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ge-swícan

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wát ꝥ untela ðéð, and nele ðeáh þæs geswícan, Bt. 39, 12; F. 232, 1 : Ll. Th. i. 306, 19. Gif ðonne giét geswicen næfð his ágenra unðeáwa si ergo adhuc in ejus corpore passiones vivunt. Past. 59, 24.

wód-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wód-líc, adj.

Madfuriousfrantic

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Mad, furious, frantic Benedictus manode ðone rédan éhtere ðæt ðære wódlícan réðnysse geswice, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 1. Heó ne róhte his worda for ðæra wódlícan ontendnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 397.

hæftling

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Hell forlét hyre hæftlingas út, Hml. Th. i. 228, 17. Add

sype

(n.)
Grammar
sype, es; m.

Suction

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Suction Seó eorþe ðæt wæter helt and be sumum dǽle swilgþ, and for ðam sype heó biþ geleht, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 6: Met. 20, 97. Similar entries v. Cf. súpan, and next word

un-tweógendlíce

(adv.)
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un-tweógendlíce, adv.

without feeling doubtcertainlyunhesitatinglyso as not to cause doubtunequivocallyindubitably

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C.), ðonne ða heora segene eft gelýfdon, ðe æfter heom ácende wǽron, Wulfst. 2, 12. so as not to cause doubt, unequivocally, indubitably his ǽrendracan ásende tó ðære ðeóde, and him untweógendlíce secgan (say in a way that should leave no room for

fægnian

(v.)

to rejoiceexultwelcome

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Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 11. with gen. of pronoun and clause Heó fægnað (fagenaþ, v. l.) þæs þæt heó mót brúcan þæs heofonlican, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 16. fægniaþ þæs ꝥ heora wealt, 39, 13; F. 234, 29.

mearu-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
mearu-lic, adj.
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Soft, easy, luxurious Þá onféng heó þis bebod æt Sancta Marian, ꝥ heó náht ofer ꝥ ne dyde leóhtlices ne mægdenlicre wísan oððe merwelicre, ac ꝥ heó forhæfde hí sylfe fram unnyttum hleahtre and plegan mandatum accepit, ut nihil ultra leve el puellare

rún

(n.)
Grammar
rún, e; f.

a whisperconfidence, counsel, consultationa mysterya secreta rune, a letter.

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[Ofte heo eoden to ræde ofte heo heolden rune (ȝeode to roune, 2nd MS.), Laym. 25332. Þan kaisere heo radden þat he write runen (writes makede, 2nd MS.), 25340. Godess dærne ræd and run, Orm. 18719. Godes derne runes and his derne domes, A.

Linked entry: rún-stæf

from-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
from-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfon; pp. -hworfen

To turn fromgo or depart fromexīrediscēdĕre

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To turn from, go or depart from; exīre, discēdĕre Freá hét hie fromhweorfan neorxna wange the Lord bade them depart from paradise, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 9; Gen. 943: 50; Th. 64, 9; Gen. 1047.

pic

(n.)
Grammar
pic, es ; n.
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Heó smirode hine mid tyrwan and mid pice, Ex. 2, 3. Ðá hét se cásere meltan on hwere leád and scipteoran and pic, Shrn. 91, 7 : Lchdm. ii. 318. 4

ofer-rówan

(v.)

to cross by rowing

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to cross by rowing: — Ðá hét his leorningcnihtas faran tó scipe, and oferrówan ðone brym, Homl. Th. ii. 384, 19

ge-dwol

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hét fordílgian þá gedwolan hringas (þá ge-dwolhringas, v.l.) oblitteratis erroneis circulis, Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 680, 7. Add

blanca

a steed

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a steed Þá hét on ðæs pápan ciericean gestællan his blancan and monig óðer neát, Shrn. 51, 22. Add::

mund-leów

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hét geótan wæter on mundleów misit aquam in pelvem Hml. A. 155, 102. Add

for-lǽran

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(the devil) tiolode menn forlǽran, Past. 233, 22. Add

swefen

(n.)
Grammar
swefen, swefn, es; n.
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For ðære gesihðe ðe on ðæm swefne geseah, Past. 16;Swt. 101, 18. Ðá stód him sum mon æt ðurh swefen ( per somnium ) . . . Ðá hét heó secgan ðæt swefen. Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 11-31. Swefn, Cd. Th. 159, 16; Gen. 2635.

Linked entry: swefn

ge-stællan

(v.)

to stallstable

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to stall, stable Ðá hét he on ðæs pápan ciericean gestællan his blancan and monig óðer neát he ordered his horse and many other cattle to be stabled in the pope's church, Shrn. 51, 22

uferung

(n.)
Grammar
uferung, e ; f.
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Delay Heó onginneð wépan, for þon þe hire þynceð lang seó ylding and seó uferung hwænne heó cume tó Gode flere incipit, quia differtur a regno, Gr. D. 245, 7

þurh-féran

(v.)

to pass through or overto penetrateget into

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Voc. ii. 96, 38. to penetrate, get into Hér Rodla ðurhférde ( penetravit ) Normandi mid his here, Chr. 876; Th. i. 145, col. 3

Linked entry: þurh-faran

hund-feald

Grammar
hund-feald, [In the first passage perhaps hundfealdgetel should be read. v. þúsendfeald-getel.]
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Add: — Heó næfð þone wurðmynt þæs hundfealdan wæstmes, Hml. A. 34, 250. underféhð þá méde be hundfealdum edleáne, 15, 51. Hundfealde méde, 21, 186 : Hml. Th. i. 148, 18.