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hand-wyrst

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Se earm betweónan elnbogan and handwyrste cubitus, 22, 62. Add

un-leáslíce

(adv.)
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Wé witon ꝥ ðú eart unleaslíce Godes freónd, 1024. Add

oferlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
oferlíce, adj.

Excessivelyexcessive

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Excessively Hí mid heora synnum swá oferlíce swýðe God gegræmedon, ðæt hé lét Engla here heora eard gewinnan, Wulfst. 166, 18: 83, 14

Englisc-man

(n.)
Grammar
Englisc-man, -mon, es; m.

An Englishman Anglĭcānus

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An Englishman; Anglĭcānus Ic wille ðæt gé fédaþ ealle wæga án earm Engliscmon I will that ye entirely feed one poor Englishman, L. Ath. i. prm; Th. i. 198, 5

wíg-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-mann, es; m.

A man of wara fighting mansoldier

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A man of war, a fighting man, soldier Bella-tores syndon wígmen ðe eard sculon werian wíglíce mid wǽpnum, L. I. P. 4 ; Th. ii. 306, 36 : Wulfst. 267, 15

cirran

(v.)
Grammar
cirran, de; ed

To turnvertere

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To turn; vertere Him cirde to Þurferþ eorl earl Thurferth turned to him, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 27: Invent. Crs. Recd. 1833; El. 915

hulu

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Cornbǽrum eára scale, hule, egle granigera spicarum glumula, An. Ox. 1412. Hulæ, 2, 41

on-cýðan

(v.)

to make known, announce

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to make known, announce Ðá ðá ic on eard com ic oncýððe ealle folce hwæt ic on Róme gedón hæfde, Chart. Th. 117, 1

dros

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Substitute: drós dross, ear-wax Drós auriculum, Txts. 38, 39: Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 40: 8, 59

gleáwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gleáwe, adv.
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Eart þú edneówe, earne gelícast, on geogoðe nú gleáwe geworden, 102, 5

wiþ-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-weorpan, p.-wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen

To reject

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To reject Ðú eart se weallstán ðe ða wyrhtan wiðwurpan, Exon. Th. 1, 4;Cri. 3. Gé ðære snyttro [stán (? cf. Lk. 30, 17)] unwíslíce wiðweorpon, Elen. Kmbl. 587; El. 294

heáfod-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ǽdre, e; f.

The cephalick vein

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The cephalick vein Lǽt him blód on ðam winestran earme of ðære heáfodǽdre let blood from the cephalick vein in his left arm, L. M. 2, 42; Lchdm. ii. 254, 7

heáge

(adv.)
Grammar
heáge, adv.

High

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High Heáge flíhþ se earn sublime volat aquila, Ælfc. Gr. 41, 16. Beheald ðás sunnan hú heáge heó ástíhþ behold this sun, how high it mounts, Homl. Th. i. 286, 31

Linked entry: heáh

eln-boga

(n.)
Grammar
eln-boga, an; m.

An elbowcŭbĭtum

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An elbow; cŭbĭtum Se earm nǽnige bígnesse on ðam elnbogan hæfde the arm had no bending at the elbow, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23

Linked entries: el-boga elm-boga

fýr-loca

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-loca, an; m.

A fire-bondigneum claustrum

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A fire-bond; igneum claustrum Eart tú in fýrlocan feste gebunden thou art fast bound in fire-bonds, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 20; Sat. 58

hergaþ

Grammar
hergaþ, hereþ

booty

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Þá ongan hé þǽr standan earm mid his hereðe (cum praeda sua), Gr. D. 224, 26. Add:

bodian

(v.)

to declareproclaimto foretellprophesycelebratepraiseto preacha persona doctrinebelief

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Add: to declare, proclaim, make known Ðá geleáfullan bodiað (bodigeað, v. l.) be Gode ðæt sóð is ecclesta ore fidelium de Deo, quaeque vera sunt, testatur, Past. 367, 9. Sé . . . þe hé tówearde sægde and bodode, Bl. H. 9, 16. Weorþian wé Sancta Marian

ge-strícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strícan, pp. ge-stricen.
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into the flat of your left hand and lay your hand to your ear, Tech. ii. 126, 7- to form with a stroke of a pen Quincunx . . . beóð þus gehíwod.

elm-boga

(n.)
Grammar
elm-boga, an; m.

An elbow cŭbĭtum

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An elbow; cŭbĭtum Gif se earm biþ forad búfan elmbogan if the arm be broken above the elbow, L. Alf. pol. 54; Th. i. 94, 24

full-neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
full-neáh, adv.

Full nearlyvery nearlyalmostfĕre

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Full nearly, very nearly, almost; fĕre Ðú eart fullneáh forþoht thou art almost despairing, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 16: Chr. 897; Th. 175, 39, col. 1