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LǼCE

(n.)
Grammar
LǼCE, es; m.

A LEECHdoctorphysiciana leech

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Lǽteþ flint brecan his sconcan ne biþ him lǽce gód he shall cause the stones to break his legs, no doctor shall avail him, 206; Sal. 102. Nys hálum lǽces nán þearf non est opus valentibus medico, Mt.

Linked entries: lǽca léce

ful-ricene

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-ricene, adv.

Full quicklyvery quicklyimmediatelycitissĭme

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Full quickly, very quickly, immediately; citissĭme Gif he múntas hríneþ, fulricene reócaþ if he touches the mountains, they immediately smoke, Ps. Th. 103, 30

hearpung

(n.)
Grammar
hearpung, e; f.

Harping, playing on the harp

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Harping, playing on the harp hæfþ geearnod mid his hearpunga he hath deserved her by his harping, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 8

mǽl

(n.)
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Add Nýtenu etað swá ǽr swá hit habbað, ac se gesceádwísa man sceal cépan his mǽles, Hml. S. 16, 318. Þonne etað tó ánes mǽles on dæg quando in die una refectio fuerit, Chrd. 15, 7. Be hyre ( St.

myntan

(v.)
Grammar
myntan, p. te.

to meanintendpurposedetermineto thinksuppose

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Mynte ic hié háton yflian I had a mind to order them to be punished, Nar. 25, 27. Heó mynte for tó abbudissan gesettan abbatissam eam pro se facere disposuerat, Bd. 5, 3; 616, 19. mynte hine sleán, Blickl. Homl. 223, 7, 9, 11, 16.

án-íge

(adj.)
Grammar
án-íge, -ígge; adj.

One-eyed

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Gif he gedó ánígge if he make them one-eyed, L. Alf. 20; Th. i. 48, 25

Linked entries: án-eága ǽn-íge

a-þýwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þýwan, p. de; pp. ed [a from, þýwan to drive]

To lead or drive fromto discardejicere

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To lead or drive from, to discard; ejicere He raðe aweg aþýwde he soon drove them away, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 28

þweorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þweorlíce, <b>.
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</b> add: insolently smeáde míd tóþundenum móde þwyrlícost (proterva mente) sceolde him wiþ sprecan, Gr. D. 37. 22

ge-wundian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wundian, p. ode; pp. ed, od

To wound

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To wound And eft he hym sende óðerne þeów and ðone on heáfde gewundodon, Mk. 12, 4. hine mid spere gewundedon they wounded him with a spear, Homl. Th. i. 216, 23. Se swíðe gewundod wæs he was sore wounded, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 8

æt-styntan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-styntan, p. te.
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to blunt Téð ætstente dentes retundat , Hy. S. 16, 3. to make inactive or ineffective ætstynte, gedrehte elideret (favorabile praeconium ). An. Ox. 2779. Móð ætstentan animum retundi , Hy. S. 70, 19.

Linked entry: á-styntan

ge-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-winnan, p. -wan, -won, -wann, pl. -wunnon; pp. -wunnen.

to make warfightcontendpugnarebellum gerereto obtain by fightingto conquergainwinpugna consequiobtineresubjugare

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Homl. 173, 3. to obtain by fighting, to conquer, gain, win; pugna consequi, obtinere, subjugare he mihte Normandige of him gewinnan how he might conquer [win] Normandy from him, Chr. 1090; Erl. 226, 25.

ge-hǽman

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Add genam niédenga and hire mid gehǽmde, Past. 415, 17

ge-húslian

(v.)
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gehúslode mid þæs Hǽlendes gerýnum, Hml. S. 3, 80. Add

hálsian

(v.)
Grammar
hálsian, héalsian. Substitute: <b>hálsian, halsian (?), heal*-*sian</b>.
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H. 99, 12. hálsode (the accent is in the MS.) þæt nánuht þǽra ǽrenda ne underféngon, Ors. 4, 6; Bos 86, 25.

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to washto anoint.

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Ic in ða eá ástáh and of ðam wætere míne handa þwóh, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 502. hire fét mid his teárum þwóh, 744. þwóh Aaron and his suna, Lev. 8, 6. Heó ðwóhg, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 13.

gaful-gylda

(n.)
Grammar
gaful-gylda, an; m.

A tribute payertributarytrĭbūti reddĭtor

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A tribute payer, tributary; trĭbūti reddĭtor He to gafulgyldum gesette on Angelþeódde he made them tributaries among the English, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 24

god-bearn

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Godfæder his godbearn lufie and lǽre, Wlfst. 74, 13. Beóð heó rihtlice ealswá genamode beóð, godfæderas, gif heora godbearn Gode gestrýnað, 121, 5. Add

ge-menged

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Sum cyn is gecweden epicena, þæt is on Léden promiscua and on Englisc gemenged hic corvus ðes hremn swá hwíeðer swá hit byð swá , swá heó, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 19, II

wíf-hand

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hand, a; f.

The female sidefemale line

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The female side, female line Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe; ðonne gif ic gesealde ǽnigre wífhanda ðæt gestrýnde, ðonne forgyldan míne mágas . . . for ðon ic cweðe ðæt hit gyldan, for ðon fóð

ge-hwider

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D. 198, 15. limited by an implied condition hæfde ǽnne látteów þe hine lǽdde gehwider ( wherever he went ), Hml. S. 21, 203.