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cíþ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
cíþ-fæst, adj.

Rooted, growingradicatus, crescens

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Rooted, growing; radicatus, crescens Se man ðe plantaþ treówa oððe wyrta he wæteraþ óþ-ðæt beóþ cíþfæste the man who plants trees or herbs waters them until they are rooted, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26

feorh-geníþla

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-geníþla, an; m.

A life-enemydeadly foequi vītæ insĭdiāturlētālis hostis

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A life-enemy, deadly foe; qui vītæ insĭdiātur, lētālis hostis He brægd feorhgeníþlan, ðæt heó on flet gebeáh he dragged the deadly foe, that she bowed on the place, Beo. Th. 3084; B. 1540: 5859; B. 2933

mis-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-healdan, p. -heóld
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To neglect, slight a person Nú for manegum geárum, þá þá misheóldon þone heofonlican God, wurdon gehergode ante hos annos, cum recessissent a via quam dederat illis Deus, exterminati sunt proeliis, Hml. A. 106, 130

rýnan

(v.)
Grammar
rýnan, de

To roar

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To roar Sume sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde forsceoppan tó león, and ðonne seó sceolde sprecan, ðonne rýnde hió, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194,34 . Ða ðe león wǽron ongunnon láðlíce yrrenga rýna (rýnan (?), rýan (?) ), Met. 26, 84

Linked entry: rýan

wísfæst-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wísfæst-líc, adj.

Wise

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Wise him wísfæstlíc word onsende, þurh ðæt hrædlíce hǽlde wǽron misit verbum suum et sanavit eos, Ps. Th. 106, 19

port-geat

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beseah tó þǽre hálgan Crístes róde tácne hwǽr heó uppan þám portgeate stód mid árwurðnysse áfæstnod, Hml. S. 23, 500. Add

sculdor

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Add: sculdra, an dó of mæssehacelan and twyfeldende onbútan lecgehim on wynstran sculdran (in sinistra scapula), Angl. xiii. 406, 588

éce

(adj.)
Grammar
éce, adj.
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Ox. 11, 114. eternal éce ðæt is ðæt hié wilniað, gewítende ðæt is ðæt hié onscuniað . . . éciu (écu, v. l. aeterna ) ðá ðing sint, Past. 299, 8-10. Deádlic and gewítendlic, þe á libbendu and écu, Solil. H. 3, 5.

of-hreósan

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sǽde ꝥ his hús feólle fǽrlíce, swá ꝥ his menn þǽr lágon ofhrorene, 25, 843

be-reótan

(v.)
Grammar
be-reótan, p. -reát, pl. -ruton; pp. -roten

To deploredeplorare

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To deplore; deplorare Æðelinges deáþ bereótan to deplore the death of the noble, Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 27; , 6

ge-arfoðe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-arfoðe, adj.

Difficultdiffĭcĭlismolestus

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Difficult; diffĭcĭlis, molestus gearfoðe ðis is to gereccanne! how difficult this is to explain! Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 33

be-hæpsian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hæpsian, p. ode
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To fasten with a bolt, bolt a door hét gán út and behæpsode þá duru, Hml. S. 31, 214

Linked entry: hæpsian

cúþ-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
cúþ-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte
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To make friends with sende tó Róme gecorene ǽrendracan, wolde cúðlǽcan wið , Hml, S. 25, 644. v. ge*-*cúþlǽcan

coróna

(n.)
Grammar
coróna, an; m.
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A crown geworhton þyrnene corónan . . . hæfde þá þyrnenne corónan on his heáfde . . . þone corónan þǽra twelf steorrena, Nap. 13

cláþ

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Stód án cýf oferwrogen . . . brúdon of ðone cláð ( operimentum ), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 35. a garment God hyre ásende tunecan. Heó . . . ðone cláð hire on ádyde, Hml. S. 7, 156, 159.

for-scyldigian

(v.)

to condemn

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Se sceaða þe forscylgod (-scyldgod, -scyldegod, v. ll.) hangode mid þám Hǽlende, Hml. S. 19, 164. cýdde ꝥ heó forscylgod wǽre for hire crístendóme, 7, 89. Biþ ofsprincg forscyldegod þurh forðfædera mándǽda, gif mid yfele him geefenlǽhð, Hml.

þeón

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On p. 1052,; l. 33, for 20 l. 16. 1. add forð fremedon and þungon ( profecerunt ) þurh þá wununge heora geférscipes. Gr. D. 205, 5. Þonon forð þeón sceolde unde proficsre debuit, 200, 11.

spiweþa

(n.)
Grammar
spiweþa, an;m.

vomitingvomit, what is vomited

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vomiting Gif hié ( diseases ) cumen of oferfyllo, mid spiweþan mon sceal lytlian, Lchdm. ii. 178, 11. Wið miclan spiweþan, and ne máge nánne mete gehabban, 190, 8. Wið spiwþan, 190, 1. Ðurh spiwðan, i. 274, 21.

Linked entry: speowþa

hreówlíce

(adv.)
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Swíþe hreówlíce swá gebend wæs wuniende lacrymabile spectaculum praebuit, 5, 2; S. 220, 1: Hml. S. 23, 25: 575: 639. Þá wearð hreówlíce deád he died miserably, Hml. Th. i. 478, 14

late

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Heó wile late áþreótan þæt heó fǽhðo ne týdre, Sal. 447. <b>II a.</b> late in the day, at a late hour :-- Ðá þá eft late (lator þonne sceoldon, v. l. ) gecyrdon tó mynstre, Gr. D. 126, 28. <b>II b.