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æþel-nes

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Seó æþelnes heora gebyrda, Gr. D. 151, 22. Túddres æþelnes. Bl. H. 115, 10. Beorht mid eorðlicere æðelnysse, Shrn. 151, 18. Þú leórest tó þǽre upplican eþelnesse, 119, 30. Add

land-folc

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Cóm ꝥ landfolc tó þe þǽr tó láfe wæs þǽr heora hláfordes líc læg, Hml. S. 32, 134. Hé wunode on þǽre byrig and bodode þám landfolce, 29, 83. Add

liss

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Hí micclum blissodon, and Gode þancodon heora geswinces lisse ( they thanked God for the alleviation of their hardship), Hml. Th. i. 562, 17

æfter-fylgend

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Heora æfterfyligendas successores eorum, Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 2. Him sylfum and his æfterfiligendum eallan, Chr. 995; P. 128, 39. Add

Linked entry: fylgend

á-þerscan

(v.)

to thresh out

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to thresh out Sum tún wæs þe ǽlce geáré wæs áwést þurh hagol, swá ꝥ heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere ꝥ gerip gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1217

Linked entries: a-þrescan á-þroxen

a-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
a-rǽd, -réd, es; m. [a intensive, rǽd counsel]

Counsel ⬩ welfare ⬩ safety ⬩ consilium ⬩ commodum ⬩ salus

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Counsel, welfare, safety; consilium, commodum, salus Smeágende ymbe heora sáwla arǽd [aréd, MS. B; rǽd, MS. D] considering about their souls' welfare, L. Edm. E. pref; Th. i. 244, 6

Linked entry: a-réd

beado-searo

(n.)
Grammar
beado-searo, gen. -searewes, -searwes; n.

A war-train ⬩ an engine or weapon of war ⬩ bellicus apparatus

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A war-train, an engine or weapon of war; bellicus apparatus Þurh ða heora beadosearo wǽgon through which their war-train had moved, Cd. 170; Th. 214, 21; Exod. 572

Linked entry: beadu-searo

ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, p. de; pp. ed

To prolong ⬩ lengthen ⬩ prolongāre ⬩ protēlāre

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To prolong, lengthen; prolongāre, protēlāre Heora unriht gelengdon prolongāvērunt inīquĭtātem suam, Ps. Th. 128, 2. Eówre dagas sín gelengede protēlentur dics vestræ, Deut. 5. 33 : Homl. Th. ii. 576, 26

Linked entries: ge-længed ge-langian

bord

a board ⬩ board

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Voc. i. 39, 65. side of a ship, board (in larboard) Hí wurpon heora waru ofor bord, Hml. Th. i. 246, 2, 9

be-smittian

(v.)
Grammar
be-smittian, p. od

To pollute ⬩ defile

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Ox. 4156. moral Heora for*-*mænig mid ídelum lofe byþ besmittad multos ex eis cenodoxiae morbus commaculat, R. Ben. 139, 19

Linked entry: smittian

hirde-cnapa

(n.)
Grammar
hirde-cnapa, an; m.
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A (young) herdsman Hé let dǽr árǽran his hyrdecnapan cýtan, ꝥ hí ðǽr gehende mid heora hláfordes yrfe lágon. . . . And þá hyrdecnapan . . . ymbe ꝥ wǽron, Hml S. 23, 417-421

riht-gesetedness

(n.)
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regular ordinance, right rule Þonne forlǽtað hí heora rihtgesetednysse (canonicum ordinem), Chrd. 10, 30. Gif hwá angeán þás gesetednyssa oððe óðre swilce rihtgesetednyssa beó tóþunden ( huic institutioni contumax), 61, 12

ofer-hlæstan

(v.)

to overload

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to overload Mid ðære herehýþe Rómáne oferhlæstan heora scipa, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 176, 18, 27. Hié (the ships) mon ne mehte mid monnum oferhlæstan 5, 13; Swt. 246, 11

Linked entry: hlæstan

frófor-word

(n.)
Grammar
frófor-word, es; n.

A word of consolation ⬩ consolatory talk

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A word of consolation, consolatory talk Hé nán fróforword ne onfó ne ne gehýre æt heora ǽniges múþe nec sermonem consolationis ex cujuslibet eorum ore percipiat, Gr. D. 344, 28

for-búgan

to avoid ⬩ to pass by ⬩ pass over ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ To avoid

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Barbarismum hig on heora gesetnyssa forbúgað, Angl. viii. 313, 18. Swá ꝥ heó (the soul) leahtras forbúge, Hml. S. l, 154, 237. Swá heó syngige, swá heó synna forbúge, Hml. Th. i. 292, 33. Ðæt wé orsorgnesse ús ondrǽden, and hí forbúgen, Past. 35, 2.

yfelness

(n.)
Grammar
yfelness, e; f.
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Sume burgon heora feore and ámeldodon heora cristenan mágas . . . Ðeós yfelnys bið eác on Antecristes tócyme, ii. 542, 24. Bydelas ðæs écan yfeles, ðe yfelum mannum becymð for heora ánwillan yfelnysse, 538, 24.

hyge-leást

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-leást, e; f.

Thoughtlessness ⬩ foolishness ⬩ folly ⬩ heedlessness

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Biscopum gebiraþ wisdom ... ne gerísaþ heom micele ofermétta né ǽnige higelíste, L. I. P. 10, note; Th. ii. 318, 32

bróþor-rǽden

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Þe prior on Baþan and ealle þá gebróþran habbaþ heom geunnen þá bróþerrǽddene and þá bedrǽddene for lífe and for déþe, 436, 14

eáþe-lic

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Hé hæfde mid him eáþelicne fódan . . . hé þá eáðelican þénunga heom þénode, Hml. S. 23, 234, 239.

Linked entry: íþe-lic

up-gang

(n.)
Grammar
up-gang, es; m.

a going up ⬩ rising of a heavenly body ⬩ a going up ⬩ a landing ⬩ an incursion ⬩ a way of going up

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Hí forwerndon heom ǽgðer ge upganges ge wæteres, Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 5. from the coast inland, an incursion Hí námon him wintersettl on Temesan ...

Linked entry: up-gange