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meox

Grammar
meox, [In 1. 6 after 'meox ?' insert: and swá ðeáh, gif þú his wel notast, hwæt bið wæstmbǽrre?]
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Hit ys bysmorlic dǽd ꝥ ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mettum áfylle and on óðerne ende him gange ꝥ meox út fram, E. S. viii. 62, 16. Ic hine bewurpe mid meoxe mittam stercora, Lk. 13, 8. God áhefð of meohse ( de stercore) þone mann þe hé wile, O. E.

on-hrínan

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Gif man mid unclǽnum handum hwylces metes onhrine, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 8. with dat. Hé ne mæg þám sáre mid handa onhrínan, Lch. ii. 198, 24

on-sting

(n.)
Grammar
on-sting, es; m.

Authority

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Ic nelle geþafian ðæt ǽni man ǽnine onstyngc hæbbe nolo permittere ut quis jus habeat, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 17.

Linked entry: in-sting

þurh-smúgan

(v.)

to creep throughmove slowly throughto go carefully through a subjectgo over the details

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magan tó rǽde he must prudently consider and diligently go over in his mind all those matters which may be to his lord's advantage, Anglia ix. 259, 18.

Linked entry: smúgan

lǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽðan, p. de

To speak ill ofaccuseabuseexecratedetesthate

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To speak ill of, accuse, abuse, execrate, detest, hate Man call hyrweþ ðæt man scolde herian and láðeþ [lǽðeþ?] ðæt man scolde lufian people scorn what they ought to praise, and hate what they ought to love, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 167.

Linked entry: láðian

helle-hund

(n.)
Grammar
helle-hund, es; m.

A hell-hound

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, and be torn by the teeth of a hell-hound in the awful torments of hell among all the devils without any end, unless he make due reparation before his last day, Cod.

ge-feterian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feterian, -fetrian; p. ode, ade; pp. od ad

To fetterbindcompĕdīrevincīre

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To fetter, bind; compĕdīre, vincīre He ða strangan mæg streámas gefeterian he can fetter the strong streams, Ps. Th. 65, 5. He gefeteaaþ fǽges monnes handa he fetters the hands of the doomed man, Salm. Kmbl. 317; Sal. 158.

Linked entry: ge-fetrian

egle

(adj.)
Grammar
egle, grievous, painful.
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Ne mæg þé ǽnig yfel egle weorðan non accedent ad te mala, Ps. Th. 90, 10: Rún. 29. Cleopian wé in eglum móde and inneweardre heortan let us cry with painful thoughts from the bottom of the heart, Bl. H. 19, 2. Frécne þúhton egle eáláda, An. 441.

mód-geþanc

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Add: mind, thoughts Þ mæg se mon begytan, sé þe his módgeðanc æltowe byþ, Gr. D. 2, 5.

ge-stillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stillan, -styllan; p. de; pp. ed [stillan to rest] .

To restceasebe stillquietmutequiescĕresĕdārisĭlēreobmutescĕrerētĭcēreTo restrainstillstopstaycalmkeep incompescĕrecŏhĭbēresĕdāremītĭgārerĕtĭnēre

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Se wuldor-maga worda gestilde the illustrious man ceased from words, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 29; Gú. 1067: Andr. Kmbl. 1064; An. 532. On Sæterdæg híg gestildon sabbăto sĭluērunt, Lk. Bos. 23, 56.

fót-cops

(n.)
Grammar
fót-cops, -cosp, es; m.

A fettershackle for the feetpĕdĭcacompes

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Hine ne mihte nán man mid fótcopsum gehæftan no man could confine him with fetters, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 27: Mk. 5, 4. To gewríðenne cyningas heora on fótcopsum ad allĭgandos rēges eōrum in compĕdĭbus, Ps. Spl. 149, 8

Linked entry: fót-cosp

franca

(n.)
Grammar
franca, an; m.

A javelinlancelanceafrămeahasta

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He ðone forman man mid his francan ofsceát he shot the foremost man with his javelin, 134, 1; By. 77. Francan wǽron hlúde the javelins were loud, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 20; Gen. 1982 v. Grm. Gesch. D. S. p. 359

un-forbærned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forbærned, adj.

Unburntnot burnt upnot consumed by fire

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Gyf man án bán findeþ unforbærned, hí hit sceolan miclum gebétan, Swt. 21, 12. Tiburtius eode ofer ða byrnendan gléda unforbærnedum fótum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 380

Linked entry: for-bærnan

ebba

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On þís ylcan geáre wæs swa mycel ebba ǽghwǽr ánes dæges swá nán man ǽror gemunde, and swá ꝥ man férde rídende and gangende ofer Tæmese be-eástan þǽre brigge on Lunden, Chr. 1114; P. 244, 13. iii. ebban týne he must put three fences to correspond to the

CRAFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRAFIAN, crafigan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To askCRAVEimploredemandsummon peterepostularein jus vocare

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Se man crafode hine on hundrede the man summoned him before the hundred court Lchdm. iii. 288, 4. He mid rihte crafede ðás ða he crafede he with right craved those things which he craved Chr. 1070; Erl. 208, 18, 23

a-riht

(adv.)
Grammar
a-riht, adv.

ARIGHTrightwellcorrectlyproberecte

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ARIGHT, right, well, correctly; probe, recte Gif man hit ariht asmeáþ if one considereth it right, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 21

ge-arnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-arnian, p. ode; pp. od [earnian to earn]

To earnmeritmĕrēri

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To earn, merit; mĕrēri Sceal mon lofes [MS. leofes] gearnian a man shall merit praise, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 9; Gn. Ex. 140

mapulderen

(adj.)
Grammar
mapulderen, adj.

Made of maple

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Made of maple Mapuldern acernum, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 1; Wrt. Voc. 33, 1. On mapoldren Beat, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 81, 18

récels-reóce

(n.)
Grammar
récels-reóce, (?), an; f.
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Burning incense On ðone tíman man offrode on ðære ealdan ǽ, and mid récelsreócan on ðam temple ðæt weofod georne weorðode, Btwk. 218, 8

Linked entry: reóce

ge-wlǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wlǽtan, p. -wlǽtte; pp. -wlǽted, -wlǽt

To defiledebasefœdare

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To defile, debase; fœdare Gif ðú swá gewlǽtne mon métst if thou shouldest meet a man so debased, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 12