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mis-faran

(v.)

to go astrayto errtransgressto fare badlyhave ill success

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Se ðe Gode nele hýran, witod hé sceal misfaran, 178, 21

Linked entry: mis-féran

pise

(n.)
Grammar
pise, an; f.
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Ðonne sceal man ða langnysse ( of the root ) tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse, i. 260, 15. On pysena wóse, 260, 25. Pysena seáw, ii. 220, 10. Pysena broþ, 278, 18. Healde hi hinc wið pisan and wid ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, 214, 2

Linked entry: pyse

ge-weaxan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weaxan, p. -weóx; pp. -weaxen

To growgrow upcrescere

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To grow, grow up; crescere Gúþ sceal geweaxan war shall grow, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 27; Gn. Ex. 85. Moises geweóx Moises creverat, Ex. 2, 11. Geweaxen auctus, Exon. 99 b; Th. 372, 22; Seel. 96: Gen. 38, 11.

Linked entry: ge-wæxen

bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
bletsung, bledsung, e; f.

A BLESSINGbenedictio

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He onfón sceal mínre bletsunge he shall receive my blessing, Cd. 106; Th. 140, 22; Gen. 2331. Cyn his on bletsunge byþ semen illius in benedictione erit, Ps. Lamb. 36, 26.

Linked entry: bledsung

boga

(n.)
Grammar
boga, an; m.

A BOW, an arch, a cornerarcus, angulusarcus

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Boga sceal strǽle a bow shall be for an arrow, Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 8; Gn. Ex. 154. Ðæt híg fleón fram ansýne bogan ut fugiant a facie arcus, Ps. Lamb. 59, 6. Híg aþenodon bogan heora intenderunt arcum suum, 36, 14: 57, 8: 63, 4.

Linked entries: bog-timber bogen streng

ge-grétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grétan, he -grét, pl. -grétaþ; p. -grétte, pl. -grétton; pp. -gréted

To approachcome toaddressgreetwelcomeadirealloquisalutare

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To approach, come to, address, greet, welcome; adire, alloqui, salutare Wíf sceal eodor æþelinga [MS. e] ǽrest gegrétan the wife shall the nobles' chief first greet, Exon. 90 a; Th. 339, 7; Gn. Ex. 90.

swíge

(adj.)
Grammar
swíge, adj.
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silent, not speaking On óðre wísan mon sceal manigean ða swíðe swígean, on óðre wísan ða felaídelsprǽcean, Past. 23; Swt. 174, 24. Ða ðe tó swíðe swíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) beóþ . . . ða suíðe suígean (swiggean, Cott.

swefel

(n.)
Grammar
swefel, swefl, es; m.
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Ðæt sceal wrecan swefyl and sweart líg, Cd. Th. 145, 33; Gen. 2415. Se byrnenda swefl ðone munt ( Etna ) bærnþ, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 4. Swefles sulphuris, Hpt. Gl. 489, 1. Níwes swefles fíf cuclermǽl, Lchdm. ii. 252, 21.

þúma

(n.)
Grammar
þúma, an; m.

The thumb

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Gif se þúma biþ of áslægen, ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte. Gif se nægl biþ of áslegen, ðam sculon .v. sciłł. tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 56; Th. i. 94, 28. Gif man þúman of áslæhþ, .xx. sciłł. Gif þúman nægl of weorðeþ, .iii. sciłł. gebéte, L.

þwǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
þwǽnan, p. de

To soften by moisture, ointmentto soften

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Sceal mon mid útyrnendum drencum áteón út ða horhehtan wǽtan. Þwǽne mid ðý ǽrest, Lchdm. ii. 222, 26. Gif ðú wylle mannes wambe þwǽran, i. 82, 11

Linked entry: þwénan

dǽd-béta

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Se dǽdbéta ( poenitens ) æfter his dǽdbóte hreównysse ne sceal gecyrran tó þysse worulde, Ll. Th. ii. 170, 13, 11, 15, 20. ' Wylt þú búgan eft tó Chríste?' Se wyþersaca cwæð: 'Ic wylle georne' . . . Cwæð se dǽdbéta: 'Þá deóflu cumað tó mé,' Hml.

el-þeód

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. ¶ especially in reference to enforced absence from a person's native country: Ðolian earfeðu suá suá mon sceal on elðióde labores velut in aliena pati, Past. 253, 11. On elþeóde ádrǽfan in exilium agere, Ors. 5, 9; S. 232, 20.

fandung

trialtestingtrialexperiment

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Wel God wát hú hit getímað on þǽre fandunge . . . þurh ðá fandunge se man sceal geþeón, gif hé þám costnungum wiðstent, Hml.

forht

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Forhtum tremebundis, i. formidantibus, 3773. where the occasion of fear is given. with for Hú forht hé sceal bión for ǽlcre orsognesse, Past. 32, 5. Wurdon hié swíðe forhte for ðǽm fǽre, Bl. H. 199, 24: Guth. 16, 8: Dóm. L. 160. with dat. infin.

ge-neah

(v.)
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Gifstól sceal gegierwed stondan, hwonne hine guman gedǽlen. Gífre biþ se þám golde onféhð, guma (guman? v. I) þæs on heáhsetle geneah, Gn. Ex. 70. (Goth. ga-nah sufficit: O. H. Ger. genan. Cf. Ge-nyhtsumian.)

gum-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
gum-cyst, e; f.

Manly virtueexcellence, munificence,liberality

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He siððan sceal gódra gumcysta geásne hweorfan afterwards shall he pass away wanting in all noble virtues, Exon. 71a; Th. 265, 14; Jul. 381.

ofer-hogian

(v.)

to despise, contemn, scorn, disdain

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Ða gýmeleásan and ða oferhogiendan hé sceal mid wordum þreágan, R. Ben. 13. 15

Linked entry: ofer-hycgan

a-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-byrgan, -byrgean, -byrian

To tastegustare

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Ǽlc ðæra ðe abyrgþ blódes ofer Godes bebod sceal forwurþan on écenysse we tell you that God Almighty said by his own mouth, that no man may taste any kind of blood.

eofor-þrote

(n.)
Grammar
eofor-þrote, an; f. [eofor a boar, þrote the throat]

The carline thistle carlina acaulis

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Wið heáfodece sceal eofor-þrote carline thistle shall [serve] for head-ache. Lchdm. iii. 12, 25: 24, 7: L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 74, 18: I. 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 13: 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 19, 28: 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 16.

HREDDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HREDDAN, p. de

To RIDtake awaysaveliberate

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Hwílum ic wráððum sceal stefne mínre forstolen hreddan sometimes with my voice I shall save the stolen from enemies, 104 a; Th. 396, 4; Rä. 15, 18.