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giwian

(v.)
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Giuias, Mt. L. 7, 9. Giuiað postulat, Rtl. 92, 32 Giueð petit, Mt. L. 5, 42. Ué giugað poscimus, Rtl. 52, 10. Gié giuigas petieritis, 21, 22. Gé giowigas (giuað, L.), Jn. R. 16, 26: Mk. R. (L.) 11, 24. Giowigas (giwigeð, L.), 10, 28. Giwas, Mt.

meahte-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
meahte-líc, <b>meaht-líc;</b> adj.

Possible

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Ealle þing synd gelýfedum mihtlíce (MS. A. myhtelíce), Mk. Skt. 9, 23

gleow-stól

(n.)
Grammar
gleow-stól, es; m.

A glee-stoolseat of joylætitiæ sedessella

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A glee-stool, seat of joy; lætitiæ sedes vel sella Ðone gleowstól [MS. gleáw- prudens, gnarus] bróðor mín ágnade my brother possessed the seat of joy, Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 1; Rä. 88, 9

wudu-bend

(n.)

wood-bine

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Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman ðe man capparis and óþrum naman wudubend hátaþ, Lchdm. i. 302, 11. Wuduhunig ðæt wæxeþ on wudebendum, Mk. Skt. Rush. l, 6. v. wudubind, and cf. wiþo-bend

Linked entries: wiþo-bend wudu-bind

flyhte

(n.)
Grammar
flyhte, es; m.

A patch

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Mk. L. R. 2, 21. Nǽnig mon setteþ cláþ flyhti neówenne in hrægl ald nemo inmittit commissuram panni rudis in vestimentum vetus, Mt. R. 9, 16

Linked entry: cláþ-flyhte

gristbitian

(v.)
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Spl.) mid his tóþum ongeán hine, Ps. Th. 36, 12. Gristbites, Mk. R. 9, 18. Hý gristbitoton ( stridenunt ) on tóþum heora, Ps. Rdr. 34, 16. Add

wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
wirgan, wirigan, wirian; p. de, ede.

to cursemaledicereto do evil

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Gif mín feónd wyrgeþ (wyrigde, Ps. Spl.) si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, Ps. Th. 54, 11. Se ðe wyrigð (woerges, Lind.: wærge, Rush.) hys fæder, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 4; Homl. Th. ii. 36, 10.

metian

(v.)

to supply with food

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to supply with food Ðá beád hé ðæt man sceolde his here metian (MS. C. mettian) and horsian he ordered that his army should be supplied with food and with horses, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 3

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regn-þeóf

(n.)
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regn-þeóf, -es; m.

An arch-thief

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An arch-thief Regnþeóf ne lǽt [] on sceade sceððan, Exon. Th. 453, 14;Hy 4, 14. Swá nú regnþeófas ríce dǽlaþ (cf. regintheoƀos farstelad (Mat. vi. 19). Hel. 1646), Cd. Th. 212, 12;Exod. 538

þrítig-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig-feald, adj.

Thirty-fold

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Thirty-fold Mid þrittifealdne héhnysse tricena altitudine, Hpt. Gl. 445, 8. Sum berð þrittigfealdne wæstm, Homl. Ass. 21, 175: Mt. Kmbl. 13, 8. Þrítigfealdne, Mk. Skt. 4, 20. Ða habbaþ þrittigfealde méde, Homl. Ass. 21, 179

wreccan

(v.)
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wreccan, (?); p. wreahte; pp. wreaht, wræht, wreht

To twistto strainto torment

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To twist, to strain [Gif hors bið gewræht, Lchdm. iii. 62, 12.] fig. to torment Ic hálsigo ðec ne mec ne wrecce (for wrece?; wuræcce, Lind. ) adiuro te ne me torqueas. Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 7

on-lúcan

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Add Ðonne seó cest bið onlocen, þonne cymeð ðǽr upp wunderlic stenc, Shrn. 67, 27. add Hé ús onlýhð, nú ús bóceras beteran secgað, lengran lyftwynna, Exod. 529. Se Wísdóm wordhord onleác. Met. 6, 1

bearn

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Bearn soboles, bearn ( = pl.) liberi, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 26, 27: pignus, ii. 66, 64. Bearna bearn pronepotibus, 76, 69. Nefena bearnum, An. Ox. 850. Betwuh bearnum inter natos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 46. Add

for-fang

(n.)
Grammar
for-fang, -feng, fore-feng, -fong, es; m.

a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost propertyapprehensiothe reward for rescuing such propertymerces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur

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Embe forfang, witan habbaþ gerǽdd, ðæt man ofer eall Engle-land gelícne dóm healde; ðæt is æt men fíftene peningas, and æt horse eal [MS. heal] swá ...

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ge-sellan

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</b> to give to eat or drink (infin. ) :-- Ðú gesaldes eatta. . . gesaldon dringe, Mt. L. 25, 35. to hand over. to give into the keeping of, commit, entrust Fíf cræft gesaldes (tradidisti), Mt. L. 25, 20. Gesaldest, 22.

ge-tǽcan

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ne getǽce his getihtledan man fram him, Ll.

in-seglian

(v.)
Grammar
in-seglian, p. ode

To seal

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To seal, place a seal upon Hig innseglodon ðone stán signantes lapidem, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 66. Inseglige man ða hand let a seal be put upon the hand, L. Æðelst. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 30

recenlíce

(adv.)
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recenlíce, adv.
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Quickly, immediately, at once, straightway Eodun hreconlíce ( cito ) from byrgenne, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 28, 8. Hreconlíce (ricenlíce, Rush.) protinus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 18. Reconlíce (ricenlíce, Rush.) continuo, 1, 31.

Linked entry: ricenlíce

þing-stów

(n.)
Grammar
þing-stów, e; f. A place of meeting, a public place
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In spréc[stów] ł in ðingstów in foro, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 3. From ðingstówe (-stów, Lind.) a foro, Mk. Skt. Rush. 7, 4

on-sín

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Add: — Ic mîne sâwle sette mid môde, swâ eorðan bið ansŷn wæteres I made my soul feel as want of water is for the ground; anima mea sicut terra sine aqua tibi, Ps. Th. 142, 6