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wícing

(n.)
Grammar
wícing, es; m.
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Th. 135, 56; By. 139. Ðá flotan, wícinga fela, 133, 60; By. 73: 134, 40; By. 97. Ðý geáre gegaderode ón hlóþ wícenga (-inga, v. l. ), Chr. 879; Erl. 80, 28. Ðá métton hié .xvi. scipu wícenga (-inga, v. l. ), 885; Erl. 82, 28.

Linked entry: scegð-mann

floterian

(v.)
Grammar
floterian, flotorian; p. ode; pp. od

To FLUTTERbe disquieted or troubledbe carried by the wavesfluctuārefluctibus ferri

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To FLUTTER, be disquieted or troubled, be carried by the waves; fluctuāre, fluctibus ferri Ðín heorte floteraþ on gýtsunge thy heart flutters or is disquieted with covetousness; cor tuum fluctuat avārĭtia, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 28.

fóre-steall

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-steall, es; m. [fóre before, steall from stellan to leap]

A leaping beforeforestallingrescueassultusinterceptio

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rescue; assultus, interceptio Ða Iudéiscan ealdras geornlíce smeádon hú hí Hǽlend Crist acwellan mihton, ondrédon him swá-ðeáh ðæs folces fóresteall the Jewish elders earnestly deliberated how they might slay Jesus Christ, but they dreaded a rescue by

rand-gebeorh

(n.)
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a protection such as that afforded by a shield Se ágend up árǽrde reáde streámas in randgebeorh the Lord hath raised the Red Sea's waters as a protecting shield (cf. the waters were a wall unto them, Ex. 14, 29), Cd. Th. 196, 24; Exod. 296

scúr-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
scúr-heard, adj.
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Made hard by blows (v. scúr, <b>I b;</b> and cf. heoru hamere geþuren, Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285) Sweordes ecg, scerp and scúrheard, Andr. Kmbl. 2267; An. 1135. Ðæt him féla láf ( the sword ) ne meahte scúrheard sceþþan, Beo.

sin-híwan

(v.)
Grammar
sin-híwan, -hígan ; pl.
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Members of a family united by the lasting bond of marriage, a married pair Sinhíwan ( Adam and Eve ), Cd. Th. 48, 19 ; Gen. 778 : 49, 9 ; Gen. 789 : Exon. Th. 153, 9 ; Gú. 823.

Linked entry: ge-sinhíwan

ge-loccian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-loccian, ꝥ ode.
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Substitute: To allure, entice, win over by gentle means Ólehte, i. geloccadea delinuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 50. Héhí swá unróte óleccende tó him geloccode tristem blanditiis delinivit, Past. 415, 18.

tǽling

Grammar
tǽling, <b>. II.</b>
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Take here the passage given under II, where for 'calumnies' substitute 'mockeries'; the Latin glossed by tǽlincga is irrisiones

hand-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
hand-gewrit, es; n.

What is written by the hand, a deed, contractchirographum

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What is written by the hand, a deed, contract; chirographum Handgewrit cirographum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 113; Wrt. Voc. 20, 51. Hondgiwrit chyrographum, Rtl. 32, 39.

BREÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BREÓWAN, ic breówe, ðú breówest, brýwst, he breóweþ, brýwþ, pl. breówaþ ; p. breáw, pl. bruwon; pp. browen, ge-browen

To BREW; cerevisiam coquere

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To BREW; cerevisiam coquere Ne biþ ðǽr nǽnig ealo gebrowen mid Estum there is no ale brewed by the Esthonians, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 22, 17. Ne dranc he nánes gemencgedes wǽtan, ne gebrowenes he drank not of any mixed or brewed fluid, Homl. Th. i. 352, 7

Linked entries: ge-browen bríwan

of-dæl

(adj.)
Grammar
of-dæl, adj.

Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior

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Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior Hit biþ ámerred mid ðám lǽnum gódum forðam hit biþ ofdælre ðǽrtó it is led astray by the transitory goods, because it is more inclined to them; ad falsa devius error abducit, Bt. 24, 2; Fox 82, 2.

Linked entry: æf-dæl

of-sendan

(v.)

to reach by sending, send for, summon

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to reach by sending, send for, summon Ofsænd se cyng Godwine eorl the king sent for earl Godwin Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 7.

slíþe

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþe, (?); adj.

Formed, moulded fictusgravenfeigned, false

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Hí offrodon ðæ sliððæn sacrificaverunt sculptilibus 105, 35. feigned, false Hé oncneów slíþe mód úre cognovit figmentum (taken by the translator =fictam menlemt) nostrum Ps. Spl. T. 102, 13

Linked entry: slíþness

byrn-wíga

(n.)
Grammar
byrn-wíga, part. l.
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byrn-wiga

býge

Grammar
býge, l. byge,
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and add: of shape or direction Byge sinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 65. Andlanges ánre furh oð hit cymð tó ánum byge; ðanone of ðǽm byge, C. D. v. 153, 31. Tó ðǽre díce byge, 298, 12. On ðone byge ; of ðám byge, vi. 1, 20 : 2, 4.

þunor

(n.)
Grammar
þunor, (-ar, -er, -ur), es; m.

thundertonitrusfulmenJupitera thane of king Egbert of Kent

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Se byp hlúd for ðære lyfte brádnysse, and frecenfull for ðæs fýres sceótungum, Lchdm. iii. 290, 2-15. Þunor tóslóg heora godes hús aedes Salutis ictu fulminis dissoluta est, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 18.

Wihtgáres

(n.)
Grammar
Wihtgáres, (-as) burn, Wihtgára burh

Carisbrooke

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Carisbrooke On Wihtgáras (-gára, v. l.) byrg, Chr. 530; Th. i. 26, col. I. Wihtgára (-gáras, -gáres, v. ll.) byrg, 544; Th. i. 28, col. I

ofer-drífan

(v.)

to cover by driftingto overcome, refute, repel, defeat

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to cover by drifting Ðeáh hit wind oððe sǽs flód mid sonde oferdrífen though the wind or sea cover it by driving the sand over it, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 40, 1. to overcome, refute, repel, defeat Ðú ðe þióstro giduoles oferdrífest depellis Rtl. 38, 17.

of-sceótan

(v.)

to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weaponelf-shot, diseased from an elf&#39;s shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal&#39;s stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.

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to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weapon Wulfstán ðone forman man mid his francan ofsceát, Byrht. Th. 134, 1; By. 77. Hǽþcyn his mǽg ofscét blódigan gáre. Beo. Th. 4870; B. 2439.

gold-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
gold-fæt, [-fatu?], es; n.
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A thin plate of gold; bractea, lamina aurea Stáne gelícast gladum gimme ðonne in goldfate smiþa orþoncum biseted weorþeþ to a stone most like to a bright jewel when by the smiths' art it has been set in a bracelet, Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 7; Ph. 303