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á-hildan

(v.)
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Næs him nán wén ꝥ se beám . áhwár wende búton tó ðám hálgan swá swá áhyld wæs, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 32: Hml. S. 31, 407. Áhyldne reclinem, An. Ox. 2227. Áhyldum heáfde inclinato capite, R. Ben. I. 36, 2: Hml. Th. ii. 258, 2. intrans.

Linked entries: á-held á-hyldan

on-cnáwan

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(l b), add: with noun or pronoun (representing a noun) suá micle bet his ágen dysig oncnéw swá undruncenra wæs malum, quod fecerat, cognoscere potuit, quia hoc ebrius non audivit, Past. 295, 8.

nunne

(n.)
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nunne, an ; f.

A nuna vestal

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Gif heó leng libbe ðonne se ðe hié út álǽdde, náge hió his ierfes ówiht. Gif hió bearn gestriéne, næbbe ðæt ðæs ierfes, L. Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 14-20. Be nunnena onfenge.

Linked entry: non

tǽl

(n.)
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tǽl, e; f.(?)

Evil speaking, calumny, detraction

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þolaþ sárcwide secga ... Ic bí mé secge ðis sárspell ... Ic for tǽle ne mæg ǽniene moncynnes gelufian, Exon. Th. 458, 1-26; Hy. 4, 93-106. Ðæt heó mec tǽle gerahte (-rǽhte? cf. ðæt ða hálgan weras hospe gerahte (-rǽhte?)

Linked entry: tál

earc

(n.)
Grammar
earc, e; f.
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Add: arc, es; m. a chest seó earc ( arca ) wæs áworpen of Æquities byrigene . . . Sum ceorl ásette his earce mid hwǽte gefyllede ofer his byrgenne . . . þoden feorr áwearp þá earce, Gr. D. 41, 23-42, 6. the ark of Noah. v. arc in Dict.

for-dyttan

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hét fordyttan þæs scræfes múð mid weorcstánum, Homl. Th. ii. 424, 26.

scearpness

(n.)
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scearpness, e; f.

Sharpnessroughnessacidity, pungencyefficacy

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Wæs náwiht hefig . . . ne cnihtlíce gálnysse næs begangende . . . ac on his scearpnysse weóx, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 13-20. roughness of surface Ealle wóhnyssa beóþ gerihte and scearpnyssa gesméðode, Homl. Th. i. 360, 34.

Linked entry: scearp

æ-bylgþ

(n.)
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æ-bylgþ, -bylþ, -bylygþ, e; f: es; n? [bylgþ, v. belgan]

An offencea faultscandalwrongangerwrathindignationoffensainjuriairaindignatio

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He sende on graman æbylygþe hys misit in eos iram indignationis suæ, Ps. Spl. 77, 54. Cristenum cyningce gebyraþ swýðe rihte ðæt he Godes æbylþe wrece Christiano regi jure pertinet ut injurias Deo factas vindicet, L. C. S. 40; Th. i. 400, 10

Linked entries: a-bylgþ æ-bylg

a-reccean

(v.)
Grammar
a-reccean, p. -reahte. -rehte; pp. -reaht, -reht; v. trans.

To tell outrelaterecountexpresstranslateenarrareeloquiexprimerereddere

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To tell out, relate, recount, express, translate; enarrare, eloqui, exprimere, reddere Hwá is ðæt ðe eall ða yfel, ðe dónde wǽron, mǽge areccean who is there that can relate all the evils which they did? Ors. 1, 8 ; Bos. 31, 24: Hy. 3, 17; Hy.

þancweorþlíce

(adv.)
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þancweorþlíce, adv.
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Gladly, willingly, in a way that shews acceptance ðancweorþlíce ( gratanter ) wǽron fram him onfangene, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 2. ðære gife ðancwurþlíce ( gratanter ) onféng, 4, 30; S. 609, 9.

under-licgan

(v.)

to be subjectsubmityield

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to be subject, submit, yield Ne mæg se preóst mannum ðingian, gif synnum underlíð, Homl. Th. ii. 320, 21: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 155. Ne underlicga wé synnum nec succumbamus vitiis, Rtl. 82, 25. Underlicgge þreále discipline subjaceat, R.

wiþ-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon

To be obstructiveobjectoppose

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Similar entries Cf. wiþ-standan Behét man him ðæt móste wurðe beón ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe ǽr áhte. Ðá wiðlæg (wiðcwæð, MS. D.) Harold, Chr. 1046; Erl. 173, 2.

cneówian

(v.)
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; p. de cneówdon þá æft, Hml. S. 3, 522. Óðre cyningas tó him cneówodon, 24, 6. Se fiscere cneówige æt þæs cáseres gemynde, Hml. Th. i. 578, 9. Godes hús séce and cneówige þǽr úte, Wlfst. 155, 9. Man ne mót cneówian on Sunnandagum, Hml.

fore-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þeón, (for-)

o excelsurpass

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to excel, surpass Ealle wé sind gelíce ætforan Gode, búton hwá óðerne mid gódum weorcum forðeó, Hml. Th. i. 260, 26. óþerne on hálgum þeówdóme forþeón mæge, R. Ben. 131, 18.

Linked entry: for-þeón

ge-píned

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-pínian;</b> p. ode To torment, punish [Ðá þá leásen gewíten swíðe gepínedon, Hml. A. 174, 161. heom átealde of þan Nazarenisscen kinge, hwu gepíned wæs, 194, 38.] Gepínodes semustulati, Germ. 397, 348.

ge-ríman

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Ic geríme dinumerabo eos, Ps. L. 138, 18. Hi gerímdon (dinumerauerunt) ealle bán míne, 21, 18. Wé sceolon geríman úre misdǽda, Hml. Th. ii. 430, 7. Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces wæs þá iéðre tó oferwinnanne þone heó ús sié nú tó gerímanne.

nyttian

(v.)
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H. 44, 23. Næfð nán man tó þæs unhále æágan þæt ne mage lybban be þáre sunnan, and hire (printed hine) nyttian gyf énygwiht geseón mæg, 43, 25.

óm

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Dele first passage, and add Þǽr þǽr óm and moðþan hit áwéstað, Wlfst. 286, 32. Ꝥ ná tó swíðe ne gewilnige up áwyrtlin rust oððe óm sí tóbrocen fæt ne dum nimis cupit eradere eruginem frangatur vas, R. Ben. I. 108, 7. Hóm rubiginem, Kent.

under

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<b>; I</b> 3 f. add: — mihte Abraham beón clǽne, ꝥ nǽre forligr geteald, þá þá hæfde cyfese under his rihtwífe ? quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitima uxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae ?

undern

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Add: the third hour of the day hét þæt áne tíd ofer undern (cf. æt þǽre þriddan tíde on morgenne, Bl. H. 201, 35) getrymedon ongeán heora fýnd, Hml.