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aferian

(v.)
Grammar
aferian, p. ode
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To perform carrying service (averagium. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. s. v., and average in N. E. D.) for a lord (Take here the last two passages under á-ferian in Dict., and add) Se geneát sceal wyrcan swá on lande swá of lande, . . . and rídan and auerian

ge-frínd

Grammar
ge-frínd, friends.
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Take here <b>ge-frýnd</b> in Dict. and add Ne furþon þætte þá wolden gefriénd beón þe wǽron gebróðor of fæder and of méder, Ors. 3, II ; S. 152, 34. Hí wurdon ðá gefrýnd for ðǽre dǽde, swá swá hí nǽron nǽfre ǽr on lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 252,

Linked entry: ge-frýnd

plantian

(v.)
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Add: literal Swá swá treów ꝥ planted ( plantatum ) is wið ryne wætera, Ps. Rdr. 1, 3. figurative Þín hand plantade (plantavit) úre foregengan, Ps. Th. 43, 3. Búton hé of his hiéremonna móde ðá ðornas ðǽre ídlan lufan ǽr úp átuge, unnyt hé plantode on

tiriaca

(n.)
Grammar
tiriaca, an; m.

A medicine,properly an antidote for poison,

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A medicine, properly an antidote for poison, cf. tiriaca drenc wyð áttre, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 20 Tyriaca is gód drenc wiþ eallum innoðtýdernessum, and se man se ðe hine swá begǽþ swá hit hér on segþ, ðonne mæg hé him miclum gehelpan . . . Nime áne lylte

Linked entry: tyriaca

nefne

(prep.; con.)
Grammar
nefne, nemne.

UnlessexceptExcept

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Grammar nefne, conj. connecting clauses, Unless, except Hé hyra má ácwellan wolde, nefne him witig God forstóde, Beo. Th. 2116; B. 1056: 6101; B. 3054: Exon. Th. 340, 5; Gn. Ex. 106 : 345, 11; Gn. Ex. 186. Hí sǽdon, nemne ( nisi ) hí him máran andlyfne

Linked entries: nemne nymne

ge-dón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dón, ic -dó, ðú -dést, he -déþ, pl. -dóþ; p. -dyde, pl. -dydon; pp. dén, -dón

To domakeputcauseeffectreach a placefacere

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To do, make, put, cause, effect, reach a place; facere Ic sceal cunnan hwæt ðú gedón wille I shall know what thou wilt do, Andr. Kmbl. 684; An. 343. Ðú ne miht ǽnne locc gedón hwítne non potes unum capillum album facere, Mt. Bos. 5, 36. Gedó dé hálne

for-þencan

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Substitute: To despise; used reflexively, to despise one's self, to despair; pp. for-þóht desperate, in despair Þú eart fulneáh forþóht. Ac ic nolde ꝥ þú þé forþóhte ... for ðǽm sé sé ðe hine forþencð, sé bið ormód thou art wellnigh desperate. But I

ge-myntan

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Add: to mean, purpose, design Ðá forlét hé, swá hé gemynte gefyrn, þone woruldlican campdóm, Hml. S. 31, 131. Hé rád þyder hé ǽr gemynt hæfde ad hospitium, quo proposuerat, accessit, Bd. 3, 9 ; Sch. 231, 9. God férde forð, swá hé gemynt hæfde, Gen. 18

sár-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sár-líc, adj.

sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous causing pain, grievous sad, mournful

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giving occasion for sorrow, sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous Wá lá wá! ðæt is sárlíc ðæt swá leóhtes andwlitan men sceolan ágan þýstra ealdor heu, proh dolor! quod tam lucidi vultus homines, tenebrarum auctor possidet, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 15. Sárlíc

ge-mæcca

Grammar
ge-mæcca, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> of things
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Ne métte ic nǽfre on mínum lífe swá mycles sáres ne yfeles gemǽccan, Verc. Först. 120, 14

brac-hwíl

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Swá ys seó brachwíl on þæs mannes eágan, heó ys sóðes atomus, Angl. viii. 318, 33. Add

ge-winfullíce

(adv.)
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Æfter þon þe þú swá earfoðlíce and gewinfullíce gelýfdest postquam laboriose credidisti, Gr. D. 305, 16. Add

mild-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mild-ness, e; f.
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Mildness, gentleness Ne sceal swá líðe mildnes (lenitas) beón ꝥ ne forhæbbe þá syngunge, Chrd. 62, 21

munt-geóf

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Add:, -giú On Mauricius mynstre, þæt is on Muntgiú swá men farað tó Róme, Wlfst. 152, 9

will-spryng

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Sume men synd swá áblende ꝥ hí bringað heora lác . . . tó wylspringum, Hml. S. 17, 131. Add

ymb-clyppan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-clyppan, p. te
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To embrace, clasp, of persons Ic ymbclyppe ðé complector te, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 122, 4: amplector, 36; Zup. 214, 5. Ic ymbclyp[p]e obunco, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 31. Ymbclypte obuncabat (Timotheum ulnarum gremiis procax obuncabat, Ald. 40), ii. 81, 12: 64,

ealneg

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Hé nǽfre ne besyhð tó ðǽre úplican áre, ac ealneg (ealne weg, v. l. ) fundað tó ðisum eorðlicum, Past. 66, 15: 395, 29. Gé ymb þæt án gefeoht alneg ceoriað, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 7. Ealneg (-ig, Bos. 88, 2), 4, 7; S. 182, 16: 5, 1; S. 214, 4. Hit God wræc

heán-lic

paltrycommonvilecontemptiblebase

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Add: of little worth or importance, paltry, common; vilis Man wót oft máre be þám heálicran ðonne be þám heánlicran, Solil. H. 17, 14. vile, contemptible, base Heánlic slǽp, Dóm. L. 257. Eów mæg gescomian ꝥ gé swá heánlic geþóht on eów geniman for ánes

læs

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
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and add: adv. or conj. Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17. Ðú hǽtst mé forlǽtan

tó-féran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-féran, p. de.

to go in different directions,go off separatelyto disperse (intrans.)

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to go in different directions, go off separately Ǽr fires Drihtnes leorningcnihtas tóférdan, ealswá heom beboden wæs (cf. Mk. 16, 15), Wulfst. 21, 5: Homl. Th. i. 318, 3. to disperse (intrans.) Ðá ðæt gafol gelǽst wæs, ðá tóférde se here wíde swá hé

Linked entry: tó-faran