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searu-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
searu-ceáp, es; n.
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An ingenious piece of goods, a curious implement Næfde sellícu wiht folme, exle ne earmas, sceal on ánum fét searoceáp (cf. searo, ) swífan, Exon. Th. 415, 6; Rä. 33, 7

scripp

(n.)
Grammar
scripp, es; n. (?)
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A scrip, bag Petrus forlét lytle þing, scripp and net, ac hé forlét ealle þing, ðá ðá hé for Godes lufon nán þing habban nolde, Homl. Th. i 394, 7

biliþ

(n.)
Grammar
biliþ, es; n.

An image, a representation, resemblance, likeness, pattern, exampleimago, effigies

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An image, a representation, resemblance, likeness, pattern, example; imago, effigies Biliþe wǽron eorlas Ebréa the men were the images [likenesses] of the Hebrews, Cd. 187; Th. 232, 7, note a

blód-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
blód-fág, adj.

Stained with bloodsanguine tinctus

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Kmbl. 2809; An. 1407: Beo. Th. 4127; B. 2060

ge-lómlícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lómlícian, p. ode; pp. od

To become frequent

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To become frequent Manig yfel we geaxiaþ hér on lífe gelómlícian and wæstmian many an evil we learn has become frequent in this life and flourishes, Blickl. Homl. 109, 2

slæccan

(v.)
Grammar
slæccan, sleccan (?); p. slæcte, slæhte
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Ðá cwæþ se cyngc, ' Ðe læs ðe ic eów á leng slæce (slæcce ?), ' Th. Ap. 20, 6

Linked entries: sleccan a-slæccan

steóp-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-bearn, es; n.
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An orphan Steópbearn pupillus, Ps. Vos. 81, 3. Ðam steápbearne ic geheólp, Homl. Th. ii. 448, 14, 20. Ðæt mann wydewan geneósige and steópbearnum gehelpe, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 63

un-gebeorhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gebeorhlíce, adv.

Not safelyrashly(?)intemperately(?)

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Lufiaþ, gé weras, eówere wíf on ǽwe; ne beó gé bitere him ungebeorhlíce ( polite amari esse ad illas, Col. 3, 19), Homl. Th. ii. 322, 26

Linked entry: ge-beorglíce

wlitige

(adv.)
Grammar
wlitige, adv.

Beautifullyfairlysplendidly

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Kmbl. 3438 ; An. 1723

wiþer-flita

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-flita, an; m.

An adversaryopponent

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An adversary, opponent Magan hiora sprǽce gemetgian ða ðe ðæs cristendomes wiþerflitan sint, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 64, 14. Wiðerflitan, 2, 5; Swt. 84, 26: 3, 3; Swt. 102, 15

bog-timber

(n.)
Grammar
bog-timber, es; n.
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Wood for an arch Similar entries (? v. boga, II) Ic gegade-rode mé bohtimbru and bolttimbru (bolt = bold ? ef. boldgetæl (bolt-)) I gathered me wood for building, Shrn. 163, 7

Linked entries: boh-timber bolt-timber

dǽlere

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Add: an almsgiver. v. dǽlan, 1 ¶ Cýð mildheortnysse earmum mannum mid begeáte; ne forlǽt God ðé, sé ðe ðé tó dǽlere gesette, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 28 Wlfst. 286, 30

ealde-fæder

(n.)
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a grandfather. Cf. eald, VI a On Arcestrates cyne-ríce his ealdefeder. Ap. Th. 28, 9. Se cing Eádmund ys bebyrged mid his ealdefæder Eádgáre, Chr. 1016; P. 153, 22

Linked entry: fæder

eorþ-cafer

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-cafer, eorþ-ceafer, es; m.

An earth-beetle

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An earth-beetle Eorðceaperas (printed -caferas, but see Angl. viii. 450) tauri (cf. a kind of earth-beetles called tauri, i. Buls, Holland's Pliny), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 26. Substitute:

eorþ-gemet

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Voc. ii. 40, 41: An. Ox. 55, 2. Eorþgemete geometrica, 2, 157. Eorþgemet geometricam, terram mensuram, 5442. For Cot. 95 substitute

feón

(v.)
Grammar
feón, p. feah, pl. fǽgon; pp. fegen, fægen

To rejoice

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To rejoice Swá mycle má wé feógað on ðám tóweardan lífe, An. Ox. 1118 note. Þý lǽs on Þ fǽgon Þ ic swá lytle hwíle lifgean móste, Nar. 32, 20

feónd-rǽs

an onslaughtassault

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A hostile attack, an onslaught, assault Ic fracoðlíce feóndrǽs gefremede . . . and reáfode beám on bearwe I (Eve) wickedly made onslaught and despoiled the tree in the garden, Gen. 900. Substitute:

fíc-treów

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Fíctreów ficus, An. Ox. 56, 362. Hé (Adam) ábyrgde ðá forbodenan fíctreówes blǽda, Sal. K. p. 182, 34. Under ðǽm fícbeóme ł fíctrée sub ficu, Jn. R. 1, 48. Add

flítere

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On helle beóþ þeófas and flýteras and gítseras, Bl. H. 61, 21. Flítera scismaticorum, An. Ox. 2895. Substitute for the passages

ge-récan

(v.)
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to smoke, fumigate Dó gléda an glédfæt, and lege þá wyrta on; geréc þone man mid þám wyrtum, Lch. ii. 346, 4. Gyf hyt bið mid gereced, i. 356, 14.