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magister

Grammar
magister, l. mágister, and
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sette him weorca mægestras (magistros operum), Ex. 1. 11. master as correlative of servant or man Hit is niédðearf ðæt mon his hláford ondrǽde, and se cneoht his mágister, Past. 109, 14. the owner or tamer of an animal Seó leó, deáh hió wel tam sé

ge-défelíce

(adv.)
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his bisceophád gedéfelíce for Gode geheóld. Bl. H. 219, 31. mæg ic ðé ána gedéfelíce deáð þénunga gegearwian ?, Nap. 16, 35. Add

ge-martyrian

(v.)
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Add: to put to death because of religious belief heafdon þone arcb. mid him oð þone tíman þe hi hine gemartyredon (cf. God swutelað þæs hálgan martires mihta, 1012 ; P. 143, 4), Chr. 1011; P. 142, ii. Se cásere hió héht gemartyrian.

seax

(n.)
Grammar
seax, es; n.
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Heó hyre seaxe geteáh, brád, brúnecg, Beo. Th. 3095; B. 1545. ( St. Martin ) tócearf his basing on emtwá mid sexe, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 26. Geteáh his seax, Blickl. Homl. 215, 6

Linked entries: sex sæx CNÍF

á-forhtian

(v.)
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To become afraid Ic andette ꝥ ic áforhtade, Hml. A. 204, 302. Heó þá áforhtode, Hml. S. 30, 347. (l a) with cause given :-- áforhtode for hire béne, Gr. D. 17, 23.

Linked entry: on-forhtian

grindan

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héton hine ( Samson ) grindan æt hira handcwyrne, Jud. 16, 21. Þá ne myhte úte wyrcan, þá wolde grindan mid his hálgum hondum ... Ðá þǽre cweorna neálǽhte, and ꝥ corn þǽr on lægde, þá orn seó cweorn, Shrn. 145, 21.

þǽr

Grammar
þǽr, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Rufinus wolde habban him self þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 6. (1 a) used indefinitely :-- getǽhte þá syndrigan stówe hwæt þǽr and þǽr timbrian sceoldon, Gr.

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(c 2) :-- Ic c Ǽr þon ðe seó sunne cyrre hig tó ðaes dæges lenge, Shrn. 153, 28. add: gesceapene wǽron tó þon écan lífe, næs tó þon écan deáþe, Bl. H. 61, 7. (h) :-- Hié him æfest tó genáman, Bl. H. 7, 11.

wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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hét faran tó wegum and hegum, getácnigende þæt wilde folc þe gegaderode of eallum middanearde, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 15-19

scip-hláford

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Þá geseah þæs scypes hláford ꝥ Eustachies wíf swíðe fæger wæs; þá gewilnode habban . . . þá bícnode se sciphláford tó his mannum ꝥ hine (Eustachius) út sceoldon wurpan, Hml. S. 30, 169. Add

wrohtian

(v.)
Grammar
wrohtian, (?)
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sǽ bedráf, ðǽr ðe heó wrohtaþ (frohtaþ = forhtaþ? the Latin has: Mare forniidat, 210, 90) dæges and nihtes, Homl. Ass. 173, 105

býre

(n.)
Grammar
býre, a time, season. l, byre,
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and add Ǽ þám byre, þe wite eal, Wlfst. 123, 5. Oð ðone byre, þe God áwehte, Hml. S. 23, 336

crypel

(n.)
Grammar
crypel, es; m.
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A cripple cuoeð ðǽm cryple ( paralytico ), Lk. L. 5, 24. [Heó creopeles wurðon, Hml. A. 177, 240. Sume wǽron crypeles, 180, 363.]

Linked entries: creopel crépel

wann

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Add wundrodon hwæt ꝥ þing wǽre ꝥ swá tóswollen heáfod and swá wanne andwlitan (lividam faciem) hæfde, Gr. D. 22, 20

wíg-bedd

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Þá se mæssepreóst geseah ꝥ heó swíðe geswenced wæs, genam þá scétan of þám weófode (wígbedde, v.l. ), Gr. D. 72, 33. Add

oferlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
oferlíce, adj.

Excessivelyexcessive

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Excessively mid heora synnum swá oferlíce swýðe God gegræmedon, ðæt lét Engla here heora eard gewinnan, Wulfst. 166, 18: 83, 14

wela

Grammar
wela, <b>. II.</b>
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Sume bereáfaþ hiora welan swíþe hraþe þæs ðe ǽrest gesǽlige weorþaþ, þý lǽs for longum gesǽþum tó úp áhæbben, and ðonan on oferméttum weorðen quosdam remordet, ne longa felicitate luxurient, Bt. 39, II; F. 228, , 22. Add

sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceandlíce, adv.

disgracefully, shamefully, infamouslyopprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly

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Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle, and sceandlíce sáwlode, Homl. As. 59, 202. opprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly Hiera wíf [sægdon] ðæt hié óðer gener næfden, búton hié on heora wífa hrif gewiton.

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, p. te.
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Surt. 139, 4. metaph. to make active, arouse Symle sceal his hýrmen scyrpan mid manunge tó hláfordes neóde and him eác leánian be ðam ðe earnian, Anglia ix. 260, 23. v. a-, ge-scirpan

wlíte

Grammar
wlíte, wlítu.
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sǽde him hwilc heora wlitu wæs, and wǽron gescrýdde, Hml. S. 31, 705. Add Tó bóte cyrican wlites adornamentum ęclesię, Chrd, 82, 12.