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earfoþlícnes

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþlícnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Difficulty, pain diffĭcultas

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Difficulty, pain; diffĭcultas Heó earfoþlícnysse [-nesse MS. B.] ðæs migþan astyreþ it stirreth a difficulty of the urine [strangury ], Herb. 143, 1; Lchdm. i. 266, 3. Wið ðæs migþan earfoþlícnyssa [-nysse MS. H: -nesse MS.

fore-irnan

Grammar
fore-irnan, (for-).
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Heó forarn ðám folce, Hml. Th. i. 566, 11. Ðe óðer ðegn forearn Petre ille alius discipulus praecurrit Petro, Jn. R. L. 20, 4: Lk. L. 19, 4. Forearn procurrens, Mk. L. R. 10, 17. Foreiorne prorumpere, Mt. p. 9, 4. Take here for-yrnan, and add

Linked entries: irnan for-irnan

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es ; m. : e ; f. : stræle, an ; f.
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cwæð tó ðam deófle: 'Ðú heardeste strǽl tó ǽghwilcre unrihtnesse, 241, 3 : Andr. Kmbl. 2380 ; An. 1191. his costunge streále on ðam móde gefæstnode ðæs cempan. mid ðære geǽttredan streále gewundod wæs . . .

Linked entry: streál

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, II 2.
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Him sculutean eglan óðerra monna brocu suelce efnsuíðe him ðrowige, 75, 10. (/3) to suffer martyrdum :-- Hér Iacóbus frater Dni þrowode, Chr. 62 ; P. 8, l. Hér Petrus and Paulus þrowodon, 69 ; P. 8, 3

æt-gongan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-gongan, [æt at, gangan to go]

To go toapproachaccedere

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To go to, approach; accedere Hét hie of ðam líge neár ætgongan he bade them from the flame to approach nearer, Exon. 55b; Th. 197, 1; Az. 183

wíd-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-brád, adj.
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Wide-spread, far-spreading, ample þeóda gehwam hefonríce forgeaf, wídbrádne welan (cf. hwó man himihíki gehalón skoldi, wídbrédan welon, Hél. 1841), Cd. Th. 40, 22; Gen. 643

scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
scúfan, scéufan, sceófan; p. sceáf, pl. scufon, sceufon, sceofon; pp. scofen, sceofen
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Shrn. 154, 26. to shove, thrust, cause to move with violence. literal Ðá ne gelífde Apollonius ðæt heó his gemæcca wǽre ac sceáf hí fram him, Ap. Th. 25, 6. sceáf reáf of líce. Cd. Th. 94, 20 ; Gen. 1564.

lícian

(v.)
Grammar
lícian, p. ode

To please

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Swá heó wiste ðæt his fæder lícode, Gen. 27, 14. Ac mé swá ðeáh nó ne lícade on him ðæt ða weorþunge Eástrena on riht ne heóld however I did not like in him his not keeping Easter rightly, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 2.

Linked entry: ge-lícian

ferend

(n.)
Grammar
ferend, es; m. [part. of feran]

A travellermessengersailorperegrīnātornunciusnauta

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A traveller, messenger, sailor; peregrīnātor, nuncius, nauta He hét gefetigan ferend snelle he commanded swift messengers to be fetched, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 12; Jul. 60.

scencan

(v.)
Grammar
scencan, te

To skink

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Ðæt góde wín ðæt scencþ nú geond his gelaðunge, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 11. Ðonne scencþ ða scylde mid ðære bisene ǽlcum ðæra ðe him ǽnges yfles tó wénþ cunctis mala credentibus per exemplum culpa propinatur, Past. 59, 5; Swt. 451, 24.

forþ-ferednes

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-ferednes, -ness, e; f.

A going forthdeparturedeathŏbĭtustransmigrātio

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A going forth, departure, death; ŏbĭtus,transmigrātio Ongeáton hí on ðon, ðæt heó to ðon ðider com, ðæt heó hire sǽde ða neáh-tíde hire forþferednesse ex quo intellexēre quod ipsa ei tempus suæ transmigrātiōnis in proxĭmum nunciāre vēnisset, Bd. 4, 9

Linked entry: feredness

ge-swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swǽtan, p. te

To sweat

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To sweat Heó ná ne geswǽtte she did not sweat, Shrn. 150, 2

ge-frédan

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Ðonne gefréd (-frét, v. l. ) ǽresð hwelc heó tô habbanne wæs, Past. 249, 7. Ðæt hié ongieton and gefrêden ðæt hié suá micle má beóð Godes bearn, 251, 21

leahter-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
leahter-lic, adj.
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Vicious, faulty, defective Ic bidde þone gelǽredan and þone geleáfullan, gif hér hwylc hleahterlic word onfinde obsecrans, si illic vitiosus sermo aures eruditi lectoris perculserit Guth. Gr. 101, 11

hæft

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a bond.Add: Þá hæftlingas þe hét lǽdan of þám hæftum, Hml.

ge-menged

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Sum cyn is gecweden epicena, þæt is on Léden promiscua and on Englisc gemenged hic corvus ðes hremn swá hwíeðer swá hit byð swá , swá heó, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 19, II

ealdor-dóm

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him æfter fyligde on ðæs mynstres ealdordóme ( regimine ), Gr. D. 96, 7. Israhéla folc geceás Ionatham, biddende þæt wǽre heora heáfod and heretoga; and féng ðá tó ealdordóme swá swá hí bǽdon, Hml. S. 25, 718.

willan

Grammar
willan, <b>, I.</b>
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. ; ðá wolde heó cealfian . . . ac heó eánode lamb, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 34. <b>II d.</b> add :-- Swá oft swá tó his horse wolde, Ors. 6, 23; S. 274, 25. Swylce wolde wið þæs heofenes weard, Wlfst. 100, 4. <b>III b.

bí-leofen

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beget him biglyfne mid his weorce, Hml. S. 30, 214. Þá gesettan bíleofene (annonam), R. Ben. 55, 11. Heó bíleofenæ fundon, Hml. A. 85, 121. Add

drygan

Grammar
drygan, l. drýgan,
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Heó his fét mid hire loccum drýgde, Bl. H. 69, 2. Drégde, 73, 19. geseah Godes engel drýgan mid sceátan Sc̃i Laurentius limu, Shrn. 115, 23. Drégende tergens (os suum ), Kent.