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þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
þeaht, e; f.
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Nero, ðá ðáðæs folces ðeaht geácsode, wearð tó feore áfyrht, Homl. Th. i. 384, 7. On módes þeaht, Elen. Kmbl. 2482; El. 1242

culpian

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

To humiliate, cringe humiliare

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To humiliate, cringe ; humiliare Hú ne is ðæt ðonne sum dǽl ermþa, ðæt mon scyle culpianto ðam ðe him gifan scyle is not this then somewhat of misery, that a man must cringe to him who can give to him? Bt. 32, 1 ; Fox 114, 15

weorold-cempa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-cempa, an; m.
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Nu ne sceolon ða woruldcempan to ðam woruldlícum ge*-*feohte ða Godes þeówan neádian fram ðam gástlícan gewinne, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 820-8

weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ, weorþe, worþ, wurþ, wyrþ, es; n.
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Kmbl. 26, 9, 'Ic sille eów hundteóntig þúsenda mittan hwǽtes tó ðam wurðe ðe ic hit bebohte.' . . . Ðæt wyrð ðe hé mid ðam hwǽte genam hé ágeaf ágeán tó ðare ceastre bóte. Th. Ap. 10, 1-9.

mylen-wer

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-wer, es; m.

A mill-weirmill-dam

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A mill-weir, mill-dam Andlang streámes ðæt it cymþ tó ðam mylewere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 92, 30

swigiendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swigiendlíce, adv.
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Silently, in silence Sæt ic ána in ðam wéstenne. . . Ðá ongann ic swigiendlíce þencan be manegra munuca lífe, Homl. Ass. 204, 311

EAR

(n.)
Grammar
EAR, es; n.

EAR of corn spīca

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Ða seofon fullan ear getácniaþ seofon wæstmbǽre geár and wélige septem spīcæ plēnæ septem ubertātis anni sunt, Gen. 41, 26, 27. Pharao rehte Iosepe be ðám oxum and be ðám earum Pharaoh told Joseph of the oxen and of the ears [of corn ], Gen. 41, 17.

sǽ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽ-líc, adj.

Of the sea

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Gedréfed on ðám sǽlícum ýðum ðyssere worulde, ii. 388, 7. On sǽlícum in glarigeris, Hpt. Gl. 465, 3: in marinis, 473, 71. Ðæt hí Seaxna þeóde ofer ðám sǽlícum (?

rǽdan

(v.)
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Ðæt gewrit wæs rǽded beforan ðam cyninge, 5, 21; S. 643, 11. Ðá ðæt godspel rǽdd wæs, Blickl. Homl. 161, 9. Wé gehýrdon ðá ðá Esaias se wítga rǽden wæs, 167, 28. to prepare (?)

snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
snǽd, es; m.

The handle of a scythe.

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B. 15, 16, 19, C. 4 Hwílon befeóll án síðe of ðam snǽde intō ánum deópan seáðe. Benedictus heóld ðone snǽd bufon ðam wætere ðǽr ðæt ísen ásanc, and ðǽrrihte hit becom swymmende tó ðam snǽde Homl. Th. ii. 162, 10-14

Iob

(n.)
Grammar
Iob, es; m.

Job

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Job Sum wer wæs geseten on ðam lande ðe is geháten Hus, his nama wæs Iob, Homl. Th. ii. 446, 10. Iobes dóhtra, 458, 32. Tó mínum þeówan Iobe, 456, 30. Be ðan eádigan were Iob, 446. 4

Linked entry: Iofes

fen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
fen-líc, adj.

Fenlikemarshyfennypăluster

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Of ðam fenlícum adelan from the fenlike mud, Homl. Th. ii. 472, 7. Betwyx ða fenlícan gewrido ðæs wídgillan wéstenes he ána ongan eardian he began to dwell alone among the fenny thickets of the wide wilderness, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 22, 9

sincan

(v.)
Grammar
sincan, p. sanc, pl. suncon ; pp. suncen.
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Th. 86, 27 ; Gen. 1437. to act as an aperient Gif ðæt sié ómihte wǽte innan, tyhte hié mon út mid líþum mettum sincendum, and ne lǽt inne gesittan on ðam líchoman, Lchdm. ii. 218, 14

Linked entry: be-sincan

ellen-stybb

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-stybb, -stubb, es; m.

An elder-stump

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An elder-stump Æt þæne ellenstyb; of ðám stybb, C. D. iii. 24, 3. On ðone ellenstyb, 437, 19. Ellenstub, 10, 17: 25, 21. Of ðá(m) ellenstubbe on ðane óðerne ellenstubbe, vi. 102, 25. Usque le ellerne stubbe, iii. 407, 25.

wulf-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
wulf-pytt, es; m.
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On wulfputt; of þám pytte on ðá wógan ǽc, iii. 113, 31. Tó ðǽm wulfpyttæ, C. D. v. 84, 17. On ðone wulfpyt; of ðám wulfpytte, iv. 49, 7: 157, ii. Tó wulfpyttan, 343. 23 : iii. 434. 18

wíg-gild

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Se ealdorapostol ǽrest ús gesette tó healdanne ðás dagas and tó beganganne for hǽðenra manna gedwilde, for þan þe hié hiera wíggild and deófulgild on ðás dagas weorðedon, Nap. 69. Add

wácian

(v.)
Grammar
wácian, p. ode.

to be or become weakwant resolution or courage.to be or become weaknot able to endureto failto become poor or mean.

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Be ðam mihte man oncnáwan, ðæt se cniht nolde wácian æt ðam wíge, Byrht. Th. 132, 2; By. 10. of things, to be or become weak, not able to endure, to fail Ne wáciaþ ðás geweorc, Exon, Th. 351, 26; Sch. 86.

Linked entry: ge-wácian

ge-swencednes

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-swencednes, -swincednes, -swenctnes, -nis, -nys, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f. [geswencan, pp. of geswencan to disturb, trouble, afflict]

Sorrowafflictiontribulationafflictiotribŭlātio

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Nán ðyssera geswencednyssa ne becom on ðam ende ðæs eardes ðe ðæt godes folc on eardode none of these afflictions came into that part of the country in which the people of God dwelt, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 25

Linked entry: ge-swincednes

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Ðá cwæþ ic: Ne mæg nǽnne mon ðæs tweógan, ðætte anweald and geniht is tó weorþianne, Bt. 33, I; Fox 120, 22-25. Ðæs engles mægen and his wundor ðǽr ðonne weorðod bið and oftost æteówed, Blickl.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

weorold-lust

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-lust, es; m.
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Be ðam woruldluste Epicurus sǽde . . . ðaet se lust wǽre ðæt héhste gód habes igitur ante oculos propositam fere formam felicitatis humanae, opes, honores, potentiam, voluptates.