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sárig

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig, adj.

feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter

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Sárge gé ne sóhton, ne him swǽslíc word frófre gesprǽcon, 92, 19; Cri. 1511. expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter ðá wépende wéregum teárum his sigedryhten sárgan reorde grétte, Andr. Kmbl. 120 ; An. 60. Ðonne wrece sárigne sang, Beo.

a-cólian

(v.)
Grammar
a-cólian, p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od

To become coolcoldchilledfrigescere

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To become cool, cold, chilled; frigescere Ræst wæs acólad his resting-place was chilled. Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 28; . 6. Ðonne biþ ðæt werge líc acólad then shall be the accursed carcase cooled, Exon, 100a; Th. 374, 12; Seel. 125

Linked entry: a-cealdian

a-meldian

(v.)
Grammar
a-meldian, p. ode; pp. od

To betraymake knownprodereindicare

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He hine ameldode prodidit eum, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 46. Ðá wǽron ðǽr ameldode proditi sunt, 4, 16; S. 584, 26: Jos. 9, 17

eges fullíc

(adj.)
Grammar
eges fullíc, adj.

Full of fear, fearful, awful terrĭbĭlis

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Full of fear, fearful, awful; terrĭbĭlis eges-fullíc he is in geþeahtingum ofer monna bearn Quam terrĭbĭlis est in consĭliis sŭper fĭlios homĭnum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 36. Egesfullícran, nom. pl. more full of terror, Salm. Kmbl. 93; Sal. 46

heofonisc

(adj.)
Grammar
heofonisc, adj.

Heavenly

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Heavenly ðæt heofenisce fýr forbærnde ðæt lond on ðæm wǽron ða twá byrig on getimbred Sodome and Gomorre how fire from heaven consumed the land in which were built the two cities Sodom and Gomorrah, Ors. tit. 3; Swt. 1, 6

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode
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To grow long Ðonne se dæg langaþ ðonne gǽþ seó sunne norþweard óþ ðæt heó becymþ tó ðam tácne ðe is geháten Cancer. Lchdm. iii. 250, 9. Se langienda dæg, 252, 6, 9. Eft on langiendum dagum ofergǽþ ðone súðran sunnstede, 14

Linked entry: ge-længed

geónian

(v.)
Grammar
geónian, part. geóniende; p. ode; pp. od

To yawnhiāre

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todydon heora múþ ongeán me swá swá leó ðonne he geónaþ aperuerunt in me os suum, sicut leo rapiens, Ps. Th. 21, 11

be-leógan

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. ¶ used impersonally, to be mistaken :-- Gif þú wilt geþencean mycel hine beleáh (hole much he was mistaken ), Bl. H. 189, 24. Add

ge-lóm

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lóm, adj.
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Frequent worhton áne cyrcan þám hálgan, for þan þe gelóme ( or adv. ?) wundra wurdon set his byrgene. Hml. S. 32, 172. Þá wunda þe þá hǽþenan mid gelómum scotungum on his lîce macodon, 182. mid gelómum siccetungum mǽnde, 31, 1019

Linked entry: -lóm

ge-fædlíce

(adv.)
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Miht ðú ásmeágan gefædlíce ( in how orderly a manner ) seó sunne gesíhð on þám dægmǽle, eall swylce sum getýd wer sitte and sum metervers mid his feðere áwríte, Angl. viii. 317, 21. Add

swimman

Grammar
swimman, <b>. II.</b>
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Add þonne swam mid þám ilcan scipe, þonne hit wæs ýþa full qualiter cum carabo undis pleno nataverat, Gr. D. 347, 21. Add Ágeót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele ábrecð úp and swimð bufon, Hml. Th ii. 564, 14

on-sǽgan

(v.)

to cause to sink down, to prostrate

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( hell ) bútan ende éce stondeþ, ðæm ðe ðǽr for his synnum onsǽgd weorþeþ, 446, 27; Dóm. 28. Selegesceotu synd onsǽgd (?), Ps. Th. 82, 6

Linked entry: sǽgan

á-stundian

(v.)

To take upon one's self

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Substitute: To take upon one's self Eal mót ástundian swá hwæt swá fram his gingrurn, forgýmeleásod bið ad ipsum respicit quicquid a discipulis delinquitur, R. Ben. 61, 7. Búton gé ámeldian, gé sceolon heora wíte ástundian, Hml. S. 23, 299

Linked entry: stundian

segnian

(v.)
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ǽton þæt lamb æfter ðám ealdan gewunan, and syððan sóna sénode húsel, Hml. Th. ii. 244, 30

ge-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon; pp. -sigen [sígan to sink]

To sinkfallset as the suncaderelabioccĭdĕre ut sol

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Ðæt he ána scyle gesígan æt sæcce that he alone should sink in conflict, Beo. Th. 5311; B. 2659. Ðonne me ylde tíd on gesíge in tempore senectutis, Ps. Th. 70, 8. Ðá to ðam wage geság then to the wall he sank, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 13; Gú. 1243

scencan

(v.)
Grammar
scencan, te

To skink

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Ðæt góde wín ðæt scencþ nú geond his gelaðunge, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 11. Ðonne scencþ ða scylde mid ðære bisene ǽlcum ðæra ðe him ǽnges yfles tó wénþ cunctis mala credentibus per exemplum culpa propinatur, Past. 59, 5; Swt. 451, 24.

út-lah

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lah, adj.

Outlawedan outlawcalling for outlawry

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Outlawed; substantively, an outlaw. of a person in respect to his own country Gif man tó deáðe gefylle, beó útlah, L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, l0: L. Edg. H. 3; Th. i. 258, 19: L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 15: L. C.

Linked entries: -lah út-laga

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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wyrd ne ful cúþe freóndrǽdenne heó from hogde he did not fully know the circumstance, how her heart was turned from loving him, 244, 26; Jul. 33. Dígle wyrd an obscure circumstance, Elen. Kmbl. 1077 ; El. 541 : 1163; El. 583.

Linked entry: weord

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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. :-- hordað, and nát hwám hit gegaderað (congregat ), Hml, Th. i. 66, 5. Eallne þone welan ðe gegaderigaþ, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 6. Ꝥ gegaderige ungerím þissa welena, 26, 3; F. 94, 13.

lár-leást

(n.)
Grammar
lár-leást, -lýst, e; f.
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Lack of learning or instruction Þurh lárleáste ne cunnon ne lǽdan ne lǽran through want of knowledge they cannot guide or teach them, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 28.