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mild-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
mild-heort, adj.

kind-heartedof gentle dispositionmeekmercifulcompassionategraciousclement

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Uton beón eáþmóde and mildheorte and ælmesgeorne, 95, 26. Ðá weóp hé eác sylf ... swá hé wæs manna mildheortost, 225, 23. merciful, compassionate, gracious, clement Ðú God mildheort (misericors), Ps. Spl. 85, 14: miserator, 102, 8.

nídþearf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nídþearf-líc, adj.

Necessaryneedfuluseful

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Gl. 433. 25 : 506, 29 : operae pretium, necessarium, utile, justum, 499, 78 : debitum, necessarium, 424, 51. Is swýðe nýdþearflíc ( necessaria ) gesceád, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 35. Gif ic síe ðínum folce nédþearflíc tó hæbbene, Blickl. Homl. 225, 26.

ge-biddan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-biddan, p. -bæd, pl. -bǽdon; pp. -beden; often followed by a reflexive dative [ge-, biddan to ask, pray]

To praypray toworshipadoreōrāreadōrārecŏlĕre

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To pray, pray to, worship, adore; ōrāre, adōrāre, cŏlĕre Uton gebiddan us let us pray, Homl. Blick. 139, 30. Ðonne we us gebiddaþ when we pray. Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 21. Ðonne gé eów gebiddon cum ōrātis, Mt. Bos. 6, 5.

Linked entries: ge-beden ge-bitt

ymb-gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-gyrdan, p. de.
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Mid ðyssum gemǽrum hi synd útan ymbgyrde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 396, 3

Linked entry: embe-gyrdan

rím-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
rím-cræft, es; m.

The science of numbers arithmetic

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Uton witan hwæt saltus lunae sý tó sóðe ... oððe hwá hine ðæs wurðscipes cúðe ðæt hé sceolde gestandan on ðam rímcræfte that he should have a place in the science of computation, Anglia viii. 308, 22.

HELP

(n.)
Grammar
HELP, e; f: also es; m.

HELPaidsuccour

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Ðám burgwarum com mára fultum tó útan tó helpe more aid came from without to the citizens to help them, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 19. Rúmlícum helpe benigno favore, Rtl. 17, 35.

Linked entry: hylp

wirs

(adv.)
Grammar
wirs, cpve.: wirrest, wirst; spve.;

Worseworst

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Oft hit gesǽleþ dæt his ǽhta weorþaþ on ðæs onwealde, ðe hé ǽr on his lífe wyrrest úþe, Blickl. Homl. 195, 4. Grammar wirs, marking unfavourable condition, a higher degree of what is unpleasant or improper Ðý læs him ðý wirs (wiers, Cott.

Linked entries: wyrs wiers wirrest

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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2, ] Besæt sió fierd hié þǽr útan þí hwíle þe hié þǽr lengest mete hæfdon.

DRÍFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÍFAN, drýfan,ic drífe , ðú drífest , drífst , he drífeþ , drífþ , dríft , pl. drífaþ; p. ic, he dráf, ðú drife, pl. drifon, dreofon; pp. drifen .

DRIVE, force, pursue pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui To drive, rush with violence ruĕre

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For hwan ðú us, God, woldest fram ðé drífan ut quid repulisti nos, Deus? Ps. Th. 73, 1. Ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease mino oves meas ad pascua, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 11.

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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Dó man út his eágan . . . oþþe hine hættian, swá hwilc þissa swá mon þonne gerǽde, Ll. Th. i. 394, 15. On þám fyrste þe witan gerǽden, 176, 1. Gerǽd destinatum, Germ. 397, 429.

hwíl

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Næs þá nǽnig hwíl tó þan sóna swá hí út eódon, þá geségon hí þone hræfn nec mora, egredi-entes conspiciunt corvum 144, 15 : 145, 23.

leornian

(v.)
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Add: to acquire knowledge of a subject, skill in an art &c. . as a result of study, enquiry, experience or teaching. with object Sélre mé wæs þæt þú mé gehnǽgdest, and ic syþþan þín sððfæst weorc leornade bonum mihi quod humiliasti me, ut discam

ge-þingian

(v.)
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intercede, mediate. absolute Gehwylces mannes dǽda clypiað tó Gode and gewrégað oþþe geþingiað, Scrd. 20, 38. to intercede for a person Gif hwelc monn cymð, and bitt úrne hwelcne ðæt wé hine lǽden tó sumum rícum menn, and him geðingien si quis veniat, ut

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEADconducttakecarrybringbring forthproduce

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Hettend lǽddon út mid ǽhtum abrahames mǽg of Sodoma byrig, Cd. 94; Th. 121, 17; Gen. 2011. Ne lǽd ðú ús in costunge lead us not into temptation, Hy. 6, 27; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 27, Lǽd út mid ðé educ tecum, Gen. 8, 17.

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

EARN

(n.)
Grammar
EARN, es; m.

An eagleaquĭla

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Biþ ge-edniwad swylce earnes geógeþ ðín renŏvābĭtur ut aquĭlæ juventus tua, Ps. Lamb. 102, 5. Earnes brid an eagle's young, Exon. 59 a; Th. 214, 7; Ph. 235. Earnes mearh an eagle's marrow, Lchdm. iii. 14, 24.

Linked entries: ern here-fugol

rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
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Ne hé sóðfæste lǽteþ ðæt hí tó unrihte willen handum rǽcean ut non extendan justi ad iniquitatem manus suas, Ps. Th. 124, 4. trans. To reach, hold forth, offer, present Ic rǽce porrigo vel porgo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 46.

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

stenc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
stenc, es; m.
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Ðǽr slóh út of ðære niwelnysse ormǽte stenc, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 25. Eall forwearð for ðæm stence, Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 226, 13. Stænce, 2, 6; Swt. 90, 1. Se líchoma on ðone heardestan stenc and on ðone fúlostan biþ gecyrred, Blickl. Homl. 59, 12.

un-gerád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerád, adj.

stupidrudeunskilledfoolishignorantdiscordantdisagreeingat variance

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Simle bióþ ða gódan and ða yflan ungeþwǽre betwyh him, ge eác hwílum ða yfian bióþ ungeráde betwuh him selfum ut probis atque improbis nullum foedus est, ita ipsi inter se improbi nequeunt convenire, Bt. 39, 12; Fox 230, 27: Ors. 2, 7; Swt. 90, 6.

Linked entry: ge-rád

for-spillan

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Th. i. 562, 1) út of ðám minstre, C. D. vi. 190, 17, Þæt ísen befeóll on ðone seáð ... forspilledum (-lorenum, v. l., perdito ) þám ísene, Gr. D. 114, 2

ge-reordan

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Þæt hig habbon him tó gereordienne ut habeant ad vescendum, Gen. I. 30. Æfter þám ætgædere gereordende, Hml. S. 23b, 115. with object, to refresh a person with food Óþerne þú gereordst alium reficis, Scint. 160, 8.