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bát

(n.)
Grammar
bát, Dele: e, f., in first passage for Ðeós, l. Ðes, and add

a boat.

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Hí wurpon hine on þone bát and reówan tó scipe, Chr. 1046; P. 169, 9. Bát on sǽwe, Hy. 4, 99

daru

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Add: injury, hurt Máran him hýnþa oþþe dara ( detrimenta) hé déþ . . . þár þár gestreón, þár daru (damnum); gestreón on cyste, daru (damnum ) on ingeþance, Scint. 208, 8-10.

gader-tang

Grammar
gader-tang, gæder-teng. l. -tenge, and add: Contiguous, conjoint, in contact or
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Se maga biþ neáh þǽre heortan . . . and geadortenge ( connected with ) þám bræg[en]e, 176, 3. of non-material things, continuous Sóþe lufe gædertange hæbbende caritatem continuam habentes, Scint. 1, 4.

líf-lic

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Wel manega on scearpnysse andgytes líflice wuniað plerique in acumine intelligentiae uiuaces existunt, Scint. 220, 20

BEARD

(n.)
Grammar
BEARD, es; m.

a BEARDbarba

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a BEARD; barba Ne beard ne sciron nec radetis barbam, Lev. 19, 27; nether ge schulen schave the beerd, Wyc. Smyringc niðerfeól on bearde, bearde Aarones unguentum descendit in barbam, barbam Aaronis, Ps.

cýpa

(n.)
Grammar
cýpa, cépa,an ; m. [ceáp

a factor, merchant, trader negotiator, mercator

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Ðás hálgan cýpan, Petrus and Andreas, mid heora nettum and scipe him ðæt éce líf geceápodon these holy traders, Peter and Andrew, with their nets and ship bought for themselves everlasting life, Homl. Th. i. 580, 19.

Linked entry: cépa

swelgend

(n.)
Grammar
swelgend, e; f., but also es; m. n. A place which swallows up (lit. or fig.),
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Gl. 449: Scint. 117, 9. Sweliend barathrum, Hpt. Gl. 529, 26. Swyliendes voraginis, 421, 31. Swelgendes, Anglia xiii. 28, 23. Swel-gendi voragine Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 14. West tó ðære swelgende; ðonne fram ðære swelgende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 281, 29.

un-gemetgod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetgod, adj.

Immoderateexcessiveintemperateindiscreet

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Tunge ungemetegud(-ad) lingua immoderata, Scint. 78, 10: Kent. Gl. 507. Mid ðære ungemetgodan smeáunge, Past. 11; Swt. 67, 8. Ða ungemetgodan sprǽce immoderatam locutionem, 38; Swt. 281, 1. His ungemetegodan lufe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 363.

Linked entries: ge-metgian un-gemetegod

wriþa

(n.)
Grammar
wriþa, an; m.

a bandcollara ring

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a band, collar Þeówan yfelwillendum wriþa and fótcopsas seruo maliuolo tortura et compedes, Scint. 190, 6.

Linked entry: wríþan

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
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Earfoþlíce difficile (est ), Scint. 33, 4. grievously, painfully Earfoþlíce graviter, dolenter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 71. Þá gelomp ús þæt wé wurdon earfoðlíce mid þurste geswencte accidit nobis siti laborare, Nar. 7, 29

fæst-hafol

strongfirmsteadfasttenaciousretentiveparsimonious

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Were grǽdigum and fæsthafelum uiro cupido et tenaci, Scint. 110, 15. Sint tó manianne ðá fæsðhafula[n] (tenaces, qui sua retinent), Past. 339, 7

ge-fylce

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Harold cyningc and Tostig eorl and heora gefylce wǽron áfaren of scipe, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 19. Fram gefylce a manipulo, An. Ox. 2555: manipulo, caterua, legione, 3688. Se módiga deófol mid his gefilce wyle wið þínre sáwle campian, Wlfst. 249, 2.

ge-þrýn

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrýn, p. -þrýde.
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hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde; for þon mé glíwedon wrætlic weorc smiða, Rä. 27, 11-14). to repress, restrain Ná for þí rihtlíce synna geþríð, forgyfenysse wé ortrúwian neque quia Deus juste peccata distringit, ueniam desperemus, Scint

Linked entry: ge-þrýde

lufiend

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Bróðerrǽdenne lufigendras, Scint. 14, 3

ofer-winnan

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Oferwinnendum expugnaiore, Scint. 8, 15. Þá wæs oferwunnan (-wunen, An. Ox. 3855) grassaretur, i. vastaretur (dum fames Ægypti vulgus grassaretur), Hpt. Gl. 497, 8. Oferwunnenre þǽre ofermódignesse extinctam superbiam, Prud. 38 a. Add

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Æt twyhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbó .xxx. sciłł.; æt .vi. hyndum, .lxxx. sciłł.; æt twelfyndum, .cxx. sciłł, 70; Th. i. 146, 13. Gielden ealle án wíte, swá tó ðam were belimpe, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 18.

sméðe

(adj.)
Grammar
sméðe, adj.

smooth, not irritating

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Eáðmylte mettas and scír wín and sméðe, 220, 13. Ða wambe man sceal clǽsnian mid stnéþe wyrtdrence, 262, 17. Wyrc sméþe eágsealfe, 308, 27. smooth (of words) Sméðne sybcwide. Frag. Kmbl. 54 ; Leás. 29. Ðám ðe ful sméðe sprǽce habbaþ, 20 ; Leás. 12.

hleahtor

a laugh

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Leahter risum Scint. 171, 12. attributed to other than human beings: Wæs engla þreát hleahtre blíðe, Cri. 739.

Linked entry: hleahtrian

þæs-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þæs-líc, adj.
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Gif líf his on wyrþscype sí wel þæslíc si vita honore sit condigna, Scint. 125, 5. Swíde þæslíc anginn menniscre álýsednysse wæs ðæt se engel wearð ásend fram Gode tó ðam mǽdene, Homl. Th. i. 194, 27.

Linked entry: his-lic

útera

(adj.)
Grammar
útera, cpve. útemest, útmest; spve. adj.
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Lind. 5, 23. external, not of the inner man Úre mann úttra noster homo exterior, Scint. 53, 20.

Linked entry: ýtera