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ymb-clyppan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-clyppan, p. te
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Swá swá lyft and lagu land ymbclyppaþ, 9, 40. Swá ymbclyppaþ cealda brymmas, Chr. 1065; Erl. 197, 31. Fingras þrý útan eáþe ealle mægon mec ymbclyppan, Exon. Th. 425, 9; Rä. 41, 53. Rápas synfulra ymbclyppende syndon ( circumplexi sunt ) mé, Ps.

ealneg

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Hit God wræc on him swá hé ǽr ealneg dyde, swá oft swá hié mid monnum ofredan, 4, 7; S. 184, 8. Alneg (ealling, v. l. ), Gr. D. 280, 10. Beóð his wegas ealneh unclǽne polluuntur viae ejus in omni tempore, Ps. Th. 9, 24. Add

heán-lic

paltrycommonvilecontemptiblebase

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Eów mæg gescomian ꝥ gé swá heánlic geþóht on eów geniman for ánes monnes ege, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 17. Swá heánlice ofermétto, 2, 5; S. 84, 11. Þá hláfordas hæfdon heánlicne sige (indignam victoriam), 2, 6; S. 88, 1.

læs

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
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Ic oft wíscte ꝥ hyra lǽs wǽre swá gewinfulra, Nar. 2, 29

tó-féran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-féran, p. de.

to go in different directions,go off separatelyto disperse (intrans.)

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Hí tóférdon tó fyrlenum lande on swá manegum gereordnm swá ðæra manna wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 12. Ða apostoli er þon þet heo toferden, O. E. Homl. i. 93, 8

Linked entry: tó-faran

HEÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEÁWAN, p. heów, pl. heówon; pp. heáwen

To HEW, cut, strike, smite

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Ðá heówon hí ðone stán swá swýðe swá hí mihton dolantes lapidem in quantum valebant, Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 5.

swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
swæþ, es; n.
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Ðonne stæpþ se sacerd on ðone weg, ðonne hé on ðæt swæð ðara háligra winnaþ tó spyriganne, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 20: pref.; Swt. 5, 16. Deáþ ne forlǽt nán swæþ ǽr hé geféhþ ðæt ðæt hé æfter spyreþ. Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 1: Met. 27, 14.

swica

(n.)
Grammar
swica, an; m.
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a deceiver Swica planus vel seductor, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 51. Se swica ( se ductor ille ) sǽde: 'Æfter þrým dagon ic áríse,' Mt. Kmbl. 27, 63. Seó smyltnys is stulor and dígele swica, Homl.

Linked entry: ǽ-swíca

un-sceþþig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþig, -scæþþig; adj.

Innocentharmless

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Búton hí wǽron swá eádmóde and swá unscæððige swá ðæt cild wæs, Homl. Th. i. 552, 12. Culfran sind swíðe unscæððige fuglas, i. 142, 8. Hí ða deór swá getemedon, ðæt hí mid him unscæððige ( harmless ) wunodon, ii. 492, 14.

Linked entries: sceþþig un-scæþþig

ná-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðer, nóðer; pron.

Neither

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Dydon swá hwæðer swá hý dydon ne dohte him náwðer whichever of the two they did, neither did them any good, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 106, 2 : Exon. Th. 12, 22; Cri. 189. His rihtwísnys nolde hí neádian tó náðrum Homl. Th. i. 112, 3.

æl-þeódelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
æl-þeódelíce, adv.

Among foreignersabroadperegre

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Among foreigners, abroad; peregre Swá se man ðe ælþeódelíce férde sicut homo qui peregre profectus, Mk. Jun. 13, 34

bi-fóran

(adv.)
Grammar
bi-fóran, adv.

Before, of oldantea

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Before, of old; antea Swá ǽr bifóran as ere of old, Exon. 14 b; Th. 29, 26; Cri. 468

aler-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
aler-bróc, es; m.
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A brook with alders on the banks In ælrbróc, and seoððan swá alrbróc ligeð, C. D. iii. 393, 17

dropettan

Grammar
dropettan, droppettan.
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Dropeteð blód swá þon gelícost þe tóbrocen fæt, Lch. ii. 230, 25; Dropetende stillantia. Ps. Srt. 71, 6. Add

morgen-steorra

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Add: — Hé cóm beforan Críste on myddangeard swá se morgensteorra cymð beforan þǽre sunnan, Shrn. 95, 13. Ǽr r

níw-slícod

(adj.)
Grammar
níw-slícod, adj.
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Newly-glossed, with the gloss fresh on it (a garment) Swá scýnende sunne oððe nígslýcod hrægel, Shrn. 149, 8

on-geótan

(v.)
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to infuse Swá ꝥ ealle þá fatu wǽron ongoten (infusa) mid bledsunge þæs ylcan eles, Gr. D. 51, 14

be-wuna

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Hé þæt feoh tó sellanne næfde his here swá hié bewuna wǽron, Ors. 3, 7; S. 116, 15. Add

ge-earnian

(v.)
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Gehearnian, Angl. xii. 514, 28. absolute Swá hé hér geearnað, Kr. 109. Swá hí geearnedan. Ps. Th. 78, 13. For þá óðre swá hý geearnian, Ll. Th. i. 222, 21. Swá wíte swá wuldor swé wé nú geearnian willaþ, Bl. H. 23, 7. <b>I a.

munuc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
munuc-líc, adj.

Monastic

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Hé heóld his munelíce ingehýd swá ðeáh betwux mannum he preserved the habit of mind which he had when a monk though mixing with men, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 13. On munuclícum hádum in monachico habitu, Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 21