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slíþen

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþen, adj.

Cruel, hard, evil

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Hé him feorgbona þurh slíþen searo weorþeþ a destroyer of life through cruel craft to him he becomes 362, 25; Wal. 42. On ða slíþnan tíd at that dread hour (of death) 161, 27; Gú. 965.

Linked entry: slíþe

bæþ

a bath for washingthe bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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Onfón fullwihtes bæð, An. 1642: El. 490. of the sea, the bath of fish or sea-fowl:-- Ofer fisces bæð across the sea, An. 293: Rún. 16. Ofer ganotes bæð, 25: B. 1861: Edg. 46. of immersion that is intended to torment.

lira

Grammar
lira, l. líra,
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Ðonne þú sealt flǽsc wille, þonne twenge þú mid þínre swíðran neoþewearde þíne wynstran þǽr se lýra þiccost sí, Tech. ii. 125, 2. Fægere fingras, smale and lange, and þǽra nægla tósceád, and se greáta líra beneoðan þám þúman, Vis. Lfc. 84. [v. N. E.

sót

(n.)
Grammar
sót, es; n.

Soot

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Meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, i. 356, 24

grund-wela

(n.)
Grammar
grund-wela, an; m.

Earthly wealth

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Earthly wealth Him grundwelan ginne sealde hét ðám sinhíwum sǽs and eorþan tuddorteóndra teohha gehwilcre wæstmas fédan he gave them ample riches of earth, bade for the man and wife each of sea's and land's productive tribes bring forth fruits, Cd. 46

orþancscipe

(n.)
Grammar
orþancscipe, es; m.

Art, mechanical art, mechanics

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Searwa, orþanscipes (-as ?) molimina, ingenia, 502, 54

hnot

(adj.)
Grammar
hnot, adj.

Bald, shaven, close-cut

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Tó ðon hnottan seale to the pollard-willow, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 193, 35. On ða hnottan díc of ðære hnottan díc the dike without turf(?), iii. 211, 24

ge-cnedan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnedan, p. -cnæd, pl. -cnǽdon; pp. -cneden

To mixminglespreadkneaddepsere

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Gecneden sealf cataplasma, Cot. 209

ge-delfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-delfan, p. -dealf, pl. -dulfon; pp. dolfen

To digdelvefodereeffodere

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Ðé wearþ helle seáþ niðer gedolfen the pit of hell was dug beneath for thee, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 30; Jul. 423

ge-wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrégan, p. -wrégde; pp. -wréged, -wréht [wrégan to accuse] .

to accuseaccūsāreto stirripexciteimpelconcĭtāre

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Gytsung is gewréht wið God covetousness is accused before God, 256, 22. to stir, rip, excite, impel; concĭtāre Gifen biþ gewréged the sea is impelled, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 29; Rä. 3, 3

Linked entry: wrégan

grǽg

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽg, grég; adj.
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Sǽ grǽfe glashluðre the sea grey and clear as glass, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 15; Met. 5, 8. Grǽgan sweorde with a grey sword, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 22; Gen. 2865: Beo. Th. 665; B. 330: 673; B. 334

sicerian

(v.)
Grammar
sicerian, p. ode
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wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýð, ðéþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr út áweorpe by very small quantities and with very great secrecy does the water make its way into the leaky ship, and yet it has the same intention as the loud wave in the rough sea

searwian

(v.)
Grammar
searwian, p. ode
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Searw[a] ð[ú] insidieris , Kent. Gl. 935. Searwiende machinans, 151. Hé cwæð him tó særwigendum móde ( insidiously ), Homl. Th. ii. 308, 6. v. sirwan and next word

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to succeed. See preceding word: ge-sælge. -For Cot. 89 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 63. (Gesǽlge might be adjective, fauste being faustae. Cf. for the termination (-e = ae) attrite gegiiidenan, 5, 12. v.
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also 5, 3.)

min

Grammar
min, [For another explanation of this word see N. E. D. min, where minne is taken as the nominative form : but the word may be taken as belonging to the same declension as mid[d]
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; pl. midde, so min[n]; pl. minne. Holthausen rejects the word altogether, v. Beiblatt, xvi. 228.] add(?) On minnan linche, C. D. B. iii. 494, 31. Add Wið feóndes hond and . . wið malscrunge minra wihta, Lch. iii. 36, 14

ge-lendan

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again from the sea it goes into the earth, Bt. 24, 1; F. 80, 25.

æt-beran

(v.)
Grammar
æt-beran, p. -bær, pl. -bǽron

To bear or carry tobring forwardproducebear away or forthafferreproferreefferre

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Hí hyne ætbǽron to brimes faroðe they bore him away to the sea-shore, Beo. Th. 55; B. 28: 4261; B. 2127: 5222; B. 2614. Ðæt [wǽpen] to beadu-láce ætberan meahte might bear forth that [weapon] to the game of war, 3127; B. 1561

Linked entry: æt-bær

baðian

(v.)
Grammar
baðian, beðian, beðigean, ic -ige, -yge; p. ode, ede; pp. od.

To washfomentcherishlavarefovereTo BATHElavaribalneareaquis se immergere

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Gesihþ baðian brimfuglas he sees sea-fowls bathing, Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 12; Wand. 47. Baðiendra manna hús ðǽr hí hí unscrédaþ inne apodyterium, domus, qua vestimenta balneantium ponuntur, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 9

ypping

(n.)
Grammar
ypping, e; f.
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, applied to the water of the Red Sea which had risen up on either side of the track followed by the Israelites. Cf. Holmweall ástáh, merestreám módig, Cd.

rót-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
rót-hwíl, e; f.
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A time of refreshing Ǽlc rihtwís man, ðonne hé ðysne sealm singþ, wilnaþ him sumere róthwíle on ðissere worulde, and éc reste æfter ðisum, Ps. Th. 14, arg.