hofer
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Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod and ðearle gebíged þurh ðone brádan hofor . . . Hé wearð gehǽled . . . swá ꝥ næs gesýne on his hricge hwǽr se hofor stóde, Hml. S. 21, 95-106. Dele '[?]', and add:
BRÚN
BROWN, dark, dusky ⬩ fuscus, subniger, rufus, furvus
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BROWN, dark, dusky; fuscus, subniger, rufus, furvus Sum brún part brown, Exon. 60 a; Th. 218, 17; Ph. 296. Brúne leóde brown people; Æthiopes, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 4; Exod. 70. Sió brúne ýþ the dusky wave, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 58; Met. 26, 29
wésten-setla
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Sum wéstensettla on ðæm eálande ðe Liparus is nemned, Shrn. 85, 27. Wé willaþ wrítan be sumum wéstænsetlan ( solitarius quidam ), Homl. Ass. 195, 1.
twelf
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Míne suna twelfe, Salm. Kmbl. 30; Sal. 15. substantival, absolutely Twelfe wǽron dǽdum dómfæste, Apstls. Kmbl. 8; Ap. 4. Hé twelfa sum áð sealde cum undecim comparibus suis sacramentum fecit, Chart. Th. 203, 1.
Linked entry: endleofan
be-solcen
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Oft ðá monðwǽran weorðað suá besolcne and suá wlace and suá sláwe for hira monnðwǽrnesse ðæt hié ne anhagað náne wuht nyttwyrðes dón saepe mansueti dissolutionis torpescunt taedio, Past. 289, 15: 239, 3. Add:
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el-þeódig
foreign ⬩ stranger ⬩ foreign
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Sécaþ sumne ælþeódigne man þæs nama is Andreas, 239, 33.
in-weard
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Suá huelc suá inweard hígige tó gangenne on ðá dura ðæs écean lífes quisquis intrare aeternitatis januam nititur, Past. 105, 14. Add
scearpe
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Add Sume swíðe scearpe and swotele lóciað; sume unæáðe áwiht geseóð, Solil. H. 44, 22. Sé þe scerpest lócian mæg, 43, 21
wicce
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Nú cwyð sum wíglere, ðæt wiccan oft secgaþ swá swá hit ágǽð . . . Nú secge wé . . . ðæt se deófol . . . geswutelaþ ðære wiccan hwæt heó secge mannum . . .
þeófung
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Thieving Sumu ( one of the devil's arrows is made ) of reáfláce ... sumu of þeófunga, Nap. 46, 22
giung
Young ⬩ youthful ⬩ jŭvĕnis ⬩ adolescens
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Young, youthful; jŭvĕnis, adolescens Wæs sum giung mon ĕrat quidam adolescens, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 17, Se giunga the young man, Cd. 224; Th. 297, 3; Sat. 511. Ic ðé giungne underféng I took thee young, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 23
swége
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Sounding Ungeswége sang diaphonia, sum swége (samswége?) sang canticum, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 35. v. án-, ge-swége [ :-- Geswége consona, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 23.
ge-wícnian
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To discharge an office (wíce), do service, be steward (wícnere) Twá mynecena wǽron . . . þám gewícnode sum eáwfæst man on woruldcarum ( duae sanctimoniales feminae . . . quite quidam religiosus vir ad exterioris vitae usum praebebat obsequium, Gr.
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Syria
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, and add Cóm sum man of þám leódscipe þe is Siria geháten, Hml. Th. i. 400, 7. Férde Achab tógeánes Syrian cynincge, Hml. S. 18, 215: 217. Án ealdormann of Syrian lande, 311. Nicanor genam óðre fyrde of Sirian, 25, 620. (?)
wǽpen-þrǽge
arms
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Sum mæg wǽpenþrǽge (-þræce (?), cf. (?) wǽpen-geþræc), wíge tó nytte, módcræftig smið, monige gefremman, ðonne hé gewyrceþ tó wera hilde helm oððe hupseax, oððe heaþubyrnan, scírne méce, oððe scyldes rond fæste gefégan wið flyge gáres, Exon.
Linked entry: -þrǽge
for-fleón
To flee away from ⬩ escape ⬩ fŭgĕre ⬩ effŭgĕre
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To flee away from, escape; fŭgĕre, effŭgĕre Ic forfleó mine hlǽfdian a făcie dŏmĭnæ meæ ĕgo fŭgio. Gen. 16, 8. Ðaet gé ðás towerdan þing forfleón that ye escape those future things, Lk. Bos. 21, 36
for-grípan
To grasp ⬩ snatch away ⬩ seize ⬩ assail ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ corrĭpĕre ⬩ comprehendĕre ⬩ apprehendĕre ⬩ vim afferre ⬩ obruĕre
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To grasp, snatch away, seize, assail, overwhelm; corrĭpĕre, comprehendĕre, apprehendĕre, vim afferre, obruĕre Ádle forgripen languōre correptus, Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 40, note. He þohte forgrípan gumcynne he resolved to overwhelm mankind, Cd. 64; Th. 77,
for-weorpan
To cast ⬩ cast away ⬩ reject ⬩ jăcĕre ⬩ projĭcĕre ⬩ repellĕre
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To cast, cast away, reject; jăcĕre, projĭcĕre, repellĕre Se feónd hogode on ðæt micle morþ men forweorpan the foe thought to cast men into that great perdition, Cd. 32; Th. 43, 16; Gen. 691. Ðú forwurpe mín word tu projēcisti sermōnes meos, Ps. Th. 49
ge-mieltan
to melt, digest
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to melt, digest Suá suá sió wamb gemielt ðone mete suá gemielt ðæt mód mid ðære gescádwísnesse his geþeahtes his sorga as the belly digests food so does the mind digest its sorrows with wise reflection, Past. 36, 8; Swt. 259, 6; Hat. MS
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súcan
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To suck Ic súce sugo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 175, 4. Heó ( the air ) sýcþ ǽlcne wǽtan up tó hire, Lchdm. iii. 278, 7. Of ðæra cilda múðe ðe meolc súcaþ, Ps. Th. 8, 2. Ða breóst ðe ðú suce ( suxisti ), Lk. Skt. 11, 27: Homl. Skt. i. 8, 125.