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swigene

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Ðæs mannes bileofa is tó besceáwianne: ǽrest him is tó sellanne ðæt ðone innoð stille and sméþe, ne sié scearp ne tó afor ne slítende ne swigene, Lchdm. ii. 210, 21

þroht

(adj.)
Grammar
þroht, adj.

Oppressivegrievous

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Ellen biþ sélast ðam ðe oftost sceal dreógan dryhtenbealu, deópe behycgan þroht þeódengedál, 183, 8; Gú. 1324

wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
wrégan, p. de

To rouseexcite

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Hwílum ic (a storm) sceal ýþa wrégan, [streámas] styrgan, 383, 28; Rä. 4, 17

Linked entry: wréhtend

sinc-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
sinc-fág, -fáh ; adj.
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Variegated with costly ornament Ic winde sceal sincfág swelgan, Exon. Th. 395, 29 ; Rä. 15, 15. Heorot, sincfáge (cf. goldfáh applied to Heorot, 621 ; B. 308) sel, Beo. Th. 336 ; B. 167

un-sóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-sóm, e; f.

Disagreement

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Man sceal ǽlce unsóme and ealle geflytu gestyllan, L. E. I. 36; Th. ii. 434, 2-7

Linked entry: sóm

hleahtor-bǽre

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Productive of laughter: Ne sceal hé fela sprecan, ne ídele word ne hleahtorbǽre (leahtor-, v. l.) multum loqui non amare, verba vana aut risui apta non loqui R. Ben. 18, 8. Substitute:

tó-drǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-drǽfan, p. de

To drive asunder,drive in different directions,drive away,expel,dispel,scatter,disperse

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Beón ða scép tódrǽfede, Mk. Skt. 14, 27. A lutel windes puf mei al todreven hit, A. R. 254, 1. Of þan folak þe wes todrefed, Laym. 330

Linked entry: tó-drífan

afor

Grammar
afor, l. áfor.
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Ne scearp ne tó áfor (δριμὐ) . . . þá scearpan áfran þing (τἀ στφοντὐ) sint tó fleónne, 210, 20, 29. Swéte wín sél mylt þonne ꝥ áfre, 196, 25. Por and cawel and eal þá þe sýn áfer, 26, 18.

mése

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Ben. l. 69, 2) ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge, R. Ben. 62, 3

ge-restscipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-restscipe, es; m.

rest, easequies, ōtium,a cohabitationconcŭbĭtus

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Lye. a cohabitation; concŭbĭtus To hyre gerestscipe hire wer ne sceal gangan ad ejus concŭbĭtum vir suus accēdĕre non dēbet, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 32

Linked entry: -restscipe

weorold-méd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-méd, e; f.
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Worldly recompense Ne sceal nán man woruld*-*méde wilnian æt ðam cuman, for ðam ðe him is geháten éce gefeá fore on Godes ríce, L. E. I. 25; Th. ii. 422, 15

á-cnáwan

(v.)
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Þurh scere synd ácnáwene per tonsuram noscuntur, R. Ben. I. 10, 10

Linked entry: cnáwan

hriddel

(n.)
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A riddel, coarse sieve Man sceal habban . . . syfa, sǽdleáp, hriddel, hérsyfe, Angl. ix. 264, 13

serc

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Þes pallium þe ic werige wyle mé gelǽstan, and mín syric ne tósíhð, ne míne sceós ne tóbærstað, ǽr þan þe mín sáwl síðað of þám líchaman, Hml. S. 36, 161. Add

cilda mæsse-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
cilda mæsse-dæg, es; m.

Childermas [Innocents'] -day festum innocentium

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Childermas [Innocents'] -day; festum innocentium Ðys Gódspel sceal on cilda [MS. cylda] mæsse-dæg this Gospel must be on Childermas [Innocents']-day, Dec. 28th, Rubc. Mt. Bos. 2, 13-18; Notes, p. 574

for-cwolstan

(v.)
Grammar
for-cwolstan, p. te; pp. ed

To swallow downhaurīre

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To swallow down; haurīre Fífleáfan seáwes þrý bollan fulle lytle sceal forcwolstan he shall swallow down three little bowls of the juice of cinque-foil, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 48, 18

fóre-býsen

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-býsen, e; f. [fóre, býsen an example, model]

A fore-modelan exampleexemplum

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A fore-model, an example; exemplum Arcebisceop sceal hálgian and getryman mid gódan mynegunga and fórebýsene an archbishop shall hallow and strengthen them with good admonitions and example, Chr. 694; Th. 67, 43

gærs-bed

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-bed, -bedd, es; n.

A grass-bedgravesub cæspĭte lectussepulcrum

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gærsbedd sceal wunian when he gives up his spirit, then must he inhabit a grave, Ps. Th. 102, 15

un-wilsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wilsumlíce, adv.

Against one's willnot of one's own accord

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Against one's will, not of one's own accord Se sceal nýde on helle duru unwilsumlíce geniþerad gelǽded beón necesse habet in januam inferni non sponte damnatus introduci, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 20

Linked entry: wilsumlíce

candel-stæf

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Man sceal habban candelstafas, Angl. ix. 264, 18. Add