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deorc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
deorc-ness, e; f.
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Darkness, obscurity On swá micelre deorcnysse in tanta obscuritate, Scint. 228, 3

fracoþ-líce

(adv.)
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Swá wer sé fracodlíce ( fraudulenter ) derað frýnd hys, Scint. 194, 1. Add

dihtan

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Ox. 11, 130. to give direction to a person, dictate, direct a person (dat. ) Swá swá him diht se abbod, Ll. Th. ii. 372, 5. Benedictus on swefne . . . hí gewissode ymbe ðæs mynstres gebytlungum . . .

ge-wuna

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, adj.
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Ne oferfar þú ná Iordanen, swá swá gewuna syut of eówrum mynstrum tó farenne, Hml. S. 23 b, 614. of things, customary, usual Gewearð se micla moncwealm on Róme; ná swá hit gewuna (or substantive?)

Linked entry: be-wuna

be-tweox

(prep.)

betweeninter

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between; inter Nú ic eów sende swá swá lamb betweox wulfas ecce ego mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos, Lk. Bos. 10, 3 : 11, 51: Ps. Th. 87, 4 : 88, 5: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 90; Met. 11, 45 : 11, 168; Met. 11, 84 : 24, 25; Met. 24, 13

tapor-æx

(n.)
Grammar
tapor-æx, e; f.

A small axe

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A small axe Swá feorr swá mæg án taperæx beón geworpen út of ðam scipe up on ðæt land quam longius de nave potest securis parvula, quam Angli vacant tapereax super terram projici, Chart. Th. 317, 30.

þiclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þiclíce, adv.
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Thickly, in great numbers, in quick succession Ðá hié gesáwan ða deádan men swá þiclíce tó eorþan beran, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 25.

Linked entry: þicce

ungel

(n.)
Grammar
ungel, es; m.(?)

Fat

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Beó mín sáwul gefylled swá swá mid rysle and mid ungele sicut adipe et pinguedine repleatur anima mea (Ps. 63, 5), Homl. Th. i. 522, 35

brýd-bed

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brýd-bed, brýd-bedd, nuptial bed.
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Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbedde, Hml. Th. i. 200, 21: ii. 10, 26: Hml. A. 27, 82. Add

coc

Grammar
coc, cocc.
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Ðorme grǽt se láreów swá swá kok on niht . . . Ðæs cocces ðeáw is . . . Past. 459, 29-461, 2. Se kok ðe wé ymb sprǽcon, 12. Coca pullorum, An. Ox. 4891. Cocca, 2, 398. Add

lǽlian

(v.)
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Ꝥte nales ðá sweartan deóblu in mínre sídan léligen, swá swá gewuniað, scytas ut non tetri daemones in latera mea librent, ut solent, iacula, Lch. i. lxxiii, 33. to get black and blue Æfestian, lǽlian libescant (cf. lǽl; ¶), Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 41

nægel-seax

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Add: a razor Swá swá næglseax ( nouacula ) scearp þú dydest fácn, Ps. L. 51, 4.

sáwlian

(v.)
Grammar
sáwlian, ode

To give up the ghost, expire

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Sóna swá hé ðyder com swá sáwlode ðæt mǽden, 22, 101: Homl. As. 59, 202.

tín-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
tín-nihte, adj.

Ten days old

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Ten days old On .x. nihtne mónan bidde swá hwas swa ðú wylle, hyt ðe byoþ gere. Se .x. nihta móna hé ys god tó standanne mid æðelum monnum, Lchdm. iii. 178, 19-21. Se ðe biþ ácenned on .x. nihtne ealdne mónan, se biþ ðrowere, 160, 28

beácen

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Hí átendon heora beácna swá swá hí férdon, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 2. Add Bécen (-on, -un) signum occurs often in the Lindisfarne and Rushworth glosses, where the W. S. version has tácn. Similar entries v. ge-beác(e)n

lustfullian

(v.)
Grammar
lustfullian, p. ode

To rejoicebe gladtake pleasure [in]

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To rejoice, be glad, take pleasure [in] Swá ic lustfullige on ðisum láðum wítum, swá swá se ðe gesihþ ðone ðe hé gewilnode, Homl. Skt. 8, 116. Heó lustfullode on hire fóstormóder húse, Nar. 40, 12.

blódig

(adj.)
Grammar
blódig, def. se blódiga, seó, ðæt blódige; adj.

BLOODYsanguineus, cruentus

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Geseoh nú swá ðín swát ageát, blódige stíge behold now where thy blood poured forth, a bloody path, Andr. Kmbl. 2883; An. 1444. He byreþ blódig wæl he will bear off my bloody corpse, Beo. Th. 900; B. 448.

a-eóde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-eóde, p. of a-gán.

happenedevenit

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happened; evenit Swá hit sóþlíce aeóde so it truly happened, H. de visione Isaiæ;

lám-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
lám-pytt, es; m.

A clay-pit

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A clay-pit Swá andlang mearce on lámpyttas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 252, 24

þurh-burnen

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-burnen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Thoroughly burntburnt through

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Thoroughly burnt, burnt through Bærn swá ðæt hit sí þurhburnen, Lchdm. iii. 40, 11