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swigene

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Ðæs mannes bileofa is tó besceáwianne: ǽrest him is tó sellanne ðæt ðone innoð stille and sméþe, ne sié scearp ne tó afor ne slítende ne swigene, Lchdm. ii. 210, 21

un-bryce

(adj.)
Grammar
un-bryce, adj.

Unbrokeninviolateuninjured

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Unbroken, inviolate, uninjured Hwæþre his meahta spéd hálig wunade, dóm unbryce, þeáh hé deáþes cwealm ræfnan sceolde, Exon. Th. 240, 21; Ph. 642. Hyre wæs mægen unbrice, 256, 22; Jul. 235

Linked entry: un-brice

un-stenc

(n.)
Grammar
un-stenc, es; m.

A bad smellstench

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A bad smell, stench Hý mid nosan ne magon náht geswæccan bútan unstences ormǽtnesse foetor ingenti complet putredine nares, Dóm. L. 207. Niht elles gestincan búton unstenca ormǽtnessa, Wulfst. 139, 8

byldan

(v.)
Grammar
byldan, p. de
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Onbúton ðone croft ðe Wynstán bylde; on ðá díc ðe hé gedícte, C. D. iii. 367, 6. Tó werbolde án fóðer gyrdo, oððe . viii. geocu byld, 451, 1

healseta

(n.)
Grammar
healseta, an; m.
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Se ealdormon rád þurh sumne wudu ðú rǽsde án næddre of holum treowe æt ðam healsetan him on ðone bósm and hyne tóslát ðæt hé wæs sóna deád, Shrn. 144, 27

on-hyreness

(n.)
Grammar
on-hyreness, e; f.

Imitation

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Imitation Ðone weg ðære onhyrenesse viam imitationis, Past. 16, 4; Swt. 103, 14. Tó onhyrenesse ( ad imitationem ) ðæra eádigra apostola, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 26: 1, 27; S. 492, 23

Linked entry: -hyreness

snyðian

(v.)

to go as a dog with its nose to the groundto go sniffing like a dog, but applied also to the going of ships, and other things

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to go as a dog with its nose to the ground (?) Neb is mín niþerweard . . . ic snyþige forð (it is a plough that speaks) Exon. Th. 403, 12; Rä. 22, 6

speliend

(n.)
Grammar
speliend, speligend, es; m.

A representativevicar

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A representative, vicar Pronomen is ðæs naman speliend, se spelaþ ðone naman, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 8, 12. Se cyning is Cristes sylfes speligend under him sylfum, Bd. Whelc. 151, 39

fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrn, adv.

Formerlylong agoof oldōlimprīdemantīquĭtus

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Ðæt he bibúgan mǽge ðone bitran drync ðone Eue fyrn Adame geaf that he may escape the bitter drink which Eve of old gave to Adam, Exon. 45 b; Th. 154, 11; Gú. 841: 47 a; Th. 160, 20; Gú. 946: Cd. 128; Th. 163, 11; Gen. 2696

twéntigoða

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twéntigoða, ord. num.
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On ðone tú and twéntegðan dæge, Shrn. 93, 1 ( and often ). On ðone fíf and twéntigoðan dæg, 96, 11

árfæstnes

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Ðone greádan his árfæstnesse and his frófre hé gebrǽt sinum pietatis expandit, 407, 11: Gr. D. 146, 28. Hé bæd ðone ælmihtigan for his árfæstnysse ꝥ hé þám preóste gemiltsode, Hml. S. 6, 167: 30, 350.

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Lesslest

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Nóht ðon læs nihilominus, Bd. 2, 14; S. 516, 6. Nóhte ðon læs, 3, 6; S. 528, 10. Nóhte ðý læs unáræfnendlíc non minus intolerabile, 5, 12; S. 627. 38.

Linked entry: læsast

ágend-frió

(n.)
Grammar
ágend-frió, -freo; indecl. m.

An ownerpossessorpossessor

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B.] ðone monnan let him give up the man to the owner, L. In. 53; Th. i. 136, 4

a-lútan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lútan, anlútan; p. -leát, pl. -luton; pp. -loten [a, lútan to bend]

To bendinclinebend or bow downprocumbere

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To bend, incline, bend or bow down; procumbere Alútende he geseah procumbens vidit, Lk. Bos. 24, 12. He aleát to eorþan he bowed to the earth, Ælfc. T. 37, 8

Linked entries: a-leát a-loten

baswa stán

(n.)
Grammar
baswa stán, es; m. [basu purple, stán stone]

A topaz, a precious stone varying from a yellow to a violet colourtopazium

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A topaz, a precious stone varying from a yellow to a violet colour; topazium Ofer gold and ðone baswon stán [ = baswan stán] super aurum et topazion, Ps. Spl. 118, 127

níþ-gæst

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-gæst, es; m.

A maliciousmalignant guest

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A malicious, malignant guest Hé ðone níþgæst ( the dragon ) slóh, Beo. Th. 5391; B. 2699. Under níþgysta ( the devils who persecuted Guthlac ) nearwum clommum, Exon. Th. 134, 21; Gú. 511

bord-weall

(n.)
Grammar
bord-weall, es; m.

A board-wall, a shieldscutorum agger, testudo, clypeus

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A board-wall, a shield; scutorum agger, testudo, clypeus He bræc ðone bordweall he broke through the board-wall, Byrht. Th. 139, 60; By. 277: Beo. Th. 5952; B. 2980

Linked entry: weall

þuhsian

(v.)
Grammar
þuhsian, þux[s]ian; p. ode

To make mistydark

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Dóm. L. 8, 105, which has geþuxsað), deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart, Wulfst. 137, 9

Linked entry: þuxsian

wíd-floga

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-floga, an; m.
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Oferhogode fengel ðæt hé ðone wídflogan weorode gesóhte, 4681; B. 2346

blíþ-nes

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On eádegum setlum brúcan blíðnesse bútan ende forð sedibus semper gaudere beatis, Dóm. L. 304. Hié mid micelre blíðnesse þæt wín drincende wǽron, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 17. Add