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be-míðan

(v.)
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Þeáh seó stefn mannum bemíþe (lateat), Gode heó bemíþan (latere) ná mæg, Scint. 32, 18. Bemiþe delitesceret, An. Ox. 2089. Bemíþan delitescere, 4204: Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 38: 26, 47. Bemíþendra latentium, occultarum, An. Ox. 2102. [O. Sax. bi-míðan: O.

be-pǽcan

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Bepǽcst defraudas, Scint. 109, 8. Bepǽhst de-ludis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 53. Gif ðú Gode líhst, ne bepǽcst þú ná hine, Hml. S. 12, 99. Þis líf bepiǽcð þá ðe hit lufiaþ, 5, 65: Angl. viii. 330, 3. Sé ðe bepǽhð ǽnne Godes þeówena, Hml. Th. i. 516, 20.

druncen

(adj.)
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druncen, adj.
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Se druncena ( ebriosus ) wín onféhþ, Scint. 107, 8. Þǽre druncnan madidae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 54. Hié dydon swá druncnum ( Lot ), Gen. 2598. Þá hié druncne æt heora symble sǽtan, Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 25: B. 1231. Hǽðene swǽfon dreóre druncne, An. 1005.

for-dwínan

to vanishto passto fade awaydwindle awaypass awaydecay

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Swylce sceadu gewitan, swylce swefen fordwinan (euanuerunt), Scint. 215, 11. Fordwínan euanescere, i. deficere, An. Ox. 3272

ge-hende

(adj.)
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ge-hende, adj.
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Þaacute; him hé dyde gehende ea sibi fecit socia, Scint. 104, 5. heora stefn sý Gode gehendre (vicinior) þonne him syluum, Nap. 30

hatung

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Add: Cf. hatian; 1 α, β Hatung áwecþ saca odium suscitat rixas, Scint. 1, 12. Gif ǽnig þing ungeþwǽrlices on his geþance ríxade . . . hé hine sylfne geclǽnsige fram ǽlcre hatunge leahtre, R. Ben. 38, 19. Hwí is se deófol swá onweard þám men ?

god-fæder

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God the Father Godfæder efenlǽcend Dei Patris imitator, Scint. 13, 11. Sc̃a Maria is Godfæder snoru, Shrn. 118, 6. Sc̃a Maria onféng on hire bósm Godfæder sunu, Bl. H. 5, 33: 29, 27.

hálwendlíce

(adv.)
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</b> figurative :-- Synne áttor hálwendfice byð geopenud on andetnysse, ꝥ cwyldbǽrlíce lutude on geþance peccati uirus salubriter aperitur in confessione quod pestifere latebat in mente, Scint. 39, 6. of spiritual health Oft weorðað men swíðe hálwendlíce

hédan

to have a care fortake notice of to care fortake notice ofto take care thatto observetake note of

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Th. ii. 116, 4 in Dict.] to take care that (with clause) Héde sé ðe scíre healde ꝥ hé friðige and forðige ǽlce be ðám ðe hit sélest sý, Angl. ix. 259, 13. to observe, take note of (gen.)

in-fær

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L. 67, 25. right or permission to enter Wite hé þæt him ǽlces infæres forwyrned bið sciat omnem sibi aditum denegari, R. Ben. 53, 16. Ne sig him ná eáðelíce þæs infæres getíðod ( non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus ) ...

pund

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</b> add :-- Drihten pundu (talenta) forgyfð, Scint. 132, 7. Sum hafenleás man sceolde ágyldan healf pund (cf. Gr.

stede

(adv.)
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cf. in-stede) on the spot, at once :-- Þænne þú of stede miht syllan cum statim possis dare, Scint. 193, 12: 197, 13. add On ðám ýtemestan styde standan, R. Ben. I. 76, 9. Ærest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, Angl. viii. 324, 8. <b>II b.

Linked entry: welig-stedende

túdor

(n.)
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túdor, tuddor, es; n.
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Ðonne mæg hé cennan ðæt túder ryhtes geðohtes (prolem rectae cogitationis ), Past. 15 ; Scint. 97, 8. Óþre tuddru synna cetere soboles peccatorum, Scint. 112, 4

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hors

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Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. sciłł. . . . myran mid .xx. sciłł, Ll. Th. i. 356, 2. as distinguished from hengest Hors equus, hengest cabullus, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 42. Án hundred wildra horsa and . xvi. tame hencgestas, Cht. Th. 548, 11.

lagu

(n.)
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lagu, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> a rule laid down by one in authority for the treatment of a subject :-- Laga áwritenum gesettnessum gedémdan (orthodoxorum patrum) scita (i. decreta) scriptis decretalibus sancxerunt An. Ox. 1964. Rǽdborena laga iuris peritorum scita 5226

dígol-líce

(adv.)
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dígol-líce, díglíce.
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He diégellíce for þǽm gewinne V geár scipa worhte, 2, 5; S. 78, 32. Hé nolde geþafian þám þeófe ꝥ hé underdulfe dígellíce his hús, Hml. A. 50, 13. Dígollíce, 54, 64.

ge-wǽde

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Th. i. 60 b, 12. the sails of a ship. v. ge-wǽdian; <b>III:</b> wǽde, Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá gewǽdu wǽron út on þá ýþa áworpene ex navi clavi perditi, vela in undis projecta, Gr.

hám-sócn

(n.)
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hám-sócn, e; f.

Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peacethe crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own housean inroad or attack on one's homeattack on one's house

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Hamsocna est, vel hamfare, si quis premeditate ad domum eat, ubi hostem suum esse scit, et ibi eum invadat, si die vel nocte hoc faciat; et qui aliquem in molinum vel ovile fugientem prosequitur, hamsocna judicatur.

Linked entry: sócn

wrǽt-líc

(adj.)
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wrǽt-líc, adj.

wondrouscurious of wondrous excellencebeautifulnobleexcellentelegant

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Wrǽtlíc is see womb neoþan, wundrum fæger, scír and scýne, 219, 14; Ph. 307: 356, 29; Pa. 19. Heofoncyninges stefn wrǽtlíc, Andr. Kmbl. 185 ; An. 93. Syndon ða foreweallas fægre gestépte, wrǽtlícu wǽgfaru, Cd. Th. 196, 27 ; Exod. 298.

grund

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Þá scipu tóscuton and hé ðone grund ( the bottom of the river ) gesóhte mid horse mid ealle, ii. 304, 28. a deep place, abyss Grund profundum (ne absorbeat me profundum ), Bl. Gl. Áworpen tó sǽs grunde, Past. 31, 18. Grundas abys[s]i Kent.