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for-drencan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drencan, p. -drencte; pp. -drenced, -drenct

To make drunk ⬩ inebriate ⬩ intoxicate ⬩ madefăcĕre ⬩ inebriāre

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To make drunk, inebriate, intoxicate; madefăcĕre, inebriāre Uton fordrencan úrne fæder mid wíne let us make our father drunk with wine, Gen. 19, 32, 33.

wreþian

(v.)
Grammar
wreþian, p.ede; pp. ed

To prop ⬩ stay ⬩ support ⬩ sustain

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Heora ǽlc winð wiþ óþer, and þeáh wræþeþ óþer, ðæt hié ne móton tóslúpan, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 11. Hiora ǽghwilc wið óþer winð, and þeáh winnende wreþiaþ fæste ǽghwilc óþer, Met. ll, 34.

Linked entry: wræpian

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, p. -wyrhte ; pp. -wyrht .

to do wrong ⬩ be guilty ⬩ to injure ⬩ destroy by wrongful working ⬩ to treat improperly ⬩ use badly ⬩ to bring to an end ⬩ to ruin ⬩ to make guilty ⬩ to commit crime against ⬩ guilty ⬩ criminal ⬩ sinful ⬩ to bring to an ill condition ⬩ to lose by evildoing ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ to bring about ⬩ cause what is evil

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Wið his hláford forworht, Past. 143, 3. Gif hé náne gewitnysse hæbbe ꝥ hé forworht sig ( eum malefactorem fuisse ), Ll. Th. ii. 182, 30. Sum forworht wíf dón on carcern, Wlfst. 2, 19.

brǽþ

odour ⬩ exhalation

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S. 23, 36. in a medical sense: Ne æppla ne wín nis tó sellanne, for ðon ðe hié habbað hátne brǽþ. Lch. ii. 212, 3. fig.: Wylm, brǽþ feruorem, i. ardorem (devotionis), An. Ox. 2511

innoþ-tyderness

(n.)
Grammar
innoþ-tyderness, e; f.
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A weakness of the intestines Wið eallum innoþtydernessum, L. M. 2, 64; Lchdm. ii. 288, 24

Neron

(n.)
Grammar
Neron, es; m.

Nero

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Nerones wíf Libia, 173, 13. Tó Nerone, 173, 10

fǽr-spryng

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-spryng, es; m.
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A sudden pustule, ulcer of a rash Wið fleógendum áttre and fǽrspryngum, Lch. iii. 6, 26

Linked entry: spring

Lunden-waru

(n.)
Grammar
Lunden-waru, e; f.
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The Londoners, people of London Lunden-waru griðode wið þone here, Chr. 1016; Erl. 159, 22

scín-lic

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Be þám ꝥ preóstas hí warnien wið þá scýnlican híwinga deófla prættes, Chrd. 98, 32. Add

steóp-bearn

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Onias wolde mid ðám lácum widewan and steópbearn bewerian wið hunger, Hml. S. 25, 755. Add

ryden

(n.)
Grammar
ryden, es; n.
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>The name of some plant Wirc beþinge, nim ðæt reáde ryden, Lchdm. ii. 340, 5

be-warenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-warenian, -warnian; p. ode; pp. od

To guard, beware ⬩ custodire, cavere

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Ða ðe hie wið ða læssan scylda bewareniaþ those who guard themselves against the lesser sins, Past. 57, 1; Hat. MS

Linked entry: be-warnian

ge-hǽman

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Ox. 1176. in a bad sense, to have illicit intercourse Uenus wæs swá fúl and swá fracod on gálnysse, þæt hyre ágen bróðor wið hý gehǽmde, Wlfst. 107, 16. Ꝥ man wið swustor gehǽme, Ll. Th. i. 404, 27

ge-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fáh, gefáhmon.

Exposed to the hostility of a slain man's friends because of the murder, at feud

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Gif of þǽre óðre mǽgðe hwá wrace dó on ǽnigum óðrum men bútan on þám rihthanddǽdan, sý hé gefáh wið þone cyning and wið ealle his frýnd, Ll. Th. i. 248, 12

be-healdan

(v.)
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Add: to hold, occupy, a place Þá wíc beheóld hálig gást, hreðer weardode, El. 1144. Seó þe flóda begong beheóld hund missera, B. 1498. an office Þegn nytte beheóld, B. 494.

ge-bregdan

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ǽlc þǽra þinga þe þú wið God ágylte, Wlfst. 249, 3. to feign Heó gebrǽd hí seóce (cf.

weorc-full

(adj.)
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glosses gestuosus Wif weorcfull mulierem gestuosam, Scint. 169, 1. [Workuol active, Ayenb. 199, 9.]

be-geómerian

(v.)
Grammar
be-geómerian, p. ode
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To lament, bewail Sé bið wís þe ǽrran gewyrhta georne begeómerað, Wlfst. 75, 15

carl-mann

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Gif hwilc carlman hǽmde wið wimman hire unðances, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 17. Add

hwǽte-corn

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Nim hwǽtecorn, meng wið hunig, lege on þone finger, Lch. ii. 80, 20. Add: