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tallíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tallíce, adv.

In a way that deserves blame, reprehensibly

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Ne forseó gé Godes ðearfan, ðeáh ðe hí tállíce hwæt gefremman, Homl. Th. i. 332, 13

gleáwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gleáwlíce, adv.

Prudentlywiselyclearlywell

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Ic míne sáwle wylle full gleáwlíce Gode underþeódan nonne Deo subdita erit anima mea? Ps. Th. 61, 1. Ic gewitnesse wíse ðíne ongeat gleáwlíce initio cognovi de testimoniis tuis, 118, 152: 106, 42: Andr. Kmbl. 1721: An. 863

Linked entry: gleów-líce

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, e; f.

a sending, mission, message a dish of food, victuals

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Ðá clypode se Abacuc: 'Ðú Godes þeówa, nim ðás lác ðe ðé God sende'. . . And hé ðá ðære sande breáe, Homl. Th. i. 572, 8. Ðá genemnode se hálga wer ðæt wíf ðe hí gelaðode, and ða sanda tealde ðe heó him gebær, ii. 168, 5.

scógan

(v.)
Grammar
scógan, scógean, sceógan, scóan (? v. scóung), sceón; p. scóde; pp. scód. sceód
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Se engel cwæð : Begyrd ðé, and sceó (gisceó ðec, Rtl. 58, 11) ðé, and fylig mé, Homl. Th. ii. 382, 9. Sceógiaþ calciate, Engl. Stud. ix. 40. Sceógeaþ eówre fétt, Past. 5, 2; Swt. 44, 10. Cf.

Linked entries: -sceód sceógan sceón

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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Simon ne aríseþ nǽfre forðon ðe he is sóðlíce deád and on écum wítum genyðerod Simon will never arise for he is really dead and sunk in eternal punishments, Blickl. Homl. 189, 20; Judth. l0; Thw. 23, 9; Jud. 113.

a-dilegian

(v.)
Grammar
a-dilegian, -dilgian, -dylegian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [a, dilgian to destroy]

To abolishblot outdestroydo awayaboleredelere

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To abolish, blot out, destroy, do away; abolere, delere His sáwul biþ adilegod of his folce delebitur anima illa de populo suo, Gen. 17, 14. Ic adilgige hí delebo eos, Ps. Lamb. 17, 43. Adilga me of ðínre béc dele me de libro tuo, Ex. 32, 32: Ps.

Linked entry: a-dylegian

nyllan

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Hí getácniað þá ðe tela nellað, ne nellað leornian hwæt Gode leóf sý, Hml. S. 25, 51-52. Oft monn bið ðǽre earfoðnesse láreówdóme underðiéded, ðeáh hé ǽr nolde his láreówes lárum bión, Past. 35, 11.

un-gesǽliglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gesǽliglíce, adv.

unhappilymiserablywickedly

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Similar entries v. un-gesǽllíce Swá ungesǽliglíce Iudas ðam láreówe deáð sǽtade, swá him eall his líf tó ungesǽlðum wearð, Homl. Ass. 161, 225

Linked entry: ge-sǽliglíce

glóf-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
glóf-wyrt, e; f.

lily of the valleyconvallāria mājālishound's tonguecynoglossum officĭnāle

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Ðeós wyrt ðe Engle glófwyrt, and óðrum naman hundes tunge hátaþ this plant, which the English call glovewort, and by another name hound's tongue, Herb. 42; Lchdm. i. 144, 3

sám-storfen

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-storfen, adj.
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Half-dead Sámstorfenne seminecem, Germ. 401, 50

crýpele

(n.)
Grammar
crýpele, es; m?

A denburrow cuniculum

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A den, burrow; cuniculum Mone B. 2774

Linked entry: crýfele

un-gewiderung

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewiderung, e; f.

Bad weather

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Bad weather Syððan com, þurh ða myeclan ungewiderunge ðe cómon, swýðe mycel hungor ofer Engeland, ðæt manig hundred manna earmlíce deáðe swulton þurh ðone hungor, Chr. 1086; Erl. 219, 33

Linked entries: -widerung ge-widerung

healf-cwic

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-cwic, adj.

Half alive, half dead

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Half alive, half dead Halfcwic semivivus; half dead, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 30. Helfcuicne, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 8. Funde hiene ǽnne be wege licgan healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum et extrema vitæ efflantem, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14.

cliófa

(n.)

a den, chamber

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a den, chamber, Ps. Th. 35, 3

un-gewil

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewil, un-gewill; adj.

Displeasingnot with the good will of a person

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Displeasing, not with the good will of a person Se arcebiscop leáfe æt ðam cynge nam, ðeáh hit ðam cynge ungewill wǽre, ðæs ðe men léton, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 16

ge-timbran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-timbran, -timbrian, -timbrigean; part. -timbriende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [timbrian to build] .

to make of woodto buildto build upconstructædĭfĭcāreconstruĕreexstruĕreto build up the mindinstructedifyinstruĕre

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Wá, ðæt ðes towyrpþ Godes templ, and on þrím dagum hyt eft getimbraþ vah qui destruis templum Dei, et in trĭduo illud reædĭfĭcas, Mt. Bos. 27, 40: Mk. Bos. 15, 29.

ceáp-man

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Ceápmanna del, C. D. vi. 41, 18. Add

for-lorennes

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Deg forlorenisse (perditionis) heora, Txts. 413, 1. Add

trahtnian

(v.)
Grammar
trahtnian, p. ode.

To expoundexplainto give as explanation of (be) somethingto treat of

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Ðes cwyde is swíðor tó ondrǽdenne ðonne tó trahtnigenne, 332, 4: ii. 90, 5. to give as explanation of (be) something Wé sprǽcon be ðam sǽde ðe betwux ðam ðornum sprang . . .

berhtm-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
berhtm-hwæt, adj.

Swift as an eye-blinkceler ut oculi nictus

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Swift as an eye-blink; celer ut oculi nictus Ðec lígetu bláce, berhtmhwate ða ðec bletsige the pale lightnings, swift as an eye-blink, these shall bless thee, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 3; Dan. 381