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smirwan

(v.)
Grammar
smirwan, smerwan, smirewan, smeruwan, smirian, smerian, smyrian; p. smirede, ode

To smear, anoint unctus to anoint

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Hé worhte fenn and smyrede (smiride, Lind., Rush.) míne eágan Jn. Skt. 9, 11. Mín heáfod ðú mid ele ne smyredest, ðeós smyrede mid sealfe míne fét Lk. Skt. 7, 46. Smyredon (smiredon, Lind.) Mk. Skt. 6, 13.

BOTM

(n.)
Grammar
BOTM, es; m.

A BOTTOMfundus

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Heó to [ðæs fennes] botme com she came to the bottom [of the fen], Beo. Th. 3017; B. 1506

Linked entry: bodan

mennisc

(adj.)
Grammar
mennisc, adj.
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Gesáwon wé mennisce men feá, healfnacode paucos Indorum seminudos notavimus homines, Nar. 10, 16. ¶ used substantively :-- Ðú tíhst ðis mennisce tó ðǽre ýdelan láre, Hml. Th. i. 588, 5. Add

wǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽðan, p.de

To hunt

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To hunt Ic wiht (a rake ) geseah . . . seó ðæt feoh fédeþ, hafaþ fela tóþa . . . wǽþeþ geond weallas, wyrte séceþ aa. Exon. Th. 416, 27;Rä. 35, 5. Winde gelícost, ðonne hé hlúd ástígeþ, wǽðeþ be wolcnum, Elen. Kmbl. 2545;El. 1274.

Linked entry: wǽðe-burne

hréran

(v.)
Grammar
hréran, p. de

To moveshakestir

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Hé ne lǽtaþ míne fét láðe hréran non dedit commoveri pedes meos, Ps. Th. 65, 8. Hréran mid hondum hrímcalde sǽ to row on the ice-cold sea, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 21; Wand. 4.

Linked entry: for-hréred

swífan

(v.)
Grammar
swífan, p. swáf, pl. swifon; pp. swifen.
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Sceal on ánum fét searo-ceáp (a ship) swífan, swíþe féran, faran ofer feldas, Exon. Th. 415, 6; Rä. 33, 7. [Here are added examples of á-swífan omitted in their place :-- Asuáb exorbitans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 74.

Linked entry: a-swífan

strícan

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Sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þínes fét þám gemete þe hí gesceapene beóð, 126, 9.

fremu

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Sé þe óðerne mid wóge forsecgan wille, ꝥ hé áðor oþþe feó oþþe freme þe wyrsa sý, 266, 23. Freme (feorme, freoma, v.ll. ), 384, 24. Wǽron earme men besyrwde ge æt freme ge æt fóstre ge æt feó. Wlfst. 158, 30.

ge-félan

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S. 23, 257. to feel pain, be conscious of a sensation Ne gefélest (-félst, v. l. ) þú gewin on þínum fótum, Lch. i. 330, 6. Ne hí swól gefélaþ on magan, ii. 194, 12. Hwylc wundor is þéh þe þá sáwla magan gefélan þá líchamlican tintregan?, Gr.

fearn-bracu

(n.)
Grammar
fearn-bracu, e; f.

A fern-brake

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A fern-brake, bed of fern On fearnbraca súðeweardæ, C. D. v. 173, 18

Linked entry: bracu

á-þweán

Grammar
á-þweán, pp.-þwagen,-þwægen,-þwogen.

to washcleanse an object from impurityto wash impurity from an object

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Hé hæfde hyra fét áþwogene, Jn. 13, 12: Hml. Th. ii. 260, 15. to wash impurity from an object Hit ðá gedónan synna áweg áðwiehð, Past. 257, 21. Ðæt sár áðwiehð synna of ðǽre sáule, 259, 3. Ðætte hié yfelu mid hreówsunga áðweán, 413, 8.

Linked entry: on-þweán

drince-leán

(n.)
Grammar
drince-leán, es; n.

Tributary drink, scot-ale, the contribution of tenants to purchase ale for the entertainment of their lord or his steward on the fee, Glos. to Th. Laws, vol. ii. Or, perhaps, the ale given by the seller to the buyer on concluding a bargainretrĭbūtio potus vel præmium bibendi

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Tributary drink, scot-ale, the contribution of tenants to purchase ale for the entertainment of their lord or his steward on the fee, Glos. to Th. Laws, vol. ii.

EOLH

(n.)
Grammar
EOLH, cole; gen. eolhes, eolces, eolcs, eolx; m. [eolx vĭdētur genĭtivus ab eolc, eolh, Ettmül. Poet. 288, 15, note]

ELKalces

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Runic poem, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter x, but for eolhx = eolcx = eolcs = eolces of an elk, as, — RUNE [eolhx = eolces] secg eard [seccard MS.] hæfþ oftust on fenne, wexeþ on wætere elk's sedge hath its place [earth] oftest in fen

Linked entries: elch elh eóla

wǽpned

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽpned, adj.

Malea malea man

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Wépned and wíf geworhte hiǽ God masculum et feminam fecit eos, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 4. Wíf and wǽpned, Cd. Th. 12, 33; Gen. 195: 166, 9; Gen. 2745. Wífes meoluc ðe wǽpned féde, Lchdm. ii. 338, 8

byrþor

(n.)
Grammar
byrþor, es; n?
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Child-birth, a fetus; partus, fetus Bútan byrþres intingan sine partus causa, Bd. I. 27; S. 493, 40

Linked entry: beorþor

heorcnian

(v.)
Grammar
heorcnian, hercnian; p. ode

To hearkenlisten

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Maria gesæt ær Godes fótum his word heorcnigende Mary sat at the feet of God hearkening to his words, ii. 440, 16. Ðæt hit tó hefigtýme ne þince ðám heorcnigendum that it may not seem too tedious to the listeners, 72, 23

Linked entry: hyrcnian

fyrm

(n.)
Grammar
fyrm, e; f

A feastĕpŭlæ

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A feast; ĕpŭlæ Ða Philistei micele fyrme geworhton the Philistines made a great feast, Jud. 16, 25

dæg-ðerlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-ðerlíc, [ = dæg-hwæðer-líc]; adj.

Daily, present diurnus, hodiernus

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Se gódspellere Lucas beleác ðis dægðerlíce gódspel mid feáwum wordum the evangelist Luke concluded the gospel of this day with few words, i. 90, 8. Ðás dægðerlícan þénunga these daily services, ii. 86, 24.

mere-swín

(n.)
Grammar
mere-swín, es; n.

A sea-pigporpoisedolphin

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Nim mereswínes fel, L. M. 3, 40; Lchdm. ii. 334, 1. Mereswýn and stirian delphinos et sturias, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9: Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 17

gifl

(n.)
Grammar
gifl, giefl, gifel, gyfl, es; n.

Foodmeatpiece of food

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Húsle gereorded ðý æþelan gyfle fed with the Eucharist, with the noble food, 51 b: Th. 18o, 5; Gú. 1275. Lytlum gieflum with the little bits of meat, 88 b; Th. 332, 23; Vy. 89

Linked entry: gifla