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sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþa, an; m.

a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemyfiend, devila spoiler, robbera warrior

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Scaþan scírhame tó scipe fóron, 3794 ; B. 1895

Linked entries: sceoþa sceþþ

stæp-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stæp-mǽlum, adv.
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Gl. 497, 54: Scint. l01, 13. Ðæt mód glít niðor and niðor stæpmǽlum, Past. 38; Swt. 279, 3. Suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre, stæpmǽlum, proem.; Swt. 23, 17: Shrn. 188, 12

teartlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
teartlíce, adv.

Sharply, severely

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Teartlícur, Scint. 210, 12. Wé beóþ forswǽlede teartlícor crememur acrius, Hymn. Surt. 5, 15: Homl. Th. i. 330, 34. Sý hé ealra teartlícost geþreád acrius coherceatur, R. Ben. 129, 10

temprian

(v.)
Grammar
temprian, p. ode, ede.
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Hí ná tempredon gýfernysse hǽtan non temperauerunt gulae ardorem, Scint. 107, 12. Bryne líchamena mid cealdrum éstum tó temprigenne ( temperandus est ), 52, 2

twi-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
twi-dǽlan, p. de.
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Gl. 434, 32. to differ Twydǽlþ discrepat Scint. 125, 6. Hí cristenre láre twydǽlaþ christianae doctrinae dissentient 129, 10

Linked entry: dǽlan

þrowend

(n.)
Grammar
þrowend, es; m.

A scorpion

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Se ðe gegrípð þrowend ( scorpionem ), Scint. 86, 11: 225, 4. Þrowendra regulorum, serpentium, Hpt. Gl. 450, 17

be-hringed

(v.)
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Ábútan beringede mid leahtrum circumdati vitiis, Scint. 103, II

bisceop-dóm

episcopatepontificate

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On his bisceopdóme (-háde,v. l.) binnan Affrican scíre, Hml. A. 5, 108

cnósl

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Óþer of hyre sylfe swylce hyre cnósl (printed cnoss) byþ upp sprungen aliud ex ipso quasi sua soboles oritur, Scint. 232, 9. Cnósl (cnol, MS., cnoll, Hpt. Gl. 521, 22) proles, An. Ox. 5033. Eal Adames cnósl omnes homines, Dóm. L. 129.

ge-leccan

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Dele last passage, and add: to moisten, irrigate land Geleht eorðe inrigata terra, Scint. 50, 14.

ge-prician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-prician, p. ode.
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to prick, stimulate Hé nys gepricud ( stimulatus ) on unrótnysse gyltes, Scint. 79, 8. to mark with dots Seó forme ábécédé ys bútan pricon, and seó óðer ys gepricod on þá swýðran healfe, and seó þrydde on þá wynstran healfe, Angl. viii. 332, 43. to

Linked entry: prician

ge-þeahtere

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Geþeahteras consiliarii, Scint. 199, 12. Dauid sang þisne sealm be his unscyldinesse wið his sunu and wið his geþeahteras þe hine on wóh lǽrdan. Ps.

hors-þegn

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Him ðá forðférdum Andreas onféng þǽre heordelican scíre gýmnysse, sé wæs gefyrn þæs biscopes horsþegn 'post me, mulionem' . . . Quo defuncto ecclesiae pastoralem suscepit curam Andreas, qui in stabulis itinerum cursum servaverat equorum, Gr.

réþigian

(v.)
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Add: réþian Hí ongeán hyne réþiaþ ( saeuiunt ), Scint. 118, 19. Réðige saeuiat, 122, 4. Ꝥ hé gesáwe þone feónd réðian (réðigian, v. l. saevire) on hine mid his múþe, Gr. D. 122, 11. Hí ongunnon má réðian (reðgian, v. l. ) and hí gebelgan, 219, 10.

á-styntan

(v.)

to bluntdullto checkstop

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to blunt, dull Hí angyt ástyntað sensum obtundunt, Scint. 56, 13. Mód byð ástynt >mens retunditur, 152, Ástyntid hebitatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 27. Ástynt, 42, 64. to check, stop lc ástynte confuto, Hpt. Gl. 455, 31.

BEORN

(n.)
Grammar
BEORN, birn, es; m. [this word is only used by poets].

a manvira princenoblemanchiefgeneralwarriorsoldierprincepsvir nobilisduxmilesrichdives

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a man; vir Se beorn on waruþe scip gemétte the man found a ship on the strand Andr. Kmbl. 478; An. 239 : 1203; An. 602. Boétius wæs beorn bóca Boethius was a man skilled in books Bt. Met. Fox 1, 103; Met. 1, 52 : Exon. 83 a; Th. 313, 22; Mód. 4.

swift

(adj.)
Grammar
swift, adj.
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Swift scip archiromachus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 30. Hé (the phenix) is snel and swift velox est, Exon. Th. 220, 8; Ph. 317. Ne se swifta mearh burhstede beáteþ, Beo. Th. 4521; B. 2264.

Linked entry: swyft

rídan

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Add Þonne þæt scip ungetǽslícost on ancre rít, Solil. H. 30, 1

ge-edlǽcan

(v.)
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Wund geedléht uulnus iteratum, Scint. 48, 18. Sealmas beón geedleehte (repetantur), R. Ben. I. 51, 3. <b>Ia.

ge-ǽtred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽtred, -ǽttred, -ǽttrad, -ǽttrud; part. [átor poison, venom]

Poisonedenvenomedpoisonousinfectustoxĭcātusvĕnēnātus

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Geǽttrude nýtenu vĕnēnāta anĭmālia, Scint. 7