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ǽtrig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽtrig, ǽttrig; adj.
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Poisonous, venomous Eall hit bið ǽtrig (ǽttrig v. l.) ꝥ him (the devil ) of cymð, Hml. S. 17, 127. Ǽttrig virulentus , Hpt. Gl. 450, 10. Mid ǽttrigere clufþunge letali toxa , 427, 55.

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be-fleón

to fleeto flee fromto flee from

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Bi-fleónde subterfugiens, 83, 8. absolute, to flee Ðá ðe hire tó befleóð hió geheálð fugientem salvet infirmum, Past. 399, 15. to flee from (with, acc.) Ꝥ hié Godes erre beflugon, Bl. H. 169, 11. Þæt hit ǽlc befluge, Guth. 20, 22.

cot-setla

(n.)
Grammar
cot-setla, cote-setla, an; m. [MS. kot-setla, kote-setla]

A cottager casārius

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Him gebýriaþ v æceras to habbanne, máre gyf hit on lande þeáw sý, and tó lytel hit biþ beó hit á læsse, forðan his weorc sceal beón oft rǽde.

be-hweorfan

Grammar
be-hweorfan, (-hwurfan, -hwyrfan).
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móston his líc mid heora ðénungum behwurfan, i. 564, 13. <b>Ib.</b> of dressing animals intended for food :-- Hig behwurfon þá fugelas siccaverunt coturnices, Num. II, 32.

undern-mete

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Mid him beran his undernmete (-gereord, v.l., prandium), Gr. D. 150, 14. Add

á-spanan

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Læcedemonie him on fultum, and healfe Athenienses Catanenses ab Atheniensibus auxilia poposcunt, at Syracusani auxilium a Lacedaemoniis petunt, Ors. 2, 7;S. 90, 7. Here þára wícinga þe hie him tó fultume áspanen hæfdon. Chr. 921;P. 102, 19.

þrym-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þrym-líc, adj.

Magnificentsplendidglorious

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Sceoldon hié ða menn beforan him drífan gebundene ðe gefongene wǽron, ðæt heora mǽrþa sceoldon ðý þrymlícran beón, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 30

eardung-stów

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him sylfum þár ( Canterbury ) eardungstówe sette and his æfterfiligendum eallan, Chr. 995; P. 128, 39.

neáh-west

Grammar
neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Búton hit sy elles hwylc þe máran Godes ege habbe, þæt hit for his neáweste þe betere beó for Gode and for worolde, 269, 13

hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
hrínan, p. hrán; pp. hrinen

To touchreachstrike

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Swá hit him on innan com hrán æt heortan so it came within him, touched him at his heart, Cd. 33; Th. 45, 9; Gen. 724. Óþ ðæt deáþes folm hrán æt heortan until the hand of death touched him at his heart, Beo. Th. 4532; B. 2270

spyre-mann

(n.)
Grammar
spyre-mann, es; m.

One who tracks

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One who tracks His speremon the man who tracked him, Chart. Th. 172, 25

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ymb-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.
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. ¶ pres. part. used substantively :-- Hé sceal grétan his ymbstandendan, and hig him sceolon andswarian, L. E. I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 23. to surround Mé ymbstódan strange manige circumdantes circumdederunt me, Ps. Th. 117, 11.

ge-segnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-segnian, -sénian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [segnian, sénian to sign]

To mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, blesscrŭcis signo signāre, bĕnĕdīcĕre

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His wuduwan ic wordum bletsige and gesegnade vĭdŭam ejus bĕnĕdīcens bĕnĕdīcam, Ps. Th. 131, 16. Gesénige hine let him sign himself, L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 9, 16. Gif heó gesegnod biþ if it hath been blessed, Salm. Kmbl. 812; Sal. 405.

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be-ceorian

(v.)

to murmur atcomplain of

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Substitute: to murmur at, complain of Gif hé hit mid múðe beceorað ore si murmuraverit, R. Ben. 21, 1. His ríce men hit mǽndon, and þá earme men hit beceorodan, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 13

ge-bismerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bismerian, -bismrian, -bysmerian, -bysmrian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, bismerian to mack]

To mocklaugh atderideprovokeillūdĕreirrīdērederīdēreexacerbāre

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Se ðe eardaþ on heofenum gebismeraþ oððe hyscþ hig qui hăbĭtat in cælis irrīdēbit eos, 2, 4. Ðú, Drihíen, gebysmerast tu, Domine, derīdēbis eos, 58, 9. heánne God gebysmredon [MS. gebysmredan] exacerbāvērunt Deum excelsum, Ps. Th. 77, 56

un-forbærned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forbærned, adj.

Unburntnot burnt upnot consumed by fire

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Gyf man án bán findeþ unforbærned, hit sceolan miclum gebétan, Swt. 21, 12. Tiburtius eode ofer ða byrnendan gléda unforbærnedum fótum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 380

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lyt-hwón

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Se scamfæsta hæfð genóh on ðǽm tó his bettrunge ðæt his láreów hine suíðe lythwón gemyndgige his unðeáwa verecundis ad conversionem sufficit, quod eis doctor mala sua saltem leniter ad memoriam reducit, Past. 207, 4. (3 a) where the word is equivalent

hlifian

(v.)
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Add: of position Þæt treów þe wexeð on þám wudu-bearwe þæt hit hlifað úp ofer eall þá óðre treówu . . . bið hit swíðlícor geweged þonne se óðer wudu. Swá be þám heáclifum þonne hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 5-11.

láreów-dóm

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Ongunnon him tó befæstenne heora cild tó Godes láreówdómes ( coepere suos ei filios omnipotenti Deo nutriendos dare Gr. D. l. 2, c. 3), Hml. Th. ii. 160, 2. Sume þá apostolas þe síþodon mid Críste on his láreówdóme ( as his disciples ), Hml.

earhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
earhlíce, adv.

Fearfully, timidly, disgracefully, baselytrepĭde, remisse, ignāve, turpĭter

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hine earhlíce ofslógon they basely slew him, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 9

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