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lyt-hwón

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Onwende hé his neb áweg lythwón, Lch. ii. 284, 16, of time Lytle huíle (modicum) geséne wére hine cuæð and eftsóna lythuón (modicum) ne uére geséne, Jn. p. 7, 14: Gú. 363. of extent, degree Hé lithwón hogode embe his sáwle þearfe, Hml.

up-weard

(adj.)
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up-weard, adj.

turned upwards ⬩ moving upwards.

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Nis ðæt gedafenlíc ðæt se módsefa monna ǽniges niþerheald wese, and ðæt neb upweard, Met. 31, 23. Hé ásette his sweord upweard and ðá hyne sylfne ofstang he placed his sword with the point up, and then stabbed himself, Shrn. 132, 10.

hand-brǽd

(n.)
Grammar
hand-brǽd, hand-bréd. Perhaps hand-bred should be read and the quotation be taken to the next word. But in support of hand-brǽd may be noted the form breð ( = brǽð) odor, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 58, and the phrase gód hande brád. v. hand;
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Wicklif has handibreede v. N. E. D. handbrede

blǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
blǽdre, blǽddre, an; f.

That which is blown out ⬩ an inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustule ⬩ pustula, papula ⬩ the BLADDER, receptacle for the urine ⬩ vesica

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[bláwan to blow; flare] That which is blown out, hence an inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustule; pustula, papula Be ǽghwylcum uncúþum blǽdrum ðe on mannes nebbe sittaþ of all strange blisters which exist on a man's face, Herb. cont. 2, 19

Linked entry: blǽddre

beátan

(v.)

to beat with (mid) ⬩ to beat on ⬩ To beat on

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Heora neb beátan mid flintum, 11, 99. ¶ to beat with the feet, to tread:-- Beáteþ quatit (ungula campum ), An. Ox. 16. where the place of the blow is given:-- Hé beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne Gr.

þearm-gewind

(n.)
Grammar
þearm-gewind, -wind, es; m. The words seem to mean 'that which enwraps the intestines,' cf. plecta wǽfelsa, gewynde, Hpt. Gl. 462, 64, but they are used to gloss jugulam (-um?), so should mean the collar-bone, or the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone, or
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the throat Gescyld ðearmgewind (ðearmwind, lxxiv, 24), breóstbán, breóst tege jugulam, pectusculum, mamillas, Lchdm. i. lxxii, 1

nearu

(n.)
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nearu, we; nearu (o); indecl. f.

confinement ⬩ durance ⬩ prison ⬩ a strait ⬩ difficulty

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Neb wæs mín on nearwe my face was in confinement, Exon. Th. 392, 1; Rä. 11, 1.

on-hagian

(v.)
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Ic nebbe swá dýgela stówe þæt mé tó swilcum weorce onhagie, 4, 13. with case preceding Be þám þe ús tó onhagað, Hml. A. 24, 4 : Wlfst. 303, 6. with dat. infin. Þára hálgena þrowunga þe mé tó onhagode on Englisc tó áwendene, Hml.

ge-cnáwan

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Heó helode hire nebb, þæt hé hig ne mihte gecnáwan ( ne agnosceretur ), Gen. 38, 15. Gif þú nú sweotole gecnáwan miht ðá anlícnessa þǽre gesǽlþe, ðonne is þearf ꝥ ic þé hí selfe getǽce, Bt. 33, 1; F. 118, 35.

tunge

(n.)
Grammar
tunge, an ; tung [? in the passage: Álés sáwle míne fram tunge fácen-fulre a lingua dolosa (but in the next verse linguam is glossed by tungan, so that perhaps tunge is meant for nominative : O. L. Ger. and O. H. Ger. , however, have strong as well as weak forms), Ps. Lamb. 119, 2], e; f.
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a tongue Tunge lingua, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 56. Gif monnes tunge biþ of heáfde óðres monnes dǽdum dón, ðæt biþ gelíc and eágan bót, L. Alf. pol. 52 ; Th. i. 94, 20: Exon. Th. 373, 25 ; Seel. Ex. 115. His tungan (tungæs, Lind. : tunga, Rush. ) bend uinculum

under-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
under-bæc, adv.

backwards ⬩ back ⬩ behind ⬩ back

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Hwílum ic underbæc bregde nebbe, Exon. Th. 498, 5; Rä. 87, 8. Feallan underbæc to fall backwards, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 8: Homl. Skt. i. 12, 63. Sceófan underbæc, 14, 88: 18, 345: Hontl.

Linked entry: BÆC

BREGDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREGDAN, bredan, ic bregde, ðú bregdest, he bregdeþ, pl. bregdaþ ; p. brægd pl. brugdon pp. brogden, bregden.

To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave; ⬩ vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere ⬩ to turn into ⬩ se vertere in aliquid

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Ic underbæc bregde nebbe I draw my face backwards, Exon. 130a; Th. 498, 6; Rä. 87, 8. Bócstafa brego bregdeþ feónd be ðam feaxe the prince of letters shall draw the fiend by his hair, Salm. Kmbl. 200; Sal. 99.

Linked entries: a-bregdan be-bregdan brægdan bredan bredende brogdettung brogdian bredan brygdan bryidan

efne

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Emne suelce ( just at if; quasi) hié him on ðæt nebb spǽten, Past. 45, 3. Efne swylce ac si, Gr. D. 216, 18: 220, 16. Efne swá seó byrþen siteþ . . . swá sæt seó byrþen, Bl. H. 75, 7: 221, 12. Hié cwǽdon . . .

wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair

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Hí hæfdon wóh nebb, and wóge sceancan, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 34, 22-27. not right, perverse, froward, wrong, unfair Hit is riht ðæt mon yfelige ða yfelan, and hit is wóh (wóg, v. l. ) ðæt hí mon lǽte unwítnode, Bt. 38, 3 ; Fox 202, 6.

for-búgan

to avoid ⬩ to pass by ⬩ pass over ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ To avoid

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Hé ná ne forbeág mid his nebbe monna spát], Past. 261, 8. Ðá suelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt wé hié forbúgen, 293, 22. Hié sindon swǽ micle wærlícor tó ferbúgonne (? oferbúganne, Hatt.

sittan

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Be blǽdrum ðe on mannes nebbe sittað, Lch. i. 86, 6. Add þǽr sæt on þám lande swýðe swýþlic hungor vehemens fames incubuerat, Gr. D. 251, 10. Þǽr on sæt mycel hunger, 145, 5. Heofonflód micel on sæt (set, v. l. ), Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 16.

ofer

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Godes egsa hleonað ofer heáfdum, Gú. 44. (10) denoting the cause of an action :-- God manna cynn eallinga ádwǽscan ne wolde ofer (for v. l.) hyra synnum (pro culpa sua), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 77, 17. add Ðá hé fleáh, ðá tórýpte hine án bré[m]ber ofer ðæt nebb

wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
wlitig, adj.

Beautiful ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ beauteous ⬩ glorious

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Mid ðam wlitegostum nebbe, Homl. Th. i. 430, 14.

múþ

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Mid nebbe, múþe cýwat, pluc(ciaþ) rostro, i. ore decerpunt, i. rodunt, An.

open

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Hé bireð moniga opena wunda . . . hæfð on his nebbe opene wunde, Past. 61, 1-4. (2 a) free of entrance or admission :-- Gehýre gé ceasterwaran, gehýre gé ælðeódige . . . se bæðstede is open, Ap. Th. 12, 21. Se gífra helle bið á open deóflum, Bl.

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