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deáw

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Þyses fýres hǽto sý gecyrred on wǽtne deáw, 30, 441. Deáwas and rímforst rores et pruina, Hy. T. P. 68. Add

huntian

(v.)
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Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf. . . getimbred hæfð, þæt hé móte . . . huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil. H. 2, 10. Hwæþer gé nú eówer hundas and eówer net fit on ðá sǽlǽdon ðonne gé huntian willaþ?, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 14.

oróþ

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Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan ꝥ níhste oroð and ágyfan his gást . . . in þám breóste ánum fnæs hwylchugu líflic hǽtu þæs oreþes cum exfremum spiritum ageret. . in solo tantummodo pectore vitalis calor anhelabat, Gr. D. 324, 15-19.

sceran

(v.)
Grammar
sceran, sciran, sceoran; p. scær, scear; pl. scǽron, sceáron; pp. scoren.
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Ne eówre hǽr ne sciron nec facietes calvitium super mortuos, Deut. 14, 1. Suíðe ryhte wæs ðæm sacerde forboden ðæt hé his heáfod sceáre ( caput radere ), Past. 18, 7; Swt. 139, 25. Heáfdu scieran mid scierseaxum caput radere, Swt. 139, 12.

HRÍM

(n.)
Grammar
HRÍM, es; m.

RIME

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Hægel se hearda and hrím, 127 b; Th. 490, 11; Rä. 79, 9, Ðǽr ne hægl ne hrím hreósaþ tó foldan nec gelido terram rore pruina tegit, 56 b; Th. 201, 22; Ph. 60.

ge-beorglic

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Gif hwá hæfð his hláforde sáre ábolgen, ne bið him ná gebeorhlic, þæt hé in him ætforan gá, ǽr hé gebéte; ne húru ne bið ná gebeorhlíc þám þe wið God hæfð forworht hine sylfne . . . þæt hé tó hrædlíce intó Godes húse racige, Wlfst. 155, 16-21.

Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic

FÆDER

(n.)
Grammar
FÆDER, feder; indecl. in sing. but gen. fæderes and dat. fædere are sometimes found; pl. nom. acc. fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

FATHER păter

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A FATHER; păter Fæder and módor a father and mother; hic et hæc parens, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 38; Som. 12, 48. On Fæder geardas in the dwellings of the Father, Salm.

limpan

(v.)
Grammar
limpan, p. lamp, pl. lumpon

To befallhappenpertainbelongaffectconcern

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Eádig biþ ðæt folc ðe him swá on foldan fægre limpeþ beatum populum, cui hæc sunt, 143, 19: Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 26; Seef. 13. Hwæt limpeþ ðæs tó ðé of hwylcum wyrtruman ic ácenned sí quid ad te pertinet qua sim stirpe genitus?

big-spell

(n.)
Grammar
big-spell, bí-spell; g. -spelles; pl. nom. acc. -spell, -spellu; n. [big, bí, spell a history]

A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, storyparabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio

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Ealle ðás þing se Hǽlend spræc mid bigspellum to ðám weredum; and nán þing ne spræc he bútan bigspellum hæc omnia locutus est Iesus in parabolis ad turbas; et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis, Mt. Bos. 13, 34, 35: Ps. Lamb. 48, 5.

Linked entries: an-lícnes bí-spell

tiber

(n.)
Grammar
tiber, tifer, es; n.
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Haec locutum est os meum . . . : Holocausta offeram tibi, Ps. Th. 65, 12-13. Tiber, Cd. Th. 9, 2; Gen. 135. v. timber

Linked entries: teofrian tifer

hættian

(v.)
Grammar
hættian, p. ode; pp. od

To take the hair and skin from a person's head

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He thinks the form hettian [hættian] has no sense, but may it not be connected with hæt, as it was just that part of the head which the hat covered that was affected? It was giving the victim the appearance of wearing a hat of a most ghastly kind

dráf

(n.)
Grammar
dráf, <b>. I.</b> driving. Take here Hml. Th. i. 502, 10 in Dict., and Bl. H. 199, 7. &para; the phrase dráfe drífan, C.D. iii. 450, 33, seems to refer to the transport of the lord&#39;s goods by vehicle which the geneát had to &#39;drive&#39;. Cf. drífan;
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III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6

un-gedafenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedafenlíce, adv.

Unbecominglyunseasonablyinordinatelyin an unseemly mannerindecently

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Be ðam men ðe ungedafenlíce hǽmð de homine qui turpiter, fornicator, L. Ecg. P. ii. 6 tit.; Th. ii. 180, 9

Linked entry: ge-dafenlíce

draca

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Mín heáfod hé hæfð mid his ceaflum befangen, Hml. Th. i. 534, 15. Ic eom forðrycced mid þám scyllum þisses dracan ( draconis ) . . . Ðes draca nú fleáh, Gr. D. 325, 5-9. Dracan gypsam (-um, Ald.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 69: 41, 41.

ge-hweled

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hwelian;</b> pp. ed To inflame with foul matter Sió diégle wund bið sárre ðonne sió opene, for ðám ðæt worsm ðæt ðǽrinne gehweled bið, gif hit bið út forlǽten, ðonne bið sió wund geopenod tó hǽlo ðæs sáres vulnera clausa

geolstor

(n.)
Grammar
geolstor, gelostr, gillister, es; n.: <b>geolstor,</b> e; <b>gillistre,</b> an; f.
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Swiling wið gillistrum tó heáfdes hǽlo, ii. 2, 3

ge-redian

(v.)
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K. 32. to find out, hit upon Sé hæfð gódne rǽd þe him geredað ǽfre hwæt him tó dónne sý and hvvæt tó forlǽtenne, Wlfst. 57, 15. Gerædað, 51, 19

Linked entries: rédian ge-rædian

of-spring

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Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu æt Ælfsige . . . tó écum freóte, and eall hire ofspring, C. D. vi. 209, 11. Tácnu wurðað on eów and on eówrum ofspringum (in semine tuo), Deut. 28, 46. Ofsprincgum (ofsprincge, Hpt.

weód

(n.)
Grammar
weód, es; n. f. (?)

A useless or injurious plant,a weed

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Hwonan hæfð hit ðæt weód (zizania) ? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 27. Is áwriten ðæt hé séwe ðæt weód on ða gódan ǽceras Past. 47 ; Swt. 357, 17. Ðá æteáwde ða weód Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 26, 25, 29, 30. Mótan ealle weóda nú wyrtum áspringan Lchdm. iii. 36, 26.

níten

(n.)
Grammar
níten, niéten, neáten, nýten, es; n.

An animalbeastcattle

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Ðis nýten haec pecus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Som. 12, 10. Ðis nýten istud animal; ðyses nýtenes istius animalis; ðás níhtenu ista animalia, 15; Som. 18, 34-36. Swá nýten geworden eom ut jumentum factus sum, Ps. Spl. 72, 22.