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wlite-seón

(n.)
Grammar
wlite-seón, -sín, e; f.

A sight to gaze ona spectacle

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A sight to gaze on, a spectacle; Wæs be feaxe on flet boren Grendles heáfod, and ðære idese mid, wliteseón wrǽtlíc. Beo. Th. 3304; B. 1650

scearpung

(n.)
Grammar
scearpung, e; f.

Scarifying

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Mid gelómlícre scearpunge, hwílum mid miclum, hwílum mid feáwum, 84, 2. Lǽcedómas and scearpunga wið sídan sáre, 262, 24

hem

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Feald þú mid þínre swíðran hande þane hem þínes wynstran earmstoces ofer þínne wynstran scytefinger, Tech. ii. 128, 2. Add

éstan

(v.)
Grammar
éstan, p. te

To feast

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To feast, give luxurious food to. Wá þám hirdum þe éstað heom silfum swá heom betst lícað vae pastoribus qui pascebant semetipsos (Ezech. 34, 2), Wlfst. 190, 17

martyr-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-cynn, es; m.
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A race or family of martyrs Ðǽr flugen sóna tó feala cynna fugelas, and þára háligra martyra eágan út áhaccedon . . . wundorlic wæs ꝥ martyrcynn. Hml. S. 23, 85

on-cnyssan

(v.)

to cast down

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to cast down Ðú mé yfela feala oft oncnyssedest thou didst strike me down with many evils, Ps. Th. 70, 19. Oncnyssyde depulsae, Ps. Spl. C. 61, 3

symbel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
symbel-líc, adj.

solemn

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Of a feast or festival, solemn Dæge symellícum die sollempni, Anglia xiii. 390, 354. Gebedu symellíce orationes sollempnes, 417, 750. Daegas symbellíce dies festos, Ps. Surt. 73, 8

dryht-ealdor

(n.)
Grammar
dryht-ealdor, driht-ealdor, drihte ealdor, es; m.

The ruler of a household, meeting, or feast, a bridesmandŏmĭnus, archi-triclīnus, parănymphus = παράνυμφos

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The ruler of a household, meeting, or feast, a bridesman; dŏmĭnus, archi-triclīnus, parănymphus = παράνυμφos Brýdguma vel dryhtealdor parănymphus, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Son. 74, 60; Wrt. Voc. 50, 42

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ofer-firr

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-firr, e; f.

Too great distance

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Too great distance Hit is feáwum mannum cúð for ðære oferfyrre insula Thule, quae per infinitum a ceteris separata, vix paucis nota habetur, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 21

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camb

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feax þe on þám cambe cleofige, 21. Ic his heáfod mid gambe gekamde, C. D. iv. 261, 2. crest, comb of a bird Combas on fugele cristas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 7. Cambas cristas (of cocks), An. Ox. 26, 16.

hearde

(adv.)
Grammar
hearde, adv.

Severely, very much, greatly, sorely

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Ðæs ðe wé wénaþ and hearde ondrǽdaþ according to what we expect and very much fear, L. Ælfc. P. 40; Ll. ii. 380, 35.

in-lende

(adj.)
Grammar
in-lende, adj.

Nativeindigenous

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Ðǽr on fyrd hyra fǽrspell becwom óht inlende there to their host came tidings sudden and terrible, fear of the men of the land [the Israelites hearing of the pursuit by the Egyptians], Cd. 148; Th. 186, 9 ; Exod. 136.

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meornan

(v.)
Grammar
meornan, p. mearn, pl. murnon; pp. mornen

To carefeel anxietytrouble one's self about anythingreck

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Nalas for fǽhþe mearn for fear of the feud was not troubled, 3079; B. 1537. Nó mearn fore fyrene he cared not for the crime he committed, 273; B. 136.

scorf

(n.)
Grammar
scorf, sceorf, scurf, scruf, es ; m. (?)
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Swá mycel hreófla and sceorfa on his heáfde hæfde ðæt him nǽfre nǽnig feax on ðam uferan dǽle ðæs heáfdes ácenned beón mihte scabiem tantam ac furfures habebat in capite, ut nil unquam capillorum ei in superiore parte capitis nasci valeret.

scíte

(n.)
Grammar
scíte, scéte, scýte, an; f.
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Heó hire feax gerǽdde and hí mid scýtan besweóp crines composuit, caput linteo cooperuit, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 13. Sum iungling mid ánre scýtan bewǽfed (amictus sindone). Mt. Skt. 14, 51, 52.

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telg

(n.)
Grammar
telg, tælg, es; m.
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Voc. ii. 109, 36: 39, 3 (the entry is given, fuscus tægl oððe feax). Telg, deág fucus, telga fucorum, 36, 66, 67: 70, 19: 151, 52. Se weolocreáda tælhg(tægl, MS. C.) tinctura coccinei coloris, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 20. Se reáda telg, Exon.

ge-fyrht

(v.)
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L. 34, 37. to be afraid (of), fear Ꝥte ǽlc man ondréde and gefyrhtiga nome Drihtnes ut omnis homo timeat et contremescat nomen Domini, Rtl. 101, 1. [O. H. Ger. ge-furhten terrere.?

spannan

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Ox. 17, 62. to bind by considerations of interest, fear of consequences Hí speónnon heom eall ꝥ landfolc tó (cf. hí námon gíslas swá fela swá hí woldon, 179, 3), Chr. 1052; P. 178, 36

wringan

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Hé þone cniht ásette on þá wíntreddan and hét hine wringan þá feáwa geclystru þǽra byrgena puerulum in calcatorio deposuit, et calcare ipsos paucissimos racemos fecit, 58, 17.

rúmedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rúmedlíce, adv.

liberallyat large, fully

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MS.) selþ, 44; Swt. 326, 20. at large, fully Ðis ðæt wé nú feám wordum árímdon wé willaþ hwéne rúmedlícor ( paulo latius ) áreccean, 12; Swt. 75, 17. Rúmerlícor [rúmed ?] latius, multiplicius, Hpt. Gl. 420,30.

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