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hreów-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hreów-, hríw-líc; adj.

Grievousmiserablepitifulsad

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Wé geseóþ ðæt wé elles hrýwlícum deáþe forwurþan sceolon we see that otherwise we shall perish by a miserable death, St. And. 36, 7

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, es; m.
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.: ðæt ésceapa commisuram, Lind.) of níwum reáfe on eald reáf; elles ðæt níwe slít, and se níwa scyp (as before in MS. A. and Lind.) ne hylpþ ðam ealdan, Lk. Skt. 5, 36: Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16. Scyp (also scep, MS.

Linked entries: scyp é-sceapa ǽ-sceap

hyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrdan, herdan, hierdan; p. de

to emboldenencouragebrace

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Tó ðam wáge geság heafelan onhylde hyrde ðá géna ellen on innan to the wall he sank, bowed his head, yet within did he brace up his strength, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 15; Gú. 1244. Hyrde hine georne diligently encouraged him, Wald. 1; Vald. 1, 1.

treów

(n.)
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Add Andlang hearpaðes on Frígedæges treów, C.D. vi. 8, 15. v. béc-, bóc-, ellen-, gemǽr-, mæsten-, mearc-treów. Add Man swá mearcað mid medmicelum treówe (ligno) þeorfe hláfas ꝥ hí beóð gesewene swylce hí beón on feówer feórðandǽlas tódǽlede, Gr.

ge-rúmlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-rúmlíce, adv.
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With large limit of space pi wæs eáðfynde þe him elles hwǽr gerúmlícor ræste [sðhte] . . . heóld hyne syððan fyr þǽm feónde ætwand then was easily found who elsewhere for himself with larger limit of space looted for a bed, i. e. who would not sleep

sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
sǽlan, de

To happen, betide, fortune

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Gif him elles hwæt sǽleþ, Chart. Th. 471, 30-472, 1. Sǽlde unc on þám brocum swá unc gesǽlde (sǽlde, Kmbl.) happen what might to us in those troubles, 485, 23. Hú ðé sǽle how it may happen to thee, what your success may be, Andr. Kmbl. 2710; An. 1357

seófung

(n.)
Grammar
seófung, e; f.
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Lamenting, complaining, complaint Hwí biþ elles swelc seófung and swelce dómas unde forenses querimoniae ? Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 16. Ðis is seó ealde siófung ðe ðú longe siófodost (siófodes, Cott. MS.) vetus haec est querela, 41, 3 ; Fox 246, 25.

neáh-west

Grammar
neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Búton hit sy elles hwylc þe máran Godes ege habbe, þæt hit for his neáweste þe betere beó for Gode and for worolde, 269, 13

fǽr-béna

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-béna, fær-béna (-u), an; m.
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Gif hit sí elles landágende man . . . Gif hit sí færbéna . . . Gif cyninges þegen ætsace . . . Gif landágende man ætsace . . . Gif cyrlisc man ætsace, Ll. Th. ii. 296, 27-298, 13. one that asks for passage on a ship (?

ge-hú

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Hé is gecweden hláf þurh getácnunge, and lamb, and leó, and gehú elles ( in every other way he is called, it is typically ), Hml. Th. ii. 268, 17

gnornung

(n.)
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Hit náuht elles nát bútan gnornunga crescit in immensum noxia cura, Bt. 3, 2; F. 6, 12: Met. 3, 10. Þǽr is wóp wíde gehéred . . . and gnornunge mecga, Sat. 334.

á-wiht

(n.; pronoun.)
Grammar
á-wiht, á-wyht, á-wuht, á-uht, áht, es; n. [á semper, wiht creatura, animal, aliquid]

AUGHTanythingaliquid

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AUGHT, anything; aliquid Unc gemǽne ne sceal elles áwiht to us two shall not be aught else common, Cd. 91; Th. 114, 16; Gen. 1905: Ps. Th. 55, 9.

ge-dreósan

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Ne lǽt ðín ellen gedreósan, Val. l, 7. Gedroren is þeós duguð eal, dreámas sind gewitene, Seef. 86. Dagas míne gedroren syndan sméce gelíce defecerunt sicut fumus dies mei, Ps. Th. 101, 3

oft

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Ellen bið sélast þám þe oftost sceal dreógan dryhtenbealu, Gú. 1322. Oftast, Ps. Th. 61, 9. Sum geréfa eard weardade oftast symle in þǽre ceastre Commedia, Jul. 20. Oftust, Ps. Th. 93, 4. Add

ge-fadung

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Se hláford sceal beón líðe þám goodum and egefull þám dysegum ... elles ne bið his gefadung ne fæst ne langsum, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 15.

sam

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Sam gé etan, sam gé drincan, sam gé áht elles gedón siue manducatis, siue bibitis, siue aliud quid facietis, Scint. 169, 12. sam þe . . . sam þe Sam þe þeów, sam þe frig siue servus, siue liber, Scint. 189, 14: 226, 13.

gebed-hús

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Gebedhús sý tó þan ánum þe hit gecweden is, þæt is þæt þǽr nán þincg elles geworht ne sý bútan þám ánum weorce . . . þæt is gebedrǽden, R. Ben. 81, 2-5. Æghwǽr, ge on weorce, ge on gebedhúse ( oratorio ), ge innan mynstre, ge on wyrtgearde, 31, 5.

friþ-splott

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place which is a sanctuary on account of the sacred character superstitiously attributed to it, an asylum Wé lǽrað ꝥ preósta gehwilc ǽlcne hǽðendóm ádwǽsce, and forbeóde. . . þá gemearr þe man drífð on mislicum gewíglungum and on friðsplottum and on ellenum

Linked entry: friþ-geard

EARNIAN

(v.)
Grammar
EARNIAN, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad; v. trans, gen. acc. To

EARN, merit, deserve, get, attain, labour for mĕrēri

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Ðá he ne earnade elles wuhte when he did not earn anything else, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 39; Met. 9, 20. Gé ðæs earnedon ye merited this, Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 2; Cri. 1350. Uton we friþes earnian let us merit peace, 98 a; Th. 366, 17; Reb. 13.

heonu

Grammar
heonu, eonu, enu, ouu
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Eno nú hwæt wæs seó Salomones ræste elles?, Bl. H. n, 19. Eno ic þé gecýþe, Andreas, 237, 4. Onu þonne gif, Gr. D. 303, 5. Add: