ed-cwician
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Add:to ed-cucian Þú cwǽde ꝥ þú hæfdest tó ácwellene anweald and tó edcucigenne, Hml. S. 34, 329. Se edcukeda seóca aeger redivivus, Gr. D. 90, 7
hláford-swica
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Hláfordswican losiað on ende mid þám getreówleásan deófle þe hí tihte tó ðám swicdóme, Hml. S. 19, 231: 194. Tó helle scylon hláfordswican, Wlfst. 203, 25. Add
on-ásetedness
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A laying on, imposition Ðá ðá foryldað and forgýmeleásiað ꝥ hig nellað heora bearn tó þám fulwihte and tó þǽre onásetednysse þæs bisceopes bletsunga bringan, Nap. 85
swinc
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Dele second passage, for which see swinge, and add Swá hwæt swá hé begit his swinces tó médes hé hit bringð tó mé, Hml. S. 36, 43
sǽgan
To cause to sink
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To cause to sink Óþ ðæt seó sunne on súþrodor sǽged weorðeþ (cf. Só giségid wurð sedle náhor hédra sunna,Hel. 5715), Exon. 207, 15; Ph. 142
of-hende
Out of one's hand, taken away, lost to one
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Out of one's hand, taken away, lost to one Gif him ǽnig ðara ofhende wyrþ if any one of them is lost to him, Met. 25, 34
ge-sméðan
To make smooth or even ⬩ to soothe ⬩ soften ⬩ complanare
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To make smooth or even, to soothe, soften; complanare Se ele gesméð ða wunda the oil sooths the wounds, Past. 17, 10; Swt. 125, 10; Hat. MS
Linked entry: sméðan
for-þwyrftan
to cut off ⬩ cut down ⬩ obtruncare
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to cut off, cut down; obtruncare Forþwyrtan obtruncasse, An. Ox. 5028. Fortþerty ( = forþwyrte) obtruncati, 11, 75. Hí man forðwyrftum limum tó wæfersýne tucode, Hml. S. 28, 128
Weolud
the river Welland
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the river Welland Him cirde tó þurferþ eorl and ða holdas and eal se here ðe tó Hámtúne hiérde norþ óþ Weolud Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 29
GYLT
Guilt ⬩ crime ⬩ sin ⬩ offence ⬩ fault ⬩ wrong ⬩ debt ⬩ fine ⬩ forfeiture
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Æt ðam forman gylte ðære fiohbóte onfón on the first offence to accept pecuniary compensation, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 8: L. Alf. pol. 7; Th. i. 66, 12: L. In. 73; Th. i. 148, 11; L. Ath. 1, 11; Th. i. 206, 3: L. Edg. S. 2, 2; Th. i. 266, 13.
Linked entry: gelt
cýþ-ness
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Men feówer stánas álegdon tó gemynde and tó cýþnesse þæs siges, Bl. H. 189, 16: 69, 18. Críst be him cýðnysse gecýdde, Hml. Th. i. 476, 31. Cýðnessum adstipulationibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 64.
on-sígan
of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descend ⬩ of violent movement
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of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descend Ðonne se dæg gewít, and seó niht onsíhþ tó wérium mankynne, Anglia viii. 320, 2. Simbel onsáh dæg sollempnis urgebat (vergebat?) dies, Hymn. Surt. 96, 1.
ge-aclian
To frighten ⬩ excite ⬩ terrēre ⬩ terrōre percellĕre
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Cyning wæs egsan geaclad the king was excited with terror, 113; El. 57 : Exon. 69 b; Th. 258, 20; Jul. 268
ge-ánlǽcan
To make one ⬩ join ⬩ unite ⬩ unāre ⬩ unīre
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To make one, join, unite; unāre, unīre Ic geánlǽce [MS. -lace] ūno, ūnio, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 29. Þurh ðæs Hálgan Gástes tocyme wurdon ealle gereord geánlǽhte through the advent of the Holy Ghost all languages became united, Homl.
Linked entry: án-lǽcan
leód-þeáw
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Ne wolde ðám leódþeáwnm Loth onfón Lot would not adopt those customs of the country, Cd. 92; Th. 116, 18; Gen. 1938
mann-silen
The wrongful selling of men into slavery
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Eth. v. 2; Th. i. 304, 14
mód-staþol
The foundation on which the mind rests
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P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 38
Linked entry: fæstmód-staðol
níwlíce
Newly ⬩ recently
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Hér cumaþ tó eów níwlíce twegen men, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 7. Hí hæfdon níwlíce gesett they had recently decreed, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 26. Hió ðá wæs níwlíce cristen, 6, 4; Swt. 260, 12
BLEÁÞ
Gentle, timid, peaceful, inactive ⬩ timidus, imbellis, ignavus ⬩ destitute
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Gentle, timid, peaceful, inactive; timidus, imbellis, ignavus Ic eom to ðon bleáþ ðæt mec mæg gríma abrégan I am so timid that a phantom may frighten me, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 4; Rä. 41, 16. Ne wæs him bleáþ hyge his mind was not inactive, Andr.
bóc-líc
BOOK-LIKE, biblical, bookish, relating to books ⬩ biblicus
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Ðæt we ða bóclícan láre smeágan that we consider the book-lore, 284, 24