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þearm

(n.)
Grammar
þearm, es; m.
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A gut, an intestine [Tharm = guts washed for making hogs' puddings, is given as a Lincolnshire word in Bailey's Dictionary; with the meaning, 'material of which fiddle-strings are made,' it is given in E. D. S. Pub.

for-stelan

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.) :-- Gif preóst mycele stale forstele si presbyter furtum magnum commiserit, Ll. Th. ii. 140, 14. Gif man mycelre þýfðe forstele, feoðerfót neát ... forgylde hé ꝥ hé forstolen hæbbe ...

út-lah

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lah, adj.

Outlawedan outlawcalling for outlawry

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Gif heora menn sleán úre ǽhta, ðonne beód hý útlage ge wið hý ge wið ús, ii. 7; Th. i. 288, 10. calling for outlawry Gif se Englisca beclypaþ Frenciscne mid útlagan þingan si Anglicus appellet Francigenam de utlagaria, W. ii. 3: Th. i. 489, 22

Linked entries: -lah út-laga

ge-licgan

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R. 1, 30. to lie with a person, have sexual intercourse with Gif man wið cyninges maegdenman geligeð, Ll. Th. i. 6, 4, 11, 13: 10, 6. Gif man mid esnes cwynan geligeð, 24, 9.

ge-leánian

(v.)
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Ox. 42, 1. to give remuneration for well-doing (acc.) to a person (dat. ) :-- Drihten ealle þá gód mannum geleánað mid twyfealdre méde éces lífes, Bl. H. 101, 23. to give recompense for loss, suffering, &c.

ge-swícan

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Gif hé ðonne giét geswicen næfð his ágenra unðeáwa si ergo adhuc in ejus corpore passiones vivunt. Past. 59, 24.

á-heardian

(v.)
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Gif hwylcum men ǽdran áheardode sýn, i. 196, 5. figurative. of persons, to prove stern, inflexible þám mannum hé sceal dón synna forgifenysse þe hé gesihð þæt beóð onbryrde ðurh Godes gife, and þám hé sceal áheardian þe náne behreówsunge nabbað heora

Linked entry: heardian

týnan

(v.)
Grammar
týnan, p. de
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Lind. 20, 19. to close a place, prevent entrance into a place, shut up Gié týndon ríc heofna clauditis regnum coelorum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 13. <b>IIIa.</b> to prevent a person granting access to others (?)

sicor

(adj.)
Grammar
sicor, adj. with gen.
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hreów*-*siaþ, ne bió wé nó ðæs sicore; gif ús ðæt ne mislícaþ ðæt ús ǽr lícode, ðonne ne biþ hit nó ús færgiefen.

tó-þindan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-þindan, p. -þand, pl. -þundon; pp. -þunden

To swellgrow bigto swell with pridebe puffed upbe arrogant

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Gif heora hwylc tóðint and hine on módignesse onhefþ and hé on ðám leahtre biþ onfunden si quisque ex eis inflatus superbia repertus fuerit reprehensibilis, R. Ben. 46, 16. Gif hwylc bróðor ongyten biþ tóþunden (contumax), 48, 3.

Linked entry: tó-þunden

a-þindan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þindan, p. þand, pl. -þundon; pp. -þunden

To puff upswellinflateintumescere

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Gif he aþunden sý if he be swollen, Herb. 1, 21 : Lchdm. i. 76, 27. Aþindaþ occurs in Ps. Th. 106, 25 as a translation of tabescebat;

Linked entries: a-þindung a-þunden

eorl-riht

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-riht, es; n.

An earl's right or privilege cŏmĭtis jus vel privĭlēgium

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An earl's right or privilege; cŏmĭtis jus vel privĭlēgium Gif þegen geþeáh, ðæt he wearþ to eorle, ðonne wæs he syððan eorlrihtes weorþe if a thane thrived, that he became an earl, then he was thenceforth worthy of an earl's right, L.

for-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bláwan, p. -bleów, pl. -bleówon; pp. -bláwen

To blow awayinflateinflāre

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Gif mon síe forbláwen if a man be inflated, L. M. 2, 34; Lchdm. ii. 240, 4

be-wǽpnian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wǽpnian, -wépnian; p. ed; pp. ed; [be, wǽpen a weapon]

To take away arms, disarmarmis spoliare

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Gif man æt unlagum man bewǽpnige [bewepnie MS. B.] if any one unlawfully disarm a man, 61; Th. i. 408, 18

Linked entries: be-wépnian wǽpnian

gerela

(n.)
Grammar
gerela, gierela, an; m.
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Apparel Gif ðú wénst ðætte wundorlíc[e] gerela hwelc weorðmynd síe if you suppose that wonderful apparel is any honour, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 18.

Linked entry: gyrla

teóðung-ealdor

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-ealdor, es; m.
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Gif seó geférrǽden tó ðam micel sý, sýn gecorene of ðám sylfum gebróðrum ðá ðe gódes gewittes sýn, and sýn gesette tó teóðingealdrum (constituantur decani ), R. Ben. 46, 6-10: 137, 17-20. Cf. teóðung, II

þeów-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów-boren, adj.
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Slave-born, born of parents in slavery Ne sceal hé (the abbot) ðone æþelborenan settan beforan ðane þeówborenan, gif se þeówborena ǽr on ðæm mynstre wæs, bútan hé for hwylcum gesceáde hit dó non preponatur ingenuus ex servitio convertenti nisi forte

un-fremu

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

Hurtlossdamagedetriment

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Hurt, loss, damage, detriment Hú nyt bið ðæt, ðeáh ðú ðé ealne middaneard and ealle eorðan wille gestrýnan, gif ðú ðínre sáwle unfreme and forlorenesse gewyrcst? Anglia xi. 8, 29.

ynce

(n.)
Grammar
ynce, es; m.
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Gif ofer ynce scilling; æt twám yncum, twégen; ofer þrý, .iii. scill., L. Ethb. 67; Th. i. 18, 17. Hé ( Adam ) wæs vi and cx ynca lang, Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 20

Linked entry: FÓT

blǽce

(n.)
Grammar
blǽce, bléce, es; n.
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[Take here passages from Lchdms. given in Dict. under blǽco.] Bléci viti(li)ginem, Txts. 105, 2117: 114, 107: pruriginem, 111, 24