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tiger

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Ðá cwǽdon þá apostoli tó ðám folce, 'Þás réðan deór gehýrsumiað Godes mihte ... þurh ðæs naman sind þás réðan tigres betwux eów swá tame swá scép, Hml. Th. ii. 492, 10-21. Add

weorold-folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-folgoþ, es;
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Ðá forlét hé ðone woroldfolgað, and ðá gewát tó Sancte Hilarie ðæm bisceope, 217, 1

ge-hweled

(v.)
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Hit ðæt gehwelede on ðǽm óðrum geopenað and út forlǽt, ðæt hé wierð ðonon gehǽled doloris fervor vulnere aperto temperatur Past. 275, 5

CEALC

(n.)
Grammar
CEALC, es; m.

Plaster, cement, chalk;calx arenata, calx

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Ðá ongan se cealc mid ungemete stincan, ðá wearþ Iuuinianus mid ðam brǽþe ofsmorod Jovian was one night in a newly-plastered house: then he ordered a great fire to be lighted therein, because it was cold weather.

Linked entry: calc

þeóstrian

(v.)
Grammar
þeóstrian, þéstrian, þiéstrian, þístrian, þystrian; p. ode.
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to make dark or dim, to make the eye less capable of seeing, dim the sight Se dæg bletit and ðióstraþ hiora eágan, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5. to grow dark or dim His eágan þýstrodon caligaverunt oculi ejus, Gen. 27, 1: 48, 10.

Linked entry: þýstrian

sceamian

(v.)
Grammar
sceamian, ode.

to feel shame, be ashamed to cause shame

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Him ðæs sceamode, 18, 12: Gen. 2, 25. Ðá sceamode ealle his wiðerwinnan, Lk. Skt. 13, 17. Hwá biþ gescended, ðæt mé for ðæm ne scamige? Past. 21, 6 ; Swt. 165, 5. Forgif ús úre synna, ðæt ús ne scamige eft, Hy. 7, 84.

risoda

(n.)
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rheum Ða yfelan wǽtan on ðam seócum men ðe biþ swá swá horh oððe risoda oððe gillistre, Lchdm. ii. 282, 11. (?)

seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
seáþ, es; m.
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Ðá wæs ðǽr on óðre sídan ðæs hláwes gedolfen swylce mycel wæterseáþ wǽre. On ðam seáþe ufan Gúþlác him hús getimbrode, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 8. Danihel læg betwux seofan leónum on ánum seáþe, Homl. Th. i. 488, 5.

hæc

(n.)
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Swá west ðæt hit cymð tó ðan hæcce be súðan Cranrnere, C. D. iii. 399, 22. Capturam in arnne Derentan constructarn, quae usitato æt Ginan hecce nuncupatur uocabulo, 199, 8. Of ðám hæcce . . . eft innon ðane hæcc, vi. 171, 5-8. Ðæne hæcce, 76, 29.

ofer-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hygd, -hýd, e; f.: es; n.: -hygdu, -hýdu (o); indecl. f. [the plural is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-méde, -méttu].

pride, arrogancehonourable pride high spirit superbia

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Ðæt heofenlíce ríce ðæt ða ǽrestan men forworhtan þurh heora gífernesse and oferhygde, 25, 1. Se dóeþ oferhygde qui facit superbiam, Ps. Surt. 100, 7. Ða dóeþ oferhygd, 30, 24.

plegol

(adj.)
Grammar
plegol, adj.
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Playful, sportive, jocose Hwílon wacodon menu ofer án deád líc, and ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæþ swylce for plegan, ðæt hé Swýðun wǽte, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 292

sype

(n.)
Grammar
sype, es; m.

Suction

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Suction Seó eorþe ðæt wæter helt and be sumum dǽle swilgþ, and for ðam sype heó biþ geleht, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 6: Met. 20, 97. Similar entries v. Cf. súpan, and next word

un-forswǽled

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forswǽled, adj.

Unburntunscorched

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Unburnt, unscorched Ic geseó feówer weras gangende onmiddan ðam fýre ungewemmede and unforswǽlede ego video quatuor viros ... ambulantes in medio ignis, et nihil corruptionis in eis est (Dan. 3, 25), Homl. Th. ii. 20, 15

Linked entry: un-gewemmed

þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
þyrel, (from þyrhel, v. þurh), þyrl, es; n.

A hole made through anythingan apertureorifice

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Gerýme ðæt ðæt þyrel ( the aperture made by a lancet ) tó nearo ne sié, Lchdm. ii. 208, 25. Stól niþan ðyrele, 76, 22. Ðæt ísen ( a scythe ) becom swymmende tó ðam snǽde and tó ðam ðyrle ðe hit ǽr of ásceát, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 14.

Linked entries: þirel þyrl

wífung

(n.)
Grammar
wífung, e; f.

taking a wifemarriagewivesmatrimonia

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Ðás sinoðas forbudon ǽlce wífunga ǽfre weófodþénum, L. Ælfc. P. 30; Th. ii. 374, 35. in plural, wives; matrimonia Eów preóstum þingð, ðæt eów nán sin ne sý ðæt gé mid wífungum swá libban swá lǽwede men, L. Ælfc.

wiþ-útan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-útan, adv. prep.

Withoutwithoutoutside ofwithoutwithout

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Grammar wiþ-útan, as adverb Géo clǽnsiaþ ðæt wiðútan ys caliceas and dixas. . . . Clǽnsa ǽryst ðæt wiðinnan ys calices and disces, ðæt hit sí clǽne ðæt wiðútan ys mundatis quod deforis est calicis et parapsidis . . .

Linked entry: wiþ-innan

un-fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fyrn, adv.

not long agobefore long

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of past time, not long ago Weorþodan wé nú unfyrn for tén nihtum ðone symbeldæg foran tó ðyssum ondweardan dæge not long ago now, ten days from to-day, we celebrated the festival, Blickl.

Linked entry: un-gefyrn

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

nightnightdarknessnight

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Hé fór ymb áne niht tó Ígleá, and ðæs ymb áne tó Éþandúne ... and ðǽr sæt xiiii niht ... and hé was xii niht mid ðam cyninge, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 12-24. Embe seofon niht, Blickl. Homl. 45, 31. Emb tén niht, 117, 16.

mæsse-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-preóst, es; m.

A priest not of the Christian churcha priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass

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Æt ðám giftan sceal mæssepreóst beón mid rihte, L. Edm. B. 8; Th. i. 256, 6. Nán man ne hwyrfe nánes yrfes bútan ðæs geréfan gewitnesse, oððe ðæs mæssepreóstes, oððe ðæs landhláfordes oððe ðæs horderes, oððe óðres ungelygenes mannes, L.

wit-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wit-seóc, adj.

Lunaticpossessed

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Wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðam fúlan gáste . . . Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, Homl. Th. i. 458, 2-8. Hí deóflu fram wittseócum mannum áflígdon, ii. 490, 23. Exorcista is se ðe rǽt ofer ða witseócan men, L. Ælfc.