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unwit-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
unwit-weorc, es; n.

A work of follyfoolish work

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A work of folly, foolish work Wé habbaþ nédþearfe ðæt wé lange ne fylgeon unwitweorcum, Blickl. Homl. 111, 2

gafol-manung

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-manung, e; f.

A demanding of tax tribute, 'the receipt of custom'

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A demanding of tax or tribute, 'the receipt of custom' Sittende geafolmonunge sedentem ad teloneum, Mk. R. 2, 14

Linked entry: geafol-monung

ofer-wintran

(v.)

to winter, pass the winter

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to winter, pass the winter Nán eówer nele oferwintran (hiemare) búton mínum (the shoemaker) cræfte. Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 1

Linked entry: -wintran

on-métan

(v.)

to paint, cover as with colour

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to paint, cover as with colour Ðú mid sárlícre sceame onméttest (-meltest, Th.) perfudisti eum confusione, Ps. Th. 88, 38

Linked entry: métan

smeá-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
smeá-wyrhta, an; m.

A skilled workman, an artisan

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A skilled workman, an artisan Gif hé smeá-wyrhtan hæfþ ðám hé sceal tólan fylstan Anglia ix. 263, 16

ge-slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-slǽpan, -slépan, -slépian [in the Northern glosses of the Gospels the verb is weak]

to sleep

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to sleep He geslépde dormiebat, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 24. Geslépedon alle and geslépdon dormitaverunt omnes et dormierunt, 25, 5

ge-þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeccan, p. -þeahte

To cover;tegere

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To cover; tegere Lago hæfde geþeahte éðel the water had covered the country, Cd. 73; Th. 90, 8; Gen. 1492

Linked entry: ge-deccan

hnǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
hnǽgan, p. de

To neigh

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To neigh Ic hnǽge hinnio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 58. Hors hnǽgþ equus hinnit, 22; Som. 24. 9

hnossian

(v.)
Grammar
hnossian, p. ode

To beat, strike

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To beat, strike Mec hnossiaþ homera láfe swords shall strike me, Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 13; Rä. 6, 7

Linked entry: ge-hnyst

tumbian

(v.)
Grammar
tumbian, p. ode

To tumbledance

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To tumble, dance Ðá tumbude (saltavit) ðære Herodidiscean dohtur beforan him. Mt. Kmbl. 14, 6. Tumbode, Mk. Skt. 6, 22

Linked entry: tumbere

twi-férlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
twi-férlǽcan, p.-lǽhte

To dissociate

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To dissociate Ða ðe hí sylfe fram sóðre lufe twyférlǽcaþ (-eþ, MS.) qui semetipsos a caritate dissociant, Scint. 6, 8

fót-gewǽde

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Hæbben hý fótgewǽdum hosa and meón indumenta pedum pedules et caligas, R. Ben. 89, 14. R. Ben. 55 substitute

wíg-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-gild, (wíh-), es; n.

An idol

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An idol Hié onhnigon ðani herige, hǽðne þeóde wurðedon wíhgyld, Cd. Th. 227, 5; Dan. 182. Cf. deófol-gild

Linked entry: wíh-gyld

sprýtan

(v.)
Grammar
sprýtan, sprítan (?); p. te

To sproutspring as a plant

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To sprout, spring as a plant Of ðam blado bealwa gehwilces sprýtan (spryttan?) ongunnon, Cd. Th. 61, 10; Gen. 995

Linked entry: a-sprýtan

be-fǽttian

(v.)

to fatten

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to fatten Ele ne áfǽttaþ ł ne be[fǽttaþ] heáfod mín oleum non inpinguet caput meum, Ps. L. 140, 5

be-drúgian

(v.)
Grammar
be-drúgian, p. ode

To dry up

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To dry up Meng wið ele, smyre, and þonne ꝥ bedrúgud sý, eft þú hit geníwa, Lch. i. 336, 4

Linked entry: drugian

symbel-wynn

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-wynn, e; f.

The pleasure of feasting, the delight of the feast

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The pleasure of feasting, the delight of the feast Gá nú setle, symbelwynne dreóh, Beo. Th. 3569; B. 1782

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Add: to make worthy, give worth to Gé beóþ on gedwolan þonne gé wénaþ ꝥ ǽnig mæg mid fræmdum welum beón geweorþod.

þennan

(v.)
Grammar
þennan, þenian; p. þenede.
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to stretch, spread out, extend, bend (a bow) Ic míne handa ðé hebbe and ðenige expandi manus meas ad te, Ps. Th. 87, 9. Bogan his ðeneþ arcum swum tetendit, Ps. Surt. 7, 13. Ic míne handa ðé þenede expandi manus meas ad te, Ps. Th. 142, 6.

Linked entries: þenian þænnan

ge-dígan

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D. 327, 18. to recover from illness Bútan þá áne þe hý þá slitnesse gedígean mægen iis tantummodo exceptis, quae a tali laceratione convalescere possint, Ll. Th. ii. 166, 25. to benefit, profit