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wiþer-sacian

(v.)
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wiþer-sacian, p. ode.

to blasphemeto be apostate

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to blaspheme Ðam ðe wiðersacaþ ongén háligne gást, ne bið dam forgyfen eí, qui in spiritum sanctum blasphemauerit, non remittetur, Lk. Skt. 12, 10. Swá hwylc man swá wyþersacaþ (blasphemes, v. Gospel of Nicodemus c. 4, v. 7) ðam Cásere, hé byþ deáþes

be-wrítan

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To score round Bewrít þú hý (the mandragora) wel hraþe mid íserne, þý lǽs heó þé ætfleó . . . þú hý bewrít mid íserne, and swá þú scealt onbútan hý delfan swá ðú hyre mid þám íserne ná æthríne make a score in the ground round it at once with iron, lest

fiscere

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Add: Wæs ðǽm cyninge (Xerxes) swíþe ange on his móde . . . þæt hé ofer ðá eá cuman ne mehte . . . Him þá tó cóm án fiscere and hiene ánne ofer bróhte piscatoria scapha trepidus transit, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 10. Wearð geworden, swá swá God wolde, fiscere

fracoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fracoþ, es; n.
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Add: fracoþu; f. Infamy, wickedness Ignominium sconde hléwung sive fraceþu, idem et infamium. Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 31. Sume men beóð swá gehíwode líceteras, swylce hý Godes ege habban, and bið eal heora ingeþanc mid fracoðe áfylled. Wlfst. 54, 7. Mið fræceðo

ge-leáflíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-leáflíce, adv.
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credibly, in a manner that commands or allows belief Hí heofenan ríce mid Hǽlende ástigon swá swá wíse láreówas geleáflíce secgað ( as we are credibly informed by learned doctors ), Hml. Th. ii. 258, 29. Ús is tó witonne þætte ꝥ wæs geleáflíce gestihtod

ge-rihtreccan

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ge-rihtreccan, Substitute: To shew rightly, demonstrate, v. reccan; III. 6
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Ic þé meg secgan þæt ic eom seó gesceádwísnes ðínes módes, þe ðé wið sprecð, and ic eom seó racu ðe mé onhagað ðé tó gerihtreccenne (the demonstration that it is in my power to give you), ðæt þú gesyhst myd ðínes módes eágan God swá sweotole swá þú nú

ge-wand

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wand, es; n.
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a turning aside, shrinking, hesitation Hé Godes þá gecorenan búton gewande getúcude eall swá hé wolde, Hml. S. 23, 15. Hí búton gewande sóna in tó þám ciningce eódon, 142. Ic eów bidde ꝥ gé búton gewande dón swá ic eów bebeode, 161. fear of a person

hirde-leás

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Add: without a shepherd Swá swá hyrdeleáse sceáp sicut oves quibus non est pastor, Hml. A. 110, 260. without a pastor, without an ecclesiastical ruler Seó cyrice æt Hrofesceastre wæs hyrdeleás Hrofensis ecclesia pastorem minime habebat. Bd. 2, 20; Sch

híred-cniht

a domestic

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Add: a domestic, Similar entries v. híred; III. Oncneów Philippus, swá swá fæder, Eugenian, and Auitus and Særgius hyra ágene swyster, and hyra hýredcnihtas hí eádmódlíce cyston, Hml. S. 2, 249. His híredcnihton eallon .v. pund tó gedále, ǽlcon be þám

hræding

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For hrædince compendio, An. Ox. 3347. ¶ the word occurs mostly in the phrase on hrædinge hurriedly, without allowing enough time :-- Hit is on hrædinge earfoðrecce it is difficult to relate unless plenty of time is allowed, Wlfst. 22, 14. Man ne mihte

of-scotian

(v.)

to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc.

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to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc. Hé hét hine mid strǽlum ofscotian, ðæt hé wæs ðara swá full swá igl biþ byrsta, Shrn. 55, 8. Ne ofsleá hine nán man mid his handa ac sí hé mid stánum oftirfod oððe mid flánum ofscotod manus non tanget

Linked entry: scotian

ge-tímian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tímian, -týmian; p. ode; pp. od [tíma time]

To happenbefallaccĭdĕre

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To happen, befall; accĭdĕre Getímian to happen, Jud. 5; Thw. 156, 8. Getímode hit ðæt he becom to heora byrig ðe wæs Gaza geháten it befell that he came to their city which was called Gaza, Homl. Th. i. 226, 24: 318, 15. Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce it

Linked entries: ge-tíman tímian

tung-wód

(adj.)
Grammar
tung-wód, adj.
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Tongue-mad, violent in speech Uppstige sandfull on fótum forealdudes swá wíf tungwód menn stillum ascensus arenosus in pedibus ueterani, sic mulier linguata homini quieto, Scint. 223, 13

un-gewintred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewintred, adj.

Not adult

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Not adult Be ungewintredes wífmannes nédhǽmde. Gif mon ungewintrædne wífmon tó niédhǽmde geþreátige, sié ðæt swá ðæs gewintredan monnes bót, L. Alf. pol. 26; Th. i. 78, 16

un-reordian

(v.)

to speak ill ofto abuse

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(?) to speak ill of, to abuse Swá firenfulle fácnum wordum heora aldorðægn unreordadon (on reordadon? Similar entries v. on, B. III. 5), Cd. Th. 269, 1; Sat. 66

Linked entry: reordian

wrocen

(n.)
Grammar
wrocen, e ; f. ?
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Of ðam byrcelse on wrocene; andlang wrocene in Uppinghǽma gemǽre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 124, 13. Be eástan wrocena stybbe; ðæt swá tó wrocena stybbe, v. 297, 26

deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
deóre, adv.
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Fiercely, cruelly [v. deór; adj. ] Deáð se bitera swá deóre (deórne?; but cf. þone deóran síð = death, Sal. 361) genam ǽþelne of eorðan, Chr. 1065 ; P. 194, 14

dóm-bóc

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Ic gedó ꝥ man sceall þé wel fæste gewríðan, and þé, eall swá seó dómbóc be swilcum mannum tǽcð, oft and gelóme swingan, Hml. S. 23, 714. 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

for-réceleásian

(v.)
Grammar
for-réceleásian, p. ode

To neglect

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To neglect Þá þe swá Godes bebodu forréceleásiað, ꝥ hig þisne egeslican cwide (the sentence on the wicked at the resurrection) gehýran sculon, Ll. Th. ii. 396, 21