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ge-heán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heán, ge-hín, ge-hýn, ge-hién, ge-hígan (?); pp. ge-heád, ge-hýd, ge-híged.
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Gl. 226, 8. to exalt Ðá wæs Bryten swíðe geheád in miclum wuldre Godes geleáfan and andetnesse denique etiam Brittaniam turn plurima confes-sionis Deo deuotae gloria sublimauit Bd. I. 6; Sch. 19, 4.

cyn

(adj.)
Grammar
cyn, adj.
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Suá is cynn ðæt sió giémen sié ðám beboden dignum est, ut cura ei imponatur, Past. 43, 24: 45, 2, 5: 185, 6. Suá hit is cynn ðætte . . . 195, 20. Hit is cynn ( justum est ) ðæt wé ðæs gemǽnelíce brúcen, 337, 3.

oft

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Gif sió scyld ðára ofermétta ne gewundode ðý oftor nisi nonnunquam superbiae culpa transfigeret, Past. 311, 23. Oftost, B. 1663. Ellen bið sélast þám þe oftost sceal dreógan dryhtenbealu, Gú. 1322. Oftast, Ps. Th. 61, 9.

récan

Grammar
récan, reccan.
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Ðæt sió sib of eówre heortan ne gewíte, ðæáh hiere mon ne recce quatenus pax a cordibus vestris nec abnegata discedat, Past. 357, 11. Hé nánes monnes óleccunga ne réce in nullius se debeat favorem declinare, 383, 12.

sogoþa

(n.)
Grammar
sogoþa, an; m.

hiccough, heartburngastric juice

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Of hómena stiéme and of wlætan cymþ eágna mist and sió scearpnes and sogoþa ðæt déþ wið ðon is ðis tó dónne the acidity and heartburn (?) cause that against which this is to be done ii. 28, 1. Wið sogoþan and geohsan ðe of milte cymþ 248, 1.

milisc

(adj.)
Grammar
milisc, adj.

Honeyedsweetmellowmulled

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Drince mylsce drincan, sió gebét ða biternesse ðæs geallan, L. M. 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 108, 2. Milscra (milscre, Wrt.) treówa blósman qui[n]tinas, g. caducas (Du Cange quotes Isidore: 'Flores malorum (punicorum ) a Græcis appellati sunt quintinæ.

slǽwþ

(n.)
Grammar
slǽwþ, e; f.
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Sió slǽwþ giétt slǽp on ðone monnan pigredo immittit soporem. Past. 39, 1 ; Swt. 283, 6. Slǽwþ torpor, Hymn. Surt. 26, 28. Sléuþ pigredo, Kent. Gl. 694. On ðæm sceáte his slǽwþe in sudario lenti torporis, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 16.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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a turn, time Ðá besæt sió fierd hié (the Danes) ðǽr ða hwíle ðe hié ðær lengest mete hæfdon, ac hié hæfdon heora stemn gesetenne the English force had sat out its turn of service, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 31.

be-stelan

to robto go secretlystealthilyto steal

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.): Hiene bestæl se here intó Werhám Wesseaxna fierde . . . hié hié nihtes bestǽlon þǽre fierde, Chr. 876; P. 74, 7-11. without pronoun Bistilð sió slǽwd on ús mentis desidia furtim torpore mactatur, Past. 283, 3.

bred

a boardplanka tablet

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Ðá stǽnenan bredu ðe sió ǽ wæs on áwriten, Past. 125, 18. On twelf bredun þe þá þeódwitan þǽrtó ámearcode, Angl. viii. 321, 41. Similar entries v. gyrdel-, hand-, nam-, pic-, rihte-, tæppel-, writ-bred

finger

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Gif se midlesta finger sié of áslegen, sió bót bið .xii. scitt. Gif se lytla finger bið of áslegen, þám sceal tó bóte . viiii. sciit. Ll. Th. i. 96, 3-8.

on-wendan

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D. ii. 134, 18. to upset a person, a condition of things On ðǽm dóme ðæs ryhtwísan déman onwent sió geearnung ðone hád and ðá geðyncðo ( but the Latin is: In examine recti judicis mutat merita ordinum qualitas actionum), Past. 411, 24.

fyll

Grammar
fyll, fyllu(-o).

fill, full supply repletion, satiety

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Sió wamb bið áðened mid fylle for giéfernesse venter ingluvie extenditur, Past. 311, 12. Fæste hé nú ongeán ꝥ hé ǽr þurh fylle unriht gefremode, Ll. Th. ii. 284, 2. v. ofer-, untíd-, wǽl-fyll(-u, -o)

fýren

(adj.)
Grammar
fýren, fýran; def. se fýrena, seó, ðæt fýrene; adj.

Fieryburningflamingignītusigneusflammeus

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Sió fýrene sunne the fiery sun, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 27. Swylce eal Finns buruh fýrenu wǽre as if all Fin's castle were on fire, Fins. Th. 73; Fin. 36. Ðæt fýrene swurd the fiery sword, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 33.

geornful-nes

(n.)
Grammar
geornful-nes, giornful-nes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotionsollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio

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Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotion; sollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio Sió geornfulnes [giornfulnes, MS.

Linked entry: eornfullnes

slæcness

(n.)
Grammar
slæcness, e; f.
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Th. ii. 282, 3. mental inertness Nú wolde ic ðæt ða æðela [n] clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orþance alce sieacnysse, Anglia viii. 301, 4. remissness, slowness in performance of duty Oft eác sió gódnes ðære monþwǽrnesse biþ diégellíce gemenged

swǽfan

(v.)
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Sió gítsung ðe nǽnne grund hafaþ swearte swǽfeþ (swǽleþ ? v. swǽlan) sumes onlíce efne ðam munte ðe nú monna bearn Etne hátaþ se swefle byrneþ, Met. 8, 46-50.

teter

(n.)
Grammar
teter, tetr, es; m.
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The form tetra, perhaps influenced by lepra which precedes it, also occurs :-- Ðonne becymþ of ðám yflum wǽtum oððe sió hwíte riéfþo þe mon on súþerne lepra hǽt, oþðe tetra, oþþe heáfodhriéfðo, oððe óman, Lchdm. ii. 228, 13

þindan

(v.)
Grammar
þindan, p. þand; pp. þunden.
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Þint sió lifer, 198, 23. Gif innop þinde, i. 354, 1. Þindan, Exon. Th. 431, 17; Rä. 46, 2. Se streám ongan tó þindende ongeán swilce hit wǽre án heáh dún ( ad instar montis intumescentes ), Jos. 3, 16. Hit bíþ þindende, Lchdm. ii. 210, 22.

Linked entry: a-þindan

þryccan

(v.)
Grammar
þryccan, p. þrycte, þryhte; pp. þrycced, þryht.

To presscrushoppressrepresstrampleTo pressforce a way

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Ðæt sió manung hié ne ðrycte ne admonitio eos concuteret, Past. 32; Swt. 213, 22. Ða gástas ðe mé swenctan and ðrycton qui me premebant spiritus, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 37. Ðrycce se magister ða belde reprimatur praecipitatio, Past. 61; Swt. 455, 21.