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hwíl

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Lytle huíle ( modi-cum tempus ) mið iú ham, Jn.

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.

the first creationthe creationbeginningoriginoriginal state or conditionprīma creātioŏrīgoprīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtioa created beingcreaturecreātūra

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Moyses awrát ǽrest be frumsceafte Moses wrote first of the creation, Homl. Th. ii. 198, 15. Frumsceaft genesis, Jn. Skt. p. 1, 12.

ge-metgung

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Ðurh ðá gemetgunge ðaes hwǽtes is getácnod gemetlico word per mensuram tritici exprimitur modus verbi, Past. 459, 13

oþþe

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Ǽr oððe síþ, Cri. 1053. phrases Wís on gewitte oððe on wordcwidum, Crä. 13. clauses Þonne þæt mód ymbe hwæt tweónode, oðþe hit hwæs wilnode tó witanne, Solil. H. 2, 22. Hú mæg ic ládigan láðan sprǽce oððe andsware ǽnige findan ?, Cri. 184.

Linked entry: of-þe

leóht

Grammar
leóht, not heavy.
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módes) hefighesse, syle etan rædic . . . sóna bið ꝥ mód leóhtre, iii. 50, 23

driht-weras

(n.)
Grammar
driht-weras, pl. m. [wer a man]

Men, chieftains popŭlāres viri

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Ðú móst heonon húþe lǽdan ealle, búton dǽle ðissa drihtwera thou mayest lead all the spoil hence, save the part of these chieftains, 98; Th. 129, 27: Gen. 2150

Linked entry: dryht-weras

ge-ádlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ádlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ádlian to be sick, to languish]

To be sickto languishbecome impotentlanguescĕre

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Ðæt úre mód þurh wærscipe wacole beón, ðæt hí þurh orsorhnysse ne asleacion, ne þurh nytennysse geádlion that our minds may be vigilant through heedfulness, that through security they slacken, not, nor through ignorance become impotent, Homl.

Linked entry: ádlian

húsel-disc

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-disc, es; m.

Housel-dishthe paten

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Ðis mon sceal wrítan on húsldisce and on ðone drenc mid háligwætere þweán and singan on this is to be written on a paten and washed into the drink and sung over, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 3

Linked entry: offrung-disc

in-híwan

(n.)
Grammar
in-híwan, -hígan ; pl.
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Members of a household, of a convent, domestics Gif gesíþcund mon þingaþ wið cyning for his inhíwum if a 'gesithcund' man make terms with the king for his household, L. In. 50; Th. i. 134, 3.

Linked entry: in-híréd

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.

Neighbouringnextvicinus

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Ðæt hý ðǽr, gehendaste wǽron on gehwylc land ðanon to winnanne that they there should be most handy for waging war thence on every land, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 5

slápol

(adj.)
Grammar
slápol, adj.
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Addicted to sleep, somnolent Ne sceal mon beón tó slápol (somnolentus), R. Ben. 17, 16. Se ðe wǽre slápol, weorðe se ful wacor, Wulfst. 72, 13. Ne beón gé tó slápole ne ealles tó sleace, 40, 21.

stæp-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stæp-mǽlum, adv.
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Ðæt mód glít niðor and niðor stæpmǽlum, Past. 38; Swt. 279, 3. Suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre, stæpmǽlum, proem.; Swt. 23, 17: Shrn. 188, 12

fæsten-gewerc

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-gewerc, fæsten-geweorc, es; n.
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Fyrðe and brycge and festergeweorc héwe swá mon ofer eall folc dó, 151, 30. Substitute:

ge-éfstan

Grammar
ge-éfstan, l. ge-efestan, ge-efstan,
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Voc. ii. 65, 78. to strive after Ꝥ án wæs swíðost fram heom eallum geefst, ꝥ heora ǽlc wǽre on líchaman deád and on gáste libbende the one most earnest endeavour of all was to be dead in the body and living in the spirit, Hml. S. 23 b, 90

hordere

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Þæs horderes tǽcen is þæt mon wrænce mid is hande swilce hé wille loc hunlúcan, Tech. ii. 118, 10. Add

sealt

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Láreówum gedafenað þæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 17. See Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 69 sqq. on the subject of salt-works

swinge

Grammar
swinge, <b>. I.</b>
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Add ꝥte ðá sóðfæstnis ðerscingra ł swinca dyde áwoerdeno ut quos justitia verberum faecit afflictos, Rtl. 40, 29. ꝥ mód byð mid manigum swingum forseted mens tot flagellis premitur, Gr. D. 258, 28

wæstm

Grammar
wæstm, <b>. I</b> 2.
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Add Se cwide hú mon ðæt feoh befæste ðǽm ciépemen ðe hé scolde forð sellan tó wæstme. Past. 379, 8. Add Hé wæs scort on wæstme statura pusillus erat, Hml. Th. i. 580, 30.

wæfre

(adj.)
Grammar
wæfre, adj.

flickeringwaveringquiveringwaveringlanguishingactivenimble

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Hé ne meahte wæfre mód forhabban in hreþre, 2305; B. 1150. active, nimble (? cf, the force of the old adjective quiver) Wearð him tó handbanan wælgæst wæfre, Beo. Th. 2666; B. 1331

wíf-hand

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hand, a; f.

The female sidefemale line

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line Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe; ðonne gif ic gesealde ǽnigre wífhanda ðæt hé gestrýnde, ðonne forgyldan míne mágas . . . for ðon ic cweðe ðæt hí hit gyldan, for ðon hý fóð tó mínum ðe ic syllan mót