ge-hú
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Substitute: In every way, in all sorts of ways Ðeáh ðe seó sǽ sý gebýged gehú ( is bent in all sorts of ways ), heó wunað swá ðeáh on ðǽre eorðan bósme binnan hyre gemǽrum. Hex. 10, 30.
-estre
a seamstress
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a seamstress, 74, 13
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flód
flood ⬩ a river ⬩ water ⬩ a flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ the Deluge ⬩ a torrent
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On ǽlcum ánum geáre weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða, and swá oft wanað, Shrn. 63, 29. Ðonne hit bið full flód, C. D. iv. 24, l. God him ðá sylle ásende mid þám sǽlicum flóde; and þæt flód hí áwearp . . . on ðám sealtum ófre, Hml.
hrægel-talu
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A fund for providing vestments Ic ðas land ǽcelíce sælle into sanctæ trinitatan ðám híwum tó hira beódlandæ and tó hregltalæ ego has terras dono æternaliter familiæ æcclesiæ sanctæ trinitatis ad refectorium fratribus et ad vestimenta, Cod. Dipl.
un-arodscipe
Inactivity ⬩ spiritlessness
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Inactivity, spiritlessness Oft mon bið suíðe wandigende æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde, and wénaþ men ðæt hit sié for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe, and bið ðeáh for wísdóme and for wærscipe sæpe agendi tarditas gravitatis consilium putatur, Past
scip-here
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Ðý sumera fór Ælfréd cyning út on sǽ mid sciphere and gefeaht wið .vii. sciphlæstas, 875; Erl. 78, 6. Persa cyning sende Conon mid scipehere (scip-, MS. C.), Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 25.
Burgende
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The Burgundians, inhabitants of Burgundy, an old province in the east of France; Burgundiones Profentse hæfþ be norþan hyre ða beorgas, ðe man Alpis hǽt, and be súþan hyre is Wendel-sǽ, and be norþan hyre and eástan synd Burgende, and Wascan be westan
wíd-land
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Cf. wíd*-*sǽ Nǽron Metode wídlond ( or under II) ne wegas nytte, ac stód be*-*wrigen folde mid flóde, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156. Ic on middangeard nǽfre egorhere eft gelǽde, wæter ofer wídland, 92, 33; Gen. 1538: 85,9; Gen. 1412 : Andr.
ofer-irnan
to pass by running, cross ⬩ to run over, go over a subject ⬩ to come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise
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Wé wyllaþ scortlíce oferyrnan ða dígelystan word, 202, 29. to come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise Seó sǽ oferarn Pharao and ealle his crætu, ii. 194, 27. Mé slǽp oferarn cum mihi somnus obrepsisset, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 33
hóh
'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'
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Kemble's supposition is borne out by the following passage, in which the word occurs independently Wé ðá fóron forþ be ðæm sǽ and ðǽr ða heán hós and dene and gársecg ðone æthiopia wé gesáwon promuntoria ad oceanum in ethiopia vidimus, Nar. 24, 9
ed-sceaft
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Oþ edsceafte, Dan. 112. a new creature His gesceafta . . . of heora sǽde weorþaþ eft geedníwade, swylce hí þonne weordon tó edsceafte; . . . hí ǽlce geáre weorþaþ tó ædsceafte, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 12-16
or-wirþu
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Add: contumely, insult Hé sǽde hú manigne teónan and orwyrðu (-wyrdu, v. l.) þára nunnena fracoðwyrda hé geþrowode quantas pateretur verborum contumeliis enarravit, Gr. D. 152, 6.
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un-stæþþig
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Act i. sc. 4) Hé sǽde ꝥ án wolcn efne þá upp ástige mid þǽre unstæððigan lyfte, efne ðá árás se wind, Hml. S. 18, 150
dysegian
to be foolish, act foolishly, err ⬩ ineptīre, errāre ⬩ to talk foolishly, blaspheme ⬩ blasphĕmāre
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He dysegaþ, se ðe wile sǽd óþfæstan ðám dríum forum he does foolishly, who will sow seed in the dry furrows, 5, 2; Fox 10, 30. Ðæt ða dysegien that they are foolish, 24, 4; Fox 86, 9, MS. Bod. Ðæt hí on heortan hyge dysegedon hi errant corde, Ps.
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eofor-þrote
The carline thistle ⬩ carlina acaulis
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Nim eofor-þrotan sǽd take seed of carline thistle, 3, 12 ; Lchdm. ii. 314, 18. Eofor-þrotan awyl on ealaþ boil carline thistle in ale, 1, 45 ; Lchdm. ii. 110, 12, 23: 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 2: 3, 26; Lchdm. ii. 322, 24: 3, 48; Lchdm. ii. 340, 1
cenning
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Bið ðæt sǽd unnyt ágoten, næs tó nánre kenninge ðæs cynrenes, ac tó unclǽnnesse non ad usum generis, sed ad immunditiam semen effundit, Past. 97, 10. Seó gelaðung on gástlicere cenninge ácenð bearnteám, Hml. A. 30, 160.
daru
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Þæt sǽd þe feóll be ðám wege mid twyfealdre dare losode, ðá ðá wegférende hit fortrǽdon, and fugelas tobǽron, Hml. Th. ii. 90, 14. Dare noxam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 64. Án gecyndelic ǽis gesett, ꝥ nán man ne gedó dare óðrum menn, Hml.
esol
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D. 185, 3, After sæt, l. 2, add: Ðæt wæs for ðǽm ðe se assa geseah ðone engel. Add:
feter
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Hé sæt lange on þám láðum bendum, oð þæt hé bestæl út mid his stafe hoppende and gesóhte ðone sanct . . . Se scyttel ðá ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 414-419. Gebundene feterum vinculis ligatos, Ps. Th. 106, 9.
maniend
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Add: a creditor Hé sǽde ꝥ hé wǽre hefelíce geswenced fram his maniende (moniendan, v. l.) for twelf scillingum quia a creditore suo pro duodecim solidis graviter offligeretur, intimavit. Gr. D. 157, 32. Hé hét ꝥ hé ágeáfe his maniende (-um, v. !.