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ge-berstan

(v.)
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to burst: Hnescað se swile and gebersteþ, Lch. ii. 202, ii. —

Linked entry: berstan

wól-berende

(adj.)
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Se wólberenda drync ille pestifer potus, Gr. D. 104, 31. Add

æfeste

(adj.)
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æfeste, (?); adj.

Envious

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Envious Se æfæsta (æfæstiga, v. 1.) mæssepreóst, Gr. D. 117, 18

a-gén

(prep.)
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a-gén, prep. acc.

Againstadversumcontra

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Against; adversum, contra Se ðe nis agén eów, se is for eów qui non est adversum vos, pro vobis est, Mk. Bos. 9, 40. Ðín bróðor hæfþ ǽnig þing agén ðé frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, Mt. Bos. 5, 23

eall-ísig

(adj.)
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eall-ísig, adj.

All-icyomnīno glaciālis

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All-icy; omnīno glaciālis Saturnus is se cealda eall-ísig tungel Saturn is the cold all-icy star, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 45; Met. 24, 23. Se is eall-ísig it is all icy, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 13

Linked entries: eal-ísig ísig

á-lísend

(n.)
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á-lísend, es; m.
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A saviour, redeemer Oð þæt se Á;lýsend com þe ðone ealdan deófol gewylde, Hml. Th. i. 94, 7. Se Áliésend monna cynnes, Past. 129, 17. Álýsend, Bl. H. 65, 30. Middangeardes Álýsend, 87, 9. v. á-lysend in Dict

hosp-word

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Sǽde se deófol him hospword and mid manegum tálum hine týnde, ac hé næs gestirod for his leásum tálum, Hml. S. 31, 723. Se Hǽlend ðǽra Iúdéiscra hospword gehýrde. . . . 'Wé oncnáwað þæt þú eart wód,' Hml. Th. ii. 232, 16. Add

un-geriht

(adj.)
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un-geriht, adj.
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Gif þonne ǽgber ge þe man swang, ge þe man for ylde swingan ne mæg, bégen beón ungerihte (incorrigibiles), 61, 35

Linked entry: ge-rihtan

up-wæstm

(n.)

growth upwardsstature

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growth upwards, stature Se cyningc hét bringan ísenne scamol; se wæs emnheáh ðæs mannes upwæstme; ðæt wæs twelf fæðma lang jussit rex fieri scamnum ferreum secundum statum ejus.

hand-scyldig

(adj.)
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hand-scyldig, adj.

Liable to the penalty of losing the hand

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Liable to the penalty of losing the hand Se ðe gewundaþ man binnan ciricwagum se biþ handscyldig he that wounds a man within church walls shall be liable to lose his hand, L. Eth. vii. 13; Th. i. 332; 9

be-bíwan

(v.)

to rub over

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to rub over Þá wæs sóht, hwǽr se lǽce wǽre, þe cúþe wyrtgemang wyrcan, ꝥ mihte hine (the dead man) besmyrwian and bebyrwan (-býwan?) cum medicus atque pigmentorius ad aperiendum eum atque condiendum esset quaesitus, Gr. D. 318, 3. (?)

ge-tynge

(adj.)
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ge-tynge, adj.

Talkative

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Talkative Se getynga wer vir linguosus, Ps. Th. 139, 11

Linked entries: tynge ge-tinge

sixtigoþa

(num.; adj.)
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sixtieth Se sixteogoþa sexagesimus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 283, 12

þelma

(n.)
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þelma, (?), an; m.
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Heat Se þelma and sió hǽto, Lchdm. ii. 82, 10

un-gerýde

(adj.)
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un-gerýde, adj.

Roughviolent

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Rough, violent Se egeslíca swég ungerýdre sǽs, Wulfst. 137, 7

Linked entries: ge-ryd ge-rýde

ge-hnyscan

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On þone þe se stán falleþ, gehnyscet (conteret) hine. Add

Nicénisc

(adj.)
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Nicene Se bisceopsinoð þæs Nicéniscan geþeahtes, Angl. xi. 8, 1

fruma

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Se dæg wæs fruma þyses lǽnan leóhtes, Bl. H. 133, 10. Ðás circean þus gecýþde æt fruman ( at the time of its foundation ) seó ilce bóc, 197, 26.

cwide

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</b> a wise saying, adage, proverb, sentence :-- Se cwide þe þú mé sǽdest ꝥ se wísa Plato cwǽde, Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 20. Se cwide ðe hé cwæþ: 'Swá mon má swincþ, swá mon máran méde onféhþ,' 41, 3; F. 248, 1.

wiþer-tihtle

(n.)
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wiþer-tihtle, an; f.

A counter-chargecross-action

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Ed. 1; Th. i. 160, 5, and see note. Se ðe on gemóte mid wiðertihtlan hine sylfne oþþe his man werige, hæbbe ðæt eall forspecen, and geandwyrde ðam óðrum swá hundrede riht þynce, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 5. Cf.