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ymb-sceáwiendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ymb-sceáwiendlíce, adv.
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Circumspectly Mid ðý swá gemetfæstlíce and swá ymbsceáwiendlíce hine sylfne on eallum ðingum beheóld cum ita se modeste et circumspecte in omnibus gereret Bd. 5, 19; S. 937, 5

á-hrisian

(v.)
Grammar
á-hrisian, p. ede.
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L. 117, 13. to excite, arouse Áhrisige óðre tó geornfulnesse gódra weorca, Past. 461, 16

be-récan

To besmokefumigate

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Beréc on háte ǽmergean, iii. 30, 18. Substitute: and add

candel-bryd

(n.)
Grammar
candel-bryd, (=-bred?)
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Ðonne þ candelbryd habban wille, ástrehtre þínre winstran handa ofsete eclinga mid þínre swí(þ)ran, Tech. ii. 120, 20-23

cimbala

Grammar
cimbala, (cym-).
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slóh cymbalan (cim*-*balan, v. l.) percussit cymbala, Gr. D. 62, 16, 23. Add

Linked entry: cymbala

eall-swilc

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-swilc, adj.
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Just such Eallswylc ( or eall swylc) is Basilius swylce þes fýrena swer, Hml. S. 3, 502. Tó eallswilcre gehýrsumnesse swá ǽr his fæder dyde, Chr. 1091; P. 227, 3

féster-bearn

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Gregorius is úre altor and wé syndan his alumni, ðæt is ðæt is úre fésterfæder on Críste, and wé syndon his fésterbearn on fullwihte, Shrn. 62, 21. Substitutefor passage

Linked entry: féster-fæder

fíc-treów

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(Adam) ábyrgde ðá forbodenan fíctreówes blǽda, Sal. K. p. 182, 34. Under ðǽm fícbeóme ł fíctrée sub ficu, Jn. R. 1, 48. Add

for-eáþelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-eáþelíce, adv.

Very easily

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Very easily, without inconvenience mihtú for sceame ǽniges ðinges æt Gode biddan, gif ðú forwyrnst ðínum gelícan þæs ðe ðú foreáðelíce him getíðian miht?, Hml. Th. i. 256, 7

Linked entry: eáþe-líce

forht-lic

fearfulfearfulterrible

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sculan nyttian lytlum and forhtlicum metum, Lch. ii. 30, 30

ge-onlícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-onlícan, p. ge-onlícte, ge-onlíhte
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To make like; reflex. with tó, to pretend to be geonlícte (-líhte, v. l.) hine sylfne tó sumum ælþeódigum men peregrinum quempiam esse se simulans, Gr. D. 75, 4

Linked entry: on-lícan

ge-wriþing

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wriþing, e; f.
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Binding Þænne unrihtlíce fǽrunga byþ gewriþen þæne gewríþincge his dóm of óþrum gylte geearnige cum iniuste forsitan ligatur, ipsam obligationis suę sententiam ex alia culpa mereatur, Scint. 202, 13

gistern-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
gistern-lic, (<b>gysternlic,</b> q. v. in Dict.); adj.
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Of yesterday Ðám dæge ne fyligð merigenlic dæg, for ðan ðe him ne forestóp se gysternlica, Hml. Th. i. 490, 20. Dæg se georstenlica dies hesterna, Hy. S. 47, 10

Linked entry: georsten-lic

hleótend

(n.)
Grammar
hleótend, es; m.
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One who obtains Swá þéh his sylfes wyllan wæs lytel (hleótend, v. l.) in ðám midle Crístes þegna tamen sponte fit parvulus in medio discipulorum Gr. D. 218, I

land-folc

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Cóm ꝥ landfolc tó þe þǽr tó láfe wæs þǽr heora hláfordes líc læg, Hml. S. 32, 134. wunode on þǽre byrig and bodode þám landfolce, 29, 83. Add

læfel

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hét geótan wæter on læfel misit aquam in pelvem Hml. A. 155, 102. Man sceal habban . . . læflas, Angl. ix. 264, 21. Add

lǽn-land

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Þonne is þæs londes þridde half híd þe Óswold selð Cynelme his þegne tó bóclonde, swá hit him ǽr hæfde tó forlǽten tó lǽnlonde, Cht. E. 208, 11. Add

liss

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micclum blissodon, and Gode þancodon heora geswinces lisse ( they thanked God for the alleviation of their hardship), Hml. Th. i. 562, 17

mis-feng

(n.)
Grammar
mis-feng, es ; m.
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A mistake, fault, misdeed ús gegearwað þá heofonlican for ðám eorðlicum . . . gif wé ælmyssan dón willað on úrum lífe, and gif wé dǽdbóte dón willaþ úrra misfenga, Nap. 45

níten-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
níten-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of cattle gesceóp æf ðǽre eorðan eall nýtencynn and deórcynn (jumenta et bestias), Hml. Th. i. 16, 5. Eall nýtencynn and ðá wildan deór, Hex. 14, 29