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blótan

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Ger. plózta libuit: Icel. blóta is strong and weak]

cancer

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cancer, (-or).
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.,' and add Hine æt se cancor, and his weleras wǽron áwlǽtte mid ealle, and eác his nosu fornumen mid áttre, Hml. S. 6, 284. Hym of þám andwlytan nyðer áfeóll se cancer þe hyne ǽr swýðe ámyrred hæfde, Hml. A. 183, 70.

freót-man

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Hé geann Gode his sáwelscættas, ꝥ is .i. híd and .i. pund penega and .vi. and twéntig freótmonna for his sáwle, C. D. B. iii. 652, 18 ; Shrn. 159, 6. Add

ge-líþian

(v.)
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Take here Shrn. 130, 5 and Past. 159, 3 in Dict., and add Þæt yrre wédendra gelíþige ut iram saeuientium mitiget, Scint. 121, I.

ge-stillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stillan, ge-stellan, ge-styllan; p. ed.
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., and add: To reach by leaping (v. stellan to leap), to assail, attack (of disease) Hé wæs gestelled (correptus) mid feferádle, Gr. D. 276, 13. Gestelled and geðreád, 286, 16: 288, 8.

rícetere

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hwǽr ys heora rícetere and heora prass and orgol?

sceand-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sceand-full, adj.

Shameful, infamous, vile

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[Him wule þunche swiðe strong and swiðe scondful þet he scal al aȝeuen and seodðan bisechen milce et þan ilke monne þe he haueð er istolen, O. E. Homl. i. 31, 2.]

Wæwærðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
Wæwærðlíce, adv.

Well, successfully (?)

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Nú þincð ðe wærra and micele ðe snotera, se ðe can mid leásungan wæwerdlíce (-werðlíce [e from æ], -wyrdlíce, v.ll.) werian, and mid unsóðe sóð oferswíðan, Wulfst. 169, 1

Linked entry: wæwærð-líc

smæl-þearmas

(n.)
Grammar
smæl-þearmas, -þyrmas; pl. m.

The small guts, intestines the small gut the lower abdomen

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Be wambe coþum and tácnum on roppe and on smæl-þearmum Lchdm. ii. 230, 16. Hé clǽnsaþ ðone magan and ða smælþyrmas i. 80, 21

toln

(n.)
Grammar
toln, e; f.

Toll

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Toll Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan and mid his golde and seolfre eall dyrnunga æt Steorran, ðe ðá wæs ðæs kinges rædesman, ðæt him gewearð se þridda pænig of ðære tolne on Sandwíc, Chart. Th. 339. 13: 340; 35.

Linked entry: tolnere

pearroc

(n.)
Grammar
pearroc, es ; m.
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Hié ( the English) bedrifon hié (the Danes ) on ánne pearruc, and besǽton hié ðǽr útan, Chr. 918 ; Erl. 102, 35. Pearruca clatrorum, Hpt. Gl. 489, 75. Pearroca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 63. Of pearrocum de clatris, 26, 52: 18, 62. Of pearrucum, Hpt.

ge-rihtwísian

(v.)
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Mid ánre clypunge wearð þes synfulla gerihtwísod, Hml. Th. ii. 430, l.

Linked entry: rihtwísian

wenian

(v.)
Grammar
wenian, p. ede

To accustomto accustomtrainpreparefitto draw attractto draw to to drawto weanablactare

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Tó ǽlcan rihte ús sylfe wenian and wéman Wulfst. 266, 5.

bót-leás

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Open þýfðe and hláfordes searwu and ábǽre morð æfter woruldlagu is bótleás þing, Wlfst. 274, 24. Substitute: Not to be expiated by the payment of bót, that cannot be compensated for by payment of bót; and add

feoh-gítsung

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gítsung, e; f.

Avaricecovetousnessmiserliness

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Avarice, covetousness, miserliness Monig mon déð micel fæsten and hæfð ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse, and déð hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge (-gídsunge) saepe sub parsimoniae nomine se tenacia palliat, Past. 149, 6.

ge-þryle

(n.)
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Onmang ðám mycclan geðrýle and on ðám egeslican geþryngce. Hml. S. 23, 92. v. ge-þrýn, and cf. þweál, þweán for similar relation between noun and verb

matt

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Tó bedreáfe genihtsumige tó haebbenne meatte and hwítel and bedfelt and heáfodbolster stramenta lectorum sufficiant matta et sagum, lena et capitula, R. Ben. 90, 15.

gang-setl

A stool

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Add: A stool (of a privy) Þás úplendiscan wíf wyllað oft drincan and furþon etan fúllíce on gangsetlum . . . hit is bysmor þæt ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gange þæt meox út fram, and drince þonne ǽgðer ge þæt

tó-swápan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swápan, p. -sweóp

To disperse by a sweeping movementto sweep apart or away

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Tósweóp and tóswengde, Exon. Th. 189, 13; Az. 59

Linked entry: tó-swengan

Englisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Englisc, Ænglisc; adj.

ENGLISHAnglĭcus

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ENGLISH ; Anglĭcus Hér syndon on ðis íglande [Britene] fif geþeóda [MS. þeóda], Englisc, and Brytisc, . . . and Scyttisc, and Pihtisc, [and Bóc-Lǽden] here are in this island [Britain] five languages, English, and British, . . . and Scottish, and Pictish

Linked entries: Anglisc Ænglisc