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mýderce

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Lǽt ealle fordón and ic gedó ꝥ þú hæfst týn þúsend punda tó þínum mýdercum (arcariis gazae tuae), Hml. A. 96, 156. Add: —

næss

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nyþer ge*-*feallað under neowulne grund descendant usque ad abyssos, Ps. Th. 106, 25

súgan

(v.)
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The verb seems to describe hiccough, and the passage at Lch. ii. 192, 13 might be translated 'when he has hiccough'. The form at Lch. ii. 160, 1 is sýgeþ

úp

(adj.)
Grammar
úp, adj.
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wiston Drihten écne uppe, Dan. 195 ; and in Ps. Th. 81, 6 uppe-godu may be taken

wiþ-innan

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Add Wé fundon dá weardas wiðútan standende, ac wí ne gemétton nǽnne wiðinnan, Hml. Th. i. 572, 35. weardas wiðinnan and widútan gesette, 574, 3. Add Wiþinnan þan infra, An. Ox. 129: 1441

wráþ

Grammar
wráþ, <b>. II.</b>
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Þá wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá ǽr wæs milde and iéþe inmutata est Tiberii madestia atque ex mansueiissimo principe saevissima bestia exarsit, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254. 30. Add

be-týnan

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add : to shut out from receiving betýneð þá eágan fram gesyhðe and þá eáran fram gehýrnesse, Verc. Först. 90, 5. to shut a book Swilce man áne bóc betíne, Verc. Först. 117, 11

up-fléring

(n.)
Grammar
up-fléring, e; f.

an upper flooran upper chamber

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an upper floor Seó upfléring tóbærst under his fötum, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 3. an upper chamber ástigon upp on áne upfléringe (coenaculum, Acts 1, 13), Homl. Th. i. 296, 9: 314, 7

wæter-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-cláþ, es; m.

A towel

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A towel Ðære kycenan wicþénas wætercláðas wacsan, ðe heora handa and fét mid wípedan linthea, cum quibus sibi fratres manus aut pedes tergunt, lavet, R. Ben. 59, 7 : R. Ben. Interl. 66, 1

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, p.ode

To wave

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Þeáh ðe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne bið hit þeáh bletsung búta wyrce tácn ðære hálgan róde, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 151

ofer-gapian

(v.)

to neglect, disregardconsideratio

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to neglect, disregard Ne þurh ðone trúwan his sacerdhádes ofergapige (ofergumige, other MS.) his gehýrsumnysse let not the priest through trust in his priesthood be careless of his obedience R. Ben. 112, 2

Linked entry: gapian

forþ-sige

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-sige, (?), es; m.

Departure from this world to the lower regions

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Efter his áwyrgedan forðsige (-síþe?) ligce ǽfre on helle grundleásan pytte post maledictum exitum suum crucietur jugiter in profundissimo puteo, C. D. iv. 52, 8

Linked entry: sige

for-witolnes

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Scel se abbod mid ealre glǽwnesse and forwitolnesse gelácnian ǽnig of sceápum ꝥ ná forlure debet abbas omni sagacitate et industria curare ne aliquam de ovibus perdat, R. Ben. I. 58, 10. Add

wíg-sigor

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-sigor, es; m.

Victory in battle

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Victory in battle hæfde wígsigor, Cd. Th. 121, l; Gen. 2003. Hálig God geweóld wígsigor (cf. Óðinm átti heimilan sigr í hverri orrostu, Ynglinga Saga, c. 2), Beo. Th. 311 2; B. 1554

gild

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þá ídlan gild bræc, Bl. H. 223, 18, l. a guild, v. ge-gild Hér is on þís gewrite siú geswitelung þǽre gerǽd-nisse þe þiús geférrǽden gerǽd hæfþ on þegna gilde on Grantebrycge, Cht. Th. 610, 29. Se gylda þe óðerne misgrét innan gylde, 606, 23

stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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Andlang weges ðæt hit sticaþ on norðeweardum cynges steorte. . . andlang weges ðæt hit sticaþ æt wíchám, 48, 8-11. Ðonne swá forð ðæt hit sticaþ on miclancumb; and of miclancumbe ðæt hit sticaþ on litlancumb, 405, 30.

for-gýman

(v.)
Grammar
for-gýman, -gíman; p. de; pp. ed [for, gýman to take care]

To neglectpass bytransgressneglĭgĕreprætĕrīretransgrĕdi

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To neglect, pass by, transgress; neglĭgĕre, prætĕrīre, transgrĕdi He ða forþgesceaft forgyteþ and forgýmeþ he forgets and neglects the future state, Beo. Th. 3506; B. 1751.

Linked entry: for-gíman

á-gifan

(v.)
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Add: to give back what has been taken, to restore Gif þú wed nime æt bínum nǽhstan, ágif ( reddes ) him his reáf ǽr sunnan setlgange, Ex. 22, 26. háteþ þá eorþan eft ágifan ꝥ heó ǽr onféng, Bl. H. 21, 30.

Linked entries: ǽ-gift on-gifan

be-stelan

to robto go secretlystealthilyto steal

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bestæl út mid his stæfe hoppegende, Hml. S. 21, 417. Se þearfa bestæl in tó Martine, 31, 910. Bestæl (-steal) se here úp fram scipon, Chr. 1004; P. 135, 27

ge-stihtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stihtian, ge-stihtan.
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Ne cwaeft he hit ná gestihtiende ac þýwende (aoa jíecernendo, s'ed minando), Gr. D. 151, 7. to dispose, arrange, to arrange people He gestihte his werod swá him gewunelic wæs, Hml.