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sceáwian

(v.)
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sceáwian, IV. add: to review troops,
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revise what is written Hé þá fyrde sceáwode, Hml. S. 30, 295. Marcus leornode of Petres bodunge hú hé ðá bóc gesette, and Petrus hí sceáwode, 15, 145. Spellunga sceáwende fabulas rimando, An. Ox. 193. v. fore-, ymb-sceáwian

smeaþancollíce

(adv.)
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Hé him swýðe smeáþancollíce getǽhte þá syndrigan stówa loca singula subtiliter designavit, Gr. D. 148, 15. Hé smeáþancollíce áxiende oncneów requirens subtiliter agnovit, 172, 14. Hí embe þæt heofonlice líf geornlíce smeádon swýðe smeáþancollíce, Hml.

tínan

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In l. 2 for tale l. tále, and add: to insult, abuse, revile Hét se árleása hine útan belúcan ... and týnde þone hálgan, Hml. S. 31, 658. Þá sǽde hé him hospword and mid manegum tálum hine týnde, 724

sumer-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
sumer-lang, adj.
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Long as in summer, epithet of a day (cf. live-long) Ic ásecgan ne mæg, þeáh ic gesitte sumerlongne dæg, eal þa earfeþu, Exon. Th. 272, 7; Jul. 495. Sumorlangne dæg, 443. 29; Kl. 37. Ðú wercest sumurlange dagas swíðe háte, Met. 4, 19

eást-weardes

(adv.)
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eást-weardes, adv.
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Eastwards. of direction Án scínende weg mid rihte stige eástweardes wæs áþæned tó heofonum, Gr. D. 176, 2. of position Hé oðstód eástweardes wendende, Hml. S. 33 b, 162. Hé geseah þæs wífes líchaman orsáwle licgende, and þá handa . . . eástweardes gewende

Linked entry: weardes

féðan

(v.)
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féðan, féþan; p. de

walk

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To travel on foot, walk Fergað and féþað fæder and módor father and mother lead [the child] and walk (with it), Vy. 7. Hí námon þá hors þe hí þyder bróhton, and wǽron ðá rídende ðe ǽr wǽron féðende, Hml. A. 116, 449. Substitute:

Linked entry: féþa

ge-híwung

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Add: an image, figure, v. ge-híwian; Leásæ gehíwunga falsa imagine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, I. VI gemetum þá ge-heówunge swefna gehrínað þæs mannes mód sex modis tangunt animum imagines somniorum Gr. D. 339, 2. Gehíwunge oððe gebeácnunge cathegorias Wrt.

Linked entry: híwung

ge-cneord

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ꝥ hé folc Drihtne geornfullíce gestrýnde, and embe þá gestreón swíþe gecneord wǽre, Lch. iii. 434, 10. Búton óðrum trahtbócum ðe hé mid gecneordum andgite deópðancollíce ásmeáde, Hml. Th. i. 436, 19. Á swá hé gecneordra swá bið hé weorðra, Angl. ix. 260

helle-wíte

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Wé gebyrian sceolon oððe heofonwarena cyninge oððe hellewítes deóflum, Wlfst. 151, 20. Hellewíte tartari tormento, An. Ox. 2218. Hellewite tartara, 1249. Hé underféng hellewíte eum ultrix gehenna suscepit, Past 339, 3. Drifað ðá deófla Þá synfullan sáwla

here-strǽt

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Innan þone wege; þonne of þám wege út æt norðgæte on þone smalan pæþ, of þám smalan pæþ innan þá herestrét; þonne andlang þǽre herestrét, C. D. B. iii. 468, 14-16. Tó ðǽre wîde herestrǽt; ætter ðǽre herestrǽt, C. D. iii. 73, 19. Add

íren-gelóma

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Sealde hé him írengelóman ꝥ is háten wudubiil (ferramentum quod falcastrum vocatur), Gr. D. 113, 18. Hé hét weorpan írengelóman (ferramenta) in þæs mynstres wyrtgeard, þá írengelóman wé hátaþ spadan and spitelas, 201, 19. Írengelóman ferramenta ruralia

milde

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add: Lufu bið mildu caritas benigna est, Past. 222, 5. add Þá wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé him ǽr wæs milde and iéþe inmutata est Tiberii modestia, atque ex mansuetissimo principe saevissima bestia exarsit, Ors. 6, 2; 254. 30

neáh-gebýren

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neáh-gebýren, [Put this before neáh-gebýrild.]
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His fóstormódor ábæd án hrídderu hire tó lǽne æt óðrum wífe hire neáhgebýrene (-gebúrene, v.l.) nutrix illius a vicinis mulieribus praestari sibi capisterium petiit, Gr. D. 97, I. Þá wíf his néhgebýrne (neáhgebúrena, v.l.) vicinae mulieres, 251, 25. Néhgebýrene

oflǽt-hláf

(n.)
Grammar
oflǽt-hláf, es; m.
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A loaf of the bread used for the Eucharist Þá genam hé mid him twégen oflǽthláfas on beágwisan ábacene (cf. þis is hálig hláf . . . geoffra þysne hláf Gode for mé æt þínre mæssan, 23-28) duas secum oblationum coronas detulit, Gr. D. 343, 15

scip-færeld

(n.)
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scip-færeld, es; n.
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A voyage Men wǽron on scipfærelde of Siccilia þám eálande sécende Rómesbyrig aliqui de Siciliae partibus navigio Romam petentes, Gr. D. 273, 18. Hwilc tunge mæg hit ásecgan, þá mándǽda þe on þám scipfærelde wǽron and on þám síþfæte gefremede, Hml. S.

stincan

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Add Ic wundrige þearle hú nú on wintres dæge hér lilian blóstm oþþe rosan brǽð swá wymsumlíce and swá werodlíce stincaþ, Hml. S. 34, 105. Stincendre sealfe nardi spirantis, An. Ox. 314. Add Þá líc weóllon eall maðon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4,

un-stæþþig

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Add: in a physical sense, of air, easily moved, mobile, wandering (? cf. to find . . . the wandering air, Rich. III. Act i. sc. 4) Hé sǽde ꝥ án wolcn efne þá upp ástige mid þǽre unstæððigan lyfte, efne ðá árás se wind, Hml. S. 18, 150

un-wreón

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Þeáh wé wáce sýn and þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged, Angl. viii. 304, 2. Wé nú magon behýdan and behelian úra dǽda, ac hié bióð þonne opena and unwrigena, Verc. Först. 101, 7. Add

wille

(n.)
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wille, m.
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Gif wé ðone biteran wylle æt ðǽm ǽsprynge ádrýgað cum vitia ab ipso amaritudinis suae fonte siccamus, Past. 307, l. Þá gemétton hí be þám wege fægre mǽde and wynsumne wylle (eáspryng, v.l. ) invenerunt in itinere pratum et fontem, Gr. D. 129, 4. Add

fíf

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Add: adjectival. uninflected Fíf géra fæc quinquennium, An. Ox. 3035: B. 545. Nam hé fíf stánas, Bl. H. 31, 17. with pronoun or indefinite numeral: Þá fíf dysegan, Mt. 25, 3. Wé onféngon þá hálgan fíf seonoþas, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 433, 5. as part of an