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a-smiðian

(v.)
Grammar
a-smiðian, p. ode ; pp. od ; v. trans.

To forgemakework as a smithfabricare

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To forge, make, work as a smith; fabricare Asmiðod fabricatus, Cot. 82

smeá-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
smeá-wyrm, es ; m.
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A penetrating worm, worm that makes its way into the flesh Wið smeáwyrme (cf. wið srnégea-wyrrne, 302, 12) srniring ... seó sealf ðone wyrm deádne gedéþ oððe cwicne of drífþ, Lchdm. ii. 332, 3-26. Wið sméga-wyrme, 126, 1. Wii]smoega-wyrmum, 12, 14

Linked entries: sméga-wyrm smoega-wyrm

hleóðrian

(v.)
Grammar
hleóðrian, p. ode
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Hyre stefn oncwæþ word hleóðrade her a voice addressed, a word was heard, Exon. 69 b; Th. 259, 17; Jul. 283: Andr. Kmbl. 2860. An. 1432. Hé wæs ðæra worda wel gemyndig ðe hé hleóðrade tó Abrahame memor fuit verbi quod locutus est ad Abraham, Ps.

eorþ-mata

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-mata, (-maþa?), an ; m.

An earth-worm

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An earth-worm Eorþmata vermis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 44

Linked entry: maþa

ceáp-sceamul

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-sceamul, -sceamel, es; m. [scamel = a bench, seat]

A toll-booth, custom-house, treasury mercatorium scabellum, telonium = HEBREW , gazophylacium = τελώνιον

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Ðás word he spæc æt ceápsceamele hæc verba locutus est in gazophylacio, Jn. Bos. 8, 20

Linked entry: cép-sceamol

ge-bryddan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bryddan, p. de; pp. ed

To frightenterrifyterrēre

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To frighten, terrify; terrēre Gif ðú mec gebringest, ðæt ic sí gebrydded þurh ðæs cantices cwide Cristes línan if thou wilt bring me, that I may be frightened through the word of the canticle of Christ's discipline, Salm. Kmbl. 32; Sal. 16

Linked entry: bryddan

ge-deorfleás

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-deorfleás, adj.

nil prosperumwithout labour, troublewithout effortwithout result, success

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This word in Glos. Prudent. Recd. 151, 73 is explained nil prosperum. The natural meaning would be without labour, trouble, which hardly agrees with that given above.

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, e ; f.

A meadowan ing

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The word occurs in local names, e. g. Ing-ham, Ing-thorpe, Ink-set, Ink-pen ; see Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 306

lafor

(n.)
Grammar
lafor, es; m.

A leopard

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A leopard [so Cockayne, but ought not the word in the following passage to be eoforas?]

nép

(adj.)
Grammar
nép, adj.

Lackingscanty

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Th. 207, 20; Exod. 469. v. next word

ge-wídmǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wídmǽrsian, p. ode; pp. od

To publishspread abroaddivulgecelebratedivulgare

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To publish, spread abroad, divulge, celebrate; divulgare Ofer ealle Iudéa munt-laud wǽron ðás word gewídmǽrsode super omnia montana Iudææ divulgabantur omnia verba hæc, Lk. Bos. 1, 65: Mt. Bos. 28, 15.

risne

(n.)
Grammar
risne, (?), es; n.
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I. 4; Th. ii. 404, 27. v. ge-risene; n. and preceding word

scip-líðend

(n.)
Grammar
scip-líðend, es; m.
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Ealla ða þing ða ðe scyplíðendum ( navigantibus ) nydþearflícu gesewen wǽron, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 26. v. next word

Sciððia

(n.)
Grammar
Sciððia, Sciððiu; indecl. : Sciððie, an; f.
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Ðæt lond mon hǽtt þa ealdan Sciððian, 1, 1; Swt. 14, 17. v. preceding word

sige-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
sige-wíf, es ; n.
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Grimm supposes this word may be a general denomination of wise women, D. M. 402 ; the passage in which it occurs is a charm, where it is addressed to bees when swarming Sittaþ gé, sigewíf, sígaþ tó eorþan, Lchdm. i. 384, 24

springd

(adj.)
Grammar
springd, sprind; adj.
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Kmbl. p. 150, 34. v. next word

Linked entry: sprind

syrfe

(n.)
Grammar
syrfe, an; f.

A service-treesorbus

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Similar entries v. v. next word

sundor-nytt

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-nytt, e; f.
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Th. 1339; B. 667. v. preceding word

swǽs-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽs-líc, adj.
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Kindly, pleasant, agreeable Sárge gé ne sóhton, ne him swǽslíc word frófre gé sprǽcon, Exon. Th. 92, 20; Cri. 1511. He ( Antecrist ) winþ ongeán Godes gecorenan mid swǽslícum gifum.

wæwærð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wæwærð-líc, adj.
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Héræfter wé wyllaþ geopenian uplendiscum preóstun ðæra, geréna æfter Lýdenwara gesceáde, Anglia viii. 335, 30. v. next word