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wéstan

(v.)
Grammar
wéstan, p. te
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To lay waste, devastate, desolate Hine wilde deór wéstaþ and frettaþ singularis ferus depastus est eam Ps. Th. 79, 13. Hí his wícstede wéstan locum ejus desolaverunt 78, 7. Hié wæron ðæt lond herigende and wéstende, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 20

brýd

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Dele 'one ... purchased,' and add Brýd gamos, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 53: nupte, ii. 62, 14. On þone gemánan þæs brýdguman and þǽre brýde, Bl. H. 11, 6. Hé onféng æþele brýd, Shrn. 49, 2. Brýda beháta pacta sponsalia, Hpt. Gl. 498, 43

clæc-leás

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Voc. ii. 43, 68. free from injury, uninjured Ic habbe getýþed sc̃e Cúthberht ꝥ land and all ꝥ þǽrto belimpeþ clǽne and claclés, Hick. Thes. i. 149, 57.]

eges-ful

Grammar
eges-ful, ege-ful. l. eges-ful, omit the instances of ege-ful,
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and add Mereflódes weard ( the Deity ) yrre and egesfull, Exod. 505. Ne bið ús ( devils) freá milde egesful ealdor (the Devil ), Jul. 329. Egesful eorla drihten ( Holofernes ), Jud. 21. Þæt egesfulle horrendus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 43.

for-liden

(adj.)
Grammar
for-liden, adj.

Much-travelled

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Much-travelled, that has travelled far and wide Se ilce Nathan wæs forliðen (cf. gelyðen, 26, 13), þæt hé wæs gefaren fram ǽlcen lande tó óðren, and fram sǽ to sǽ, swá þæt hé hæfde ealle eorðe gemǽren þurhfaren, St. A. ix. 11

ge-hæft

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæft, adj.
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Gif wífe hæftnýd gelympe, gif se wer onfó óðrum wífe and ꝥ gehæfte ( captiva ) ymbe .v. winter cume, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 6. Ðæt dumbe and ðæt gehæfte neát subjugale mutum, Past. 257, 11. Hé mót gehæftne man álýsan, Wlfst. 294, 32. Add

hús-bonda

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Lk. 14, 8) wer æfter ðé cume, and se húsbonda (-bunda, v. l. ) háte þé árísan and rýman þám óðrum, Mt. 20, 28. Add

leornesse

(n.)
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Learning Hé monige him tó discipulum genam, and þá æfter fæce tó sácerdháde þurh his leornesse getýde and gelǽrde multos suos discipulos fecit, atque ad sacerdotalem usque gradum erudiendo atque instituendo prouexit, Bd. 3, 5: Sch. 205, 13. (?)

nǽder-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
nǽder-cynn, es: n.
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Ic ðé secge, feówer and þrittig. Sal. K. 204, 7. Wið scorpiones stingc and wið ealra nǽddercynna slitas, Lch. i. 304, 18

swimman

Grammar
swimman, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Ágeót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele ábrecð úp and swimð bufon, Hml. Th ii. 564, 14

ymb-gangan

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And þus cweþende fýren wolc[n] ástáh of heofonum, and hit ymbsealde ealle þá ceastre, Bl. H. 245, 29

sceáde-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
sceáde-sealf, e; f.

A salve that may be shed on a place , a medicinal powder

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Wyrc góde dríge scádesealfe: nim gebærned sealt and piper and hwíte*-*wudu, gegníd tó duste ásift þurh cláð, dó lytlum on, 308, 22

háwung

(n.)
Grammar
háwung, e; f.

Looking, observation

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Looking, observation Ic eom gesceádwísnes and ic eom ǽlcum manniscum móde on ðam stale ðe seó háwung byþ ðám eágum I am Reason, and in every human mind I hold the same place that observation does in the eyes, Shrn. 178, 10: 21

hleów-stól

(n.)
Grammar
hleów-stól, es; m.

A place of protection, ⬩ one's native city

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A place of protection, one's native city Síðedon fǽmnan and wuduwan freóndum beslægene from hleówstóle damsels and widows bereft of friends journeyed from their sheltering home [of the people of Sodom driven from their city ], Cd. 94; Th. 121, 16; Gen

scip-forðung

(n.)
Grammar
scip-forðung, -fyrðung, e; f.

Preparation of ships

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Preparation of ships Burhbóta and bricgbóta and scipforðunga (-fyrðunga, MS. B.) áginne man georne (cf. wærlíc biþ ðæt man ǽghwilce geáre sóna æfter Eástron fyrdscipa gearwige, L. Eth. vi. 33; Th. i. 324, 3), L. C. S. 10; Th. i. 380, 27

greáte wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
greáte wyrt, e; f.
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Meadow saffron; colchicum autumnale Ðeós wyrt ðe man hieribulbum and óðrum naman greáte wyrt nemneþ this plant which is called ίεόβoλβos and by another name great wort, Herb. 22, 1; Lchdm. i. 118, 14: L. M. ii. 52, 1; Lchdm. ii. 268, 22

þiccian

(v.)
Grammar
þiccian, p. ode

To thicken (trans. and intrans.) ⬩ to make or to become thick, ⬩ of persons, to throng

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To thicken (trans. and intrans.), to make or to become thick, of persons, to throng Ic ðiccige denso and denseo, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 220, 8. Þiccaþ densescit, spissat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 94. Ðá þiccodan þider semninga þa Ismahéli, Shrn. 38, 4

irþ

(n.)
Grammar
irþ, e; f.

ploughing ⬩ tilling ⬩ a crop ⬩ ploughed land

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Ic sello ðás land mid cwice erfe and mid earþe and mid eallum þingum ðe tó londum belimpaþ I give these lands with the live stock, and crops and all things that belong to the lands, Chart. Th. 481, 3.

Linked entries: earþ ernþ

mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
mǽran, máran; p. de

To make known ⬩ celebrate ⬩ declare ⬩ proclaim

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Ðæt hí heora bearnum budun and sægdun and cinn óðrum cýðden and mǽrden ut notam faceret eam fliis suis; ut cognoscat generatio altera, 77, 7. Gé scyldigra synne secgaþ, sóþfæstra nó mód and monþeáw mǽran willaþ, Exon. 40a; Th. 132, 26; Gú. 478.

Linked entry: máran

ge-scý

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scý, es; n.

A pair of shoes ⬩ calceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga

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A pair of shoes; calceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga Gif he [man] ðonne cwiþ 'Nelle ic híg habban to wífe,' gá ðæt wíf to him and nyme his gescý of his fótum beforan ðám ealdrum and spǽte on his nebb and nemne hine ǽlc man on Israéla folce ' unsceóda

Linked entries: -scý ge-sceó ge-scóe