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leán

(v.)
Grammar
leán, p. lóg [a weak form also occurs (cf. Icel.) Se ðe wolde leógan oftost on his wordon, ealle hine leádan, ða ðe God lufedan,
  • Wulfst. 168, 17
    • .]

To blame ⬩ reproach ⬩ disapprove ⬩ scorn

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To blame, reproach, find fault with, disapprove, scorn Ne leá ic ðé ná ðæt ðú ǽgðer lufige I blame thee not for loving either, Shrn. 197, 2. Hý nǽfre man lyhþ se ðe secgan wile sóð æfter rihte a man that will rightly tell the truth will never blame them

fracoþ-líce

(adv.)
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Swá wer sé fracodlíce ( fraudulenter ) derað frýnd hys, Scint. 194, 1. Add

ge-hiscan

(v.)

to hate ⬩ abominari

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to hate; abominari Ðæne wer gehiscþ drihten virum abominabitur dominus, Ps. Lamb. 5, 8

blód-geótende

(adj.)
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Wer þe is blódgita ł (blód-)geótende vir sanguinum, Ps. L. 5, 8. Add

tǽling

Grammar
tǽling, <b>. II.</b>
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after 'calumny' add: detraction, derogation Ne wéne ic ná ꝥ þes wer wǽre gelustfullod on árfæstnysse weorke, ne on þæs bisceopes tǽlinge ( episcopi derogatione ), Gr. D. 76, 17. derision, mockery.

cæmpa

(n.)
Grammar
cæmpa, an; m.
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A soldier; pugnator Wer cæmpa vir pugnator, Cant. Moys. Lamb. 186 b, 3

snǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽsan, p. de
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.), gielde ðone wer bútan wíte; gif beforan eágum ásnáse (ásnǽse, MS. H.) gielde ðone wer, L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 13

Linked entries: snás á-snǽsan

ofer-cýðan

(v.)
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to bring stronger testimony than another Wé cwǽdon be mannum ... gif áþ burste oððe ofercýðed wǽre ( if the oath were not supported by a sufficient number of compurgators, or were disproved by testimony more strongly supported by oath.

sprecol

(adj.)
Grammar
sprecol, specol; adj.
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Talkative, loquacious Wer sprecul vir linguosus, Ps. Spl. 139, 12. v. fela-, ofer-, swíð-sprecol

Linked entry: specol

á-funden

(adj.)
Grammar
á-funden, adj.
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Experienced Wer on manegum áfunden vir in multis expertus , Scint. 211, 19 : 212, I

Linked entry: a-fíndan

Dorce-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dorce-ceaster, Dorces ceaster, Dorca-ceaster, Dorceaster; gen. -ceastre ; f. [Bd. Dorcinca, Dorcic: Hunt. Dorecestre: Brom. Dorkecestre: Matt. West. Dorcestre]

DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln ⬩ Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma

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DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln; Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma Hér Cynegils [MS.

ge-scógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scógan, ge-sceón
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Cóm se Godes wer gescód (-sceód) mid gehammenum scón, Gr. D. 37, 12. Gescód, Lch. iii. 200, 22, 23. &#39;Sceógeað eówre fétt&#39; . . . ðonne hæbbe wé bégen fétt gescóde, Past. 44, 10-13. Beón úre fét gesceóde, Angl. viii. 323, 28.

Linked entry: ge-sceód

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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Erl. 229, 20. ¶ In the following passage where the word is used without a noun perhaps wer may be supplied :-- Hú man sceal gyldan twelfhyndes man (=twelfhyndes weres man a man with a wergild of twelve hundred shillings ), L. E.

Linked entry: six-hynde

teosu-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
teosu-sprǽc, e; f.
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Hurtful, deceitful speech Se getynga wer on teosusprǽce vir linguosus, Ps. Th. 139, 11

biddan

Grammar
biddan, <b>; II a</b> 2.
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Hé bæd þone hálgan wer sumne dǽl eles, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 16. Add

be-wenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wenian, p. ede; pp. ed [be, wenian to accustom, draw to one's self, honour]

To entertain, take care of ⬩ hospitio accipere

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To entertain, take care of; hospitio accipere We wǽron hér tela bewenede we were here kindly entertained, Beo. Th. 3646, note; B. 1821.

Linked entry: be-þénede

ge-sceapennys

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Seó ðridde gesceapennys is þæt men beóð gestrýnede þurh wer and þurh wíf, Seó feórðe gesceapennys wæs swá þæt Críst wearð ácenned of mǽdene búton were, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 22-30. Genesis ne spricð ná be þǽra engla gesceapenisse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 23, 8.

ge-streccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-streccan, p. -streahte, -strehte; pp. -streaht, -streht
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To stretch, spread; sternere Wel gestreht bed a well spread bed, Lchdm. iii. 208, 4

ge-brócod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brócod, -brócad, -bróced, -brócud [or -brocod ?]; part. p. [ge-, brðcod; pp. of brócian to oppress, vex]

Afflicted ⬩ broken up ⬩ injured ⬩ afflictus ⬩ confractus

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We ealle on hǽðenum folce gebrócude wǽron we were all afflicted by the heathen folk, Cod. Dipl. 314; A. D. 880-885; Kmbl. ii. 113, 16

wang

Grammar
wang, a cheek.
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Add: — Slóh hé þone Godes wer mid his brádre handa ofer his wange, Gr. D. 200, 15

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