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ofer-sáwan

(v.)

to oversow

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to oversow: — Ðá com his feónda sum and oferseów (superseminavif) hit mid coccele, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25

Linked entry: ofer-gesáwan

múþ

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His ( the dead man's ) eágan beóþ betýnde, and hisand his næsþyrlo beóþ belocene, Bl. H. 59. 14. setton áne spyngan tó his múðe, Jn. 19, 29, Swingað hine on his múð, 243, 2.

á-mang

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Se ðe his calic ágeóte ámang his mæssan ( inter missam suam ), Ll. Th. ii. 218, 17. Gelamp hit ámang þám ( meanwhile ), Hml. S. 23, 136. Ámang þissan, Chr. 1066; P. 197, 32. Add

inlíce

(adv.)
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Bitere seel hit him wyrþan forgolden, búton hé hit mid ælmessan inlíce forgilde, Wlfst. 277, 7. Þæt is heálic rǽd monna gehwylcum . . . þæt hé symle inlocast and geornlícost God weorðige, Cri 432. Add

handlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
handlinga, adv.

With the hands

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With the hands Nis be him gerǽd ðæt hé handling ǽnigne man ácwealde it is not read of him that he killed any man with his own hands, Homl. Th. i. 386, 1

ge-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brǽdan, p. -brǽdde; pp. -brǽded, -brǽdd, -brǽd [ge-, brǽdan to roast]

To roastbroiltorrēreassāre

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Hig brohton him dǽl gebrǽddes fisces illi obtŭlērunt ei partem piscis assi, Lk. Bos. 24, 42. Genime ðysse ylcan wyrte wyrttruman gebrǽde on hátan axan let him take roots of this same herb roasted on hot ashes, Herb. 60, 3; Lchdm. i. 162, 17

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Seó wíse (that manner of treatment) hine hǽleþ, Lchdm. i. 328, 21. Hié hine líchomíce gesáwon, and him æfter eorþlícre wísan hýrdon, Blickl. Homl. 135, 20. Ðæt Léden and ðæt Englisc nabbaþ ná áne wísan on ðære sprǽce fadunge.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

deófol-gild

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Hét se geréfa lǽdan tó þúres deófulgeldum ond hét ꝥ weorðian . . . þá feól ꝥ deófolgild tó hire fótum, Mart. H. 166, 14-16. Syxtum nédde se cásere tó Tíges deófolgilde.

Linked entry: ge-deóful-geld

be-geótan

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Dele first passage, and add: to cover with a fluid, anoint, besprinkle, drench Se wítega begeát his heáfod mid ele, Hml. S. 18, 319. beguton hine ealne mid ealdum miggan, 35, 153. Begeót ðæne andwlatan ðǽr mid, Lch. i. 200, 9: 272, 5.

á-tellan

to countnumbercomputeto enumerateto tellrelaterecountto reckonrepute

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On manige ódre þingon þe earfoðe sindon tó áteallene, Chr. 1086;P. 222, 18. to tell,relate,recount Hig eall átealdon þ hig gesáwon, Nic. 2, 17. Hig hym eall átealdon be þám wýtegum, 19, 30.

óþ-wítan

(v.)
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Uton gangan ðæt wé bysmrigen bendum fæstne, óþwíton him his wræcsíð let us go and insult the captive, taunt him with his misery, Andr. Kmbl. 2715; An. 1360. Ne meaht ðú ðínre wyrde náuht óþwítan ne ðin líf nó getǽlan, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 3: Beo.

sǽ-deór

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-deór, es; m.

A sea-beast

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Milton's 'that sea-beast Leviathan') Hine swencte on sunde sǽdeór monig, Beo. Th. 3025; B. 1510. Hé hét his ágene men hine sændan on ðone sǽ, and ða sǽdeór hine sóna forswulgon, Shrn. 54, 27. Hý mon wearp in sǽdeóra seáþ, 133, 11.

swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swaþu, e; f.
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Him on swaðe fylgeþ follows in his track, pursues him, Salm. Kmbl. 186; Sal. 92: Exon. Th. 397, 25; Rä. 16, 25: 487, 23; Rä. 74. Hæleð lágon, on swaðe sǽton sat in the track, were left dead in the track of the retreating force. Cd.

ge-streón

(n.)
Grammar
ge-streón, -strión, es; n.

Gainproductemolumentwealthrichestreasureusurybusinessmercesmercātusquæstuslucrumēmŏlŭmentumŏpesthesaurusūsūranēgōtium

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Ðæt he æfter him to eallum his gestreónum fénge that he should take all his riches after him, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 32. Æfter filiende gestreón sĕcūtūra ēmŏlŭmenta, Mone B. 623.

Linked entries: streón ge-strión

lócian

(v.)
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Þám cwellere ætfeóll fǽrlíce his gold. Ꝥ wíf him cwæð tó, ' Cniht, nim þín gold þe lǽs þé hit losige. ' Swá orsorh wæs ꝥ wíf . . . ꝥ heó lócode his goldes þe belífian wolde, Hml. S. 12, 221

mód-bysgung

(n.)
Grammar
mód-bysgung, e; f.

Anxiety of mind

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Anxiety of mind Ðam ðe his synna sáre geþenceþ módbysgunge micle dreógeþ to him who his sins with sorrow remembers, much anxiety suffers of mind, Exon. 1173; Th. 450, 7; Dóm. 84

bróþor-sib

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Hé ofteáh his bréðer landes and ǽhta . . . Ðá for þǽre bróðorsibbe ( propter consanguinitatis fraternitatem ) geúðe hé him Wuldahámes his dæg, Cht. Th. 272, 9. Add

gebeótlic

(adj.)
Grammar
gebeótlic, adj.
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Arrogant, proudly threatening Pharao him filigde mid his gebeótlicum crætum and gilplicum riddum Pharaoh followed them with a threatening array of chariots and with his braggart knights, Hml. Th. ii. 194, 22

þæslíce

(adv.)
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þæslíce, adv.
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Hié ðæt gewinn ðá þæslícost angunnan ðe hit ǽr ne angunnen they began the contest then just as if they had never begun it before; sic quasi ex integro nova bella nascuntur, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 150, 31. suitably, fitly, meetly Se dǽdbóte þæslíce déþ se

weald

(adv.)
Grammar
weald, adv. conj.

perhaps may be in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case

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námon tó rǽde, ðæt him wærlícor wǽre, ðæt sumne dǽl heora landes wurðes æthæfdon, weald [hwæt ?] him getímode, Homl. Th. i. 316, 24.