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warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, p. ode
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Waraþ hé windes full, Salm. Kmbl. 49 ; Sal. 25

ge-sacan

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In the passage ge-sécan seems a necessary emendation: ge-sacu.

ful-oft

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-oft, full-oft; adv.

Full oft ⬩ very often ⬩ sæpissĭme

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Th. 964; 8. 480: Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 16; Seef. 24: Cd. 216; Th. 274, 11; Sat. 152: Salm. Kmbl. 695; Sal. 347

Linked entries: oft full-oft

lippa

(n.)
Grammar
lippa, an; m.

A lip

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Wið lippe sár. Eft sóna ðes lǽcedóm sceal ðan manne ða hyra lippa beóþ sáre oððe hyra tunga ... smire mid ða lippa, Lchdm. iii. 100, 15-21

gehðo

(n.)
Grammar
gehðo, gehðu, geohðu, geoðu, giohðo, giðu, e; f.

Care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ cura ⬩ solicitudo

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He ðǽr ána sæt geoðum geómor he sat there alone sad with sorrows, Andr. Kmbl. 2015; An. 1010. Gomel on giohðe gold sceáwode the aged [man] beheld the gold in sorrow, Beo. Th. 5578; B. 2793. Giohðo mǽnde he bewailed his afflictions, 4527; B. 2267.

Linked entry: gihþu

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assault ⬩ assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus ⬩ viæ obstructio ⬩ the fine for an assault ⬩ mulcta pro assultu

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H. 80, § 2; Th. i. 586, 2, it is said, — 'Si in via rēgia fiat assultus sŭper ălĭquem, fórestel est.' the fine for an assault; mulcta pro assultu Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on West-Sexan [MS.

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

fixian

(v.)
Grammar
fixian, p. ode; pp. od [fisc = fix a fish]

To fish ⬩ piscāri

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For hwí ne fixast ðú on sǽ cur non piscāris in mări? Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 1

scip-toll

(n.)
Grammar
scip-toll, n. (not m.).
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Cómon hí tó sǽ and þǽr gemétton scip standan, and hí on ꝥ eódon, and mid him reówan. Þæs scypes hláford . . . gyrnde þæs scyptolles, Hml. S. 30, 167. Add

ge-sencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sencan, p. -sencte; pp. -senct

To sink, drown ⬩ submergĕre

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To sink, drown; submergĕre Hí gesencte [synt] on ðære [MS. ðere] reádan sǽ [MS. sea] they are drowned in the Red sea, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 4; Thw. 15, 4

steórere

(n.)
Grammar
steórere, es; m.
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Hit wǽre swelce se stióra slépe on midre sǽ . . . Ðæm stiórere biþ gelícost se mon ðe ongemong ðisses middan*-*geardes costungum hine ágímeleásaþ

út

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</b> I 7. add: v. lǽtan, e. 3. add: — Þæs ymb m niht hié gefuhton út on sǽ, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 5

ýþ

Grammar
ýþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þeáh hine ǽlc ýð geséce mid þám héhstan þe seó sǽ forðbringð, Verc. Forst. 110, 12. Add Ongeánflówende ýþa, eftflówende wætera reciproca (purissimi fontis) redundantia, A n. Ox. 506

geond-mengan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-mengan, p. de; pp. ed [mengan to mingle]

To mingle, confuse ⬩ perturbāre

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To mingle, confuse; perturbāre Mec ðæs full oft fyrwit frineþ, mód geondmengeþ about this my curiosity full oft enquireth, it confuses my mind, Salm. Kmbl. 119, MS. B; Sal. 59

ge-mǽtgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽtgan, p. ede; pp. ed; v. trans. [mǽte moderate]

To make moderate, to limit, diminish ⬩ moderare, moderari, minuere

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To make moderate, to limit, diminish; moderare, moderari, minuere Ful oft hit eác ðæs deófles dugoþe gemǽtgeþ full oft it also limits the devil's power, Salm. Kmbl. 800; Sal. 399

æt-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen; v. a. n. [æt, sacan to charge, accuse]

To deny ⬩ disown ⬩ abjure ⬩ negare ⬩ detestari ⬩ abjurare

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To deny, disown, abjure: negare, detestari, abjurare Ðá ætsacaþ ðæs ærýstes qui negant esse resurrectionem, Lk. Bos. 20, 27: L. Ath. i. 4;Th. i. 202, 2: i. 6; Th. i. 202, 12, 13. Ðá ætsóc he at ille negavit, Mk. Bos. 14, 68: Lk. Bos. 22, 57. Ðá ætsóc

Linked entry: sacan

be-geondan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-geondan, be-iundan; prep. acc. [be by, geond, geondan over]

BEYOND ⬩ per ⬩ trans

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Begeondan sǽ in transmarinis partibus Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 10. Gewendon begeondan sǽ went beyond sea Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 16. Beiundan Iordane trans Jordanem Deut. 1, 5

Linked entries: be-giondan be-iundan

wǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽðan, p.de

To hunt

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Hwæþer gé willen wǽþan mid hundum on sealtne sǽ (cf. hwæþer gé eówer hundas út on sǽ lǽdon, ðonne gé huntian willaþ, Bt. 32, 3;Fox 118, 14), Met. 19, 15

Linked entry: wǽðe-burne

swegel

(n.)
Grammar
swegel, swegl, es; n.
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Th. 266, 17; Sat. 23. Swægles brytta, wihta wealdend, 272, 24; Sat. 124. Swegles gǽst the Holy Ghost, Exon. Th. 13, 16; Cri. 203. Swegles weard, Judth.

Linked entries: swegel-horn swegl be-falden

fundung

(n.)
Grammar
fundung, e; f.

A going ⬩ departure ⬩ abĭtus ⬩ decessus

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A going, departure; abĭtus, decessus He nolde on his fundunge ofer sǽ híréd healdan he would not hold a court on his departure over sea, Chr. 1106; Erl. 241, 2

laser

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Þurh þæs sǽd þe ǽgðer sǽwð ge laser ge coccul, Angl. viii. 300, 24. Lasera, coccela loliorum, zizaniorum Hpt. Gl. 462, 23. Add

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