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or-firme

(adj.)
Grammar
or-firme, adj.

Uncleanly, squalid

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Uncleanly, squalid Hí wǽron fúlíce and orfyrme on heora beardum, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 34, 22

for-wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wirdan, p. de

To corrupt ⬩ destroy

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To corrupt, destroy Heora forwyrdendan (-weorðendan, v. l.) welan perituras divitias, Gr. D. 201, 15

fóre-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-cweðan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To foresay ⬩ predict ⬩ prædīcĕre ⬩ propōnĕre

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Sume men eác swylce sægdon, ðæt heó, þurh witedómes gást, ða ádle fórecwǽde [MS. -cwede], ðe heó on forþferde sunt ĕtiam qui dicant, quia per prophētīæ spīrĭtum, pestĭlentiam qua ipsa esset mŏrĭtūra, prædixĕrat, 4, 19; S. 588, 15.

ge-scínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scínan, p. -scán; pp. -scinen

To shine, shine upon, illuminate ⬩ fulgere, collustrare, illuminare

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To shine, shine upon, illuminate; fulgere, collustrare, illuminare Ne mæg heó ealle gesceafta gescínan, ne ða gesceafta ðe heó gescínan mæg, ne mæg hió ealle endemest gescínan she cannot shine upon all creatures, nor those creatures which she may shine

stǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
stǽnan, p. de
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Heó wæs stǽned óþ ðæt heó hire gást onsænde; ðá com þunerrád and ofslóh ðone mǽstan dǽl ðæs folces ðe hí stǽnde, Shrn. 57, 34-36. Hig hine stǽndon, Jos. 7, 25. Stǽne hine man mid stánum, Lev. 20, 2. Ðá hét se déma hine stǽnan, Shrn. 48, 28.

feðm

(n.)
Grammar
feðm, es; m.

A bosom ⬩ sĭnus

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A bosom; sĭnus On feðme heora in sĭnu eōrum, Ps. Spl. T. 78, 13

fúht

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ꝥ on þám fúhtan wege ne beón heora fét besprengde, Chrd. 64, 36. Add

fercung

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Add: support Neód heora lífes fercunge necessitas vivendi, Chrd. 12, 22. ꝥ hí í

ofer-weder

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-weder, es; n.

Storm, tempest

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Storm, tempest Heora scipu sume þurh oferweder wurdon tóbrocene. Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 22

módor

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Nú ne sceolon þá mǽdenu heora móddru forseón of ðám ðe hí cómon, þeáh ðe hí beón on mægðháde lybbende and heora móddru beón wíf, Hml. A. 37, 324: 32, 208.

mycg

(n.)
Grammar
mycg, mygg, es; m. : mycge (?), an; f.

A midge

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Heó gnættas and micgeas (micgas, MS. B. ) ácwelleþ, 266, 2

wód-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wód-líc, adj.

Mad ⬩ furious ⬩ frantic

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Heó ne róhte his worda for ðæra wódlícan ontendnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 397. Se sceocca fordwán mid swíðlícum reáme, swá ðæt ða munecas wurdon áwrehte ðurh his wódlícan stemne, 6, 318

ofer-hygdiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ofer-hygdiglíce, adv.
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Proudly, arrogantly Heó hí áhebbað oferhigdilíce (-hídiglíce, v. l. superbe ) ongén þá beboda þǽre sóðfæstnesse, Gr. D. 197, 16.

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styreness

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</b> of convulsive movement Heó ongan swá manegum styrenyssum beón onstvred coebit tot motibus agitari, Gr. D. 74, 2. add: stirring, shaking of an inanimate body Tó þon ꝥ ús for þæs treówes styrenesse (concussione) wǽre ege æteówed, Gr.

be-hreówsian

(v.)
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Þám þe heora synna behreówsiað, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 17. Behreówsodon, Hml. S. 12, 34. Behreówsian heora yfelan dǽda, Hml. A. 8, 206. with clause Hé behreówsode ꝥ hé swá dyslice dǽde gedyde, Gr.

gafol-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-irþ, e; f.

The ploughing by the ⬩ and the sowing from his own barn of a certain portion of the lord's land and the reaping and carrying of the crop to the lord's barn by way of rent

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Þa gerihta þæ ðá ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan ... .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽde gesáwan, and on heora ágenre hwíle on bærene gebringan, Cht. Th. 144, 28-38

Linked entries: gærs-irþ gafol-yrþ

scenc

(n.)
Grammar
scenc, es; m.

A draught, cup

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He lette heom bringen schenches of feole cunne drenches, Laym. 13461

ge-met

Grammar
ge-met, <b>;
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Add Hé þone regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett, Hml. S. 6, 68. <b>VII ¶.</b> add: Solil. H. 17, 9

ge-leornes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leornes, -ness, e; f.

A going ⬩ removing ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ transĭtus ⬩ transmigrātio

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Ongeáton hí on ðon, ðæt heó to ðon ðider com, ðæt heó hire sǽde ða neáhtíde hire geleornesse ex quo intellexēre quod ipso ei tempus suæ transmigratiōnis in proxĭmum nunciāre venisset, 4, 9; S. 577, 34. Ingeliornisse in transmigratione, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entries: ge-leorednes ge-liornes

á-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
á-cirran, p. de
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Synd ealle ðáseorðlican þing ácerrede, ðæt heó ne syndon swylce heó iu wǽron, Wlfst. 212, 1. [Add:passages from á-cerran, -cyrran in Dict.]

Linked entries: a-cerran á-cyrran