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land-spédig

(adj.)
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land-spédig, adj.
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Rich in landed property, having large estates Landspédig locuples, Ælf. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 72; Wrt. Voc. 50, 52. Ðes and ðeós landspédiga hic et hæc locuples, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27; Som. 11, 22

líc-bysig

(adj.)
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líc-bysig, adj.
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Of active body, active with the body Ic eom lícbysig láce mid winde active am I of body, move hither and thither with the wind, Exon. 122 b; Th. 470, 22; Rä. 31, 1

óþ-grípan

(v.)
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to snatch away Gif wén wíére ðæt hé ðǽr hwylce mihte deófle óþgrípan and tó Criste gecyrran si quos forte ex illis ereptos Satanae ad Christum transferre valeret, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 19

geond-geótan

(v.)
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geond-geótan, p. -geát, pl. -guton; pp. -goten

To pour, pour out ⬩ perfundĕre

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To pour, pour out; perfundĕre Ic geondgeóte perfundo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 33. Heó mid wópe and mid teárum wæs swýðe geondgoten flētuque ac lacry̆mis perfūsa, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 10

Linked entry: geótan

un-forburnen

(adj.)
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un-forburnen, adj.

Unburnt ⬩ not consumed by fire

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Unburnt, not consumed by fire Se wind ábær ðone líg tó ðæs cyninges botle, swá ðæt him ne belǽfde nán þing unforburnen, and hé sylf earfoðlíce ðam fýre ætbærst, Homl. Th. ii. 480, 7

Linked entry: for-beornan

un-árweorþian

(v.)

to dishonour

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to dishonour Ic árwurðige (-weorðige, Jn. Skt. 8, 49, MS. A.) mínne Fæder and gé unárwurðiaþ (-weorðodon, Jn. Skt. MS. A.) mé honorifico Patrem meum et uos inhonoratis me, Homl. Th. i. 442, 21

un-gewuna

(adj.)
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un-gewuna, adj.

Unaccustomed ⬩ unused

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Unaccustomed, unused Micel gedál is on ðam mægene ðæs ðe sié gewin (-wun?) þrowungum and ðæs ðe sié ungewuna swelcum þingum, Lchdm. ii. 84, 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. un-giwon inusitatus, insolens, novus.]

wudu-fugel

(n.)
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wudu-fugel, es; m.

A bird of the woods

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A bird of the woods Wudufuglas, ðeáh hí beón wel átemede, gif hí on ðam wuda weorþaþ, hí forseód heora láreówas, and wuniaþ on heora gecynde, Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 15 : Met. 13. 35

be-lífed

(adj.)
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be-lífed, adj.
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Endowed with belief, having belief Theodosius ful-líce on God wæs belýfed, Hml. S. 23, 412. Maria and Martha wǽron twá geswystru swíðe on God belýfede, Hml. Th. i. 130, 5. Cf. ge-lífed

cappa

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For 'Ælf. Gl. . . . 15' substitute Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 48, and add Caracalla cappa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 84. Wyrpe him of heden oððe cappan cucullum vel cappam dejiciat, Ll. Th. ii. 140, 23

cloccettan

(v.)
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cloccettan, p. te
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To palpitate, beat, throb Gif se drinca mára biþ, sóna biþ seó wamb gehefegod and cloccet swá swá hit on cylle (fylle ?) slecgete fluctuationes habeant, si id quod redundat, innatet, Lch. ii. 220, 18

for-slegenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-slegenlic, adj.

Shameful ⬩ ignominious

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Shameful, ignominious God hine (John the Baptist) forlét swá forslegenlicne (cf. (?) for-slegen profligatus. II. 2; or (?) l. for-segenlicne ( = -sewen-) one MS. has forsewenlíce) and swá orwyrðlicne deáð þrowian, Mart. H. 156, 20

Linked entry: -slegenlic

ge-swic

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Add: an offence Tó geswicum ad scandala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 4. cessation Sý hé betáht Satane meó helle grunde and ðǽr á cwylmie mid Godes wiðsacum búte geswice, C. D. iv. 107, 17

Grantabrycg-scír

(n.)
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Grantabrycg-scír, e; f.
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Cambridgeshire; the people of that shire Þá sóna flugon Eást-Engla; þá stód Grantabrycgscír fæstlíce ongeán, Chr. 1010; P. 140, 9. Hí heafdon þá ofergán Eást-Engla ... Oxenafordscíre and Grantabrycgescíre, 1011; P. 141, 13

heáfod-wund

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Add: — Þa hét hé his lǽce tó him, and bebeád him ꝥ hé þá tolýsdan geþeódnesse mínre heáfudwunde gesette uocauit medicum, et dissolutam mihi emicranii iuncturam conponere iussit, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 581, 8

hnæpf

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hnæpf, hnæpp. l. hnæpp, hnæpf (??),
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Steápes, hnæppes poculi, i. calicis An. Ox. 1847. Se cyning genam þone hnæp (steáp, v. l. calicem) . . . þá se Godes wer onféng þám hnæppe (steápe, v. l.), Gr. D. 186, 7-11. and add

hoferian

(v.)
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to be humpbacked Houeriendne (hoferiiendne, An. Ox. 3662) gibbum Hpt. Gl. 492, 40. Hoferedne cyppum (= gibbum Ald. 50, 21, the passage to which this and the preceding gloss belong), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 78

Linked entry: hoferede

on-gang

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Add: worship Æðelbryln and his ðeóde fram deófolgylda ongonge (begange, v. l.) hé tó Crístes geleáfan gelǽdde Aedilberctum ac gentem illius ab idolorum cultu ad Christi fidem perduxít, Bd. 2, 3; Sch. 125, 20

strácian

(v.)
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Nægelsexes tánc his þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre dó ofer þínne óþerne swilce þú ceorfan wille, and stráca syþþan on þín leór mid þínum fingre swilce þú sceáran wille, Tech. ii. 127, 2. Add

þicce

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Add Þicce wæteru tenebrosa aqwa, Ps. L. 17, 12. <b>IIIa.</b> add :-- Þǽr árás þicce æcer and manigfeald seges multa surrexit, Gr. D. 240, 3. v. bríw-, un-þicce