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ǼÐM

(n.)
Grammar
ǼÐM, éðm, es; m.

A vapour ⬩ breath ⬩ a hole to breathe through ⬩ a smell ⬩ halitus ⬩ spiritus ⬩ vapor

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A vapour, breath, a hole to breathe through, a smell; halitus, spiritus, vapor Hreðer ǽðme weóil his breast heaved with breathing, Beo. Th. 5180; B. 2593. Hú síd se swarta éðm seó how vast the black vapour may be, Cd. 228; Th. 309, 4; Sat. 704

Linked entries: éðm BRǼÞ

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-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-þearf, e; f.
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What is needed for the life of this world Swá swá hé gehét him andlyfne and heora weoruldðearfe forgifan, eác swylce lýfnesse sealde ðæt hí móstan Cristes geleáfan bodian eis, ut promiserat, cum administratione victus temporalis, licentiam quoque praedicandi

canon

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Add: — Béte hé swá canon tǽce, Ll. Th. i. 168, 7. On sumum canone hit cwyð .xii. geár, ii. 230, 5. Hí gesetton ðone canon þæt nán mæssepreóst on his wununge wíf hádes mann næbbe, Hml. Th. i. 97, 29. Canones beódaþ, Hml. S. 36, 387

eln

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Hé geseah hí úp áhefene swá swá mannes elne fram þǽre eorðan, Hml. S. 23 b, 274. Add

ge-bendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bendan, to put in bonds.
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Ac hé fealh of þǽm bendum þe hiene mon gebende (lapsus e vinculis), Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 13. Man þá hálgan hæfte and gebende, Hml. S. 23, 105. Gebænde, Wlfst. 14, 6. xi síðan hund þúsenda hí lǽddon gebende, 296, 26. Add

ge-twífyldan

Grammar
ge-twífyldan, l. ge-twifildan,
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Mín sár is getwyfyld, Hml. S. 33, 269. Þǽr bið getwifeld quo bimetur (duplicetur ), Hpt. 31, 16, 443. Getwifeld duplicata, Hy. S. 104, 25. Þá fíf pund hé bróhte his hláforde getwyfylde, Hml. Th. ii. 554, 32

mete-leást

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Hú mage wé þus feáwa feohtan ongeán þás meniu, nú wé synd gewǽhte mid gewinne and meteleáste, Hml. S. 25, 306. Add

sceþ-wræc

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H. 161, 31-33

spircan

(v.)

to sparkle ⬩ to fall in drops.

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Hpt. Gl. 429, 42. Spyrcendum scintillantibus, 499, 43. to fall in drops. v. spircing Hé hét mycel ád ontendan on ymbhwyrfte ðæs mǽdenes and mid pice hí besprencgan and mid spyrcendum ele with oil that bespattered her Homl. Skt. i. 9, 118

Linked entries: spearcian spyrcan

lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
lícettan, p. te

To feign ⬩ pretend ⬩ simulate

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Biþ gód tó licettanne suelce hé hit nyte it is good to make as if he did not know it, 151, 9. Líccettende scemmatizans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 70. Ðus mid wordum líccetende offering the following pretext, Homl. Th. i. 400, 18

Linked entry: líccettan

unna

(n.)
Grammar
unna, an; m.: unne, an; unn, e; f.

grant ⬩ allowance ⬩ permission ⬩ willingness to give ⬩ pleasure in doing something ⬩ a grant ⬩ what is given

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grant, allowance, permission Ic cýðe eów ðæt hit is mín fulla unna, ðæt heó becweðe hire land I declare to you that she has my full permission to bequeathe her land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl, iv. 200, 27: 223, 24.

Linked entry: unne

módigian

(v.)
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His wuldor is wyrms and meox; nú tó dæg hé módegað, and tó-mergen hé ne bið ( his glory shall be dung and worms; to-day he shall be lifted up, and to-morrow he shall not be found, l Macc. 2, 63), Hml. S. 25, 262.

DEÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
DEÁÞ, es; m.

DEATH ⬩ mors

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He men of deáþe worde awehte he woke men from death with his word, Andr. Kmbl. 1166; An. 583: Exon. 14 b; Th. 29, 23; Cri. 467: 41 b; Th. 139, 25; Gú. 598. Gif he man to deáþe gefylle beó he útlah if he fell a man to death let him be an outlaw, L.

Linked entry: deóþ

ár-fæstnes

(n.)
Grammar
ár-fæstnes, ár-fæstnys, ǽr-fæstnys, -ness, e ; f.

Honourableness ⬩ honesty ⬩ goodness ⬩ piety ⬩ clemency ⬩ mercifulness ⬩ honestas ⬩ probitas ⬩ pietas ⬩ clementia ⬩ misericordia

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For ðínre árfestnesse of thy clemency, Hy. 8, 24; Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 24

Linked entry: ǽr-fæstnys

a-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyrdan, -werdan; p. -wyrde; pp. -wyrded, -wyrd; v. trans.

To injure ⬩ corrupt ⬩ destroy ⬩ lædere ⬩ corrumpere ⬩ vitiare ⬩ violare

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To injure, corrupt, destroy; lædere, corrumpere, vitiare, violare Ðe he sylf awyrde whom he himself had injured, Homl. Th. i. 4, 24. Æðeling manig wundum awyrded many a noble injured with wounds, Beo. Th. 2230; B. 1113.

eald-feónd

(n.)
Grammar
eald-feónd, eald-fínd, es; m.

An ancient foe, arch-fiend, Satan ⬩ antīquus inĭmīcus, diăbŏlus

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Ðæt he ne léte him ealdfeónd oncyrran mód from his Meotude that he did not let the ancient fiend turn his mind from his Creator, 37b; Th. 124, 7; Gú. 336: 62a; Th. 229, 2; Ph. 449: 121a; Th. 464, 18; Hö. 89

hræding

(n.)
Grammar
hræding, e; f.

Hurry ⬩ haste

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Hí burigdon swá swá heó líhtlucost mihten on swylce [h]rædinge they buried him as best they could in such a hurry, Th. An. 123, 22

un-gelífed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífed, adj.

Not possessed of belief ⬩ unbelieving ⬩ infidel

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Paulus spræc swíðe egeslíce be ungelýfedum mannum: hé cwæð: 'Ða ðe Godes ǽ ne cunnon, and búton Godes ǽ syngiaþ, hí eác búton Godes ǽ losiaþ,' 52, 22: i. 460, 26: Blickl Homl. 63, 22. Ungelýfdum, 55, 32

Linked entry: ge-lífan

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, l. wáfian,
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and add: Hé forhtmód wáfode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 43. Hé ðis gehýrende ongan micclum wáfian. Hml. S. 33, 311. (2 a) :-- On úrum tídum hí syndon ús swíðe tó wáfienne sunt haec nostris valde stupenda temporibus, Gr. D. 187, 8.