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swincan

Grammar
swincan, <b>. II.</b>
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Ne swinc þú (nelle þú nú beón geswenced, v.l.) máre noli fatigari, Gr. D. 88, 32. Ne bið heó swincende on feforádlum non febribus laboratura est, 29, 23. Add

neorxna wang

(n.)
Grammar
neorxna wang, es; m.

Paradise

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Gif hé beget and yt rinde sió ðe cymþ of neorxna wonge, ne dereþ hím nán átter. Ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc wrát hió wǽre torbegete, Lchdm. ii. 114, 4. Neorxena wang, Gen. 2, 9 : 3, 8. Neorxnewong, Hpt. Gl. 447, 2. Nearxnewang, Hy. Surt. 64, 25.

racent-teáh

(n.)
Grammar
racent-teáh, gen. -teáge ; f.
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Hine nán man mid racenteágum (raceteágum, MS. A.: racantégum, Rush.) ne mihte gebindan. For ðam hé oft mid racenteágum (racontégum, Rush.) gebunden tóslát ða raceteága (racontége, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 5. 3-4.

Linked entry: raceteáh

ge-un-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-un-rótsian, -un-rótsigean; p. ode; pp. od.

to make sorrowfulto offendcontristarecontribularescandalizareto become troubled, discontented

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Ne sý úre nán geunrótsod let none of us be sad, Blickl. Homl. 149, 19: Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 14, 9. Geunrótsade swíðe contristati valde, Lind. 26, 22: Mk. Skt.

á-lynian

(v.)
Grammar
á-lynian, -lynnan.
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Ne mæg nán man of mínre handa út álinian ( eruere ), Deut. 32, 39. Út ályniende eiciens, An. Ox. 4424. Sí ðú út álened eruere, Kent. Gl. 127. Út áleoned euulsam, An. Ox. 3464. Út álynedum extirpatis, 1134 (and see note). Add

ge-fadung

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Ne dó hé nán þing ongeán þæs abbodes willan and gefadunge ( ordinationem ), R. Ben. 125, 19. Þá wíslican gefadunge þe geset is be incúþra ðinga endebyrdnesse, Lch, iii. 440, 25. Add

mæsse-sang

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Add: celebration of mass Nán mæssesang beón ne mæg bútan þǽm þrím þingum, ꝥ is ofiǽtan and wín and wæter (cf. panis et vinuin et aqua sine quibus nequaquam missae celebrantur, III. 30, Ll. Th. ii. 406, 2.

ǽ-melness

want of energy or of interest, slothweariness, tedium, disgust

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Se leahtor déð ðæt ðám men ne lyst nán ðing tó góde gedón, ac gǽð him ásolcen fram ǽlcere dugeðe, Hml, Th. ii. 220, 22. Ǽmylnys, Hml. S. 1, 107. weariness, tedium, disgust Ǽmelnes fastidium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 46.

ge-swencednes

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-swencednes, -swincednes, -swenctnes, -nis, -nys, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f. [geswencan, pp. of geswencan to disturb, trouble, afflict]

Sorrowafflictiontribulationafflictiotribŭlātio

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Nán ðyssera geswencednyssa ne becom on ðam ende ðæs eardes ðe ðæt godes folc on eardode none of these afflictions came into that part of the country in which the people of God dwelt, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 25

Linked entry: ge-swincednes

æscen

(n.)

A vessel made of ash-woodsuch as a bottlebucketpaillagena

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A vessel made of ash-wood, such as a bottle, bucket, pail, etc; lagena Æscen ðe is óðre namon hrygilebuc gecleopad an ascen, its other name is called Rigelbuc, q. back-bucket, Heming, p. 393

Linked entry: BÚC

stán-hol

(n.)
Grammar
stán-hol, es; n.
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A hole in rocks Hié (serpents and wild beasts) in stánholum hié selfe dígliaþ saxorum latebris occulta, Nar. 6, 1. Ðá flugon hié in ða wæter and hié ðǽr in ðám stánholum hýddon, 22, 13

un-geféred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geféred, adj.

Unapproachedinaccessible

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Unapproached, inaccessible Feldas and wudu and dúna, ða wǽron monnum ungeférde, for wildeórum and wyrmum, Nar. 20, 11. In án nearo fiesten micel ungeféredra móra in angustias inaccessorum montium, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 20

Linked entry: ge-féran

blác-ern

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Swá is án micel blácern sicut lucerna, Nar. 37, 18. Ðonne þú blácernes behófige, Tech. ii. 126, 1. Man sceal habban . . . leóhtfær, blácern, Angl. ix. 264, 22. Add

blǽc-ern

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Þǽra eágan scínað nihtes swá leóhte swá blǽcern (lucernae), Nar. 34, 14. Blǽcernum lichinis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 75. Add:

for-maneg

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Hí þone Hǽlend wrégdon formanegum yfelum dǽdum, and hé ne wearþ nǽfre náne wyrcende, Nic. 1, 18. Add

ofer-lyftlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-lyftlic, adj.
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That is above the air (lyft) (applied to the second heaven) Siofon heofonas sindon in gewritum leornode, ꝥ is, se lyftlica heofon and se oferlyftlica . . . sió durn ðæs oferlyftlican heofones is nemned Elioth, Nap. 50

Linked entry: lyft-lic

rýung

(n.)
Grammar
rýung, (?), e; f.

Roaring, groaning, grunting

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v. rýan) hié meahte áfyrhton quorum grunnitas timere bestias noveram, Nar. 21, 26. Hríung (?) suspirium, Wrt. Voc, i. 19, 34

Linked entries: rýan rymg

fylling

(n.)
Grammar
fylling, e; f.

fillingcompletion, complement

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D. 250, 27. completion, complement vi fliccen and óþer vi tó fyllincge, Nap. 55, 33. v. bytt-, cyll-, ge-fylling

Linked entry: fyllung

cométa

(n.)
Grammar
cométa, an; m.

A comet cométacométesκομήτης

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. = κομήτης, ov; m. long-haired Higegleáwe hátaþ cométa be naman the wise-minded call a comet by name Chr. 975; Th. 228, 38, col. 1, 2, 3; Edg. 52

á-wiht

aloneany goodgood for anything

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Náhwǽr næs nǽnigu sméþnes ꝥ man mihte áht tó þan lytelne wyrttún gewyrcan ad quemlibet parvum hortum excolendum nulla patebat planities, Gr. D. 49, 4