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be-hlígan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hlígan, he -hlíþ

To dishonourdefameinfamare

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To dishonour, defame; infamare Oft hí mon wómmum behlíþ man often defames her with vices Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 29; Gn. Ex. 101

Linked entries: hlígan bi-lihþ

í-síðes

(adv.)
Grammar
í-síðes, adv.

At that timeat oncedirectly

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At that time, at once, directly Man ísíðes sóna ðǽræfter swytelaþ it is immediately thereafter manifested, L. I. P. 24; Th. ii. 338, 11

Linked entry: í-dæges

stuf-bæþ

(n.)
Grammar
stuf-bæþ, es; n.
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Man machiæ stufbæþ and baþege hine ðáron, 92, 21

Linked entry: stofa

blysa

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Man mid blysum ontende his bare líc, Hml. S. 37, 159. Hé hét ontendan blysan (blasan v. l.) æt his sídum, 14, 44. Add

ed-staþelian

(v.)
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Beó sé áwirged þe ǽfre gedó [þæt man?] edstaðelige þás burh Hiericho maledictus vir, qui suscitaverit et aedificaverit urbem Iericho, Jos. 6, 26. Add

feor-sibb

(adj.)
Grammar
feor-sibb, adj.
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A distant relative Ne bið ná gelíc ꝥ man wið swustor gehǽme and hit wǽre feorsibb, Ll. Th. i. 404, 18

Linked entry: sib

mór-seohtre

(n.)
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a marshy ditch Wæterfrocgan hwílon hí man gesihð of wætere, and swá þeáh sécað tó fúllicum mórseohtrum ( in putridine paludis commorantur ), Chrd. 96, 28

Linked entry: seohtre

peónie

(n.)
Grammar
peónie, peónia, an; f. (m. ?).
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man þeónian nemneð, Lch. i. 168, 14

ferht

(n.)
Grammar
ferht, es; m. n.

The mindmens

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The mind; mens He mæg rihtwísnesse findan on ferhte he may find wisdom in his mind, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 119; Met. 22, 60

mægþ

(n.)
Grammar
mægþ, <b>, mægeþ;</b> without inflection in the sing. and in the n. ac. pl., f.

A maidvirgingirlmaidenwoman

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A maid, virgin, girl, maiden, woman (almost confined to poetry) Gif man mægþ gebigeþ ceápe geceápod sý gif hit unfácne is if a man make terms for his marriage with (lit. buys with a price, cf.

Linked entry: mægeþ

þurh-smúgan

(v.)

to creep throughmove slowly throughto go carefully through a subjectgo over the details

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magan tó rǽde he must prudently consider and diligently go over in his mind all those matters which may be to his lord's advantage, Anglia ix. 259, 18.

Linked entry: smúgan

lǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽðan, p. de

To speak ill ofaccuseabuseexecratedetesthate

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To speak ill of, accuse, abuse, execrate, detest, hate Man call hyrweþ ðæt man scolde herian and láðeþ [lǽðeþ?] ðæt man scolde lufian people scorn what they ought to praise, and hate what they ought to love, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 167.

Linked entry: láðian

fót-cops

(n.)
Grammar
fót-cops, -cosp, es; m.

A fettershackle for the feetpĕdĭcacompes

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Hine ne mihte nán man mid fótcopsum gehæftan no man could confine him with fetters, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 27: Mk. 5, 4. To gewríðenne cyningas heora on fótcopsum ad allĭgandos rēges eōrum in compĕdĭbus, Ps. Spl. 149, 8

Linked entry: fót-cosp

franca

(n.)
Grammar
franca, an; m.

A javelinlancelanceafrămeahasta

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He ðone forman man mid his francan ofsceát he shot the foremost man with his javelin, 134, 1; By. 77. Francan wǽron hlúde the javelins were loud, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 20; Gen. 1982 v. Grm. Gesch. D. S. p. 359

un-forbærned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forbærned, adj.

Unburntnot burnt upnot consumed by fire

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

Linked entry: for-bærnan

ebba

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On þís ylcan geáre wæs swa mycel ebba ǽghwǽr ánes dæges swá nán man ǽror gemunde, and swá ꝥ man férde rídende and gangende ofer Tæmese be-eástan þǽre brigge on Lunden, Chr. 1114; P. 244, 13. iii. ebban týne he must put three fences to correspond to the

CRAFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRAFIAN, crafigan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To askCRAVEimploredemandsummon peterepostularein jus vocare

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Se man crafode hine on hundrede the man summoned him before the hundred court Lchdm. iii. 288, 4. He mid rihte crafede ðás ða he crafede he with right craved those things which he craved Chr. 1070; Erl. 208, 18, 23

a-riht

(adv.)
Grammar
a-riht, adv.

ARIGHTrightwellcorrectlyproberecte

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ARIGHT, right, well, correctly; probe, recte Gif man hit ariht asmeáþ if one considereth it right, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 21

ge-arnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-arnian, p. ode; pp. od [earnian to earn]

To earnmeritmĕrēri

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To earn, merit; mĕrēri Sceal mon lofes [MS. leofes] gearnian a man shall merit praise, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 9; Gn. Ex. 140

récels-reóce

(n.)
Grammar
récels-reóce, (?), an; f.
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Burning incense On ðone tíman man offrode on ðære ealdan ǽ, and mid récelsreócan on ðam temple ðæt weofod georne weorðode, Btwk. 218, 8

Linked entry: reóce