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cwice

(n.)
Grammar
cwice, an; f.

Quick-growing grass, couch-grass, quitch-grass gramen

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M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 268, 10

FNÆST

(n.)
Grammar
FNÆST, es; m.

A puffblastbreathflātusanhēlĭtus

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Hyt bringþ forþ ðone [MS. ðane] fnæst it will bring forth the breath, Lchdm. iii. 100, 13: 116, 24. Fnæstas [MS. fnæstiaþ] swíðe beóþ fortogene the breathings are very hard drawn, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 7

hýrsumian

(v.)
Grammar
hýrsumian, p. ode, ede

To be obedientobeyserve

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Th. ii. 368, 28. Hýrsumiaþ ancillantur, Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 77, 6; Wrt. Voc. 55, 9. Wé ðé on ðissum ne hérsumiaþ we shall not obey thee in this, Blickl. Homl. 243, 19. Ða hálgan heofonware him hýrsumedon, 135, 17.

lærest

(adj.)

least

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least Æt ðam lærestan wlitewamme iii scillingas and at ðam máran vi scill. for the smallest disfigurement of the face iii shillings, for the greater vi shillings, L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15.

Linked entry: læssa

leáþor

(n.)
Grammar
leáþor, es; n[?].

lather

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Voc. ii. 62, 3. Of leáþre nitria, 61, 27. Gníd swíðe ðæt heó sý eall geléþred þweah mid ðý leáþre ðæt heáfod gelóme rub strongly so that it may be all lathered, wash the head frequently with the lather, Lchdm. iii. 2, 4.

leód-rúne

(n.)
Grammar
leód-rúne, an; f.

A witchpythonissa

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M. 375 on the forms of feminine names in -rín, -rúna]:-- Wið ǽlcre yfelre leódrúnan ... eft óðer dust and drenc wið leódrúnan, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 138, 23, 26. Cockayne translates the word 'heathen charm.' Cf.

leóht-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-fæt, es; n.

A lamplightlantern

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Ðínes líchaman leóhtfæt is ðín eáge lucerna corporis est oculus, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 22. Leóhtfatu lampades, 25, 1. Judas com mid leóhtfatum Judas venit cum lanternis, Jn. Skt. 18, 3: Homl. Th. ii. 246, 9. Hé leóhtfatu (lehtfeatu, Ps.

gódnes

(n.)
Grammar
gódnes, -ness, e; f.
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Th. ii. 508, 22: Ps.Th. 24, 8. Ðæs gódan gódnes biþ his ágen gód and his ágen edleán the goodness of the good is his own good and his own reward, Bt. 37, 3; Fox 190, 14: 33, 4; Fox 128, 15

rísan

(v.)
Grammar
rísan, p. rás, pl. rison; pp. risen.
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willaþ ab insurgentibus in me libera me, Ps.

Linked entries: rísende ge-rís

scip-gebroc

(n.)
Grammar
scip-gebroc, es; n.
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Ic ðé bidde ðæt ðú mé on ðæm scipgebroce ðisses andweardan lífes sum bred gerǽce ðínra gebeda in hujus quaeso vitae naufragio orationis tuae me tabula sustine, 65, 7; Swt. 467, 24.

bismer-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
bismer-líc, bismor-líc; adj.

Disgraceful, ignominious, dirty, unpleasantturpis, ignominiosus, fœdus

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C. 20; Th. ii. 248, 16. On ðone bismerlícostan eard in the most unpleasant province, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 34

Linked entry: bismor-líc

ge-freógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freógan, -freón; p. -freóde; pp. -freód

To freemake free

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In. 74; Th. i. 148, 18 : L. Ælfc. C. 20; Th. i. 48, 25 : Ps. Th. 93, 1. Gefreóde freed, Exon. 16 a; Th. 37, 4; Cri. 588. Gefreó us wiþ yfela free us from evils, Hy. 6, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 31. Gefreouad liberatus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 74

Linked entries: ge-friéga ge-frígian

ge-scildnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scildnes, -scyldnes, -scildness, e; f.

Protection, defence, shieldingtuitio, tutamen, tutela, defensio

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Protection, defence, shielding; tuitio, tutamen, tutela, defensio Þurh his gescildnisse synd ða fýnd on ðínum handum oferwunnene through his protection are the enemies overcome in thy hands, Gen. 14, 20: Homl. Th. ii. 140, 27.

Linked entry: ge-scyldnes

teld

(n.)
Grammar
teld, es; n.

A tent, pavilion; left still in tilt of a cart

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[And Alfríc biscop I biqueðe míne teld and mín bedreáf þat ic best hauede út on mí fare mid mé, Chart. Th. 566, 32.]

þurh-sleán

(v.)

to smite throughstrike throughto smite

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Skt. i. 12, 235. Ðá wearð heó mid micelre sárnysse ðurhslegen, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 21. to smite Ic ðerhslǽ ł hríno ðone hiorde percutiam pastorem, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 27. [O. Frs. thruch-slá: O. H. Ger. durh-slahan percutere, pulsare.]

þistel-twige

(n.)
Grammar
þistel-twige, an; f.
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Voc. i. 281, 19

þreó-teóða

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þreó-teóða, þreotteóða

thirteenth

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Paulus is se ðreotteóða ðyses heápes, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 30. Seó ðreotteóðe mǽigð, i. 396, 4. On ðære þrytteóðan wucan, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 20 rubc. On ðæm þreóteóðon geáre, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 33. Þrytteóðan, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 272

wídness

(n.)
Grammar
wídness, e ; f.
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Th. ii. 578, 10-13

ymb-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-sittend, es; m.
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Wé synd gewordene eallum edwítstæf ymbsittendum facti sumus in opprobrium vicinis nostris Ps. Th. 78, 4:88, 34

clam

(n.)
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Dryhten gescylde ús wiþ þá écan clammas, Wlfst. 226, 9. a bond, pledge Clam oððe wed clasma (v. mál in Dict. ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 2