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feorh-ádl

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læg on his feorhádle and hit wæs swíðe neáh hís lífes ænde ad extreme, vitae veniens, 314, 3. Add:

on-tendness

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Læ̂t hine on ûrum anwealde, þæt wê magon ðînne teónan wrecan and ûre ontendnysse, 416, 20. Add Hê oferswŷðde þâ synne, for þâm þe hê swâ onwende þâ ontendnysse (þâ hæ̂te and þone synlust, v. l.) vicit peccatum, quia mutavit incendium, Gr. D. 101, 28

tó-foran

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add: marking relation Seó lǽs is tóforan eallum mannum gemǽne the pasture is open to all, C.D. iii. 419, 21. add Swá micele swá se heofenlica cyning is mǽrra and furðor tóforan ðám eorðlican cininge, swá micele mára bið ðín wurðmynt tóforan ðám woruldlican

ofer-stige

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-stige, es; m.

Astonishment, extasy

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Astonishment, extasy Hé cwæþ tó him sylfum: ' Nú ic wæs of ðam rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit biþ ðæt ic eft fare út of ðysum porte, ðý læs ðe ic tó swíðe dwelige ... gewislíce ic hér ongyten hæbbe ðæt mé hæfþ gelǽht fæste mínes módes oferstige

Linked entries: stige ofer-stigenness

bedding

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læg on his beddinge (in lectulo), Gr. D. 326, 8. Add

beþian

(v.)
Grammar
beþian, beþigean.

To warmfoment

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Mon sceal mid wearmum springum and háte wætre beþian þá stówe . . þá sáran stówa beþe and lǽt reócan on, 202, 20-24. Mon sceal beþan (beþian ?, beþþan ?) þá breóst mid wine, 232, 19. Is sió tó beðianne mid hátan wætre, 206, 14.

Linked entries: beþan bæþþan

ge-rotian

(v.)
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to rot, decay ꝥ lǽne líc þǽr gerotaþ tó fúlnesse, Verc. Först. 77, 1

Linked entry: rotian

wyrht

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Dele 'leóþ' at end, and add: v. lǽce-, un-wyrht; egen-wirht ?

un-geþyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþyldig, adj.

Impatient

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Ǽghwelc monn bið onfunden swǽ micle læs gelǽred ðonne óðer swǽ hé bið ungeðyldegra tanto quisque minus ostenditur doctus, quanto minus convincitur patiens, Past. 33; Swt. 216, 3

Linked entry: ge-þyldig

for-swerian

(v.)
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Dele first passage, and add: to commit perjury Swerian ne sceal mon þý lǽs mon forswerige non jurare ne forte perjuret, R. Ben. 17, 9. <b>I a.</b> reflex.

neom

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Þára þú neart gemyndig læng quorum non es memor amplius, Ps. L. 87, 4. Add

ge-ádlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ádlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ádlian to be sick, to languish]

To be sickto languishbecome impotentlanguescĕre

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To be sick, to languish, become impotent; languescĕre On ðám porticon læg mycel menigeo geádledra in his portĭcis jăcēbat multĭtūdo magna languentium, Jn. Bos. 5, 3.

Linked entry: ádlian

ge-þoftscipe

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Ðý lǽs hé sié innan ásliten from ðǽm geðoftscipe ðæs incundan Déman ne interni foederis discussione feriantur, Past. 351, 24. Ðá hé hine geðiédde tó ðǽm geðoftscipe ðǽre incundan sibbe dum se ad foedera pacis internae constringeret, 353, 3.

leád

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George ) bletsode ꝥ leád and læg him onuppan, and ꝥ leád wearð ácolod, Hml. S. 14, 104-115. Leádes clynum mastigiis Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 75.

or-wéne

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Hannibale gecirdon, for þon þe hié wǽron orwéne hwæðer ǽfre Rómáne tó heora anwealde becómen omnis Italia ad Annibalem, desperata Romani status reparatione, defecit, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 4. dele last passage, and add Sum eáwfæst wer wæs yfele gehæfd, and læg

sóþ-sægen

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-sægen, -segen, e; f.

A true statementstatement of the truthstatement of the facts of a case

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Hí sceolon forsuwian heora geférena unþeáwas, ðý læs ðe hí þurh heora sóðsegene ungeðyldige beón, 230, 17

ge-wíslíce

(adv.)
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sagaciously Þá gelǽredus[tan] lǽce[as] gewíslíce ( both i's are accented ) smeádon, Lch. iii. 82, 3. (?)

Linked entry: wíslíce

hǽlan

(v.)
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to castrate Móna se syofoða, blód lǽtan . . . temian, hǽlan (castrare) gód ys, Lch. iii. 186, 22

mann-swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
mann-swǽs, adj.
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Gentle, meek Hé lǽrð ðá manswǽsan (mansuetos) wegas his, Ps. Rdr. 24, 9. Cf. mann-þwǽre

Linked entry: swǽs

fyrn-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-gewrit, -gewryt, es; pl. nom. acc. -gewritu, -gewrito; n.

An ancient writingold scripturevĕtus vel prisca scriptūra

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An ancient writing, old scripture; vĕtus vel prisca scriptūra Ðý-læs toworpen síen fród fyrngewritu lest the wise old scriptures should be overturned, Elen. Kmbl. 861; El. 431.