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or-læg

(n.)
Grammar
or-læg, -leg, es; n. (?)

Fate ⬩ to 'dree' one's 'weird'

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Fate Nó ic (Daniel) wið feohsceattum ofer folc bere Drihtnes dómas, ac ðé ( Belshazzar) unceápunga orlæg secge, worda gerýnu I will tell thee thy fate (by explaining the writing on the wall), Cd. Th. 262, 19; Dan. 746.

Linked entries: -læg or-lege

scip-hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
scip-hlæst, es; m.

the body of (fighting) men on a ship ⬩ a ship of burden ⬩ a transport

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Hér gefeaht Ecgbryht cyning wið .xxxv. sciphlæsta, Chr. 833; Erl. 64, 19: 837; Erl. 66, 5: 840; Erl. 66, 19. Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið .vii. sciphlæstas and hiera án geféng and ða óðru gefliémde, 875; Erl. 78, 6.

Linked entry: hlæst

án-willíce

(adv.)
Grammar
án-willíce, adv.

Obstinately ⬩ stubbornly ⬩ pertinaciously ⬩ pertinaciter

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Obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously; pertinaciter Ic tó ánwillíce winne wið ða wyrd I too pertinaciously attack fortune, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 20: Past. 7, 2; Hat. MS. 12 a, 15

fǽr-haga

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-haga, an; m.

A peril-hedge ⬩ perīcŭlōrum sēpes

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A peril-hedge; perīcŭlōrum sēpes He his módsefan wið ðam fǽrhagan fæste trymede he firmly strengthened his mind against the peril, Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 27; Gú. 933

mis-grétan

(v.)

to affront ⬩ insult

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to affront, insult Se gylda ðe óðerne misgrét ... gebéte hé ðæt wið ðone man ðe hé mysgrétte, Chart. Th. 606, 22-27. Gif hwilc gegilda óðerne misgréte, 612, 18

út-drǽf

(n.)
Grammar
út-drǽf, e; f.

Ejection ⬩ expulsion

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Ejection, expulsion Ðá onscunode se Eádsige Aðelwold, and ealle ða munecas ðe on ðam mynstre wǽron, for ðære útdrǽfe ðe hé gedyde wið hí, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 85

cancer-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
cancer-ádl, e; f.

A cancer-disease, a canker ⬩ cancer, carcinoma

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A cancer-disease, a canker; cancer, carcinoma = καρκίνωμα Wið cancerádle, ðæt is, bíte against cancer-disease, that is, a biting disease, L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 108, 9

Linked entry: ádl

átor-cræft

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Bebeorh þé wið lyblácas and áttorcræftas cave tibi a maleficiis et veneficiis, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 9;Wlfst. 290, 30. Add

á-wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
á-wirgan, á-wirgean.
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Men habbað heó sylfe swýðe stranglíce wið God áwerged and wið his hálgan, Wlfst. 207, 9. ¶ the most frequently occurring form is the pp. used as adjective:-- Se áwyrgeda malignus, Ps. Spl. 14, 5.

FEFER

(n.)
Grammar
FEFER, fefor, es; m.

FEVER ⬩ febris

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Wið fefre for fever, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134. 14, 27. Wið ðone cólan fefor against cold fever, Herb. 138, 2; Lchdm. i. 256, l0. Ða feforas beóþ fram anýdde the fevers will be forced away, 143, 4; Lchdm. i. 266, 13.

Linked entries: fǽr fefor

weall

(n.)
Grammar
weall, es; n.

(?) Boiled ⬩ or mulled wine

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Boiled or mulled wine Defrutum, i. vinum medo geswét vel weall (cf. gesoden wín defrutum vinum, i. 27, 62. Coerin defrutum, cyren oððe áwylled wín dulcisapa, ii. 25, 10, 69. Ásodenes wínes careni, Hpt. Gl. 408, 42), Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 24.

eorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
eorlíce, [ = eorl-líce]; adv.

Manfully, strongly, greatly ⬩ vĭrĭlĭter, vĕhĕmenter, multum

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Manfully, strongly, greatly; vĭrĭlĭter, vĕhĕmenter, multum Gebealh heó swíðe eorlíce wið hire suna she was very greatly incensed against her son, Cod. Dipl. 755; Kmbl. iv. 54, 30

fæsten-geat

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-geat, es; n.

A fortress or city gate ⬩ arcis vel urbis porta

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- A fortress or city gate; arcis vel urbis porta Wið ðæs fæstengeates folc onette the people hastened to the city gate, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 38; Jud. 162

Linked entry: fæster-

for-bærnednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-bærnednes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A burning up ⬩ ustio

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A burning up; ustio Wið for-bærnednysse [-nesse MS. B.] for a burning, Herb. cont. 168, 2; Lchdm. i. 62, 19: Herb. 168, 2; Lchdm. i. 298, 10

hát

Grammar
hát, heat.
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Wið wunda hátum, Lch. i. 84, 20. Add:

mynster-land

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-land, es; n.
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Land belonging to a monastery Ædelwold sealde mé tó gehwerfe ðone hám Heartingas on sixtigum hídum wið ðám mynsterlande ðe líð intó Élíg, C. D. iii. 60, 32

samlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
samlíce, adv.
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In unison, all together Ðeáh ðe ealle eorðan wæter sýn gemenged wið ðám heofonlicum wætrum uppe on áne ǽdran, and hit samlíce rínan onginne, Sal. K. 148, 18

un-geþwǽrlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrlic, adj.
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Discordant, at variance Gif þú gemune ꝥ þín bróðer áht ungeþwǽrlices wið þé gemǽne [hæbbe] si recordatus fueris quiafrater tuus habet aliquid adversunt te, Gr. D. 349, 24

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrlic

beorgan

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Th. i. 418, 34. ꝥ to protect an object (dat. ) against (wið) evil Wið hete bearh ic mé, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 155, 5. Þæt hí beorgan heom silfum wið Godes yrre, Wlfst. 190, 10. Beorgian Ll. Th. i. 364, 12. Wið helle bryne beorhgan his sáwle, 30.

ge-bedda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bedda, . . . an ; f.
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Gebed ł wíf uxorem, p. 14, 16. þá cóm leóf Gode (Abraham ) idesa lǽdan, swǽse gebeddan, and his suhtrian, wíf on willan, Gen. 1775