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ge-dwol

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hét fordílgian þá gedwolan hringas (þá ge-dwolhringas, v.l.) oblitteratis erroneis circulis, Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 680, 7. Add

blanca

a steed

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a steed Þá hét hé on ðæs pápan ciericean gestællan his blancan and monig óðer neát, Shrn. 51, 22. Add::

mund-leów

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hét geótan wæter on mundleów misit aquam in pelvem Hml. A. 155, 102. Add

spadu

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Hé gemétte swá manige wyrhtan, swá manige swá hé hét spadena in weorpan . . . þeófas. . . onféngon þá spada, Gr. D. 201, 19-202, 3. Add

túdor-teónde

(adj.)
Grammar
túdor-teónde, producing offspring or
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fruit Hét sǽs and eorðan tuddorteóndra teohha gehwilcre wæstmas fédan. Cd. Th. 59, 5; Gen. 959: 201, 14; Exod. 372

biddere

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hét syllan þá scyllingas þám biddere (petitori), Gr. D. 158, 20. Add

ofostlíce

(adv.)
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hét ofeslíce leahtra leáse in þæs leádes wylm scúfan, Jul. 582. Add

tintregung

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hét his cwelleras swíðor wítnian þone hálgan wer, ac hí áteórodon on þǽre tintregunge, Hml. S. 37, 126. Add

tó-stician

(v.)
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Hét mé man ꝥ ic ðone swile tósticode jusserunt me incidere tumorem illum, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 447, 3. Add

fǽrlíce

(adv.)

suddenlyunexpectedlysoonimmediatelyby chancehaphazard

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L. 9, 39. soon, immediately, in a hurry Hwí héte ðú mé feccan þús fǽrlíce tó þé why did you send for me in such a hurry?, Hml. S. 14, 52. Hé óðre fyrde hét feárlíce ábannan he had another force called out at once, Chr. 1095; P. 231, 19.

be-hæpsian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hæpsian, p. ode
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To fasten with a bolt, bolt a door Hé hét hí gán út and behæpsode þá duru, Hml. S. 31, 214

Linked entry: hæpsian

be-sprengan

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hét mid pice þæt mǽden besprencgan, Hml. S. 9, 118. Add

ofer-rówan

(v.)

to cross by rowing

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to cross by rowing: — Ðá hét hé his leorningcnihtas faran tó scipe, and oferrówan ðone brym, Homl. Th. ii. 384, 19

for-hátan

to renounceoutlawproscribe

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cf. þú hine héte flýman, Cht. Th. 173, 6) Se forhátena (the devil who tempted Eve) spræc, Gen. 609

sufel

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And þá gewordenum ǽrmergenne hé hét beran mid him þone suflmete þe hé ǽr hét gegearwian' ite et operariis nostris pulmentum coquite, ut mane primo paratum sit.' Facto mane fecit deferri pulmentum quod parari jusserat, Gr. D. 201, 24-26. Add

be-hyldan

(v.)

to put off to flayskinexcoriare

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to put off to flay, skin; excoriare He hét hý behyldan he ordered to flay it Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 45

word-beótung

(n.)
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word-beótung, e; f.

Promisinga promise

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Promising, a promise Ðec biddan hét se ðisne beam ágróf, ðæt ðú gemunde on gewitlocan wordbeótunga, Exon. Th. 473, 14; Bo. 14

Linked entry: beótung

ge-hlæstan

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hét his scip mid hwǽte gehlæstan, and mid micclum gewihte goldes and seolfes, and mid reáfum, Ap. Th. 6, 3. Add

cwic-súsl

(n.)
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cwic-súsl, cwyc-súsl, es; n; e; f. [súsl sulphur, brimstone, torment, punishment] Living punishment, hell-torment; sempervivum tormentum, infernum, barathrum = βάραθρον
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Cwicsúsl vel helelíc deópnes barathrum, vorago profunda, Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 66, 96; Wrt. Voc. 36, 20. Satanas ðæs cwicsúsles ealdor ðære helle Satan the chief of the living torment of hell, Nicod. 26; Thw. 14, 12. On ðam cwicsúsle in hell-torment, 25;

Linked entries: súsl cwyc-súsl

pínung-tól

(n.)
Grammar
pínung-tól, es; n.
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An instrument of torture Decius hét gearcian eall ðæt pínungtól, Homl. Th. i. 428, 18. Mid eallum ðisum pínungtólum getintregod, 424, 22

Linked entry: tól