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wráþe

(adv.)
Grammar
wráþe, adv.

angrilywith or in angerwith indignationfiercelycruellygreviouslybitterlyevillyperverselywickedly

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Rush. 13, 14. fiercely, cruelly, greviously, bitterly Woroldlaga syndan innan ðysan earde wráðe forhwyrfde (grievously perverted), Wulfst. 268, 5.

ge-witan

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Hió wolde gewitan ( dignoscere ) mid hire eárum æt his nosþyrlum hweþer ǽnig líflic oroð him inne wǽre, 276, 16

libban

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Take here lifian in Dict. and add: to be alive, have life Þú eart swlþe gesélig nú þú gít liofost and eart hál. Hwæt, þæt is sió méste ár deáðlicra manna þæt hié libban and sién hále, Bt. 10; F. 28, 24 — 27.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Ðú scealt ðínum breóstum tredan bráde eorþan thou shalt tread the broad earth on thy breast, Cd, 43;Th. 56, 5;Gen. 907: 83;Th. 105, 12;Gen. 1752: Ps. Th. 118, 32: Exon. 22 b;Th. 61, 29;Cri. 992.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

spéd

(n.)
Grammar
spéd, e; f.

Speedsuccessmeansspeedquicknessspeedilyquicklyspeedsuccessprosperous issue meanssubstanceabundancewealthpowerfacultyopportunitymeans of doing anything progenyceleritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia

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Æt ðam spereníðe spéde lǽnan, 124, 8; Gen. 2059: 187, 19; Exod. 153. means, substance, abundance, wealth Spéd ł dǽl mín ðú eart portio mea es, Ps. Lamb. 118, 57: 141, 6. Spéd substantia, Ps. Spl. 38, 7, 11: 68, 2: Ps. Th. 88, 40.

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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A way. of the direction in which motion (lit. or tig.) takes place Ða tungelwítegan ðurh óðerne weg tó heora earde gecyrdon. Úre eard is neorxnawang, tó ðam wé ne magon gecyrran ðæs weges ðe wé cómon, Homl.

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morningdilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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Dawn, daybreak, early morning; dilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra Dægréd dilūcŭlum, Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 75, 127; Wrt. Voc. 53, 8. Syxta is matutīnum vel aurōra ðæt is dægréd [-ræd MS.

lícian

(v.)
Grammar
lícian, p. ode

To please

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For ðí sceolde ǽlc mon beón on ðam wel gehealden ðæt hé on his ágenum earde lícode erit igitur pervagata inter suos gloria quisque contentus, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 28. Hí cwǽdon ðæt him ealle ða wel lícedon, 4, 5; S. 572, 24.

Linked entry: ge-lícian

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.

Usefulprofitableadvantageousbeneficial

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Wé næfdon ða gesélþa, ðæt seó scipfyrd nytt wǽre ðisum earde, Chr. 1009; Erl. 141, 26. Tó náhte nyt, Blickl. Homl. 57. 5.

ymb-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-gang, es; m.
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Is ðære sunnan ymgang (ymbe-, ymb-, v. ll. ) hremming, ðæt se dæg ne byð on ǽlcum earde gelíce lang, Lchdm. iii. 258, 11. Ǽlc mann, swá swá hé stód on ðam ymbgange, Jos. 6, 20. Emgange abitum ( = ambitu, Ald. 73), Hpt.

hǽþen-gild

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At illi comederunt et adoraverunt deos earum, Num. 25, 2: 31, 16. <b>I b.</b> idolatrous worship, an idolatrous rite or practice :-- Se mánfulla wolde his hǽþengild habban (celebrate his idolatrous worship, ) Hml. S. 28, 26.

hleóþrian

(v.)

To make a soundto soundresoundTo speak words

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In þæs eárum hleóþredon (swégdon, v. l.) þá word þæs muneces geþóhtes in cujus auribus tacita cogitationis verba sonuissent Gr. D. 144, 34. Þunode oððe hleóþrede increpuerit (salpicum clangor Ald. 23, 3), Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 14.

tirgan

(v.)
Grammar
tirgan, tirwian, tirigan, tirian; p. tirgde, tirwede, tirigde

To vex,irritate,provokeexasperate

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Earme ne tyrewiaþ vex not the poor, Wulfst. 50, 2. Ǽnig man óðerne ne tyrie ne ne týne, 70, 8. Ðæt hí elðeódige menn ne tyrian ne ne týnan, 309, 4.

staca

(n.)
Grammar
staca, an; m.

A stake

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M. 1045, and the Glossary to Thorpe's edition of the Early Laws, Similar entries s. v. stacung Gif hwá drífe stacan on ǽnigne man. ...And gif se man for ðære stacunge deád biþ si quis acus in homine aliquo defixerit. ...Et si homo ex illa punctura mortuus

Linked entry: stacung

LEÓHT

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓHT, líht, es; n.

LIGHTa light

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Ðú eart dóhtor mín mínra eágna leóht thou art my daughter, the light of mine eyes, 67 a; Th. 248. 14; Jul. 95. Leóhtes leóhting lucubrum, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 89; Wrt. 41, 42.

Linked entry: líht

récan

(v.)
Grammar
récan, réccan (reccan?); p. róhte
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R. 104, 21.] with a preposition Ðú eart sóðfæst and ðú ne récst be ǽnegum menn ( non curas quemquam ), Mk. Skt. 12, 14. with a clause Ne récþ God, ðeáh ic ðus ðó non requiret Deus, Ps. Th. 9. 33.

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

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Ðá gefeóll hé on his earm ufan, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
wérig, adj.
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Eálá ðú ðe eart sió héhste frófer eallra wérigra móda O! summum lassorum solamen animorum, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 9. that expresses sadness, weary, grievous Hé wépende wéregum teárum his sigedryhten sárgan reorde grétte, Andr. Kmbl. 118; An. 59.

ge-hæftan

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Ox. 1164: 2352: 779. to confine to a place or locality, imprison Seó stów þe þú nú on gehæft eart . . ., heó is þám monnum éþel þe þǽr on geborene wǽran, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 27. Loce gehæft clustello continetur, An. Ox. 5397.

ge-lǽran

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Ne eart þú se mon þe on mínre scole wǽre áféd and gelǽred, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 19. Hé wæs on Róme gelǽred, Ch. 565; P. 19, 13.