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híhþ

Grammar
híhþ, híhþu, híhþo.

altitudea summittopthe highest point extreme degreethe heavens

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., and add: distance from the base upwards, altitude, elevation above the ground Þæs stánes héhþé obolisci proceritatem, i. altitudinem, An. Ox. 3525. figurative: Heálic héþ edita (pudicitiae) proceritas, An.

Linked entries: heáhþu héhþu

BE

(prep.)
Grammar
BE, [abbreviated from big = bí, q. v.]; prep. dat. and instr.

BYnear totoatinonuponaboutwithjuxtapropeadsecusincumoffromabouttouchingconcerningdequoadforbecause ofafterbythroughaccording topropropterersecundumbesideout ofeex

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Úre bán syndon toworpene be helwarena hæfte neódum dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum, Ps. Th. 140, 9.

BLÍÐE

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÍÐE, comp. blíðra; superl. blíðost; def. se blíða, seó, ðæt blíðe; adj.

joyful, glad, merry, cheerful, pleasant, BLITHElætus, hilarisgentle, kind, friendly, clement, mild, sweetmansuetus, benignus, comis, clemens, mitis, suavisquiet, calm, peacefultranquillus, placidusjoy

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He bæd hine blíðne beón æt ðære beórþege he bade him be merry at the beer-drinking, Beo. Th. 1238; B. 617: Menol. Fox 193; Men. 98. Dó ðínes scealces sáwle bríðe lætifica animam servi tui, Ps. Th. 85, 3.

un-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj.

of no valueof no dignitylittle esteemedunworthynot of sufficient meritworthlessbadcontemptibledespicableignobleignominiousdishonouring

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Gif anweald becymþ tó ðam men ðe his ealra unweorþost biþ, 16, 1; Fox 48, 34. worthless, bad, contemptible, despicable, ignoble Hwæþer ðé þynce unweorþ and unmǽrlíc seó gegaderung? obscurum hoc atque ignobile censes esse? Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 29.

Linked entries: un-wurþ un-wyrþ

wuldor

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor, (-ur, -er), es; n.

Gloryvainglory

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Ðá sceáwede ic míne gesǽlinesse and mín wuldor, Nar. 7, 22. in a bad sense, vainglory. Similar entries v.wuldor-full, II On wlence ic férde þurh ðæt ídele wuldor, Anglia xi. 113, 50: Exon. Th. 107, 12; Gú. 57.

Linked entries: wulder wuldor-full

eorþe

the groundsoillandearththe eartha landcountrysoilmoulddust

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His ne cóm furðon án bán tó eorðan, Shrn. 54, 29. Heora líchoman licggað on eorðan, Bl.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

geár

(n.)
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Wæs folde geblówen, geácas geár budon, Gú. 716. with respect to productivity of the ground, a (good or bad) year Æfter cóm gód gér (geár, v. l. ) and wæstmberende, Bd. 4, 13 ; Sch. 419, 12. Hærfest hæleðum bringeð géres wæstmas, Gn.

ge-fón

(v.)
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cepi ) on nettum and bár ic ofslóh, 22, 9-11. Þá fixas þe gé geféngon ( prendistis ), Jn. 21, 10. Gefóh fox, Lch. ii. 104, 12. Þe gehuntian and gefón mid þám nettum mínre mildheortnysse, Hml. S. 30, 49.

réðe

(adj.)
Grammar
réðe, ;adj.;

Fierce, cruel, savagesevere, stern, austere, zealouswild, savage, fierce;severe, cruel, fierce, dire;

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Lind. 3, 5. applied to persons in a bad sense Ðes (Ishmael) byþ réðe man and winþ wið ealle and ealle wið hyne, ;ferus; Gen. 16, 12.

Linked entry: hréðe

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasiona fit time, season, opportunity,circumstance, condition happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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Lind. 26, 16. time as in bad or good times, circumstance, condition .v. IV. Nú íssǽl (a time of misery ) cumen, þreá ormǽte, Andr. Kmbl. 2332: An. 1167.

Linked entry: sél

eft

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Þá wæs eft swá ǽr þeód on sǽlum, B. 642: An. 1478. of return, reversal, back, again to a place Hí eóden and eft cómon, Hml. Th. i. 64, 7: Gen. 1478. Hám eft becuman, El. 143. Se heofonlica ǽrendwreca eft hám cerde, Bl. H. 9, 24.

ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to bebe madebecomehappenfiĕriTo happencome to passbefallcome togetheragreebe agreeablecontingĕreevĕnīreconvĕnīreplăcēre

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Ðeáh mín bán and blód bútú geweorþen eorþan to eácan though my bones and blood both become an increase to earth, 38 a; Th. 125, 9; Gú. 351. Saga, hú ðæt gewurde say how that happened, Andr. Kmbl. 1115; An. 558: Exon. 11 a; Th. 15, 19; Cri. 238.

wyrt-truma

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-truma, (wyrtruma), an: -trum, es; m.: -trume, an; f. (v. Be ðare wyrtruman,
    Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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ðam wyrttruman, v. 191, 32. Wyrttrumman, iii. 135, 8. Tó wuda; swá be ðan eald wyrtruman, 279, 31. Be wyrttrume, v. 100, 20. Wirtrume, iii. 440, 33. Ofer ðane sceagan; ðonne forð á be wyrtruman, 460, 2. Of ðan hamme á be wurtruman, vi. 137, 22.

Linked entry: -truma

hund

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Hú wǽre þú dyrstig ofstikian bár? Hundas bedrifon hyne tó mé, Coll. M. 22, 15. Hwæþer gé willen wǽþan mid hundum on sealtne sǽ þonne eów sécan lyst heorotas, Met. 19, 15: B. 1368.

samod

(adv.)
Grammar
samod, adv.

Together.and, both . . . and, also, too

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Th. 434, 17; Rä. 52, 2. of mutual or reciprocal action :--- Similar entries Cf. samod-geflit. marking union or junction, Similar entries v. samod-cumende. with numerals or with eall Him wæs bám samod lond gecynde, Beo. Th. 4399 ; B. 2196.

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Srt. 112, 6. of actions, mean, base, low Ne þǽr ówiht inne ne belífe on heortscræfe heánra gylta nec laleat guidquam culparum cordis in antro, Dóm. L. 39

hruse

(n.)
Grammar
hruse, an; f.

The earthground

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Ðǽr mé siteþ hruse on hrycge there the earth presses on my back, Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 5; Rä. 4, 6. Ic goldwine mínne hrusan heolstre biwráh I buried my lord, 76 b; Th. 287, 32; Wand. 23.

list

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

Artskillcraftcunningartifice

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Hé ðé hét listas lǽran he bade teach thee arts, Cd. 25; Th. 33, 8; Gen. 517

un-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-friþ, es; n.

absence of peacehostilitiesthe state of being out of the king's peace

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Se cyng bæd Godwine eorl faran intó Cent mid unfriða, ac se eorl nolde ná geðwǽrian ðære infare, forþan him wæs láð tó ámyrrenne his ágenne folgað; 1048; Erl. 178, 8. For unfriðe on account of hostilities, L. N. P. L. 56; Th. ii. 298, 26.

ge-bedda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bedda, . . . an ; f.
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Hire wer bæd seó cwén móste cunnian gif heó mihte hire (Migdonia's) mód gebígan ꝥ heó (Migdonia ] his gebedda wǽre, Hml. S. 36, 303. fig. in connexion with the grave Wyrmum tó mete and tó gebeddan weorðan.