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be-leán

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Ne inc ǽnig mon beleán mihte sorhfulne sið nobody could keep you turn from the grievous adventure by pointing out its folly, B. 511.

ge-bróðor

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bróðor, -bróðer, -bróðra, -bróðru, -bróðro

brethren ⬩ fratres conjuncti

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Ic seah vi gebróðor I saw six brethren, Exon. 104 a; Th. 394, 12; Rä. 14, 2: 98 a; Th. 366, 12; Reb. 11. Ða gebróðer begen ætsamne the brothers both together, Chr. 937; Th. 206, 17, col. 1; Æðelst. 57.

Linked entry: BRÓÐOR

ge-cwéme

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cwéme, adj. [cwéme pleasant, pleasing]

Pleasant ⬩ pleasing ⬩ grateful ⬩ acceptable ⬩ fit ⬩ jŏcundus ⬩ grātus ⬩ plăcĭtus ⬩ complăcĭtus ⬩ acceptus

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Gecwéme sý him spræc mín jŏcundum sit ei elŏquĭum meum, Ps. Spl. 103. 35. Forðam hyt wæs swá gecwéme befóran ðé quoniam sic fuit plăcĭtum ante te, Mt. Bos. 11, 26 : Jn. Bos. 8, 29.

wirgness

(n.)
Grammar
wirgness, e; f.

Cursing ⬩ a curse

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Sig seó wirignys ofer mé in me sit ista maledictio, Gen. 27, 13. Of wirignysse múð full is maledictione os plenum est, Ps. Spl. 9 second, 8.

Linked entries: wirigness wyrgness

ǽge

(n.)

the island ⬩ insulam

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the island; insulam Æt eðelinga ǽge at the island of nobles; apud nobilium insulam, Sim. Dunelm. an. 888

Linked entry: ǽg

syn-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-scyldig, adj.

Guilty of sin, wicked

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Guilty of sin, wicked Heortan wyrmas synscyldigra ceorfaþ and slítaþ vermes scelerum mordebunt intima cordis, Dóm. L. 168

útsiht-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
útsiht-ádl, e; f.

Diarrhoea ⬩ dysentery

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Diarrhoea, dysentery Sió útsihtádl cymð manegum of tó miclum útgange, Lchdm. ii. 278, 7. Wið útsihtádle, 320, 11

on-dóung

(n.)
Grammar
on-dóung, e; f.

A putting in, injection

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A putting in, injection Mid ondóunge wyrtdrences þurh horn sió wamb biþ tó clǽnsianne, Lchdm. ii. 260, 11

Linked entry: dóung

swát-swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swát-swaþu, e; f.

A bloody track

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A bloody track Wæs sió swátswaþu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5884; B. 2946

ymb-sǽlan

(v.)

to bind round, tie round

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to bind round, tie round Sié unbunden (ymbunden, Lind.) ł unsǽled (=ymbsǽled) circumdaretur Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 42

Linked entry: sǽlan

á-wuldrian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wuldrian, p.ode

To glorify

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Áwuldrad sié glorietur, Rtl. 79, 30

ge-sceádwís

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Is sió lytle nosu ðæt mon ne sié gescádwís (-sceád-, v.l.) parvo naso est qui ad tenendam mensurum discretionis idoneus non est, 65, 20. Þ man sí gesceádwís and gemetigian cunne ge his spréce ge his swígan, Prov. K. 2.

Dauid

(n.)
Grammar
Dauid, es; m.

David ⬩ Dāvid, īdis

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Crist onwráh, in Dauides dýrre mǽgan, ðæt is Euan scyld eal forpynded Christ revealed that, in David's dear kinswoman, the sin of Eve is all turned away, Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 4; Cri. 96

hriðian

(v.)
Grammar
hriðian, p. ode

To shake ⬩ quake

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To shake, quake, have a fever: Sió wamb hryt the stomach is fevered, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 216, 20. Hie hriðiaþ they are feverish, 26; Lchdm. ii. 220, 5. Hé hriðode He was sick with a fever. Homl. Th. i 86,7 Hriðgende [cf.

Linked entries: hrið hriddel

íþe-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
íþe-lic, adj.
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easy to do Hú iéðelic bið tó forgiefenne sió geðóhte synn, Past. 419, 10.

Linked entry: eáþe-lic

yntse

(n.)
Grammar
yntse, yndse, an; and ynts (?), e; f.

An ounce

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Þreóra yntsena gewihte . . . six yntsena . . . þreóra yntsena (yntsa, v. l.), Lchdm. i. 150, 16-18

Linked entries: entse yndse

mán-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
mán-scyld, e; f.

Guilt ⬩ sin

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Guilt, sin Ðú eart ðæt hálige lamb ðe mánscilde middangeardes tówurpe], Hy. 8, 23; Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 23

un-lǽce

(n.)
Grammar
un-lǽce, es; m.

An unskilful physician

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An unskilful physician Hú unlǽcas (cf. unwíse lǽcas, 232, 8) wénaþ ðæt ðæt sié lendenáldl, Lchdm. ii. 164, 8

dréfre

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
dréfre, adj. l. <b>dréfre,</b> dréfere, es; m.
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A disturber, turbulent person Ne sý hé dréfre (drǽfend, dréfende, v. ll.) non sit turbulentus, R. Ben. 121, 12

ge-líþran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líþran, ge-léþran
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to make frothy, to lather Gníd swíðe oþ ꝥ eall geléþred sié, Lch. ii. 18, 20: iii. 2, 3

Linked entry: ge-leðran