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hnesc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hnesc-ness, e; f.

Softness, ⬩ delicacy, ⬩ gentleness, ⬩ weakness

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Gif þurh his hnescnysse seó heord forwurþ if through his want of vigour the flock perish, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 22

stæf-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-cræft, es; m.

the art of letters ⬩ grammar ⬩ skill in letters ⬩ learning ⬩ study

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the art of letters, grammar Ic Ælfríc wolde ðás lytlan bóc áwendan tó Engliscum gereorde of ðam stæfcræfte, ðe is geháten grammatica ... forðan ðe stæfcræft is seó cǽg ðe ðæra bóca andgit unlícþ, Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Zup. 2, 13-17.

Linked entry: stæf-cyst

bǽr

a bier ⬩ a litter,

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Seó bǽr ðe þone deádan ferode, Hml. Th. i. 492, 26. Geneálǽcað ðǽre bǽre, 372, 6. Ofer þá bǽre þe his líc on wæs, Gr. D. 329, 23. a litter, Beer basterna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 43: 10, 64. Hé síðode on fótum ðe on bǽre þider geboren wæs, Hml.

elpend

(n.)
Grammar
elpend, es; m. An elephant; ĕlephas = ἐλέφας
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Hwæðer ge seón máran on eówrum líchoman ðonne elpend if ye were greater in your body than the elephant, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 25.

Linked entries: ylp ylpend

ge-wyrpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrpan, p. -wyrpte; pp. -wyrped

To recover ⬩ verti ⬩ recuperare

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To recover; verti, recuperare Gif se seóca man eft gewurpþ if the sick man recovers, L. Ælfc. P. 47: Th. ii. 384, 29. Godwine gesíclode and eft gewyrpte Godwin fell sick and got better again, Chr. 1052; Erl. 186, 13.

líxan

(v.)
Grammar
líxan, lícsan; p. te

To shine ⬩ glitter ⬩ gleam

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To shine, glitter, gleam Seó reádnes ðære rósan líxeþ on ðé, and seó hwítnes ðære lilian scíneþ on ðé, Blickl. Homl. 7, 30. Móna líxeþ, Exon. 18 a; Th. 44, 6; Cri. 698.

Linked entry: lícsan

tyge

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
tyge, tige (v. double forms togen, tigen, pp. of teon), es; m.
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a pull, tug Gange him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan up, and gif seó hringe him folgaþ æt ðam forman tige, ðonne wát hé ðæt ic ðé sende tó him. Gif seó hringe nele up þurh his ánes tige, ðonne ne sceall hé ðínre sage gelýfan. Homl.

Linked entry: tige

hwirfan

(v.)
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. :-- Be þínre hése heó hweorfð seó heofene, and ealla tungla heora rina gehealdað tuis legibus rotantur poli, cursus suos sidera peragunt Solil. H. 9, 13. of action, conduct, to proceed, go on Hwý þú ǽfre woldest ꝥ seó wyrd swá hwyrfan sceolde ?

in-segel

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Seó sprǽc wearð ðám cynge cúð.

mǽd

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D. iii. 52, 15, and add: meadow*-*land Ðára oxena wíc and seó mǽd ðe ðǽr mid rihte tó gebyreð . . . and seó meád benorðan eá, C. D. v. 383, 14-18. Feówer æceras mǽde bewestan eé, i. 175, 2. [On hreódmǽde lace, vi. 153, 9.

sceadu

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Ox. 2920. add: shadow as opposed to reality Tócumendre sóþfæstnesse seó scadu áblann adueniente ueritate umbra cessauit, An. Ox. 40, 15. Seó ealde ǽ wæs swilce scadu and getácnung; Crístes bodung is sódfæstnys, Hml.

irnan

(v.)
Grammar
irnan, p. arn, pl. urnon ; pp. urnen

To run

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Seó [eá] is irnende of norþdǽle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 15. Ac hí forweorþan wætere gelícost ðonne hit yrnende eorþe forswelgeþ ad nihilum devenient, velut aqua decurrens, Ps. Th. 57, 6.

Linked entries: ærnan æt-irnan arn eornan

BÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÍDAN, ic bíde, ðú bídest, bítst, bíst, he bídeþ, bít, pl. bídaþ; p. ic, he bád, ðú bide, pl. bidon; pp. biden; acc. gen.

To BIDE, abide, continue, remain, tarry, wait, await, expect, endure ⬩ manere, remanere, morari, habitare in aliquo loco, expectare, consequi, sustinere

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Ðá seó circe hér eahtnysse bád then the church here endured persecution, Exon. 18 a; Th. 44, 18; Cri. 704

Linked entries: a-bídan bád bídende

þrinness

(n.)
Grammar
þrinness, þriness, e; f.

Trinity

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Is seó hálige þrinnis on ðisum þrim mannum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 8. For ði is gecweden 'uton wyrcan,' ðæt wǽre geswutelod ðære hálgan þrynnysse weorc on ánnysse. Seó hálige þrynnys is undergiten on ðam worde 'uton wyrcan,' Boutr. Scrd. 19, 12.

Linked entry: þryness

be-weddian

(v.)

to betroth ⬩ pledge ⬩ plight

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., and seó beó mid rihte beweddod and forgifen ii. 300, 13 Gif hió óðrum mæn in sceát bewyddod sí, i. 24, 5. Ácenned of beweddodan mǽdene, Hml. Th. i. 196, 7. used of a married woman: Beweddod nupta, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 34.

seófian

(v.)
Grammar
seófian, séfian, sýfian ; p. ode.
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Synna bemǽnan and sárlíce sýfian (síf-, seóf-), Wulfst. 133, 14. Hú Boetius his sár seófiende wæs, Bt. tit. 2 ; Fox x, 4. ¶ with cognate accusative :-- Seó seófung ðe ðú siófodost the complaint you made, 41, 3 ; Fox 246, 26. intrans.

Linked entries: seáfian séfian seóbgende sýfian

cyne-dóm

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Se wer gebirað mágum, and seó cynebót þám leódum, Ll. Th. i. 186, 2-5.

sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sǽd, es; n.

seed, ⬩ seed, ⬩ the ripe fruit, ⬩ fruit, growth ⬩ sowing ⬩ seed, progeny, posterity

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Ðam men ðe seów gód sǽd on his æcyre, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 24. Út eode se sǽdere his sǽd tó sáwenne, Mk. Skt. 4, 3.

Linked entries: sǽd-berende sǽd-tíma

þeódan

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Sege úrum bróþrum ꝥ heora nǽnig hine ne þýde tó þám seócan bréþer nullus ex fratribus se ad eum morientem jungat, Gr. D. 344, 27. Utan þýdan ús tó þám úplican ríce, Verc. Först. 112, 10

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

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