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spæc

(n.)
Grammar
spæc, es; m. (?) n. (?)

A thin twig ⬩ tendril ⬩ runner ⬩ sarmentum, cremium, fasciculus ex siccis lignis, malleolus, ramus

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A thin twig, tendril, runner Twig ramus, spæc framen (cf. framen streáberie-wísan, 31, 70), Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 81 : ii. 36, 57: cremium (cremia ligna tenuia et arida), 151, 2.

Linked entries: speld spræc

á-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
á-hwirfan, p. de
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Ne áhwyrf þú þíne onsýne from mé, Bl. H. 83, 11. Hú lange wilt þú áhwyrfan ( avertes ) þínne andwlitan fram mé, Ps. Th. 12, 1. Gedwolan fram Godes eágum áhwyrfan (-hwerfan, -hweorfan, v. ll.) errores a Dei oculis abscondere, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 642, 11.

Linked entries: á-hwerfan á-hwyrfan

land-wela

(n.)
Grammar
land-wela, an; m.
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The wealth of this earth, Exon. 63 a; Th. 232, 11; Ph. 505

ge-drófenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-drófenlíc, adj.

Troublous

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Troublous Ðeós world is gedrófenlíc this world is troublous, Blickl. Homl. 115, 3

ídlian

(v.)
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Add: to be or become empty, be unoccupied, v. ídel; 1 Fram ǽlce bígonge þis land ligeð tólýsed and ídlað in wéstenne ab omni cultura destituta in solitudine vacat terra, Gr.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, a summons.
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Add: a fixed time for doing something Hí setton stefna út tó Lundene, and man beád þá folce þider út ofer ealne þisne norðende they fixed times for coming to London, and the people over all this north part were called out thither, Chr. 1052; P. 175,

mann-rǽdenn

Grammar
mann-rǽdenn, <b>. I.</b>
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Geoffra þíne lác Apolline, sé ðe mæg þínre nytennysse gemiltsian and tó his manrǽdene gebígan, Hml. S. 14, 36. Seó burhwaru . . budon him manrǽdene tó eallum his bebodum ( servi tui sumus, quaecumque jusseris faciemus, 2 Kings 10, 5), 18, 364. Add

be-leólc

(v.)
Grammar
be-leólc, p. of be-lácan, and Goth. cognates at the end of lácan.

flowed around ⬩ inclosed ⬩ the reduplicated

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flowed around, inclosed, the reduplicatedExon. 122 b; Th. 471, 26; Rä. 61, 7;

full-gán

(v.)
Grammar
full-gán, he -gǽþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán; with the dat.

To fulfil ⬩ perform ⬩ go after ⬩ follow ⬩ aid ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ perăgĕre ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ adjŭvāre

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To fulfil, perform, go after, follow, aid; perfĭcĕre, perăgĕre, sĕqui, adjŭvāre We ne móton fullgán úres Scippendes willan we cannot perform our Maker&#39;s will, Bt. 7, 5; Fox 24, 8. Se lyðra man fullgǽþ deófles willan the wicked man fulfils the

un-wil

(n.)
Grammar
un-wil, un-will, es; n.

Absence of good will ⬩ dislike ⬩ despite ⬩ repugnance ⬩ reluctance ⬩ against one&#39;s will ⬩ not willingly ⬩ without one&#39;s consent ⬩ without intention ⬩ involuntarily

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Absence of good will, dislike, despite, repugnance, reluctance; against one&#39;s will, not willingly, without one&#39;s consent, without intention, involuntarily, is (almost) the only case used. Grammar un-wil, alone Gif hé hit dide unwilles

ge-mearr

Grammar
ge-mearr, [The Latin of Past. 401, 20 is; Quem igitur caelibem curarum secularium impedimentum praepedit.]
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For Gl. Prud. 662 substitute Germ. 397, 496, and add: futility, vanity Ná on gemear þú gesettest suna manna non uane constituisti filios hominum. Ps. Rdr. 88, 48

ge-brengnis

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brengnis, an offering (?). v. brengnes in Dict. In Mk. L. 12, 44 the word glosses
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victus, but the passage refers to an offering

trég

(n.)
Grammar
trég, (treg ?), tríg (cf.? hég, híg hay, for the form), es; n.

A tray ⬩ trough

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A tray, trough Trég alueolum, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 70. Nim ðæt reáde ryden, dó on tríg; hǽt stánes swíþe háte, lege on ðæt trig innan, Lchdm. ii. 340, 5-6. Bye us vessel . . . Dysschys, cuppys, and sawsers, Bolles, treyes, and platers, Rich. 1490

Linked entry: tríg

ge-brosnodlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-brosnodlíc, adj.

Corrupted

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Corrupted: Ðeós world is gebrosnodlíc this world is corrupted, Blickl. Homl. 115, 3

twi-hycgan

(v.)
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to think differently, dissent, disagree Twy iccende (= twyhycgende ?) dissentiendo, Anglia xiii. 367, 34. (?)

Linked entries: twy-iccende hycgan

sal-warp

Grammar
sal-warp, v. sealt-wearp.
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Dele this entry. The word is a river name, the Salwarpe in Worcestershire

Linked entry: sal-warp

ETAN

(v.)
Grammar
ETAN, to etanne; part. etende; ic ete, ðú etest, etst, itst, ytst, ætst, he, heó, hit, yt, ytt, et, ett, eteþ, ieteþ, iteþ, yteþ, pl. etaþ; p. ic, he æt, ðú ǽte, pl. ǽton; subj. indef. ic ete, æte, pl. eten; p. ǽte, pl. ǽten; pp. eten; v.a.

EAT, consume, devour ⬩ ĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre

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Ne wiht iteþ nor eats a thing [creature ], 114 b; Th. 439, 28; Rä. 59, 10. Gé etaþ ye eat, Gen. 3, 5. Ðú- ǽte of ðam treówe thou hast eaten of the tree; cŏmēdisti de ligno. Gen. 3, 17. He æt ða offring-hláfas pānes prōpŏsĭtiōnis cŏmēdit, Mt.

Linked entries: æt ǽt ǽton ǽtten eotendan

tó-rendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-rendan, p. -rende

To rend in two, ⬩ tear in pieces

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Haue ruþe of þi faire bodi, þt me ne lete hit noȝt þus torende, Marg. 28, 132

Linked entry: rendan

ge-bod

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Bt. 41, 3 ; F. 246, 32. ' þis bebod se Hǽlend ús sealde . . . ' 'Gif þis gebod eów wǽre geseald fram eówrum Drihtne . . .' Bl. H. 233, 21. Drihten, eall ic hit áræfnie for þínum gebode, 241, 33

un-gemet

(adj.; adv.; prefix)
Grammar
un-gemet, Where the word seems to be used with an adjective or with an adverbial force, it is given, as in the case of ungemet-hleahtor, as part of a compound:
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Grff. ii. 898-9

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