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un-eáþness

Grammar
un-eáþness, <b>. I.</b>
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In 1. 7 after fare insert: non mihi labor est ad Dominum meam uenire, and add: distress of body or mind Mid þiére unéþnysse (-eáð-, v.l. ) swá myccles sáres onǽled doloris magni stimulis accensus, Gr. D. 207, ii

tó-clifrian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-clifrian, p. ode

To scratch or tear to pieces

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Hé unscrýdde hine ealne, and wylode hine sylfne on ðam þiccum brémlum and þornum swá lange, ðæt hé eall tóclifrod árás, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 30

ceorl

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</b> a layman :-- Swá mæssepreóst, swá munuc, swá ceorl (laicus ), swá cempa, Coll. M. 31, 37. Swylce hit nán pleoh ne sý ꝥ se preóst libbe swá swá ceorl, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 18. þæt mæssepreóst lybbe his líf swá swá ceorl, Wlfst. 269, 29.

leóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cwide, es; m.

A poem

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A poem Ic nát for hwí eów sindon ða ǽrran gewin swá lustsumlíce on leóþcwidum tó gehiéranne I do not know why the earlier contests are so pleasant for you to hear in poems, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 2

mos

(n.)
Grammar
mos, es; n.

A mossa marshy place

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Tó mossetena gemǽre, and swá big mossetena gemǽre ... Ðis syndon ðæs landes gemǽre æt mosleáge. Cod. Dip. B. ii. 56, 22, 28

Linked entry: meós

ge-neáhsen

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-neáhsen, adj.

Near

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Near Hwílum móna sunnan sínes leóhtes bereáfaþ ðonne hit gebyrigan mæg ðæt swá geneáhsne weorðaþ sometimes the moon deprives the sun of its light when it happens that they get so near, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 23; Met, 4, 12

Linked entry: -neáhsen

staflan

(v.)
Grammar
staflan, p. ode
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To direct, dictate Se geréfa ðone áð him swór swá hé hyne sylf stafode the steward swore the oath to Abraham, as Abraham himself dictated it, Gen. 24, 9. Abraham ðurh wítegunge stafode ðone að, Homl. Th. ii. 234, 34

flǽsc-ǽt

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The eating of flesh Flǽscǽt (carnium esus) þám untruman sý geðafod; sóna swá hý geedwyrpte beóð, þám flǽscǽte (a carnibus) forhæbben, R. Ben. 61, 1-3. Ealle fram flǽscǽte hí forhæbben carnium quadrupedum ab omnibus abstineatur commestio, 64, 6.

ge-mǽnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnung, e ; f.
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Tó hwan forhǽle ðú ús þíne gemǽnunge swá clǽnre fǽmnan, 135, 650. Cf. ge-mǽnsumian; <b>III a.</b>

Linked entry: -mǽnung

ge-bríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bríwan, p. de
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Beren breaacute;d, clǽne níwe buteran and niacute;we beren mela oððe grytta tógædre gebríwed swá coacute;cas cunnon, 220, 11

Linked entry: bríwan

ge-fæd

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fæd, adj.
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Discreet, well-regulated.Add: Sé hæfð módes strencðe þe on gódum gelimpum ne forlǽt his ánrǽdnesse, ac bið aa gefædd on ǽghwylce wísan, swá þæt hé ne bið ne on gefeán tó fægen ne on weán tó ormód, Wlfst. 51, 24

heamol

(adj.)
Grammar
heamol, hamal(?); adj.

Parsimoniousmiserlyniggardly

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Tó hwan wurd ðú swá heámul (fæsthafol. Wlfst. 258, 12) mínra góda þe ic ðé sealde?, Nap. 36. Substitute:

hlídan

(v.)
Grammar
hlídan, p. hlád, pl. hlidon; pp. hliden
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To cover with a lid Ðonne þú hlid habban wylle, þonne hafa þú þíne wynstran hand sám-locene and eác swá þá swýþran and hwylf hý syþþan ofer þá wynstran eal swylce þú cuppan hlíde, Tech. ii. 125, 8. Add:

miltestre

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Sum wíf hátte Uenus, swá fracod on gálnysse ðæt hire fæder hí hæfde, and eác hire bróðor, on myltestrena wísan, Sal. K. 123, 91. Add

ofer-drincere

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-drincere, es; m.
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One who drinks to excess, a drunkard Þa þe óeth;re men mid mánáðum beswícað beóð ealswá miceles wítes scyldige swá ðá manslagan and ðá unrihhǽmeras and ðá oferdrinceras, Hml. A. 147, 95: 148, 124: Nap. 66, 4: 71, 7

Linked entry: drincere

on-drǽdendlic

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Hié þeah swá ondrǽdendlice (andrǽdende, v. l.) gebidon terra tremuit. Diu adtoniti utrimque populi haesitavere, Ors. 4, 2 ; S. 160, 30

stær-blind

(adj.)
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Arrianus wearð slagen mid sæmnedlicre blindnesse, swá ꝥ hé eallunga stærblind wæs gelǽded mid fræmdum handum Arrianus subita caecitate percussus est, atque alienis manibus ad suum habitaculum reductus, Gr. D. 235, 3.

ælmes-leóht

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-leóht, es; n.

Light brought to church by one keeping a vigil during a fast

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Light brought to church by one keeping a vigil during a fast Ðonne man fæste . . . forlǽte man ǽlce worldbysga, and læges and nihtes swá man oftost mæge on cirican gewunige, and mid ælmesleóhte wacigan ðár georne, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 1

snoflig

(adj.)
Grammar
snoflig, adj.

Full of snivel, having a cold in the head

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Swá byþ se ealda man ceald and snoflig flegmata ðæt byþ hraca oððe geposu, deriaþ ðam ealdan and ðam unhálan Anglia viii. 299, 36

beó-gang

(n.)
Grammar
beó-gang, es; m.

A swarm of beesexamen

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A swarm of bees; examen Cot. 15, 164

Linked entry: gang