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wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raiselift upto take upundertaketo rouse

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7. to take up, undertake Ðæm hé hætde beboden ðæt hé scolde þearfena and earmra monna ǽrendo wreccan cui suscipiendorum inopum erat cura delegata, Bd. 3, 6; M. 166, 4. to rouse Ðúðe ært fæder dæs suna ðe ús áwehte, and gyt wrehð of ðam slépe fire synna

clawu

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S. 4, 289. a hoof Þá þe synd gehófode on horses gelícnysse untóclofenum clawum, Hml. S. 25, 45. Eofores clawa oþþe óþres swínes gebærn tó ahsan, Lch. ii. 88, 21. Caelf forðlǽdende cleá ( ungulas ), Ps. Srt. 68, 33. a hook Clauuo harpago, Wrt.

for-swerian

(v.)
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. ¶ for-sworen forsworn, perjured :-- Fela synd forsworene, Wlfst. 268, 27. to constrain by swearing, to bewitch Forsuór defotabat (v. áþ-swerian, wirgan), Txts. 57, 660.

hátian

(v.)
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Hátigendre synne aestuante culpa, Germ. 391, 23. of that which causes pain, to be fierce, intense, raging. Cf. hát; V. 2 Hátode, barn incanduisset (cum fervor torridae persecutionis et ardor crudelitatis acrius incanduisset, Ald. 67, 22), An.

hálwendlíce

(adv.)
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</b> figurative :-- Synne áttor hálwendfice byð geopenud on andetnysse, ꝥ cwyldbǽrlíce lutude on geþance peccati uirus salubriter aperitur in confessione quod pestifere latebat in mente, Scint. 39, 6. of spiritual health Oft weorðað men swíðe hálwendlíce

on-bryrdness

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Mid andbryrdnysse (compunctione) synna andettan, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 1. Mid wópe and onbryrdnysse þancunge dón, Hml. S. 30, 382. Mid onbryrdnysse and behreówsunge hine gebiddan, Hml. Th. 430. 5

þreágan

Grammar
þreágan, I.
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Gif hí synd þreáde mid frécnesse deáþes si mortis periculo urgetur, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 79, 14

æl-fremed

Grammar
æl-fremed, (el-).

strange, foreign, not belonging to onestranger to anything, without a share in, free from

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Wé wǽron þurh synna ælfremede fram Gode; ðá wurde wé eác ælfremede fram his englum getealde, 38, 15. Fram ðám écan wurðmynte ælfremede beón, Hml. A. 21, 169

á-drúgian

(v.)
Grammar
á-drúgian, -drúwian.

To dry up,

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Ðonne lungena wel ádrugode synd, Lch. ii. 216, 8. of fluids Sǽ ádrúgaþ, Bl. H. 91, 27. Ádrúwode seó sǽ xxx. míla, Shrn. 150, 21. Seó eá ádrúwode him ætforan, Hml. S. 19, 96. Ǽrþan þe ðæt flód mihte beón ádrúwod, Angl. vii. 36, 336. trans.

á-secgan

to speak oututter a wordto tellnarrateto offer

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Se man wandaþ þæt hé þá synna ǽfre ásecgge, Bl. H. 43, 18. Ásecggan þá lufan, 103, 19. Ðá yfel ásecgean oððe áreccean, Ors. 1, 8;S. 42, 7. with prep.

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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þreó endebyrdnysse on ánnysse gesette, ꝥ synd laboratores, oratores, bellatores, Hml.

bearn

(n.)
Grammar
bearn, es; n.

A BEARNchildsonissueoffspringprogenynatusinfanspuerfiliussobolesproles

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Ðys synd Israéla bearna naman hæc sunt nomina filiorum Israel, Ex. 1, 1. Geseah his bearna bearn vidit filios filiorum suorum, Job Thw. 168, 35. Ge Godes bearn, bringaþ Gode ramma bearn filii Dei, afferte Domino filios arietum, Ps. Th. 28, 1

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beorg

(n.)
Grammar
beorg, beorh, biorg, biorh; gen. beorges; dat. beorge; pl. nom. acc. beorgas; gen. beorga; dat. beorgum; m.

a hillmountaincollismonsa heapBURROW or barrowa heap of stonesplace of burialtumulus

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a hill, mountain; collis, mons On Sýne beorg on Sion's hill Exon. 20 b; Th. 54, 29; Cri. 876. Óþ ða beorgas ðe man hǽt Alpis to the mountains which they call the Alps Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 44; 16, 17.

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for-ðam

(adv.)
Grammar
for-ðam, for-ðæm, for-ðan, for-ðon; adv.

For that causeconsequentlyproptĕreaidcircoĭdeo

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He arás of deáþe, and forðan synd ðás wundru gefremode on him ipse surrexit a mortuis, et ĭdeo virtūtes operantur in eo. Mt. Bos. 14, 2: Beo. Th. 1362; B. 679: Cd. 217; Th. 276, 25; Sat. 194: Andr. Kmbl. 915; An. 458: Elen. Kmbl. 618; El. 309.

meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
meahtig, <b>mæhtig, mehtig, mihtig;</b> adj.

mightypowerfulablePossible

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On ðysum eahta dǽlum (parts of speech) synd ða mǽstan and ða mihtigostan nomen and verbum, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 5. Possible Mæhtiga possibilia, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 23: Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 27

ge-wríðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wríðan, part. -wríðende; p. -wráð, pl. -wriðon; pp. -wriðen

To bindrestraintietie togethercoartarealligare

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Ánra gehwilc manna is gewriðen mid rápum his synna every man is bound with the ropes of his sins, Homl. Th. i. 208, 3: 456, 9: 462, 1

þeód-wita

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-wita, an; m.
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one of the wise men of a nation, one whose knowledge fits him for a place in the councils of the nation, a senator Senatores, ðæt synd þeódwitan, Jud. p. 161, 32. Ðá wǽron þeódwitan (leód-, MS. H.) weorðscipes wyrðe, L. R. 1; Th. i. 190, 12.

un-clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-clǽne, adj.

uncleanfoulfilthyuncleannot fit for fooduncleanimpure

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Ða óðre synd unclǽne ( polluta ), Lev. 11, 12. Be swýnum and be óðrum unclǽnum nýtenum de porcis et de aliis impuris animalibus, L. Ecg. C. 40, tit.; Th. ii. 130, 31. in a moral sense, unclean, impure Unclǽne incestus vel impurus, Wrt.

un-gecyndelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecyndelíc, adj.

unnaturalnot in accordance with the nature of a thingnot naturalsupernaturalunnaturalcontrary to naturemonstrous

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Gecyndelícra synna oþþe ungecyndelícra, L. de Cf. 6; Th. ii. 262, 24: Anglia xi. 98, 19. On ungecyndelícum þingum in rebus naturae contrariis, L. M. I. P. 40; Th. ii. 276, 7: Anglia xi. 3, 78.

un-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
un-bindan, p. -band, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden

To unbinduntie

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From synna bendum unbundeno a peccatorum vinculis absolutos, Rtl. 7, 13

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