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ge-wislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wislíce, -wisslíce; adv.

Certainlyexactlytrulyespeciallybesidesvidelicetscilicetsaneutiqueporro

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Ic nát náht gewistlíce hwæðer ðæs feós swá micel is I do not know for certain whether there is so much money, Th. Chart. 490, 15. Seó lenctenlíce emniht is gewislíce on duodecima kl.

Linked entries: ge-wisslíce wisslíce

Burgende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
Burgende, gen. a; dat. um; m.
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Provence has on the north of it the mountains, which people call the Alps, and on the south of it is the Mediterranean sea, and on the north and east of it are the Burgundians, and on the west the Gasconians, Ors. l, i; Bos. 24, 2

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Ath. iv. 1; Th. i. 222, 10. where the clause is equivalent to a noun in the genitive or dative. where in the main clause is a verb, verbal noun, or adjective taking after it such a case, and where the substantive clause stands as object Ǽnig ne wénde

cyssan

(v.)
Grammar
cyssan, p. cyste; pp. cyssed; v. a. [cos a kiss]

KISS osculari

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To KISS; osculari Ic cysse ðé oscular te: ic eom fram ðé cyssed oscular a te, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 51, 52, Ic cysse, ðú cyst, he cyst osculor, oscularis, osculatur, 25; Som. 26, 58, 59.

Linked entry: cossian

cyperen

(adj.)
Grammar
cyperen, adj.

Coppery, belonging to copper æreus

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Coppery, belonging to copper; æreus Seóþ on cyperenum citele seethe it in a copper kettle, L. M. 1, 15; Lchdm. ii. 56, 19. Dó on cyperen fæt put it into a copper vessel, 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 36, 1.

hyldan

(v.)
Grammar
hyldan, heldan; p. de; trans.and intrans.

To bendinclineheeltilt

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Ic hyldan mé ne dorste I dare not bow myself [the Ruthwell cross hashælda ik ni darstæ], Rood Kmbl. 90; Kr. 45. Is mín feorh tó helldore hylded geneahhe vita mea in infernum appropinquavit, Ps. Th. 87, 3

Linked entries: heldan hylde hyldere

tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tídlíce, adv.
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<b>I a.

Linked entry: tímlíce

hopian

(v.)
Grammar
hopian, p. ode, ede

To hope, have hope or confidence [in a person], expect, watch for [with gen.]

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To hope, have hope or confidence [in a person], expect, watch for [with gen.] Ic hopige tó him swá gódan and swá mildheortan ðæt hé hit nylle sylf dón I have confidence in him, so good and merciful, that he himself will not do it, Chart.

Linked entries: á-hopian tó-hopian

under-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
under-bæc, adv.

backwardsbackbehindback

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Deófles nama is gereht, nyðerhreósende. Nyðer hé áhreás and underbæc hé eode ðá ðá hé wæs áscyred fram ðære heofonlícan blisse, Homl. Th. i. 172, 30-35: Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 70.

Linked entry: BÆC

H

hail

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In. some cases it is dropped, e. g. bleó for bleoh; seón, p. seah; nabban = ne habban.

mis-fadian

(v.)

to misconductorder wrongly

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to misconduct, order wrongly Gif hé his líf misfadige if he do not order his life aright, L. Eth. ix. 29; Th. i. 346, 20. Gif preóst ordál misfadige, L. N. P. L. 39; Th. ii. 296, 9

wind

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Windas flabra, uenti, Hpt. 31, ii. 237. Windum slabris = flabris. The word is a gloss on a passage in Bd. I. 19 : Incendium ad habitaculum . .. flabris stimulantibus ferebatur, Txts. 181, 72

bláwan

Grammar
bláwan, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> of a place,
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to have wind blowing in it Seó dene wæs weallende mid lígum on ánre sídan, on óðre sídan mid hagole bláwende búton tóforlǽtennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 9. 3. Add Bytte bláwan fulle windes. Hml. S. 34, 317

Linked entry: blǽd

reóst

(n.)
Grammar
reóst, ;a rest;

rest; the wood on which the coulter of a plough is fixed

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; rest; the wood on which the coulter of a plough is fixed,; Halliw. Dict.) Sules reóst dentale, s. est aratri pars prima in qua vomer inducitur quasi dens,; :Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 72 ;dentalia,; 106, 20 : 25, 28

be-útan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-útan, prep. dat. [be, útan out]

Withoutextra

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Gif ic míne fiðeru gefó, fleóge ǽr leóhte, óþ ðæt ic be-útan wese eallum sǽwum si sumpsero pennas meas ante lucem, et habitavero in postremo maris, 138, 7.

heden

(n.)

an overcoata mantlecloak

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Grammar heden, perhaps hǽðen, not hæðen ( = heden) should be taken. in the gloss: mastruga hæðen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 30, In Isid. Orig. mastruca is explained as 'vestis Sardonica ex pelliculis ferarurn', and hæðen might refer (?) to Sardonica

ǽ-wyrp

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Add: a casting away, what is cast away Ic eom manna hosp and folces ǽwyrp, R. Ben. 29, 13. (an) abortion Wíf seó þe tó ǽwyrpe gedó hire geeácnunga mulier quae utero con-ceptum excusserit , Ll. Th. ii. 154, 15

Linked entry: wyrp

bítel

(n.)
Grammar
bítel, es; m.

A beetlehammer

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Hé sceal habban æcse, . . . býtel, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Þá blacan bétlas nigro colore (the noun is unglossed), Wrt. Voc. ii. 61. 58

eág-sínes

(adv.)
Grammar
eág-sínes, adv.
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With one's eyes, ocularly, evidently Swilce ic hine mid mínan eágan eáhsýnes beheólde as if I beheld him plainly with my eyes, Hml. S. 23, 828. Hé geseah éhsýnes þæs lifigendan Godes sunu and hine gecneów, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 20

ge-bild

Grammar
ge-bild, boldness.
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Take here ge-byld in Dict. and add Uton mid gebylde búgan tó fulluhte, Hml. S. 3, 52. Cwæð Cecilia mid gebylde, 34, 137: Hml. Th. ii. 508, 29. Ic ðás bóc áwende; ná þurh gebylde mycelre láre, i. 2, 19