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þurh-sécan

(v.)

to make search for ⬩ seek out ⬩ to search through ⬩ examine

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Ger. durh-suohhan to search through.]

Linked entry: sécan

á-habban

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Ger. ant-habén suspendere, sustinere) Áhæfd (anhaebd, -hæbd) suspensus , Txts. 99, 1947

Linked entry: on-habban

ge-récan

(v.)
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to smoke, fumigate Dó gléda an glédfæt, and lege þá wyrta on; geréc þone man mid þám wyrtum, Lch. ii. 346, 4. Gyf hyt bið mid gereced, i. 356, 14.

á-þerscan

(v.)

to thresh out

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to thresh out Sum tún wæs þe ǽlce geáré wæs áwést þurh hagol, swá ꝥ heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere ꝥ gerip gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1217

Linked entries: a-þrescan á-þroxen

teáfor

(n.)
Grammar
teáfor, es; n.

a pigment, material used for colouring, tiver (red ochre for marking sheep (Suffolk) ⬩ a material used in making a salve

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Tfafrf ( = teáfre) minio, Germ. 400, 130.

cnoll

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Ofer þá pirescan cnollas trans pirenas ninguidos, Germ. 397, 540. v. mǽr-, stán-cnoll. Add

gorettan

(v.)
Grammar
gorettan, p. te.
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To pour forth Gorette egerit (spumasque frendens egerit ), Germ. 398, 204

Linked entry: gorian

weá-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
weá-mód, adj.

Angry, wrathful, choleric, passionate

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Weámódum turbulentis, Germ. 395, 13. [Ne beo þu wemod ne ouermodi, O. E. Homl. i. 5, 26. Pellican is a leane fowel, so weamod and so wreðful þet hit sleað ofte uor grome his owune briddes, A. R. 118, 8.]

fóster-cild

a foster-child ⬩ of a disciple ⬩ scholar

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Add: lit. a foster-child Fóstorcild alumnum, seruum, Germ. 391, 48. Ic eom untýmende; nim míne þínene tó þínum bedde, þæt ic húru underfó sum fóstercild of hyre, Gen. 16, 2. Hér synd þá cnihtas ... þíne fóstercyld, Hml.

gecynd-lim

sexual organs ⬩ of a male, genitalia ⬩ of a female, vulva, uterus ⬩ as a symbol of indecency

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L. 57, 4. as a symbol of indecency Gecyndlim dedecus, turpitudinem, Germ. 390, 120

stów-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stów-líc, adj.

Local, relating to place ⬩ occupying a place ⬩ expressing relations of place

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Stówlícere moldan situ, Germ. 391, 195. expressing relations of place Sume naman syndon localia ðæt synd stówlíce; ða geswuteliaþ gehendnysse oððe ungehendnysse, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 14, 18.

on-secgan

(v.)

to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure

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Ger. antsagén renunciare, abjurare, excusare: Ger. ent-sagen) Gif mon síe dumb oððe deáf geboren ðæt hé ne mǽge his synna onsecggan (-sæcgan, MS. H.; ætsacan, MS. B.) ne andettan, béte se fæder his misdǽda, L. Alf. pol. 14; Th. i. 70, 15

twelf

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf, generally indeclinable if used adjectivally and preceding the noun, but generally in other cases declined; nom. acc. twelfe; gen. twelfa; dat. twelfum.
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Ger. zwelif : Icel. tólf. .]

Linked entry: endleofan

be-bod

(n.)
Grammar
be-bod, bi-bod, es ; pl. nom, acc. u, o ; gen. a ; dat. um ; n.

A command ⬩ mandate ⬩ decree ⬩ order ⬩ mandatum ⬩ jussum

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A command, mandate, decree, order; mandatum, jussum Hwilc ðære geógoþe gleáwost wǽre bóca bebodes which of the youth was most skilful in the precepts of books, Cd. 176; Th. 221, 2; Dan. 82. Eall ðín bebodu omnia mandata tua, Ps. Th. 118, 172. Ealra beboda

Linked entry: bi-bod

eard-hæbbendra

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
eard-hæbbendra, [=eard, hæbbendra], Ps. Th. 86, 6; gen. pl. of eard-hæbbende; part. pres. of eard-habban=habban

to have

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to have

BLÆC

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÆC, gen. m. n. blaces, f. blæcre; def. m. se blaca, f. n. blace: bleac; adj.

BLACK, swarthy ⬩ niger, fuscus ⬩ niger ⬩ ink

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BLACK, swarthy; niger, fuscus He hæfde blæc feax, and blácne andwlitan he had black hair, and a pale [lean, thin] countenance; nigro capillo, facie macilenta, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 33. Forðonðe ðú ne mæht ǽnne loc hwítne gewirce oððe blæcne quia non potes

Linked entries: blæc-berie bleac

Galwalas

(n.)
Grammar
Galwalas, galwealas, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m. [wealh foreign; cf. Bryt-walas]

Gauls ⬩ Frenchmen ⬩ people of Gaul in a body ⬩ Gaul ⬩ France ⬩ Galli ⬩ Gallia

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Gauls, Frenchmen, people of Gaul in a body, and as the name of a people is often used where according to later usage the name of their country would be found, the word may be translated Gaul, France; Galli, Gallia Hér wæs Brihtwald gehálgod to ærcebiscope

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, myngian; p. ode ( with acc. of person and gen. of thing, or with a clause).

to bring to one's own mind ⬩ recall ⬩ to bring to another's mind ⬩ to remind ⬩ to bring a duty to the mind ⬩ to admonish ⬩ exhort ⬩ to remind of a debt ⬩ to ask for payment ⬩ to have in the mind ⬩ to purpose ⬩ intend ⬩ determine

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to bring to one's own mind, recall Dauid myngode ðæra gyfa ðe God his fædrum and his foregengum sealde, Ps. Th. 43, arg. to bring to another's mind, to remind Drihten ús ðonne myngaþ ðæs Sunnandæges weorces the Lord . will remind us then of the work

cyrnel

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Ger. cherno nucleus, granum: Icel. kjarni.] a kernel of a nut, &c. Hnutu avilina, cyrnel nuclium, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 26. Cyrnel nucleus, cyrnlas nucli, ii. 60, 26, 25.

slápian

(v.)
Grammar
slápian, p. ode

To cause to sleep

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Ger. mih sláphóta dormitavit anima mea Ne geþafa ðú ðínum eágum ðæt hié slápige ne ne hnappigen díne brǽwas . . . Ne slápige nó ðin eáge (eágan, Cote. MSS.) . . . Ðæt is ðæt mon his eáge lǽte slápian (slápan, slápigen, Cott.