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swipu

Grammar
swipu, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé wæs lustlíce þone lyre þæs horses þoliende, and eác þá swipan ( Flagellum ) þe hé on his handa hæfde, þá hé þám reáfiendum mannum bróhte þus cweðende: 'Nimað þás swipan ꝥ gé magan þis hors mid drífan,' Gr. D. 14, 18-22. Add

sárig-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig-mód, adj.

Sad-hearted, of mournful mood

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Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum, Beo. Th. 5876; B. 2942. Þa wes he sarimod and sorhful an heorten, Laym. 29791. Sorimod and wroþ, O. and N. 1218. Forfrigted folc and sorimod, Gen. and Ex. 3520

wær-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wær-líc, adj.

Cautious, prudent, wise, circumspect

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Eth. vi. 33; Th. i. 324, 3. Wærlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé wæccende wið hettendra hildewóman wearde healden, Exon. Th. 282, 12; Jul. 662. Wísdómes beþearf, worda wærlícra, and witan snyttro, se ðære æðelan sceal andwyrde gifan, Elen. Kmbl. 1083; El. 544

BROC

(n.)
Grammar
BROC, es; m?

A BROCK, badgertaxo = tassusmeles

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Sum fyðerféte nýten is, ðæt we nemnaþ taxonem, ðæt ys broc on Englisc there is a four-footed animal, which we name taxonem, that is brock in English, Med. ex Quadr. 1, 2; Lchdm. i. 326, 12

Linked entry: brocc

healtian

(v.)
Grammar
healtian, p. ode; pp. od

To halt, limp, be lame

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Hí nú gyt heora ealdan gewunon healdaþ and from rihtum stígum healtiaþ ipsi adhuc inveterati et claudicantes a semitis suis, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 19. Hý healtodan on heora wegum claudicaverunt a semitis suis, Ps. Th. 17, 43.

CLYSTER

(n.)
Grammar
CLYSTER, gen. clystres; pl. nom. acc. clystru; gen. clystra; dat. clystrum;

A CLUSTERbunchbranchbotrusβότρυςracemuspropago

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Hira wínberie ys gealla and ðæt biteroste clyster uva eorum uva fellis et botri amarissimæ Deut. 32, 32. Clystru botros Mone B. 2548. Clystrum racemis 3835.

Linked entry: cluster

on-sín

(n.)
Grammar
on-sín, -sién, -sýn, e; f.

Lack, want

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Lack, want Ðæt eów nǽfre ne biþ þurh gife míne gódes onsién, Exon. Th. 30, 16; Cri. 480. Him nǽnges wæs willan onsýn, ne welan brosnung, 151, 24; Gú. 800.

Linked entries: -sín on-sýn

oret-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
oret-mæcg, es; m.

A combatant, warrior, champion

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Weóld Walum and Scottum and Bryttum eác byre Æðelrédes, Englum and Sexum, oretmæcgum. Chr. 1065 ; Erl. 196, 30

organe

(n.)
Grammar
organe, (organa (?); cf. O. H. Ger. organa ; f.), an; f. : organon; pl. organa; n.

A musical instrument

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Iubal wæs fæder herpera and ðæra ðe organan macodun Iuba, fuit pater canentium cithara et organo, Gen. 4, 21

hnítan

(v.)
Grammar
hnítan, p. hnát, pl. hniton; pp. hniten

To strike, thrust, push, come against with a shock

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Gif oxa hnite wer oððe wif si bos percusserit virum aut mulierem, Ex. 21, 28. Ðonne ic hnítan sceal hearde wið heardum when I shall batter hard on the hard, Exon. 129 b; Th. 497, 21; Rä. 87, 4

Linked entries: ge-hnǽst hnátan

hópig

(adj.)
Grammar
hópig, adj.

In hills and hollows

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Scot. hope a sloping hollow between two hills, or the hollow that is formed between two ridges on one hill] Com ic on sǽs hricg ðǽr mé sealt wæter hreóh and hópig holme besencte veni in allitudinem maris; et tempestas demersit me, Ps. Th. 68, 2

tó-hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hleótan, p. -hleát, pl. -hluton; pp. -hloten

To divide into lots,to divide into parts for which lots are to be cast

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To divide into lots, to divide into parts for which lots are to be cast Hý gedǽldan him mínhrægl and ðæt tóhlutan diviserunt sibi vestimenta mea et super vestem meam miserunt sortem, Ps. Th. 21, 16.

Linked entry: hleótan

frum-mynetslege

(n.)
Grammar
frum-mynetslege, es; m.

A first minting

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A first minting Feówer síðon man áwende mynetísena on his dagum . . . and on þám frummynetslæge wǽron twá and sixtig penega gewihte seolfres on ánum penege, and on þǽm æftran em sixtig, and on þǽm þryddan . . . and on þám feórþan . . .

willendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
willendlíce, adv.

Diligently

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fallowing passage the better reading is hwílwendlíce Hé cwæþ ðæt hé gehyhte swá swá hé on his ðeóde willendlíce (hwilwend-líce, M. 248, 22) rícsode, ðæt hé swá on tóweardnesse écelíce mid Criste rícsian móste sperans ut sicut in sua gente regnat, ita et

symbel-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-tíd, e; f.

A religious festivalsolemnity

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Heald ða symbeltíde ðæs mónðes frumsceatta ðínes weorces, Ex. 23, 16. Árwyrðo symbeltído, Rtl. 49, 4. Symbeltídum sollennitatibus, 80, 31. Symeltídum, Anglia xiii. 397, 452. Symbeltído solemnia, Rtl. 49, 13: 50, 15: natalicia, 49, 25: 53, 1.

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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El. 215: 27. Faraon mid his folcum, Exod. 501.

a-heardian

(v.)
Grammar
a-heardian, p. ode; pp. od; v. intrans.

To hardengrow hardbecome inured to anythingto lasthold outenduredurareperdurareindurescere

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anything, to last, hold out, endure; durare, perdurare, indurescere On swá mycelre geþræstnesse and forhæfednesse módes and líchoman aheardode and awunode he hardened and continued in so great contrition and restraint of mind and body; in tanta mentis et

a-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swícan, p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [a from, swícan to go]

To go away from any oneto desert any oneto deceivebetrayoffenddescisceredeficereproderescandalizare

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Eádríc aswác his cynehláforde Eadric betrayed his royal lord, Chr. 1016 ; Ed. 158, 5. Gif ðín swíðre hand ðé aswíce si dextra manus tua scandalizat te, Mt. Bos. 5, 30

Linked entry: swícan

a-weg

(adv.)
Grammar
a-weg, adv.

AWAYoutauferendi vim habet

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Ge drehnigeaþ ðone gnæt aweg ye strain the gnat out; excolantes [ex out, colare to filter, strain ] culicem, Mt. Bos. 23, 24. He hí raðe aweg aþýwde he quickly drove them away, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 28 : Ps. Th. 77, 57

Linked entry: aweg-weorpan

bealde

(adv.)
Grammar
bealde, balde; adv.

Boldlyfreelyinstantlyaudacterliberefiducialiterfidenterinstanterpronestatimsine mora

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Boldly, freely, instantly; audacter, libere, fiducialiter, fidenter, instanter, prone, statim, sine mora Of Basan cwæþ bealde Drihten dixit Dominus ex Basan, Ps. Th. 67, 22. Bletsige míne sáwle bealde Dryhten benedic anima mea Dominum, Ps.

Linked entry: balde