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tin-tregian

(v.)
Grammar
tin-tregian, -tergian; p. ode

To torment, ⬩ torture, ⬩ afflict

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Ðǽr hé tintregad wearð; ǽrest hiene mon swong, ða sticode him mon ða eágan út, and siþþan him mon slóg ða handa of, ðá ðæt heáfod, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 3, Heo eow tintraȝed and heow iswenchet, O. E. Homl. i. 13, 30

Linked entry: tregian

ge-métnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-métnes, -ness, e; f.

A finding, discovery ⬩ inventio

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A finding, discovery; inventio Se dæg heora þrówunga ge heora líchoman gemétnesse mid árwurþre weorþunge on ðám stówum mǽrsode syndon dies passiōnis vel inventiōnis eōrum congrua illis in lŏcis vĕnĕrātiōne celebrātur, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 18

micelian

(v.)
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Add Hitǽ brǽdaþ þwænge heora and micclaþ (miclas, L. ) fasu heora dilatant philacleria sua, et magnificant fimbrias, Mt. R. 23, 5. Mic[liaþ], An. Ox. 61, 36. Add Miclade God magnificans Deum, Lk. L. R. 18, 43

bisceopung

(n.)
Grammar
bisceopung, e; f.

Confirmation

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Hí setton heora handa ofer geleáffulle men, and him com tó se Hálga Gást ðurh heora biscepunge.

næs

(adv.)
Grammar
næs, adv.

Not

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Gif hit fæger is, ðæt is of heora ágnum gecynde, næs of ðínum; heora fæger hit is, næs ðín, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 42, 33. Heó wæs ful cweden, næs æmetugu, Blickl. Homl. 5, 5. Ic cýðe mid dǽdum, næs mid wordum ánum, 181, 25 : Ps. Th. 48, 12.

wicce

(n.)
Grammar
wicce, an; f.
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Nú secge wé . . . ðæt se deófol . . . geswutelaþ ðære wiccan hwæt heó secge mannum . . . Ne sceal se cristena befrínan ða fúlan wiccan be his gesundfulnysse, þeáh ðe heó secgan cunne sum ðincg þurh deófol, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 108-126.

scearplíce

(adv.)
Grammar
scearplíce, adv.

sharply, keenly, smartly, effectually, quickly ⬩ sharply, keenly ⬩ sharply, painfully

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Hyt ys gelýfed ðæt heó scearplíce gehǽle, Lchdm. i. 154, 9. Heó gehǽlþ ðæt sár tó ðam scearplíce, ðæt hé eác gán dyrre it heals the pain (gout) so smartly, that he may even venture to walk, 176, 8: 210, 9: Exon.

Linked entry: scearp

fýst

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Ongan heó þerscan heó sylfe mid hire fýste (mid fýstum v. l.) ge eác mid hire brádum handum cum semetipsam alapis pugnisque tunderet, Gr. D. 68, 28. Gif þú gyrde habban wille, þonne wege þíne fýst swylce þú swingan wille, Tech. ii. 122, 11.

ge-fara

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fara, an; m.

A companion ⬩ sŏcius

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Hí heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið heora gefaran in sŏcios arma vertĕre incipiunt, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 5

Linked entry: fara

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode
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To grow long Ðonne se dæg langaþ ðonne gǽþ seó sunne norþweard óþ ðæt heó becymþ tó ðam tácne ðe is geháten Cancer. Lchdm. iii. 250, 9. Se langienda dæg, 252, 6, 9. Eft on langiendum dagum hé ofergǽþ ðone súðran sunnstede, 14

Linked entry: ge-længed

mónaþ-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
mónaþ-ádl, e; f.

A disease that occurs at intervals of a month

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Ðæt wíf mid ðý heó ðone gewunan þrowaþ mónaþádle cum in suetis menstruis detinentur ... Mulier dum consuetudinem menstruam patitur, Bd. i. 27; S. 493, 40-43

ge-fylstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fylstan, ic -fylste; subj. pres. -fylste; p. [-fylstede], -fylste, pl. -fylston; pp. fylsted

To help ⬩ give help ⬩ adjuvare

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To help, give help; adjuvare Ðæt heó him gefylste that she might assist them, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 45. God gefylsteþ me Deus adjuvat me, Ps. Spl. 53, 4. Driht, to gefylstan me efste Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina, 69, 1

ge-hnǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnǽcan, p. te; pp. ed

To check ⬩ restrain ⬩ bruise ⬩ destroy ⬩ reprĭmĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ allīdĕre

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To check, restrain, bruise, destroy; reprĭmĕre, contĕrĕre, allīdĕre Heó gehnǽceþ ða anginnu it checketh the beginnings, Herb. 148, 1; Lchdm. i. 272, 15 : 163, 6; Lchdm. i. 292, 19. Ðú me ahófe and gehnǽctest eft elĕvans allīsisti me, Ps. Th. 101, 8

Linked entry: hnǽcan

un-áswundenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áswundenlíce, adv.

Not languidly ⬩ not slowly ⬩ promptly

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Heó ðæt weorc unáswundenlíce gefylde opus non segniter implevit, 4, 23; S. 593, 36

Linked entries: a-swunan á-swundenlíce

wer-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wer-leás, adj.
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Sitte ǽlc wydewe .xii. mónað werleás; ceóse syþþan ðæt heó sylf wille, L. Eth. v. 21; Th. i. 310, 3: vi. 26; Th. i. 322, 3: L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 6: Wulfst. 271, 20

word-gecwide

(n.)
Grammar
word-gecwide, es; n.

An expressed agreement ⬩ a formal contract

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Gif hit heó gehaldeþ mid ðare clǽnnisse ðe uncer wordgecwædu seondan, Chart. Th. 481, 8

Linked entry: ge-cwide

on-sceacan

(v.)

to shake ⬩ to shake off, remove

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to shake Heó feðera onsceóc. Cd. Th. 88, 26 ; Gen. 1471. Onscacene concusa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 80. to shake off, remove Onscacan (-seacan. Wrt.) detestare Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 28. Onsceæcannæ onsceacnessum (ob-, MS.) excusandas excusationes, Ps. Spl.

Linked entry: on-sceacness

á-stingan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stingan, p. -stang, pl. -stungon.

to thrust out ⬩ to stab

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to thrust out Heó his swýþran ége út ástang, Nar. 44, 14. Rómáne his eágan ástungon, Chr. 797; P. 56, 11. to stab Hé hine sylfne mid his swurd of ástang he stabbed himself to death with his sword. Nor. 48, 24

stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
stregdan, [There are two verbs of this form, a strong and a weak. The conjugation is further complicated by the frequent loss of g, so that forms of the strong verb are found (?) belonging to two classes (cf. bregdan): while in the Northern Gospels strong and weak inflections are combined in the same word. The two verbs are here put together] ; ic stregde, strigde, stréde, hé stregdeþ, strigdeþ, strét; p. (strong) strægd, pl. strugdon and strǽdon (v. strédun, Mk. 11, 8: but the form may be weak = strægdon) : (weak) stregde, strédde, strugde (North.); pp. (strong) strogden : (weak) stregd, stréded, stréd
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Sió mængu strægdun hrægl heora on ðæm wege, sume telgran strægdun on ðæm wege, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 8. Nim ðæs hornes acxan and stréd, Lchdm. i. 334, 17. Stréd on hálig wæter sprinkle holy water on, iii. 56, II, 18.

Linked entries: strédan strégan

frum-wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
frum-wæstm, es; m: e; f. [wæstm fruit]

First-fruits ⬩ prīmĭtiæ

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Heora frumwæstme fulle syndon promptuāria eōrum plēna, Ps. Th. 143, 16. He ofslóh frumwæstmas [-wæstme, Th.] ealles geswinca heora percussit prīmĭtias omnis lăbōris eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 77, 51: 104, 36

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