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scilcen

(n.)
Grammar
scilcen, [The word has not necessarily a bad meaning. With the passage given compare the description of the same incident in Gr. D.
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Hé sænde .vii. nacode mǽdenu (puellas), 119, 11] :-- Scylcen, fǽmne, meówle iuuencula, i. uirguncula, An. Ox. 2112. [Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in
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Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,' 1070; Erl. 209, 35. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head

ge-dál

Grammar
ge-dál, <b>;
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</b> with prep, wiþ, separation from :-- Gedál wið eallum his freóndum, Verc. Först. 89, 6

Gallisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Gallisc, adj.

Gaulish ⬩ belonging to Gaul ⬩ Gallĭcus

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Gaulish, belonging to Gaul; Gallĭcus Ðǽr gefeaht Mallius wið ánne Galliscne mann there Manlius fought with a man of Gaul, Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 16

ge-wunsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wunsum, adj.

Pleasant

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Pleasant Swíðe gewunsum hit biþ ðæt mon wíf hæbbe and bearn it is very pleasant to have wife and children, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 8

ellen-wód

(adj.)
Grammar
ellen-wód, adj. [wód mad]

Raging, furious ⬩ fŭriōsus

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Raging, furious; fŭriōsus Wæs ellenwód fæder wið déhter the father was furious with his daughter, Exon. 67 b; Th. 251, 4; Jul. 140

Linked entry: wód

wemm

(n.)
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a spot Wið wemme (cf. 34, 9 which has wenne) on eágum, Lchdm. ii. 2, 8. [A. R. Chauc. Piers P. Wick. wem.] (?)

bearn-eaca

(adj.)
Grammar
bearn-eaca, adj.

Big with child ⬩ pregnant

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Big with child, pregnant Maria wæs þágyt bearneáca, Hml. Th. i. 30, 9. Ðonne mon sníð ðá bearneácan (praegnantes), wíf Past. 366, 14

feorh-hyrde

Grammar
feorh-hyrde, l. -hirde,
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Se cyning wile his treówe and his gehát wið ðé gehealdon, and þé feorhhyrde beón, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 159, 23. and add

irlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
irlíce, adv.
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Angrily Heó gebealh heó swíðe eorlíce wið hire suna with fierce anger was she incensed against her son, C. D. iv. 54, 30

Linked entry: eorlíce

dora

(n.)
Grammar
dora, an; m.

A humble-bee, dumble-DORE ⬩ bombus terrestris ⬩ attăcus = άττăκos

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Celeþenian seáw gemeng wið dorena hunig mingle juice of celandine with dumbledores' honey, 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 26, 7. Ða ahsan gemenge wið dorena hunig mix the ashes with dumbledores' honey, Lchdm. ii. 28, 26

Linked entry: feld-beó

campian

(v.)
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S. 5, 151. to fight with, serve with Him ne ðuhte fremfullic ꝥ hé fénge tó þǽre gife, and syððan ne campode mid þám cásere, Hml. S. 31, 102. to fight with, against (wiþ, ongeán), with dat. Hé wið þám gástum campode, Guth. 24, 12.

blǽce

(n.)
Grammar
blǽce, bléce, es; n.
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An itching skin-disease Wiþ blǽce on andwlitan, Lch. ii. 52, 15, 18, 20, 23. Wið dám micclan líce and wið óðrum giccendum bléce, iii. 70, 28. [Take here passages from Lchdms. given in Dict. under blǽco.]

Linked entries: blece blǽco blǽcþa blece

dǽlan

(v.)
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Swá nó man scyle his gástes lufan wið Gode dǽlan not in such measure is the spirit's love to be given to God, Dan. 21. to obtain a share Nǽfre Ismael wið Isáce, wið mín ágen bearn, yrfe dǽleð, Gen. 2788. Wið Drihtne dǽlan wuldorfæstan wíc, 26.

ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe, f. n. (? v. Hml. Th. ii. 322, 33 infra.)
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Hé gehǽlde sum wíf, ánes ealdormannes ǽwe, 150, 3. Forlicgan wið óðres ǽwe oþþe wið gehádode, Ll. Th. i. 404, 22. Be ðám men þe his ǽwe ( uxorem) forlǽt and be þám wífe (muliere ) þe hire wer forlǽt, ii. 180, 13, 15.

teóðung-land

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-land, es; n.
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Ic feng tó mínan londe and sealde hit ðon biscope ða fíf hída wið ðon londe æt Lidgeard wið fíf hídan and biscop and eal híwan forgeáfan mé ða feówer and án wæs teóðinglond I resumed my land and sold it, the five hides to wit, to the bishop (of Winchester

feordian

(v.)
Grammar
feordian, p. ode; pp. od

To be at war ⬩ bellum gĕrĕre

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To be at war; bellum gĕrĕre Hí feordodan wið Ætlan Húna cininge they were at war with Ætla king of the Huns, Chr. 443: Erl. 11, 35

teofonian

(v.)
Grammar
teofonian, p. ode
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Swá teofenede se ðe teala cúþe dæg wiþ nihte ... fisc wið ýþum, 351, 18; Sch. 82

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to wash ⬩ to anoint.

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Grammar þweán, with object of that which is to be cleansed Petrus cwæð tó him: &#39;Ne þwyhst (ðuóas, Lind.: ðwǽs, Rush.) ðú nǽfre míne fét.

ge-witleást

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Add: cf. ge-witleas; <b>I a</b> Wið gewitleáste, ꝥ is wið deófulseócnesse, Lch. i. 248, 3. 1. cf. ge-witleás; 1 His wífes gewitleást (cf. þú sprǽce swá swá án stunt wíf, 452, 31), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 4. Gewitleást vechordia, Hy.

Linked entry: wit-leást

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