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dwol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dwol-líce, adv.

Foolishly, heretically ⬩ stulte, hærĕtĭce

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Foolishly, heretically; stulte, hærĕtĭce Ne man nemót drincan, ne dwollíce plegan, ne etan innan cyrican no one may drink, nor foolishly play, nor eat in a church, L. Ælf. E; Th. ii. 392, 16: L. Ælf. C. 33; Th. ii. 356, 12.

gang-setl

A stool

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Add: A stool (of a privy) Þás úplendiscan wíf wyllað oft drincan and furþon etan fúllíce on gangsetlum . . . hit is bysmor þæt ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gange þæt meox út fram, and drince þonne ǽgðer ge þæt

ge-wyrtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrtian, p. ode; pp. od

To season with herbs ⬩ to spice ⬩ perfume

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Sele him etan gewyrtodne hen fugel give him to eat a fowl dressed with herbs, L. M 3, 12; Lchdm. ii. 314, 15

Linked entry: wyrtian

þrǽsting

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽsting, e; f.

Torment ⬩ affliction

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Torment, affliction Swá hé sceal etan ðætte hiene sió gewilnung ðære gífernesse of his módes fæstrǽdnesse ne gebrenge, ne eft sió ðrǽsting (ðrǽsðing, Hatt.

fúl-líce

(adv.)
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Etan fúlíce on gangsetlum, E. S. viii. 62, 13. v. fúl-lic. in a moral sense Gýfernys fúllíce ( turpiter ) on gálnysse tólǽtt, Scint. 106, 13. Fúllícor turpius, 98, 1

wérigian

(v.)
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Cum hider ꝥ wyt magon etan, þe lǽs þe wit wérigian (wérgien, v.l.) on þysum wege (ne lassemur in via ), 128, 14. Hé ongan him ondrǽdan and wérgian (lassescere), 36, 19. Add

dǽl-mǽlum

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Genim þás wyrte, syle hý dǽlmélum etan oððe on drince þicgean, Lch. i. 198, 24. Add

fúl-lic

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Ic ne mæg for sceame þá sceandlican dǽde, þæt ǽnig man sceole etan on gange, swá fúllíce secgan swá hit fúllíc is, E. S. viii. 62, 18. Add

þus

(adv.)
Grammar
þus, adv.

Thus ⬩ in this manner, degree

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Thus, in this manner, degree, etc. Grammar þus, where the manner, etc., is determined by what precedes, Grammar þus, with verbs 'Mín Drihten, gestranga míne heortan. Ðus gebiddende ðam hálgan Andrea Drihtnes stefn wæs geworden, Blickl. Homl. 245, 3:

gár-clife

(n.)
Grammar
gár-clife, an; f.

Agrimony ⬩ agrĭmōnia eupătŏria

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Gárclifan etan ǽrende fúllíc getácnaþ to eat agrimony betokens a disagreeable message, Somn. 20; Lchdm. iii. 198, 24

lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum heó is biter on þigene lettuce was the name of the herb that they were to eat with the unleavened loaves; it is bitter in the eating, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26.

stær

(n.)
Grammar
stær, es; m.
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Etan gebrǽdne stær, Lchdm. ii. 320, 4. Staras ł hrondsparuas passeres, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 29. Staras (stearas, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 6

beód-fers

(n.)
Grammar
beód-fers, es; n. (not m.)
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Hé tó Furtunates mýsan becom, ǽr þám þe hé his beódfers sunge (Gode þone lofsang ásægde, swá swá sume men gewuniaþ, ꝥ hí singað. . . ǽr hí etan, v. l. ), Gr. D. 62, 9

dollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dollíce, adv.

Foolishly, rashly ⬩ stulte, insāne

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Ne man ne sceal drincan, oððe dollíce etan binnan Godes húse nor may any one drink, nor foolishly eat within God's house, L. Ælf. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 10: Past. 20, 1; Hat. MS. 29 b, 4

ge-cristnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cristnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [cristnian to christianize]

To christianize ⬩ catechize ⬩ catechīzāre

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Ne mót gefullod inne mid ðam gecristnedan etan non licel baptizato cum catecumeno comedere, Th. Lg. ii. 144, 25

fóster-nóþ

(n.)
Grammar
fóster-nóþ, m. ? l. fósternoþ; m.
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Etan of þám fóstornoþe mínre módur de nutrimentis matris meae manducare, Gr. D. 70, 7. fóstern[oþ ?] alimoniam, An. Ox. 2, 263. Cf. fódnoþ, fóddornoþ

bæcestre

(n.)
Grammar
bæcestre, bæcistre, bæcystre, an; f ? m. [bacan to bake, heó bæc-eþ; estre, v. -isse]

A woman who bakes ⬩ pistrix ⬩ a baker ⬩ pistor

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A woman who bakes; pistrix: but because afýrde men performed that work which was originally done by females, this occupation is here denoted by a feminine termination; hence, a baker; pistor Ðá gelamp hit ðæt twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hláford

Linked entry: bæcystre

dwol-líce

(adv.)
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Add: erroneously, ignorantly, stupidly Dwollíce, (dollíce, v. l. ) etan binnan Godes húse, Hml. S. 13, 72. Þurh ðone deófol þe hé dwollíce gehýrsumede, 7, 172: 18, 391: Hml. Th. ii. 140, 19.

ge-hirstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hirstan, to fry.
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Gáte blǽdre áhyrste, sele etan, sume swá gehyrste gegnídaþ tó dúste, Lch. ii. 88, 26.

Linked entries: ge-hyrstan hirstan

swamm

(n.)
Grammar
swamm, es; m.
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Syle etan gebrǽdne swam, 142, 11. Sinwealte swammas volvi, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 28. For mete heo sceal sume hwíle swamma brúcan; wundorlíce heo geeácnaþ, Lchdm. i. 346, 8

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