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innan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
innan-weard, adj.

Inwardinternalinterior

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Eal innanweard wæs wynsumra ðonne hit in worulde mǽge stefn áreccan all the interior of the dwelling was more delightful than any voice in the world can declare, 52 a; Th. 181, 16; Gú. 1294.

Linked entries: inne-weard in-weard

mæst

(n.)
Grammar
mæst, es; m.

A pole to support a saila mast

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Hé hǽt fealdan ðæt segl, and eác hwílum lecgan ðone mæst, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 15; Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 5

Linked entry: mæst-ling

ge-untrumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-untrumian, p. ode; pp. od.

To enfeeble make weak or sickinfirmāredebĭlĭtāreTo be enfeebledbe sickinfirmāriægrōtāre

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Þurh ðæs dracan blǽd eal seó menigu micclum wearþ geuntrumod all the multitude were greatly sickened by the dragon's breath, ii. 294, 23: 296, 9: 516, 17. Ðe wǽron geuntrumode qui infirmābantur, Jn. Bos. 6, 2: Ps. Spl. 17, 38. v. intrans.

Linked entry: un-trumian

geond-wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-wlítan, p. -wlát, pl. -wliton; pp. -wliten.

To look through, see through, look overperspĭcĕre, ŏcŭlis lustrāreTo look about, look aroundcircumspectāre

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Ðæt ic ingehygd eal geondwlíte that I can see through all his inward thoughts, 71 b; Th. 266, 17; Jul. 399. v. intrans.

þri-milce

(n.)
Grammar
þri-milce, es; m. (?)

The early name for the month of May

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The early name for the month of May Se fífta mónað is nemned on úre geðeóde Ðrymylce, for ðon swylc genihtsumnes wæs geó on Brytone and eác on Germania lande, of ðæm Ongla ðeód com on ðás Breotone, ðæt hí on ðæm mónðe þriwa on dæge mylcedon heora neát

Linked entries: meolcian -milce

weorold-ár

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ár, e; f.
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Gewonie him God his weorldáre ond eác swá his sáwle áre, Chart.

ciric-sceat

Grammar
ciric-sceat, v. cyric-sceat
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Þæt wé eal gelǽstan on geárgerihtan þæt úre yldran ǽr Gode behétan, þæt is . . . cyricsceattas, Wlfst. 113, 11. On ðæt gerád ðet hé gesylle ǽlce geáre . . . cyresceattas and cyresceatweorc, C. D. v. 162, 26. [v. N. E. D. church-scot.]

ge-sóþian

(v.)
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Gif hit him on gesóðod weorðe, 324, 18. to attest, bear witness to Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode eác þurh his geséð-nysse, Nap. 32, 3

ge-wlitegian

(v.)
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Ðæt tácnað ðætte eal ðá gód and ðá mægenu beón gewlitegode mid ðǽre lufan Godes and monna ut omnia virtutum bona ex caritate decorentur, Past. 87, 4

hlyst

hearinghearinglistening

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Ic syngode on gesihðe and on hlyste, eác on swæcce, on stence, and on hrepunge, Angl. xi. 112, 16. Hé his hlyst næfde, Hml. S. 21, 271. the action of hearing, hearing of something Hú ic þé mid hearpan hlyste cwéman mihte, Ps.

sellan

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Eal ꝥ flǽsc ꝥ wildeór lǽfen, ne eten gé ꝥ, ac sellað hit hundum, Ll. Th. i. 54, 2. <b>IV b.</b> add :-- Þǽr man hláf sealde tó ceápe, Hml. S. 23, 563. <b>IV d.</b> add :-- Hig sealdon þæt on tigelwyrhtena æcyr, Mt. 27, 10.

stillíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stillíce, adv.
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Gif stillíce ǽnig gebitt eác seó stefen geswíge si tacite quis orat et uox sileat, Scint. 32, 17. Þe lǽs þe þænne hé on cyricean specan ongynð, stillíce gehwilc andswarige, 'Hwý þás sylf þú ná dést ?

scearplíce

(adv.)
Grammar
scearplíce, adv.

sharply, keenly, smartly, effectually, quicklysharply, keenlysharply, painfully

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Heó gehǽlþ ðæt sár tó ðam scearplíce, ðæt hé eác gán dyrre it heals the pain (gout) so smartly, that he may even venture to walk, 176, 8: 210, 9: Exon.

Linked entry: scearp

fýst

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Ongan heó þerscan heó sylfe mid hire fýste (mid fýstum v. l.) ge eác mid hire brádum handum cum semetipsam alapis pugnisque tunderet, Gr. D. 68, 28. Gif þú gyrde habban wille, þonne wege þíne fýst swylce þú swingan wille, Tech. ii. 122, 11.

will-spryng

(n.)
Grammar
will-spryng, and -sprynge, es; m.

A well-spring, fountainsource (lit. and fig.)

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Ðás synd ða feówer eán of ánum wyllspringe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 3. Wyllspringas ðære micelan niwelnisse fontes abyssi magnae, Gen. 7, II.. Wilspringas, 8, 2. Wæs ðæt wæter and ealle wyllspringas gehálgode þurh Cristes líchaman. Homl. Th. ii. 40, 28.

ofer-drencan

(v.)

to overdrench, give a person too much to drink, to inebriate, intoxicateinebriare

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Ðú oferdrenctest hig inebriasti eam, Ps. Spl. 64, 9. Hié hié selfe mid ealoþ oferdrencton, Ors. 5, 3; Swt. 222, 6.

líðs

(n.)
Grammar
líðs, e; f.

Gentlenesscalmeasepleasure

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Gentleness, calm, ease, pleasure Líðsa and wynna hám a home of pleasures and of joys [Eden], Cd. 45; Th. 58, 13; Gen. 945. Líðsum gewunedon they lived at ease, 80; Th. 100, 28; Gen. 1671

Linked entry: liss

níten-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
níten-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of cattle Hé gesceóp æf ðǽre eorðan eall nýtencynn and deórcynn (jumenta et bestias), Hml. Th. i. 16, 5. Eall nýtencynn and ðá wildan deór, Hex. 14, 29

tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, brancha stakea twig used in casting lotsa lot; also a share that is determined by lot

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Of ðam ealdan hornforda ... ádún on ealda tán; swá anlang streámes on ealda hornford, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 45, 25. a twig used in casting lots ['Augury and divination by lot no people practise more diligently. The use of the lots is simple.

éþel

fatherland

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Srt. 21, 28. the land of the living, this world: On éþele ł earde lifigendra in regione uiuorum, Ps.