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slipor

(adj.)
Grammar
slipor, adj.

slippery, not easy to hold, moving easilyslipping easily, easily movedfoul lubricum

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, moving easily Deófol næddre ys slipor ðæs gif heáfde ná byþ wiðstanden eall on innemystum heortan ðænne ná byþ ongyten byþ ásliden diabolus serpens est lubricus, cuius si capiti non resistitur, totus in interna cordis, dum non sentitur, inlabitur Scint

Linked entries: slifor slípan

múþa

(n.)
Grammar
múþa, an; m.

the mouth of a riveran openingdoor

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On ða eá hí tugon up hiora scipu óþ ðone weald, iiii míla fram ðæm múþan útanweardum, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 25-32. Ǽlc ceápscip friþ hæbbe ðe binnan múþan cuman, L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 284, 20; ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 6.

scyfe

(n.)
Grammar
scyfe, es; m.
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Surt. 24, 11. furtherance of a project, the pushing of a matter, prompting, instigation in a good sense, cf. scúfan, <b>V </b>Ǽlc burhgemet beó be his dihte ge scife swíðe rihte, L. I.

tusc

(n.)
Grammar
tusc, tux, es: a wk. pl. tuxan occurs; m. A canine tooth or
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Monnes tux bið .xv. sciłł. weorð the compensation to be paid for knocking out a man's canine tooth is xv shillings, L. Alf. pol. 49; Th. i. 94, 12. Cf. L. Ethb. 51; Th. i. 16. Hundes tux, Lchdm. i. 370, 29. Se flǽsctóþ wiþæftan ðone tux gigra, Wrt.

un-wærlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wærlíce, adv.

Unwarilyincautiouslywithout cautionheedlessly

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Þænne gyltas unwerlíce [wé] forgyfaþ dum culpas incaute remittimus, Scint. 149, 8

Linked entry: wærlíce

be-rípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rípan, p. te

To stripdespoilplunder

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Ná berýp ðú þeów wísne ne defraudes seruum sensatum, Scint. 190, 1. þæt hé ðá unstrangan berýpe. Hml. Th. i. 164, 4. ꝥ hé inne oþþe úte cirican berýpe, Ll. Th. i. 334, 31.

Linked entry: be-rýpan

ge-hleótan

(v.)
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gehleát hit Quintus Flaminius bellum . . . quod Quinctius Flaminius sortitus Ors. 4, II; S. 202, 34. to have allotted, obtain, get Mildheormyss fram mid-þoligende fremedre yrmþe nama(n) gehlét misericordia a compatiendo aliene miserte nomen sortita est Scint

ge-swǽs

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Geswǽsum gemetum blandis modis, Scint. 61, 10. Hé mid geswǽsum wordum ólehte þám mǽdene. Hml. S. 7, 83

ge-férlǽcan

(v.)
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Geférlǽht sociata, 132, 33. of relation between persons Stuntne mid witum ná geférlǽc fatuum cum sapieniibus non socies, Scint. 97, 18. Hyra nán wið cuman (cumena, v.l.) hine geférlǽce hospitibus . . . non societur, R.

lyre

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Hé þolode lyre (jacturam) eallra þára þinga þe on þám scipe wǽron, 141, 13. loss of a living creature by death Hé nolde ábúgan fram Godes lufe for bærna lyre, Hml. S. 16, 48.

on-rǽs

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Ox. 2480. non-material Gálnysse onraes byrnende innoþe gefylledum æthabban ys unmihtelic libidinis impetum ardentem ventre satiato retinere est impossibile, Scint. 57, 8. of military operations, invasion, incursion, attack of a country Ðá fǽrlíce wearð

wác-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
wác-mód, adj.

of weak dispositionmorally weakfaintheartedpusillanimous

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Skt. i. 17, 40. fainthearted, pusillanimous Gif yrmð getímaþ wácmód ná wuna ðú si calamitas contigerit, pusillanimis non existas, Scint. 172, 6. Crist lǽrde ðæt man tó wácmód (cf. Mt. 24, 6: Mk. 13, 7) ðonne ne wurde, Wulfst. 89, 6.

wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg, (see also wǽge), e; f.

a weighta weyan implement for weighinga balance

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Ben. 78, 11. an implement for weighing, a balance On wǽge beóð áwegene statera ponderabuntur, Scint. 97, 7. Weh on wǽge, Lchdm. i. 374, 15. Gelícere wáge aequa bilance, Hpt. Gl. 512, 76. Tó wége ł tó disce ad mensam, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 23.

weg-férende

(adj.)
Grammar
weg-férende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Wayfaringa wayfarer, traveller.travelling, going a way, passing by

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Se ríca and se ðearfa sind wegférende on ðisse worulde, 254, 28. used substantively Swá swá wegférende þyrstende sicut uiator siciens, Scint. 225, 10. Wíférend, Kent. Gl. 137. Wegférende ðæt sǽd fortrǽdon, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 45.

Linked entry: weg-férend

wíglere

(n.)
Grammar
wíglere, (wiglere ?), weohlere, es; m.

A divinersoothsayeraugursorcerer

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On gellcnysse wígleres and rǽdendes ( arioli et coniectoris ), Scint. 75, 12. Wýgleras auspices Germ. 398, 79. Be wiccum, wíglerum, etc. Gif wiccan oððe wígleras, oþþe morðwyrhtan . . . L. E. G. II; Th. i. 172, 20: L. C. S. 4 ; Th. i. 378, 7.

Linked entry: weohlere

tó-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sendan, p. de.

to send in different directionssend away,disperse,scatterto destroy

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to send in different directions, send away, disperse, scatter Áttru hit tósend venena diffundet, Scint. 105, 9. Hé tósende his geféran swilce for huntoðes intingan, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 104. Hé tósende hí geond ealne middangeard. Homl.

trahtnian

(v.)
Grammar
trahtnian, p. ode.

To expoundexplainto give as explanation of (be) somethingto treat of

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Mid were ǽwfæstum trahtna (tracta) be hálignysse, Scint. 200, 14. Nú wille wé be ðyssere freólstíde trahtnian, Homl. Th. i. 104, 9. Wé woldon gefyrn trahtnian be ðam lambe, ii. 278, 11

ge-sécan

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(cc) of motion in ships, to reach land :-- Sóna swá ðæt forme scip land gesóhte (came to anchor) . . . Þá cóm se cyning self mid his scipe, and land gesóhte (landed ), Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 9-16.

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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Heáfodmynstres griþbryce . . . béte man be cyninges munde . . . and medemran mynstres mid hundtwelftigan sciłł., L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 1: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21.

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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Ic scíne splendeo , Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2 ; Som 28, 42. Sciénþ candescit , Past. 14, 6 ; Swt. 89, 1. Swá se lígræsc scíuþ ( fulget ). Lk. Skt. 17, 24 : Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 29. Ðonne seó sunne on heofone beorhtost scíneþ, 9; Fox 26, 15.