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bæcestre

(n.)
Grammar
bæcestre, m.
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Liueger se bacestere on Excestre, Che. Th. 637, 27

bera

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On beran del, C. D. v. 86, 20. Add

eást

(adj.)
Grammar
eást, adj.
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On ðæt eástre síc, C.D. iii. 438, 28. Add

rówan

(v.)
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On hliór róuuit adplaudat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 37. (?)

scearflian

(v.)
Grammar
scearflian, ode

To scrape

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To scrape Scearfla on wæter, Lchdm. i. 184, 18

hleór-sceamu

(n.)
Grammar
hleór-sceamu, e; f.

Shame or confusion of face,

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Shame or confusion of face, Ps. Th. 68, 8

hwít

(n.)
Grammar
hwít, es; n.
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Nim ǽgra hwít, iii. 134, 10. certain kinds of food, cheese, eggs, butter, fish, allowed at times when flesh was forbidden Fæste ǽlce dæge on his lengtene tó nónes and forgang hwít ( abstine te ab albo ), Ll. Th. ii. 132, 5.

wáþ

(n.)
Grammar
wáþ, e ; f.

wandering roving hunting

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of wáþum wérge cwóman, restan ryneþrágum, Exon. Th. 115, 1 ; Gú. 183.

Linked entries: wǽðe wǽðan

ge-ǽswícod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽswícod, Substitute: ge-ǽswician; p.

To offend

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Cf. hé wæs mytcle scame þrowiende and hé swá scamiende út of ðám temple wépende gewát, 119, 87) eóde út of ðám Drihtnes temple, Hml. A. 122, 170. Sé bið eádig þe on mé ne bið geǽswicod (scandalizatus, Mt. II, 6), Hml. Th. i. 480, 19.

hlyst

(n.)
Grammar
hlyst, es; m: e; f.

The sense of hearing, hearing, listening

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Ðá wearþ hæleþa hlyst then was there listening of men, Cd. 181; Th. 226, 28; Dan. 178: Exon. 55 b; Th. 196. 5; Az. 169. On ðæs folces hlyste in aures plebis, Lk. Skt. 7, 1. On hlyste auditione, Ps. Th. 111, 6: Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 29.

láþettan

Grammar
láþettan, [In the last two passages láþettan translates infestare, which however is for infestari. The original Latin of the two translations is: Canes latrantes uiderit vel eis infestare, and: Camelos uidere et ab eis se uiderit infestare.]
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For 'To be odious . . . hate' substitute: to abhor, execrate, hate, hold in detestation Þíne goda ic láðette and him teónan dó ego diis tuis abominationem feci Angl. xvii. 116, 4. Man tó forð láþet þæt man scolde lufian, Wlfst. 165, 3 [: 168, 13: Wrt

Linked entry: lǽþettan

mór-land

(n.)
Grammar
mór-land, es; n.

Moor-landwild hilly country

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Moor-land, wild hilly country Se ðe on wéstenne, méðe and meteleás, mórland trydeþ, Elen. Kmbl. 1221; El. 612. He wunede on ðám mórlandum ( in montanis), Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 33.

scip-gebroc

(n.)
Grammar
scip-gebroc, es; n.
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Hwelce tibernessa hié dreógende wǽron on hungre ge on scipgebroce, Ors. 1, 11; Swt. 50, 19

þreó-teóða

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þreó-teóða, þreotteóða

thirteenth

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On ðæm þreóteóðon geáre, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 33. Þrytteóðan, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 272

weorold-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-snotor, adj.
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Wise in earthly matters Ægelwíg se woruldsnotra abbod on Eofeshamme, Chr. 1078; Erl. 215, 29. Woroldsnottre men ( naturalists ) secgaþ. ðæt ða ficsas sýn on sǽ hundteóntiges cynna and ðreó and fíftiges, Shrn. 65, 31.

wistfullian

(v.)
Grammar
wistfullian, p. ode

To feast

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Se apostol tǽhte ðæt wé sceoldon wistfullian ná on yfelnysse beorman, ac on þeorfnyssum sýfernysse (epulemur, non in fermento malitiae, sed in azymis sinceritatis, 1 Cor. 5, 8), Homl. Th. ii. 278, 24

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cwician

(v.)
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Add: to become living Ealle treówa cuciað on lenctenes tíman, Hml. S. 12, 31. to become sensitive, recover feeling, power Gif wund on men ácólod sý . . . heó cwicaþ and wearmað, Lch. i. 194, 25.

á-solcennys

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is ásolcennyss oþþe slǽwð on Accidia Englisc, Hml. S. 16, 296. Hí ne wandiað tó licgenne on stuntnysse heora ásolcennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 554, 3.

ofer-fyll

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

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

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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. On oferfylle (oferfyllo. Lind. Rush.) in crapula, Lk. Skt. 21, 34: Blickl. Homl. 159, 18.

sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
sprecan, specan; spræc, spæc; sprǽcon, spǽcon; sprecen, specen

To speak. to exercise the faculty of speechto use words in conversation, discourse, etc.to mentionto sayto speakto sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to

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. ¶ Similar entries In technical terms, v. sprǽc, sprecan æfter, on, ymb to sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to Ðæt orf ðæt ic on spece the cattle that I lay claim to, L. O. 2; Th. i. 178, 15.