ie
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For words beginning with these combinations look under i, í, and see the preliminary remarks under the letter I
lyge-wyrhta
A liar
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A liar, a forger of lies Mid ðám ligewyrhtum with the forgers of lies, Fragm. Kmbl. 19; Leás. 11
be-sellan
To surround, bring on ⬩ circumdare, obducere
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To surround, bring on; circumdare, obducere Sinnihte beseald surrounded with perpetual night, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 27; Gen. 42
Linked entry: be-seald
ge-rǽdod
Furnished with trappings, harnessed
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Furnished with trappings, harnessed Án gerǽdod hors a harnessed horse, Ælfc. T. Lisle 36, 12: Th. Chart. 501, 5
Linked entries: un-gerǽdod ge-rǽde ge-rǽded ge-sadelod
ge-scipian
To provide with ships
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To provide with ships Se micla here wurdon gescipode the great army got ships, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 23
Linked entry: scipian
flániht
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Provided with darts or points (?) Þá flan-ihtan jaculatas (fraude sagittas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 76: 47, 29. Substitute:
ge-hnǽstan
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To come into conflict with, contend Sé þe mec féhð ongeán and wið mægenþisan mínre genǽsteð, Rä. 28, 10
imb-stocc
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A stump with a swarm of bees in it On ðæne ymbstocc; of ðám ymbstocce, C.D. v. 234, 26
ofer-wríþan
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to wrap round, cover up with a wrapper Mid hnesce wulle oferwríðe ealle þá scearpan, Lch. ii. 130, 10
æt-hrínan
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with gen, and acc. Ꝥ fýr heora ne æthrán ne furþum án hǽr heora heáfdes, Hml. S. 30, 454
sǽtnian
To lie in wait for
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To lie in wait for (with gen. ) Ðá wǽron ðǽr Sarocine gesamnode, ðæt hig sǽtnodan manna, Shrn. 37, 34
wæter-denu
A valley with water in it
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A valley with water in it : -— Andlang weterdene west tó ðære deópan dene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 365, 33
ǽfen-gereordian
To provide with supper
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To provide with supper Dagum on ðám ǽfengereorde synt gebróþru diebus quibus cenaturi sunt fratres, Angl. xiii. 437, 1030
healf-clǽmed
Half finished
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Half finished [of house built with mud] Mín ðæt healfclǽmede hús my half-finished mud-hut, Shrn. 39, 20
smiþlíce
After the manner of a smith, with skill ⬩ fabriliter
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After the manner of a smith, with skill Smiþlíce fabrile Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 33: 35, 14: 146, 59
ge-þoftrǽden
Companionship ⬩ fellowship ⬩ converse ⬩ consortium
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Companionship, fellowship, converse; consortium God to him genam geþoftrǽdene God held converse with him, Homl. Th. i. 90, 20
Linked entry: þoft-rǽden
seócen
Troubled with sickness
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Troubled with sickness On ðás seócnan (seócan ?) tíd in this time of sickness, Exon. Th. 166, 11; Gú. 1041
þearlwís-líc
Severe, ⬩ hard
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Severe, hard Drihten hyne þreáde myd þearlwýslícere swingle the Lord punished him with a severe flogging, Shrn. 98, 15
beám-weg
A road made with logs ⬩ a corduroy road
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A road made with logs, a corduroy road On beámweg (cf. stánweg, 15), C. D. B. i. 417, 17
symbel-gál
Wanton with feasting
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Wanton with feasting Se ðe him wínes glæd wilna brúceþ, siteþ him symbelgál, Exon. Th. 449, 30; Dóm. 79