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reócan

(v.)
Grammar
reócan, p.reác

To reek, send forth smoke or steam

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To reek, send forth smoke or steam Ðonne hé ( helleborus albus ) tóbrocen byþ, hé rýcþ eal swylce hé smic of him ǽsænde, Lchdm, i. 260, 8. Muntas reócaþ montes fumigant, Ps. Th. 103, 30 : 143, 6. Reác exalabat, Wrt.

Linked entries: récan hreócan

cwén

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Hé cwæð: 'Nimað þás þing þe mé seó cwén forgeaf,' Ap. Th. 17, 16—18, 15. v. port-, rihtæþel-cwén

fore-mǽre

Grammar
fore-mǽre, , for-mǽre.
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Þæt wæs foremǽrost receda, B. 309. non-material Is ꝥ seó foremǽre gebyrd Sancte Ióhannes, Bl. H. 161, 6. Foremǽran (foræmeran, MS.; fore mǽran ?) ob potiorem (virginitatis gloriam, Ald. 58, 24. Cf. potiorem mǽran, An. Ox. 4153), Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 7

irþ-land

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His deácon sǽde ꝥ seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þiére cyrican yrðland ( agros ) úp yrnende, Gr. D. 193, 15. Add

wæd

(n.)
Grammar
wæd, es; n.

A fordshallow waterwater that may be traverseda body of watersea

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Biggles-wade, Longwathby); poet. a body of water, sea Bí wædes ófre, Exon. Th. 360, 22; Wal. 9. Wyllelm king lǽdde scypferde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... him sylf mid his landfyrde férde inn ofer ðæt wæð(æt ðam gewæde, MS. E.

Linked entries: ge-wæd wæð

wǽdlung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdlung, e; f.

povertyindigencewantbegging

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Hine (Lazarus) geswencte seó wǽdlung, and áfeormode; ðone óðerne (Dives) gewelgode his genihtsumnys, and bepǽhte, Homl. Th. i. 332, 9. Of wǽdlunga de inopia, Ps. Spl. 106, 41. On wǽdlunga in mendicitate, 106, 10.

ofer-fyll

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-fyll, e; -fyllu(o); indecl. f.

Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinkingcrapula

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Seó oferfyll simle fét unþeáwas, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 27: Blickl. Homl. 37, 14. Wið manegum ádlum ða ðe cumaþ of oferfyllo, Lchdm. ii. 178, 10: 244, 4. Hit gelimpeþ of oferfylle ... for oferfyllo ex crapula Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 36-42.

tit

(n.)
Grammar
tit, titt, es; m.

A teat,pap,Brest

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Bi þeo tittes þet he sec, A. R. 330, 5. Teon þe tittes awei of þine breosten, Kath. 2098. A fostre wimman on was tette he sone aueð lagt, Gen. and Ex. 2621. Tete rimes with swete (I sweat), Chauc. C. T. 3704; with lete, pp. of leten, Gow. i. 268, 3.

óþ-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-íwan, -éwan, -eáwan, -eówan, -iéwan, -ýwan.
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Hér óþiéwde cometa se steorra, Chr. 678; Erl. 40, 5: 773; Erl. 52, 23. Óþýwde, Elen. Kmbl. 325; El. 163. Óteáwdon apparuerunt, Ps. Surt. 17, 16. Óþeówdun, Exon. Th. 28, 17 ; Cri. 448.

Linked entries: óþ-eáwan óþ-éwan

eád

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Beorn monig seah on sync, on sylfor, on searogimmas, on eád, on ǽht, on eorcanstán, Ruin. 37. Se rinc ágeaf eorðcunde eád ( earthly possessions ), Gen. 1627

tulge

(adv.)
Grammar
tulge, cpve. tylg; spve. tylgest; adv.

Stronglyfirmly

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Se ealles tylgest romanisce þeawe song in Godes circan he sang chiefly after the Roman manner in God's Church, (These two passages are from a MS. of the first half of the 12th century.) 143, 36

Linked entry: tylg

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Th. 312, 16; Seef. 110. Se his godcundnesse mid sóþum wísum gerýmeþ, Blickl. Homl. 179, 24. Sendon hié Amilchor, ðæt hé Alexandres wísan besceáwode (ad perscrutandos Alexandra actus), Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 13.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

rǽding

(n.)
Grammar
rǽding, e; f.
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Ben. 43, 2. what is read, reading, a passage in a book, a lesson Ðis Englise ǽtýwþ hwæt seó foresette rǽding ( passage ) mǽnþ, Anglia viii. 298, 9. Seó rǽding cwyþ ðæt ðǽr ys gyt on ǽlcum tácne healftíd, 298, 31 : 300, 32 : 309, 1.

Linked entry: bóc-rǽding

wól

(n.)
Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.

Pestpestilenceplaguemurrain

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Ǽr ðæm ðe seó wól geendod wǽre cessatum a mortibus non est, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 12. Seó monigfealdeste wól pestilentia gravis, praecipue mulieres pecudesque corripiens, 4, i; Swt. 158, 17.

hreód

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Wæs seó burh mid þý hreóde . . . þe wé ǽr sægdon geworht oppidum ex his arundinibus quas ante descripsimus erat edificatum, 10, 13.

ǽht

Grammar
ǽht, In Ll. Th. i. 6, 3 the weak form, ealle ða ǽhtan, occurs, and a form not feminine, mínes ágenes ǽhtes,
  • 194, 16
  • .

what is owned, a possessionpossession

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Selle hé his wǽpn and his ǽhta his freóndum tó gehealdenne, 60, 8. of landed property :-- Ðæt seó ǽht hereditas úre sý, Lk. 20, 14. Náht elles hire ne sealde búton .vi. yntsan ánre ǽhte possesiunculae Gr. D. 222, 26.

ag-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
ag-lǽca, -lǽcea, -léca, an; m. [ah-lǽca, æg-, æc-; ag-lác, -lǽc misery; a the m. of personal noun]

A miserable beingwretchmiscreantmonsterfierce combatantmiserperditusmonstrumbellator immanis

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A miserable being, wretch, miscreant, monster, fierce combatant; miser, perditus, monstrum, bellator immanis Ne ðæt se aglǽca yldan þohte nor did the wretch [Grendel] mean to delay that, Beo. Th. 1482; B. 739.

BEORMA

(n.)
Grammar
BEORMA, an; m : bearm, es; m.

Barmleavenyeastfrothfermentum

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Barm, leaven, yeast, froth; fermentum Se beorma awent ða gesceafta of heora gecynde barm changes creatures from their nature Homl. Th. ii. 278, 21. Wistfullian on yfelnysse beorman to feast on the barm of evil ii. 278, 25.

Linked entries: and-beorma ge-byrman

carian

(v.)
Grammar
carian, p. ode; pp. od
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Se morgenlíca dæg caraþ ymb hyne sylfne crastinus dies sollicitus erit sibi ipsi, Mt. Bos. 6, 34: Homl. Th. i. 66, 9. Carian to take heed, care, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 5. Ða cariaþ mid wacelum móde they care with watchful mind, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 2

cýðere

(n.)
Grammar
cýðere, es; m.

a witness testis a witness

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Bos. 14, 63. a martyr, one who bears witness by his death; martyr = μάρτυς a witness Stephănus is se forma cýðere Stephen is the early martyr, Homl. Th. ii. 34, 13. Þurh ðæs hálgan cýðeres þingunge through the pleading of the holy martyr, 28, 33.