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líc-rest

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S. 26, 181. a grave, tomb, sepulchre Hé wilnode ꝥ his lícræst sceolde beón æt Cridiantúne, Chr. 977 ; P. 122, 10. a place of burial, a cemetery On lícreste, líctúne in cimiterio, An. Ox. 4347-

á-bryrdan

to instigate, stimulate, incite ⬩ to make contrite, remorseful

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Hí beóð ábrerde (divinae dilectionis stimulo) compunguntur, An. Ox. 973. to make contrite, remorseful Áspíwan synna þurh ábryrde andetnysse, Wlfst. 150, 4. Hí ne synt ábryrde (compuncti), Ps. L. 34, 16. Ðám ábryrdum contritis, An. Ox. 4122

segn

(n.)
Grammar
segn, segen, es ; m. n.

A sign ⬩ a sign ⬩ mark ⬩ token ⬩ a military standard ⬩ banner ⬩ an ensign

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Ðæt nalæs ðæt án ðæt hí segen fore him bǽron æt gefeohte ac swylce eác on sibbe tíde . . . him mon symble ðæt tácen beforan weg ut non solum in pugna ante illum vexilla gestarentur, sed et tempore pacis . . . semper antecedere signifer consuesset, Bd.

Linked entry: segen

pǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
pǽcan, p. pǽhte; pp. pǽht
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To deceive Swylce hié mid sceare and munuces hiwe God pǽcen (pǽcean, MS. T.) as if deceiving God with the tonsure and the appearance of a monk, R. Ben. 9, 15.

un-endebyrdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-endebyrdlíce, adv.

In a disorderly manner ⬩ without order ⬩ irregularly

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Ðonne ðæt mód bið forlǽten and onstyred and tódǽled ungedafenlíce and unendebyrdlíce on unðeáwas si inordinatis dimissa motibus mens vitiis dissipatur, 43; Swt. 315, 7. Unendebyrdlíce inordinate, Scint. 101, 14: 191, 3

Linked entry: endebyrdlíce

ge-líþian

(v.)
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Take here Shrn. 130, 5 and Past. 159, 3 in Dict., and add Þæt yrre wédendra gelíþige ut iram saeuientium mitiget, Scint. 121, I.

sceand-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sceand-full, adj.

Shameful, infamous, vile

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[Him wule þunche swiðe strong and swiðe scondful þet he scal al aȝeuen and seodðan bisechen milce et þan ilke monne þe he haueð er istolen, O. E. Homl. i. 31, 2.]

Wæwærðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
Wæwærðlíce, adv.

Well, successfully (?)

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Nú þincð ðe wærra and micele ðe snotera, se ðe can mid leásungan wæwerdlíce (-werðlíce [e from æ], -wyrdlíce, v.ll.) werian, and mid unsóðe sóð oferswíðan, Wulfst. 169, 1

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frignung

(n.)
Grammar
frignung, e; f.

Question ⬩ inquiry

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Question, inquiry Ac þá word mé secgendum óðru sócn and frignung ( fríninge, áxung, v.ll.) on mód becumen sed mihi haec dicenti alia suboritur quaestio, Gr. D. 137, 29.

Linked entry: frægning

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, health.
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Add: sound physical condition of a person Him sió hæl losað solus carports amissa, Fast. 249, 6. Þeáh ðe him ( the old man ) ádl on ne sitte, þeáh oft his hǽl him bið ádl, Hml. Th. i. 614, 16. Hyt tó hǽle gelǽdeð, Lch. i. 114, 21.

ge-fultuman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fultuman, -fultumian, -fultmian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To help ⬩ assist ⬩ help to ⬩ supply

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Of ðem ærfe ðe me God forgef and míne friónd to gefultemedan of the inheritance that God gave me and my friends helped me to, Th. An. 127, 21 : 24. Búton him seó sóþe hreów gefultmige unless true penitence succour them, Blickl.

ge-hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hreósan, p. -hreás, pl. -hruron; pp. -hroren

To rush ⬩ fall ⬩ glide away ⬩ to fail ⬩ ruere ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ deficere

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Ðá cómon hí to sumre ceastre gehrorenre venerunt ad civitatulam quandam desolatam, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 29. Ic ðus gehroren eom and aweg gewiten I [Babylon] am thus fallen and passed away, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 35.

first

(n.)
Grammar
first, first, e; f.

a rafter ⬩ a ceiling

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Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð . . . and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað, Angl. viii. 324, 9

Linked entry: fierst

for-hradian

(v.)

hurry ⬩ to anticipate

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Add: to go too quickly, hurry Ðá ðe nabbað ildo tó ðon ðæt hié mægen lǽran, and hí ðeáh forhradiað ðæt hié hit ongiennað quos a praedicationis officio aetas prohibit, et tamen praecipitatio impellit, Past. 383, 22. to anticipate Forhradode Godes engel

Linked entry: fore-hradian

tó-brýsan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brýsan, and -brýsian; p. de

To crush, ⬩ break in pieces

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Gif hwá tóbrýsed sý if any one be crushed (convulsus), Lchdm. i. 122, 1. Tóbrysede tigelan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 169. ȝiff he wolide læpenn dun he munnde tobrisenn all himm sellfenn, Orm. 12032. Al tobrised bac and þe, Havel. 1950.

wíg-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-hús, es; n. (in Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41 it is masc.)

A war-house ⬩ a tower ⬩ fortification

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A war-house, a tower, fortification Ðis wíghús haec arx Ælfc. Gr. 9, 75; Zup. 73, 14: 3 ; Zup. 7, 9. Se híhsta wíghús arx Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41. Wíghús propugnaculum Hpt. Gl. 499, 61.

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

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Hé ðæt wíte and ðæt éce wræc ásette on ðone aldor deófla and mancyn freólsode, Blickl. Homl. 83, 23 : Andr. Kmbl. 2759; An. 1382 : Exon. Th. 78, 10 ; Cri. 1272: 92, 28; Cri. 1515. Wræccum plagis. Lk. Skt. Rush.

acol

(adj.)
Grammar
acol, acul, acl; adj.

Excited ⬩ excited by fear ⬩ frightened ⬩ terrified ⬩ trembling ⬩ agitatus ⬩ perterritus ⬩ pavidus

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Forht and acol afraid and trembling. Cd. 92; Th. 117, 18; Gen. 1955. Wurdon hie ðá acle they then became terrified, Andr. Kmbl. 2678; An. 1341.

Linked entry: acul

ge-frǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-frǽge, -frége; adj.

Known ⬩ renowned ⬩ celebrated ⬩ remarkable ⬩ noted ⬩ famous ⬩ notorious ⬩ infamous ⬩ nŏtus ⬩ mănĭfestus ⬩ celĕber ⬩ fāmōsus

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Ic eom folcum gefrǽge I am noted among people, 130 b; Th. 500, 7; Rä. 89, 3 : Beo. Th. 109; B. 55. Wæs úre líf fracuþ and gefrǽge our life was vile and infamous, Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 23; Az. 24 : Cd. 180; Th. 235, 10; Dan. 304.

ge-lóme

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lóme, adv.

Often, frequently, continually, repeatedly ⬩ sæpe, frĕquenter, contĭnuo, crebro ⬩ frequenter

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Often, frequently, continually, repeatedly; sæpe, frĕquenter, contĭnuo, crebro Fregn gelóme freca óðerne one warrior often asked the other, Andr. Kmbl. 2327; An. 1165 : Beo. Th. 1122; B. 559 : Ps. Th. 54, 13 : 62, 4.

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