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wearmian

(v.)
Grammar
wearmian, p. ode

To get warm

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(the clothes which he wore while standing in the river ) on his líchaman wearmodon, Homl. Th. ii. 354, 20. Se ðe nyle ðæt wlæce oferwinnan and wearmian óð hé wealle quisquis nequaquam tepore superato excrescit, ut ferveat, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 7.

cwíþan

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Add: to lament Severus cwýþeð and mǽneþ his sáwle (hine bewépð and heófað, v. l.) Severus plangit, Gr. D. 89, 34. Ꝥ ic mæge míne synne cwíþan, Angl. xii. 508, 13. Hé wæs cwíþed fram þám ymbstandendum a circumstantibus plangeretur, Gr. D. 191, 19.

assa

(n.)
Grammar
assa, an; m: asse, es; m.

A male assasinus

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Gif ðú geméte ðínes feóndes assan, lǽd hine to him si occurreris inimici tui asino erranti, reduc ad eum, Ex. 23, 4: 23, 5. Wilde assan wild asses; onagri, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 12. Ðá feóll se asse adúne tum concidit asinus, Num. 22, 27.

Linked entry: ESOL

a-streccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-streccan, ic -strecce, ðú -strecest, he -strecþ ; p. -streahte, -strehte ; impert. -strece ; pp. -streaht, -streht; v. a.

To stretch outto extendprostratelay lowto prostrate oneselfbow downextendereexpandereprosternerese prosternereadorare

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Astrehte hine to eorþan adoravit in terram, Gen. 18, 2 : Mt. Bos. 18, 26, 29: Mk. Bos. 3, 11

lícettung

(n.)
Grammar
lícettung, e; f.

Feigningpretencesimulationhypocrisy

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Ðæt his gesacan on miclum dǽle lícettunge and leáse wið hine syredon and onsægdon accusatores ejus nonnulla in parte falsas contra eum machinasse calumnias, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 14. Þurh lícetunge per simulationem, Confess. Peccat

ge-wítnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wítnian, p. ode; pp. od

To punishchastise

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To punish, chastise Se ðe mihte hine sóna on helle gewítnian he that could at once punish him in hell, Blickl. Homl. 33, 30: Homl. Th. ii. 124, 22. Ic gewítnige punio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 57. Hwí wurdon ða synfullan mid wætere gewítnode?

ge-líffæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líffæstan, p. -líffæste; pp. -líffæsted, -líffæst

To make alivequickenvivificāre

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To make alive, quicken; vivificāre God geworhte ǽnne mannan, and hine gelíffæste, and he wearþ ða mann gesceapen on sáwle and on líchaman God made one man, and made him alive, and he then became man with soul and body, Homl. Th. i. 12, 29.

Linked entry: líf-fæstan

Geóla

(n.)
Grammar
Geóla, Iúla, an; m. [geól Yule]

The YULE or Christmas month, that is, December

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duo sunt menses qui uno nomine gaudent, alter Geola prior [December],alter posterior [January], Hick.

deópe

(adv.)
Grammar
deópe, adv.
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Add: literal Hé hine hét sleán and deópe bedelfan, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 3. metaph. Ús is deópe beboden we are most solemnly bidden, Wlfst, 282, 22: Ll. Th. ii. 328, 27. Hit is forboden on hálgum bócum swýþe deópe, Shrn. 162, 26.

ge-hwearf

Grammar
ge-hwearf, ge-hwerf.
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Geseoh, ic þé sylle þysne man tó gehwearfe for hine ecce, hunc hominem pro eo vicarium praebeo, Gr. D. 180, 20 : 181, 28

hearde

(adv.)
Grammar
hearde, adv.

Severely, very much, greatly, sorely

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Severely, very much, greatly, sorely Ðá cwæþ se Hǽlend ðæt him hearde þyrste then said Jesus that he was sore athirst, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 31. Hearde ofsceamode sorely ashamed, 518, 31.

fugel-cynn

a kind or species of birds

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On culfran híwe . . . On bócum is gerǽdd be ðám fugelcynne þæt his gecynd is swíðe bilewite, Hml. Th. i. 320, 4. Culfran and turtlan . . . þás twá fugelcyn ne singað ná, 142, 17. Saga mé hú fela is fleógendra fugelcynna?

ufor

(adj.)
Grammar
ufor, cpve.: ufemest; spve. adv.

Higherhighestat or i-s/>to a greater heightfarther from a coastfrom a spothigherat or to a more honourable placehigherlater

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Nabbaþ nán gód ofer ðæt tó sécanne, ne nánwuht ne magon ne ufor ne útor findan, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 154, 16: Exon. Th. 427, 8; Rä. 41, 88. temporal, later. Similar entries v. ufera, Fíf nihtum ufor five days later, Menol.

Linked entries: yfemest uferor

GÁT

(n.)
Grammar
GÁT, nom. acc; gen. gáte, gǽte; dat. gǽt; pl. nom. acc. gǽt, gét; gen. gáta; dat. gátum; f.

A she-GOATcapra

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and the goats on his left, Homl.

þeówet

(n.)
Grammar
þeówet, (-ot, -ut), þeówt, [t]es; m.
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Hé wolde ðæt folc habban ongeán tó his lande tó his láðum þeówte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 26. Bige ús tó ðæs cynges þeówette eme nos in servitutem regiam, Gen. 47, 19. Tó þeówte bebycggan to sell into slavery, L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 12 MS. H.

Linked entries: þeówot þeówt

byrgea

(n.)
Grammar
byrgea, byrigea, byriga, berigea, an; m. [borh, borg a pledge, security]
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Him man wilsumne berigean geselle [MS. gefelle] let a man give him a sufficient surety, 6; Th. i. 30, 5

pearroc

(n.)
Grammar
pearroc, es ; m.
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Hié ( the English) bedrifon hié (the Danes ) on ánne pearruc, and besǽton hié ðǽr útan, Chr. 918 ; Erl. 102, 35. Pearruca clatrorum, Hpt. Gl. 489, 75. Pearroca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 63. Of pearrocum de clatris, 26, 52: 18, 62. Of pearrucum, Hpt.

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.

Stiff, hardstiff, firm, strong, not bending easily, unyieldingof a thick consistencystiffhard, stern, inexorable, severe, austerehard, severe, unrelenting, stubbornstrict, rigid, severe, austere, hardhard harsh to the taste

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Hé wæs swá stíð, ðæt hé ne róhte heora eallra níð, ac móston ðes cynges wille folgian, gif woldon libban, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 31.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

un-áfylledlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áfylledlíc, adj.

Insatiate

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Insatiate ( hell and avarice ) habbaþ unáfylledlíce grǽdignysse ðæt fulle ne beóð nǽfre, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 285

æt-wenian

(v.)
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Þæt heora gingran Gode gestrýnan and deófle ætwænian (-wenian, v. l. ), Wlfst. 38, 24 : 301, 16. Add