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lyb-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
lyb-cræft, es; m.

Magicwitchcraft

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Magic, witchcraft, skill in the use of lybb Hió him sealdon áttor drincan ðæt mid myclen lybcræfte wæs geblanden, Blickl. Homl. 229, 12

níd-faru

(n.)
Grammar
níd-faru, e; f.

A journey one is forced to takedeath

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A journey one is forced to take, death Fore there neidfaerae naenig uuirthit thoncsnotturra than him tharf sié, Archaeologia, vol. xxviii. p. 357

un-níþing

(n.)
Grammar
un-níþing, es; m.

Not a rascalan honest man

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Not a rascal, an honest man He beád ðæt ǽlc man ðe wǽre unníðing sceolde cuman tó him, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 2

Linked entry: níþing

wóperian

(v.)
Grammar
wóperian, p. ode

To waillament

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To wail, lament Ða cleopode seó ungesǽlige wóperiende him tó: ' Eálá, help mín, wildeór mé habbaþ forneán tó-slyten,' Homl. Ass. 196, 32

breneþ

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Eolxsecg wundað grimme, blóde breneð (brings hot blood upon ?) beorna gehwylcne þe him ǽnigne onfeng gedéð. Substitute = (?) berneþ, bærneþ. v. bærnan, and add

for-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-belgan, p. bealg(-h), reflex.

To get angry

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To get angry, get in a rage Forbealh hé hine for þon þe ꝥ hrýþer him þúhte on wédenheorte, Bl. H. 199, 10

Linked entry: belgan

ge-streccan

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Substitute for passage Bet him gestreht and wel ges[t]reht gesihð beorhtnysse getácnað lectum sibi stratum et bene stratum uiderit, claritatem significat

ge-flog

(n.)
Grammar
ge-flog, es; n.
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Infectious disease Ꝥ nǽfre for gefloge feorh hé gesealde, syþðan him mon mægðan tó mete gegyrede, Lch. iii. 34, 9. Cf. on-flyge

Linked entry: -flog

in-sting

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Him mon betǽhte þá þreó land tó innstinge inn tó Defenum ( to be under the authority of Devonshire ), Cht. Crw. 19, 16. Add

máþum-fæt

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Hé bereáfode Godes templ and fela goldhordasforð mid him gelæhte, and ðá hálgan máðmfatu and ꝥ mǽre weófod, Hml. S. 25, 12. Add

ofer-tredan

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Flíhð ǽlc hors áfǽred ðurh ðá ylpas, and gif him hwá wiðstent hé byð sóna ofertreden (oftreden, v. l. ], Hex. 16, 14. Add

sáwel-leás

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Add Hé eóde him tó þæs forðfarenan mannes húse tó þǽre stówe þǽr se sáwulleása líchama ( corpus exanime) læg, Gr. D. 84, 33

sallettan

(v.)

to play on the harp, sing to the harp, sing psalms

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to play on the harp, sing to the harp, sing psalms Singaþ him and salletaþ cantate ei el psallite ei, Ps. Th. 104,2

on-weorpness

(n.)
Grammar
on-weorpness, e; f.

A throwing on

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A throwing on Ðæt lég swíðe weóx and him nǽnig mon mid wætra onweorpnesse ( injectu ) wiðstondan meahte, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 20

Linked entry: weorpness

snid-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
snid-ísen, es; n.

A lancet

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A lancet Ðonne ðú ongite ðæt geswel hnescige and swiþrige, ðonne hrín ðú him mid snidísene and sníð listum Lchdm. ii. 208, 16

hilde-frófor

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-frófor, e; f.

War-help, a weapon, sword [?], shield [?]

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War-help, a weapon, sword [?], shield [?] Hæfde him on handa hildefrófre [MS. frore] had in his hand help for battle, Vald. 2, 12

ge-tíþian

(v.)
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Add Ic getíðige praesto, Ælfc. Gr. 139, 11. to grant a request. absolute, to consent to a request (with dat. of person asking) Ꝥ hé unc getíðade (-tigðade, v. l. ), and on þæs gesíðes huus ineóde, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 568, 14. Hié bǽdon ꝥ ... Sume him getygðedon

lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum heó is biter on þigene lettuce was the name of the herb that they were to eat with the unleavened loaves; it is bitter in the eating, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26. Nim lactucan ánc hand fulle

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.
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Add: local Ne mæg þǽr ǽni man gedyrstig wesan déman gehende nullus ibi confidit judice praesens Dóm. L. 170. Sume naman syndon . . . stówlice . . . propinquus gehende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 14, 20. Gehendes proxime Germ. 388, 54. Férde hé tó gehendum burgum,

mæssian

(v.)
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Take here mæssian, placed wrongly in Dict. after mæsse-hrægel, and add Sé pápa mid his ágenum handum him his pallium on sette . . . and hé syððan mid þám pallium þǽr mæssode (mæssan sang, v.l.), swá se pápa him gewissode, Chr. 1022; P. 157, l. Messode