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ge-mynegian

(v.)
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Add: to make mention of Máre ic þyses gemyn-gade þonne ic his mid ealle ásaéde ut commemorata sint haec magis quant explicata, Ors. 3, 2 ; S. 100, 26.

ge-wlitegian

(v.)
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Ðæt tácnað ðætte eal ðá gód and ðá mægenu beón gewlitegode mid ðǽre lufan Godes and monna ut omnia virtutum bona ex caritate decorentur, Past. 87, 4

on-standan

(v.)
Grammar
on-standan, <b>. I.</b> to consist of
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Th. ii. 418, 14. to persist, continue Þæt; mînes worldlîfes bletsung anstande ut mundanae meae vitae benedictio permaneat, Ll. Th. ii. 228, 4. Mid onstandendum geswince instanti labore, Scint. 111, 14. <b>IIa.

Linked entry: an-standan

rýman

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Þá hét Daria ꝥ deór him rýman út, Hml. S. 35, 277. place to (tó) which given Hí léton ꝥ hí úrum feóndum rýmdon tó lande, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 26. Áríse se gingra and þám yldran tó setle rýme, R. Ben. 117, 5.

wǽpned-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-cyn, wǽpned-cynn, es; n.

The male kind or sex

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Ðæt hí má of ðam wífcynne him cyning curan ðonne of ðam wæpnedcynne ut magis de feminea regum prosapia quam de masculina regent sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 22

hearm

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm, herm; adj.

Causing harm or sorrow, grievous, injurious, evil, malicious

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Ne hyld ðú míne heortan ðæt ic hearme word þuruh inwitstæf útforlǽte ut non declines cor meum in verbum malum, Ps. Th. 140, 5

ofer-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-sprǽc, e; f.

Excessive speaking, loquacity

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Gelimpeþ ðæt his word beóþ gehwyrfedo tó unnyttre ofersprǽce contingit, ut magistri lingua usque ad excessus verba pertrahatur, 21, 7; Swt. 165, 18

traisc

(adj.)
Grammar
traisc, tráisc (?); adj.

tragicus

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intended here Æfter ðon hé eall gear onwealh Norþan-hymbra mǽgþe áhte nalas swá swá sigefæst cyning ac swá swá leódhata ðæt hé grimsigende forleás and hi on gelícnysse ðæs traiscan wacles wundade dein cum anno integro provincins Nordanhymbrorum non ut

Linked entry: Tróiesc

swangor

(adj.)
Grammar
swangor, adj.

Heavy in movement of the body or mind, slow, slothful, sluggish, indolent, ⬩ gravidus, praegnans

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Heavy in movement of the body or mind, slow, slothful, sluggish, indolent, physically Nis hé (the Phenix) swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum ac hé is snel and swift non est tarda, ut volucres quae corpore magno incessus

Linked entry: swenge

swógan

(v.)
Grammar
swógan, p. sweóg; pp. swógen.

to make a sound, move with noise, rush, roar (of wind, water, flame) ⬩ to move with violence, enter with force, invade. ⬩ noise ⬩ swoon

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Ðǽm swógendum, hleóðregendum argutis, 5, 36: 86, 74. fig. to move with violence, enter with force, invade. v. in-swógenness Ðæt nǽnig bisceop óþres bisceopscíre on swóge ut nullus episcoporum parochiam alterius invadat, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 32

Linked entries: ge-swógen in-swógenness on-swógan swégan

á-spanan

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. ¶ without object Hé út gewende and him þá tó áspeón þet hé heafde .xx. scipa, Chr. 1009;P. 138, 18. Add

tínan

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In l. 2 for tale l. tále, and add: to insult, abuse, revile Hét se árleása hine útan belúcan ... and týnde þone hálgan, Hml. S. 31, 658. Þá sǽde hé him hospword and mid manegum tálum hine týnde, 724

á-hwǽr

Grammar
á-hwǽr, l. -hwer, -wer,
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Áhwǽr út of mynstre etan, R. Ben. 79, 17. Áhwǽr elles, Ps. Th. 102, 15. Áhwǽr (ówer, v. l. ) elles búton on helle, Gr. D. 303, 5. Gif hí mihton þone here áhwǽr útene betræppen, Chr. 992; P. 127, 13.

hyhtan

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Swá se hyhtenda gigant (cf. exultavit ut gigas, Ps. 18, 6), 9, 34

a-cræftan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cræftan, p. de; pp. ed

To devise ⬩ plan ⬩ contrive as a craftsman ⬩ excogitare

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To devise, plan, contrive as a craftsman; excogitare Úton ðeáh hwæðere acræftan hú we heora, an ðyssa nihta, mágan mǽst beswícan let us however plan how we can, in this night, most weaken them, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 19

ciric-þén

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-þén, es; m. [þén a servant, minister]

A church-minister, clergyman ⬩ ecclesiæ minister, clericus

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A church-minister, clergyman; ecclesiæ minister, clericus Ǽnig man ciricþén ne útige búton biscopes geþehte let no man turn out a church-minister without the bishop's counsel, L. Eth. v. 10; Th. i. 306, 29: vi. 15 ; Th. i. 318, 27

Linked entry: cyric-þén

ǽ-wyrp

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(an) abortion Wíf seó þe tó ǽwyrpe gedó hire geeácnunga mulier quae utero con-ceptum excusserit , Ll. Th. ii. 154, 15

Linked entry: wyrp

elpend-bán

(n.)
Grammar
elpend-bán, es; n.

ivory

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Úton his brýdbúras wǽron elpendbánum geworhte, Nar. 5, 5

Linked entries: elpen-bán elpend ylpen-bán

ge-bild

Grammar
ge-bild, boldness.
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Take here ge-byld in Dict. and add Uton mid gebylde búgan tó fulluhte, Hml. S. 3, 52. Cwæð Cecilia mid gebylde, 34, 137: Hml. Th. ii. 508, 29. Ic ðás bóc áwende; ná þurh gebylde mycelre láre, i. 2, 19

æstel

Grammar
æstel, For the first 14 lines in Dict. substitute: This word is of uncertain meaning. In the two instances of its use in which from the context the character of the object denoted by the word may be to some extent inferred, the meanings seem different. In Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 23 it occurs in a list of words connected with the fabric and furniture of a church, chorus chor, gradus stæpe, indicatorium æstel, scabellum sceamul; in Past. 9, 1-3 it is associated with a book. As the word seems adapted from Low Latin aslella, a chip, plank, board, in each case some kind of board may be intended; in the former a notice-board (?), in the latter a board used in the binding of a book, on which the title of the book was inscribed (cf. Latin index = title of a book). For a description of binding see Rá. 27 and Jn. L. p. 48. From the latter, as throwing light on the value of Alfred's
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æstel, may be quoted the following: 'Hé gesmioðade ðá gehríno ðá ðe útan on sint, and hit gehrínade mið golde and mið gimmum ǽc mið suulfre ofergylded fáconleás feh.' See a paper by E. J. Thomas in Camb. Philol. Trans. 1916

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