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a-merian

(v.)
Grammar
a-merian, -myrian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To examinepurifyexaminarepurgaremerum reddere

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Genim ánne cuculere fulne ameredes huniges take a spoon-full of purified honey, Herb. 106; Lchdm, i. 220, 12. Fýre ðú us amyrdest swá swá amyred biþ seolfor igne nos examinasti sicut examinatur argentum, Ps. Spl. 65, 9. Amerodest examinasti, Ps.

Linked entry: a-myrian

ge-wéd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wéd, es; n.

A ragingmadnessfŭror insānusrăbies

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A raging, madness; fŭror insānus, răbies Wælhreówes [Nerónes] gewéd wæs fulwíde cúþ the madness of the cruel [Nero] was full widely known, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 9; Met. 9, 5.

Linked entry: -wéd

bíge

(n.)
Grammar
bíge, es; m.

A bending, turning, bend, an angle, a cornerflexus, sinus, angulus

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Bíge limes fractura membri, Fulg. 19

un-gemæc

Grammar
un-gemæc, un-gemæcc.
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Syndon full manega þá þe nǽnegu wundra wyrcað and þonne hweþre nǽron ná ungemæcce (-an, v.l.) þám þe þá foretácnu dóð sunt plerique qui etsi signa non facinnt, signa tamen facientibus dispares nan sunt, Gr. D. 90, 31.

gésne

(adj.)
Grammar
gésne, adj.

Lackingwantingdestitutelifelessexpersegenusdestitutusexanimis

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Lacking, wanting, destitute, lifeless; expers, egenus, destitutus, exanimis Læg se fúla leáp gésne the foul corpse lay lifeless, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 8; Jud. 112.

Linked entries: geásne gésine

wirgness

(n.)
Grammar
wirgness, e; f.

Cursinga curse

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His múð byð symle full wyrignessa cujus os maledictione plenum est, Ps. Th. 9, 27; 13, 6. Hí ús mid heora wiþer-wordum onbénum and wyrinessum éhtaþ adversis nos inprecationibus persequuntur, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 4

Linked entries: wirigness wyrgness

þorniht

(adj.)
Grammar
þorniht, adj.
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Thorny, full of thorns (v. þorn) or briars Þorniht senticosus, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 41. Tó ðæm þornihtan heáfodlonde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 263, 32. On ðam þornehtan dúne, 421, 24. On ða þornihtan leáge, v. 389, 14.

geond-scríþan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-scríþan, p. -scráþ
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Eall þis lyft ys full hellicra deúfla, þá geondscríðað ealne middangeard, Wlfst. 250, 3

for-gýmeleásian

(v.)
Grammar
for-gýmeleásian, -gímeleásian, -giémeleásian, -gémeleásian; p. ode; pp. od [for-, gýmeleásian to neglect]

To neglect entirelyomnīno neglĭgĕre

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To neglect entirely; omnīno neglĭgĕre Forgýmeleásian neglĭgĕre, Scint. 81: Fulg. 18. Gif he forgýmeleásaþ his hláfordes gafol if he neglect his lord's tribute, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 15.

blóstm

(n.)
Grammar
blóstm, es; m.
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Feld full grówendra blóstma (blósma, v. l.), campus flosculorum plenus, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 623, 20. Add: (f. (?) Wülck. Gl. 240, 22)

un-wrenc

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

an evil tricka malicious wilea wicked artificean evil practicea vice

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Hé (Antichrist) bið eal unwrenca full, Wulfst. 97, 16. Mid ðám unwrencan bið Antecrist eal áfylled, 54, 15. an evil practice, a vice For ðæm unwrence ðære ungeðylde per impatientiae vitium, Past. 33; Swt. 215, 19

irre

(adj.)
Grammar
irre, yrre; adj.

Gone astraywanderingconfusedperversedepravedangryenragedwrathfulindignant

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MS. ierran] nyton hwæt hie on him selfum habbaþ and eác ðætte wierse is ðætte hie ful oft wénaþ ðætte hiera hierre [Cott.

a-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyllan, p. de; pp. ed [a, fyllan to fill] To fill up or

fullreplenishsatisfyreplereimplere

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full, replenish, satisfy; replere, implere Afyllaþ ða eorþan replete terram. Gen. 9, 1. He ne mæg ða gítsunga afyllan he cannot satisfy the desires, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 16.

Linked entry: a-fellan

un-deádlícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-deádlícness, e; f.

Immortality

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Hyht hiora undeádlícnise ( immortalitate ) full is, Rtl. 86, 22: Homl. Th. i. 544. 3. Hæfde God ðæs mannes sáwle gegódod mid undeádlícnysse ... wé ne forluron ná ða undeádlícnyssæ, 20, 1-4: Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 4: 3, 21; S. 551, 3

Linked entry: un-deáþlícness

freónd-rǽden

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Th. i. 248, 33. cf. freónd, Wæs sió fǽmne mid hyre fæder willan welegum biwedded: wyrd ne ful cúðe freóndrsédenne, hú heó from hogde, Jul. 34. cf. freónd, Se geréfa hine ácwællan ne dorste on þæs folces gewytnysse for heora freóndrǽdene, Hml.

wafung

(n.)
Grammar
wafung, e; f.

amazement, wonder, astonishment

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Wafunge spectaculum (mirum mundo spectaculum exhibuit, Ald. 62),509, 33. amazement, wonder, astonishment On ðære gesihðe hine gestód wundorlíc wafung . . . eall hé wæs ful wundrunge and wafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 501-509.

Linked entry: wafung-stede

lagu-streám

(n.)
Grammar
lagu-streám, es; m.

Seastreamriverwater

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Lagustreáma full full of water, 502 a; Th. 385, 1; Rä. 4, 38. Álýs mé and genere wið lagustreámum manegum wæterum eripe me, et libera me de aquis multis, Ps. Th. 143, 8: Cd. 91; Th. 115, 21; Gen. 1923.

drif

(n.)
Grammar
drif, e; f.

a feverfebris

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Rush. 8, 15. but drif, es; m. or n. in the following example Full neáh ǽfre ðe óðer man wearþ on ðam wyrrestan yfele, ðæt [MS. þet] is on ðam drife almost every other man was in the worst evil, that is with fever, Chr. 1087; Th. 353, 38

Linked entry: ge-drif

huntung

(n.)
Grammar
huntung, e; f.

Hunting

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Gyrstandæg ic wæs on huntunge heri fui in venatione, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 3. Hwæt ðést ðú be ðínre huntunge? Ic sylle cync swá hwæt swá ic gefó quid facis de tua vexatione? Ego do regi quicquid capio, 25-7. Of huntungum de venationibus, Rtl. 118, 39

be-swingan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swingan, p. -swang, pl. -swungon; pp. -swungen

To scourge, beatflagellare, verberare

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To scourge, beat; flagellare, verberare Ic wæs beswungen ealne dæg fui flagellatus tota die, Ps. Lamb. 72, 14: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 91; Met. 25, 46. Híg ne beóþ beswungene non flagellabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 72, 5: Ex. 5, 16. Ic eom beswungen verberor, Ælfc.

Linked entry: be-swungen