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heán-líce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
heán-líce, adj.

Ignominiously, ingloriously, disgracefully, miserably,

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Ne lǽt swá heánlíce ðín haudgeweorc forwurþan let not thine handiwork so miserably perish, Hy. 7, 111; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 111: Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 4; Cri. 31: 13 a; Th. 23, 21; Cri. 372

firwet

Grammar
firwet, l. firwit (fer-, feor-, fær-, fyr-, fyrt-, -wet),
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Módes fyrwet mentis ardor, Hy. S. 14, 30. Ferwyt, 10, 16. take here fyrwet in Dict., and add

hǽren

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Heó gegyrede mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. Add

riht-munuc

(n.)
Grammar
riht-munuc, es; m.

A true monk

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A true monk Beóþ rihtmunecas gif libbaþ be ðam geswince heora ágenra handa R. Ben. 73, 19

Linked entry: munuc

of-geótan

(v.)

to moisten by pouring, souse, soakto put out a fire by pouring water on it

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Ofgeót áne niht mid wýne ðanne on morgen nim ða leáf cnuca . . . and ofgeót mid ðan ylcan wíne ðe ǽr ofgotene wǽron soak them a night with wine, then in the morning take the leaves, pound them . . . and soak them with the same wine that they

scyldan

(v.)
Grammar
scyldan, scyldian
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to charge, accuse gán xii. sume and gescyldigen (gescylden, other MS. ) hine, L. Ath. i. 11; Th. i. 206, 3

fót-gewǽde

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Ben. 55 substitute Hæbben tó fótgewǽdum hosa and meón indumenta pedum pedules et caligas, R. Ben. 89, 14

á-dreógendlic

(adj.)

agendus, gerendus

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Lífes ádreógen(d)lices vite gerende, Hy. S. 103, 3

wiþ-æftan

(prep.; adv.)
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wiþ-æftan, prep. adv.

Behind.

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Heó hym tó geneálǽhte wyðæftan hym, Homl. Ass. 182, 48. Hí cómon tó Wiht, and námon ðǽr ðæt him ǽr wiðæftan wæs (what had been left behind them), Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 25.

Linked entry: æftan

a-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
a-wreón, -wreóhan, -wrióhan, -wrión ; p. -wreáh, pl. -wrugon ; pp. -wrogen ; v. a. [a not, wreón to cover]

To uncoverdiscoverdiscloseopenrevealrevelare

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Drihten awreáh rihtwísnysse hys Dominus revelavit justitiam suam, Ps. Spl. 97, 3. Awreóh Drihtne weg ðínne revela Domino viam tuam, Ps. Lamb. 36, 5

ge-médrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-médrian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, yd

To MOTHER, to adopt or to have as a son or daughteradoptare, habere sibi filium vel filiam

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Geseah hys gemédrydan bróðor Beniamin vidit Benjamin fratrem suum uterinum, Gen. 43, 29

spynge

(n.)
Grammar
spynge, an; f.

A sponge

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A sponge Elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan gelíce and spynge déþ (tanquam spongia), Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 230, 27. Hí bewundon áne spyngan (spingan, MS. B.) mid ysopo, Jn. Skt. 19, 29 MS. A. Spingan, Mk. Skt. 15, 36. Spincgan, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 32.

Linked entry: sponge

olfend

(n.)
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Hire wæs áweaxen swá áheardod hýd swylce olfendan, Gr. D. 287, 5.

níþ-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-cwalu, e; f.

Grievous destruction

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Grievous destruction Hé generede from níþ-cwale, and eác forgeaf éce dreámas, Exon. Th. 77, 18; Cri. 1258

ge-edwyrpan

Grammar
ge-edwyrpan, l. ge-edwirpan,
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and add Sóna swá geedwyrpte (geedewyrpte, v. l.) beóð and gestrangode ubi meliorati fuerint, R. Ben. 61, 2

sár-spell

(n.)
Grammar
sár-spell, es; n.

A sorrowful speech, a lament

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Th. 458, 6; Hy. 4, 96

helle-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
helle-wíte, es; n.

Hell-tormentpunishmenthell

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Se for ðám méde onféhþ écum tintregum hellewítes æternas inferni pænas pro mercede recipiet, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 40: Hy. 6, 36; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 36. Mid heardum hellewítum with hard pains of hell, Soul Kmbl. 94; Seel. 47: 64; Seel. 32: Andr.

fird-tiber

(n.)
Grammar
fird-tiber, (?), es; n.
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hostia, properly speaking army-sacrifice [the glosser might have had the idea which is expressed in the following passage: Dysne yrming (Mars) wurðodon þá hǽþenan, and swá oft swá fyrdedon oððe tó gefeohte woldon, þonne offrodon heora lác tó weorðunge

Linked entry: fyrd-tiber

leód-wynn

(n.)
Grammar
leód-wynn, e; f.
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Joy that comes from being among one's own people Leódwynna leás, wineleás wræcca, Exon. 119 a; Th. 457, 25; HY. 4, 89

heofon-bígenged

(adj.)
Grammar
heofon-bígenged, heofon-biggenged; adj.
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Wé beón éce heofonbígende simus perennes celibes, Hy. S. 36, 32. Heofan-biggende cęlibes, 5, 27