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mód

Grammar
mód, <b>. I a.</b>
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Eálá gé ðeówan . . . swá hwæt swá gé wyrcað, wyrcað mid móde, swá swá Gode sylfum servi . . . quodcumque facitis ex animo (heartily, A.V.) operamini, sicut Domino (Col. 2, 23), Hml. Th. ii. 336, 23.

deópian

(v.)
Grammar
deópian, p. ode
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To get deep Swá dolh ne deópian, Lch. ii. 352, 2

Linked entry: ge-deópian

for-clyccan

(v.)
Grammar
for-clyccan, p. -clyhte

To stop upclose

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To stop up, close Swá nǽdran forclyccende eáran heora, Nap. 79

Linked entry: clyccan

tó-dǽlendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-dǽlendlíc, adj.

Divisible,separable

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Divisible, separable Swá tódǽlendlíc is líchama and sáwle, Wulfst. 264, 26

a-ferscean

(v.)
Grammar
a-ferscean, [a, fersc fresh]

To freshento become freshsalsuginem deponere

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To freshen, to become fresh; salsuginem deponere Swá swá of ðære sǽ cymþ ðæt wæter innon ða eorþan and ðǽr afersceaþ thus from the sea the water enters into the earth and then becomes fresh, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 18

efen

(adv.)
Grammar
efen, efne; adv.

Evenly, equally, just so æque

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Evenly, equally, just so; æque Wunedon ætsomne efen swá lange swá him lýfed wæs they dwelled together just so long as was permitted to them, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 487; Met. 20, 244: Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 24; Gú. 564

scip-gild

(n.)
Grammar
scip-gild, es; n.
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A ship-tax, a tax to supply funds for the maintenance of a fleet Swá fela sýðe swá menn gyldaþ heregyld oððe tó scipgylde quotiens populus universus persolvit censum Danis, vel ad naves seu ad arma, Chart. Th. 307, 24

un-gewisness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewisness, e; f.

Uncertaintyignorance

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Swá hwæt swá on hyre unclǽnnysse ðurh ungewisnesse ( per ignorantiam ) gelumpe, 4, 9; S. 576, 28

fore-wítegian

(v.)
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Stephanus . . . wé cweðað on Englisc, Gewuldorbeágod; for ðan ðe hé hæfð þone écan wuldorbeáh, swá swá his nama him forewítegode, Hml. Th. i. 50, 13. Heortan forewítegendra corde presago, Hy. S. 104, 1. Wæs forewítegod praefiguratur, An. Ox. 1541.

Linked entry: wítegian

ge-snid

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Cf. sníþan; Swá swá sceáptð gesnide, R. Ben. 27, 10

on-legen

(n.)
Grammar
on-legen, e; f.

An on-laying, (medicinal) application

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Mid onlegene swá swá mon of swelcum þingum wyrcþ . . . Lácna mid onlegena beres, 82, 14-24. Gesodene wuduæpla and hlafes cruman and swilce onlegena, 190, 15

lot-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
lot-wrenc, es; m.

Deceitdeceptioncunningfrauddevicewilecraft

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Ða ðe ðisse worulde lotwrenceas cunnon sapientes hujus seculi, Past. 30, 1; Swt. 203, 5: Swt. 205, 17

Linked entries: list-wrenc wrenc

lin-wǽd

(n.)
Grammar
lin-wǽd, e; f.

A garment

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A garment Swá limwǽdum sicut vestimento, Ps. Th. 103, 2

palm-twig

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Rihtwís swá palmtwig blóweð, Ps. Rdr. Cam. 91. 13. Add

twi-milte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-milte, adj.
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Twice melted Geola swá twymylte wex flaua, An. Ox. 4462

þafung

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Flotmen swá strange þurh Godes þafunge, Wlfst. 162, 17. Add

æt-fæstan

Grammar
æt-fæstan, <b>; II.</b>
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add Swá hé úre sáule ús ætfæste, Bl. H. 103

on-drǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-drǽdan, p. -dréd, -drǽd, -dreard, -dreord; pp. -drǽd

to dread, feartimeoto be afraid

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Ðæt hig hine ondrédon, swá swá hig ondrédon Moysen, Jo1. 4, 14. with the prep. from Swá egefull wæs Alexander ðá ðá hé wæs on eásteweardum ðissum middangearde, ðætte ða from him ondrédan ðe wǽron on westeweardum, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 136, 7.

Linked entries: an-drǽdan á-drǽdan

Róm

(n.)
Grammar
Róm, e; f.

Rome

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Hé mid ealre his firde wið Róme weard farende wæs, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 236, 9. ¶ The combination Róme-, Róma-burh is also frequent :-- Wearþ Rómeburg getimbred fram twám gebróðrum, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 21.

Linked entry: Róme-burh

un-weorþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-weorþlíce, adv.

unworthilyin an unsuitable mannerwith indignitywith contemptignominiouslywith indignation

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Hé heora ǽrendracan swá unweorðlíce forseah, ðæt hé heora self onseón nolde legatos ad se missos injuriosissime etiam a conspectu suo abstinuit, 4, 8; Swt.186, 7: 3, 10; Swt. 140, 3.