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wiþ-æftan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-æftan, prep. adv.

Behind.

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Grammar wiþ-æftan, with acc. or doubtful Heó com wiðæftan ða menigu uenit in turba retro Mk. Skt. 5, 27. Sette syrwa wiðæftan ða burh pone insidias urbi post eam, Jos. 8, 2. Heó stód wiðæftan his fét stans retro secus pedes eius, Lk. Skt. 7, 38.

Linked entry: æftan

cancer-wund

(n.)
Grammar
cancer-wund, e; f.
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Wið cancorwunda, genim þás wyrte . . . lege tó ðám wundum, ealne þone bite þæs cancres heó áfeormað, 296, 20

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sunn-beám

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Add: sunshine Heó cóm geglenged mid golde and scínendum gymstánum swilce sunbeám, Hml, S. 35, 90. Þá gesæt hé sumedæge under sunnbeáme (cf. sunne, ), Hml. Th. ii. 134, 25

baþian

(v.)

to immerse in a liquid by way of torment,

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Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian . . . heó wolde ǽrest ealle ðá baðian þe on ðám mynstre wǽron, Hml. S. 20, 44-7: 11, 151. with reflex, pron.:--- Ic mé nǽfre bet ne baðode, Ap. Th. 13, 21. Ðá baþode hé hine on gehálgedum wætre, Guth. 60, 2: Gr.

Linked entry: bæþ

gelodr

(n.)
Grammar
gelodr, e; f.

A part of the body about the chest, the backbone or spine? pars corporis circa thoracem vel spinam? - Se maga biþ neáh ðære heor-tan and ðære gelodre the stomach is near the heart and the spine,

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- Se maga biþ neáh ðære heor-tan and ðære gelodre the stomach is near the heart and the spine, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 176, 3

decan-hád

(n.)
Grammar
decan-hád, es; m.
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Dignity of a dean (decan, q. v. ) Ofor heora wican heora decanhádes super decanias suas, R. Ben. I. 54, 2

cealfian

(v.)
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Ealdre cú meolc .vii. niht syððan heó níge cealfod hæfð, Ll. Th. i. 438, 19. Add

sacerd

Grammar
sacerd, l. sácerd,
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Heó gesette hyre gingran þe hire folgode tó sácerde (priestess), Ap. Th. 25, 18

on-tígan

(v.)

to untie, set free

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to untie, set free Seó sáwl færþ swíðe freólíce tó heofonum siððan heó ontíged biþ and of ðam carcerne ðæs líchoman onliésed biþ, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 14

swígen

(n.)
Grammar
swígen, swígenn, e; f.

Silence, refraining from speech

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Silence, refraining from speech Ðam láreówe sylfum deraþ hwílon his swígen, ac heó deraþ symle his underðeóddum, gif him biþ seó heofenlíce lár oftogen, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 4

unriht-hǽman

(v.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽman, p. de

To cohabit unlawfully ⬩ to commit adultery or fornication

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To cohabit unlawfully, to commit adultery or fornication Hé déð ðæt heó unrihthǽmð; and se unrihthǽmð ðe forlǽtene genimð facit eam moechari; et qui dimissam duxerit, adulterat, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 32. Se unrihthǽmð moechatur, Lk. Skt. 16, 18.

spora

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at end, and add Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum þerscan and mid heora spurum blódgian and heáwan; ac hwæðre þá hors wǽron mid þám spurum gebló;dgode . . . Gr. D. 14, 26-15, 4

be-standan

to surround

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S. 28, 104, to attend the dead, perform funeral rites for Heó forðférde and Abraham hig bestód þá ealdan wísan mortua est, venitgue Abraham, ut plangeret et fleret eam, Gen. 23, 2. ) þá wíf behwurfon hire líc oþþæt heó bebyrged wæs, swylce hí for ðan

hreófla

(n.)
Grammar
hreófla, leprosy.
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Ðú mínne hreóflan (cf. heó on eallum limum egeslice wunda hæfde, 266) gehǽldest, 7, 322. Heó ( Miriam) wearð mid hreóflum (-an, v. l. ) geslagen, Hml. A. 58, 177. v. hreofl; f

cursian

(v.)
Grammar
cursian, p. ode, ede; pp. od , ed
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Ðe biscopes and léred men heó cursede the bishops and clergy cursed them, Chr. 1137; Erl. 262, 37

Linked entry: corsian

fyren-earfeðe

(n.)
Grammar
fyren-earfeðe, es; n.

A sinful woe ⬩ scĕlestum mălum

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A sinful woe; scĕlestum mălum Heó nyste ðæt swá fela fyrenearfeða fylgean sceolde she knew not that so many sinful woes must follow, Cd. 33; Th. 44, 14; Gen. 709

Linked entry: firen-earfeðe

sceáwung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwung-stów, e; f.
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A place of observation Sion is án dún, and heó is gecweden sceáwungstów, Hml. Th. i. 210, 21. v. sceáwere; <b>III,</b> and wlite-sceáwung

be-windan

girdle ⬩ encircle ⬩ surround

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Hét bewindan heora handa mid flexe, Hml. S. 4, 392. He forðférde, and his lie bewunden læg, Hml. Th. ii. 24, 22. þé God hæfde wære bewunden God had kept thee on every side, An. 535.

inca

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Ne gedyrstlǽce heora nán ... þæt hé Godes áre gewanige oþþe ǽnigne incan séce, hú heó gewanod weorþe, Lch. iii. 442, 17. a cause of complaint Hyra nán ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé ... ǽnig ðing áhsige ... þe lǽs þe ǽnig inca (incca, v.l.) geseald sý (ne detur

hrægel-gefrætwodness

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel-gefrætwodness, e; f.

Elegance

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Elegance or adornment of dress Hwǽr is nú heora gold and heora hrægelgefrætwodnes? L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 396, 27