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swice

(n.)
Grammar
swice, and (?) swicc, es; m.

A scent, smell

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Span, husmo smell, scent; andar a la husma to be on the scent; husmear to find out by smelling), Txts. 83, 1468. Swice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 57. Ðæt wæs swéte stenc . . . tó ðæm swicce men þrungon, Exon. Th. 359, 21; Pa. 66

ceorl

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Swylce hit nán pleoh ne sý ꝥ se preóst libbe swá swá ceorl, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 18. þæt mæssepreóst lybbe his líf swá swá ceorl, Wlfst. 269, 29. <b>II d.</b> as a term of contempt?

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, to be fitting. [In line 11 2. gerise bet.]
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. :-- Siled bodo ðǽm geríses bodage dat praecepta quibus debeant praedicare, Lk. p. 6, 14. Gehriseð (giríseif, R. ) mé geonga, Lk. L. 13, 33 : 17, 25. Ill bb. with acc. and infin. Ðás gerás geðrouia Críst haec oportuit pati Christum, Lk. L.

leóf

(n.)
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La leóf nele hé gelýfan mínum wordum long ago 1 knew him, Sir ... Ah! Sir, he will not believe my words, Glostr. Frag. 2, 10, 19. Lá leóf O Lord, Gen. 18, 23, 25, 28, 30, 31.

ge-irnan

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-yrnan</b> in Dict., and add: <b>A.</b> intrans. to run, run about Giiorniað discurrent, Rtl. 86, 36. Geurnun (currebant) tuége ætgæðre, Jn. L. R. 20, 4. <b>I a.

Linked entries: ge-urnen ge-yrnan

ampella

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ampelle</b> (-olle, -ulle), an; f. A bottle, flask Cróges oþþe ampellan lenticule, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 26: 52, 62. Se wer bletsode ele on ánum fæte þe wé anpolan hátaþ . . . on ánre glæsenan anpollan, Hml.

ge-hírsum

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Take here <b>ge-hýrsum</b> in Dict. and add: obedient Hé wearð gehýrsum tó þí þæt hé willes deáð þrowade factus obediens usque ad mortem R. Ben. 26, 15 : 126, 8.

Linked entry: ge-hýrsum

hós

(n.)
Grammar
hós, a bramble.
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Substitute: <b>hos,</b> pl. hossas and (?) hosa a shoot, tendril Hos butrus (cf. cyprus, arbor est habens . . . butros sicut erba pratorum, Ld. Gl. H. 90, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 27: ii. 11, 56.

ge-ceósan

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forlét, 46, 22), Ll.

hróf

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L. 12, 3. Ofer hrófa, Mt. L. 10, 27. <b>I d.</b> where a part represents the whole(?) a house v. hrófleás; <b>II. II.

ge-metan

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Th. i. 226, 12. to apportion by measure Gemet ꝥte metende gié biðon eft gemeten iúh bið, Lk. L. 6, 38. (Goth, ga-mitan: O. H. Ger. ge-mazzon.)

ge-swígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swígan, p. de.
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Ne mæghton word his getéla and gesuígdon (tacuerunt), Lk. L. 22, 26. not: to break silence, to keep silent, v. ge-swígung Gif ðás gesuígas, stánas clioppogað, Lk.

ge-ládian

(v.)
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Add: to make lád (q. v.) Gif hé ládian wille, geládige be dǽde mǽðe, swá mid þrifealdre, swá mid ánfealdre láde, Ll. Th. i. 346, 14.

inne

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Ll. Th. i. 198, 26. On ǽghwylcne þe þǽr inne cóm, Jud. 50. Þǽr inne fealh secg, B. 2226. <b>B.</b> as preposition (following case) :-- Ánn On ꝥ hús þe heó hié inne reste, Bl. H. 147, 2

el-þeódgian

(v.)
Grammar
el-þeódgian, -þeódian; p. ode
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To be in foreign parts, to travel to or live in a foreign land Foerde fearr ł ellðiódegde peregre profectus est, Mt. L. 21, 33. Ellðeódigde ł fearr færende wæs, Lk. L. 15, 13. Ellðiódade, Mk. L. 13, 34.

Linked entries: -þeódgian -þeódgian

scolere

(n.)
Grammar
scolere, (scólere?), es; m.

A scholar ⬩ learner

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Ðæt ǽnig preóst ne underfó óðres scolere, L. Edg. C. 10; Th. ii. 246, 24

wel

(adv.; int.)

Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah

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Gl. 512, 18. interjection well, ah Wel lá heu Germ. 388, 11. Hé cwæð mid wópe; wel lá, Basilius, gif ðú sylf noldest, nǽre ðú git forðfaran. Homl. Skt. i. 3, 627. Wel lá, mín Drihten, hwæt ic hér nú hreówlíce hæbbe gefaren 23, 575.

Linked entry: BET

geond-stredan

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>geond-stregdan, geond-strédan;</b> p. stregde, geond-strédde; pp. geond-stregd, -stréd To strew about, scatter about or over Ic geondstregde (-stréde, v. l.) spargo, Ælfc. Gr.

olfend

(n.)
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Add: <b>olfend,</b> es; n.: <b>olbenda,</b> an; m.: <b>olfende,</b> an ; f. Se olfend, Lk. 18, 25. Olbend, Mt. R. 19, 24. Þá cóm ðǽr yrnan sum olbænda, Shrn. 135, 33.

ge-hreósan

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<b>la.