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un-tímness

(n.)
Grammar
un-tímness, e; f.

Misfortune ⬩ unhappiness

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Misfortune, unhappiness Ic sende on eówrum húsum cwealm and hungor and untímnesse and fýr, ðæt forbærnð ealle eówre welan, Wulfst. 207, 18

Linked entry: tímness

firm

(n.)
Grammar
firm, es; m.
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A fixed contribution of food Leófstán dóð tó þis fermfultum án sceppe malt. . . tó fyllincge intó þan ealdan fyrme, Nap. 55. 33

ge-sweostor

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Ealle hálige men beóð his gebróðru and gesweostru, Hml. Th. i. 260, 34.. Add: —

ongeán-cyme

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Add: ágeán-cyme Ealle wǽron swíðe blíðe his ongeáncymes, Hml. S. 30, 292. Forbodenne ágeáncyme, ágeáncyrdincge (-cyrrincge (?)) interdictum postliminium, An. Ox. 2721

brist

Grammar
brist, for birst, 2nd pres. s. of beran
to bear, support

supportest ⬩ to bear, support

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supportest; vehis; Ðú birst [MS. brist] ealle þing búton geswince thou supportest all things without labour, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 36

sorh-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
sorh-lufu, e, an; f.

Love that is attended with anxiety or sorrow ⬩ hapless love

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Love that is attended with anxiety or sorrow, hapless love Him seó sorglufu slǽp ealle binom, Exon. Th. 378, 14; Deór. 16

ge-wyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyld, -wild, es; n.

Power ⬩ dominion

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Power, dominion Æfter ðam ðe Alexander hæfde ealle Inde him to gewyldon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67. 21

ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
ǽdre, ǽddre, édre, an; f; ǽdr, e; f.

An artery ⬩ a vein ⬩ fountain ⬩ river ⬩ arteria ⬩ vena ⬩ fons ⬩ rivus ⬩ a nerve ⬩ sinew ⬩ kidney ⬩ nervus ⬩ ren

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Th. 5925; B. 2966. a nerve, sinew, kidney; nervus, ren Wǽron míne ǽdra ealle tolýsde renes mei resoluti sunt, Ps. Th. 72, 17. Ðú canst míne ǽdre ealle tu possedisti omnes renes meos, 138, 11.

cwician

(v.)
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Add: to become living Ealle treówa cuciað on lenctenes tíman, Hml. S. 12, 31. to become sensitive, recover feeling, power Gif wund on men ácólod sý . . . heó cwicaþ and wearmað, Lch. i. 194, 25.

hold-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
hold-áþ, es; m.

An oath of fealty

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Hé dyde ðæt ealle ða heáfodmæn on Normandig dydon manrǽden and holdáþas is sunu Willelme, 1115; Erl. 245, 12

Linked entry: hyld-áþ

for-ealdian

(v.)

to run out ⬩ expire

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Ic him sǽde ꝥ hé forealdod wǽre, and tó þæs eald wǽre ꝥ hé ne mihte elcor gewearmigan búton æt fýre, Nar. 18, 14. Swá forealdod mon decrepitus senex, 21. Foreald[od] decrepita, An. Ox. 2109. On fótum forealdudes (ueterani), Scint. 223, 13.

glædnes

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On xxvii and on xxviii nihta ꝥ tácnað ealne gefeán, and ealle angnysse and uneáðnysse smyltnysse and glædnesse gehátað, Lch. iii. 156, 14. alacrity, cheerful readiness. Cf. glædlíce; Gode man sceal dón mid glædnysse ǽfre þá betstan behát, Hml.

medume

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Se God hæfð ealle creftas on hym gesunde and ful medeme, Solil. H. 52, 14

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Eal ðes ginna grund all this spacious earth, Exon. 116 a; Th. 445, 23; Dóm. 12: Cd. 5; Th. 7, 11; Gen. 104. Eall eorþan grund all the earth, 192; Th. 240, 5; Dan. 382. We men on grunde we men on the earth, Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 39; Hy. 9, 39.

ge-þancol

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Add: mindful Hé þurh þæs gehátes myngunge swíþe geþancol on anginne his ríces began þá stówe tó fyrþrienne, eal swá hé ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe.

æften-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
æften-tíd, e; f. [æftan after]

Evening ⬩ eventide ⬩ vespertinum tempus ⬩ vesper

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Evening, eventide; vespertinum tempus, vesper Ǽr morgenes gancg wið æftentíd ealle ða déman Drihten healdeþ exitus matutini et vespere delectaberis, Ps. Th. 64, 9

earmþu

(n.)
Grammar
earmþu, e; f.

Misery, poverty ⬩ mĭsĕria

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Misery, poverty; mĭsĕria Gif ða earmþa ealle sóðe sint if the miseries are all true, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 14, 16. v. yrmþu

Eofor-wíc-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Eofor-wíc-scír, e: f.

YORKSHIRE ⬩ comĭtātus Eboracensis

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YORKSHIRE; comĭtātus Eboracensis Fóran ða þegnas ealle on Eoforwícscíre to Eoferwíc all the thanes in Yorkshire went to York, Chr. 1065 ; Th. 332, 7

forþ-gefremman

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gefremman, p. ede; pp. ed [gefremman to effect, bring to pass]

To move forwards ⬩ cause to advance ⬩ promŏvēre

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To move forwards, cause to advance; promŏvēre Hine God ofer ealle men forþgefremede God advanced him above all men, Beo. Th. 3440; B. 1718

lending

(n.)
Grammar
lending, e; f.

Landing

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Landing, landing-place Ic ann ealle ða lændinge and ða gerihte of ðam ilkan wætere concedo omnes exitus ejusdem acquæ, Chart. Th. 317, 22

Linked entry: lænding