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of-þryccan

(v.)

to press, oppress, repress, cumber, occupy forcibly

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Míne sáwle feóndas míne ofþryhtum occupaverunt Ps. Th. 58, 3. Ofþrihton, Blickl. Gl. Hig hine ofþriton (-þrihton?) opprimebant eum, Jud. 4, 24. Ofþriccetan mé grynu deáþes praeoccupaverunt me laquei mortis, Ps. Lamb. 17, 6.

snǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽdan, p. de.

to slice, cut into slicesto snathe to lop, prune, cut branches off trees to hew trim stones. putare to cut into slices

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Ðara werhtena ðe ðanæ stán sneóddon and fégdon Anglia xi. 5, 7. [ Þe moder mid sexe hine tosnæde al todælde Laym. 4015. Þa quene ich al tosnaðde mid mine sweorede 28050.]

Linked entries: tó-snǽdan ge-snǽdan

un-gyltig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gyltig, adj.

Innocent

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Innocent Hit God wræc on him, swá oft swá hié mid monnum ofredan, ðæt hié mid hiera cucum onguldon, ðæt hié ungyltige cwealdon, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 184, 9

in-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
in-weard, adj. Add: , <b>in-wyrd</b>
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Swá hwilc man swá hine lufað mid clǽnre and mid inweardre heortan, Hml. A. 168, 123: 178, 279. Oþ inwyrde swétnesse ad medullam i. ad intima, An. Ox. 175

rósen

(adj.)
Grammar
rósen, adj.

Of rosesroseusrosatus

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Of roses; roseus, rosatus Mid wlite rósenum decore roseo, Hymn. Surt. 105, 20. Mid rósenan ele gemencged, Lchdm. i. 302, 3. On rósenne in rosatum, Hpt. Gl. 483, 25

út-lád

(n.)
Grammar
út-lád, e; f.

Carriage out of a placethe right to carry things out of a place

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Carriage out of a place, the right to carry things out of a place Mid inláde and mid útláde cum inductione et eductione, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 209, 5

tang

(n.)
Grammar
tang, e; tange, an; f.

A pair of tongs

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Ic hopige ðæt cherubin mid his gyldenan tange spearcan tó mínre tungan gebringan, Anglia viii. 325 31. Tangan forcipes, Wülck. Gl. 241, 35 (omitted by Wright). Hí woldon mé glæccan mid heora byrnendum tangum, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 1, 5.

Linked entry: ísen-tanga

wítegend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wítegend-líc, adj.

Prophetic

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Hí wiston ða tówerdan ðing, and mid wítigendlícere gyddunge bododon, 540, 25

hland

urine

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Mid þám fúlestum hlondes (micgan) stengcum putentissimis lotii nidoribus An. Ox. 3264: 3274. Hlande lotio Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 5. Nim wulle and wǽt mid biccean hlonde, Lch. i. 362, 18. Genim hlond, gehǽt mid stánum, þweah mid þý hlonde, ii. 156, 14.

of-weorpan

(v.)

to kill by casting (a stone, etc. ) to knock down and kill by a missile

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He wearð mid áne stáne ofworpen saxo ictus occubuit, Ors. 4, l; Swt. 158, 32. Gif oxa wer ofslóge, síe hé mid stánum ofworpen, L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 32 note: 50, 5 note

ofer-wyrcan

(v.)

to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay

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Nǽfre nǽnig man ða lǽstas sylfe ufan oferwyrcean ne mihte, ne mid golde, ne mid seolfre, Blickl. Homl. 125, 35. Hús (the temple) oferworht mid golde and mid hwítan seolfre, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 35: Blickl. Homl. 125, 25.

gál-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
gál-ferhþ, adj.

Mind-lustfullicentiouslibīdĭnōsuslascīvus

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Mind-lustful, licentious; libīdĭnōsus, lascīvus Gewát ðá se deófulcunda gálferhþ his beddes neosan then the devilish [man] went lustful in mind to seek his bed, Judth, 10; Thw. 22, 14; Jud. 62

letanía

(n.)
Grammar
letanía, an; also with pl. -as; m.

A litany

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Mid reliquium and mid letanían, Wulfst. 170, 18. Cristes folc mǽrsiaþ letanías, Shrn. 79, 28

nídness

(n.)
Grammar
nídness, e; f.

Necessity

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Necessity Ðeáhhwæðere mid nýdnysse hire man mót lýfan ðæt heó mid ðam sig tametsi si necesse est, licet viro ejus ei permittere secum esse, L. Ecg. C. 33; Th, ii. 158, 10

drý-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
drý-lic, adj.
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Of magic, magical Mid drýlices fácnes galdre magicae fraudis necromantia, An. Ox. 2907. Mid drýlicum scínláce magica praestigia, 3261: 4699. Mambres ontýnde ðá drýlican béc ( libros magicos ) his bréðer, Nar. 50, 13

ge-cneordlíce

(adv.)
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Þá hǽðenan mid lácum heora leásra goda gecneordlíce munde bǽdon, Hml. Th. i. 504, 19. Hé Godes beboda gecneordlíce mid weorcum gefylð, ii. 228, 24. Gecnyrdlícost studiosius, Wülck. Gl. 250, 39. Add

stæl-hrán

(n.)
Grammar
stæl-hrán, es; m.

A decoy-reindeer

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A decoy-reindeer Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas; ðara wǽron syx stælhránas; ða beóþ swýðe dýre mid Finnum, for ðæm hý fóþ ða wildan hránas mid, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 11

grimnes

(n.)
Grammar
grimnes, se; f.
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GRIMNESS, severity, fierceness, cruelty; ferocitas, atrocitas Se deófol wile hit him mid grimnesse and mid yfele eall forgyldan the devil will requite it all to him with cruelty and with evil, Blickl. Homl. 55, 24.

þrafung

(n.)
Grammar
þrafung, e; f.

Reproofrebukecensure

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Ðæt is ðonne swelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge, ðæt mon openlíce and unforwandodlíce on óðerne rǽse mid tǽlinge and mid ðrafunga ex mucrone quippe percutere, est impetu apertae increpationis obviare, Past. 40; Swt. 297, 53.

Linked entry: þrafian

on-hrínan

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Gif his mon onhrinð mid buccan blóde, 271, 3. Heó mid hire ýtemestan fingrum þǽre lenticula onhrán, Hml. S. 23 b, 715. Ær ðú his onhriéne (-hríne, v. l. ), Past. 241, 13. Gif man mid unclǽnum handum hwylces metes onhrine, Ll.