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un-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽte, adj.

Immenseenormousexcessive

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Ic wæs on unmǽtum costnungum winnende, Homl. Ski. ii. 23 b, 578

Linked entry: un-gemǽte

á-sceacan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 146, 20, 21. literal Hé áscóc hí ( the viper ) in tó fýre, Hml. Th. i. 574, 15. Ásceaccað asca, Lk. L. 9, 5. figurative Gif hé his fram áscæcð yfelu si sua discusserit mala, Scint. 164, 2.

Linked entries: sceacan on-sceacan

be-settan

to setplaceto applyto surroundto besiege

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Add: to set, place, with on, to put one thing in another Ic on besette insero, Ælf. Gr. Z. 166, 3. God ðá sáwle beset on ðone líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 292, 31.

lacu

Grammar
lacu, For 'A pool ...
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lake' substitute: A stream, water-course, and add In australi atque in occidente habens torrentem cuius uocabulum Fiscesburne ... in oriente aquam quae Anglorum lingua Lake nominatur habens, quae est duarum, quae ibi sunt, ulterior ...

FECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
FECCAN, feccean, fæccan; p.> feahte, fehte; pp. feaht, feht

FETCHbring todrawaddūcĕretollĕreafferrehaurīre

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B.] if a priest fetch not the chrism, L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 11. Se ðe ys uppan hys húse, ne gá he nyðer ðæt hé ǽnig þing on his húse fecce qui in tecto, non descendat tollĕre alĭquid de dŏmo sua, Mt. Bos. 24, 17: L. Edg. C. 67; Th. ii. 258, 20.

Linked entries: fæccan fetian

bróc

Grammar
bróc, l. broc,

afflictionlabourmiseryafflictiontroublediseasehurt

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Eówre brocu nú lǽssan sindon þonne heora þá wǽre, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, ii. 14, 8. Ealle þá sár and þá brocu þe se man tó gesceapen is, Bl.

Linked entry: bróc

ge-edníwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edníwian, ge-edníwan.
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Voc. ii. 46, 20

limpan

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expressed in different units .xxx. ombra gódes uuelesces aloð, ðet limpeð tó . xv. mittum, Txts. 444, 21. to be suitable, be applicable Gif [lí]þe wyrtdrenc ne limpe, sele strangne, Lch. ii. 264, 3

ge-sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprecan, -specan; p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen

To speakspeak withagree

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Th. ii. 456, 26: 156, 16. Ðá wæs ic gesprecende ðone man then was I conversing with the man, Shrn. 36, 19. Plato hæfde hine gesprecen Plato had conversed with him, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 70, 443

á-hwár

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwár, adv.

somewhereanywherealicubiin any wisequoquo modo

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G. 11; Th. i. 172, 21. in any wise; quoquo modo And se man, ðe wiðcwiþ ðínum bebodum [Grn. wordum] áhwár, beo he deáþes scildig and the man, who shall in any wise contradict [speak against] thy commands [Grn. words], he shall be guilty of death, Jos.

a-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
a-feormian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [a intensive, feormian to cleanse]

To cleanseclean thoroughlypurgewash awaymundareemundarepermundarediluere

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Hyt ðone magan ealne afeormaþ it purges the whole stomach, Herb. 60, 3; Lchdm. i. 162, 19. Ic afeormige diluo, Ǽlfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 49. Hit afeormaþ of ealle ða nebcorn it will cleanse away all the face pimples. Herb. 22, 3; Lchdm, i. 118, 24

CÝSE

(n.)
Grammar
CÝSE, cése,es; m:an; m.

CHEESEcaseus

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In. 70; Th. i. 146, 19

Linked entry: cése

forad

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
forad, part. adj.

Brokenweakenedvoidfractuslăbĕfactus

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Gif ða earmscancan beóþ begen forade if the arm-bones be both broken, 55; Th. i. 94, 26. Beó ðæt ordál forad let the ordeal be void, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 9: iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 1

stihtan

(v.)
Grammar
stihtan, p. te.
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Ic heó tó þeófendum and tó geflitum stihte, Wulfst. 255, 12

Linked entry: a-stihtan

un-nytness

(n.)
Grammar
un-nytness, e; f.

Uselessnessfrivolityvanitytriviality

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Wé forbeódaþ ǽgðer ge geflitu, ge plegan, ge unnytta word, ge gehwelce unnytnesse in ðám hálgan stówum tó dónne, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 23

Linked entry: nytness

ceósan

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Voc. ii. 53, 34. to choose a person as lord Ic eom fyrmdig tó þám híwum ꝥ hý hine ceósan, Cht. Th. 487, 28.

munt-clýse

(n.)
Grammar
munt-clýse, munt-clýsa ?, an; f. (m. ?).
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., no. 143. v. mann-cynn ; II.2.] —

Linked entry: clýse

siþþan

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Th. i. 276, 11. add: correlative, when . . . then Siþþan Metellus þá elpendas ofercóm, siþþan hé hæfde eác raðe þæt óþer folc gefliémed Metellus prius belluas vel in fugam vel in mortem egit, et sic magnam vim hostium superavit, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 2-

máþum

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Th. ii. 306, 11. 'Geswutela mé ðǽre cyrcan mádmas' . . . ' Gif ðú gelýfst, ic ðé geswutelige ðá mádmas'. . . 'Ágif ðá mádmas'. . . 'On Godes ðearfum ic hí áspende, and hí sind ðá écan mádmas ðe nǽfre ne beóð gewanode,' i. 422, 11-34.

un-wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wlitig, adj.

Not beautifuluglyfoul

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Voc. ii. 28, 68. Unwlitig swile tumor deformis, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 17. Hú fægerne and hú wlitigne monnan ic hæbbe átǽfred, swá unwlitig wrítere swá swá ic eom pulchrum depinxi hominem pictor foedus, Past. 65; Swt. 467, 19.

Linked entry: un-gewlitig