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ge-wiht

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</b> figurative :-- Gif hé gewihte besceáwað on edleáne si pondus considerat in reiributione, Scint. 10, 14. a definite amount used as a measure Gewihte emne ys willa his pondus aequum uoluntas eius, Scint. 110, 13.

gyte

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Th. ii. 514, 27. effusion, shedding of blood, shed in blood-shed Gyte blódes on sace ofermádigra effiisio sanguinis in rixa superborum, Scint. 83, 7. Þæt hí heora handa fram ðám blódes gyte ne wiðbrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 88, 5 : Nap. 22, 25.

sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
sýferness, e; f.
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Surt. 82, 31: Scint. 42, 16. Ðære sýfernysse ( opposed to drunkenness, v. l. 54) gód bodian, Homl. Ass. 146, 60. Mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse, and ná mid nánre oferfylle ne mid oferdrince, 144, 15.

Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte

un-scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
un-scrýdan, p. de

To undressstripdivest

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Byþ unscrýdd exuitur, Scint. 226, 9. Unscrídde exutos, nudatos, Hpt. Gl. 423, 52. Unscrýdde, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 146. Grammar un-scrýdan, with acc. of person Baðiendra manna hús, ðǽr hí hí unscrédaþ inne apodyterium, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 6.

cirm

(n.)
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Mid cyrme hlyhhan cum strepitu ridere, Scint. 172, 17. Cyrmum clangoribus, An. Ox. 5247. [v. N. E. D. chirm.]

ge-máh

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Ys hatigendlic sé þe gemáh ys tó specenne est odibilis qui procax (i. stultus vel luxuriosus) est ad loquendum; by much babbling he becometh hateful (Ecclus. 20, 5), Scint. 79, 15.

rǽd-fæst

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Rǽdfæst mód oneardaþ sé þe sárigende be andwerdum tó éceum eftst consiliatorem animum inhabitat qui dolens de presentibus ad aeterna restinat, Scint. 200, 17.

sparian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 104, 9. to refrain from employing or exercising Sé þe sparað gyrde his, hé hatað sunu his qui parcit uirgę suę odit filium suum, Scint. 175, 16: Hml.

tó-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bláwan, p. -bleów; pp. -blawen.

to blow in different directions,scatter by blowing,blow awayto inflate,puff up,distend with wind,swell,to cause the breast to swell

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Tóbláwene mid módignysse, Scint. 84, 19: R. Ben. 124, 6. Mid a lutel wind of a word toblowen and tobollen, A. R. 122, 16

Linked entry: tó-blǽdan

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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Emb stem, Scint. 140, 17. a body of persons who take their turn at any work (v. fird-stemn), the English military force(?) On stemnes peð (cf. here-paþ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 121, 33

wynsumian

(v.)
Grammar
wynsumian, p. ode

To rejoiceexultbe joyful

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Ná wynsuma ðú (non iocunderis) on bearnum árleásum, Scint. 176, 6. Wynsumiaþ Gode jubilate Deo, Ps. Surt. 65, 1. Gefeáþ and wynnsumiaþ gaudete et exultate, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 12. Wynsumiaþ, Ps. Th. 31, 13: Blickl. Homl. 191, 35.

Linked entry: wyn-sum

wǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽgan, p. de

To deceivedelude

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Weleras wǽgendes labia mentientis, Scint. 95, 4. Wǽgendre gesǽlignesse vel bepǽcendre fallentis fortunae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 73. Wégende welere labium mentiens, Kent. Gl. 596. Wǽged delusus (v. Mt. 2, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 57: 26, 29.

fyll

Grammar
fyll, fyllu(-o).

fill, full supply repletion, satiety

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Dó ꝥ wós and þá wyrte on wín, drince þonne . . . symle án ful tó fylles (always one cup as a full dose, v. tó II. 5), Lch. i. 82, 14. with idea of excess, repletion, satiety Fyll and druncennyss saturitas et ebrietas, Scint. 106, 4.

fýlþ

moral impurity, foul practice

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Ox. 3323: putredo, Scint. 38, 19. Of fýlþum and of fenne sordibus ac luto, Germ. 388, 12. Horslice fýlþu putidos (ergastuli) squaloris, An.

teter

(n.)
Grammar
teter, tetr, es; m.
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Bútan tweón se teter bútan sáre hé ofergǽþ ðone líchoman, and suá ðeáh ðæt lim geunwlitegaþ, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 15-17: Scint. 99, 10, On tetere inpetigine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 27. Wið sceb and wið teter, Lchdm. i. 150, 5: 234, 10.

efenlíce

(adv.)
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Geþyld sóð ys fremede yfelu emlíce þolian, Scint. 10, 3: 12, 5: 114, 16. Emlíce forberan, Hml. Th. i. 526, 33: 534, 5: Hml. S. 13, 291. v. emn-, em-líce in Dict

fore

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fore, adv.

in frontat the headbefore

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.), in front, at the head, as chief Fore tó yrnenne prodeundi, Scint. 224, 7. Eorðcyningas þe folcum hér fore wísien kings that, placed at their head, direct the peoples, Ps. Th. 148, 11. temporal, before Fore ic cueð ł ǽr ic sægde praedixi, Mt.

ge-þrístlǽcan

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Náteshwón lǽran geþrístlǽc nequaquam docere presumas, Scint. 126, 14. Ic ne dorste geðristlǽcan þára mínra áwuht feala on gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 21. Geðrýstlǽcende áht secgan, Hml. S. 23 b, 645. with dat. infin.

plegan

Grammar
plegan, [In p. 775, col. 2, l. 2 for 361, l. 391.]
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Add Mann dysig plegað mid handum homo stultus plaudet manibus, Scint. 95, 8

wæterian

(v.)
Grammar
wæterian, p. ode

To water, supply with water,give drink to living creaturesto water plantsto irrigate

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Sumu treówu hé watrode, Past. 40;Swt. 293, 4. to water land, to irrigate Hé land wæteraþ arua rigat, Scint. 118, 14. Ða feówer eán ealne ðisne embhwyrft wæteriaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 177.

Linked entry: wætrian