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ǽg-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwǽr, á-hwiér; adv. [á + ge + hwǽr].

everywhereubiquein every respectin every wayomnino

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everywhere; ubique God ǽghwǽr is eall, and náhwár todǽled God is everywhere all, and nowhere divided, Homl. Th. i. 286, 27. Hí ðá farende ǽghwǽr bodedon illi profecti prædicaverunt ubique, Mk. Bos. 16, 20.

heorr

(n.)
Grammar
heorr, hior; m. f.

A hingecardinal pointcardo

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Seó hior ðe eall gód on hwearfaþ the hinge on which all good turns, Bt. 34, 7, Fox 142, 35. Wæs ðæt beorhte bold tóbrocen swíðe heorras tóhlidene the splendid dwelling was sorely shattered, hinges were broken, Beo. Th. 2002; B. 999.

Linked entries: heorra hearr hior

piþa

(n.)
Grammar
piþa, an; m.
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Pith, the soft inner part of the stem of a plant Eall se ðǽl se ðe ðæs treówes on twelf mónþum geweaxeþ, hé onginþ of ðám wyrtrumum, and swá upweardes gréwþ óþ ðone stemn, and siððan andlang ðæs piþan and andlang ðære rinde óþ ðone helm, Bt. 34, 10;

Geóhel-dæg

Grammar
Geóhel-dæg, geóhhel-dæg, es; m.

Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide

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Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide On ðone forman dæig on geáre ðæt is on ðone ǽrestan geóheldæig eall cristen folc worðiaþ cristes acennednesse on the first day of the year, that is, on the first day of Yule all christian folk honour Christ's birth

écelíce

(adv.)
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Sý him wuldor á on ealra worulda woruld écelíce, Hml. A. 72, 181. Beóð welige hwílwendlice, þæt gé écelíce wǽdlion, Hml. Th. i. 64, 16

port-geréfa

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II. an English official :-- Þes ceáp wæs geceápod on Wii ætforan ealra scýre. Þises is tó gewitnesse Eádrige arceb. . . . Godríc portgeréfa, C. D. iv. 117, 27.

on-scuniendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-scuniendlíc, -scunigendlíc, -sceoniendlíc; adj.

Abominable, detestable, execrable

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Ða anlícnessa ealra onscuniendlícra niétena omnis animalium abominatio, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 14. Anscunigendlícra (anscunigendra, Cott. MSS.), Swt. 153, 22

tó-springan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-springan, p. -sprang, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen

To spring asunderfly to piecesto crackburst open

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Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán to ðære bellan, ðæt heó eall tósprang the bell flew all to pieces, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 10.

æfter-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-cweðan, p. -cwæþ; pp. -cweden

To speak afterrepeatto answerrevokerenounceabjurerepetererevocare

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His bróðer griþ eall æftercwæþ his brother renounced all peace, Chr. 1094; Th. 360, 23. Æftercweðendra lof the praise of the after-speaking [post mortem laudantium ], Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 10; Saef: 72

druncnian

(v.)
Grammar
druncnian, p. ode ode; pp. od.

become drunk inebriārito sink,mergi

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to be or become drunk; inebriāri Iohannes se Fulluhtere ne dranc náðor ne wín, ne beór, ne ealu, ne nán ðære wǽtan ðe menn of druncniaþ John the Baptist drank neither wine, nor beer, nor ale, nor of the liquor from which men become drunk, Homl.

earmlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
earmlíc, sup. earmlícost; adj.

Miserable, wretched mĭser

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Ðæt is earmlícost ealra þinga this is the most wretched of all things. Bt. Met. Fox 19, 55; Met. 19, 28: 27, 32; Met. 27, 16: 28, 148; Met. 28, 74

grimnes

(n.)
Grammar
grimnes, se; f.
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GRIMNESS, severity, fierceness, cruelty; ferocitas, atrocitas Se deófol wile hit him mid grimnesse and mid yfele eall forgyldan the devil will requite it all to him with cruelty and with evil, Blickl. Homl. 55, 24.

á-blácian

(v.)
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Ðonne hé his síðfæt gemunde, ðonne áblácode hé eall and ábifode, 52, 2. I a. to grow faint :-- Áblácode emarcuit, elanguit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 25: elanguet 142, 76. Áblácodon obriguerunt Ex. 15, 18 (v. Thw.

inne-weard

(n.; adj.)
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Áwergode beón heora þeóh and eall heora inneweard. Ll. Lbmn. 438, 32. Fugelas on heora blódigon bilon ðǽra martyra flǽsc bǽron, ðearmas and inneweard, Hml. S. 23, 81

tó-weard

Grammar
tó-weard, <b>I b.</b>
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Add Þá leorningcnihtas hé tósende geond eall tó ǽlcere birig þider þe hé tówerd wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13. 31

tó-dwínan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dwínan, p. -dwán

To vanish awayto burst and vanish

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To vanish away, to burst and vanish Seó eádiga fǽmne hál fram him gewænte and eall sticmǽlum tóðwán (-dwán? but both þwíneþ and dwíneþ occur.

Linked entries: dwínan tó-þwínan

eá-steþ

(n.)
Grammar
eá-steþ, eá-stæþ,es ; n.

A river-bant flūmĭnis rīpa

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A river-bant; flūmĭnis rīpa Hí on ðam eásteðe ealle stódon they all stood on the river-bank, Byrht. Th. 133, 40; By. 63

for-spendan

(v.)
Grammar
for-spendan, p. de; pp. ed [for-, spendan to spend]

To spend utterlyto consumeconsūmĕre

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To spend utterly, to consume; consūmĕre Swíðost ealle hys spéda hý forspendaþ they squander almost all his property. Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 22, 45

lacing

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Ðis sint ða landgemǽra ǽrest of cealcforda on ealdan lacing ... ðon tó smalan wege and on lacing, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 317, 22-26. (?)

neáh-stów

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-stów, e; f.

a neighbouring placeneighbourhood

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a neighbouring place Ealle ða neáhstówa ðǽr ymbútan, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 22. neighbourhood On ðære circean oððe on hire neáhstówe, Shrn. 81, 24