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ǽg-þer

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Sé ðe ðonne ðá gesǽlþa hæfþ, ðonne hæfþ hé ǽgþer; sé ðe ðon(n)e ǽgþer hæfþ, hú ne bið sé ðonne full eádig?, Bt. 34, 5; F. 138, 33. On ǽgðer þǽra bóca sind feówertig cwyda, Hml. Th. ii. 2, 13.

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer

sǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽne, adj.

Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive

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Ðone sǽnan ðe biþ tó sláw ðú scealt hátan assa má ðonne man segnis ac stupidus torpet? asinum vivit. Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 19. Mægencræft móda gehwilces ofer líchoman lænnie and sǽnne might of the mind over the body weak and dull. Met. 26, 106.

a-screopan

(v.)
Grammar
a-screopan, p. -scræp, pl. -scrǽpon; pp. -screpen

To scrape off ⬩ scrape ⬩ radere

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To scrape off, scrape; radere Ascræp ðone wyrms of his líce testa saniem radebat, Job 2, 8; Thw. 166, 33

Linked entries: a-scræp a-screpan

Syrisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Syrisc, adj.

Syrian

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Hí bǽdon Godes gescyldnysse wið ðone Syriscan here, Homl. Ass. 107, 170

sundor-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
sundor-wís, adj.
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-Ǽnne giddum gearu-snottorne . . . ðone hié ðære cwéne ágéfon, sægdon hine sundorwísne, Elen. Kmbl. 1172; El. 588

un-gefremed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefremed, adj.

Not accomplished ⬩ not done

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Not accomplished, not done Ungeffremed infectum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 36. Ungefremed, L. Ath. i. proem.; Th. i. 198, 13

bóc-haga

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-haga, an; m.
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A beech-haw, an enclosure of beeches On ðone bóchagan ... on ðám siéran bóchagan, C. D. v. 70, 26, 32

torn

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Dóm. L. 79. Add

tintreg-stów

(n.)
Grammar
tintreg-stów, e; f.

A place of torment

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A place of torment Hí (the devils) ðone hálgan wer gelǽddon tó ðám sweartum tintrehstówum, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 38, 4

gihþa

(n.)
Grammar
gihþa, an; m.

Itch ⬩ itching

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Itch, itching Unaberendlíc gyhþa ofereode ealne ðone líchaman an unbearable itching overspread the whole body, Homl. Th. i. 86, 12

Linked entries: gyhþa gicþa

þeód-weg

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-weg, es; m.

A highway

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On ðeódweg norð ofer ðone weg, 42, 30

Linked entry: þeód-herpaþ

wind-filled

(adj.)
Grammar
wind-filled, adj.

Wind-felled ⬩ blown down by the wind

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Wind-felled, blown down by the wind Wuduwearde gebyreþ ǽlc windfylled treów, L. R. S. 19 ; Th. i. 440, 10

Linked entry: fillan

á-ceócian

(v.)
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Se deófol gefrédde ðone angel Crístes godcundnysse, þurh ðá hé wæs tó deáðe áceócod, Hml. Th. i. 216, 16. Add

ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen, ǽfen[n], éf(e)rn; [m. and] n.

evening ⬩ eve, the evening preceding a day (of festival)

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Árwurðiað ðisne ǽfen, and ðone freólsdæg ðe eów tó merigen becymð, Hml. Th. ii. 370, 1. In ðone hálgan ǽfen Pentecosten, Chr. 626; P. 24, 8. On ðone hálgan ǽfen Inuentione sce crucis, 912; P. 96, 30. On twelftan ǽfen, 1053; P. 182, 38

HÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÁTAN, ic háte, ðú hátest, hætsþ, hé háteþ, hát, hǽt, pl. hátaþ; p. héht, hét, pl. héhton, héton; pp. háten.

to bid, order, command ⬩ to promise, vow ⬩ to call, name, give a name to ⬩ to name, call, bid, command ⬩ to call, name, promise, vow ⬩ nominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere

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to bid, order, command, with acc. and infin Drihten hwæt hǽtst ðú mé dón Lord, what dost thou bid me do? Past. 58; Swt. 443, 24.

Linked entry: ge-hátan

for-gnýdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gnýdan, pp. -gnyden

To dash or throw down ⬩ elīdĕre

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To dash or throw down; elīdĕre On eorþan forgnyden, fǽmende he tearflode elīsus in terram, vŏlūtābātur spūmans, Mk. Bos. 9, 20

ful-blác

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-blác, adj. [blác >I. bright, shining]

Full bright ⬩ very bright ⬩ prælūcĭdus

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Full bright, very bright; prælūcĭdus On fulblácne beám on the very bright tree, Exon. 116 b; Th. 449, 4; Dóm. 66

mǽr-stán

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-stán, es; m.

A boundary-stone

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On mǽrstán; of mǽrstáne on ðone ealdan gáran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 438, 28

mynster-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-þegnung, e; f.

Service done in a monastery

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Service done in a monastery Ðeós foresceáwung sý gehealden ... on eallum mynstres þénungum (mynster-þénungum, Wells Frag.), R. Ben. 85, 17

ge-campian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-campian, -compian; p. ode; pp. od

To fight

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To fight He wolde gecompian wiþ ðone awerigdan gást he wished to fight with the accursed spirit, Blickl. Homl. 29, 17

Linked entry: campian