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plegol

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Add: in a bad sense, wanton Seó plegole (lasciua) geogoð þe byð hræd singienne, Chrd. 54, 22

rúmmódlíce

(adv.)
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Ðýs twéntigum hídum, ðá ic rúmódlíce gescarode mé sylfum . . . écum rýmete, C. D. v. 331, 2. Add

scerwen

Grammar
scerwen, scerpen (?).
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; according to the facsimile reprint of the Vercelli codex the word is scerwen in An. 1528

stán-gedelf

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[Cf. ést stándelue, C. D. vi. 225, 4. D. D. stone-delf, -delph a stone-quarry.] Add:

un-staþolfæstness

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Add: unsettledness Of sleacnesse byð ácenned . . . unstaðolfæstnes stówe and wórung of stówe stówe, Verc. Först. 177. 4

un-wénlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wénlíce, adv.
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Unexpectedly Þá gelamp hit ꝥ se mæssepreóst wæs unwénlíce ( inopinate ) ábysgod wíngeard settanne, Gr. D. 88, 17

Linked entry: wénlíce

wæfer-sín

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Cóm mycel werod pǽre wæfersýne þæs hálgan mannes deáðes ( ad spectaculum mortis), Gr. D. 254, 17. Add

wódheortness

(n.)
Grammar
wódheortness, e; f.
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Madness, frenzy, rage Gemunaþ hú þá forwurdon þe mid wódheortnesse willan wǽpnedrhannum hǽmed sóhton, Verc. Först. 178

útsiht-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
útsiht-ádl, e; f.

Diarrhoeadysentery

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Diarrhoea, dysentery Sió útsihtádl cymð manegum of miclum útgange, Lchdm. ii. 278, 7. Wið útsihtádle, 320, 11

wæl-cyrging

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-cyrging, es; m.

One that belongs to the race of the wælcyrgan

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One that belongs to the race of the wælcyrgan Gorgoneus, ðæt is wælkyrging (-cyrginc, v.l.), Nar. 35, 6

heáh-god

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-god, es; m.

High God, the most High

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High God, the most High Ic cleopige heáh-gode clamabo ad Deum altissimum, Ps. Th. 56, 2

Linked entry: god

hearm-cwedelian

(v.)
Grammar
hearm-cwedelian, p. ode

To speak ill of, calumniate

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To speak ill of, calumniate Ná hearm-cwedelodon mé ofermóde non calumnientur me superbi, Ps. Spl. 118, 122

ofer-etolness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-etolness, e; f.

Excess in eating, gluttony

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Excess in eating, gluttony Ne gewunigen gé oferetolnisse non in comessationibus, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 317, 18

Linked entry: etol-ness

of-þrysman

(v.)
Grammar
of-þrysman, -þrysmian

to destroy by choking

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to destroy by choking Gewilnunga ðæt word ofþrysmaþ (-þrysmiaþ, MS. A. ) concupiscentiae verbum suffocant. Mk. Skt. 4, 19

on-dóung

(n.)
Grammar
on-dóung, e; f.

A putting in, injection

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A putting in, injection Mid ondóunge wyrtdrences þurh horn sió wamb biþ clǽnsianne, Lchdm. ii. 260, 11

Linked entry: dóung

ge-sleccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sleccan, p. -slæhte

To make slackenfeebleweaken

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To make slack, enfeeble, weaken Súslum geslæhte weakened by torments, Exon. 10 a; Th. 10, 8; Cri. 149

ge-smyltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smyltan, p. te; pp. ed [smylt serene]

To appeasequietplācāre

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To appease, quiet; plācāre He ðone aþundenan sǽ gesmylte tŭmĭda æquŏra plācāvit, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 8

Linked entry: smyltan

ge-sprengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprengan, p. de; pp. ed

To sprinkle;conspergere

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To sprinkle; conspergere Ðú nymst ánne hláf mid ele gesprengedne tolles unum panem oleo conspersum, Ex. 29, 23

ge-swæncan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swæncan, p. te; pp. ed

To afflictoppressafflīgĕreopprĭmĕre

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To afflict, oppress; afflīgĕre, opprĭmĕre Ða he gelomlíce geswæncte whom he repeatedly oppressed, Chr.1105; Erl. 240, 11

spornettan

(v.)
Grammar
spornettan, p.te

To strike with the feet, kick

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To strike with the feet, kick Ne spornette ðú non calcitres Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 61: 80, 10