wringan
To wring ⬩ to twist ⬩ to squeeze out
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To wring, to twist Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. to squeeze out moisture from something Ic nam ða wínberian and wrang on ðæt fæt tuli uvas et expressi in calicem, Gen. 40, 11. Genim ðære ylcan
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arod
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Arod promptus, Kent. Gl. 821. Efficax hwæt, i. citus, expeditus, astutus, acutus, sollers, peritus arud, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 55. Hé bið suíðe arod and suíðe geréðre on ryhtum weorcum constanter se in bono opere dirigit, Past. 306, 15. Arod tó deófles
be-gyrdan
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Add: in reference to apparel, to gird Gif hwylc man hyne begyrdeþ mid þysse wyrte, Lch. i. 198, 5. Begyrd þé and sceó þé. Hml. Th. ii. 382, 9. Hý gewǽdode and begyrde resten, R. Ben. 47, 10. Mid begyrdum lendenum, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 6. to sur-round, encompass
bisceop
under
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Add: under Dǽda folces dǽd oferstígan scyl bisceopes ( praesulis), Scint. 120, 16. Hú hé his apostolas tó biscpum gebletsode, Wlfst. 175, 21. Under Aristobolus wæs ǽgþer ge heora cyning ge heora biscop, Ors. 5, 12; S. 238, 14. Under substitute: a priest
be-lǽfan
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Substitute: trans, to leave, be survived by Hé bearn ne belǽfð, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 20. to leave unconsumed, un-done, to spare Hé ne belǽfde náne láte cuce non dimiserunt ullas reliquias, Jos. 10, 28. Nán hǽðengyld se hagol ne belǽfde, Hml. S. 4, 427:
camp
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a field (?) Þis synt þá denbára . , . gelecan camp, C. D. ii. 216, 6. Wæst tó rocggan campæs geatæ, v. 255, 32. Tó wígan campe, 313, 10: vi. 67, 9. On todan camp; of todan campe, iii. 425, 27. [O. L. Ger. kamp an enclosure, field: O. Frs. kamp an enclosed
fóre-gleáw
fore-seeing ⬩ fore*-*knowing ⬩ prophetic ⬩ provident ⬩ prudent
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Substitute: fore-seeing, fore*-*knowing, knowing what is to happen, by natural means Swá hit foregleáwe ealde úðwitan ǽror fundan, Men. 165. by supernatural means, prophetic Hé fǽgra manna forðsíð foregleáw sǽde, wís ðurh wítegunge wísdómes gǽstes,
ge-lystan
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Add: with acc. of person, and gen. of thing desired Hý gelyst ǽlces ýdeles, R. Ben. 136, 22. Þa mé gelyste þǽre deóglan stówe þe ic ǽr on wæs in mynstre; seó is þǽre gnornunge freónd secretum locum petii amicum moeroris, Gr. D. 3, 10. Geseah heó ǽnne
ge-reordness
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Substitute: refection, refreshment, the taking or giving of food Wæter gereordnysse aquam refectionis, Ps. L. 22, 2. On þá tide his gereordnysse ad horam refectionis illius, Gr. D. 118, 13 : 145, 14. Hé hí in gelaðode tó gereordnesse, 252, 12, 16. Hé
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ge-sete
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and add: the word seems to occur only in the plural Hwǽr cwóm máððumgyfa? hwǽr cwóm symbla gesetu ? hwǽr sindon seledreámas ? what has become of the giver of treasure ? What has become of the houses of feasting ? Where are the joys of the banqueting-hall
ge-fadung
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Se hláford sceal beón líðe þám goodum and egefull þám dysegum ... elles ne bið his gefadung ne fæst ne langsum, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 15. Wé gelýfaþ þæt mid þisse gefaduncge ǽgðres weorces tíma mæge beón geendebyrd hac dispositione credimus utraque tempora
ge-witleást
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Add: cf. ge-witleas; <b>I a</b> Wið gewitleáste, ꝥ is wið deófulseócnesse, Lch. i. 248, 3. 1. cf. ge-witleás; 1 His wífes gewitleást (cf. þú sprǽce swá swá án stunt wíf, 452, 31), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 4. Gewitleást vechordia, Hy. S. 9, 20.
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glíwian
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Take here <b>gleowian</b> in Dict., and add: of the sound made by metal(?), to play, sound Mec (a book) siððan wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde forð (for a similar verse cf. An. 1110); on mé glíwedon wrǽtlic weorc
hæppan
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To move accidentally(?), to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan
grǽg-hama
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Add: If the word denotes a living creature the verb gylleð would point to a bird rather than to the wolf. The verb þeótan (q.v.) and the noun geþot are the words used for the howl of the wolf, while gellan (q.v.) is used of the scream of a bird. As the
husc-lic
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Take here hux-lic in Dict. and add: of material things, unseemly Gif hwá wyle wyrcan weófodsceátas Gode . . . of his ealdum cláðum, gesylle þá ealdan and geceápige níwe, ꝥ hí tó huxlice tó his lácum ne beón, Hml. A. 35, 287. of conduct, action, treatment
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hrǽcan
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Add: to reach (v. N. E. D. s. v.). intrans. Hrę̄ceo excreo, An. Ox. 53, 40. Wiþ þæs magan springe, þonne þurh múð bitere hrǽcð oþþe bealcet, oððe him on þám magan súgeð, Lch. ii. 192, 3. Þám men þe . . . on magan untrum sié oþþe bitere hrǽce, 62, 16
Icenhilde strǽt
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the old road running from the coast of Norfolk through Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Berkshire, thus connecting g Ðis synd ðá landgemǽre intó Uffentúne ( Upton in Berkshire ) . . . intó Ikenilde strǽte; of Ikenilde strǽt, C. D. v. 252, 30. Úp on
innera
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Add:, innerra. local Rif vel seó inre wamb alvus, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 38. Hé férde forð ofer ꝥ wæter in þá inran land þǽra hǽðenra, Hml. S. 30, 309. concerned with the inner man Se earma innera man, ꝥ is seó wérige sáwl, Verc. Först. 93, 4. Se inra déma
leásung
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Add: lying; a lie Þý lǽs on mé mæge ídel spellung oþþe scondlic leásung beón gestǽled ne aut fabulae aut turpi mendacio dignus efficiar Nar. 2, 21. Hí tieligeað ðæt hié ne sculen leásunga secgan ( falsa dicere ), Past. 237, 8. vain or foolish speech