putung
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Pushing, impelling, impulse, instigation Hation ꝥ þurh deófles putunge wæs an belǽd oderint quod instinctu diaboli ingestum est, Chrd. 62, 27. [v. N. E. D. put.] Cf. potian
yfelung
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Ill-treatment, injuring Wæs his mód gecyrred tó mycelre árwurðnesse þæs biscopes, þæs ylcan þe hine ǽr lyste wítes and yflunge ( cujus poenam sitiebat ), Gr. D. 197, 12
martyr-cynn
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A race or family of martyrs Ðǽr flugen sóna tó feala cynna fugelas, and þára háligra martyra eágan út áhaccedon . . . wundorlic wæs ꝥ martyrcynn. Hml. S. 23, 85
gyrstan-dæg
yesterday ⬩ heri
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Swá he wæs gyrstan-dæg and ǽran dæg sicut erat heri et nudius tertius, Gen. 31, 5
Linked entries: gierstandæg georstan-dæg gysternlíc-dæg gestran-dæg
lyft
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Add: I. air as one of the four elements Sié eorþe is drýge and ceald, and ꝥ wæter wǽt and ceald; sié lyft . . . is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 35. ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. . . fýr býð wearm and drigge. . . eorðe ys ceald and drigge . .
a-druwian
To dry up ⬩ siccari
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Eorþan brádnis wæs adruwod exsiccata erat superficies terræ, 8, 13
Circe
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. = Κίρκη, ης ; f Cyninges dóhtor sió Circe wæs Circe was the king's daughter, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 112; Met. 26, 56
cwealm-stów
A place of execution ⬩ patibuli vel supplicii locus
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A place of execution ; patibuli vel supplicii locus He to ðære cwealmstówe lǽded wæs he was led to the place of execution, Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 478, note 38
Linked entry: cualme-stów
eador
Together ⬩ una, simul
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Ðá wæs eall eador [geador, Kmbl.] there was all together, Andr. Recd. 3253; An. 1629
Linked entry: geador
eáwesclíce
Openly ⬩ pălam
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Openly; pălam Ðætte seó sáwl in deágolnisse þrówiende wæs, ðætte se líchoma eáwesclíce fóretácnode quod anĭma in occulto passa sit, căro pălam præmonstrābat, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 17
in-bend
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An internal bond Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled inbendum fæst his body was inflamed with disease, fast with the fetters within, Exon. 46 b ; Th. 159, 18 ; Gú. 928
neó-fugol
A bird that feeds on carrion ⬩ a vulture or crow
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A bird that feeds on carrion, a vulture or crow Néfuglas sittaþ þeódherga wæl þicce gefylled carrion-birds sit gorged with the slain, Cd. Th. 130, 12; Gen. 2158
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niht-slǽp
Sleep during the night
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Sleep during the night Ðæt ilce geþanc ðe heom amang ðam nihtslǽpe wæs on heora heortan, eall ðá hí áwac. Odon hí ðæt sylfe geþohton, Homl. Skt. 23, 442
ge-wítigian
To prophesy
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Swá hit gewítgod wæs as it was prophesied, Blickl. Homl. 93, 29: 83, 28
ge-drugian
To become dry ⬩ wither ⬩ arescere
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Gedrugad wæs arefacta est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 19
steór-réðra
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A steersman, skipper, captain Crist wæs on ðæm scipe swá se steórréþra . . . Andreas ástág on ðæt scip and gesæt be tfæm steórréþran, Blickl. Homl. 233, 4, 24: 235, 23
sweltend-líc
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Ready to die, about to die Se wæs sweltendlíc erat moriturus (ready to die, A. V.), Lk. Skt. 7, 2. Wambe sweltendlíces flǽsces uentrem moriture carnis, Scint. 53, 2
sweorcend-ferhþ
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Ðá wæs hyra tíres æt ende, Judth. Thw. 25, 19; Jud. 269
ge-genge
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.: ac unc gegenge ne wæs þæt wit him on þegnscipe þeówian wolden, Gen. 743
un-staþolfæst
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Sum munuc wæs unstaþolfæst (-staþel-) on his móde and nolde gewunian on his mynstre quidam monachus mobilitati mentem dederat, et permanere in monasterio nolebat, Gr. D. 155, 25. Add