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under-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
under-sécan, p. -sóhte

To investigatediscutere

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Ðæm láreówe is swíðe smeálíce tó underséceanne be ðæm weorcum ðara ofertrúwedena subtiliter ab arguente discutienda sunt opera protervorum, 32; Swt. 209, 12

líc-wyrþe

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Add: líc-weorþ Wið his lícwyrðan scætte, C. D. B. iii. 491, 12. Hí gegearwodon ealle þá þing þe mihton beón gesewene ꝥ wǽron nýdbehéfe and lícwyrðe þám þe mid swá mycelum fæder þyder cuman mihton. Gr. D. 148, 8.

wacor

(adj.)
Grammar
wacor, adj.

Watchful, vigilant

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Watchful, vigilant Se ðe wǽre slápol, weorðe se ful wacor, Wulfst. 72, 14. Beó ðú wacor esto vigilans, Past. 58; Swt. 445, 20.

Linked entries: wracu wæccer

cræft

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Hé hæfde án wurðlic weorc on mechanisc geweorc . . . Se cræft sceolde wissian be steorrum hwæt gehwilcum menn gelumpe, . . . on þám cræfte áspende mín fæder má þonne twá hund punda . . . Gif þú þisne cræft healst . . .

fore-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þeón, (for-)

o excelsurpass

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to excel, surpass Ealle wé sind gelíce ætforan Gode, búton hwá óðerne mid gódum weorcum forðeó, Hml. Th. i. 260, 26. Hú hé óþerne on hálgum þeówdóme forþeón mæge, R. Ben. 131, 18.

Linked entry: for-þeón

scapulare

(n.)
Grammar
scapulare, es; n. : <b>scapularie,</b> an; f.
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Hæbban hý eác mid tó wyrcenne scapulare, þæt is gehwǽde cugelan and slýfleás (scapularian for weorcum, R. Ben. I. 91, 17) scapulare propter opera, R. Ben. 89. 13

of-fillan

(v.)

to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy

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to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy Gif mon óðerne æt gemǽnum weorce offelle (-fealle, MSS. B. H.), L. Alf. pol. 13; Th. i. 70, 9.

tó-tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-tredan, p. -træd, pl. -trǽdon; pp. -treden

To tread to piecestrample upon

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Sixti hundred weoren totredene mid horsen, 27473. Wordliche þinges totreden & forhowien, A. R. 166, 22. Totrad conculcavit, Wick. Ps. 55, 2

Linked entry: te-treþ

be-gán

(v.)

passageto go roundto reach by goingcome uponget atto gopass byto gocomegetto pass byTo come byget atto comefall to one's lotto fallget into debtto surroundto confineto occupyto go about a businessto attend toto cultivateto worshipto honourvenerate a placeto exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &amp;c.to practise a religionfollow the dictates of to practisecarry ondo (habitually)to devote one's self to a practiceto exercise a personto behaveto exercise in somethingto exerciseuseemployto professpretend

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Þá gódan weorc þe wé for úre sáule hǽle begán sceoldan, 109, 5. ꝥ weorc begán þe wé ongunnen habbað, Angl. viii. 303, 19. to devote one's self to a practice :-- He begǽð unǽtas and oferdrincas and gálscipe commessationibus vacat et luxuriae atque conviviis

be-hát

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Hé þæt behát mid weorcum gefylde, 486, 24. Gif ðú ðás behát mid weorcum gefylst, i. 380, 13. a promise in religious matters, a vow Scyldig þæs clǽnan be-hátes (vow of chastity), Hml. A. 34, 245: (baptismal vow), Ll. Th. ii. 338, 16.

be-hwerfan

(v.)
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Úre unclǽnan weorc wé sceolon behwyrfan mid clænum, 138, 29

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, l. bite,

a bitethe bite

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Gif bánes bite weorð if the bone be cut, Ll. Th. i. 12, 5. (Cf. O. Frs. bénes biti.)

úre

(pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, gen. pl. of personal pronoun of first person.

Of usour

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Weorð ðú úre gemyndig memor fuit nostri, 113, 21. Gemiltsa úre miserere nostri, Ps. Spl. 122, 4. Gif ðú úre bídan þencest, ¨Exon.

Linked entries: eówer úrer

á-þeóstrian

(v.)
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Gif his andgit áðístriað ðá flǽsclican weorc, Past. 67, 25. Hé áðeóstrade hié obscuravit eos, Ps. Srt. 104, 28. Áþeóstredan caliginabant, obumbrabant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 68. Ðæt ðæt dust ne áðísðrige (á-ðiéstrige,v. l.) ðæt eáge, Past. 131, 22.

gafol-hwitel

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-hwitel, es; m.

A tribute-whittle or blanketa legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of landtribūtāria săga

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A tribute-whittle or blanket, a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land; tribūtāria săga Gafol-hwitel sceal beón æt híwisce vi pæninga weorþ a tribute-whittle from a hide [of land] shall be worth six pence, L.

Linked entry: hwítel

wlacian

(v.)
Grammar
wlacian, p. ode.

to beget lukewarmto make lukewarm

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Swá swá ðæt cealde ǽrest onginð wlacian, ǽr hit ful wearm weorðe, swá eác ðæt wearme wlacaþ, ǽr hit eallunga ácealdige sicut a frigore per teporem transitur ad calorem, ita a calore per teporem reditur ad frigus, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 4. to make lukewarm

bogung

(n.)
Grammar
bogung, bógung, bðung, e; f.

Ostentationarroganceboasting

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Swýðor begýman on bóunge ídeles gylpes þonne on árfæstum weorke ostentationi potius intendisse quam operi, Gr.

ge-stæððignes

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Gehwylc tó ðám Godes weorce efste — þæt þonne sý mid mycelre gestæþðignesse, 47, 14: 67, 15. Mid gestæþignesse and nó mid higeleáste, 68, 2

full-fremedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
full-fremedlic, adj.
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On rihtum geleáfan and on fulfremedlicum weorcum þurhwunian, Bl. H. 77, 19. v. next word

Linked entry: fremed-lic

pistol-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
pistol-bóc, f.
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A book containing the Epistles Hé ( the priest ) sceal habban ða wǽpna tó ðam gástlícum weorce ... ðæt synd ða hálgan béc, saltere and pistolbóc, godspellbóc and mæssebóc, L. Ælfc. C. 21 ; Th. ii. 350, 11-13. Hé ( bishop Leofric) hæfþ ðiderynn (St.