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ge-regnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-regnian, -rénian; p. ode; pp. od, ad

To put, dispose, adorn

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Ðonne hangaþ ðǽr eác búfan ðǽm lástum geregnod swíðe mycel leóhtfæt moreover there hangs, placed above the footsteps, a great lamp, Blickl. Homl. 127, 29. Ðæs geregnedan concinnati, Cot. 57.

dwolian

(v.)
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Add: to stray, literal Þá þá heó swá wídgál swíðe dwolode dum vaga nimium erraret, Gr. D. 176, 21. Scípa ðá ðe ne duoladon oves quae non erraverunt, Mt. L. 18, 13. On wudum dwolgende, Bl. H. 193, 8.

ge-beorglic

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Sý on þǽre bóte swilc forgifnes swilce hit for Gode gebeorglic (-beorh-, v. l.) sý (as that there be no danger of incurring God's anger. Cf. Ll. Th. ii. 312, 28 under gebeorgan ; I. 2.

Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic

ginian

(v.)
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H. 23, 34), 10, 69. of material, to gape, yawn, be wide open Beneoðan swíðe deóp niwolnys ginode (geonode, v. l.) profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18.

magister

Grammar
magister, l. mágister, and
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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 . . . and hire mágister (magistrum) swíðe

nearu-ness

Grammar
nearu-ness, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b>
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Th. 24, 20. scantiness. of space Fore nearonesse (nearwnesse, v.l.) þǽre stówe þe þæt mynster on getimbred is propter angustiam loci, in quo monasterium constructum est, Bd. 4, 10; Sch. 400, 6. of means Ðeáh wé þisse worulde wlenca tilian swíðe . .

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m. : e, f.

creation,origina creation, what is created, a creature

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Swilc safte (the tabernacle) was ear neuere on werlde brogt, Gen. and Ex. 3628. For be a man faire or foule 'it falleth nouȝte for to lakke þe shappe ne þe shafte' þat God shope hymselue, Piers P. B. 11, 387

hǽman

(v.)
Grammar
hǽman, p. de; pp. ed

To lie with, have intercourse with, to marryconcumbere, coire, nubere

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To lie with, have intercourse with, to marry; concumbere, coire, nubere Wit wǽron swíðe unróte geworden for ðý hǽmede ðe wé wéndon ðæt wit hǽman sceoldon we became very sad on account of the intercourse that we expected we should be obliged to have,

on-gildan

(v.)

to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause)to payto give an offering, to offer

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swíðe hí his anguldon from heora ágnum cásere ut Caesare punirentur, 6, 2; Swt. 256, 6. Weorces onguldon deópra firena þurh deáþes cwealm, Exon. Th. 153, 22; Gú. 829: 226, 23; Ph. 410.

Linked entries: an-gildan on-gyldan

á-wǽgan

to deceiveto make of no effect,to fail to performto invalidatenullify

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Swilc man swé hit áwége, C. D. i. 297, 13. Hú heó ána mihte ealle þá gewytan áwǽgan mid áðe, Hml. S. 2, 225. Þonne wǽre seó rihtwisnys áwǽged, gif hé hí neádunge tó his ðeówte gebígde, Hml. Th. i. 112, 6.

helm

a helmeta crowndiademthe topcrowncoverconcealmenta covering

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Sweord swín oter helme ecgum dyhtig andweard scireð, B. 1286. Seó ecg helm oft gescær, 1526: 2973. Þonne rond and hand on herefelda helm ealgodon, An. 10. Módcræftig smið gewyrced tó wera hilde helm oððe hupseax, Crii. 64. Helmas cassida, Wrt.

on-drǽdan

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Him Rómáne þæt swíðe ondrǽdende wǽron, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 1. with gen. Hwæs ondrǽtst ðú ðé?, Hml. Th. ii. 342, 18. Þonne mihte wé onðrǽdan ús deádes rihtlíce, Hml.

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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S. 23, 183. add: where the main clause has no comparative form Hé swíðe þæs londes fæstenum trúwode þonne his gefeohte ditioni magis quam praelio se commissurus, Nar. 17, 27

scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp, adj.

sharppungent, acidacridsharp-tonguedsharp, keen, severe,sharp, roughsharp, keen, active, strenuouseffectual, penetrating,sharp, keensharp, keen, acute,

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Biþ ðæt sár scearpre ðonne ðæs welmes sár, Lchdm. ii. 206, 3. sharp, rough Ðǽr sint swíðe scearpe wegas and stánihte situ terrarum montoso et aspero, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 25.

Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness

óleccan

Grammar
óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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Be ðǽm wæs swíðe ryhtlíce gecweden ðætte Sihhem Dinan líðelíce ólehte, ðá ðá hé hí geunrótsod hæfde tristem blanditiis delinivit . . . Recte adjungitur, 'Tristem blanditiis delinivit', 415, 18-30.

cuma

(n.)
Grammar
cuma, an ; m. [cum, imp. of cuman to come ; -a, termination, q. v.]

A comer, guest, stranger advena, hospes

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Ðæt he wolde ǽlcne cuman swíde árlíce underfón that he would very honourably receive every stranger, Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 31. Cuman árfæste righteous strangers, Cd. 114 ; Th. 150, 3 ; Gen. 2486 .

scóh

(n.)
Grammar
scóh, scó, sceó : gen. scós, sceós; n. pl. scós, sceós; gen. sceóna; dat. scón, scóum; the Ancren Riwle has the weak plural scheon; m.
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Hí brohton swínes rysl his scón tó gedreóge, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 29. On ðínum sceón (scón. MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 330, 5. Scóum (scóeum, Lind.) calciamentis, Lk. Skt Rush. 22, 35. Sceówum, p. 4, 7. Ic wyrce sceós facio ficones, Coll. Monast, Th. 27, 33.

Linked entries: scó sceó sceóh

súþerne

(adj.)
Grammar
súþerne, adj.
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Óþer swilc ameos hátte súþerne wyrt, 192, 7. Oxumellis . . . drenc súþerne, 212, 6: 254, 16. On ðam súðrenan oxumelle, 152, 1. Ðæt is súþerne lǽcedóm, 224, 14. On ðam súþernan lǽcedóme ðe hátte oxumelle, 248, 10

Linked entry: abrotanum

fácen

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Ðá wénde Beorn ꝥ hé him swícan nolde, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 31. Þonne gemétst ðú bútan fácne (without fail) þæs mónðes angin, Angl. viii. 327, 10.

hopa

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Ne þǽr árfsestnes, ne sib, ne hopa, ne swige gegladað nec pax, nec pietas, spes nulla quietis flentibus arrident Dóm. L. 220: Wlfst. 139, 12.