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oþ-berstan

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Gif hwá wóh wyrce, and út oðberste (æt-, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 268, 9. Add

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 promisevowthreatensponderepollicerevoverecomminari

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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.

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 outnot 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

wæter-scipe

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Ðá wǽron twégen gebrððra . . . and hæfdon ǽnne fiscnoþ on ánum brádum mere . . . ac þǽr wurdon eft æt þám wæterscipe . . . micel gefeoht for þám fixnoþe.

an-medla

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

Pridepomparrogancepresumptionsuperbiafastidiumarrogantiapræsumptio

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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

(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

dymlíc

(adj.)

dim, obscure

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Ælf. C. 14; Th. ii. 348, 7

hréren-brǽden

(adj.)
Grammar
hréren-brǽden, adj.
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Not thoroughly cooked On án hrérenbrǽden æg over an egg lightly cooked, Lchdm. iii. 294, 8

Linked entry: hrér

ge-fýnd

(n.)

foesenemies

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foes, enemies Híg wǽron ǽr gefýnd him betwynan antea inimici erant adinvicem, Lk. Bos. 23, 12

un-gifre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gifre, adj.

Harmfulunfortunate

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Harmful, unfortunate Ǽr gé sceonde fremmen, ungifre yfel ylda bearnum, Cd. Th. 149, 5; Gen. 2470

Linked entry: gifre

cwide-leás

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Gewát Eádríc ǽr Ælféh cwideleás, and Ælféh féng tó his lǽne, Cht. Th. 272, 20. Add

ge-tídan

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Æfter þám getídde ꝥ Ecgferð gebohte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne, Cht. Th. 208, 5. Add

of-irnan

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Add: glossing decurrere Ic ofyrne decurro, Ælf. Gr. Z. 181, 10

wítega

Grammar
wítega, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðe Hálend cwæð tó ǽs wítgum Iesus dixit ad legis peritos, Lk. R. 14, 3. Add

á-wlispian

(v.)
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to stammer, speal inarticulately Seó tunge áwlyspaþ, seó þe ǽr hæfde ful recene sprǽce, Nap. 74

Linked entry: wlispian

riht-gegilda

(n.)
Grammar
riht-gegilda, an; m.

One who is legally a member of a guild

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One who is legally a member of a guild Æt ǽlcon rihtgegyldan, Chart. Th. 606, 14

Linked entry: ge-gilda