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reáfian

(v.)
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Ne scírð hé nó hwæðer hié reáfoden, oððe hwelc óðer yfel fremeden, Past. 329, 8. Giétsian and reáfian for hiera wǽdle, 341, 4. Swá swá leó hreáfiende ł grípende sicut leo rapiens, Ps. L. 21, 14. with acc.

big-leofa

(n.)
Grammar
big-leofa, bí-leofa, an; m. [big, bí for, líf life, leofen living, nourishment].

Food, victuals, nourishment ⬩ cibus, victus, alimentum ⬩ Money, wages ⬩ stips, stipendium

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Ben. 49. that by which food is procured, Money, wages; stips, stipendium Scipe vel bigleofa stipendium, Ælfc. Gl. 12; Som. 57, 92; Wrt. Voc. 20, 33

Linked entries: -leofa big-leofan bí-leofa bí-leofen

wyrt-gemang

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-gemang, es; n.
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Wyrta oððe wyrtgemangu herbae vel pigmenta, Scint. 36, 11. Wyrtgemanga strengðe pigmentorum uim, 120, 13. Mid wyrtgemangum cum aromatibus, Jn. Skt. 19, 40: Anglia xiii. 427, 885. Hig bǽron mid him ða wyrtgemang ( aromata ), Lk. Skt. 24, 1.

ǽþ-rýt

Grammar
ǽþ-rýt, l. ǽ-þryt[t], -þryte,
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and add Náht is lang, náht ys ǽ þryte ( longum ) ꝥ ná on sceortum sý geendud, Scint. 217, 6. Gyf hit ne þúhte ǽsþryt (-þrytt. v. l. ) tó áwrítenne. Lch. iii. 276, 3. Þý lǽs ðe hit eów ǽðryt þince, Hml. Th. i. 88, 32.

dǽd

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Mid þanca dǽde cum gratiarum actione, Scint. 50, 5. Dǽde factum, i. opus, An. Ox. 2502. Ealle þás dǽda ( facta ) and mǽrsunga, 40, 10. Dǽdum gestibus, 45: effectibus, i. operibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 53.

in-færeld

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Godcundre lage infæreldu eádmódum geopeniað diuine legis penetralia humilibus patent, Scint. 221, 5. Foredura, infærelda uestibula, i. introitum (alvearii ), An. Ox. 135.

on-standan

(v.)
Grammar
on-standan, <b>. I.</b> to consist of
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Mid onstandendum geswince instanti labore, Scint. 111, 14. <b>IIa.</b> to insist, persist in demand :-- Hiá onstôdon stefnum miclum illi insta-bant uocibus magnis, Lk. L.

Linked entry: an-standan

fýst

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Gif man óðerne mid fýste in naso slæhð .III. scill. gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 16, 17. Þanne ic sleá swíðe mid fýste, breóst míne beáte ego percutiam pugnis pectora, Dóm. L. 29: 160.

á-spanan

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. ¶ without object Hé út gewende and him þá tó áspeón þet hé heafde .xx. scipa, Chr. 1009;P. 138, 18. Add

þǽr-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-rihte, adv.
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Gr. 38; Zup. 229, 16-230, 1 : mox, Zup. 241, 6 : confestim, Scint. 236, 1. Gé gemétaþ þǽrrihte (sóna statim, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 2) getígedne assan, Homl. Th. i. 206, 10 : 494, 13 : Mt. Kmbl. 3, 16 : 27, 51. Ðá cwæð hé : 'Geweorðe leóht.'

Linked entries: þáriht hér-rihte

for-liger

(n.)
Grammar
for-liger, n.
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Forligr fornicatio, Scint. 86, 17. Forligref[s ?] fornicationis, 57, 4. Forligres, 88, 5. Forligeris prostibuli, fornicationis, Hpt. Gl. 435, 42. Forligeres, hǽmedes, An. Ox. 4219. Fúles forligeres lupanaris incesti, 4221. Forligres, 2, 307.

fót-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fót-swæþ, -swaþu.
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Th. ii. 136, 32. of the trace of things Nán synne fótswæð ( uestigium ) on his sáwle belífð, Scint. 25, 12

ge-bǽran

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Gebǽrað gestiunt, Scint. 181, 12. Hé ongan biterlíce wépan . . . þá ꝥ his geféra geseah, hé hine ácsade, hwæt him wǽre, and for hwon hé swá gebǽrde (quod intuens comes, quarefaceret, inquisivit), Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 498, 8.

ge-orwénan

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Nán georwénan scyl forgyfenysse nullus desperare debet ueniam, Scint. 48, 6. with (negative) clause Ðá þe hé georwénde ꝥ him nǽfre ofer ꝥ ne mihte beón geleoðad cum relaxari se jam posse desperaret, Gr.

hæg-steald

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Add: a tiro, novice Warna ǽr cniht beón þænne hægesteald ł geong cempa caue ante miles esse quam tiro, Scint. 205, 9. Sé ðe hehstald (uirgo) gecoren is . . . ꝥte ðá hehstald hehstald gehealde (ut uirginem uirgo seruarei), Jn. p. l, 2-5.

mǽþ

Grammar
mǽþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Intingan beseoh ná mǽþe causam respice non personam, Scint. 185, 12.

tó-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-beátan, p. -beót

To beat to pieces, ⬩ destroy by beating

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Com him swilc wind ongeán, swilce nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, and ða scipo ealle tóbeót, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 5. Scipia hét ǽlcne hiéwestán tóbeátan omni murali lapide inpiilverem comminuto, Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 212, 10.

be-fýlan

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Ys befýled sordidatur, Scint. 227, 9. Befýled impuratus, Germ. 394, 191. Synd míne handa mid manna blódum befýlede, Angl. xi. 113,37

mæsse

Grammar
mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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</b> the service held on a saint's or martyr's day, a (person's) mass :-- Sćĭ Rufi mæsse biþ geméted on þám yldran mæssebócum, Shrn. 121, 30. Sśă Sabine mæsse bið geméted on þám níwran bócum, 123, 17 : 124, 33. Add

íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, [Besides íg there seems to be a form íge; m. e. g. on Meldaníge eástewerdne, C. D. v. 303, 2. Of eallum Lindesíge (v. Lindes), Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 237, 10. In insula quae dicitur Seolesíge, C. D. v. 41, 27: 52, 10. Moreover there are instances of íg in the accusative, e. g. Wið-westan hunddes-íg (cf. tó hu[u]ddes-íge, 5), C. D. v. 298, 7. On swannes-íg, vi. 108, I : such forms seem to belong neither to íg; f. nor to íge; m., jó-, ja- stems respectively.]
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The word occurs in place-names Locum qui apud Anglos nuncupatur Ceroteég, id est Cirotis insula,C. D. ii. 122, 27. Hengestes-íg, v. 401, 26. On Beferíge; ðonne on Fyrsíge, 300, 17. On meldaníge . . . tó Ceólesíge, 303, 2-3. Ðis sind ðá landgemǽra tó Gósíge

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