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cíle

(n.)
Grammar
cíle, es; m.

A coldfrigus

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A cold; frigus Cíle wið hǽto cold with heat, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 101; Met. 29, 50: Gen. 8, 22

Linked entry: cíele

riht-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
riht-ǽw, e; f.

legitimate matrimonya legitimate wife

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Se man ðe his rihtǽwe and óðer wíf nimþ, ii. 8 ; Th. ii. 184, 21. Ðonne hé his rihtǽwe ǽrest hám bringþ, 21; Th. ii. 190, ii. Gif hwylc man wið óðres rihtǽwe hǽmþ, ii. 10; Th. ii. 186, 6

be-tweonum

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweonum, be-tweonan, be-twinum, be-twinan, be-twynan, bi-tweon, bi-tweonum; prep. I. dat. II. acc. [be, bi by, with, tweo two; dat. tweonum, twinum, tweon, twin, twyn]

BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Hluton hell-cræftum, hǽðengildum teledon betwinum they cast lots, counted, with hellish arts, amid heathen gods, Andr. Kmbl. 2207; An. 1105. Gif ge habbaþ lufe eów betwynan si dilectionem habueritis ad invicem, Jn. Bos. 13, 35.

tó-wiðere

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-wiðere, -wiðre; prep.

Againstin reply toin opposition to

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Against. with dat. in reply to Hú mæg ic andsware findan wráþum tówiþere, Exon. Th. 12, 13; Cri. 185. with acc. in opposition to Wíg tówiþre, 341, 20; Gn. Ex. 129

Linked entry: wiþere

ge-hnǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnǽstan, p. te
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To come into conflict with, contend Sé þe mec féhð ongeán and wið mægenþisan mínre genǽsteð, Rä. 28, 10

Linked entries: ge-nǽstan -hnǽstan

þræft

(n.)
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out with quarrel in their train, leavened as he is with pride, inflamed with ill-will, full of overweening, Exon.

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, (a different word from preceding ?)
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to make an agreement with Ac nales æfter micelre tíde þæt hié waredon (geweredon, v.l.) wið him, and heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið hieora geféran sed non multo post, iuncto cum his foedere, in socios arma uerterit, Bd. l, 15 ; Sch. 40, 7

scilcen

(n.)
Grammar
scilcen, [The word has not necessarily a bad meaning. With the passage given compare the description of the same incident in Gr. D.
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Hé sænde .vii. nacode mǽdenu (puellas), 119, 11] :-- Scylcen, fǽmne, meówle iuuencula, i. uirguncula, An. Ox. 2112. [Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]

mis-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
mis-hírness, e; f.

Disobedienceact of disobedience

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Disobedience, act of disobedience Forlǽt mé hý on wíta lǽdan, and ða mishérnessa gewrecan, ðe hý wið ðé forworhtan, Wulfst. 256, 4

hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽtan, p. te; pp. ed

To heat, make hot

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Hit gelamp sume dæige ðæt ðæs swánes wíf hǽtte hire ofen and se king ðǽr big set it happened one day that the herdsman's wife heated her oven, and the king sat by, Shrn. 16, 15.

Linked entry: ge-hǽt

wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg, es; m.

movementa wavewaterthe wavesea

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Ýð wið lande winneþ, wind wið wǽge, Met. 28, 58. Staþelas wið wǽge, wætre windendum, Exon. Th. 61, 8; Cri. 981: 351, 23; Sch. 84. Oft ic (an anchor) sceal wiþ wǽge winnan and wiþ winde feohtan, 398, 1; Rä. 17, 1.

þeór-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
þeór-ádl, e; f.
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Some disease. v. preceding word Wiþ þeórádle on eágum ðe mon gefigo hǽt, Lchdm. ii. 38, 5. Lǽcedómas wið þeórádlum ... Drenc wiþ þeórádle, 116, 1, 13: 118, 1, 18: 172, 30. Drencas and sealfa wiþ þeórádlum, 12, 1, 3

Linked entry: þeór-drenc

mengan

(v.)
Grammar
mengan, mængan, mencgan; p. de.

to mixminglecombineto mingle togetherstir updisturb

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Hí hí wið mánfullum megndan þeóde commisti sunt inter gentes, Ps. Th. 105, 26. Hí mínne mete mengde wið geallan, 68, 22. Meng ða blisse wið ða unrótnesse, Prov. Kmbl. 71. Fífleáfon seáw mencg (mængc, MS. B) tó wíne, Herb. 3, 6; Lchdnl. i. 88, 112.

Linked entries: mængan for-mengan

á-dumbian

(v.)
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Wið ðon ðe wíf fǽrunga ádumbige, Lch. iii. 58, 16. Hét hé ðone hund ádumbian, Hml. S. 31, 1133. Se fæder wæs ádumbod, Hml. Th. i. 352, 32. Hí ealle wurdon ádumbode, ii. 486, 11. Add

á-stípan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stípan, p. te; pp. -stíped, -stípt

To bereave

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To bereave (with gen.) Se earma man ástýped (-stǽped, v. l.) and bereáfod his suna miser orbatus, Gr. D. 75, 27. Se ástýpta (-stépta,v. l.) ceorl orbatus rusticus, 165, 19. þám ástýptan (-stéptan, v. l. ) wífe, 18, 15. Þ ástépede wíf, 14.

Linked entries: stípan á-stépan

cídan

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A. 207, 395. with prep. Se mann geunrótsað for his ǽhta lyre, and cíd þonne wið God, Hml. S. 16, 292. Maria and Aaron cíddon wið Moises for his wífe locuta est Maria et Aaron contra Moysen propter uxorem ejus, Num. 12, 1.

wiþ

Grammar
wiþ, <b>. I</b> I a.
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Wið ðám spelle wæs Crisorius contra Chrysaorius narrare consuevit, 325, 19. 2. Add Nabbe gé nánne gemánan wið hine, Past. 357, 6. Add Ne scule gé wið hine gebǽran swá swá feónd, Past. 357, 7. (10) add :-- Hé hit hæl swíþe fæste wið his bróðor.

cú-meoluc

(n.)
Grammar
cú-meoluc, e; f. [meolc milk]

Cow's milk vaccæ lac

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Cow's milk ; vaccæ lac Gáte geallan meng wið cúmeoluc mingle goat's gall with cow's milk, L. M. 1, 3 ; Lchdm. ii. 40, 19

scrallettan

(v.)
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to make a loud sound Ðonne wín hweteþ beornes breóstsefan stígeþ cirm on corþre cwide scralletaþ missenlíce when wine excites a man's mind, clamour arises in the company, they cry out with speech diverse, Exon. Th. 314, 27; Mód. 20.

medmicle

(adv.)
Grammar
medmicle, adv.

Humblymeanly

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Humbly, meanly Oft wic beóþ on manegum stówum medmyccle gesette; seó ceaster ðonne wæs héh and aldorlíc, Blickl. Homl. 77, 24