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þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, a people.
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Þeódscipum ongemang, ... byrgum tómiddes, Dóm. L. 282. Add

þrin-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
þrin-lic, ; adj.
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Threefold On ðone (God) wé sceolon gelýfan þrynlicne on hádum and ánlicne on pédum, Nap. 63 : cf. þrinen

ge-sníðan

(v.)

to lie down

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to lie down Ðætte gesniða [Rush. gesnide] gedydon alle ut accumbere facerent omnes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 39. [?]

BEORCAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEORCAN, ic beorce, he byrcþ; p. bearc, pl. burcon; pp. borcen [Icel. barki, m. guttur] .

to make a sharp explosive soundlatratum vel sonum edereto BARKlatrare

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We sceolon beorcan and bodigan ðám lǽwedum dumb dogs cannot bark. We ought to bark and preach to the laymen L. Ælfc. C. 23; Th. ii. 350, 34. Ic hwílum beorce swá húnd I sometimes bark as a dog Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 16; Rä. 25, 2.

Linked entry: borcian

wituma

(n.)
Grammar
wituma, an; m.

A dowry

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A dowry Wituma vel wetma, uuituma dos, Txts. 57, 704. Weotoma dote (the line is: Ne metuas juvenis sortiri dote puellam, Ald. 170), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 28: 27, 18.

Linked entry: weotuma

pohha

(n.)
Grammar
pohha, poha, pohcha, pocca, an; m.
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Sift ðonne, on pohhan ( bag ), lege under weofod, 138, 27. on ǽnne pohchan, iii. 48, 5. 'Se ðe médsceattas gaderaþ, hé legeþ hié on þyrelne pohchan ( sacculum ).' An þyrelne pohchan se legþ ... Past. 45, 4; Swt. 343, 20

ágan

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Th. 108, 27. of obligation, to have to do something Æt swá miclon swá mín bróðor wát ꝥ ic heom mid rihte tó gyldanne áh, Cht. Th. 561, 31. ꝥ Micel is ꝥ sácerd áh tó dónne, Ll. Th. i. 360, 30. Swilce þénisce dón swilce hig ágon tó dóne, Cht.

ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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Hé wæs lícumlicre untrym-nesse þrycced, hwæþere tó ðon gemetlíce ( adeo moderate) ꝥ hé ealle þá tíd mihte ge sprecan ge gongan, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 488, 14. regularly, in due order.

gewrixlian

(v.)
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; gif hé þonne hwylc land wylle gewrixlian ( commutare ), hé ꝥ mid geþeahte bégra þǽra híréda, Ll.

lang-fǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-fǽre, adj.

Lastingenduringold

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On langfǽre ylde bet hé déþ at an advanced age he will do better, Lchdm. iii. 188, 26. Eác ða treówa ðe beóþ áheáwene on fullum mónan beóþ heardran wið wyrmǽtan and lengfǽrran [langferran, MS. L.], 268, 10.

Linked entries: leng-fǽrra -fǽre

un-eáðelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðelíc, adj.

difficult to doimpossibledifficult to beargrievoustroublesome

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Ðás onfóað unéðelíc (-éðlíc, Lind.) dóm hi accipient prolixius judicium, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 40

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, adv.

earlyexpressing readiness, quickness, soonearlier, beforepreviously, beforehandsooner beforesoonerfirst

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Ðú wilt higian ðon ǽr ðe ðú hine ongitest, Bt. 11, 2; F. 34, 8. Ðonne ǽr ðe hé ðæt gewealdleþer forlǽt . . ., ðonne forlǽtaþ hí ðá sibbe, 21; F. 74, 31. cpve. earlier, before Dæge ǽr pridie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 50. Ǽr dudum, ante, An.

screncan

(v.)
Grammar
screncan, p. te
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To lay a stumbling-block in a person's way, trip up, ensnare Eft hé cwæð: 'Ne screnc dú ðone blindan' . . . Se screncþ ðone blindan ðe ðone ungesceádwísan mirþ protinus adjunxit: 'Nec coram coeco pones offendiculum' . . .

a-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bláwan, p. -bleów; pp. -bláwen

To blowbreatheflareefflare

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Nǽfre mon ðæs hlúde býman abláweþ never does a man blow the trumpet so loudly, Exon. 117b; Th. 451, 27; Dóm. 110.

Linked entry: a-bleów

LEÁD

(n.)
Grammar
LEÁD, es; n.

Lead

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Ðú herast ðone mancgere ðe begytt gold mid leáde, Homl. Th. i. 254, 26

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, slép, sleáp, sláp, es; m.
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Ðæt dust ðysse wyrte ðone slǽp on gelǽdeþ, Lchdm. i. 286, 6: 158, 2. Næfþ hénánne slǽp, ii. 198, 25. Slép, i. 158, 2. Sió slǽwþ him giét on ðone slǽp, Past. 39; Swt. 283. 8. Ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp. Homl. Th. i. 602, 15. Slǽpa sluman. Exon.

Linked entry: sláp

fremian

(v.)
Grammar
fremian, freomian; part. fremiende; hit fremaþ; p. ode; pp. od [fremman]

To profitdo goodbe good or expedientavailprofĭcĕreprōdesseexpĕdīrevălēre

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Gyf se wǽta byþ máre ðonne ðæt fýr, ðonne fremaþ hit if the moisture is more than the fire, then it does good, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 23; Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. Eów fremaþ ðæt ic fare expĕdit vōbis ut ĕgo vādam, Jn. Bos. 16, 7: Mt.

erce-hád

(n.)
Grammar
erce-hád, es; m.

Archhood, an archbishop's pall, his dignity, of which the pall was a sign pallium

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Archhood, an archbishop's pall, his dignity, of which the pall was a sign; pallium Ðæt his æftergengan symle ðone pallium and ðone ercehád æt ðam apostolícan setle Rómániscre gelaðunge feccan sceoldon that his successors should always fetch the pall

Linked entry: ærce-hád

meagol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
meagol-líce, adv.

Earnestlystrenuously

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Earnestly, strenuously Hié ðone lifgendan God and ðone hálgan heáhengel Michael meagollíce (cf. Homl.

aaþ

(n.)

an oath

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an oath He ðone aaþ gesæh he saw the oath. Th. Dipl. A. D. 825; p. 71, 12