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ge-fædlíce

(adv.)
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Miht ðú ásmeágan hú gefædlíce ( in how orderly a manner ) seó sunne gesíhð on þám dægmǽle, eall swylce sum getýd wer sitte and sum metervers mid his feðere áwríte, Angl. viii. 317, 21. Add

hremming

(n.)
Grammar
hremming, e;f

A hinderinghindranceobstructionobstacleimpediment

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A hindering, hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, impediment Nú is ðære eorþan sinewealtnys and ðære sunnan ymgang hremming ðæt se dæg ne byþ on ǽlcum earde gelíce lang now the roundness of the earth and the course of the sun is an obstacle to the day being

geond-scínan

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Hwý scíneð seó sunne swá reáde on morgene? For ðám hire twýnað hwæðer heó mæg ðe ne mæg ðisne middangeard geondscínan, Sal. K. 192, 2. Ðone ðe ðone folgað ðurh ðá sunnan goodes weorces giendscínan (geond-, v. l. ) wille, Past. 337, 17. Add

mód-full

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-full, adj.

Proudarrogant

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[Oswi hæfde emes sunen þe weoren swiðe þrute gumen, and ma of his cunne þe weoren modfulle, Laym. 31464.]

swelan

(v.)
Grammar
swelan, p. swæl, pl. swǽlon.
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.), perish with heat On fýrbaðe swelaþ sǽfiscas sundes getwǽfde, wǽgdeóra gehwylc wérig swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 19; Cri. 987. to burn (of a hot sensation) Sió wund ongon, ðe him se eorðdraca ǽr geworhte, swelan and swellan, Beo. Th. 5419; B. 2713

Linked entry: swyld

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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S. 5, 15. of the effect of the sun Sunne ne forswǽle þé sol non uret te, Ps. L. 120, 6. of the effect of disease Hine gelæhte ádl; hís líchama barn wiðútan mid langsumere hǽtan, and hé eal innan forswǽled wæs, Hml.

cwíðan

(v.)
Grammar
cwíðan, cwýðan; he cwíðeþ; p. de; pp. ed

To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament lamentāre, plangĕre

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Fǽmnan ne synd cwýðede [cwyðde MS.] virgines non sunt lamentatæ, Ps. Spl. C. 77, 69. Adames cyn cwíðeþ Adam's race lamenteth, Exon. 22a; Th. 59, 34; Cri. 962. Hý in cearum cwíðaþ they mourn in sorrows, Exon. 35b; Th. 115, 23; Gú. 194.

Linked entries: cwýðan un-cwíd

menen

(n.)
Grammar
menen, mennen, minnen, es; n.

A female servantbondwomanhandmaid

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Sunu menenes ðínes filius ancillæ tuæ, Ps. Surt. 115, 16: 122, 2. Minenes, p. 200, 6. Be ceorles mennenes niédhǽmede. Gif mon ceorles mennen tó nédhǽmde geþreáteþ, L.

of-áxian

(v.)
Grammar
of-áxian, -ácsian; p. ode

To find out by askingto learn

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To find out by asking, to learn Ðá hé ofáxode ( didicisset ) hwæt his suna him dydon, Gen. 9, 24: Chart. Th. 340, 27. Hé his bróðor slege ofáxode, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 5.

weorold-wís

(adj.)
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weorold-wís, adj.
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worldly wise, having knowledge of the ways of the world On óðre wísan mon sceal manian ða woroldwísan (cf. ða ðe ðisse worulde lotwrenceas cunnon and ða lufigeaþ, 30 ; Swt. 203, 5), on óðre ða dysegan aliter hujus mundi sapientes admonendi sunt, aliter

beþian

(v.)
Grammar
beþian, beþigean.

To warmfoment

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Gesæt hé under sunn-beáme and his scencan beðode, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 26. Seóð on wætre, beþe mid . ꝥ lim, Lch. ii. 146, 5 : 148, 9: 154, 17.

Linked entries: beþan bæþþan

erian

(v.)
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Ðæt wæs Cham, Noes sunu, Sal. K. p. 186, 28. Add

hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæt, adj.
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Ósfriþ his sunu ... se hwatesta fyrdesne filius eius Osfrid, iuuenis bellicosus, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 184, 11

be-gitan

Grammar
be-gitan, (I a)
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Add Hié begéton feówertig bearna, Sat. 474. where the subject is not personal, of strong, painful agencies Fram þǽre costunge þe him becwóm, sáres and yfeles Þe hí begeat vexati sunt a tribulatione dolorum et dolore , Ps.

symblan

(v.)
Grammar
symblan, ede ;and symblian; ode

To feast

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Hió ofer hire suna symblaþ and blissaþ, 112, 8. Se weliga se ðe on ðæm godspelle gesǽd is ðætte ǽlce dæge symblede . . . Ða ðe ǽlce dæg symblaþ dives ille, qui epulatus quotidie dicitur splendide . . . epulando quotidie, Past. 43; Swt. 309, 3-9.

Linked entry: symblian

swearcian

(v.)
Grammar
swearcian, p. ode.
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to make or to become dark Seó swearcigende sunne and ða gesceafta samod ealne middaneard áðeóstrodon mid sweartre nihte for heora Scyppendes ðrowunge, Homl.

Linked entry: swarcian

ge-bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bletsung, e ; f.
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consecration, v. ge-bletsian; I Þá geblet*-*sunge heó þǽr tó on Róme begeat þám þe þá áre to Godes þeówdome . . .

swegel

(n.)
Grammar
swegel, swegl, es; n.
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Swegles gim, heofontungol (cf. seó sunne, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 29), Met. 22, 23. Swegles gim, sunne, Exon. Th. 212, 11; Ph. 208. Swegles leóht, gimma gladost, 218, 2 ; Ph. 288. Swegles leóma, 204, 26; Ph. 103. Swegles tapur, 205, 18; Ph. 114.

FERSC

(adj.)
Grammar
FERSC, adj.

FRESHpuresweetdulcis

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Gyf se wǽta sealt byþ of ðære sǽ, hit byþ þurh ðære sunnan hǽtan to ferscum wæterum awend if the moisture be salt from the sea, it is turned to fresh water through the heat of the sun, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 278, 9-12; Wrt. popl. science 19, 3

ge-wyldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyldan, -wildan; he -wyld, -wild, -wylt; p. -wylde; pp. -wyld; v. a.

To exercise power overto tamesubdueconquertemperseizetakedominaridomaresubigereprehenderecapere

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Ic me gedó allophilas ealle gewylde mihi allophyli subditi sunt, Ps. Th. 59, 7

Linked entry: ge-wildan