ge-singan
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To sing; cănĕre Sceal mon leóþ gesingan a man shall sing songs, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 8; Gn. Ex. 140: Menol. Fox 140; Men. 70. David þurh Godes gást Gode to lofe gesang David through God's spirit sang to the praise of God, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 67, 332.
sám-cwic
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Hé (Anthony) bebeád ðæt hiene mon on ða ilcan byrgenne tó hiere (Cleopatra) swá sómcucre álegde. Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 31. Hí forléton hine sámcucene semiuiuo relicto, Lk. Skt. 10, 30. Sum móder bær hire sámcuce cild. Homl. Th. ii. 150, 16
tó-lǽtan
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Gif mon sýþ gárleác ou henne broþe and selþ drincan, ðonne tólǽt hió ðæt sár ( costiveness ), Lchdm. ii. 276, 16.
leahter-full
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Gif hine mon leahtorfulne ongit (ǽnigne unðeáw on him ágitt, v. l.) si vitiosus inventus fuerit 109, 16. Add
styrian
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S. 1, 131. 2. add: the object a person Ne léten hié nó hié on ǽlce healfe gebígean, ne furðum nó áwecggan, ðeáh ðe hié mon manigfealdlíce and mislíce styrede, Past. 306, 5, the object a thing, feeling, passion, &c.
medu-benc
A bench in a banqueting-hall
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A bench in a banqueting-hall Medubenc monig, Beo. Th. 1556; B. 776. On ðære medubence, 2108; B. 1052. Medobence, 4376; B. 2185. Meodobence, 3808; B. 1902. Meodubence, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 9; Vy. 48
fær-sceat
fare
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Passage-money, fare " Ástígað on þis scip tó ús, and sellað ús eówerne færsceat (fer- (fér- ?), Bl. H. 233, 13)." Hé him andswarode : " Nabbað wé færsceat (fer-, Bl. H. 233, 15), St. A. 6, 22, 24
sprot
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Monast. Th. 23, 35. Sprota sarmentorum, ramorum, qui de vinea exciduntur, Hpt. Gl. 445, 32: 489, 10: palmitum, Germ. 401, 16. Sprotum sarmentis, 401, 24
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BRǼDAN
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Monast. Th. 29, 21. Brédan, weormian fovere, Cot. 86. Brǽdende assans, Cot. 195
searu-wundor
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The term is applied to Grendel's arm, which had been torn away by Beowulf) Eode scealc monig searowundor seón, Beo. Th. 1844; B. 920
irsung
Anger ⬩ irascibility
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Oft ungemetlícu irsung biþ gelícet ðæt monn wénaþ ðæt hit síe ryhtwíslíc anda sæpe effrenata ira spiritalis zeli virtus æstimatur, Past. 20, 1; Swt. 149, 11.
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nimþe
Unless ⬩ except
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Næs monna gemet, ne mægen engla ðæt eów mihte helpan, nimþe Hǽlend God, Cd. Th. 295, 27; Sat. 493. Nǽniges Godes háligra gebyrd ciricean ne mǽrsiaþ, nemþe Cristes sylfes and ðyses Johannes, Blickl. Homl. 161, 11.
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hund
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Fór hé mid siex hund monna, 3, 9; S. 128, 13.
slege
a stroke ⬩ blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting ⬩ a striking ⬩ beating ⬩ scourging ⬩ stamping ⬩ coining ⬩ clashing ⬩ collision ⬩ a crash ⬩ clap of thunder ⬩ a fatal stroke ⬩ slaying ⬩ slaughter ⬩ death (by violence) ⬩ a defeat ⬩ loss inflicted on an army ⬩ clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction ⬩ punishment ⬩ disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay
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Gif mon twýhyndne mon mid hló ðe ofsleá, gielde se ðæs sleges andetta sié . . . L. Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 7. For geclǽnsunge his unrihtes slæges ob castigationem necis ejus injustae, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 25.
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óra
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In the Law of the Northumbrian Priests, Th. ii. 290 sqq. this money is often mentioned. Óro mnas, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 13: Rush. 19, 16
wanung
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Ðonne se móna wanaþ, ðonne tácnaþ hé disse worlde wanunge, Blickl. Homl. 17, 24. a lack, want, defect Wanunge defectu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 43
Cerdices ford
Cerdic's ford ⬩ Cerdĭci vadum
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Cerdic's ford, the ford of a little river in the south of Dorsetshire on Cerdices óra, q. v; Cerdĭci vadum Hér Cerdic and Cynríc West-Sexena ríce onféngun; and ðý ilcan geáre hie fuhton wið Brettas, ðær mon nú nemneþ Cerdices ford in this year Cerdic
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læt-rǽde
deliberate
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Slow of counsel, deliberate Oft mon biþ suíðe wandigendre æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde and wénaþ menn ðæt hit síc for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe and biþ ðeáh for wisdóme and for wærscipe often a man will be very hesitating in every action,
mæsten
Mast-pasture ⬩ pasture for swine ⬩ consisting of the fruit of forest trees
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Gif mon on his mæstene unáliéfed swín geméte, L. M. 49; Th. i. 132, 11. Ðonne hé [se inswán] his heorde tó mæstene drífe, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 21. [Ðis geár wæs gǽsne on mæstene, Chr. 1116; Erl. 245, 36.]
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