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hwílum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwílum, hwílon; dat. pl. as adv.

At times ⬩ for a time ⬩ sometimes ⬩ whilome

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Hwílum on áne healfe hwílum on ǽlce healfe now on one side, now on every side, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 20. Ða hálgan láreówas hwílon sprecaþ be ðam Ælmihtigan Fæder and his Sunu, hwílon swutollíce embe ðære Hálgan Ðrynnesse, Homl.

Linked entries: HWÍL hwílon

un-ácumendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ácumendlíc, adj.

Unbearable ⬩ intolerable ⬩ impossible to be borne ⬩ excessive

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Gif hwylcum bréþer hwæt hefelíces and unacumenlíces beboden sý si fratri impossibilia jubentur. Si cui fratri aliqua gravia aut impossibilia (unácumendalíce, R. Ben. Interl. 114, 5) injunguntur, R. Ben. 128, 9-11.

neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.

nigh ⬩ near ⬩ later ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ latest

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Síe se láreów eallum monnum se niéhsta and eallum monnum elnþrowiende on hira gesuincum sit rector singulis compassione proximus, Past. 16; Swt. 97, 22.

þunrian

(v.)
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Gif hit þunrað on ǽfentíde, hit getácnað ácennednysse sumes miceles si tonitruauerit hora uespertina, significat natiuitatem cuiusdam magni, Archiv cxx. 50, l [see þunor]. Add

ofer-seócness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-seócness, e; f.

Extreme sickness

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Extreme sickness Unfæstende man húsles ne ábirige, búton hit for oferseócnesse sí, L. Edg. C. 36; Th. ii. 252, 2 : 30; Th. ii. 250, 20

mearu

(adj.)
Grammar
mearu, <b>mæru, meru, myru;</b> adj.

Tender ⬩ soft ⬩ delicate

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Hwæðer sió gecynd ðæs líchoman síe heard ðe hnesce and mearwe, L. M. 1, 35; Lchdm. ii. 84, 14. Man byþ merwe gesceaft, Ps. Th. 143, 5. Myra tenellus, Kent. Gl. 62. Se myrwa mactus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 71.

Linked entry: myrwa

freó-dóm

freedom from spiritual bondage, ⬩ freedom from obligation, ⬩ release from restraint ⬩ freedom of activity ⬩ absence of restraint, or hindrance, ⬩ freedom to do ⬩ liberty of action ⬩ freedom ⬩ liberality ⬩ freedom ⬩ frankness ⬩ freedom from trouble ⬩ freedom from a tax ⬩ the charter granting freehold land

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friódóm sit in ea casta libertas, Rtl. 105, 3. freedom from trouble, c.

fǽcne

(adv.)
Grammar
fǽcne, fácne; adv.

Maliciously, disgracefully ⬩ măligne, turpĭter

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Maliciously, disgracefully; măligne, turpĭter Gif me mín feónd fǽcne wyrgeþ si inĭmīcus meus mălĕdixisset mĭhi, Ps. Th. 54, 11: 55, 2: 65, 2: 111, 7, 9

nídlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
nídlinga, adv.

By force ⬩ against a person's will

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By force, against a person's will Gif hwá mǽden nýdlinga nimþ si quis puellam invitam ceperit, L. Ecg. P. ii. 13; Th. ii. 186, 20 note

Linked entry: neádlunga

stór-cylle

Grammar
stór-cylle, l. -cille (v. cille),
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and add Stórcille stérende sí boren turribulum turificando deportetur, Angl. xiii. 402, 530. Stórcillan turibulo, 416, 723. Ealle stórcillan mid récelse on handum berende, 427, 882

full-fremman

(v.)
Grammar
full-fremman, to -fremmenne; p. -fremede; pp. -fremed

To do fully ⬩ fulfil ⬩ finish ⬩ perfect ⬩ practise ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ perăgĕre ⬩ patrāre

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Ðeáh hí on manegum þingum síen fullfremede though they are perfect in many things, Past. 65; Hat. MS

Linked entry: fremman

in-orf

(n.)
Grammar
in-orf, es ; n.

Household goods

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For hwilcum gylta férdest ðú ðus æfter mé and tówurpe eall mín inorf quam ob culpam meam sic exarsisti post me et scrutatus es omnem supellectilem meam ? Gen. 31, 36

Linked entries: orf in-irfe

lǽce-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-feoh, g. -feós; n.
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A physician's fee, money paid to a doctor Swá hwylc man swá óðrum wonwlite ongewyrce forgylde him ðone womwlite and his weorc wyrce óþ ðæt seó wund hál sig and ðæt lǽcefeoh ðam lǽce gylde, quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem inflixerit, emendet ei vulnus

un-sceaþfull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceaþfull, (-scæþ-, -seeþ-); adj.

Innocent

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Innocent Se ðe æfter ðæm higaþ ðæt hé eádig sié on ðisse worulde, ne biþ hé unsceaþful (-full, Cott. MSS.) qui festinat ditari, non erit innocens, Past. 44; Swt. 331, 15. Hé ðe unscæðfull byð mid his handum innocens manibus, Ps. Th. 23, 4.

calu

(adj.)
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Voc. i. 288, 56: ii. 17, 15. of persons, bald Gif mannes feax fealle . . . and gif man calu sié, Lch. ii. 16, 28. Brichtríc se calewa, C. D. iv. 234, 6.

eahtan

(v.)
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Þæt wé magon eahtan ( this point we can appreciate ) ... þæt se sáwle weard lífes wísdóm forloren hæbbe, sé þe nú ne giémeð hwæðer his gǽst sié earm þe eádig, 1550

Linked entry: eahtend

eáþe

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþe, adj.
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Z. 16, 6. of action Ꝥ wæter and sió lyft bióþ swíþe eáþe tó tódǽlenne, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 28. Eáðre mé þincð on drígum lande tó farande, Solil.

ge-lǽr

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Add: in a physical sense Gif hwá ofer gemet þigþ mete, þæs mon tilað þe eáþelícor þe mon raþor gedó ꝥ hé spíwe and gelǽr sié, Lch. ii. 240, 18. Þonne se geohsa of þǽre ídlan wambe cymð and of þǽre gelǽran, 62, 1.

ge-ríman

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Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces wæs þá iéðre tó oferwinnanne þone heó ús sié nú tó gerímanne. Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 12. Is gerímed supputatur. An. Ox. 3832. Add: —

ofer-feohtan

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Hió bið oft oferfohten bútan ǽlcum geswince sine labore superatur, Past. 279, 2. Add