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stór

(adj.)
Grammar
stór, adj.
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Great, strong, violent Swá stór þunring wes, Chr. 1085 ; Erl. 219, 22

ampella

(n.)
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Se wer bletsode ele on ánum fæte þe wé anpolan hátaþ . . . on ánre glæsenan anpollan, Hml. S. 31, 1120, 1124. Gedó on ǽrene ampullan, Lch. ii. 30, 8. Anpullan lecythum, i. ampullam oleariam, An. Ox. 3876. Ampellan oððe elefæt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 76.

discipul

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Hira discipulas wǽron wel gelǽrede, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 344, 19. Discipulas discipuli, Mt. L. 26, 8. Bǽdon hine his discipulos, Bl. H. 227, 11. Wé synd discipuli Drihtnes, 233, 15. Ofer ǽnne his discipula, 235, 12.

on-bryrdan

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Þæt hé ús onbrirde and on þæt tihte þæt wé ǽrest wel willen, Solil. H. 30, 9. Hé þurh gǽstes blǽd breóstum onbryrded beald reordade, Ph. 550. Add Mid onbryrdum móde andettan compuncto animo confiteri, Ll. Th. ii. 178, 20

ge-span

(n.)
Grammar
ge-span, -spann, -spon, es; n.

A joining ⬩ fastening together ⬩ nexus

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Searo-rúna gespon the web of mysteries, Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 20; Sch. 15

a-mæstan

(v.)
Grammar
a-mæstan, p. -mæstede; pp. -mæsted, -mæstd, -mæst [a, mæstan to fatten]

To fatten ⬩ saginare ⬩ impinguare

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Sáwl ðe wel spricþ, hió biþ amæst a soul that speakelh well, she shall be fattened. Past. 49, 2

Linked entry: ge-mæstan

cammoc

(n.)
Grammar
cammoc, cammuc, commuc, es; n. m? The cammoc, kex, an umbelliferous plant, brimstone wort, hog's fennel, cow weed, cow parsley. Kambuck is still a name of the kexes in Suffolk, Prior 36, 126; peucedănum officinale, = πευκεδανόν , n; πευκεδανός , f.
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sulphur wort, hog's fennel Ðás wyrte man peucedanum, and óðrum naman cammoc [cammuc MS. H.] nemneþ this wort is called peucedanum, and by another name cammoc, Herb. 96, 1; Lchdm. i. 208, 17. Wyrc gódne drenc, elenan iii snǽda, commuces viii make a good

Linked entry: commuc

ge-brócod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brócod, -brócad, -bróced, -brócud [or -brocod ?]; part. p. [ge-, brðcod; pp. of brócian to oppress, vex]

Afflicted ⬩ broken up ⬩ injured ⬩ afflictus ⬩ confractus

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We ealle on hǽðenum folce gebrócude wǽron we were all afflicted by the heathen folk, Cod. Dipl. 314; A. D. 880-885; Kmbl. ii. 113, 16

á-hýðan

Grammar
á-hýðan, -híðan.
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Wildeór áhíðende wes hié ferus depastus est eam, Ps. Srt. 79, 14. Add

sumer-lic

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Wel is Godes ríce sumerlicre tíde wiðmeten, Hml. Th. i. 614, 28. Add

wénþ

(n.)
Grammar
wénþ, (?);

beauty,

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beauty, Similar entries v. wén-líc Wénðe cum formosior Hpt. Gl. 417, 23

gange-wifre

(n.)
Grammar
gange-wifre, -wæfre, geonge-wifre, gonge-wifre, gongel-wæfre, an; f.

A ganging weaver ⬩ spider ⬩ viītĭca arānea

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A ganging weaver, spider; viītĭca arānea Ðú gedést ðæt he aswint on his móde, and wyrþ swá tedre swá swá gangewifran nett thou causest that he dwindles away in his mind, and becomes as frail as a spider's web, Ps. Th. 38, 12.

Linked entries: gongel-wæfre gonge-wifre geonge-wifre wæfer-gange -wifre

strútian

(v.)
Grammar
strútian, p. ode
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To stand out stiffly or projectingly Se hálga wer hié ( the robbers who were trying to break into the church ) wundorlíce geband, ǽlcne, swá hé stód, strútiendne mid tóle, ðæt hiera nán ne mihte ðæt moþ gefremman . . .

á-hwergen

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwergen, -hwærne, -wyrn, ó-wern; adv.
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Nǽnige swaþe his ówwern ætýwdon nullum ejus uspiam vestigium apparuerit, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 473, 9. v. ná-hwærn, ǽg-wern, and á-hwærn in Dict

Linked entries: á-hwærgen hwergen á-wyrn

sǽ-genga

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-genga, an; m.

a sea-goer, a mariner ⬩ a vessel, ship

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wel hig understandaþ ðæt eorþlíce líchamlíce beóþ fulran on weaxendum mónan ðonne on wanigendum the skilful mariners well understand that earthly, corporeal things are fuller with a waxing than with a waning moon, Anglia viii. 327,21 . a vessel, ship

Linked entry: sǽ-líðend

ofer-cýðan

(v.)

to bring stronger testimony than another

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to bring stronger testimony than another Wé cwǽdon be mannum ... gif áþ burste oððe ofercýðed wǽre if the oath were not supported by a sufficient number of compurgators, or were disproved by testimony more strongly supported by oath.

fracoþ-líce

(adv.)
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Swá wer sé fracodlíce ( fraudulenter ) derað frýnd hys, Scint. 194, 1. Add

wǽtian

(v.)
Grammar
wǽtian, p.ode

To become wet:

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To become wet: Ðániaþ and wǽtigaþ madescunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 39

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, either a contraction of the prefixes á, ǽ, with a g added, as ǽg, or derived from aa = á, áwa, ǽw. It is used in compound pronouns and adverbs, as ǽg-hwá, ǽg-hwǽr, ǽg-hwilc, etc; but, in its place, we also find the prefix á as,—á-hwǽr, á-hwilc, etc. Both ǽg- and á- impart to their compounds a sense of universality.

Ever ⬩ always ⬩ semper

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Ever, always; semper:

ge-hiscan

(v.)

to hate ⬩ abominari

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to hate; abominari Ðæne wer gehiscþ drihten virum abominabitur dominus, Ps. Lamb. 5, 8

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