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ceaf

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On ceafa in paleas, Scint. 57, 7. Add

cyrten-líce

(adv.)
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Eall ꝥ cyrte[n]líce ( subtiliter, i. eleganter ) wé þenceað, Scint. 140, 7. Tó þám bócerum þe beóð cyrtenlíce getýdde, Angl. viii. 313, 33, 30. Þá þing þe beóð cyrtenlíce geset, 330, 36: 298, 33: 300, 23: 306, 15: 317, 28: 320, 5.

ne

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Ne scírð hé nó hwæðer hié reáfoden oððe hwelc óðer yfel fremeden, 329, 7. Wé gesyngiað, gif wé óðerra monna welgedóna dǽda ne lufigað and ne herigað, 231, I. Ðeáh ic nú ðis recce, næ (ne, v.l. ) tǽle ic ná micel weorc, 41, 2.

gǽlsa

lust

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Gǽlsum libidinibus, Scint. 69, 15. Loca humentia . . . getácniað þá fúlan gǽlsan, Wlfst. 249, 18. Se clǽna cniht hæfde oferswíðod woruldlice gǽlsan, Hml. S. 4, 58: Hml. Th. ii. 70, 24

fót-cops

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Fótcopsas conpedes, Scint. 190, 6: Hml, S. 21, 173. Fótcopsas nervi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 25. Nervi, boia fótcopsa[s] vel sweorscacul, i. 21, 15. Fótcospum, Ps. Spl. C. 104, 17. Add

ge-rýman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rýman, p. de; pp. ed [rýman to make room]

To extend, enlarge, make room, open, manifest, expand ⬩ dīlātāre, amplĭfĭcāre, lŏcum dāre, apĕrīre, expandĕre

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To extend, enlarge, make room, open, manifest, expand; dīlātāre, amplĭfĭcāre, lŏcum dāre, apĕrīre, expandĕre Ongyn ðé scip wyrcan, on ðam ðú monegum scealt reste gerýman begin thou to make a ship, in which than shalt make room for resting-places to many

Linked entry: rýman

DRAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRAGAN, ic drage, ðú drægest, drægst, dræhst, he drægeþ, drægþ, dræhþ, pl. dragaþ; p. dróg, dróh, pl.drógon ; pp. dragen.

DRAG, draw ⬩ trahĕre ⬩ To draw oneself, to draw, go ⬩ se conferre, ire

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Hí drógon heora scipa on, west-healfe ðære brycge they dragged their ships to the west side of the bridge, Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 9, 23. v. intrans.

sýfre

(adj.)
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sýfre, adj.

Sober, not giving way to appetite or passion, pure, temperate, circumspect ⬩ clean, neat

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Clǽnust and sýfrust ( sincera) gebedes átihtincg, Scint. 35, 14

Linked entries: séfre sífer sífre

tǽlend

(n.)
Grammar
tǽlend, es; m.

a reprover ⬩ a scorner, mocker, derider

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Gl. 938. a scorner, mocker, derider Sécþ tǽlend ( derisor) wísdóm ... gearwe synd tǽlendum (derisoribus ) dómas, Scint. 171, 13-14. Nelle ðú þreágean tǽlend ( derisorem ), 113, 12. Télend, Kent. Gl. 289

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ge-fleard

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Add: mad, wicked folly Ælce onscununge gefleardes hatað God omne exsecramentum erroris odit Deus, Scint. 66, 17. Micle betere is ǽlcum crístenum men þæt hé náne wæccan æt cyrican næbbe, þonne hé þǽr wacyge mid ǽnigan geflearde, Wlfst. 279, 13.

gold-hord

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gold-hord, [In Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 63 the MS. has gold-hold. v. Wülck. Gl. 187, 17.]
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Goldhordu goldes thesauros auri, Scint. 156, 6: 178, 13. Add

ofer-prút

(adj.)
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ofer-prút, ofer-prúd; adj.
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Ys uppáhafennyss þearfena, þá ne welan upp áhebbað, and willa on him sylf oferprút ys est elatio pauperum, quos nec diuitię eleuant, et uoluntas in eis sola superba est, Scint. 183, 12.

út-hleáp

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LX. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 126, 9-8. See also 86, 1-10: 210, 20

gíslian

(v.)
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gíslian, p. ode, ade; pp. od

To give hostages or security

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Man gíslade ða hwíle in to ðám scipum hostages were sent to the ships during the time, 994; Erl. 133, 29. Seó burhwaru gíslode the town's people gave hostages, 1013; Erl. 148, 8.

for-búgan

(v.)
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for-búgan, port, -búgende; p. -beáh, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen; v. trans.

To bend from ⬩ pass by ⬩ decline ⬩ avoid ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ recēdĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ evītāre ⬩ devītāre

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Scint. Lye. (Orm. forrbuȝhenn to avoid, refuse.)

þurruc

(n.)

a small ship ⬩ the bottom part of a ship

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Se æften-stemn puppis, þurruc cumba (cf. scipes botm cimba vel carina, 56, 32), bytme carina, scipes flór tabulata navium, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 37-40.

átor

(n.)
Grammar
átor, áttor, áter, átter, ǽtor, ǽtter, ǽttor; gen. átres, áttres; n.

Poison ⬩ venom ⬩ venenum

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Áttru venena, Scint. 28. Wið áttrum against poisons, Ps. Th. 57, 4: Bd. 1, 1 ; S. 474, 39: Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 1. Wið fleógendum átre for flying venom, L. M. 1, 45; Lchdm. ii. 112, 24

stuntness

(n.)
Grammar
stuntness, e; f. Foolishness, folly, stupidity
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Nelle ðú beón eádmód on wísdóm ðínum ne geeádmétt on stuntnesse ( stultitia ), Sciut. 19, 13. Ðá áwende Crist úre stuntnysse tó geráde, Homl. Th. i. 208, 19.

þurh-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-smeágan, -smeán

to search through ⬩ inquire into ⬩ examine into ⬩ investigate

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Þurhsmeágean perscrutari, Scint. 32, 11

þrotu

(n.)
Grammar
þrotu, an; f.

The throat

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Lamb. 5, 11: Scint. 97, 16: Lchdm. ii. 46, 22. Þeós ðrotu hoc guttur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 49, 3. On ðære ðrotan, Lchdm. ii. 2, 18. On ða þrotan, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 30.