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med-trum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
med-trum-ness, <b>, med-trym-ness, met-trum-ness, met-trym-ness</b> e; f.

Infirmityill-healthsicknessillness

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Ðá gehǽldon hié sum wíf of micelre medtrumnesse, Shrn. 135, 16. Mettrumnesse, Ps. Th. 5, arg: 6, arg: 15, arg: Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 13. Ða lǽcas cunnon heora medtrumnesse ongitan, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 16. Mettrymnysse infirmitates, Ps. Spl.

ná-hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðor; conj.

Neither

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Hié náwðer ne him sylfum helpan ne mihton, ne nánum ðara ðe tó him áre wilnodan, 223, 2 : Bt. 29, 2; Fox 106, 5. Ðá nolde hé ásendan náðor ne engel, ne heáhengel, ne wítegan, ne apostolas, Homl. Th. ii. 6, 15

blótan

(v.)
Grammar
blótan, ic blóte, ðú blótest, blétst, he blóteþ, blét, pl. blótaþ; p. ic, he bleót, ðú bleóte, pl. bleóton; pp. blóten; v. a.

To sacrifice, to kill for a sacrificeimmolare, sacrificaresacrificare

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Ðæt hí ða git swíðor blótten, ðonne hie ǽr dydon that they should sacrifice still more than they had done before, 4, 4; Bos. 80, 18

Linked entry: a-blótan

ge-mittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mittan, p. -mitte; pp. -mitted

To find, meetinvĕnīre, obviam hăbēre

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Hie æt burhgeate beorn gemitton they found the chief at the town-gate, 111; Th. 146, 23; Gen. 2426. Gif gé gemitton Esau mínne bróður si obvium hăbuĕris fratrem meum Esau, Gen. 32, 17

Linked entries: mittan ge-métan

ge-néðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-néðan, p. de; pp. ed

To venture, attempt, strive

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Hie hit frécne genéðdon under wætera hrófas they boldly ventured it under the waters' roofs, Cd.170; Th. 214, 17; Exod. 570: Beo. Th. 1923; 959

Linked entry: néðan

swangorness

(n.)
Grammar
swangorness, e ; f.
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Ðæt is ðæt hé ða Godes gifa becnytte on ðæm sceáte his slǽwðe and hé for his swongornesse hié gehýde pecuniam quippe in sudario ligare est percepta dona sub otio lenti torporis abscondere, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 16.

wer-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wer-líc, adj.
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Hié ǽghwelcum cnihtcilde ymbsnidon ðæt werlíce lim, Shrn. 47, 20. Ða werlícan virilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 54. <b>I a.

ǽt

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Seó leó bringð his hwelpum hwæt tó etanne; hié gecýðað on ðǽm ǽte . . . , Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 25. Wurmum tó ǽte, Wlfst. 145, 19. Hé tó micel nimð on ǽte oððe on wǽte, Hml. S. 16, 270. Ǽt foresceáwian, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 35.

á-gitan

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Gyf wiccean innan þysan earde weorðan ágytene, Wlfst. 309, 23. v. on-gitan. to get, take away Hié eágena gesihð ágéton (-gétton?) gára ordum, An. 32

Linked entry: á-gytan

eardung

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Hié gearwiaþ deóflum eardunga, 77, 6: 151, 11. a lair of beasts Under ðǽm stáne wæs niccra eardung, Bl. H. 209, 34

eáþ-médu

(n.)
Grammar
eáþ-médu, f.: -méde, es; n. (Cf. ofer-méde.)
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</b> submission to a conqueror :-- Hié him þǽr eáþmédo (eád-, v. l. ) budon, Chr. 827; P. 60, 33. graciouness, gentleness, condescension Ne gedafenað þé, nú þé Dryhten geaf welan and woruldspéde, þæt þú andsware mid oferhygdum séce; sélre byð ǽghwám

ge-liger

Grammar
ge-liger, l. ge-ligere (ge-ligre),
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Ic eom ondetta sodomiscre synne þe hié on gegyltan, þæt is geligre, Angl. xi. 98, 21. Geligeres prostibuli (v. forlig-gang), Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 77. Þurh ꝥ grimme bismergleów þæs mánfullan geligeres, Hml. S. 23 b, 451.

gewrixlian

(v.)
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Fýnd ongeáton þæt hié hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím þurh heora miclan mód, Gen. 335

hǽman

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R. 19, 10. (2 a) of concubinage, to cohabit :-- Gif hé . . . þe hié bohte . . . áléfe his suna mid tó hǽmanne, Ll. Th. i. 46, 16. in a criminal sense, to have illicit intercourse, commit adultery, fornicate Ðý lǽs hí on unryht hǽmen . . .

hú-lic

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Hé giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne ware húlice hié wǽron, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 22. used substantively Ðá ðe geségon húlic (hwelce, R.) geworden wére, Mk. L. 5, 16. Hé ædeáude húlco ( qualia ) wéro ðrouendo hreáferas, Lk. p. 9, 3.

yrre

(adj.)
Grammar
yrre, adj.
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Wǽron hié swíþe erre on heora móde, 149, 28: 223, 6. (1 a) angry with, with dative (i) preceding Him wearð ierre (irre, ii. l. ) se góda wyrhta, Past. 337, 7 : 381, 23 : Gen. 342 : 742. Ealle godas him irre wǽren, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 4.

Linked entries: eorre eorre

(adv.)
Grammar
má, ; adv.
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Be úre sáwle lífe ic nú ðon má náwuht ne twæóge, 59, 25. qualifying a predicate as being applicable in a greater measure or degree than another, more, rather Eówra sáwla má (potius) forhwerfdon þonne hié gerihton, Ll. Th. i. 56, 18

offrung

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Add Árleásra offrung bið áwierged, for ðǽm hié beóð bróhte of mándǽdum hostiae impiorum abominabiles, quae offeruntur ex scelere, Past. 343, 3. Ofer ǽlcere offrunga super sacrificia, Ps. Th. 49, 6.

up-gang

(n.)
Grammar
up-gang, es; m.

a going uprising of a heavenly bodya going upa landingan incursiona way of going up

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Ðá æfter middan wintra hí námon ǽnne upgang út þurh Ciltern and swá tó Oxneforda. 1009; Erl. 143, 9. a way of going up Hié gerýmdon ðone upgang and geworhtan, Blickl. Homl. 201, 17

Linked entry: up-gange

hálsung

(n.)
Grammar
hálsung, heálsung, e; f.

Supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration, exorcising, exorcism, augury, greetingsupplicationomen, auspiciumgreeting

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Hie [the rich] hæfdon oforgedrync and dyslíce and unrǽdlíce hálsunga they had excessive drinking and foolish and thoughtless greetings[?] Blickl. Homl. 99, 21. On hálsungum in obsecrationibus, Lk. Skt. 2, 37. On hálsungum precibus, L. Ecg.

Linked entries: hǽlsung hálsian