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ge-wérgian

(v.)
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Geþanc metta on ídelnysse gewéregud ( lassata ) ne forspilð gebedes streacðe, Scint. 50, 11

hyþ

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hyþ, l.
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Swá hwæt on hýðþe and on temprunge byð hálwende hit ys quicquid cum modo (but commodo has been read) et temperamento fit, salutare est, Scint. 54, 19. Tó þám ꝥ hé him gedyde sume getǽse hýððe his geswinces ei laboris sui commodum dedit, Gr.

mán

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Mánu flagitia, Scint. 88, 15. Hwǽr syndon úre godas þe swylcra mána gyrnen swilce hiora wǽron, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 29. Add

scear-seax

(n.)
Grammar
scear-seax, es; n.

A razor

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Ða sacerdas ne sceoldon nó hiera heáfdu scieran mid scearseaxum (scier-, Cott. MS.) sacerdotes caput suum non radent, Past. 18, 7; Swt. 138, 14

Linked entries: scir-seax scyr-seax

ádlian

(v.)

to ail, &c. ⬩ to make ill, cause disease

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Hé ádlað and hé swelt, 26: Scint. 41, 3. Míne eágan ádlodan languerunt Ps. L. 87, 10. Hálwende ádligendum líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 86, 22. to make ill, cause disease Gást ádliende spiritus pestilens, Rtl. 121, 38

æ-fæstnes

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æ-fæstnes, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest-, -feast-).
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Ege Drihtnes ingehýdes ǽwfæstnyss religiositas Scint. 65, 9. Aefeastnisse religionis, Rtl. 96, 9. Gewítan fram ðám bígange úre ǽfestnysse, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 21. Hí áxode hine hwylcere eáwfæstnysse hé wǽre, Hml. S. 22, 204.

wuldor-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-full, adj. l.

glorious ⬩ vainglorious

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Similar entries v. wuldor (I a) Betere ys þearfa and behófigende him þænne wer wulderfull (gloriosus) and genihtsumigende hláfe, Scint. 178, 15. Wuldorfull, 180, 6

Linked entry: wuldor

cunnan

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Seó óþru leofað, þá ic cann on ansýne and ne can ná hire naman altera superest, quam facie scio, sed nomine nescio, Gr. D. 283, 12.

cirlisc

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Add: in a technical sense, of the 'ceorl' class or rank Gif mon hǽme mid twelfhyndes monnes wífe, hundtwelftig sciłł. gebéte þám were. Syxhyndum men hundteóntig sciłł. gebéte. Cierliscum (ceorl-, cyrl-, v. ll.) men feówertig sciłł. gebéte.

stígan

(v.)
Grammar
stígan, p. stáh, pl. stigon; pp. stigen.
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Ðæt scip wile hwílum stigan ongeán ðone streám ( contra ictum fluminis conscendere ), Past. 58, 7; Swt. 445, 10. Gé geseóþ Godes englas up stígende (ascendentes), Jn.

Linked entry: a-stígend

un-wéned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wéned, adj.

Unhoped for ⬩ unexpected

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On unwénedum forþsíþe hé beóð gegripene inprouiso exitu rapiuntur, Scint. 181, 12

Linked entry: un-gewéned

cwilming

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Ox. 3235. cf. cwylmian, 2 Cwylmmincge Hǽlendes mortifcationem Jesus, Scint. 161, 3. cf. cwylmian, 3 Flǽsclicra leahtra cwylminge carnalium vitiorum mortificationem, An. Ox. 40, 22

feól

Grammar
feól, fiil, fél, e: feóle, an
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Byð fremedre feóle þwyrnysse erit aliene lima prauitatis, Scint. 150, 5. Sum heora mid feólan feólode ábútan, Hml. S. 32, 203. Þæt him féla láf (weapons) frécne ne meahton scúrheard sceððan, B. 1032. Add:

híwisclíce

(adv.)
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híwisclíce, adv.
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As forming part of a family or household In ealdum tídum biscop mid his geférum ge eác abbud wunade mid munucum; hwæþere hié tó þæs biscopes scíre heówesclíce (hiów-, v. l.) belumpen a temporibus antiquis et episcopus cum clero et abbas solebat manere

hopp-scýte

(n.)
Grammar
hopp-scýte, a coverlet (?).
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Substitute: <b>hop-scíte, hopp-scýte</b> a bed-curtain, and add Heó (Judith) nam ꝥ heáfod and his hopscýtan abstulit conopeum eius (cf. An. Ox. 7, 365 where conopeum, occurring in the story of Judith, is glossed by wáhreft.

mearulíce

(adv.)
Grammar
mearulíce, adv.
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D. 289, 5. without vigour, weakly Hí sylfe mid gewilnungum hnescum mearulíce (printed nearulíce) ná underhnígan ipsi desideriis mollibus eneruiter non succumbant, Scint. 122, 2

oden

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For first and third passages substitute Se wítega segð, 'Frymþa odene þínre and wínwringan þínre (primitias areae tuę et torcularis tui) þú ná latast tó bringan mé, Scint. 109, 3. On odene cylne macian, Angl. ix. 262, 2.

on-bláwan

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Add: to inspire, inflate, puff up Ingehýd onblǽwð scientia inflat, Scint. 82, 10. Hé wæs aþunden mid oferhigde and onbláwen (inflalus) mid þý gefeán þissere gewítendan gesǽlignysse, Gr.

slide

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Eádmódnyss fyll (casum) ne cann; eádmódnyss slide (lapsum) ne cann; eádmódnyss nǽfre slide (lapsum) þolode, Scint. 22, 7-9. Tó ǽrran slidum ongeányrnan ad priores lapsus recurrere, 61, 11

wang-tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
wang-tóþ, es; m.

A wang-tooth ⬩ molar tooth

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Sciłł. Tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 49 ; Th. i. 94, II. Wangtéð molares vel gemini, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 32. Wongtoeð (-téþ, Ps. Spl. C. ) molas, Ps. Surt. 57, 7: