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plantian

(v.)
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Add: literal Swá swá treów ꝥ planted ( plantatum ) is wið ryne wætera, Ps. Rdr. 1, 3. figurative Þín hand plantade (plantavit) úre foregengan, Ps. Th. 43, 3. Búton hé of his hiéremonna móde ðá ðornas ðǽre ídlan lufan ǽr úp átuge, unnyt hé plantode on

tiriaca

(n.)
Grammar
tiriaca, an; m.

A medicine, ⬩ properly an antidote for poison,

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A medicine, properly an antidote for poison, cf. tiriaca drenc wyð áttre, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 20 Tyriaca is gód drenc wiþ eallum innoðtýdernessum, and se man se ðe hine swá begǽþ swá hit hér on segþ, ðonne mæg hé him miclum gehelpan . . . Nime áne lylte

Linked entry: tyriaca

twi-híwe

(adj.)
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twi-híwe, adj.

of two forms or shapes ⬩ of two colours

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of two forms or shapes Twihiówe, swá swá biþ healf mon and healf fear biformis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 31. Twihíwe biformia, 126, 12. of two colours Twihíwe bicolor, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 34. Twihíwe godweb coccum bis tinctum, ii.135, 44. Twi-férum vel (twi)híwum

siftan

(v.)
Grammar
siftan, p. te

To sift ⬩ pass through a sieve

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To sift, pass through a sieve Ic syfte cribro, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 137, 10. Siftiþ (-it, -id) crebrat, Txts. 55, 596. Syfteþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 44. Sift, 136, 61. Swá swá mon melo sift (seft. Cott. MS.), Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 2. Sifte. cribraret, Wrt.

Linked entry: a-siftan

ymb-clyppan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-clyppan, p. te
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To embrace, clasp, of persons Ic ymbclyppe ðé complector te, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 122, 4: amplector, 36; Zup. 214, 5. Ic ymbclyp[p]e obunco, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 31. Ymbclypte obuncabat (Timotheum ulnarum gremiis procax obuncabat, Ald. 40), ii. 81, 12: 64,

ealneg

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Hé nǽfre ne besyhð tó ðǽre úplican áre, ac ealneg (ealne weg, v. l. ) fundað tó ðisum eorðlicum, Past. 66, 15: 395, 29. Gé ymb þæt án gefeoht alneg ceoriað, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 7. Ealneg (-ig, Bos. 88, 2), 4, 7; S. 182, 16: 5, 1; S. 214, 4. Hit God wræc

heán-lic

paltry ⬩ common ⬩ vile ⬩ contemptible ⬩ base

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Add: of little worth or importance, paltry, common; vilis Man wót oft máre be þám heálicran ðonne be þám heánlicran, Solil. H. 17, 14. vile, contemptible, base Heánlic slǽp, Dóm. L. 257. Eów mæg gescomian ꝥ gé swá heánlic geþóht on eów geniman for ánes

læs

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
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and add: adv. or conj. Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17. Ðú hǽtst mé forlǽtan

tó-féran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-féran, p. de.

to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately ⬩ to disperse (intrans.)

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to go in different directions, go off separately Ǽr fires Drihtnes leorningcnihtas tóférdan, ealswá heom beboden wæs (cf. Mk. 16, 15), Wulfst. 21, 5: Homl. Th. i. 318, 3. to disperse (intrans.) Ðá ðæt gafol gelǽst wæs, ðá tóférde se here wíde swá hé

Linked entry: tó-faran

ge-mæcca

Grammar
ge-mæcca, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> of things
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Ne métte ic nǽfre on mínum lífe swá mycles sáres ne yfeles gemǽccan, Verc. Först. 120, 14

brac-hwíl

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Swá ys seó brachwíl on þæs mannes eágan, heó ys sóðes atomus, Angl. viii. 318, 33. Add

ge-winfullíce

(adv.)
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Æfter þon þe þú swá earfoðlíce and gewinfullíce gelýfdest postquam laboriose credidisti, Gr. D. 305, 16. Add

mild-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mild-ness, e; f.
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Mildness, gentleness Ne sceal swá líðe mildnes (lenitas) beón ꝥ ne forhæbbe þá syngunge, Chrd. 62, 21

munt-geóf

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Add:, -giú On Mauricius mynstre, þæt is on Muntgiú swá men farað tó Róme, Wlfst. 152, 9

will-spryng

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Sume men synd swá áblende ꝥ hí bringað heora lác . . . tó wylspringum, Hml. S. 17, 131. Add

un-sceþþig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþig, -scæþþig; adj.

Innocent ⬩ harmless

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Innocent, harmless Innocens unsceððig (-scæððig) is ǽfre nama, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 253, 16. Beó se cristena man unsceaðþig and bilewite, Homl. Th. i. 142, 20. Hér com Ælfréd se unsceððiga æþeling, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 25. Hys ðæt synnige blód wæs ágoten

Linked entries: un-scæþþig sceþþig

smale

(adv.)
Grammar
smale, smæle; adv.

finely ⬩ not loudly

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finely (v. smæl, V.) Hundes tux gebærned and smale gegniden Lchdm. i. 372, 1. Gegníd tó duste swýðe smale 196, 12: 198, 1, 15. Genim wæterhæfern gebærnedne and ðonne gegniden smale ii. 44, 20. Genim swefl, gebeát swíðe smale 88, 17: i. 358, 9. Ásift

Linked entries: smæl smæle

æl-þeódelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
æl-þeódelíce, adv.

Among foreigners ⬩ abroad ⬩ peregre

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Among foreigners, abroad; peregre Swá se man ðe ælþeódelíce férde sicut homo qui peregre profectus, Mk. Jun. 13, 34

bi-fóran

(adv.)
Grammar
bi-fóran, adv.

Before, of old ⬩ antea

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Before, of old; antea Swá ǽr bifóran as ere of old, Exon. 14 b; Th. 29, 26; Cri. 468

aler-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
aler-bróc, es; m.
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A brook with alders on the banks In ælrbróc, and seoððan swá alrbróc ligeð, C. D. iii. 393, 17