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rihte

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H. 62, 15. add Nis nán þára ðe þé rihte séhð þætþé ne finde, Solil. H. 13, 7. Swíðe rihte and swíðe gerisenlíce þú dést, 25, 7. Hwílon Wentsǽte hýrdon intó Dúnsǽtan, ac hit gebyreð rihtor intó West-Sexan, Ll. Th. i. 356, 19.

eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
eáðe, sup. eáðost. -ust; adv.

Easily, readily, soon, perhapsfacĭlĭtor

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B.] ða dúru ontýnan who may most easily open the door? Salm. Kmbl. 71; Sal. 36: Cd. 174; Th. 219, 6; Dan. 50: Ps. Th. 76, 10

á-leógan

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Gif hé þæs weddie þe hym riht sý tó gelǽstanne and ꝥ áleóge, Ll. Th. i. 60, 3-7. Gif hé þissa ǽnig áleóge, 332, 23. Ðæt man Gode beháte ne áleóge man ǽfre, Wlfst. 71, 6. Deófol wyle gedón þæt wé áleógan þæt þæt wé behétan, 38, 6. <b>I a.

hearmian

(v.)

to da harm to

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Hearmað þé þin gewinn tógeánes mé, Hml. Th. i. 390, 11. Ǽlc man þe yfel déþ . . . þeáh þe hit sumum fremige, and ǽlc man þe gód déð . . . þeáh þe hit hearmige sumum, Hml. S. 27, 173. Hé him hearmian nolde, 23, 311.

grǽdig

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽdig, adj.
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Ðá getímode swá dé þ ðam grǽdigan fisce ðe gesihþ ðæt ǽs and ne gesihþ ðone angel ðe on ðam ǽse sticaþ then it befel as it does to the greedy fish that sees the bait but sees not the hook which sticks in the bait, Homl. Th. i. 216, 10.

Linked entry: grédig

hefig-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
hefig-tíme, -týme; adj.

Grievouswearisometedioustroublesome

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Th. ii. 374, 2. Gif hit is hefigtýme on ðyssere worulde hit becymþ tó micelre méde on ðære tóweardan if it is productive of trouble in this world, it attains to a great reward in that which is to come, i. 56, 4:Ælfc. Gen. Thw. p. 1, 6.

Linked entry: hefe-tíme

sunu

(n.)
Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
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Ðæs gores sunu the beetle, Exon. Th. 426, 11; Rä. 41, 72

Linked entry: suna

lǽdan

(v.)
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Ꝥ ǽlc man hæbbe þá men gearowe on his lande þe lǽden þá men þe heora ágen sécan willen, Ll. Th. i. 162, 24. Nú þú móst féran . . . ic þec lǽdan sceal, Cri. 1672. Lǽdan weorode láreów tó lides stefnan, An. 1708.

dráf

(n.)
Grammar
dráf, e; f. [dráf drove, p. of drífan]

DROVE, herd, band armenta, grex, agmen

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Hí drifon heora dráfa into Medewæge they drove their herds into the Medway, Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 4, 16

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Th. ii. 322, 32

wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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Th. i. 356, 4. Mettas . . . þá þe gód blód wyrceað, swá swá sint. . . wilda hænna and ealle þá fugelas þe on dúnum libbað, Lch. ii. 244, 25. <b>I a.</b> :-- Hors wilde yrnan equos solutos currere, Lch. iii. 202, 32. <b>V a.

land-leód

(n.)
Grammar
land-leód, es; m.[?]: e; f.
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Schmid p. 396 gives the further reading :-- Ðæt cynebót tó ðam landleód. [These passages seem corrupt, so that much reliance perhaps cannot be placed upon them for determining the gender, but it may be noticed that O. H. Ger. lant-liut is masc. v.

ed-hwyrft

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Ex. 42. return to a condition Þá þǽr sóna wearð edhwyrft eorlum siððan inne fealh Grendles módor there was a return to the old state of things for the men after Grendel's mother had forced her way in, B. 1281

tíþian

(v.)
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Add Ðú bǽde mé ꝥ ic sceolde þé áwendan of Lédene on Englisc þá bóc Genesis. Þá þúhte mé hefigtýme þé tó tíþienne þæs, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 6. Add Se rihtwísa gemildsaþ and tíþað ( tribuet), Ps. L. 32, 17.

leger-stów

(n.)
Grammar
leger-stów, e; f.

A burial-placecemetery

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Cyricean ðe legerstów on sý a church at which there is a burial-place, L. Edg. i. 2; Th. i. 262, 12: L. C. E. 11; Th. i. 366, 24: 3; Th. i. 360, 23.

BREÓST

(n.)
Grammar
BREÓST, es; n.
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Ðǽr wearþ Alexander þurhscoten mid ánre flán underneoðan oðer breóst there Alexander was shot through with an arrow underneath one breast, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 27. the breast as the seat of the vital powers, of the feelings, and of the affections, The

ge-béd-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd-dagas, pl. m.

Prayer-daysLītănia mājorLītănia mĭnor

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Th. i. 244, 11

byht

(n.)
Grammar
byht, es; m. [býgan to bend]
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Mec ahebbaþ ofer hæleða byht ðeós heá lyft this lofty air raises me above the dwellings of men, Exon. 103a; Th. 389, 26; Rä. 8, 3. Ofer wætres byht to lande over the water's abode [bay] to the land, Exon. 106a; Th. 404, 23; Rä. 23, 12

líf

(adv.)
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Þá hwíle þe ic on þisum lýcuman and þisse weorulde sié fultuma mé þæt ic simle þone rǽd árædige ðe mé for þám lýfum best sí, Solil. H. 13, 25.

ge-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-limpan, he -limpeþ, -limpþ; p. -lamp, -lomp, pl. -lumpon; subj. p. -lumpe, pl. -lumpen; pp. -lumpen

To happenoccurbefallcome to passtake placeaccĭdĕreevĕnīrecontingĕre

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Ðá gelamp hit then it happened, Gen. 40, 1 : Homl. Th. ii. 120, 14. Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum comfort afterwards came to the sad of mood, Beo. Th. 5875; B. 2940. Ðá sió tíd gelomp when the time came, Bt. Met.