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gǽlsa

lust

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Add: lust Ǽlc gǽlsa scyldig scelerata libido, Dóm. L. 237. Mid sticelum gǽlsan luxuriae stimulis, 179. Þá þe ðá eorðlican grǽdignysse and gǽlsan ungefóhlíce fremmað qui luxuria et libidine pascitur et delectatur, Angl. vii. 26, 252: Wlfst. 166, 29.

þæc-sele

(n.)
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Of ðon nyrðan gate on þacseleheal; of þacseleheal, C.D. iii. 134, 37. (?)

Linked entry: þac-sele

swég-dyne

(n.)
Grammar
swég-dyne, -dynn, es; m.
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A resounding din, crash Heard gebrec, hlúd, unrnǽte, swégdynna mǽst ( the crack of doom. ) Exon. Th. 59, 20; 955

túdor-fóster

(n.)
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túdor-fóster, es; m.
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Nourishment of offspring Æfter ðon tuddor-fóstre vel of ðírn síþborenarn de post fetantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 81

Linked entry: fóster

acan

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Wið ðon ðe mon on heáfod ace, ii. 304, 25. Add

ceald

(n.)
Grammar
ceald, cald, es; n.

Cold, coldnessfrigus

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Hátes and cealdes of heat and of cold, Exon. 117b; Th. 451, 20; Dóm. 106. Hý beóþ cealde geclnngene they are shrivelled with cold, Salm. Kmbl. 609; Sal. 304.

bén

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Hé Drihtene his béna bebeád, Dóm. L. 60. Boene petitiones, Ps. Srt, 19, 7. Boeno supplicationes, Rtl. 40, 27. ¶ as a technical term. v. bén-ríp, -irþ (-yrþ) :-- Hé sceal erian .iii. æceras tó béne arabit .iii. acras precum, Ll. Th. i. 434, 16

brastlian

(v.)
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Fýren líg bláweð and braslad reád and réðe ignea sonitus perfundet flamma feroces, Dóm. L. 151 : Wlfst. 138, 8. Bærstlaþ crepuerit. Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 12. Brastlade crepuit, i. sonuit, 136, 71.

ofer-geótan

(v.)

to cover by pouring, to suffuse

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Dreórige hleór sealtum dropum ofergeótaþ suffuse the mournful face with tears Dóm. L. 4, 36. Ðæt scyp wearþ ofergoten operiretur mid ýðum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 24. Mid swáte ofergoten, Glostr. Frag. 104, 17. Mid wópe ofergoten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 2

on-grislíc

(adj.)
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on-grislíc, adj.

Horrible, dreadful

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Angryslíc, Dóm. L. 14, 225. Ongrislíces andwlitan horrido vultu . . . ongrislícre ansíne horrendae visionis, Bd. 5, 13 ; S. 633, 1-5. On ðære angrislícan gesihþe horridae visionis;, 5, 12 ; S. 628, 19. Ongrislíco hǽr horridi crines, 5, 2; S. 615, 1.

word-lár

(n.)
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word-lár, e; f.
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(Verbal) teaching Swá dón hí . . . ꝥ. . . hí beón tó bysne óðrum ge an wordlǽre ( in uerbo), Chrd. 53, 22

for-hrædlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-hrædlíce, adv.

Very quicklysuddenly

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Very quickly, suddenly Wé hí forhrædlíce tó ðǽm weorce dón ne mægen non repente in fabrica ponitur, Past. 445, 1

Linked entry: hrædlíce

ge-cnáwness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cnáwness, e; f. An acknowledgement, v. ge-cnáwan; II. 2
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dóð hig æt ǽlcum heorðe tó gecnáwnisse þám canonicon ánne penig tó Eástron ǽlce geáre, Cht. Th. 609, 7

Linked entry: -cnáwness

sceaþa

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L. 7, 7. v. dol[h]- (?), heáh-sceaþa

neáh-lǽcan

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D. 330, 25, (la) with clause :-- Nú ú with impersonal construction, to approach a season or event Hit tó ðám dóme nú georne neálǽcð, Wlfst. 18, 14. Neólicað onlésnisse eówrum appropinguat redemtio uestra, Lk. R. 21, 28.

sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
sceádan, scádan; scéd,sceád ; sceáden.

to separate, divide, make a line of separation betweento distinguish, decideto scatter, shedto separate, divide, partto be distinguished, to differto scatter, shed

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Ðonne biþ gǽsta dóm sceáden swá hí geworhtun ǽr then shall the spirits' doom be decided, according to their deserts, Exon. Th. 76, 2; Cri. 1233. Sceáden mǽl the appointed time (?) Beo.

ícend

(n.)
Grammar
ícend, es; m.
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One who increases or augments Ðon hé cymþ of ðam worde augeo ic geíce and hé getácnaþ geeácnunge ðon macaþ hé hic auctor ðes ícend and hæc auctrix ðeós ícestre when it comes from the word augeo I increase, and indicates augmentation, then it makes hic

Linked entry: ícestre

deáþ-synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-synnig, adj.
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Guilty of death, liable to the punishment of death Sé ðe ofslaeð deádsynig ( reus ) bið tó dóme, Mt. L. 5, 21

Linked entry: deád-synnig

dwæscan

(v.)
Grammar
dwæscan, l. dwǽscan, dele 'p. dwæscede,'
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and add Ongunnon hió weorpan wæter and hlýdan, swá þá dóð þe fýr dwǽscað (-eað, v. l. ), Gr. D. 124, 1

ge-glófed

(adj.; part.)
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gloved Ic nát hú þú hym onfón mage mid geglófedum handum; ðú scealt dón bær líc ongeán, Solil. H. 42, 11

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