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ge-beór

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Gemétte hé gebeóras blíðe æt þám húse, . . . and sæt mid þám gebeórum blissigende samod. Hml. S. 26, 225. Drihten mid sélran wíne þá gebeóras gegladode, Hml. Th. ii. 54, 30

ofer-drencan

(v.)

to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicate ⬩ inebriare

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Hié hié selfe mid ealoþ oferdrencton, Ors. 5, 3; Swt. 222, 6. Se ðe ne wirnþ ðæs wínes his láre ða mód mid tó oferdrencanne ... hé biþ oferdrenced mid ðæm drence mislícra giefa, Past. 49; Swt. 381, 5-6: Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84; 33.

ge-feoht

fighting ⬩ in a military sense, war: — ⬩ fighting between two or more persons ⬩ a fight, combat, battle, war. ⬩ military, between opposing forces ⬩ a fight between two or more persons ⬩ figurative, conflict, struggle for victory

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Hí cómon fǽrlíce mid gefeohte tó Judan they suddenly attacked Judas, Hml. S. 25, 653: 670. Þá nán man mid gefeohte ne gefór, Ors. 1. 2; S. 30, 20. Mid gefeohte sécan, 3, 1; S. 98, 11. Mid gefeohte cnyssan, S. 96, 8.

be-léweda

(n.)
Grammar
be-léweda, an; m.

A betrayer ⬩ proditor

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A betrayer; proditor Mid Iudan úres Drihtenes beléwedan with Judas the betrayer of our Lord Wanl. Catal. 137, 38. col. 1

Linked entry: be-léwa

druncen-wille

(adj.)
Grammar
druncen-wille, adj.

Drunken ⬩ ebrius

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Drunken; ebrius Drincþ mid ðám druncenwillum [drucen-willum MS.] monnum bibit cum ebriis, Past. 17, 8; Hat. MS. 24 a, 23

for-hergung

(n.)
Grammar
for-hergung, -heriung, e; f.

A molesting ⬩ devastation ⬩ annoyance ⬩ trouble ⬩ vastātio ⬩ infestātio

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A molesting, devastation, annoyance, trouble; vastātio, infestātio Mid forhergunge gebysmerad disgraced by pillage, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 1: Cot. 108

Linked entries: hergung sorheriunge

hýr-mann

(n.)
Grammar
hýr-mann, es; m.
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Mid ðǽm hýremonnum cum mercenariis, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 20

Linked entry: hýrig-mann

lof-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lof-líce, adv.

Honorably ⬩ gloriously

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Honorably, gloriously Uton wé gehýran hú swíðe loflíce Sanctus Johannes wæs mid ðæs Hálgan Gástes mægenum gefylled, Blickl. Homl. 165, 16

neód-lof

(n.)
Grammar
neód-lof, es; n.

Diligent praise

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Diligent praise Herian naman Drihtnes mid neódlofe (cf. hebbaþ neódlíce eówre handa on hálig lof, 133, 3), Ps. Th. 148, 12

biscop-roc

(n.)
Grammar
biscop-roc, -rocc, es; m.

A bishop's rocket ⬩ dalmatica

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[roc, rocc a tunic] A bishop's rocket; dalmatica Mid biscoprocce scrýdan to clothe with a bishop's rocket, Lchdm. iii. 202, 26

Linked entry: bisceop-roc

ge-dyngan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyngan, p. ede; pp. ed

To dung ⬩ manure ⬩ stercŏrāre

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To dung, manure; stercŏrāre Hit ðonne mid ðam gedynged wearþ then it was thus manured, Ors. 1, 3; Bos. 27, 23

un-sóftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sóftlíce, adv.

Ungently ⬩ hardly

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Ungently, hardly Ualerianus áwéd hrýmde: 'Eálá ðú, Laurentius, unsóftlíce tíhst ðú mé gebundenne mid byrnendum racenteágum,' Homl. Th. i. 434. 7

Linked entry: sóftlíce

cealc

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Byð gefylled múð his mid cealce (calculo), Scint. 110, 14. Add

cramming-pohha

(n.)
Grammar
cramming-pohha, an; m. The word translates
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viscarium in the following passage Gif wíf wunað mid werum, þǽr bið wén deófles crammingpohha ( viscarium diaboli non deerit ), Nap. 13

Linked entry: pohha

ed-lesende

(adj.)
Grammar
ed-lesende, adj.
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Sume noman synd diuidua, þá getácniað tódál mid edlesendre sprǽce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 13, 13

ge-glófed

(adj.; part.)
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gloved Ic nát hú þú hym onfón mage mid geglófedum handum; ðú scealt dón bær líc ongeán, Solil. H. 42, 11

Linked entry: glófed

ge-búnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-búnes, ge-búnnes ?.
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Hyra gebúnes bið mid deóflum. ... Seó heofonlice gebúnes, Nap. 28

Linked entry: ge-búend

in-hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
in-hǽtan, p. te
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To inflame Ꝥ seó nunne wǽre inhǽted mid un-mǽtum feferádlum quod sanctimonialis illa immensis febribus aestuaret, Gr. D. 29, 10

wiþer-cwideness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cwideness, e; f.
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Contradiction Mid wætere wiþercwyde-nysse (contradictions), Ps. L. 80, 8. On wiðercwydenysse úrum neáh-gebúrum in contradictionem uicinis nostris, 79, 7

Linked entry: -cwide-ness

wrégend

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Hé wilnað ꝥ hé mid þý geweorðe úre wrégend ( accusator ) beforan þám dóme þæs écan déman, Gr. D. 221, 13. Add