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grindan

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</b> of the action of the teeth :-- Molides ... wé hǽteð grindigtéþ, fore hý grindeþ æl ꝥ man byg leofaþ, Lch. iii. 104, 3. to grind, crush, oppress Eliquat, ... minuit, depremit vel grint, Wrt.

of-feallan

(v.)

to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy

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Sigferþ cyning hine offeóll and his líc ligþ æt Wimburnan King Sigferth laid violent hands on himself, and his body lies buried at Wimborne, Chr. 962; Erl. 120, 4.

ellen-wód

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-wód, e; f? [wód mad] Zeal; zēlus= ζῆλος
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Me ðínes húses heard ellenwód æt zēlus dŏmus tuæ cŏmēdit me. Ps. Th. 68, 9

Linked entry: wód

óþ-windan

(v.)
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Cf. æt-windan

ge-dwolsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dwolsum, adj.

Erroneous ⬩ errōneus

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Erroneous; errōneus Hit biþ swíðe gedwolsum it is very erroneous, Ælf. Pref. Gen. 4, 10

Linked entry: -dwolsum

stefnettan

(v.)
Grammar
stefnettan, stemnettan; p. te
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Swá stemnetton stíðhugende hysas æt hilde, Byrht. Th. 135, 22; By. 122

Linked entry: stemnettan

brasian

(v.)
Grammar
brasian, brasigan, ic brasige

æro, ⬩ I cover with brass

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æro, I cover with brass; Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 39, Bodleian copy, C. D

be-hátan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hátan, ic -háte, ðú -hátest, -hǽtst, he -háteþ, pl. -hátaþ; p. -hét, pl. -héton; pp. -háten [be, hátan to call, promise, vide II]

To promise ⬩ vow ⬩ threaten ⬩ spondere ⬩ pollicere ⬩ vovere ⬩ comminari

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Ǽlc yfel man him behét they threatened him every evil Chr. 1036; Ing. 209, 12; Ælf Tod. 11

Linked entry: be-hǽtst

húsel-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-fæt, es; n.
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Subdiaconus is underdiácon se ðe ða fatu byrþ forþ tó ðam diácone and þénaþ under ðam diácone æt ðam hálgan weófode mid ðam huselfatum, L. Ælfc. C. 15; Th. ii. 348, 11.

hunig

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Add: — þis hunig hoc mel, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 38, 10. Hunig oððe mildeáw nectar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 38. Seóð oþ huniges þicnesse, Lch. ii. 30, 8. Æt . x. hídum tó fóstre .x. fata hunies, Ll. Th. i. 146, 16.

an-medla

(n.)
Grammar
an-medla, on-medla, on-mædla, an; m.

Pride ⬩ pomp ⬩ arrogance ⬩ presumption ⬩ superbia ⬩ fastidium ⬩ arrogantia ⬩ præsumptio

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Pride, pomp, arrogance, presumption; superbia, fastidium, arrogantia, præsumptio For ðam anmedlan ðe hie ǽr drugon for the arrogance which they before had practised, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 16; Sat. 74.

Linked entry: on-médla

iá

(adv.)
Grammar
iá, adv.

Yea

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Yea Æt ðú tódæg? Iá ic dyde manducasti hodie? Etiam feci, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 40, 17. Eart ðú Esau mín sunu? And hé cwæþ : Iá leóf ic hit eom tu es filius meus Esau? Respondit : Ego sum, Gen. 27, 23.

gyru

(n.)
Grammar
gyru, (?), gen. <b>gyrwe;</b> f.
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MS. has gurufen) palus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 60, 10. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre eá, on ðǽre stówe þe is gecýged on Gyrwum ( in loco, oni uocatur In Gyruum (Yarrow)), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 677, 12

Linked entry: Gyrwas

Clofes hoo

(n.)
Grammar
Clofes hoo, — Clofes hó;hós; hóas; óa; hóum; m.
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Cliff, near Rochester Her sinoþ wæs æt Clofes hoo [æt Clofes hó, col. 2] in this year [A. D. 822] there was a synod at Cliff, Chr. 822; Th. 111, 14, col. l; 110, 14, col. l, 2. Æt Clofes hóum at Cliff, Th. Diplm. A. D. 803; 52, 32: A.

Linked entry: Cleofes hoo

west-ende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
west-ende, es; m.
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Hine man byrigde æt ðam westende, ðam stýple ful gehende, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 37. Æt ðam westænde, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 659, 30

grápian

(v.)
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Suá se wítga dyde ... mid his wordum ... hit wæs betre ðæt hé grápude mid ðǽm bíspelle ǽr ðon ðe hé cídde, suá se lǽce grápað and strácað ... ǽr ðon ðe hé stingan wille, Past. 187, 1-5.

ge-cneówian

(v.)
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Betere is þæt se cásere, þonne hé tó Róme becymð, þæt hé wurpe his cynehelm and gecneówige æt ðæs fisceres gemynde, þonne se fiscere cneówige æt þæs cáseres gemynde. Hml. Th. i. 578, 7.

spring

(n.)
Grammar
spring, spryng, es; m. (but eá-spring; n. )

a source of water ⬩ scaturigo, scatebra ⬩ fons ⬩ fons ⬩ a springing, rising, spring in day- spring, ⬩ what springs up or from. ⬩ an ulcer, a sore, pustule ⬩ a flux ⬩ a squirting, sprinkling

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Æt ðæs wæteres sprynge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 389, 7. [Prompt. Parv.sprynge scaturigo, scatebra: O. L. Ger.gi-springfons O. Sax. aho-spring:O. H. Ger.ur-springfons.]

Linked entries: ge-spring sprengan

dwol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dwol-líce, adv.

Foolishly, heretically ⬩ stulte, hærĕtĭce

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Ælf. E; Th. ii. 392, 16: L. Ælf. C. 33; Th. ii. 356, 12. Ðedwollíce leofaþ who lives in heresy, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 17

un-dilegod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dilegod, adj.

Not blotted out ⬩ not effaced

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Not blotted out, not effaced Swá se wrítere, gif hé ne dilegaþ ðæt hé ǽr wrát, ðeáh hé nǽfre má náuht ne wríte, ðæt bið ðeáh undilegod, ðæt hé ǽr wrát neque enim scriptor, si a scriptione cessaverit, quia alia non addidit, etiam illa, quae scripserat