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efen-meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-meahtig, adj.
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Hé wæs ǽfre efenmihtig, and Hé gyt is, and Hé á swá byð, Wlfst. 16, 7

ge-híwlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híwlǽcan, p. ge-híwlǽhte.
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to form, fashion, shape And eác manna wynsumlic wlita æfter his ágenan anlícnessan gehýwlǽhte, Nap. 30. to colour. Cf. ge-híwian ; 2 Heó ágyfð ꝥ gecynde-lice híw, and hé byð gehýwlǽht swylce hé of swíðe háton bæþe eóde. Lch, i. 262, 14

Linked entry: -híwlǽcan

ge-médred

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Substitute: Having the same mother Wé habbað ealdne fæder, and hé hæfð mid him úrne gingstan bróðor . . and his gemédryda bróðor (uterinus frater) wæs deád, Gen. 44, 20. Jósep geseah his gemédrydan bróðor Benjamin, 43, 29.

ge-metfæstlíce

(adv.)
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Ac ꝥ hé þeahhwæþere geðyldelíce ábær and gemetfæstlíce scírde, Hml. A. 154, 68. Críst ealle þás þing for mancynnes lufan mildheortlíce ábær and gemetfæstlíce áræfnede, 163, 270

ge-racenteágian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-racenteágian, ge-racentteágian, ge-racodteágian; pp. od
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To chain, put in chains Hé wearð geracenteágod [and] betǽht tó þám gewinne (cf. hé wearð gelæht tó þám gecampe, and on racenteágum gelǽd, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 8), Hml. S. 31, 35. Geracodteágodum earmum catenatis lacertis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 47

Linked entry: racent-teágian

holdigean

(v.)
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Man þá hálgan swang and bærnde and swilce ofsticode swín holdode (v. ge-wyrce), Hml. S. 23, 106 : 73. Tó holdigenne, tó befleánne euiscerandum Germ. 393, 109

ǽ-menne

(n.)
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solitude ‘Ðú beþorftest ðæt ðú hæfdest dígele stówe and ǽmanne (-menne?) ǽlces óðres þinges ista solitudinem meram desiderant and fæáwa cúðe men.’ Ðá cwæð ic: ‘Ic nebbe nán ðára ne ðonne ǽmenne ne óðera manna fultum ne dýgela stówe,’ Shrn. 165, 8-12

Linked entry: -menne

bróc-minte

(n.)
Grammar
bróc-minte, an; f: bróc-mint, e; f.

BROOKMINT, horsemint ⬩ mentha sylvestris ⬩ Σισύμβριον ⬩ sisymbrium officinale

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Genim ðysse wyrte wós, ðe man sisymbrium, and óðrum naman brócminte nemneþ Brookmint. Take the juice of this plant, which men call σισύμβριον, and by another name, brookmint, Herb. 107; Lchdm. i. 220, 17

hálettung

(n.)
Grammar
hálettung, e; f.

Greeting, salutation

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Greeting, salutation Æfter ðæs engles bletsunga and hálettunga swígende þohte hwæt seó hálettung wǽre after the angel's blessing and greeting she considered in silence what the greeting might be, Blickl. Homl. 7, 16. Hálettunge, 3, 21.

Linked entry: hǽlettung

hearm-cwidol

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm-cwidol, adj.

Given to speak evil, calumnious

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Ðá wǽron hí æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige and hearmcwydole in consequence of noble birth they were haughty and given to speak contemptuously of others, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 8

Linked entry: hearm-sprǽcol

ge-stíðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stíðian, p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud

To become hard ⬩ strong ⬩ indurare

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Mægen on him weóx and gestiðode his power waxed and was strengthened, Guthl. 2; Gdwn.12, 26. Ðá ðá he gestíðod wæs when he was grown up, Homl. Th. ii. 38, 3

ge-þióstrian

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

To obscure; ⬩ obscūrāre

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To obscure; obscūrāre Seó sunne oferlíht ealle óðre steorran, and geþióstraþ mid hire leóhte the sun outshines all other stars, and obscures [them] with her light, Bt. titl. ix; Fox xii. 2. Sunna biþ geþióstrod sol contenebrabitur, Mk. Skt.

snícan

(v.)
Grammar
snícan, p. snác, pl. snicon

To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptile ⬩ of imperceptible movement ⬩ to sneak ⬩ to hanker after

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To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptile [Sume wuhta] creópaþ and snícaþ, eall líchoma eorþan getenge (cf. sume licgaþ mid eallon líchaman on eorþan and snícende faraþ, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 26) Met. 31, 6. Wyrm com snícan Lchdm. iii. 34, 21.

sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
sýferness, e; f.

Sobriety, moderation, temperance, abstinence, purity ⬩ purificatio, purgatio.

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Seó sýfernes and óðre mægnu, 54. Rúmheortnys and sýfernys ( opposed to gítsung and gífernes, 68, 15), Wulfst. 69, 1. Sýfernysse þearf sinceritatis azima, Hymn. Surt. 82, 31: Scint. 42, 16.

Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte

cniht-hád

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Cnihthádes pubertatis, i. adolescentie, An. Ox. 2382. Seó forme wæcce is on cildháde, and seó óðer wæcce is on weaxendum cnihtháde, Hml. A. 52, 68.

wǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽtan, p.te

To wet, moisten

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Ne is ðæt wín tó þicgenne ðætte hǽteþ and wǽteþ ðone innoþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 5. Mec ( an animal's skin ) brýd wǽteþ in wætre. Exon. Th. 393, 34 ; Rä, 13, 10. Heó genam ðæs gehálgodan sealtes, and wǽtte, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 98, 2.

Linked entry: wǽtian

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, e; f.

ward, guard, watch ⬩ a watch, a body of men keeping watch ⬩ guardianship, protection, keeping

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Cristenum cyuinge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on fæder stæle cristenre þeóde, and on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 23

god-web

(n.)
Grammar
god-web, gode-web, -webb; gen. -webbes; n.
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Gold and godweb iosepes gestreón gold and purple, Joseph's treasures, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 22; Exod. 587: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 49; Met. 8, 25. Geolo godwebb yellow silk, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 25; Rä. 36, 10.

Linked entry: web

a-syndran

(v.)
Grammar
a-syndran, -syndrian; íc asyndrige; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od [a from, syndrian to sunder, part]

To put ASUNDER ⬩ to separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ sever ⬩ separare

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Se deáþ asyndreþ líc and sáwle death sunders body and soul, Soul Kmbl. 7 ; Seel. 4

Linked entries: a-sindrian ge-asyndrod

esne-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
esne-wyrhta, an; m.

A hireling, mercenary ⬩ mercēnārius

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Eallum frióum monnum ðás dagas sién forgifene bútan þeówum mannum and esnewyrhtum to all freemen let these days be given, but not to slaves and hirelings, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 3