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swól

(n.)
Grammar
swól, es; m. (?), n. (?)

Heat, burning ⬩ of the heat of fire ⬩ of the sun's heat ⬩ of feverish heat ⬩ sultry

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Hú se háta maga swól þrowaþ, 160, 5: 194, 12

be-reccan

(v.)
Grammar
be-reccan, -reccean; p. -reahte, -rehte; pp. -reaht, -reht.

to relate ⬩ recount ⬩ explain ⬩ narrare ⬩ exponere ⬩ to explain one's conduct ⬩ justify one's self ⬩ se excusare ⬩ se purgare ⬩ accusatorum criminibus respondere

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Els. 3, 2. to explain one's conduct, justify one's self; se excusare, se purgare, accusatorum criminibus respondere Hí simle séceaþ endleáse ládunga, hú hie bereccan [MS.

Linked entry: be-secgan

CILD

(n.)
Grammar
CILD, cildes, cild, sometimes cildru, cildra ; n.

A CHILD, infant ⬩ infans, puer

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Eálá cild, hú eów lícaþ ðeós spæc O pueri, quomodo vobis placet ista locutio? Col. Monast. Th. 32, 7. Eálá ge cildra O pueri, 35, 33. Mid cilde beón, weorþan, or wesan to be with child, Bd. Whelc. 487, 22

Linked entries: cyld C

þrýþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þrýþlíce, (?); adv.

Mightily ⬩ deliberately

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óhwǽr feor oððe neáh findan meahte he often gave to his followers helm and corslet such as for greatest strength anywhere far or near he could find (cf. for similar use of the adverb: He sóhte, hú hé sárlícast meahte feorhcwale findan, Exon.

Linked entries: þrydlíce þrýþig

weorold-lust

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-lust, es; m.
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Worldly pleasure, pleasure that comes from things of this world Hú ne is ðé genóg openlíce geeówad ðara leásena gesǽlþa anlícnes; ðæt is ðonne ǽhta and weorðscipe and anweald and woruldlust.

wuldor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-líc, adj.

glorious ⬩ orthodoxus

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Hú wuldorlíc (admirabile) ðín nama ys, Ps. Th. 8, 9 : Ps. Spl. 8, 1. Hé wítgode be ðære wuldorlícan ácennednesse Cristes, Ps. Th. 8, arg. Be his ðære wuldorlícan ǽriste, Blickl. Homl. 117, 3. Þurh wuldorlícne martyrdóm, Shrn. 30, 32.

yfel-wyrcende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-wyrcende, adj. (ptcpl. )
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Hú ne is se ðonne yfelwillende and yfelwyrcende ðe ðone unscyldgan wítnaþ? Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 8-11. Gif ne wére ðes yfelwyrcende ( malefactor ), ne ðé wé gisaldun hine, Jn. Skt. Rush. 18, 30. Yfelwyrcende nequam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 23: 13, 38.

scilling

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Hú þá scillingas (solidi) wurdon þurh wundor ágifene þám biddendum . . . Sum wer . . . sǽde ꝥ hé wǽre geswenced from his moniendan for .xii. scyllingum . . . þá wǽron fundene .xiii. scillingas . . .

hefe

(n.)
Grammar
hefe, es; m.

Weight

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Weight Hú mihte hé gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá hé ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26.

oft

(adv.)
Grammar
oft, adv.

Oft, often

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Hú oft quotiens, Lk. Skt. 13, 34. Swá oft swá ða óðre hergas út fóron, ðonne fóron hié, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 5. Hí beóþ ðæs ðe lator ðe hí oftor ymbþeahtiaþ, Past. 56; Swt. 435, 2.

smeá-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
smeá-líc, adj.

searching, penetrating ⬩ that goes to the root ⬩ heart of a matter, profound ⬩ exquisite, choice

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scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes ðæt mon mid ðære . . . onlúce ða heardan heortan quid est parietem fodere, nisi acutis inquisitionibus duritiam cordis aperire Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 1. that goes to the root or heart of a matter, profound Hú

scrudnian

(v.)
Grammar
scrudnian, scrutnian; p. ode

To examine carefully ⬩ consider ⬩ investigate

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Míne gebroðra, scrutniaþ mid hú wáclícum wurðe Godes ríce biþ geboht, Homl. Th. i. 582, 25. Twá þing sind ðe wé sceolon carfullíce scrutnian, ii. 82, 25. Scrutniende scrutando, investigando. Hpt. Gl. 410, 12.

Linked entry: scrutnian

bealdlíce

(adv.)

boldly ⬩ confidently ⬩ boldly ⬩ impudently

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Hú dearst þú ǽfre þus bealdlíce lǽran praedicare quomodo praesumis?, 32, 10: 135, 30. Hé bealdlíce clypað: 'Dém, lá déma,' Wlfst. 254, 7: 256, 6. Ábrǽd Petrus bealdlíce his swurd, Hml. Th. ii. 246, 22.

scilling-rím

(n.)
Grammar
scilling-rím, es; n.

A reckoning by shillings

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A reckoning by shillings Se mé beág forgeaf, on ðam siex hund wæs smǽtes goldes sceatta scillingríme a ring containing gold to the value of six hundred shillings, Exon. Th. 324, 10; Víd. 92

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 guilt ⬩ not 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

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Hú neáh ðære tíde wǽre ðætte ða bróðru árísan sceolden and Godes lof rǽran and heora úhtsang singan quam prope esset hora qua fratres ad dicendas Domino laudes nocturnal excitari deberent, Bd. 4. 24; S. 599, 4

Linked entry: hebban