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gránian

(v.)
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Seó grániende gesceaft, Wlfst. 186, 5: 187, 1. Add

lús

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Wyrc sealfe wið lúsum . . . seó sealf gedéð ꝥ þǽr bið þára lúsa lǽs, 50, 16-18. Add

leahter-lic

(adj.)
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leahter-lic, adj.
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Vicious, faulty, defective Ic bidde þone gelǽredan and þone geleáfullan, gif hé hér hwylc hleahterlic word onfinde obsecrans, si illic vitiosus sermo aures eruditi lectoris perculserit Guth. Gr. 101, 11

on-beran

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Seó stów onbyrð (-bireð, v. l.) on feówertigum míla of þissere Rómániscan byrig locus ab Romana urbe quadraginta fere millibus distans, Gr. D. 98, 14

un-brosnigendlic

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Add: of material or non-material objects In þǽre wísan mæg beón ongyten hwylc seó cýþnes byþ in þám unbrosnend-lican lífe ( in illo incarruptibili vita), Gr. D. 312, 7

Linked entry: un-gebrosnendlic

Englisc

Grammar
Englisc, <b>; II 2.</b> add: (2 b)
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a passage written in English Ðis Englisc ætýwð hwæt seó forsette rǽding mǽnð, Angl. viii. 298, 9. Mé ys neód ꝥ ic menge ꝥ Lýden ámang þyssum Englisce, 317, 17

sám-soden

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-soden, adj.

Half-cooked

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Y.) mete si quis cruentum quid comederit in semicocto cibo, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 2

sceádwísness

(n.)
Grammar
sceádwísness, e; f.

Reason

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Reason Ðá cwæþ seó Gesceádwísnes (Sceádwísnes,Cott. MS.), Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 1. Ic wéne ðæt hyt mínsceádwísnes (reason) wére, Shrn. 164, 29. Sceádwísnyssum ratiociniis, R. Ben. Interl. 17,6

ofer-þearfa

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-þearfa, an; m.

One in extreme need

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One in extreme need Is seó bót gelong æt ðé ánum oferþearfum on thee alone depends the remedy f or those in dire need, Exon. Th. 10, 17; Cri. 153

of-þencan

(v.)

to remember

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to remember Gif ðú ofþence hwæthwugu ðæs ðe ðín niéhsta ðé wiðerweardes gedón hæbbe si recordatus fueris, quia frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, Fast. 46, 4; Swt. 349, 10

tó-dǽlendlíce

(adv.)
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tó-dǽlendlíce, adv.

Separablydistinctly

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Seó fífte declinatio gebígþ hire genitivum on e and i tódǽlendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 21, 14 note

Linked entry: tó-dǽledlíce

tó-slite

(n.)
Grammar
tó-slite, es; m.

A rentlearlacerationwound made by scratching, cutting, or biting,

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A rent, lear, laceration, wound made by scratching, cutting, or biting, v. slítan, slite Gif hwá tóbrýsed , genim ðás wyrte . . . Eác swylce tóslite heó gehǽleþ, Lchdm. i. 122, 3

Linked entry: slite

tow-hús

(n.)
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tow-hús, es; n.

A spinning-house

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A spinning-house Towhús of wulle genitium (=gynaeceum locus seu aedes ubi mulieres lanificio operam dabant. The women who worked were called geniciariae pensiles, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 7

Linked entry: tow-cræft

wárig

(adj.)
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wárig, adj.

Stained with sea-weeddirty

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Stained with sea-weed, dirty Biþ his ceól cumen and hyre ceorl tó hám, and heó hine in laðaþ, wæsceþ his wárig hrægl, Exon. Th. 339, 24; Gn. Ex. 90

bǽr

(n.)
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bǽr, e; f.

A pasture (?)

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Ðis is seó bǽr ðértó hýrð, C. D. v. 179, 33. Ðis synt ðá gemǽra ðá[ra] bǽra ðe hiérað tó Hwítancirican, Fisces-burnan, and Felghyrste, 173, 25

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Srt. II, 3

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandmanhomo liber, rusticus, colonus a man, husbandvir, maritusa free man

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Se ceorl, 60; Th. i. 140, 8. Swá we eác settaþ be eallum hádum, ge ceorle ge eorle so also we ordain for all degrees, whether to churl or earl [gentle or simple ], L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 64, 3.

Linked entry: ciorl

lyft

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Deóflu fleóð geond þás lyft ungesewenlíce, swá swá fugelas dóð gesewenlíce, Hml. Th. ii. 90, 21. On lyft scacan, fleógan ofer foldan, Sat. 263.

tó-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-lísan, p. de

To unloose,undo,dissolvesolvere,dissolvere,exsolvereresolvereto undo that which is boundrelease from a bond,to release from captivity, difficulty,to do away with tension,relax,relieveto put an end to the connection between,to separateto dissolve,put an end to,dissipate,to dissolve,relax,destroy the force of,weakento desolate,destroy,to undo a bondto discharge an obligation,to payto break a connection

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Spl. 68, 6. to break a connection Seó geþeódnes ðæs heáfdes tóbrocen and tólýsed wæs ut capitis junctura solveretur, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 25. Ða tólýsdan geþeódnesse dissolutam juncturam, S. 620, 13

Linked entries: tó-lésan tó-lýsan

neód

(n.)
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neód, néd, niéd, nýd, e; f.

Desireeagernessdiligenceearnest endeavour

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Sax. was im niud mikil that sie selƀon Krist gisehan móstin they desired eagerly to see Christ.) Ús is eallum neód ðæt wé ðín médrencynn mótan cunnan we all desire to know thy descent on the mother's side, 15, 33; Cri. 245.