ge-scrincan
To shrink, dry up
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Ða gescruncenan marcida, Cot. 133
medum-líce
moderately ⬩ in a small degree ⬩ imperfectly ⬩ worthily ⬩ fitly ⬩ kindly
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Th. ii. 474, 3. worthily, fitly, kindly Similar entries (cf. mǽþ-líce, medum-ness) Hí nemágon medomlíce (Cott. MSS. medumlíce) þénian ministrare digne nequeunt, Past. 1, 2; Swt. 27, 10.
of-lǽtan
to give up, relinquish ⬩ to give up the ghost ⬩ to let off, cause (blood) to flow ⬩ to let off, forgive, dismiss
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Th. 65, 28; Gen. 1073. to let off, cause (blood) to flow Ðæt him (hine, Cott. MS.) mon ofléte blódes on ðam earme. Bt. 29, 2; Fox 104, 23. [Goth. af-létan to let off, forgive, dismiss: Ger. ab-lassen.]
on-scuniendlíc
Abominable, detestable, execrable
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Anscunigendlícra (anscunigendra, Cott. MSS.), Swt. 153, 22
fæst-hafol
Fast-having, sparing, miserly ⬩ tĕnax, parcus, sordĭdus
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Sint to manianne ða fæsthafolan the miserly are to be admonished, Past. 45, 2; Cot. MS. Fæsthafod oððe uncystig tĕnax, Wrt. Voc. 76, 5
fóre-þanc
Forethought ⬩ consideration ⬩ considĕrātio
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Ða hát-heortan hie mid náne fóreþance nyllaþ gestillan the furious will not calm themselves with any consideration, Past. 40, 6; Cot. MS
forud
Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ worn out ⬩ decayed ⬩ fractus ⬩ contrītus
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Broken, fractured, worn out, decayed; fractus, contrītus Se foruda fót and sió forude bond the fractured foot and the fractured hand, Past. ii. 2; Cot. MS.
higera
A magpie or a woodpecker
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Voc. 29, 37: cicuanus, Cot. 34, Lye
Linked entry: higre
ge-unþwǽrian
To disagree ⬩ differ ⬩ dissentīre ⬩ discordāre
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Cot.] ðǽm wordum ðe hie lǽraþ, mid ðý ðæt hie óðer dón, óðer hie lǽraþ that they themselves differ not from the words they teach, by doing one thing and teaching another, Past. 48, 4; Swt. 371, 12; Hat. MS
Linked entry: un-þwǽrian
gleow
GLEE ⬩ joy ⬩ music ⬩ musical accompaniment of a song ⬩ mirth ⬩ jesting ⬩ sport ⬩ gaudium ⬩ musica ⬩ facetiæ ⬩ mimus ⬩ ludibrium
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Th. 67, 24: Cot. 84. v. Grm. D. M, 854
Linked entry: gliw
gió
Formerly ⬩ of old ⬩ before ⬩ quondam ⬩ olim ⬩ pridem
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Fox 26, 70; Met. 26, 35: 28, 60; Met. 28, 30: Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 7, Cot. MS: 38, 1; Fox 194, 3: Elen. Kmbl. 871; El. 436: Beo. Th. 5036; B. 2521. Ǽror gió before, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 490; Met. 20, 245
ge-cnyttan
To tie or fasten to ⬩ to annex ⬩ adnectĕre ⬩ allīgāre
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To tie or fasten to, to annex; adnectĕre, allīgāre Gecnyttan adnectĕre, Cot. 4. Bende gicnyhtest vinculo nexius ti, Rtl. 108, 21. Betere him ys ðæt án cwyrnstán sí to hys swyran gecnytt expĕdit ei ut suspendātur mŏla asĭnāria in collo ejus, Mt.
Linked entry: ge-cnycc
horsc-líce
Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudently ⬩ naviter, strenue, agiliter
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Hors[c]líce prudenter, Cot. 138, Lye
a-reccan
to put forth ⬩ stretch out ⬩ strain ⬩ raise up ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ erigere ⬩ to put forth ⬩ relate ⬩ recount ⬩ speak out ⬩ express ⬩ explain ⬩ interpret ⬩ translate ⬩ proponere ⬩ exponere ⬩ enarrare ⬩ eloqui ⬩ exprimere ⬩ disserere ⬩ interpretari ⬩ reddere ⬩ to set in order ⬩ adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ expedire ⬩ expolire ⬩ comere
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- Areaht síe expoliatur, Cot. 77, Lye: Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 9; Reim. 10
a-teorian
To fail ⬩ become weary ⬩ cease ⬩ leave off ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatiscere ⬩ cessare ⬩ desistere
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Ateorodun defecerunt, 9, 7 : Cot. 69: Greg. Dial. 1, 1 : R. Ben. interl. 53
camb
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Camb on hætte, vel on helme a crest on the hat or helmet; crista, Cot. 46
Linked entry: cambiht
ge-mangian
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Past. 44, 10; Swt. 332, 9; Cot. MS
Linked entry: mangian
los
Loss ⬩ destruction
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Ðonne gé tó lose [Cott. MSS. lore] weorþaþ in interitu vestro, Past. 36, 1; Swt. 249, 1. Weg ðiú lǽdas tó lose via quæ ducit ad perditionem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 13. Ðæt tó lose weorþe ut pereat, Rush. 18, 14: 5, 30.
Linked entry: lor
mirring
hindering ⬩ leading astray ⬩ waste ⬩ squandering
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Ger. marunga impedimentum.] waste, squandering (v. mirran, II) Oððe se gielpna for his góda mierringe (mirringe, Cott.
mis-
diversely ⬩ variously ⬩ in different ways ⬩ in an irregular manner
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Hí his mistlíce (Cott. MS. mislice) willnigen, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 176, 26. in an irregular manner (v. mis-líc, II.)