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ge-cafstrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cafstrian, p. ode; pp. od [cæfester a halter]

To bridle ⬩ restrain ⬩ frænare ⬩ restringere

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To bridle, restrain; frænare, restringere Swelce sió geþyld hæbbe ðæt mód gecafstrod as if patience has restrained the mind, Past. 33, 4; Swt. 218, 22; Cot. MS. 42 a

Linked entry: -cafstrian

heal-lic

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For 'Cot. 194, Lye' substitute

wyrmsan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrmsan, wyrsman; p. de
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Sió wund wolde hálian, æfter ðæm ðe heó wyrmsde (wyrsmde, Cott. MSS.), 36; Swt. 259, 1. Gif hit wille wyrsman, Lchdm. ii. 102, 4

Linked entry: ge-wyrsmed

full-mannod

(v.)
Grammar
full-mannod, -monnad; part.

Full manned ⬩ well peopled ⬩ vĭris instructus ⬩ pŏpŭlo frĕquens

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Full manned, well peopled; vĭris instructus, pŏpŭlo frĕquens Ðæt he hæbbe his land fullmannod [Cot. fullmonnad] that he have his land well peopled, Bt. 17; Fox 58, 32

Linked entry: full-mannod

ge-orettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-orettan, -oretan, -orrettan; p. te; pp. ted

To disturb, confound ⬩ perturbare, confundere

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Georrettan infamare, Cot. 111

Linked entry: orrettan

un-gesǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlþ, e; f.

unhappiness ⬩ illfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ unhappiness which consists in absence of moral good

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Biþ simle ða eówre gesǽlþa on sumum þingum ungesǽlþa (unsǽlþa, Cott. MS.), Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 20. Sume secgaþ ðæt sió wyrd wealde ǽgðer ge gesǽlþa ge ungesǽlþa ǽlces monnes, 39, 8; Fox 224, 13.

Linked entry: un-sǽlþ

eorþ-rest

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Cot. 31 ' substitute

a-súcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-súcan, -súgan; p. -seác, -seág, pl. -sucon, -sugon; pp. -socen, -sogen

To suck ⬩ sugere

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To suck; sugere Asogen wǽre sugeretur, Cot. 193. Sina beóþ asocene [Exon. asogene] the sinews shall be sucked, Soul Kmbl. 217; Exon. 99 b ; Th. 373, 19; Seel. 111

Linked entry: a-súgan

clerc-hád

(n.)
Grammar
clerc-hád, cleric-hád, cleroc-hád, es; m.

priesthood ⬩ sacerdotium, clericatus

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Clerochád clericatus, Cot. 45

DWÍNAN

(v.)
Grammar
DWÍNAN, ic dwíne, ðu dwínest, dwínst, he dwíneþ, dwínþ, pl. dwínaþ; p. dwán, pl. dwinon; pp. dwinen

To pine, fade, DWINDLE, waste away ⬩ tabescĕre

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Dwinon tabuĕrunt, Cot. 190

Linked entries: a-dwínan tó-dwínan

gif-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
gif-fæst, adj.

Gifted with ⬩ capable of ⬩ fitted for ⬩ capax

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Gifted with, capable of, fitted for; capax Sum biþ wóþbora giedda giffæst one is a poet gifted with song, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 20; Crä. 36: Cot. 57

æsc-man

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-man, -mann, es; m.

A ship-man ⬩ sailor ⬩ pirate ⬩ nauta ⬩ pirata

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A ship-man, sailor, and hence a pirate; nauta, pirata Ǽgþer ge æscmanna ge óðerra both of the ship-men and of the others, Chr. 921; Th. 195, 15: Cot. 155

Decem-ber

(n.)
Grammar
Decem-ber, gen. -bris; m. [dĕcem ten: Sansk. vāra: Pers. bār time, space: the tenth month of the Romans, beginning with March, and as we begin with January, it is our twelfth month]

The month of December ⬩ Dĕcember, bris

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Fox 437; Men. 220; January being after yule or Christmas is called Se æftera geóla; the after yule, Cott. Tibĕrius; B. i; Hick. Thes. i. 212, 57

þwárian

(v.)
Grammar
þwárian, p. ode

To bring into agreement ⬩ make harmonious

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To bring into agreement, make harmonious Hé gemetgaþ ða feówer gesceafta, ða hé þwáraþ and gewlitegaþ (geþwǽraþ and wlitegaþ, Cott.

þreápung

(n.)
Grammar
þreápung, e; f.

Rebuke ⬩ reproof

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Rebuke, reproof Ðæt geðreátade mód bið suíðe raðe gehwierfed tó fióunga gif him mon tó ungemetlíce mid ðære ðreápunga (ðreáwunga, Cott.

be-fýlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fýlan, -fílan; p. -fýlede; pp. -fýled,-fíled, -fýld; v. trans. [be, fúl foul]

To BEFOUL ⬩ pollute ⬩ defile ⬩ make filthy ⬩ inquinare ⬩ fœdare contaminare

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P. 45; Th. ii. 384, 11: Basil. admn. 7; Norm. 48, 23 : Lchdm. iii. 208, 7: Cot. 104

Linked entry: be-fílan

eallneg

(adv.)
Grammar
eallneg, adv.

Always ⬩ semper

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Cot

Linked entry: ealneg

eorþ-gemet

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For Cot. 95 substitute

breóst-rocc

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-rocc, es; m. [breóst. rocc
clothing
]

clothing ⬩ Breast-cloth ⬩ thorax

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Cot. 163. Stíðe and ruge breóstroccas [MS. breóst-rocces] stiff and rough breast-clothes; renones, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 114; Wrt. Voc. 40, 24

a-barian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
a-barian, p. ede; pp. ed [a, barian to make bare; bær, se bara; adj. bare]

To make bare ⬩ to manifest ⬩ discover ⬩ disclose ⬩ denudare ⬩ prodere ⬩ in medium proferre

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Interl. 46: Cot. 80

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