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gin-

(v.; prefix)
Grammar
gin-, gynn-wísed; part. p.

Well-directedwise

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Well-directed, wise Nǽnig monna wæs godes willan ðæs georn ne gynnwised no man was so eager for God's will nor so wise, Exon. 45 a; Th. 154, 8; Gú. 839

æftemest

(adj.)
Grammar
æftemest, -myst, -most; adj. superlative of æfter,—

After-mostlastpostremusnovissimus

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Ðonne he sylf mid ðam fyrmestan dǽle wið ðæs æftemestan flúge when he himself with the first part should flee towards the hindermost, Ors. 4, 6 ; Bos. 85, 20: Mk. Bos. 12, 22: Jn. Bos. 7, 37

HÉLA

(n.)
Grammar
HÉLA, hǽla, an; m.

The HEEL

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Gif ðæt wíf mid ðám hélum stæpeþ if the woman steps with the heels, Lchdm. iii. 144, 14

Linked entry: hǽla

grimsian

(v.)
Grammar
grimsian, p. ede
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Wól mid grimme wæle lange feor and wíde grimsigende pestilentia acerba clade diutius longe lateque desæviens, 27; S. 558, 15: 4, 25; S. 601, 20

toren-íge

(adj.)
Grammar
toren-íge, adj.
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Wiþ eágena sár, ðæt is ðonne ðæt hwá torníge (toraneáge, MS. B.) sý ad lippitudinem oculorum, Lchdm. i. 108, 23. Wið eágena sáre, ðæt ys ðæt wé cwéðaþ torníge (-ége, MS. H.) ad epiphoras oculorum, 156, 18

Linked entries: toran-eáge torn-íge

ge-weorp

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Dele ' A throwing, . . . dashing, ' and for first passage substitute Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley (the boat

be-warenian

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

hrífe

(adj.)
Grammar
hrífe, (?); adj.
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Rapacious, fierce. of animals Wé ús warnigan scoldon wið þá missenlican cynd nædrena and hrífra wildeóra ( serpentes et rapida ferarum genera ), Nar. 5, 28.

ælf-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
ælf-ádl, e; f.

Elf-diseaseephialtæ morbus

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Elf-disease; ephialtæ morbus Wið ælfádle against elf-disease, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm, ii. 344, 20

in-stice

(n.)
Grammar
in-stice, es ; m.

An inward stitch

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An inward stitch, a pricking sensation within Wið instice, L. M. 2, 54; Lchdm. ii. 274, 27

Mæcedonie

(n.)
Grammar
Mæcedonie, pl.

The Macedonians

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Gewin wið Mæcedonie, Swt. 202, 33

mán-folm

(n.)
Grammar
mán-folm, e; f.

A hand that does evil

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A hand that does evil Alýs mé and genere wið mánfolmum fremdra beorna. Ps. Th. 143, 8

runol

(adj.)
Grammar
runol, (for hrunol, cf.
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Wið ðý (ða, MS.) runlan áttre, Lchdm. iii. 36, 17

slipung

(n.)
Grammar
slipung, (?), e; f.

Viscidity

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Viscidity Wið slipunge (slipigre ?)the text hasslipegrum wǽtum. v. slipig) wǽtan ðæs miltes, Lchdm. ii. 166, 24

þeóh-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-wærc, -wræc, es; m.
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Pain in the thighs Wið þeóhwræce ... smyre ða þeóh, sóna hý beóð hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 19

un-lyft

(n.)
Grammar
un-lyft, e; f.

Bad airmalaria

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Bad air, malaria Rómáne and eall súðfolc worhton him eorþhús wið ðære unlyfte, Lchdm. ii. 16, 2

á-scortian

(v.)

to run shortrun outbe exhausted

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to run short, run out, be exhausted Æt ðám giftum áscortode wín, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 10

Linked entry: á-sceortian

be-cnedan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cnedan, pp. -cneden

to knead up

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to knead up Merces sǽd on hláf be-cneden oþþe on wín gegniden, Lch. ii. 248, 4

Linked entry: cnedan

weorold-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sprǽc, e; f.
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Hyne sylfne ǽgðer ge wið woroldsprǽce ge wið worold*-*dǽda warnige hé and healde, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 414, 38