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dreám-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
dreám-leás, adj.

Joyless, sad ⬩ mæstus

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Joyless, sad; mæstus Dreámleás gebád he continued joyless, Beo. Th. 3445; B. 1720: Cd. 202; Th. 251, 4; Dan. 558. Ðis is dreámleás hús this is a joyless house, Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 22; Cri. 1628

á-fón

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Hé áféhð hí suscipiet eam , Ps. Spl. 47, 3. Áfécð acceperit , 48, 16. Sum wíf wæs áfangen (-foncgen, v. l.) of hire móde (mente capta ), Gr. D. 176, 17. Áfangenre accepta , R. Ben. I. 69, II. Add

Linked entries: á-féhþ on-fón

be-hogodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
be-hogodlíce, adv.
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Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, Hml. A. 168, 120. Hé ongan hí geornlícor and behogodlícor cwencean eas sollicitius extinxit, Gr. D. 237, 2

for-hýdan

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Hú nytt bið se forholena cræft oððe ðæt forhýde (-hýdde, v. l.) gold sapientia abscondita et thesaurus invisus, quae utilitas in utrisque?, Past. 377, 7. Substitute

sám-cwic

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Hé Smaragdum forðférendne geseah, and Pafnuntium sámcwicne on eorðan licgan, Hml. S. 33, 302. Mid flánum ofscotene, mid wǽpnum ofsette, hí heora burh sámcuce (cf. healfcwice, Bl. H. 203, 19) gesóhton, Hml. Th. i. 506, 2. Add

gafeluc

Grammar
gafeluc, Add
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Gafeluca iaculo, sagitta, Hpt. Gl. 432, 44. Gaflucas catapultas, sagittas, 405, 53. Gafelucas, arwan catapultas, 505, 56. Hí scuton mid gafelucum ... oð ꝥ hé eall wæs beset mid heora scotungum swilce igles byrsta, Hml. S. 32, 116

folc-lic

public ⬩ national ⬩ common ⬩ general ⬩ public ⬩ plebeian ⬩ common ⬩ common ⬩ populous

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Án his þeówa his gesíða wæs. . . and samod hí gereordoden swá swá gelican. Þreo geár hé férde mid þám folclicum cempum, Hml.

hlehhan

(v.)
Grammar
hlehhan, hlæhan, hlihhan, hlichan, hlihan. hlihgan; p. hlóh; pl. hlógan

To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], ⬩ to deride

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Hé sǽde ðæt hé gesáwe crist selfne and ðæt hé him hlóge tó he said that he saw Christ himself, and that he smiled upon him, Shrn. 70, 9. Hlehhan ne þorftun they had no need to laugh, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 13; Æðelst. 47.

wandrian

(v.)
Grammar
wandrian, p. ode

To wander ⬩ rove ⬩ roam ⬩ to leave one's proper work ⬩ to proceed without plan, follow an uncertain course

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færð swá wandriende from his háde and of his endebyrdnesse.

máþum

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'On Godes ðearfum ic hí áspende, and hí sind ðá écan mádmas ðe nǽfre ne beóð gewanode,' i. 422, 11-34. Hé hí hét gán intó his mádmum iussit eam introire ubi repositi erant thesauri eius, Hml. A. 110, 266. Add

sám-cwic

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-cwic, -cucu; adj.

Half-dead

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Half-dead Sum mǽden hé gehǽlde, ðæt ðe læg on legerbedde seóc, sámcucu geþúht, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 25. Hé sámcucu læg, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 164: L. Ælfc. C. 31; Th. ii. 354, 10.

út-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lendisc, adj.

Outlandish ⬩ foreign ⬩ a stranger

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Hig noldon ðæt útlendiscum þeódum wǽre ðes eard þurh ðæt ðe swíðor gerýmed ðe hí heom sylfe ǽlc óðerne forfóre, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 31. Hé útlændisce hider in tihte, 959; Erl. 121, 3

in-brengan

(v.)
Grammar
in-brengan, p. -brohte

To bring in ⬩ present

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To bring in or to, present Hú micele hefigra biþ se wénenda deáþ ðonne se inbrohta how much more grievous is death when it is expected than when it is presented to us, Shrn. 42, 31.

un-ábeden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ábeden, adj.

Unbidden ⬩ unasked

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Unbidden, unasked God beád mancynne ðæt hí hine biddan sceoldon, and hé wile syllan unábeden ðæt ðæt wé ús ne wéndon þurh úre béne, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 16: L. O. 8; Th. i. 180, 28

Linked entry: á-biddan

tredde

(n.)
Grammar
tredde, an; f.
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A press for wine or oil Hét hé þone cnapan stígan nyðer of þǽre treddan (wíntreddan, v.l. calcatorio ), Gr. D. 59, 4. Hí wrungon elebergan on þǽre treddan ( in prelo ), 250, 13. v. ele-, wín-tredde

Linked entry: tredd

wacol

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Beóð wacole vigilate, Hml. Th. i. 188, 31. Hí bǽdon þæt hé bude ðá byrgene besettan mid wacelum weardum, ii. 262, 8. Ús gedafenað ꝥ wé mid wacelum eágum þás ðreó gemetu behealdon, 564, 8. Add

spilcan

(v.)
Grammar
spilcan, spelcean; p. te

To bind with splints

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Gif scancan forade synd . . . hú mon spelcean scyle, Lchdm. ii. 6, 12

Linked entries: spelc spelcean

tó-cwilman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cwilman, p. de

To afflict grievously, ⬩ torment

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To afflict grievously, torment Ða druncengeornan ná ðæt án ðæt hí on ðam tóweardan lífe mid écum tintregum tócwylmede synt, ac eác hý synt on ðisum andweardan lífe mid mænigfealdum untrumnyssum gewǽhte, Homl. Ass. 146, 56

Linked entry: cwilman

fóre-settan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett

To set before ⬩ propose ⬩ shut ⬩ close in ⬩ præpōnĕre ⬩ propōnĕre ⬩ præclūdĕre

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He fóresette on his móde ðæt he wolde cuman to Róme propŏsuit ănĭmo vĕnīre Rōmam, 5, 19; S. 637, 23. Hí ná fóresetton ðé on gesihþe his non propŏsuērunt te in conspectu suo, Ps. Spl. 85, 13: 53, 3.

be-mǽnan

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Wé ne sceolan ceorian ne sorh-líce bemǽnan þeáh ðe ús ungelimp getíme, Hml. S. 13, 286. with clause Hé bemǽnde þæt Maurus ðæs óðres deáðes fægnian sceolde, Hml. Th. ii. 164, 9. Hí bemǽndon sárlíce ꝥ hí swylce yrmðe gesáwon, Hml.