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sǽ-lác

(n.)

a gift or present or offering

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a gift or present or offering that comes from the sea or from a lake Beowulf maþelode: Hwæt wé ðé ðás sǽlác ( what B. had brought to Hrothgar from Grendel's lake-dwelling ) brohton tíres tó tácne, Beo. Th. 3308; B. 1652: 3253; B. 1624

ge-tillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tillan, p. de; pp. ed

To touchreachattaintangereattingere

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To touch, reach, attain; tangere, attingere Astrece ðíne hand and getill ealle ða þing ðe he áh extende manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, Job Thw. 165, 15.

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-mearcod</b> in Dict. and add :-- Tó ðére gemearcodan æfsan, of ðére gemearcodan æfsan, C. D. B. ii. 358, 30.

LANG

(adj.)
Grammar
LANG, adj.

LONGtall

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Langere tíde tanto tempore, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 11. Mid langre ádle longo morbo, 3, 9; S. 534, 5. Ofer swá langne weg sǽs and landes per tam prolixa terrarum et maris spatia, 2, 18; S. 520, 36.

cwicen

(adj.)
Grammar
cwicen, cwucen , cucen , cucon , cucun ; adj. [cwic alive, -en adj. termination]

Alive, quick vivus

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Ðæt he Wulfnóþ cuconne oððe deádne begytan sceolde that he should take Wulfnoth alive or dead, Chr. 1009 ; Erl. 142, 3. Genim cucunehrefn take a live crab, L. M. 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 306, 20, 21

Linked entry: cwucen

óþ-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-þringan, to force away from one (oftenest in phrases líf, feorh, etc., óþþringan
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Unc mágas uncre sculon eard óþþringan our kinsmen shall take our home from us, Exon. Th. 496, 9; Rä. 85, 11. Cf. æt-þringan

cipe

(n.)
Grammar
cipe, ciepe, an; f.

An onioncæpa, allium cæpe

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Genim garleac and cipan take garlic and onion, 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 15. Twá cipan oððe þreó gebrǽd on ahsan roast two or three onions in ashes, 1, 69 ; Lchdm. ii. 144, 14

Linked entry: ciepe

þeóging

(n.)
Grammar
þeóging, e; f.
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Swylcre þeógincge tanti, profectus, Anglia xiii. 372, 94. Þeógincgum profectibus, Scint. 210, 1

folce-firen

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Perhaps the passage given here might be read Wǽrlogona sint folca firene hefige (folca being taken as parallel to wǽr-logona, and each referring to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah: cf. on þissum folcum, 1. 2499, þás folc, 2506) of the traitors, of the

ge-spornan

Grammar
ge-spornan, <b>ge-speornan</b>
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Take here in Dict., and add: n : tread upon, light upon : — Ðæt deófol on ðá eorðan gewíteð, and þanon helle wésten gespyrreð (-spyrneð ?), Sal.

hlóþian

(v.)
Grammar
hlóþian, p. ede

To take booty, rob, spoil

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To take booty, rob, spoil Ða ðe ǽlce geáre ofer ðone sǽ hlóþedon and hergedon qui anniversarias prædas trans maria cogere solebant, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 2.

Linked entry: hleóþian

déman

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God wolde hyra nýdwræce déman God would decree their exile, Gú. 526. (7 a) of decision by lot :-- Heora ǽlcum his dǽl, swá him démde seó , Hml. Th. ii. 254, 31. Hleótan man mót . . . ꝥ him déme seó , gif hí hwæt dǽlan willað, Hml.

swégan

(v.)
Grammar
swégan, p. de
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Óþ ðæt ðæt forme tácn undernes swége, Anglia xiii. 432, 953. Hwylc bóc is ðæt ðæt ne clypige and swége, R. Ben. 133, 6, Ðé úre stefn ǽrest swége (sonet,) Hymn. Surt. 7, 25, Accentus, ðæt is swég, on hwilcum stæfgefége ǽlc word swégan sceal, Ælfc.

cancer

(n.)
Grammar
cancer, gen. cancres;
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a cancer, an eating or spreading disease; cancer, morbus Gif ðú wille cancer ablendan, genim ðonne fífleáfan ða wyrte: seóþ on wíne if thou desire to stop a cancer, then take the herb fiveleaf: boil it in wine, Herb. 3, 9; Lchdm. i. 88, 20.

cealre

(n.)
Grammar
cealre, calwer, es; m.

calmaria, gabalacrum

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Nim súr molcen, wyrc to cealre,and beþ mid ðý cealre take sour curds, work them to a jelly, and foment with the jelly, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 98, 25, 26.

Linked entries: calwer celras

beód-ern

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Be beóddernes tácne, Techm. ii. 122, 15. On beódernne (beódd-, v. l. ), R. Ben. 117, 10. Twá land . . . ðám gebró;ðrum tó bryce intó heora beódderne, C. D. iv. 72, 23, 28: 305, 13. Intó hære béddarn . . . of hira bǽddern, Cht. Th. 493, 7, 18.

dæg-hwam

(adv.)
Grammar
dæg-hwam, adv.

Daily quotidie

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Daily; quotidie Nim cneówholen dæghwam take knee holly daily, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 10. Lufiaþ ða ðe dæghwam Dryhtne þeówiaþ they love those who daily serve the Lord, Exon. 33 b; Th. 106, 34; Gú. 51: 38 a; Th. 125, 20; Gú. 357

ge-týdnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-týdnes, -ness, e; f.

Learningknowledgeskillerŭdītiopĕrītia

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Learning, knowledge, skill; erŭdītio, pĕrītia Wæs Cúþberhte swá mycel getýdnes and gelǽrednes to sprecanne Cudbercto tanta ĕrat dīcendi pĕrītia, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 19.

BLÉGEN

(n.)
Grammar
BLÉGEN, e; f.

A BLAIN, blister, bile or ulcerpustula, ulcus

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A BLAIN, blister, bile or ulcer; pustula, ulcus Wið ða blégene, genim nigon ægra and seóþ híg fæste for blains, take nine eggs and boil them hard, Lchdm. i. 380, 1. Wið ða blacan blégene against black blains, L. M. 1, 58; Lchdm. ii. 128, 21

setlan

(v.)
Grammar
setlan, p. [e]de.
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To settle, take a position of rest, of the sun, to set. v. setlung and the Mid. E. forms

Linked entry: setlung