítum hræglum óþýwden, 28, 30; Cri. 454. Cf. æt-ýwan

Linked entries: óþ-eáwan óþ-éwan

æþel-boren

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Voc. ii. 47, 45

Linked entry: boren

on-secgan

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. :-- Ic onsæge ł ic offrige þé sacrificabo tibi, Ps. L. 53, 8. Hí ðám deóflum onsægdon and heora Drihten forsáwon, Hml. S. 14, 13. Þæt þú heofoncyninge wiðsóce, and onsægde synna fruman, Jul. 362. (l aα) to sacrifice with something, Bl.

læccan

(v.)
Grammar
læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To takegraspseizecatchapprehendcapture

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I. P. 19; Th. ii. 328, 4. Hí gærs ǽton georne and ǽlc læhte of óðrum gif hé hwæt litles hæfde they eagerly ate grass, and each seized from the other, if he had any little bit, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 10.

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan

ge-wunelíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 504, 6. <b>II a.

langsum

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Voc. ii. 53, 52 (in Dict.)

waefer-sín

(n.)
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waefer-sín, -sién, -sýn, -seón, e; f.

A sightshowspectacle

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Voc. i. 55, 44. Ðæt ic him wæfersýn wǽre factus sum illis in parabolam, Ps. Th. 68, 11. Ond swá micel wundor and wæfersién wæs mínes weoredes on fægernisse fuitque inter uarietates spectaculorum in conspiciendo talem exercitum, Nar. 7, 18.

Linked entry: wlite-seón

of-sceótan

(v.)

to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weaponelf-shot, diseased from an elf&#39;s shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal&#39;s stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.

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The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal&#39;s stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.