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un-sméþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sméþe, adj.

Not smoothroughuneven

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Wé habbaþ hrepunge, ðæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið sméðe, hwæt unsméðe, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 33. His unsméðan ( leprous ) líces, 512, 6. Ne unsméðes wiht, Exon. Th. 199, 15; Ph. 26. Unsmoeði scabro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 24.

Linked entry: sméðe

fandung

trialtestingtrialexperiment

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Th. i. 268, 7-19. trial, experiment Þá þe wé nú gyt ne magon mid gewislicre fandunge witan quae adhuc scire per experimentum non possumus, Gr. D. 261, 29

ge-neah

(v.)
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Substitute: ge-neah, pl. ge-nugon; p. ge-nohte. impersonal it suffices a person, a person has enough, abounds in Wé eáðe magon úpcund ríce forð gestígan, gif ús on ferðe geneah, and wé willað healdan heofoncyninges bibod, Sch. 35. [Cf. O. H.

mǽgþ

Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> add :-- Þǽr is mid Estum án mǽgð þæt hí magon cyle gewyrcan, Ors. l, I ; S. 21, 14. <b>IVc.</b> add :-- Þæt mynster is geseted in Huicca maegðe, C. D. i. 114, 14.

tellan

Grammar
tellan, <b>. II.</b>
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</b> add :-- Wolde hé Róme gesécan, ꝥ in þá tíd wæs micles mægenes teald and gelýfed Romam adire curauit, quod eo tempore magnae uirtutis, aestimabatur, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 470, 11. <b>III c.

sárian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
sárian, ode.

to feel pain for, feel sorry forto be soreto grieve, be sad

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to feel pain for, feel sorry for Heó is má tó sárianne magis dolendum, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 40. to be sore Similar entries (v. sár; adj. ), of physical pain Hé (the disease) wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ the wound gets painful, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 20.

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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Mága gerecednysse hé áfunde affinium relatione comperit , An. Ox. 3143. Eóde heó in tó hire berne; þá áfunde heó ꝥ hire sunu hæfde þearfum gedǽled þone hwǽte, Gr. D. 68, 17. Gif man áfinde ꝥ heora ǽnig on wóhre gewitnesse wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 204, 23.

fulluht

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht, fulwiht, fullwiht, fulwuht, es; n. [v. Grimm And. u. El. pp. 136-7]

Baptismbaptismus

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Máge gyt beón gefullod on ðam fulluhte, ðe ic beó gefullod potestis baptismo, quo ego baptīzor, baptīzāri? Mk. Bos. 10, 38, 39: Mt. Bos. 3, 7: Lk. Bos. 7, 29: 12, 50: L. C. E. 22; Th. i. 374, 3: L. Ælf. C. 27; Th. ii. 352, 19: L. Ælf.

hunig

(n.)
Grammar
hunig, es; n.

Honey

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Þynceþ þegna gehwelcum huniges bíbreád healfe ðý swétre gif hé hwéne ǽr huniges teáre bitres onbyrgeþ dulcior est apium mage labor, si malus ora pritis sapor edat, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17; Met. 12, 9.

Linked entry: teár-líc

blind

(adj.)

darkdimblind

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Sécað án blind cweartern, þǽr nán leóht ne mage inn, Hml. S. 37, 176. not shining, dim [v. N. E. D. blind, 7] Blindum lígum caecis flammis, Dóm. L. 241. hidden from sight [v. N. E. D. blind, 9] On blindan wyll; þanon on clǽnan splott, C. D.

fore-spræc

Grammar
fore-spræc, fóre-spræc.

advocacyexcusepreliminary speecha prefaceprologue

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L. 15, 22. speech by the representative of another, what is said by a sponsor Ðeáh þæt cild sprecan ne mage þonne hit man fullað, his freónda foresprǽc (forspǽc, v. l.) forstent him eall þæt ylce þe hit sylf sprǽce, Wlfst. 110, 4: 38, 16. what has been

on-ginnan

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Add Gelíce ðǽm monnum ðe swíðe eáðmódlíce onginnað ( use great endeavour to appear humble; magna submissione blandiuntur) beforon rícum monnum, Past. 421, 26.

óga

(n.)
Grammar
óga, an ; m.

the feeling which is excited in a person, terror, dread, horror, great fearthe exciting cause of such a feelingan object which excites fear, a terrible, horrible thingto fearto terrifyto frightenterrible

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Skt. 21, 11) of heofenum and micele tácna terrores de caelo et signa magna, 538, 32. Ógana terribilium, Blickl. Gl. God him sende swíðlíce ógan (the ten plagues) Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 18. [Cf.

un-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-þanc, es; m.

disfavourdispleasureangerill-willan unpleasing acta displeasurean offenceannoyancenot thanksdispleasure expressed in wordsunwillinglywithout consenton compulsioningratiswithout (a person's) consentnot of (one's own) accordagainst (one's) will

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Ðú miht forleósan unðances ða ðing ðe áteorian magon, ac gif ðú sylf for Gode gód byst, ðæt ðú ne forlýst nǽfre unðances, 410, 26-28. Far ðé frig; nis ná úre gewuna ðæt ǽnig man unðances tó Gode gecyrre, 416, 32.

Linked entry: un-þances

burh-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
burh-sittend, burg-sittend, es; m.
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His gebídan ne mágon burgsittende citizens cannot wait for him, Bt. Met. Fox 27, 34; Met. 27, 17: Elen. Kmbl. 552; El. 276

Linked entry: burg-sittend

cwicen

(adj.)
Grammar
cwicen, cwucen , cucen , cucon , cucun ; adj. [cwic alive, -en adj. termination]

Alive, quick vivus

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We ne mágon hátan deádne mon for cwucene we cannot call a dead man quick [living ], Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 20. Ðone cyning hí brohton cucenne to losue regem viventem obtulerunt Iosue, Jos. 8, 23: Homl. Th. i. 294, 15.

Linked entry: cwucen

land-leód

(n.)
Grammar
land-leód, es; m.[?]: e; f.
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The people of a country Se wer gebiraþ mágum, and seó cynebót ðám leódum; other reading:-- Ðam were habbaþ ða mǽgas and ðam cynebót se [seó?] landleód, L. Wg; Th. i. 190, 9, and note 14.

under-lútan

(v.)
Grammar
under-lútan, p. -leát, -luton; pp. -loten

To stoop beneath something in order to raise or support itto supportbearsubmit to

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To stoop beneath something in order to raise or support it, to support, bear, submit to Ða ðe beóð mid hira ágnum byrðennum ofðrycte, ðæt hié ne magon gestondan, hié willaþ lustlíce underfón óðerra monna, ond unniédige hié underlútaþ mid hira sculdrum

weorþ-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-georn, adj.
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Lá wísan menu, gáþ on ðone weg ðe eów lǽraþ ða foremǽran bisna ðara gódena gumena and ðæra weorþgeornena wera ðe ǽr eów wǽron ( ite nunc fortes, ubi celsa magni ducit exempli via ).

be-gang

exerciselabourbusinesscultivationreligious practice

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Mið micle bigeong magno studio, Mt. p. 10, 13. Bigongum exercitiis, i. laboribus, studiis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 61: 29, 58. Hé hine onwende from ealre þisse worlde begangum, Bl.