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swice

(n.)
Grammar
swice, and (?) swicc, es; m.
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Span, husmo smell, scent; andar a la husma to be on the scent; husmear to find out by smelling), Txts. 83, 1468. Swice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 57. Ðæt wæs swéte stenc . . . tó ðæm swicce men þrungon, Exon. Th. 359, 21; Pa. 66

feng

(n.)
Grammar
feng, es; m. [fón to take] .

a grasp ⬩ span ⬩ hug ⬩ embrace ⬩ amplexus ⬩ captus ⬩ what is taken ⬩ booty ⬩ captum ⬩ præda

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a grasp, span, hug, embrace; amplexus, captus Ic fára feng feore gedígde from the grasp of foes I with life escaped, Beo. Th. 1160; B. 578. Fýres feng the grasp of fire, Salm.

Linked entries: gearu-fang ge-feng

mæssepreóst-scír

(n.)
Grammar
mæssepreóst-scír, e; f.

The district attached to the church at which a masspriest officiated

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Ne spane nán mæssepreóst nánne mon of óðre cyrcean hýrnysse tó his cyrcan, ne of óðre preóstscýre lǽre ðæt mon his cyrcan geséce, and him heora teóþinge syllan, and ða geryhtu ðe hig ðam óðrum syllan sceoldan, 14; Th. ii. 410, 30-33

for-spenning

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I. 11, 3. luring to destruction, cf. for-spanan, Forspenningce anathemate, i. perditione, An. Ox. 5122

CAT

(n.)
Grammar
CAT, catt, es; m.
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Ger. kazza, f; Dan. kat, m. f: Swed. katt, m: Icel. köttr, m; Fr. chat, m: Span. gato, m: Ital. gatto, m: Lat. cătus, m: Grk. κάττα f: Wel. cáth: Corn. cath, f: Ir. cat: Gael. cat, cait, m: Manx cayt: Armor. kaz, m.]

Linked entry: catte

lácan

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v. læccan) and geond land spaneð, Sal. 496.

sceabb

(n.)
Grammar
sceabb, scæb, sceb, es; m.

Scab, a scab

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Span. escara the scurf or scar of a sore ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 8. Ðone leahtor ðe Grécas achoras (ἀχῶρας) nernnaþ, ðæt ys sceb (scæb,MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 322, 17. Wið sceb (scæb, MSS. H. B.), 150, 5: 316, 22. Wið sceab, 66, 21.

Linked entries: scaed sceb

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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sweat, perspiration Seofoðe (the seventh of the constituents from which Adam was made) wæs deáwes pund, ðanon him (Adam ) becom swát, Salm. Kmbl. 180. 15. Suát, Rtl. 192, 17. His swát ( sudor ) wæs swylce blódes dropan, Lk. Skt. 22, 44. Of ealdum cláðum

Linked entry: swǽtan

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorn ⬩ contemnere, aspernere ⬩ to be puffed up

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Wé hine mid swá micle máran unryhte oferhycgeaþ swá hé læs forhogaþ ðæt hé ús ðonne giet tó him spane, siððan wé hiene oferhycggeaþ tanto graviori improbitate contemnitur, quanto contemtus adhuc vocare non dedignatur, 52, 4; Swt. 407, 17-19.

hýr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hýr-ness, e; f.

Obedience ⬩ subjection

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Ne spane nán mæssepreóst nánne mon of óðre cyrcean hýrnysse tó his cyrcan ne of oðre preóstscyre lǽre ðæt mon his cyrcan geséce let no priest entice any man from the parish of another church to his church, nor persuade any one to come from another district

for-hogian

(v.)

to disdain ⬩ to disdain

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Ná sí forhugud non aspernatur, Angl. xiii. 441, 1085. to disdain to do. with clause Swá hé lǽs forhogað ðæt hé ús ðonne giet tó him spane, siððan wé hiene oferhycggeað quanto contemtus adhuc vocare non dedignatur, Past. 407, 18: Bl. H. 83, 15.

tynder

(n.)
Grammar
tynder, e; tyndren (-in), e (?); tyndre, an; f.
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Span, yesca tinder ), Txts. 72, 562. Tyndre isica, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 21: isca, ii. 45, 74: fomentam (-um?), 40, 7. Tyndre gódes cynnes fomentum bone indolis, Scint. 206, 17. Tindre sica (l. isica or isca ), Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 38.

Linked entries: tender tyndre

á-wecgan

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Hét hé spannan oxan tó, ac hí ne mihton áwecgan þǽt mǽden swá, Hml. S. 9, 107. Seó mycelnes þæs stánclifes wearð upp áweged fram ðám mannum þe hit ymb wunnon, (evulsa) Gr.

Linked entry: wecgan

un-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
un-cyst, e: -cyste, an; f.

A vice ⬩ defect ⬩ fault ⬩ a disorder ⬩ a fault ⬩ solecism ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault ⬩ the vice of avarice ⬩ niggardliness ⬩ parsimony ⬩ want of liberality

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Similar entries v. un-cystig : -- Ðises mannes (the rich span who gave nothing to Lazarus ) uncyst and upáhefednys hine besencte on cwicsúsle, Homl. Th. i. 328, 22. Spærnesse ł uncyste frugalitatis, Hpt. Gl. 425, 66.

Linked entry: un-gecost

oxa

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Hét hé spannan oxan tó, 9, 106. Þá þe sealdon oxsan (oxan, v. l., exin, L., exen, R. boues ), Jn. 2, 14. Exen, calfero boves, vitulos, Rtl. 119, 28. ¶ oxan gang an ox-gang (v. N. E. D. s. v.), an eighth of a carucate or plough-land, a bovate.

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Less ⬩ lest

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Wé hine mid swá micle máran unryhte oferhycgeaþ swá hé læs forhogaþ ðæt hé ús tó him spane, Past. 52, 4; Swt. 407, 18. Ðý læs ðe, Homl. Th. i. 88, 32: Gen. 32, 11. Án læs twentig undeviginti, twám læs twentig duodeviginti, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 41.

Linked entry: læsast

talu

(n.)
Grammar
talu, e; and indecl.; f.

a tale, talk, story, account ⬩ talk, discussion, dispute ⬩ a charge, claim ⬩ an excuse, a defence ⬩ as a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action, ⬩ a tale, list, series

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Span. constelacion prognostication of the stars ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 68. Ðá sprǽcon hí betwux him, and seó módor sæt hlystende hire tale ...

wóh

(n.)
Grammar
wóh, gen. wóges, wós; dot. wóge, wó; n.

Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly

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On wóh spanan, Salm. Kmbl. 1002 ; Sal. 502. Sóna swá sacerda hwylc hwone on wóh gesyhð, hé sceal tilian ðæt hé hyne on rihtum gebrynge, L. E. I. 28 ; Th. ii. 424, 26. Weorþeþ (-aþ, MS. ) swíþe oft on wón (in error) se sido, Bt. 39, 9 ; Fox 226, 4.

Linked entries: wó wóg wóh-dáed wóh-dóm wóh-gestreón wóh-god on-wóh á-wóh

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon a is contained in the following words, which are represented by modern English terms of the same import, having the sound of a in man; as Can, man, span, hand, land, sand, camp, dranc, etc.

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