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ende-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
ende-dæg, gen. -dæges ; pl. nom. acc. -dagas; gen. -daga; dat. -dagum; m.

The last day, the day of one's death dies suprémus, dies mortis

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Ic sceal endedæg mínne gebídan I shall await my last day. Beo. Th. 1279; B. 637. Án endedæg one ending day, Apstls. Kmbl. 157: Ap. 79

húsel-disc

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-disc, es; m.

Housel-dishthe paten

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Ðis mon sceal wrítan on húsldisce and on ðone drenc mid háligwætere þweán and singan on this is to be written on a paten and washed into the drink and sung over, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 3

Linked entry: offrung-disc

mecgan

(v.)
Grammar
mecgan, p. mægde(?)

To stirmix

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Streám sceal mecgan mereflóde the river shall stir up (as it pours in) or mix with, the ocean, Menol. Fox 507; Gn. C. 24

Linked entry: mæcige

nǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
nǽtan, p. te

To trample uponcrushsubdue

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sceal weorðan his lífe tó nytte mid dý ðæt hé nǽte his unþeáwas mores pravorum premere, vitae prodesse, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, l0. Nǽtendne proterentem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 3 : Ep. Gl. 18 b, 27

sicol

(n.)
Grammar
sicol, (-el, -ul), es ; m.
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sceal sicol habban, Anglia ix. 263, 5

Linked entry: sicel

slápol

(adj.)
Grammar
slápol, adj.
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Addicted to sleep, somnolent Ne sceal mon beón tó slápol (somnolentus), R. Ben. 17, 16. Se ðe wǽre slápol, weorðe se ful wacor, Wulfst. 72, 13. Ne beón gé tó slápole ne ealles tó sleace, 40, 21.

þweora

(n.)
Grammar
þweora, an; m.

Crossnesspeevishness

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His múð hé sceal from ǽlcum þweoran (or adj.? v. L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 33) and yflum wordum gehealdan debet os suum a malo vel pravo eloquio custodire, R. Ben. 18, 7

Linked entry: þweorh

fird-wíc

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Wíf ne sceal faran tó wera fyrdwícum, ac wunian æt hám, 31, 1096. Hé ástyrede his fyrdwíc movit castra, Jos. 3, I. Take here fyrd- wíc, and add

geat-weard

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Se geatweard (porterius ) sceal cýtan habban wið þæt geat, R. Ben. 126, 14-19. Heó becóm tó þám mynstre . . . þá eóde se geatweard tó þám abbode, and cwæð him tó : ' Fæder, hér is cumen . . . ' Hml. S. 33, 136.

gleáwscipe

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Add: sagacity Se abbod sceal gýman and mid eallan gleáwscípe hogian ( omni sagacitate curare ), R. Ben. 51, 9.

leád

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Léde plumbo Germ. 393, 117. a cauldron Man sceal habban . . . hwer, leád, cytel, hlædel, pannon, Angl. ix. 264, 9

hláford-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-dóm, es; m.

Dominion, lordship

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Dominion, lordship For Godes ege under ðæm geoke his hláforddómes þurhwunigen and hine for Godes ege weorþigen, suá mon hláford sceal divino timore constricti ferre sub eis jugum reverentiæ non recusent, Past. 28, 5; Swt. 197, 8.

Linked entry: hláford

byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
byrde, sup. byrdest, def. se byrdesta; adj.
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Born, well-born, noble, rich; natus, natu vel genere præstans, nobilis, opulentus Se byrdesta sceall gyldan the richest must pay, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 36

þynnian

(v.)
Grammar
þynnian, p. ode

To make or to become thin

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Ðæt þicce horh ðú scealt mid ðám lǽcedómum wyrman and þynnian, Lchdm. ii. 194, 22

Linked entry: ge-þynnian

flés

(n.)
Grammar
flés, es; n.

A FLEECEvellus

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A FLEECE; vellus Be sceápes gonge mid his flése of a sheep's going with its fleece, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 9, note 20, MS. G

un-gesceádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gesceádlíce, adv.

Unreasonablyexcessively

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Unreasonably, excessively Ungesceádlíce (-sceáde-) irrationabiliter, R. Ben. 54, 13 note. Tácn ðæs ungesceádlíce cealdan magan (cf. ðæs ofercealdan magan, 192, 25: 194, 11), Lchdm. ii. 160, 4

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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(pence), and sceáp tó scł ł. L. Ath. v. 6, 2; Th. 5. 234, 1. Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiaþ.

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun

wæscan

(v.)
Grammar
wæscan, wacsan, waxan, wacxan, waxsan; p. wósc,wócs,wóx,weóx; pp. wæscen, wacsen,waxen

To wash

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Hí sculan waxan sceáp, Chart. Th. 145, 13

Linked entries: wascan wacsan waxan

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raiselift upto take upundertaketo rouse

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Ne sceal hé nó ðæt án dón ðæt hé ána wacie, ac hé sceal eác his friénd wreccan non solum ut ipse vigilel, sed etiam ut amicum suscitet, admonetur, Past. 28; Swt. 193, 21. Héht hé mid ǽrdæge wígend wreccan, Elen. Kmbl. 211; El. 106

be-witian

(v.)

to watchobserve

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Add: to watch, observe Sé sceal þ ǽre sunnan síð behealdan, . . . georne bewitigan, hwonne up cyme æðclost tungla, Ph. 92. to have charge or direction of, see about or after, living things Be ðám ðe beon bewitað concerning the beekeeper, Ll.