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bicgan

(v.)

to buy, procure

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Th. 2615; B. 1305: Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 11; . 68 : Salm. Kmbl, 403; Sal. 202 : Exon. 114 a; Th. 436, 37; Rä. 55, 12

Linked entry: bige

bóc-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
bóc-cræftig, adj.

Book-crafty or learned, learned in the Biblein libris literatus, in Bibliis doctus

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Book-crafty or learned, learned in the Bible; in libris literatus, in Bibliis doctus bleóton [MS. breotun] bóccræftige they destroyed those learned in the Bible, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 25; Jul. 16

ge-cǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cǽlan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To coolrefrigerare

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To cool; refrigerare Send Lazarum, ðæt he dyppe his fingeres liþ on wætere, and míne tungan gecǽle mitte Lazarum, ut intingat extremum digiti sui in aquam, ut refrigeret linguam meam, Lk. Bos. 16, 24

sinc-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
sinc-gestreón, es ; n.
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Treasure wolde ofgifan secga seledreám and sincgestreón, beorht beágselu, Andr. Kmbl. 3311 ; An. 1658. Ic ðé an tela sincgestreóna, Beo. Th. 2456 ; B. 1226. Hringum þénede, sinc*-*gestreónum fǽttan goldes, 2189 ; B. 1093

steór-bord

(n.)
Grammar
steór-bord, es; n.
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- lét him ealne weg ðæt wéste land on ðæt steórbord and ða wídsǽ on ðæt bæcbord, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 17, 10, 25

steór-mann

(n.)
Grammar
steór-mann, es; m.
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Hera ðone steórman ac ná ǽrðan ðe becume gesundful tó ðære hýðe, Homl. Th. ii. 560, 22

stálian

(v.)
Grammar
stálian, ( = staþelian)
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P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 3) man and strangie and trymme georne mid wíslícre Godes lage, Wulfst. 267, 21. Cf.(?) efenstáledan conficiebantur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 31

Linked entry: efen-stálian

súþ-mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-mǽgþ, e; f.
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eallum súþmǽgþum weóld and ríce hæfde óþ Humbre streám, 2, 5; S. 506, 10

þurh-borian

(v.)

to bore throughperforate

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to bore through, perforate Ðá wolde ic witan hwæðer ða gelícnissa wǽron gegotene ealle swá sǽde; hét hié ðá þurhborian simulacra quae an solida essent scire ego cupiens omnia perforavi, Nar. 20, 1

Linked entry: borian

wítegestre

(n.)
Grammar
wítegestre, an; f.

A prophetess

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Týn mǽdena wǽron on hǽðenum folcum, ðe man hét Sibillas, ðæt synd wítegestran, and wítegodon ealle be Criste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 31

Linked entry: wítege

á-masian

(v.)
Grammar
á-masian, p. ode
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Stent heortleás and earh, ámasod and ámarod, mihtleás, áfǽred pavor percutiet stupidis cunctorum corda querelis, Dóm. L. 125: Wlfst. 137, 23

Linked entry: masian

blácung

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Glædne andwlitan búton blácunge and forhtunge, Hml. Th. i. 72, 27. Se móna blácunge (pallorem) healdende, Hy. S. 35, 11. Add

cemes

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Substitute: A shirt Ham, cemes camisa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 23. Bútan his kemese and eác gelómlíce bútan his tunecan eft cyrde sine linea, crebro etiam sine tunica revertebatur, Gr. D. 68, 6

eáþ-médan

Grammar
eáþ-médan, (-ian).
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., and add: to humble Swá hwá swá eádmédaþ hine quicumque humiliaverit se, Mt. R. 18, 4. Þá ðeóde þe mid ús árisæn wolde eádmédigan, Hml. A. 126, 316

ge-lómlǽcing

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</b> translating frequentia módes mid ecge andwerdnysse Godes and engla geférrǽdenne gelómlǽcinge ( frequentiam) besceáwiað, Scint. 62, 16

ge-lumpenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lumpenlic, adj.
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occasional, accidental Þá óðre bróðru tó cirican gewitene wéron fore sumum gelumpenlicum intingan, Angl. x. 143, 82. opportune, suitable in gelumpenlicum stówum biscopas hálgede, Angl. x. 141, 17. From a twelfth-century MS

ge-tǽsu

(n.; v.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-tǽsu, indecl. or gen. e; f.
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Commodity, profit, advantage Tó þon þæt him swá gelettum and swá genýddum forgeáfe and gedyde hwæthugu getǽse (-tǽsu, v. l.) his gewinnes ei laboris sui commodum coacto renitentique dedit, Gr. D. 39, 28

heáh-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geweorc, es ; n.
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Nis þæt monnes gemet þæt mæge in hreðre his heáhgeweorc furðor áspyrgan, Sch. 28. Cf. heáh-weorc

Linked entry: heáh-weofod

lah-lic

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For 'Scint. 9, Lye' substitute Sé þe gylt his bóte lah*-*licre ( legitima ) beheófað, Scint. 46, 2. Gif nelle ꝥ ornest oþþe ne mage, begyte him lahlicne spalan, Ll. Th. i. 489, 16

leornung-scól

(n.)
Grammar
leornung-scól, e; f.
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A school for (book-)learning wæs þæs mynstres láreów þe is genemned Flundis. In þæs leornungscóle drohtnigende and gelæred wæs (in discipulatu illius conversatus atque eruditus est) sum man, Gr. D. 14, 6