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un-capitulod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-capitulod, adj.

Not provided with titles to the several sections

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Not provided with titles to the several sections Hyt is tó witanne hwí ðeós feórþe bóc sig uncapitulod nú þa ǽrran béc synt gecapitulode sciendum est, quare liber hic quartus sit sine capitulis, cum priores libri capitulis instructi sint (v. pp. 170,

Linked entry: ge-capitulod

bor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bor-líce, adv.

Eminentlyexcellentlywell

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Eminently, excellently, well Hyt geríst borlíce wel it is eminently suitable, Angl. viii. 302, 5. Wel borlíce hé forð stæppeð full nobly he steps forth, 307, 28. Hé geswutelað borlice he shews admirably, 329, 24.

þoddettan

(v.)
Grammar
þoddettan, p. te
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To push, strike, batter Ða deóflu þoddetton ða earme sáwle and héton út faran of ðam líchaman, Wulfst. 235, 15. Þoddetton pulsent, Germ. 399, 264

hwítian

(v.)
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Hwítað heofon albescit polus Hy. S. 21, 23. Hwæs blód reádaþ on rosan gelicnysse, and hwæs líchama hwítað on lilian lægernysse, Hml. S. 34, 113. Add

hlǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
hlǽnan, p. de

To cause to lean, to incline

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To cause to lean, to incline: Siððan tógædere gáras hlǽndon after they had inclined their spears together, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 18; Jul. 63

Linked entry: hlinian

ge-freógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freógan, -freón; p. -freóde; pp. -freód

To freemake free

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Gefreó us wiþ yfela free us from evils, Hy. 6, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 31. Gefreouad liberatus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 74

Linked entries: ge-friéga ge-frígian

for-dilgian

(v.)
Grammar
for-dilgian, l. for-dílgian,
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Swá þæt þonne on ðǽm hálgum dagum fordíligen þæt ǽr on óþrum tídum mid gémeléste forléton omnes negligentias suas aliorum temporum his diebus sanctis diluere, R. Ben. 76, 6.

angeán

(prep.)
Grammar
angeán, prep.

Againstcontra

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Against; contra him brohtan angeán ehta hund M féðena they brought against him eight hundred thousand foot, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 9

a-þýwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þýwan, p. de; pp. ed [a from, þýwan to drive]

To lead or drive fromto discardejicere

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To lead or drive from, to discard; ejicere He raðe aweg aþýwde he soon drove them away, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 28

pund-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
pund-mǽte, adj.
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Weighing a pound Gif on twá mǽl etaþ, sý gehealden ðæs pundmǽtan hláfes se þridda dǽl tó ðam ǽfengifle, R. Ben. 63, 16

græs-hoppa

(n.)
Grammar
græs-hoppa, an; m.
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habbaþ fét swylce græs-hoppan pedes quasi locuste, Nar. 35, 7

ge-bróðorscipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bróðorscipe, es; m.

Brothershipbrotherhoodfraternityfraternĭtas

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Brothership, brotherhood, fraternity; fraternĭtas Ðyllícne gebróðorscipe heóldon [MS. healdan] him betweonum such brotherhood they had among them, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 76, 6

heáfod-gylt

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In l. 2 after wyrðe insert ne, and add Þá men þe mid openan heafodgyltan sylfe forgyltað, Wlfst. 153, 9. Cf. heáfod-synn

wǽpned-hand

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-hand, a; f.

The male sidemale line

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The male side, male line fóð tó mínum ðe ic syllan mót swá wífhanda swá wǽpnedhanda, swaðer ic wylle, Chart. Th. 491, 32

rǽsan

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Rǽsde án nǽddre of holum treówe . . . and hyne tóslát, Shrn. 144, 27.

bíding

(n.)
Grammar
bíding, e; f.

A BIDING, abodemansio, statio

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A BIDING, abode; mansio, statio Ðǽr bídinge móstun tídum brúcan where they might at times enjoy a biding, Exon. 35 b; Th. 114, 30; Gú. 180

un-scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
un-scrýdan, p. de

To undressstripdivest

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Hí unscrýddon hyne hys ágenum reáfe, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 28, 31: Mt. Skt. 15, 20: Homl. Th. ii. 252, 24, 29

á-spyrian

(v.)

to trackreach by following the trackto investigateexamine so as to get knowledge of a subjectto find out

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Hyt ys tó áspyrianne hwæt hyt getácnað, Angl. viii. 336, 46: 333, 8. Áspyrigende indagantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 10. to find out Iulius se cásere þisne bissextum gemétte oððe áspirode, Angl. viii. 306, 40

GADERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GADERIAN, gadorigean, gadrian, gadrigean, gæderian, gædrian; to gaderigenne, gadrienne, gadrigenne; ic gaderie, gaderige, gadrige, ðú gaderast, gadrast, he gaderaþ, gadraþ, pl. gaderiaþ, gadriaþ; p. gaderode; pp. gaderod

To GATHERgather togethercollectstore uplĕgerecollĭgĕrecongrĕgāre

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gaderiaþ feoh, and nyton hwám hyt gadriaþ they store up wealth, and know not for whom they store it up, Ps. Th. 38, 8 : Lk. Bos. 6, 44 : Mt. Bos. 6, 26.

ge-wrixl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, -wrixle, es; n.

A changeinterchangevicissitudeturncourse

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On hys gewrixles endebyrdnesse in ordine vicis suæ, Lk. Bos. 1, 8. Benedictus hæfde Paulus gewrixle Benedictus tenuit Pauli vices, Gr. Dial. 2, 17, Lye: Blickl. Homl. 91, 24