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morþor-slagu

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-slagu, (?), e; f.

Murder ⬩ homicide

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Rush.) homicidia, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 21

-módness

(suffix)
Grammar
-módness, v.
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án-, eád- (eáþ-), glæd-, heáh-, heard-, leás-, leóht-, meagol-, ofer-, or-, rûm-, swíþ-, þole-, wác-, weá-, wiþer-módness

cnídan

(v.)
Grammar
cnídan, p. cnád, pl. cnidon; pp. cniden

To beat ⬩ cædere

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Rush. 21, 35

ge-sníðan

(v.)

to lie down

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to lie down Ðætte gesniða [Rush. gesnide] gedydon alle ut accumbere facerent omnes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 39. [?]

sprǽc-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
sprǽc-ærn, ern, es; n.

A place for speaking, court-house

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Rush. 18, 28: 19, 9

Linked entry: sprǽc-hús

racent-teáh

(n.)
Grammar
racent-teáh, gen. -teáge ; f.
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.: racantégum, Rush.) ne mihte gebindan. For ðam hé oft mid racenteágum (racontégum, Rush.) gebunden tóslát ða raceteága (racontége, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 5. 3-4. Gebundenne on heardum raceteágum vinctum catenis, Jud. 16, 21

Linked entry: raceteáh

un-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
un-rótsian, p. ode.

to be sad ⬩ to be sorrowful ⬩ to make sad or sorrowful

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Rush. 6, 50

mé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
mé, dat.: mé, mec, meh, mech; acc. of pronoun of first person.

Me

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Ǽlcne ðe mé (Lind. meh; Rush. mec) cýð omnis qui confitetur me, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 32. Ða ðe swencaþ mec qui tribulant me, Ps. Surt. 3, 2, 5, 6. Hálne mé dóa salvam me fac, 3, 7; 4, 2. Se ðe geléfes on mech (mec, Rush.) qui credit in me, Jn. Skt.

Linked entries: mec meh

sǽtnung

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtnung, e; f.

plot, snare ⬩ seditio

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Rush. 11, 54. Similar entries v. sǽtung in the following passages the word glosses seditio. On setnuncge (setnong, Lind. ) in seditione, Mk. Skt. Rush. 15, 7. Fore sétnunge propter seditionem. Lk. Skt. Rush. 23, 19, 25. Similar entries v. sǽtnere

Linked entries: sétnung sǽtnere

ofer-brǽdan

(v.)

to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering over ⬩ to overspread, put a covering over

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Rush. 9, 7: Lk. Skt. Rush. 9, 34. Sticmǽlum mid wuda oferwexen, sticmǽlum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded, Homl. Th. i. 508, 24. Mid ðy feó oferbrǽded and beþeaht, Blickl. Homl. 199, 3. Bewrigen and oferbrǽded mid baswe godwebbe, 207, 16.

Linked entries: of-brǽded fore-brǽdan

dern-geliger

(n.)
Grammar
dern-geliger, e; f: dern-geliger-scipe,es ; m.

A secret lying, adultery ⬩ clandestīnus concubĭtus, adultĕrium

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Rush. War. 8, 3

forðor

(adv.)

further ⬩ more

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Rush. 22, 71

in-drincan

(v.)
Grammar
in-drincan, p. -dranc

To imbibe ⬩ drink

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Indrungno [Rush. indruncne] inebriati, Jn. Skt. Lind. 2, 10

Linked entries: on-drincan in-drencan

lám-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
lám-wyrhta, an; m.

a potter

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Rush. 27, 7. Lámwyrhtæ [-wrihtæs, Lind.], 10

óþ-hleápan

(v.)
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to run away, escape Gif hé út óþhleápe, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, ii. Cf. æt-hleápan

Linked entry: hleápan

pís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pís-líc, adj.
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Rush. 14, 40. v. next word and pís

píslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
píslíce, adv.
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Rush. 11, 53. v. preceding word

scía

(n.)
Grammar
scía, an; m.
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Scíu (scía, scíæ, Rush.) crura, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 31-33

þyld

(n.)

patience

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Rush. 21, 19

wín-belg

(n.)
Grammar
wín-belg, es; m.

A wine-skin ⬩ wine-bottle

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Rush. 9, 17

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