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ge-þingung

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Sé wæs wið his feóndum gescilded, sé þe þá anlícnesse tó geþingunge sóhte, Mart. H. 60, 24. Add

gyltlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gyltlíce, adv.
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Faultily Gyltlíce (culfabiliter) handa tó Dryhtne upp árǽrð sé þe dǽda his gebiddende gylplíce geypð, Scint. 35, 3

lǽce-íren

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-íren, es; n.
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A lancet Hé ásette his lǽceíren ( medicinale ferramentum, id est phlebotomum ) on míne tungan, Gr. D. 32, 25

leódan

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Him brega engla of líce áteáh liódende bán ( the rib from which Eve was made), Gen. 182. Add

ome

(n.)
Grammar
ome, oma ?, an; f. (m.
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A liquid measure Hé cwæð ꝥ hé sceolde syllan his hláford hundteóntig oman mid ele ámetene, Nap. 50

Linked entry: hóme

pápa

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Gif mæssepreóst manslaga wurðe . . . wræcnige hé swá wíde swá pápa him scrífe, Ll. Th. i. 346, 6. Add

tó-ícan

(v.)
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glosses adjicere Tóéce tó lengo his elne énne adicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum, Mt. L. 6, 27

wæter-drync

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-drync, es; m.
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A drink of water Hé sǽede þæt man mid wæterdrinces sylene mihte him mycele ælmessan gedón, Nap. 67

wiþer-bersta

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-bersta, iþer-bresta, an ; m.
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An adversary Ðeáh ðe . . . him an eorðan nǽfre nǽre ǽnig wiðerbresta (v. wiþer-breca, ), Sal. K. 86, 5

Linked entry: bersta

ymb-sewen

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-sewen, adj. (ptcpl.).
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Circumspect Hé symble wæs ymbsewen on his sylfes heordnysse in sua semper custodia circumspectus Gr. D. 107, ll

Linked entry: ymb-seón

ofer-geatu

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

Oblivion

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Oblivion Ða his cwide weoldan on ofergeate hæbben (would have it buried in oblivion,Ps. Th. 128, 6

ofer-writ

(n.)

a writing upon a subject, a letter

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a writing upon a subject, a letter In oferwurit his in epistola sua, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, 20

tó-gǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gǽlan, p. de

To profane,violate

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To profane, violate Míne rihtwísnessa gif hig besmítaþ ł tógǽlaþ si justitias meas profanauerint, Ps. Lamb. 88, 32

Linked entry: gǽlan

twilíc-brocen

(adj.)
Grammar
twilíc-brocen, adj.

Woven of double thread and parti-coloured (?) or embroidered (?)

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Hió becwið hyre twilíbrocenan cyrtel, Chart. Th. 537, 23

Linked entry: brocen

Fríge-ǽfen

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On ðám Frígeǽfen, þæs þe hé on mergen þrowode, manode hé his folgeras, Hml. A. 73, 6. Add

full-grówan

(v.)

to come to maturity

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to come to maturity Ðæt hié ne móten fulgrówan (full-,v. l. ) ne wæstmbǽre weorðan, Past. 67, 23

Linked entry: grówan

wyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyn, wynn, e; f.

delightpleasuredelightfullypleasantlya delightthat which causes pleasurethe best of a class,the pride of its kind.the name of the w-rune

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Hwæþere him ðæs wonges wyn (his delight in the country) sweðrade, Exon. Th. 123, 16; Gú. 323. Sý æt him sylfum gelong eal his worulde wyn, 444, 12; Kl. 46. Ðǽr wæs wuldres wynn . . . næs ðǽr ǽnigum gewinn, Andr. Kmbl. 1773; An. 889.

Linked entry: mód-wén

tawian

(v.)
Grammar
tawian, <b>. II.</b>
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begunnon tó áxienne hwæt se man wǽre þe swá wælhreówlíce beóton ... urnon wépende ꝥ þone hálgan wer swá huxlíce tawoden, Hml. S. 31, 997. Add

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.

the first creationthe creationbeginningoriginoriginal state or conditionprīma creātioŏrīgoprīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtioa created beingcreaturecreātūra

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Fýr clymmaþ on gecyndo, cunnaþ hwænne móte on his frumsceaft, eft to his éþle fire climbeth in its nature, strives when it can towards its origin, back to its home, Salm. Kmbl. 831; Sal. 415.

ge-seccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seccan, = ge-sécean[?]or ge-feccan[?]
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Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd geseccan gif heó nelle on folce geþeán ðæt man beágum gebycge a woman must by secret art get herself a friend if she do not wish publicly to succeed in being bought with rings, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44