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norþ

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ, adv.
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Ealle Asiam . . . súð fram þǽm Reádan and swá norð oþ þone þe man hǽt Euxinus, 1, 2; S. 30, 1.

ge-leáflic

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Augustinus sǽde þæt án þing wǽre ungeleáflic . . . For ðyssere twýnunge nolde wé hreppan his ðrowunge. Heó is swáðeáh eall full geleáflic, búton ðám ánum þe Augustinus wiðsæcd, ii. 520, 11-19. catholic Þæs geleáflican geleáfan catholice fidei, Wrt.

weaxness

(n.)
Grammar
weaxness, e; f.

Growth, increase, waxing

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Ðonne ðæs sǽes flódes weaxnes biþ quando rheuma oceani in cremento est, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 16. Hé mycle wonunge and ǽwyrdlan wæs wyrcende ðære mærwan cyrican weaxnesse magno tenellis ecclesiae crementis detrimento fuit, 2, 5; S. 506, 38

tó-rípan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-rípan, p. te

To pluck in twotear to pieces

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Ðá hé ætsacan wolde ðá sǽde him mon ðæt tó tácne when he fled, a bramble scratched him all over the face. When he wanted to deny (the charge brought against him), they told him this as a token, Chart. Th. 172, 27

Linked entry: tó-rýpan

bodig

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Voc. ii. 79, 37 : 97, 34. of on implement Nim ꝥ sǽd, sete on þæs sules bodig, Lch. i. 402, 2

or-sorg

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Drihlen wæs hire forespeca, and heó sæt ðí orsorhgre, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 21. <b>I a.

eást-ende

(adj.)
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Hé gespeón him tó ealle Kentingas, and ealle þá butsecarlas of Hæstingan and ðǽr ǽghwár be þǽre riman, and eallne þæne eástende and Súð-Sexan, Chr. 1052; P 178, 26

hin-síþ

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Cf. insíðgryre for hinsíðgryre, Sae. 456), Txts. 181, 39. Add:

ge-þýwan

(v.)
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ge-þýwan, -þýan, -þíwan, -þéwan, -þeón, -þeówan; p. -þýwde, -þýde; pp. -þýd

To pressimpelurgeforceimpressrebukeoppressprĕmĕretrūdĕreurgērecompellĕreimprĭmĕreincrĕpāreopprĭmĕre

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Ðú Reádne ricene geþýwdest incrĕpāvit Măre Rubrum, Ps. Th. 105, 9. He Ægypti egesan geþýwde mid feala tácna pŏsuit in Ægypto signa sua, 77, 43. Hí mec þingum geþýdan they pressed me violently, Exon. 123 a; Th. 472, 10; Rä. 61, 14.

hús-carl

(n.)
Grammar
hús-carl, es; m. [A word apparently taken from the Scandinavians, as the English form would be hús-ceorl.]
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Man gerǽdde ðæt Ælfgifu Hardacnutes módor sǽte on Winceastre mid ðæs cynges húscarlum hyra suna, 1036; Erl. 165, 5

ge-liger

(n.)
Grammar
ge-liger, es; n.

A lying withfornicationadulteryconcŭbĭtusconjŭgiumfornicātioadultērium

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A lying with, fornication, adultery; concŭbĭtus, conjŭgium, fornicātio, adultērium He sǽde ðæt his nama wǽre spiritus fornicationis ðæt is dernes geligeres gást he said that his name was spiritus fornicationis, that is, spirit of fornication, Shrn. 52

á-gíta

Grammar
á-gíta, -giéta.
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MS.) his góda and wilnað mid ðý geearnian ðone hlísan ðæt hé sié rúmgiful saepe se effusio sub appellatione largitatis occultat , Past. 148, 6.

Linked entries: á-giéta gítav

here-gang

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capture and devastation made by an army: Hé ofslóh þone cing and þá mǽgðe mid grimmum wale and heregange ábrtæc interfecit regem, ac prouinciam illam saeua caede ac depopulatione attriuit, Bd. 4, 15; Sch. 423, 8.

myrige

(adj.)
Grammar
myrige, adj.
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sǽde þæt him nǽre nǽfre ǽr swá éðe ne swá myrige, swá him þá wæs, Wlfst. 237, 7. Dómesdæg ys se myrga dæg, Angl. viii. 336, 30

Linked entries: mirigþ mirige mirige

wlíte

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wlíte, wlítu.
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sǽde him hwilc heora wlitu wæs, and hú hí wǽron gescrýdde, Hml. S. 31, 705. Add Tó bóte cyrican wlites adornamentum ęclesię, Chrd, 82, 12.

wlite-weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
wlite-weorþ, es; n.
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Ransom or compensation paid for a person, the amount being determined by the person's appearance (wlite; see the passages from the Laws under wlite; ) Cóm tó him án wydewe, seó sǽde him ꝥ hire sunu wǽre gelǽded in hæftnýde . . . and bæd þone Godes wer

bodung

annunciationdeclarationtestimonyinterpretationrecitingrehearsingpreaching

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Add: annunciation, declaration, making known (cf. bodian, I), announcement by a messenger (cf. bodung-dæg) Hé (Antecrist) sent his bodan geond ealne middaneard, and his hlisa and bodung bið fram , Wlfst. 195, 20. declaration by a witness, testimony

ge-reord

(n.)
Grammar
ge-reord, -reorde, es; n.

A meal, refection, food

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A meal, refection, food Sæt se Hǽlynd æt gereorde discumbebat Iesus, Mt. Bos. 26, 20. Hwǽr is mín gereord ubi est refectio mea, Mk. Bos. 14, 14. Ǽr his gereorde ante prandium, Lk. Bos. 11, 38: Gen. 19, 3.

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assaultassultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factusviæ obstructiothe fine for an assaultmulcta pro assultu

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an assault; assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus, viæ obstructio Gif hwá forsteal oððon openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht Cristes oððe cyninges gewyrce if any one commit an assault or open opposition against the law of Christ or of the king, L.

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

HREÓH

(adj.)
Grammar
HREÓH, adj.

ROUGHfiercesavageroughstormytempestuousdisturbed

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Ðonne seó hreóhost byþ ðonne wót hé gewiss smelte wedere tówæard when the sea is roughest then he knows certainly that fair weather is to come, Shrn. 179, 18