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swamm

(n.)
Grammar
swamm, es; m.
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For mete heo sceal sume hwíle swamma brúcan; wundorlíce heo geeácnaþ, Lchdm. i. 346, 8

swilian

(v.)
Grammar
swilian, and swillan
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Sceal mon ðone geagl swillan, Lchdm. ii. 48, 15. Ðæt geagl tó swillanne, 24, 12, 28

cille

(n.)
Grammar
cille, an; f.
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Man sceal habban . . . leóhtfæt, blácern, cyllan, sápbox, Angl. ix. 264, 22. Gefyllde hé mid wætere ealle þǽre cyrcean ciellan (cillan, cyllan, v. ll., lampades; cf. leóhtfatu, 43, 18), Gr. D. 44, 14

deópe

(adv.)
Grammar
deópe, adv.
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., swá sceal hé deóppor synna gebétan, Ll. Th. i. 328, 14. [ O. H. Ger. tiufo alte, funditus, penitus. ]

dweorg

(v.)
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Wið [d]weorh man sceal niman .VII. lytle oflǽtan ..., 42, 3. Add

for-sewennes

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Ðá swelcan mon sceal forsión mid eallum forsewennessum (-sewenissum, v. l.) ... for ðǽm ðætte sió forsewennes (-sewenis, v. l.) him ege on gebringe, Past. 265, 19.

ge-witscipe

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Cf. ge-witnes; 1 a Ne sceal bisscopa hálgung on óþre wísan wesan nemne on gesomnunge and on gewitscype þreóra oððe feówer bissceopa episcoporum ordinatio sine adgregatis tribus uel quattuor episcopis fieri non debet, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 12

Linked entry: wit-scipe

ge-wǽgan

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<b>ge-wǽgan;</b> Add:after mæg: wyrd under heofonum, ac hit þus gelimpan sceal, and after Dóm. 115: cf. ge-wǽgnian

hwer

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Man sceal habban . . . hwer, leád, cytel, hlædel, pannan, crocca, dixas, Angl. ix. 264, 9. Hét hé feccan ǽnne ǽrene hwer, and hine ealne áfyllan mid weallendum leáde and lecgan Georium innon ðone hwer, Hml. 8. 14, 104-107: 25, 117.

líþ-ness

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sceal mencgan þá réðnesse wid þá líðnesse miscens terroribus blandimenta, R. Ben. 13, 10. Liéðnesse, Past. 125, 13. Eáwlá, wíf, tó hwan wenest ðú þínes líchoman hǽle mid smyringe and oftþweále and Sórum líðnessum (lenitivis) ? Verc. Först. 166.

wencel

(n.)
Grammar
wencel, wincel, es; n.

A child

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Se eorðlíca kempa bið ǽfre gearo, swá hwyder swá hé faran sceal tó gefeohte mid ðam kininge, and hé for his wífe ne for his wenclum ne dearr hine sylfne beládian Basil adm. 2; Norm. 34, 20.

Linked entry: wincel

gærs-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-irþ, e; f.

Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage

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Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan se gebúr sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .I. æcer . . .: tóeácan ðám .III. æceras tó béne, and .II. tó gærsyrðe.

Linked entries: irþ gærs-yrþ

ofer-hebban

(v.)

to pass by, neglect, omitpraeterire, transire

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Ic wát ðæt ic his sceal fela oferhebban ego cogor fateri me praeterire plurima, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 1. Hit þencþ fela gódra weorca tó wyrcanne, gif hé worldáre hæbbe, and wile hit oferhebban, siððan hé hié hæfþ, Past. 9; Swt. 55, 16

on-lútan

(v.)

to lout, bend down, bow

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Hira sceal ánra gehwylc onlútan, ðe hafaþ læsse mægen, Salm. Kmbl. 713; Sal. 356. Ǽlc gesceaft biþ heald onloten (-locen, Fox) wið hire gecynde, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 7

Linked entry: an-lútan

miltestre

(n.)
Grammar
miltestre, an; f.

A harlot

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Oððe ðú mid mǽdenum ðínne lác geoffrige, oððe ðú láðum myltestrum scealt beón geférlǽht, 7, 119. Mánfulle and myltystran publicani et meretrices, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 31, 32

efen-hlytta

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Swá swá ðú underfénge ǽr his gód, swá ðú scealt beón his efenhlytta on his wítum, Hml, Th. ii. 344, 22

líðe-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
líðe-líce, adv.

Gentlymildlysoftlykindlygraciously

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Ðú scealt líðelíce monian suadendo,blandiendo, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 22. Sume þearflícor sume líðelícor synd gerihte quidam districtius, quidam levius corrigantur, S. 490, 11: L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 5

scír-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
scír-geréfa, an; m.
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On Æðelwines scíregeréfan gewitnesse, 10, 27. of an ecclesiastic, v. scir, Ðonne sceall Cristes scírgeréfan ( the bishop) ðæt witan, and ymbe ðæt dihtan and déman, swá swá béc tǽcan, L. I. P. 25; Th. ii. 340, 8

Linked entry: ge-réfa

un-gedafenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedafenlíce, adv.

Unbecominglyunseasonablyinordinatelyin an unseemly mannerindecently

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Unbecomingly, unseasonably, inordinately, in an unseemly manner, indecently Óðer ðara irsunga bið tó ungemetlíce and tó ungedafenlíce átyht on ðæt ðe hió mid ryhte irsian sceall illa ira in hoc, quod debet, inordinate extenditur, Past. 40; Swt. 293,

Linked entry: ge-dafenlíce

un-getǽse

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getǽse, adj.

Inconvenientdisagreeabletroublesomeobnoxious

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ac ðú hine ne miht habban orsorgne, for ðam ðú scealt habban simle hwæthweg wiþerweardes and ungetéses (-getǽses, Cott. MS.) gloriam petis? sed per aspera quaeque distractus, securus esse desistis, 32, 1; Fox 114, 20.