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weorþan

Grammar
weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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Þ hús fǽrlíce eall on fýre wearð. Hml. S. 26, 230. Hé wearð on micelre untrumnesse, Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 17. Wurdon ealle þá gebróþor on þǽm Arianiscan gedwolan, 6, 31; S. 284, 15.

oððon

(con.)
Grammar
oððon, conj.
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Swá oft swá man fullaþ oððon húsel hálgaþ, 328, 21

lystan

(v.)
Grammar
lystan, p. te
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Manige men hine geornlíce lystan geseón multi hunc anxie videre sitiebant, Gr. D. 45, 22

leger-stów

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Ágefe mon tén hund peñd. inn mid líce mé wið legerstówe let ten hundred pence be given for me with my body in consideration of my being allowed burial there C. D. i. 310, 33. Add

Súþ-Gyrwas

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Gyrwas, (-e, -an); pl.
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The southern division of the Gyrwas Súþ-Gyrwa syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 18. Súþ-Gyrwa ealdormon princeps Australium Gyruiorum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 21. Súð-Gerwa, Shrn. 94, 20. Súð-Gyrwena, Lchdm. iii. 430, 14

un-syn

(n.)
Grammar
un-syn, un-synn, e; f.

Not guiltnot crime

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Not guilt, not crime Ne húru Hildeburh herian þorfte Eótena treowe; unsynnum ( with no faults on her part, undeservedly; gratis. Cf. Similar entries un-synnig, II) wearð beloren leófum æt ðam lindplegan, bearnum and bróðrum, Beo. Th. 2149; B. 1072

Linked entry: syn

Elmed-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Elmed-sǽte, (-an); pl.
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The inhabitants of Elmet, the ancient British Loidis, an independent district in Yorkshire Elmedsǽtan (Elmet-, Elmeth- in Latin MSS.) landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 17. Cf. In monasterio . . . quod est in silua Elmete, Bd. 2, 14

portic

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Seó cyrce mid hire portice mihte fíf hund manna befón on hire rýmette, Hml. Th. i. 508, 9-14. v. eást-, hálig-portic

tó-sígan

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Hit gedafenlic is ꝥ his reáf ne beo horig ne húru tósigen, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 21. Add

ge-syngian

(v.)
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Hié suuncon ymb ðæt hié meahton gesyngian, 239, 21. to sin in respect to a particular matter suíðe hé on ðám gesyngað, Past. 39, 2. Ðæt hé self suiður on ðǽm ne gesyngige, 149, 23.

of-áxian

(v.)
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Ðeós Iúdith ofáxode Ozias gespræc haec cum audisset quoniam Osias promisisset, Hml. A. 108, 209. Þá lúdéiscan ofáxodon úre Drihten árǽrde Lazarum ofdeáðe, 66, 26. Ofáxa hwæt se cásere be ús geboden hæbbe, Hml. S. 23, 465.

oþþe

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mæg ic ládigan láðan sprǽce oððe andsware ǽnige findan ?, Cri. 184.

Linked entry: of-þe

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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lang tíd is, syððan him ðis gebyrede ? Mk. Skt. 9, 21. Ðeós syððan ic ineode ne geswác ðæt heó míne fét ne cyste, Lk. Skt. 7, 45. Manige geár syndon ágán nú seoððan úre bisceopas tó mé gewreoto sende, Blickl.

Linked entries: seoððan syððan

a-spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-spyrian, -spyrigan, -spyrigean; p. ede; pp. ed

To searchexploretracediscoverexplaininvestigareindagareexplorareenucleare

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To search, explore, trace, discover, explain; investigare, indagare, explorare, enucleare Se ðe nele, be his andgites mǽðe, ða bóclícan gewritu aspyrian, hí to Criste belimpaþ he who will not, according to the measure of his understanding, search

ge-fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-fyrn, adv. [fyrn formerly]

Formerlylong agoof oldof yoreolimpridem

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Formerly, long ago, of old, of yore; olim, pridem ne wǽran ðás gefyrn forþgewitene were not these long ago departed? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 9.

Linked entry: ge-firn

luf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
luf-líce, adv.

Amiablykindlydearlywillingly

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luflíce hé ús gesóht hider on middangeard with how great love he visited us here en earth, 129, 11: Wulfst. 204, 16. Ic wylle cýpan luflícor ðonne ic gebicge volo vendere carius quam emi, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 19

swól

(n.)
Grammar
swól, es; m. (?), n. (?)
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se háta maga swól þrowaþ, 160, 5: 194, 12

ge-bǽran

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mæg mon earmlícor gebǽran þonne mon hine underþeóde his flǽsce, 31, 1 ; F. 114, 23. Add: —

gise

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Gyse mihte Adam tócnáwan hwæt hé wǽre, búton hé wǽre gehýrsum on sumum þince his Hláforde? why, would God refuse him so small a thing . . .? Yes; how could Adam know what he was, unless he were obedient in some thing to his Lord?, Hml.

(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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him ðá speów mid wísdóme ... and man útanbordes wísdóm and láre hieder on lond sóhte,and wé hié nú sceoldon úte begietan gif wé hié habban sceoldon, Past. Pref.; Swt. 3, 8-13.