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wræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wræc-líc, adj.

strangewonderfulwretchedmiserable

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strange, wonderful Fæste is ðín templ éce and wræclíc áwa tó feore sanctum est templum tuum, mirabile in aequi-fate, Ps. Th. 64, 5 : Exon. Th. 26, 12 ; Cri. 416.

á-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Hé wende ábútan Eást-Englum in tó Humbran múðan, 1013; P. 143, 13. approximation Ábútan feówer hund manna, 1055; P. 186, 6. adv. marking position Ábútan beringede circumdati Scint. 103, 11. Gehwár ábútan circumquaque An.

Eást

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
Eást, es; m.
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Þæt hé ymbsáwe súð, eást, and west, Met. 10, 5. of relative position, east, to the east, in the east Þá beorgas onginnað westane . . . and endiað eft eást in Dalmatia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 22, 21.

ge-þicgan

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ge-þicgan, [The strong and weak forms may be taken under one head.]
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Hé landriht geþah he became entitled to the same rights as a native of the country in which he had settled, became naturalized, Exod. 354. to take food Lima wyrm friteð ... and þá wist geþygeð, Reim. 76.

hreóf

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D. 157, 6. of a thing, Wal. 8 (in Dict.)

rím

(n.)
Grammar
rím, es ; n.

Number

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Ic feówertig folce ðyssum wintra rímes wunade neáh forty years in number I dwelt near this folk, Ps. Th. 94, 10. Æfter rime fíf Moyses bóca juxta numerum librorum, Bd. 1, 1 ; S. 474, 1.

æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, l. æf-est(-æst, -ist), æfst, æfstu; m. f.

zeal

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Æfisto invidias Rtl. 25, 25. in a good sense, zeal Be gódum æfste (zelo) ðe munecas habban sceolon, R. Ben. 131, II. Elnung ł æfista húses ðines zelus domus tuae Jn. R. 2, 17

hón

(v.)
Grammar
hón, p. héng; pp. hangen

To hang, suspend, crucify

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Ðone óðerne hé hét hón on gealgan alterum suspendit in crucem, Gen. 40, 22. Hét se wælhreówa hine hón on heardre hengene, Homl. Th. ii. 308, 29.

tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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of living things, to go in two different directions, to part, separate Gif wíf and wer ǽne tógáþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 2. Apollonius and Hellanicus tóeodon mid ðisum worduin, Ap. Th. 8, 23.

tó-weard

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-weard, prep.

Towardin the direction of

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Toward, in the direction of. with gen. Ða ðe gáþ on ryhtne weg tóweard ðæs hefonríces, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 19. Hé wæs hym syððan tóweard hys scypes farende, Homl.

fót-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
fót-ádl, Add: es; n.

goutpodagra

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Fótádla, fótcoþa morbo regio (turgescens ... foetidum exhalavit spiraculum), 2817. [ Morbus regius is jaundice, but in these two passages it seems to be taken as in the following :-- Wið þá cynelican ádle þe man auriginem nemneð (ad morbum regium hoc

ciole

(n.)
Grammar
ciole, an; f.

The throatguttur

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The throat; guttur Sting finger on ciolan thrust a finger into the throat, L. M. 1, 59; Lchdm. ii. 130, 5

beó-cere

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Hwíta hátte wæs beócere intó Hǽðfelda, Cht. Th. 649, 27. Add

swyle

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Add: sensation of swelling Hé onfindeb swile, and ꝥ þá óman beóð inne betýnde þurh þá ábláwunge, Lch. ii. 174, 22

un-ǽfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-ǽfæstlíce, adv.
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Irreligiously Gif hwylc bróðor a npreósthýrede bið þe intó cyrcan unǽwfæstlíce and prútlíce (non religiose, sed pompatice) gǽð, Chrd. 60, 33

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fédan

(v.)

to sucklenurseto feed upfattento supportmaintainnurtureeducatefosterto nourishsustainto bring forthTo graze

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Gyf þú wille fédan cyniges bearn, oððe ǽðeles monnes, geleód hine in þín hús, and féd hine, Lch. iii. 178, 11.

Linked entry: fóster

be-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
be-smeágan, -smeán
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to consider about, examine into Cýðþú þæs mynstres abbude ꝥ hé hine sylfne georne besmeáge, Hml. S. 23 b, 633

lufen

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Nabochodonossor him on nyd dyde Israéla beam ofer ealle lufen tó weorcþeówum (forced them into hopeless slavery), Dan. 73. Add

hræd

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd, hræð, hreð; adj.

Quickswiftspeedysuddenalertrapidpromptactive

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Mé is fenýce fóre hreðre is ðæs gores sunu gonge hrædra more swift than I is the fen-frog in its course, the son of dirt [beetle] is more rapid in its walk, Exon. 111 a; Th. 426, 9-12; Rä. 41, 71-2

Linked entries: hræð hreþ

leornian

(v.)
Grammar
leornian, p. ode

To learnstudyread

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To learn, study, read Swá swá in ðære béc his lífes geméteþ swá hwylc swá hí rǽdeþ and leornaþ sicut in volumine vitæ ejus quisque legerit inveniet, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 7.

Linked entry: leornend