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be-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceótan, he -sceóteþ, -scýt; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, goinjicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire

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To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, go; injicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht in to ðám men nunquam diabolus tam pravas cogitationes in hominem injicit, Alb. resp. 40.

Linked entries: be-scuton be-scýt

ge-reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reáfian, p. ode; pp. od

To rob, steal, spoil

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Ðone deórwyrþan gym ðone ðe deófol wolde gereáfian the precious jewel that the devil would steal, Shrn. 155, 21

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wiss

(adj.)
Grammar
wiss, adj.

Certain

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Wite gé tó wissan ðæt se deófol ne mæg mannum derian bútan Drihtnes geþafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 174

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scucca

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Deófol . . . is atelic sceocca, Hml. Th. i. 16, 21. Cwæð se hálga wer tó ðám hetolan sceoccan . . . 'Þú leásbréda feónd and fácnes ordfruma.' Se sceocca sóna fordwán of his gesihðe, Hml. S. 6, 315. Þám sceoccan Satane, R. Ben. I. 57, 5.

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb; f.
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Add God ús lǽrð sibbe and deófol ús lǽrð unsibbe,Hml. A. 166, 111. Add Fríne hié mon æfter hú monegum wintrum sió sibb gewurde þæs þe hié ǽst unsibbe wið monegum folcum hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 17. <b>V a.

un-steaððigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-steaððigness, e; f.

unsteadinessinstabilityinconstancywant of sedatenesslevitywantonness

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Se grimlíca deófol lǽrð dyrstignysse and gebringð réceleáse men on unstæððignesse wordes and weorces, Wulfst. 54, 3. Mid módes unstæððignysse, 60, 1

of-stician

(v.)
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Þeáh hine deófol mid bárspere beótige tó ofsticianne, Angl. viii. 324, 19. Man þá hálgan . . . swilce ofsticode swín (stuck pigs) holdode, Hml. S. 23, 106. In l. 7 after '79, 8' add: cf.

æt-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-bredan, he ætbryt; p. -bræd, pl. -brudon; pp. -broden, -breden; v. a.

To take awaywithdrawset at libertyto enlargereleaserescuetollereeripere

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To take away, withdraw, set at liberty, to enlarge, release, rescue; tollere, eripere Se deófol ætbryt ðæt word diabolus tollit verbum, Lk. Bos. 8, 12. Ge ætbrudon ðæs ingehýdes cǽge tulistis clavem scientiæ, 11, 52.

Linked entry: æt-broden

brégan

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Ús deófol brégð mid yfelum geðóhtum, Hml. Th. i. 156, 30. Mid óðrum worde hé hierte, mid óðrum hé brégde (terret), Past. 53, 11. Réðe forebécna ꝥ folc earmlíce brégdon, Chr. 793; P. 55, 33.

lígen

(adj.)
Grammar
lígen, adj.

Flamingfiery

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Se ealda deófol hine æteówode mid byrnendum múþe and lígenum eágum, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 23

ge-leáflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáflíc, adj.

To be believedcrediblefaithfulcrēdĭbĭlis

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To be believed, credible, faithful; crēdĭbĭlis Nis hit ná geleáflíc ðæt se wurm Euan bepǽhte, and se deófol spræc þurh ða næddran it is not to be believed that the serpent deceived Eve, but the devil spoke through the serpent, Boutr. Scrd. 19, 40.

worpian

(v.)
Grammar
worpian, p. ode.

to throw with something at an objectto throwstrike

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MSS.) cum contra irascentem dissimulat verborum jacula reddere, Past. 40; Swt. 297, 2. to throw and strike with something, Similar entries v. weorpan, V Worpaþ hine deófol of ILLEGABLE liðran írenum aplum. Salm. Kmbl. 50; Sal. 25.

þafung

(n.)
Grammar
þafung, e; f.
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Ne mæg se deófol mannum derian bútan Godes ðafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 196. Þet weas mid Earnulfes þafunge (geþafunge, MS. A.), Chr. 887; Erl. 87. 3

tó-springan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-springan, p. -sprang, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen

To spring asunderfly to piecesto crackburst open

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Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán to ðære bellan, ðæt heó eall tósprang the bell flew all to pieces, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 10.

híw-cúþ

domesticfamiliar

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Þone deófol þe sit on þínum hneccan ic þé of ábleów, and se deófol his híwcúðe setl sóna forlét, Hml. S. 31, 1191

DÆL

(n.)
Grammar
DÆL, gen. dæles; dat. dæle; pl. nom. acc. dalu, dalo; n. A

DALE, den. gulf vallis, barathrum

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On ðæt deópe dæl deófol gefeallaþ devils shall fall into the deep gulf, Exon. 30 b; Th. 93, 26; Cri. 1532

for-lǽran

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Þá beswác deófol and forlǽrde his (Adam's) wíf, and heó hine, Wlfst. 9, 8. Þæt nǽnig eów forlǽre (seducat), Mt. R. 24, 4. Hé (the devil) tiolode menn forlǽran, Past. 233, 22. Add

un-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-dǽd, e; f.

An ill deedevil actiona crimemisdeed

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Man deófol georne forbúge and his undǽda ealle oferhogie, Wulfst. 68, 12

feónd-gild

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feónd-gild, -gyld.

idolatryan idol

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L. 4, 24. an idol Hé tóscynde þæt feóndgyld (deófol-, v. l.) contrivit idolum, Gr. D. 121, 24. Sum ǽren feóndgyld, 123, 24. Ꝥ flǽsc þe hí heora feóndgyldum onsægd hæfdon immolata, 232, 15.

Fricg

(n.)
Grammar
Fricg, e; f.
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The name of a Teutonic goddess, the wife of Odin Se deófol hine þám hálgan æteówde on þǽra hǽþenra goda híwe . . . hwílon on Mercuries þe men hátað Óþon, hwílon on Ueneris. . . þe men hátað Fricg, Hml. S. 31, 717.

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