wælhreówlíce
cruelly ⬩ horribly ⬩ atrociously
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cruelly Se wælhreówlíce (crudeli caede) wæs ofslægen, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 14. Æt ðæm cirre wurdon Ahténiense swá wælhreówlíce forslagen quam pugnam atrociorem fuisse ipse rerum exitus docuit, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 22. Hí woldon habban ðone hálgan Eásterdæg
á-solcen
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Ásolcaen (-æn, -en) iners, Txts. 70, 531. Ásolcen desidiosus, Angl. xiii. 434, 982. Læt and ásolcen tardus et tepidus, 440, 1072. Ásolcen (remissus) on weorcum, Scint. 79, 5. Bróðor swá gýmelés and swá ásolcen (desidiosus) þæt hé nelle hálige béc smeágan
Linked entry: á-seolcan
ge-mǽdan
To madden, make foolish
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To madden, make foolish Swá gemǽdde m-ode bestolene dǽde gedwolene so foolish bereft of mind erring in deed, Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 6; Rä. 12, 6. Gemǽded vecors, Lye
Linked entries: ge-mád wíf-gemǽdla
be-seóþan
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to boil away, reduce by boiling Wæter besoden oþ þone þriddan dǽl, Lch. ii. 188, 16. Seóþ þú hyt swá swíðe þat se þridda[n]-dǽl beó besodan, iii. 92, 19
candel-leóht
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For C. R. Ben. 53 substitute Se ǽfen swá sý gefadod þæt hý candelleóhtes æt ðám gereorde ne behófien, ac eallu ðing be dæges leóhte gefyllede sýn, R. Ben. 66, 7
ge-rǽwe
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in a row Hí ealle on gerǽwe sǽton, Hml. S. 23, 779. Of ðám alre tó ðám twám wycan standað on geréwe swá ðæt gemére gǽþ, C. D. iii. 424, 8
neoþor
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Niðerer inferius, Hpt. Gl. 420, 10. Seó eorðe stent on ælemiddan swá gefæstned ꝥ heó nǽfre ne býhð náþor ne ufor ne nyðor (neoðor, nyþror, v.ll.), Lch. iii. 254, 18. Add
níd-þeów
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Hláforda gehwylc áh swýþe micele þearfe þæt hé his men rihtlíce healde; and hit bið his ágen þearf þæt hé his neádþeówum beorge swá hé betst mæge, Wlfst. 300, 4. Add
riht-laga
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Swá hit rihtlagu (-laga, v. l. ) sý, Ll. Th. i. 396, 1. Woroldwitan gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, 334, 22. Worldwitan tó godcundan rihtlagan þás laga setton, ii. 242, 13. Add
ge-wearnian
To guard against ⬩ >avoid
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To guard against, >avoid Hwǽr him wǽre fultum to sécanne to gewearnienne swá réðre hergunge ubi quærendum est præsidium ad evitandas tam feras inruptiones, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 37
leóht
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Dele last passage but two, and add: bright, shining, luminous Wolcen léht (líht, R. beorht, W. S.) nubes lucida, Mt. L. 17, 5. Lyftwundor leóht ( the pillar of fire), Exod. 90. Se leóhta beám leódum byrhteð, Cri. 1090. Ic him þá máðmas geald æt gúðe
leger-teám
Matrimony
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Matrimony, sexual intercourse [lawful or unlawful] Matheus him sægde ðæt hé wǽre swá synnig wið God gif hé ða gehálgodan fǽmnan tó legerteáme onfénge swá se þeów wǽre se ðe fénge on kyninges quéne tó unryhtum hǽmde Matthew said to him, that he would
bytme
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the keel of a ship Bythne carina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 5. Bytne, 13, 36. Bytme, i. 63, 39. Hí sǽton ufan on þǽm wætre swá swá scipes byðme (bytme déð, v. l. ), þonne hit fleóted on streáme, Mart. H. 118, 20. Hé sæt ofer þǽre bytman þæs scipes, Gr. D.
cyne-helm
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Add: a crown Cynehelme palma, i. corona, An. Ox. 3093. Ꝥ Vashti cóme tó him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs ꝥ seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode, Hml. A. 93, 37. Þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 32. Ðone écean cynehelm
ge-heán
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in a physical sense, to elevate, raise high Gehýdne porrectam (in edito turrem ), An. Ox. 8, 237. Gehígde edita, i. alta, Wülck. Gl. 226, 8. to exalt Ðá wæs Bryten swíðe geheád in miclum wuldre Godes geleáfan and andetnesse denique etiam Brittaniam
lǽce-cræft
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Add: the art of medicine Lǽcecræft medicina, An. Ox. 3124. Wæs sum munuc, þám wæs nama lustus, sé waes gelǽred on lǽceræfte ( medicinali arte imbutus ), Gr. D. 344, 6: 11. Hé áxode gif hé cúðe áht on lǽcecræfte, Hml. S. 22, 40. medical treatment ꝥ word
inne-weard
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<b>. I.</b> as adj. physical Inneweard eáre auris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 22. Inneweard þeóh femina, 36, 48. non-physical Swá hwá swá wille dióplíce spirigan mid inneweardan móde æfter ryhte quisquis profunda mente vestigat verum. Bt. 35, 1;
BRÍW
A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etc ⬩ BREWIS ⬩ puls ⬩ pultis ⬩ πόλτος ⬩ porridge
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A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etc, BREWIS; puls; gen. pultis = πόλτος porridge Ðes bríw this pottage; hæc puls, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 46; Som. 13, 9: Wrt. Voc. 290,38. Swá þicce swá bríw as thick as pottage, L. M. I. 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 18: 2, 51; Lchdm
Linked entries: briig calwer-bríw
on-hwirfan
to turn (of actual motion), ⬩ to invert, transpose ⬩ to change, turn
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to turn (of actual motion), trans. Ic mé wille nú onhwyrfan tó ðisse bǽre, Blickl. Homl. 151, 14. intrans. Swá swá hweól onhwerfþ, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 13. to invert, transpose Agof (boga) is mín noma eft onhwyrfed, Exon. Th. 405, 13; Rä. 24, 1. to
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on-sting
Authority
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Authority Icc nelle geþafian ðæt ǽnig mann ǽnigne onstingc habbe on ǽnigum þingum oððe on ǽnigum tíman bútan se abbod, Chart. Th. 362, 3. Ǽnige onsting, 369, 24. Ic nelle geþafian ðæt ǽni man ǽnine onstyngc hæbbe nolo permittere ut quis jus habeat, Cod
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