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and-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
and-sæc, n.
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Þone þe tó nánan andsæce ne mæge, 228, 14. 'Ne mæg ic wunian.' . . . Ðá ðáá Þú ondsæc dydest, þæt þú on feorwegas féran ne cúðe, An. 929. Add

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Ne mæg hé wið ofermétta, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 10. Múþ heora spræc ofermétta superbiam Ps. Lamb. 16, 10: Met. 7, 8

ge-metlǽcan

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For the passage substitute Ðeáh wé nú ofer úre mǽð ðencen and smeágen, ðæt we dooð for Gode; ðonne wé hit eft gemetlæcað, ðonne dóð wé ðæt for eów sive mente excedimus, Deo; sive sobrii sumus, vobis, Past. 101, 12

ge-hwyrftnian

(v.)

to tear

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His æfterfolgeras hit siððan totugon and totǽron ðam gelícost ðonne seó leó bringaþ his hungregum hwelpum hwæt to etanne hý ðonne gecýdaþ on ðam ǽte hwylc heora mǽst mæg gehwyrftnian his successors afterwards rent and tore it most like to when the lion

efne-

(prefix)
Grammar
efne-, This form is used in the Northern specimens to render the prefix con- in many Latin verbs, e. g. efne-árísa con-surgere, efne-ceiga con-vocare, efne-fornioma com-prehendere, efne-senda
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com-mittere. For other compounds

pull

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v. mǽr-, mylen-pull. Add

be-stǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stǽlan, p. de
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Sé þe frióne forstele, and lé hine bebycgge, and hit hym on bestǽled, ꝥ hé hine bereccean ne mæg, Ll. Th. i. 48, 6

Linked entry: stǽlan

á-wecgan

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Lytel wind mæg ðone cíð áwecgan (á-wecggean -wecggean, v. l.) (agitat), Past. 225, 6. Wác hreód ðe ǽlc hwiða windes mæg áwecggan, 306, 6. Hét hé spannan oxan tó, ac hí ne mihton áwecgan þǽt mǽden swá, Hml. S. 9, 107.

Linked entry: wecgan

ge-hrifnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hrifnian, p. ode
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cf. hrif) Alexandres æfterfol-geras xiiii geár þisne middangeard tótugon and tótǽron þǽm gelícost þonne seó leó bringð his hungregum hwelpum hwæt tó étanne : hié ðonne gecýðað on ðǽm ǽte hwelc heora mǽst mæg gehrifnian.

for-oft

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Þá unrihtwísan déman beóð wyrsan þonne heregende here: here man mæg foroft befleón, ac þá déman man ne mæg befleón, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 23. Add

Linked entry: oft

geond-scínan

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For ðám hire twýnað hwæðer heó mæg ðe ne mæg ðisne middangeard geondscínan, Sal. K. 192, 2. Ðone ðe ðone folgað ðurh ðá sunnan goodes weorces giendscínan (geond-, v. l. ) wille, Past. 337, 17. Add

be-tweohsn

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweohsn, -tweoxn; prep.

amongAmong

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Among Ðæt hé mæg gán betwuxn unðeáwas ut inter passiones medias transeat, Past. 453, 16

Linked entry: tweohsn

ford

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Add: v. mǽr-ford, mearc-ford, wíþig-ford

un-sweotol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sweotol, adj.

Not evidentnot to be seennot discernible

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Not evident, not to be seen, not discernible Nán ðara gesceafta ne mæg bión búton óþerre, ðeáh hió unsweotol sié on ðære óþerre, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 26. Ne mæg hira ǽnig bútan óþrum bión, þeáh hí unsweotole ( or adv.? ) somod eardien, Met. 20, 146

Linked entry: sweotol

fulla

(n.)
Grammar
fulla, an; m.
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The full, the highest stage reached by anything, the perfection, perfect specimen of a kind or class Hwæt mæg beón wóp oððe sárignys, gif þæt næs se mǽsta ǽgðres? oþþe hwæt mæg beón geómrung and wánung, gyf ꝥ næs se fulla ǽgðres?, Hml. S. 23, 104

wiþer-habban

(v.)
Grammar
wiþer-habban, p. -hæfde

To resist

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To resist Hwæt mæg mé wiðerhabban? quid mihi restat? Ps. Th. 72, 20

Linked entry: wiþ-habban

siht

(adj.)
Grammar
siht, adj.
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On sihtre mǽde norþeweardre, C. D. iii. 430, 29. Cf. seohhe, seohtre

stihtere

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Add: a steward, treasurer Úre cyrican stihteres ( dispensatoris) mǽg, Gr. D. 221, 19

fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrn, adv.

Formerlylong agoof oldōlimprīdemantīquĭtus

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Formerly, long ago, of old; ōlim, prīdem, antīquĭtus Hú mæg ic ðæt findan ðæt swá fyrn gewearþ how can I find that which happened so long ago? Elen. Kmbl. 1261; El. 632: 1279; El. 641.

fríþ

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Substitute: Fair Mec (the cuckoo) seó friðe mǽg (the bird that hatches the cuckoo's egg) fédde oð þæt ic áweóx the fair lady (cf. freólec mǽg used of a woman) nurtured me, till I grew up, Rä. 10, 9