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cin

(n.)
Grammar
cin, cinn, es; n. (not f.).
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Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Cinn menta, An. Ox. 46, 4. Add

dág

(n.)
Grammar
dág, es; m. (?).
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Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 5

ge-síman

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Take here <b>ge-sýman</b> in Dict., and add Gýmena hefum hé bið gesýmed (adgrauatur), Scint. 181, 17. Se sceaða wæs on róde scyldig and mánfull, mid undǽdum eall gesýmed, Dóm. L. 58. Ge-sýmedum (-sém-, Hpt. Gl. 468, 26) honustis, An.

Linked entry: ge-sýman

micgern

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Take here mycgern, where for bracket substitute: [v. N. E. D. midgem. O. L. Ger. (Gallée) mid-garni aruina : O. H. Ger. mitti-garni.], and add Of micgerne aruina . i. adeps ł pinguedo, An. Ox. 2, 105. Mycgernne seuo, 2763.

rúnian

(v.)
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Add: to talk secretly against a person Mé is eác gesǽd ꝥ ðá Iúdéiscan syrwiað and rúniað him betwýnan hú hí þé berǽdan magon, Hml. S. 24, 100. Rúnigende murmurans, Germ. 401, 36. Rúnigende musitantes (presbyteros contra Susannam mussitantes), An.

tǽling

Grammar
tǽling, <b>. II.</b>
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Take here the passage given under II, where for 'calumnies' substitute 'mockeries'; the Latin glossed by tǽlincga is irrisiones

þeówan

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Take here V. under þeówan to press, and add Ðone þriddan dæg hí þeówdon Marte him tó fultume. Ðone feórðan dæg hí sealdon him tó frófre þám foresǽdan Mercurie, Sal. K. 124, 126

BRÉR

(n.)
Grammar
BRÉR, es; m.

A BRIER, the bramble tribulus, rubus fruticosus

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A BRIER, the bramble; tribulus, rubus fruticosus Genim brér ðe hiopan on weaxaþ take a brier on which hips grow, L. M. l, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 15.

slíþe

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþe, (?); adj.

Formed, moulded fictusgravenfeigned, false

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Hí offrodon ðæ sliððæn sacrificaverunt sculptilibus 105, 35. feigned, false Hé oncneów slíþe mód úre cognovit figmentum (taken by the translator =fictam menlemt) nostrum Ps. Spl. T. 102, 13

Linked entry: slíþness

lǽr-gedéfe

(v.; adj.)
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In this passage Ettmüller and Grein take lǽrgedéfe as an adj. but lǽr may well be, as Thorpe takes it, the imperat. of lǽran, which verb naturally accompanies leornian

Linked entry: ge-défe

leoþu-wác

(adj.)
Grammar
leoþu-wác, adj.

flexiblepliantsupple

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tánum] lentis viminibus, 514, 69

Linked entry: liþe-wác

ge-punian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-punian, p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud

To pound, beat, braycontĕrĕre, contundĕre

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B.] take this same herb pounded, 129, 3; Lchdm. i. 240, 15: 75, 1; Lchdm. i. 176, 20

Linked entry: punian

ge-mædla

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mædla, an; m.

Talk

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Talk Wiþ wíf-gemædlan geberge on neaht nestig rædices moran ðý dæge ne mæg ðé se gemædla sceððan against a woman's chatter; taste at night fasting a root of radish, that day the chatter cannot harm thee, L. M. 3, 57; Lchdm. ii. 342, 11

sypian

(v.)

to take in moisture

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to take in moisture Glædenan rinde lytelra gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt; gedó ðonne ðæs scearpestan wínes tó .v. sestras, ásete ðonne on háte sunnan . . . ðæt hit sipige and socige .iiii. dagas, Lchdm. ii. 252, 11. Similar entries v.

Linked entry: sipian

á-ferian

(v.)
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Take the last two passages under next word, and add On weg áferide, an uoeg áueridæ avehit , Txts. 43, 246. Siððon þú forð ofer þone bist áferod. Bt. 36, 3; S. 105, 14. ꝥ ne sý áfered ut non auferetur , An. Ox. II, 56

cirice

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Take here passages at cyrice, circe, cyrce in Dict. and add Seó cierece, Shrn. 53, 25. Ciric is sácerdes ǽwe, Ll. Th. ii. 334, 23. Beforan ðǽre ciricean dura, Past. 105, 13. On ðæs pápan ciericean, Shrn. 51, 21. On eallum cierecum, 54, 1

fǽran

to terrify

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D. fear, vb.] to take by surprise, seize quickly (?) Uulfes férende lupi rapaces, Mt. L. 7, 15

sófte

(adj.)
Grammar
sófte, adj. Add: <b>I a.</b> of weather
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Gyf gemetegud sófte byþ si temperies tranquilla fuerit (it is uncertain whether sófte should be taken as adjective translating tranquilla, or as adverb qualifying gemetegud, which mist tes temperies), Angl. xiii. 397, 462.

wrítan

Grammar
wrítan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hé Cristes róde tácen þǽr tóweard wrát signum crucis edidit, Gr. D. 105, 9

rím-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
rím-áþ, es; m.

An oath taken by a person and by the number of persons he brings with him as compurgators

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An oath taken by a person and by the number of persons he brings with him as compurgators L. Ath. i. 9 ; Th. i. 204, 15. (cf. the expressions in Norse law tylptar-, séttar-eiðr, oaths in which twelve, six persons respectively took part)