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líc-tún

(n.)
Grammar
líc-tún, es; m.

a grave-yardcemetery

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Frag. 8, 20. On ðæra bróðra líctune wæs bebyriged in cœmeterio fratrum sepultum est, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 46: 4, 10; S. 578, 2, 17, 28: Chart. Th. 157, 23.

eald-wita

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Mé sǽde sum árwyrðe mæssepreóst, þæt him sǽde sum ealdwita, ꝥ hé wǽre gefullad fram Paulino narravit mihi presbyter quidam retulisse sibi quendam seniorem, baptizatum se fuisse a Paulino, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 178, 19.

éste-líce

(adv.)

graciouslydelicatelyluxuriously

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Oestelíce devote, Rtl. 31, 34. delicately, luxuriously Éstelíce fram cnihtháde fédan delicate a pueritia nutrire, Kent. Gl. 1065. Genóh estelíce (delicate) hine grápað sé þe wyle bútan geswince leahtras oferswíþan, Scint. 103, 20

Indisc

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Þá bodan cómon fram ðám Indiscum, Hml. Th. ii. 484, 6. on Indisc in Indian language Þá wǽron wunderlicum nomum on Indisc gecéged Indica lingua erant uocitate, Nar. 26, 11

hylc

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Fram stíge geond wóge hylcas on þá swýþran hand búgende a tramite per obliquos anfractus dextra (levaque) declinantia, 3427. an inequality of surface, a hump, roughness of land Ábrocen land vel hilcas (-es, MS.) anfractus, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 12.

sibling

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Seó éhtnnys bið ealra biterost þe bið fram siblingum, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 28. Swilce hí þonne lufian heora siblingas, ðe ǽr on lífe ne hí sylfe ne heora mágas ne lufedon, i. 332, 30. Add

styrung

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Gód is tó forhæbbenne fram unálýfedum styrungum, 564, 7

swég

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Add Áweóx mára swég and hefegra ( gravior sonitus ),swá ꝥ hit áhleóðrode swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre tóworpen fram þám grundweallum, Gr. D. 236, 12. Se sácerd scolde bión mid bellum behangen ... scolde beón gehiéred his swég (sonítus), Past. 93, 7.

weámódness

(n.)
Grammar
weámódness, e; f.

Anger, passionateness, irascibility

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Ðære sáwle miht is ðæt heó sylf beó geðyldi and ǽlce weámódnysse fram hire áwyrpe, Basil admn. 3; Norm. 38, 27. [ Ira, þet is on Englisc wemodnesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 19.]

ǽfen-þénung

Grammar
ǽfen-þénung, -þegnung.

evening service of the Churchserving of food in the evening, supper

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Hí árísað fram ǽfenþénunge (cena), 74, 10. Ǽfenþénunga ge-ðónre cena facta Angl. xiii. 437, 1030. Gif hí sceolan on ǽfen gereordian of ðám sylfan punde se þridda dǽl sí gehealden tó ágifenne on ǽfen-þinungum, R. Ben. I. 71, 3

of-stician

(v.)

to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce, transfix

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Hé swealt ofsticod fram him sylfum. Chr. 2; Erl. 5, 19

Linked entry: of-stingan

tó-swellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swellan, pp. -swollen

To swell outgrow big

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Wiþ tótece . . . ðæt tóswollene lim fram ðære uferan healfe beþe, Lchdm. ii. 68, 13. Wæs án cnapa swíðe tóswollen þurh wyrmes siege, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 3, 481. Ða tóswolnan turgida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 7.

from-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
from-weardes, adv.

From-wardsin a direction away from

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From-wards, in a direction away from Gif hunta gebíte mannan, sleah þrý scearpan neáh fromweardes if a hunting spider bite a man, strike three scarifications near, in a direction from [the bite ], L. M. 1, 68; Lchdm. ii. 142, 19

freó-burh

(n.)
Grammar
freó-burh, gen. -burge; f.

A free citylībĕra arx

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A free city; lībĕra arx He scolde gesécean freóburh he should seek the free city, Beo. Th. 1390; B. 693

wígbed-wíglere

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-wíglere, es; m.

One who divines from the sacrificesa divinersoothsayer

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One who divines from the sacrifices, a diviner, soothsayer Wígbedwíglere ariolus (as if from ara ), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 11

Finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Finnas, gen. a; pl. m.
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the Finns generally, including Scride-finnas and Ter-finnas, are the inhabitants of the north and west coast from Halgoland [v. map in Ors.

Scottas

(n.)
Grammar
Scottas, pl.
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Gif næddre sleá man, ðone blacan snegl áwæsc on háligwætre, sele drincan oððe hwaethwega ðæs ðe fram Scottum cóme a little water that has come from Ireland (because of its peculiar efficacy (?). Cf.

Linked entries: Sceottas Scot-land

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp. swicen.
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</b> swícan from to turn from, to withdraw favour or allegiance from, to rebel :-- Ða leóde him from swicon the people renounced their allegiance to the king of the Elamites (cf. recesserunt ab eo, Gen. 14, 4), Cd. Th. 119, 18; Gen. 1981.

Linked entry: be-swicenness

here-paþ

Grammar
here-paþ, her-paþ, es; m.

A road for an armymilitary roadroad large enough to march soldiers upon

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Up tó herpaþe and fram ðam herpaþe súþrihte, 205, 20. On ðone brádan herpaþ, iii. 23, 35. Wísde herepoþ tó ðære heán byrig shewed a road for his army to the lofty city, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 12; Dan. 38.

Linked entries: strǽl here-weg

míl

(n.)
Grammar
míl, e; míle(?), an; f.

A mile

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A mile Álecgaþ hit on ánre míle ðone mǽstan dǽl fram ðæm túne, ðonne óðerne ... óð ðe hyt eall áled biþ on ðære ánre míle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 30-32: Blickl. Homl. 129, 4. Leóuue, míle milliarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 7. Twelf míla, Blickl.