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sacu

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Wé ne magon habban þone heofonlican éþel búton wé fram eallum sacum orsorge beón, O. E. Hml. i. 302, 1-8. <b>I a.</b> rebuke, chiding :-- Mid openre sace beón gehǽled aperta objurgatione sanari, Scint. 115, 16

singal

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Add Fram swá miclum cwylmnessum and swá singalum ( diutinis ) onlýsed beón, Bd. 4, 9; Sch. 396, 11

sápe

(n.)
Grammar
sápe, an; f.

Soap, salve

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Hé biþ ðonne áþwogen fram his synnum þurh ða untrumnysse, swá swá horig hrægl þurh sápan, Homl. Th. i. 472, 6. Monie of þas wimmen smurieð heom mid blanchet, þet is þes deofles sápe (unguent?), O. E. Homl. i. 53, 24.

Linked entry: sáp

un-wita

(n.)
Grammar
un-wita, an; m.

A foolish, stupid, witless person ⬩ a fool

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Gebíg fram unwitan (insensato) and ðú ná wiþerast on stuntnysse his, Scint. 188, 11. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó sinoðe gefædne man tó cnihte and nǽnigne unwitan ðe disig lufige, L. Edg. C. 4; Th. ii. 244, 14.

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

á-firran

(v.)
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Ðæt hié ne sién ðǽm ingeðonce áfierrede (-firrede, v. l. ), Past. 139, 5. prepo-sition Ic áfyrre ( auferam ) yfel wilddeór and gewinn fram eów, Lev. 26, 6. Hé áfierð fram ús ǽlc gefeoht, Ps. Th. 45, 8. Ðá áfirrað ( elongant) hié from ðé, Ps.

Linked entries: a-feorran á-ferran á-fyrran

lám

(n.)
Grammar
lám, es; n.

Clay ⬩ mud ⬩ mire ⬩ earth

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Ic áworpe ða myht fram mé ðe mé fram ðé geháten ys swá ðæt lám ðe ic myd mýnum fótum ontrede I cast away from me the power that is promised me by thee, as the dirt that I tread upon with my feet, Shrn. 151, 22

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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Fram hæftnýde hellewítes, Hy. 6, 36. ¶ pl. with force of sing. :-- Wæs sum wyln gehæft tó swinglum, and læg on hæftnédum, Hml. S. 21, 167. Hé ús áhredde fram deófles hæftnýdum, Hml. Th. i. 338, 4

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

on-sægedness

(n.)
Grammar
on-sægedness, e; f.

the rite, act of sacrifice or offering ⬩ what is offered at the rite, a sacrifice, oblation

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Ða onsægdnysse ða ðe fram eów deóflum wǽron ágoldene, 1, 7 ; S. 477, 36. Onsægdnisse onsæcgan victimis placare, Nar. 20, 5. Ic ðé onsegednesse brohte, Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 120. Onsegednesse victimas, Wúlck. Gl. 61, 8: 71, 40

Linked entries: á-sægdnes an-sægdnes sægedness on-segedness á-segendness

fácen-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fácen-líce, adv.

Deceitfully, fraudulently ⬩ dŏlōse, fraudŭlenter

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Ða leásan men fácen-líce þencaþ false men think treacherously, Frag. Kmbl. 49; Leás. 26

Linked entry: fǽcen-líce

hyrdel

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. ¶ of the bone-frame of an animal :-- Ostige ribba hyrdlas squamigeras costarum crates, An. Ox. 2466. Add:

ufe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
ufe-weard, uf-weard; adj.

upper ⬩ upper part of ⬩ upper part ⬩ later ⬩ latter part of a time

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Fram ufeweardon óð nyþeweard a summo usque deorsum, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 51: Mk. Skt. 15, 38. On ufeweardum at the top. Gen. 6, 16. On ufeweardan, Homl. Th. i. 536, 9. Fram ufeweardan óð neoþeweardan, ii. 496, 26.

Linked entries: ofe-weard ufan-weard uf-weard

a-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-styrian, -stirian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To remove ⬩ move ⬩ agitate ⬩ stir violently ⬩ stir up ⬩ raise ⬩ amovere ⬩ removere ⬩ movere ⬩ commovere

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To remove, move, agitate, stir violently, stir up, raise; amovere, removere, movere, commovere : Astyre fram me wítu ðíne amove a me plagas tuas, Ps. Spl. 38, 13: 118, 29 : Rood Recd. 59; Kr. 30.

Linked entries: a-sterian a-stirian

fágnys

(n.)
Grammar
fágnys, -nyss, e; f.

A scab, ulcer, eruption ⬩ scăbies, ulcus, eruptio

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Ðæt Crist úre sáwle fram synna fágnyssum gehǽlan mǽge that Christ may heal our soul from the ulcers of sins, 122, 25. Seó fágnys aweg gewát the eruption went away, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 15.

Linked entry: fáhness

unriht-hǽman

(v.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽman, p. de

To cohabit unlawfully ⬩ to commit adultery or fornication

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Fram unrihthǽmendum mæssepreóste a fornicante presbytero, L. Ecg. C. 17, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 29

ídlian

(v.)
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Add: to be or become empty, be unoccupied, v. ídel; 1 Fram ǽlce bígonge þis land ligeð tólýsed and ídlað in wéstenne ab omni cultura destituta in solitudine vacat terra, Gr.

mearcung

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Wæs þæt Godes folc áhredd fram ðám fǽrlican deáðe þurh ðæs lambes offrunge and his blódes mearcunge, Hml. Th. ii. 264, 14. cf. mearcian; Gif ic ásceáde mid mearcunge ( praenotatione ) þára namena, Gr.

meox

Grammar
meox, [In 1. 6 after 'meox ?' insert: and swá ðeáh, gif þú his wel notast, hwæt bið wæstmbǽrre?]
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Hit ys bysmorlic dǽd ꝥ ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mettum áfylle and on óðerne ende him gange ꝥ meox út fram, E. S. viii. 62, 16. Ic hine bewurpe mid meoxe mittam stercora, Lk. 13, 8. God áhefð of meohse ( de stercore) þone mann þe hé wile, O. E.

un-geleáffull

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S. 23b, 16 (in Dict.). substantival Þone sylfan deáð fram ungeleáffullum and Crístes feóndum ( ab infdelibus et inimicis Chrísti) ic ðrowode, Bd. 2, 6; Sch. 137, 8. incredible Ungeleáfulne lehter inauditum, i. incredibile crimen, An. Ox. 2785

Wætlinga-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Wætlinga-ceaster, e; f.

St. Alban's

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Alban's Wæs hé ðrowigende se eádiga Albanus ðý teóþan dæge Kalendarum Iuliarum neáh ðære ceastre ðe Rómáne héton Verolamium, seó nú fram Angelðeóde Werlameceaster oþþe Wæclingaceaster (uaetlingacæstir, -cester, uetlinguacaester, Lat. versions,Txts. 133

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