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snel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
snel-líc, adj.

moving rapidly, swiftquick in action, ready, bold strenuus

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Kmbl. 533; An. 267. quick in action, ready, bold Monig snellíc sǽrinc Beo. Th. 1384; B. 690

twi-fiðerede

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-fiðerede, adj.

Double-wingedshaped as if with two wings (?)forked

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Double-winged, shaped as if with two wings (?), forked Twyfyrede (twyfyþerede, MS. C.: twifeðerede, MS. V.) bisulcus Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 11

Linked entry: fiþerede

for-súcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-súcan, p.-seác; pp.-socen

To suck updevour

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To suck up, devour [Þæt se] wemmend mid deórenum ceaflum wǽre forsocen (forgnegen) [ut] scortator ferinis rictibus suggillaretur (i. rapietur ), An. Ox. 3343

milts

(n.)
Grammar
milts, milds, e; f.

mildnesskindnessfavourmercymeeknesshumilityjoy

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] hergaþ; Exon. 55 a; Th. 195, 11; Az. 154: Th. 194, 29; Az. 146: 54 b; Th. 193, 8; Az. 118

Linked entry: milds

E

Grammar
E, Anglo-Saxon words, containing the short or unaccented vowel e, are often represented by modern English words of the same meaning, having the sound of e in
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consonants, when followed by a long or by a final vowel; as, Sele, henne. e is often contracted from ea; as, Ceaster and cester a burgh, fortified town; eahta and ehta eight.

tǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽlan, p. de.

to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse.to blame a person for what is wrongto blame what is wrong in a personto speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbiteto treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at

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Hig tǽldon ðæt land mid heora teónwordum they brought up an evil report of the land ((A. V.), Num. 13, 33. Forðan ðe hig ðæt land tǽldon by bringing up a slander upon the land (A.V.), 14, 36.

Linked entries: télan be-tilldon

hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
hrepian, hreopian; p. ode

To touchtreat

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Swá hraðe swá his sceadu hí hreopode as soon as his shadow touched them, 316, 16: 492, 25. Hrepede, 176, 6. Gif ic his reáfes gefnædu hreppe ... heó hrepode his reáfes fnædu ...

cempa

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Wǽpenboran, cempan pugiles .i. gladiatores, An. Ox. 751. Cemp[ena] luctatorum, 4735 (cf., 11, 188). Cempena anthletarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 62. Cempum tirunculis, An. Ox. 719.

ést-full

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Éstfulles delicatae, An. Ox. 1088. Hwǽr beóð ðá éstfullan swǽsnessa, Hex. 50, 26. Éstfullum delicatis, R. Ben. I. 84, 2. Éstfulle delicatas, An. Ox. 3166: diliciosas, 1935

Linked entry: ést-georn

ram-hund

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Liebermann suggests that the correct form would be hrán-hund, a reindeer-hound, but as in the same passage the payment for a slain greyhound is lxxx d. it seems hardly likely that any kind of deerhound could be compensated for by so small a sum as xii

ge-bycgan

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Th. i. 122, 5. to obtain by payment a benefit, an advantage, office, &c. where the payment is material Lundene waru griðede wið þone here and heom frið gebohtan. Chr. 1016; P. 153, 9.

restan

(v.)
Grammar
restan, ;p.; te

To restto cease from toil, be at restto rest on a couch, to sleepto rest in death, lie dead, lie in the graveto remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be stillTo rest one's selfof cessation from toil

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On six dagon God geworhte heofon and eorþan and on ðam seofoþan hé hine reste ( ;ab opere cessavit; ), 31, 17. Ic mé mæg restan on ðissum racentum, Cd.

Linked entry: ræstan

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allureenticeluredecoyattracturgesuggerere, suadere, persuadereto allure

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Voc. ii. 47, 7 : 87, 26. in a good sense, with a preposition marking the direction of aim Ðú spenst (spænst, Cott. MS.) mé on ða mǽstan sprǽce and on ða earfoþestan tó gereccenne ad rem me omnium quaesitu maximum vocas, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 14.

ge-weorþan

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IV. expressing movement Þá gewearð se aƀƀ æt mid micelan fultume, and lét delfon án mycel gedelf then the abbot came on the scene with a great force, and had a great trench dug, C. D. iv. 58, 4.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, p. -wyrhte ; pp. -wyrht .

to do wrongbe guiltyto injuredestroy by wrongful workingto treat improperlyuse badlyto bring to an endto ruinto make guiltyto commit crime againstguiltycriminalsinfulto bring to an ill conditionto lose by evildoingto forfeitto bring aboutcause what is evil

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Th. 508, 20. to bring to an end On worulde geendunge bið seó gálnys forwyrht, and on ðǽre áblinð ǽlc hǽmed, Hml. Th. ii. 70, 2. to ruin Ðá sibbe hé forlét and hine mid ðǽm forworhte, Past. 361, 3.

éhtan

Grammar
éhtan, éhtian.
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Add Éhtende insectatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 8. to pursue an enemy, a criminal Ic éhtige fýnd míne persequor inimicos meos, Ps. L. 17, 38.

campian

(v.)
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Add Ic campude certaui, An. Ox. 1349. Campa dimica, Germ. 393, 175. Oumpadi (alt. from compadi) decertarent, Jn. L. 18, 36. Winnan and campian militare, R. Ben. 96, 23. Hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, Bl. H. 167, 1. Campiende agonizans, Wrt.

sécan

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Add Hé healdeð Meotudes ǽ. . . and gebedu séceð, Ph. 458. Hý fæsten lufiað . and gebedu sécað, Gú. 781. Secge wé . . . ꝥ þá beón fordóne þe ðæne drýcræft sécað, Hml. S. 17, 113. Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest, Vald. 1. 18.

sæc

(n.)
Grammar
sæc, sæcc, e; f.

Strife, contest, conflict

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Æt wígge spéd, sigor æt sæcce, Elen. Kmbl. 2363; El. 1183. Hé feorg gesealde æt sæcce, Apstls. Kmbl. 117; Ap. 59. Ic ofslóh æt ðære sæcce ( the battle with Grendel's mother) húses hyrdas, Beo. Th. 3334; B. 1665.

Linked entry: sæccan

wund

(adj.)
Grammar
wund, adj.

Wounded

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Wounded. in a physical sense, of a wound inflicted. Similar entries v. wund, I. I Ða hwíle ðe hé wund wæs dum convalescit a vulnere, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 9. Gif wælt wund weorðeþ, L. Ethb. 68; Th. i. 18, 19.