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ge-stígan

(v.)
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L. 5, 7- Críst ádfine gestág in ðǽm gedolfene byrgenne, Jn. p. 2, Of gestág of mór discendissei de monte, Mt. L. 8, l. of motion from heaven to earen Ic sylf gestág in módor, Cri. 1419. B. trans.

munt

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Þá Wylisce á tóforan into muntan and móran férdan. Chr. 1095 ; P. 231, 23. special, the Alps Tó Longbeardna londe and tó þǽm londum on þá healfe muntes regnum Longobardorum et alias terras quae sunt ultramontana, Chr. 887 ; P. 80, 26

wilisc

(adj.)
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wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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foreign, not English Wylisc moru carrot (cf. wealh-moru) . . . Englisc moru parsnip. Lchdm. ii. 312, 16-21. Wælisc opratanum ( = abrotanum cf. súþerne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 46. Se wælisca (heafoc) (cf. wealh-hafoc), Exon. Th. 332, 24; Vy. 90.

hwíl

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Add: an indefinite space of time Næs þá nán hwíl tó þám þæt . . . nec mora . . . Guth. Gr. 139, 3. Næs þá nǽnig hwíl tó þan sóna swá hí út eódon, þá geségon hí þone hræfn nec mora, egredi-entes conspiciunt corvum 144, 15 : 145, 23.

ge-drycnan

(v.)
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ge-drycnan, pp. ed
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Þes moncwealm wæs. . . ofer ealle menn gelíce, þéh þe sume deáde wǽron, sume uneáþe gedrycnede aura corrumpens generali cunctos tabe confecit; ut etiam quos non egit in mortem turpi macie exinanitos adflictosque dintiserit, Ors. 3, 3 ; S. 102, 10

Linked entry: -drycnan

á-wídlian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wídlian, p. ode.

to contaminatedefilepolluteto profane pollute

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Be áwídledum swýnum de inquinatis porcis, 130, 31. of moral impurity, to profane, pollute :-- Áwítliende profanando (pudicitiae jura), An. Ox. 2743. Tunge mín mid ǽlcere leásunge ys áwídlud (profanata), Angl. xi. 117, 41

búende

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
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búende, part. búend, es; m.

Inhabiting or dwellinginhabitans inhabitants, thus used as a noun,

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Inhabiting or dwelling; inhabitans Búendra leás void of those inhabiting, [Cd. 5; Th. 6, 16; Gen. 89] or inhabitants, thus used as a noun, Mid búendum cum habitantibus, Ps. Lamb. 82, 8

Linked entries: búend bunda

rícsian

(v.)
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rícsian, p. ode.

to exercise or have powerto rulegovernreignto domineerdominatetyrannizeexercise violenceto prevail

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Deáþ him furðor ne biþ rícsend mors illi ultra non dominabitur, Rtl. 26, 33.

mearc-pæð

(n.)
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mearc-pæð, es; m. n.

A path leading through a country

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) træd, móras pæðde, Exon. 126 a; Th. 485, 7; Rä. 71, 10, Gewát hé ðá féran ofer mearcpaðu (-paðum? -waðu, Grimm, Kemble), ðæt hé on Membre becom, Andr. Kmbl. 1575; An. 789

fúl-líce

(adv.)
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S. viii. 62, 13. v. fúl-lic. in a moral sense Gýfernys fúllíce ( turpiter ) on gálnysse tólǽtt, Scint. 106, 13. Fúllícor turpius, 98, 1

clǽnsung

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II. with reference to moral impurity :-- Mid clǽsnunge forhæfednesse abstinentiae castigatione, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 526, 4. Clǽnsunge, R. Ben. 76, 5. Stýran mid lícumlicre clǽnsunge ( corporis castigatione ), 13, 21

dagian

(v.)
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On morgne mid þý hit dagode þá onbrǽd ic postero die matutino expergefactus diluculo, Nar. 30, 30: Hml. S. 21, 172. On niht ǽr hyt dagige, Lch. i. 398, 4. Ðá hit þá on mergen dagian wolde on the morrow when day was about to break, Guth. 40, 23: Hml.

mán

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Mid deóflum drohtnoð habban in morðre and on máne, Wlfst. 187, 18. Uton forbúgan mán and morðor, 188, 14. Mán pro nefas, An. Ox. 53, 27. Synt mán ( nequitiae ) on heora wunungum, Ps. L. 54, 16. Mánu flagitia, Scint. 88, 15.

lǽce-finger

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-finger, es; m.

The leech-finger

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'The fourth finger was called the leech finger, from the pulsation therein found, and supposed to be in more direct communication with the heart, as in the tract attributed to Joh. de Garlandiâ ... it is said 'Stat medics [medylle fyngure] media, medicus

Linked entry: gold-finger

líc-wyrþe

(adj.)
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líc-wyrþe, adj.

pleasantacceptableagreeableestimablesterling

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Ðé micle má lícwerþe se gehnysta gást much more pleasing to thee is the contrite spirit, Ps. C. 50, 126; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 126. Ne lǽt ðú unlofod ðæt ðú swutele ongite ðæt lícwyrþe sý leave not unpraised what you clearly see is estimable, Prov.

stæl-wirðe

(adj.)
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stæl-wirðe, adj.
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[In later English the word seems used more in the sense of the modern stalwart = strong :-- Ic em hal and fere and strong and stelewurðe, ȝet ic mei longe libben, O. E. Homl. i. 25, 12.

hál-wende

(adj.)
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hál-wende, adj.

Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome

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Swá se lǽcedóm yldra byþ swá hé hálwendra byþ the older the medicine is the more healing it is, Herb. 130, 3; Lchdm. i. 242, 5

Linked entry: -wende

sófte

(adv.)
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sófte, cpve. sóftor, séft; adv.

Softly, gently softly, quietly, without disturbancecalmly, at ease, without troublegently, not harshlywithout discordeasily, without opposition facile

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Ðæt ic ðý séft mǽge mín álǽtan líf and leódscipe that with mind the more at ease I may relinquish life and people Beo. Th. 5492; B. 2749. gently, not harshly Ðú sófte wealdest gesceafta Met. 20, 7.

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ge-sceáwian

(v.)
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Næs hé goldhwæte gearwor hæfde ágendes ést ǽr gesceáwod he had never before seen more clearly the Lord's munificence, i. e. he had never had such good fortune as had befallen him in the acquisition of the dragon's hoard, B. 3075. to look on with favour

wirs

(adv.)
Grammar
wirs, cpve.: wirrest, wirst; spve.;

Worseworst

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Worse, worst in reference to moral ill Wyrs déð se ðe lýhð Salm. Kmbl. 364; Sal. 181. Ðonne hié wénen ðæt hié hæbben betst gedón, ðæt wé him ðonne secgen ðæt hié hæbben wierst (wyrst, Cott.

Linked entries: wyrs wiers wirrest