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bisceop-hám

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-hám, es; m.
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Sæ bisceop him hira fullan fóstær of his bisceophámum episcopus eos de suis propriis episcopalibus uillis pleniter pascat, C. D. v. 219, 4

Linked entry: hám

efen-þrowian

(v.)
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Ne beóð gé unróte . . . þanc ic for þon þás sceáp mé efenþrowiaþ, Bl. H. 191, 24. Qngan heó emþrowian his staþolfæstnesse, Hml. S. 23 b, 243. Eallum monnum efnðrowiende on hiora earfoðum singulis compassione proximus, Past. 97, 20, 23.

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrackmiserysufferingsuffering that comes as punishment,retributive punishmentvengeancewhere the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

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Lind. 12, 48. where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment Hie (Adam and Eve) wǽron on helle fíf þúsend wintra and twá hund wintra ǽr ðon God wolde heó ðæs wræces unbindan, Anglia xi. 2, 24.

clif-hlép

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
clif-hlép, clif-hlýp

right down, under footpessum

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right down, under foot; pessum, Cot. 155, Som. Ben. Lye

for-seónnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-seónnes, -ness, e; f.

A looking down uponcontemptdespectiocontemptus

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A looking down upon, contempt; despectio, contemptus, Som. Ben. Lye

framaþ

(v.)
Grammar
framaþ, = fremaþ; 3rd sing. pres. of fremian.

does goodavails

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does good, avails, Herb. 146, 2; Lchdm. i. 270, 4

eág-dúru

(n.)
Grammar
eág-dúru, e; f.

An eye-door, a windowfenestra

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An eye-door, a window; fenestra, Martyr. 12, Jan. Lye

æsc

Grammar
æsc, <b>. I.</b>
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Onefen ðone greátan æsc, C. D. ii. 172, 24. Add

a-loten

(adj.; part.)

pronesubmissivebent downsupplex

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prone, submissive, bent down; supplex, Ælfc. Gr. 10; Som. 14, 42

deópian

(v.)
Grammar
deópian, p. ode
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To get deep Swá dolh ne deópian, Lch. ii. 352, 2

Linked entry: ge-deópian

hálig-dæg

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Add: — Giwarð háligdæg (-doeg, L. ) facto sabbato, Mk. R. 6, 2

á-scylfan

(v.)

to throw downdestroy

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to throw down,destroy Wíbed áscylfan aram pessumdare, Germ. 393, 49

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

windair in motionwindflatulencewindbreath

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.; ealne ðone cwyld ðe se súðerna wind auster ácænð, ealne hé tódrǽfð, Lchdm. iii. 274, 10-276, 8. Sæge mé, huona gebláwaþ wind? Ðæt is of Serafin, of ðon is ácweden Serafin windana, Rtl. 192, 33.

wéna

(n.)
Grammar
wéna, an; m.

suppositionopinionthoughtideaimaginationhopeexpectation

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Gif ðæt ondgit ongiett ðæt hit self dysig sié, ðonne gegrípð hit ðurh ðone wénan ðæt andgit ðære incundan byrhto 11; Swt. 69, 21.

Linked entry: wén

un-geweald

(n.)

impotenceinability to controlunintentionallynot wilfullyinvoluntarily

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The word occurs only in the genitive, with the force of an adverb. where an action is done without the actor's intending it, unintentionally, not wilfully, involuntarily Hé wræc his ungewealdes on ðære byrig hiora misdǽda, Ors. 6, 5; Swt. 262, 2.

Linked entry: un-gewealdes

bláwan

(v.)

to blowbreathesnortpantto blowto flameblazeinflate

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L. 151. trans. to drive by blowing Bláw mid hreóde ꝥ seáw on ꝥ dolh . . . bláw þá sealfe on þá dolh, Lch. ii. 332, 2, 11. to cause to sound by blowing, blow a horn, trumpet Þá bleów man míne býman, Nar. 13, 4.

rǽpling

(n.)
Grammar
rǽpling, rǽping, es; m.
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Rǽplingas unbindan, Dóm. L. 4, 48. Ic geseah rǽpingas in ræced fergan . . . ða wǽron genamne nearwum bendum, gefeterade fæsta tógædre ( two buckets of a draw-well ), Exon. Th. 435, 1; Rä. 53, 1

BINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BINDAN, to bindenne; ic binde, ðú bindest, bintst, binst, he bindeþ, bint, pl. bindaþ; p. ic, he band, bond, ðú bunde, pl. bundon; pp. bunden; v. a.

To BIND, tieligare, alligare

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Úser Hǽlend [MS. hælendes] wæs bunden fæste our Saviour was bound fast, Exon. 116 b; Th. 449, 5; Dóm. 66

Linked entries: a-búnden band

un-gelygen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelygen, adj.

Not lyingtrue

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Ðú téhtest mé swá ungelygena gewittnesse swá ic nán óðer dón ne mæg búte ic nǽde scall hym gelífan, Shrn. 201, 17

be-sencan

Grammar
be-sencan, pp. -senct

To plungesubmergedrown

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biterum lígum earme on ende tunc caecis merget flammis sine fine misellos, Dóm. L. 241. Weleras unwíses besenceað (praecipitabunt) hyne, Scint. 96, 3. Hé xiii scipa on sǽbesencte, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 172, 10. God besencte Pharao, Hml. Th. i. 312, 5.