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for-déman

to condemnto condemnsentence to punishmentto confiscatesequestratedecidedetermine

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H. 223, 32. in a civil case Þý lǽs ǽnig man cweðe þæt ic míne mǽgcild mid wó fordémde, Cht. Th. 486, 28. in a criminal case, to condemn, sentence to punishment Hwǽr synd þá ðe þé wrégdon? Ne fordémde (condemnauit) þé nán man ...

hǽlan

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Ðý lǽs. . . hwærfa hiá and ic hǽlo ( sanem ) hiá, 13, 15 : Jn. L. 13, 40. Ꝥte haelde ðrael his ut saluaret seruum eius, Lk. L. 7, 3. Críst hié hǽlan wolde, BI. H. 105, 26. Hǽla ðá unstronga sanare infirmos, Lk.

a-þreótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þreótan, indef. hit aþrýt ; p. -þreát, pl. -þruton ; pp. -þroten.

To wearyirkdispleasebe loathsomeirksome to any onetæderepigereTo loathedislikebe weary of anythingpertæsum esse

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Hwí ne lǽte ge eów ðonne aþreótan why then let ye [it] not to be loathsome to you? Bt. 32, 2 ; Fox 116, 8.

dearnunga

(adv.)
Grammar
dearnunga, dearnenga, dearninga; adv. [dyrne secret, obscure]

Secretly, privately, clandestinelyclam, occulte, clandestīno

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Gif ðín bróðor ðé lǽre dearnunga si tibi voluĕrit persuadĕre frater tuus clam, Deut. 13, 6: Jn. Bos. 19, 38. Oððe eáwunga oððe dearnunga either publicly or privately, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 5: L. Ath. v. § 1, 2; Th. i. 228, 21.

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forþmest

(adj.)
Grammar
forþmest, adj.
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Ðá forðmesto sóðfæste priores justos, Lk. p. 6, 18. of age Wéron seofo bróðro and ðe forðmest wíf lǽde, Mt. L. 22, 25. Ðe foerðmesta, Mk. R. 12, 20. Tó ðǽm forðmest (ældra, R., yldran, W. S.), Mt.

hergung

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hergung, hergiung, herung
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and hiénde þá þe him on siml wǽron mid farende nec minor in suos crudelitas, quam in hostem rabies fuit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 19 Æt eallum slyht and æt ealre hergunge and æt eallum þám hearmum þe ǽr þám gedón wǽre ǽr ꝥ frið geset wǽre, man eall onweig lǽte

hrepung

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</b> (medical) examination by feeling :-- Án æþele lǽce . . . cúðe tócnáwan, gif hé cunnode þæs mannes, be his ǽdrena hrepunge hweðer hé hraðe swulte, Hml.

lóc

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Lóc hú lange se sóða lǽce hit foresceáwige, Hml. Th. i. 474, 25. Lócehwænne mín tíma beó, Angl. xii. 499, 7. Lóca hwǽr beó se móna níwe, viii. 322, 31 : 333, 21. Lóca hwǽr se ealdor him tǽce, R. Ben. 82, 15

fyrþran

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Ne tǽce wé ná . . . þæt hé leahtras fyrðrige and weaxan lǽte non dicimus ut permittat nutriri vitia, R. Ben. 121, 7. Þæt hé Godes cyrcean fyrðrie and fryðie, Wlfst. 266, 16.

beard

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Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime, swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig gehádod man . . . his beard ǽnige hwíle ne hæbbe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 13.

sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden

to cut, make an incision in anythingto cut as a surgeon does, to lance to amputateto cut up or to piecesto cut so as to kill, to slay an animal to cut stone, to hewto cut hairto cut corn, to reap to reap to cut secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere to cut, prune

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Gód lǽce ðe wel cann wunda sníðan Past. 49; Swt. 377, 18.

hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.

When

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Lǽt gebídan beornas ðíne hwænne ðú eft cyme let thy men await the time of thy return, Andr. Kmbl. 800; An. 400. Ðá wæs ðæt hé sorgiende bád hwonne seó ádl tó him cóme qui cum sollicitus horam accessionis exspectaret, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 6.

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settan

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S. 16, 151. to proceed in a specified direction, set out Ðá geáxedon ꝥ lið ꝥ on Sandwíc læg embe Godwines fare, setton þá æfter, Chr. 1052; P. 178, 29. Setton súðweardes sigeþeóda twá, Met. 1, 4

fyrmest

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adv.
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Add: of position Wæs feorhbealu fǽgum, sé þe fyrmest læg, B. 2077.

CUMBOL

(n.)
Grammar
CUMBOL, cumbl , cuml , es; n.

a sign, image, military standard, ensign, banner signum, imago, signum militare, vexillum morbi signum, vulnus

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Kmbl. 2409; An. 1206: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 18; Jud. 333 . a sign or evidence of disease, a wound ; morbi signum, vulnus Se lǽce, ðonne he cymþ ðone untruman to sníðanne, ǽrest [MS. æresð] he sceáwaþ ðæt cumbl [cuml MS.

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dún-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
dún-sǽte, gen. -sǽta; dat. -sǽtum,sǽtan ; pl. m. [dún a mountain, -sǽte dwellers, inhabitants]

Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales montĭcŏlæ Walliæ

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Eác Dúnsǽte beþyrfan, gif heom se cyning an, ðæt man húru friþgislas to heom lǽte of the Gwents [i. e. the people of West Wales, in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, and Cardiganshire] and the Dúnsǽte.

bisceop-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-wyrt, biscop-wyrt, biscep-wyrt, e; f.

BISHOP'S-WORT, bishop's weed, betony, vervain, marsh-mallowammi = άμμι [ammi majus, Lin.], betonica, verbena, hibiscum = ίβίσκos

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Seó læsse biscopwyrt betonica, Ælfc. Gl. 43; Som. 64, 49; Wrt. Voc. 31, 59. Biscopwyrt [MS. biscopwyrtil] verbena, 41; Som. 64, 1; Wrt. Voc, 31, 14. Biscepwyrt hibiscum, Wrt. Voc. 286, 15

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þearf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þearf-líc, adj.
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On gódum lǽce biþ gelang þearflíc broces bót, L. Pen. 9; Th. ii. 280, 13. Ðæt him ðearflíc nǽre, ðæt hé ðǽs hálgan hǽse forhule his hláforde that it would not be well for him to conceal the saint's bidding from his lord, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 80.

á-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lǽnan, p. de (not ede).
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Th. i. 274, 2: ii. 102, 1. of land, to lease Hí ænlǽnað Ælfréde .XL. hída landes æfter ðǽre lǽna ðe Túnbryht ǽr álénde his yldran, C. D. v. 162, 24. Ðæt land eóde eft intó ðǽre stówe ðe hit út álǽned wæs, iv. 267, 6

á-sceótan

(v.)
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D. 49, 7. to shoot, strike an object Hí cwǽdon ꝥ se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ( lance ) ꝥ geswell; þá dyde hé swá, and þǽr sáh út wyrms, Hml. S. 20, 63. Ásceótende eviscerando, An. Ox. 46, 47.