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middaneard-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
middaneard-líc, adj.

Earthly ⬩ worldly ⬩ mundane ⬩ earthly

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Ealle middaneardlíce þing forhogiende despising all the things of this world, 130, 1. Middaneardlíce genipu mundana nubila, Hymn. Surt. 74, 3: 91, 23: Homl. Skt. 2, 241

Linked entry: middangeard-líc

míl

(n.)
Grammar
míl, e; míle(?), an; f.

A mile

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A mile Álecgaþ hit on ánre míle ðone mǽstan dǽl fram ðæm túne, ðonne óðerne ... óð ðe hyt eall áled biþ on ðære ánre míle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 30-32: Blickl. Homl. 129, 4. Leóuue, míle milliarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 7. Twelf míla, Blickl.

be-swíc

(n.)
Grammar
be-swíc, big-swíc, bí-swíc, es; m. [be, big, bí intensive; swíc deceit, swícan to deceive]

Deceit, a deceiving, treachery ⬩ fraus, deceptio, dolus = δόλos

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Philippus ealle ða cyningas mid bíswíce ofslóh Philip slew all the kings by treachery, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 13. To bíswíce his nýhstan in dolo proximo suo, Ps. Th. 23, 4. Beswíc decipula, Cot. 61.

ge-bícnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bícnian, -býcnian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, bícnian to beckon, nod] .

to beckon ⬩ nod ⬩ innuĕre ⬩ to point out ⬩ shew ⬩ indicate ⬩ betoken ⬩ indĭcāre ⬩ signĭfĭcāre ⬩ portendĕre

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Gebýcna hit eal me tell it all to me, St. A. 44, 12

Linked entry: ge-býcnian

ge-dúfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dúfan, he -dýfþ; p. -deáf, we -dufon; pp. -dofen; v. intrans.

To plunge ⬩ to duck ⬩ sink ⬩ dive ⬩ be drowned ⬩ mergi

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Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon then they all sank and were drowned, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24. He wearþ gedofen coepit mergi, Mt. Bos. 14, 13

Sunnan-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-niht, e; f.
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Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 22. Hú on Sunnannihtum nihtlíc wæcce tó healdenne sý. On Sunnandæge mon sceal hraðor árísan tó úhtsange, R. Ben. 35, 2: 42, 15: Wulfst. 305, 23

Linked entry: Wódnes-niht

un-beweddod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beweddod, adj.

unbetrothed ⬩ unmarried

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Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 5. Unbeweddod mǽden puellam virginem, quae non habet sponsum, Deut. 22, 28. unmarried Unbeweddod innuba, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 35. Mǽden seó ðe unbeweddud ys uirgo quae innupta est (1 Cor. 7, 34), Scint. 69, 3.

Linked entry: be-weddian

á-hwænne

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I. 2, 1: 103, 4. at every time, at all times Þá módigan unrihtlíce dydon áhwonne ( usquequaque ), Ps. L. 118, 51, 43

ge-rinnan

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Goth. ga-rinnan convenire, congregare Ealle weorðaþ Fæder ætsomne . . . and on heofonsetle heán gerinnað his sunu blíðe the Father honours all together . . . and in high heaven his sons assemble glad (the Latin is: Cunctos Deus honorat . . . collocat

hǽmed-þing

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed-þing, es; n.

Carnal intercourse, venery, matrimony

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Be hǽmedþingnm : eallum þyrrum líchomum hǽmedþing ne dugon of venery : venery does not do for all dry constitutions, L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 28 : 36; Lchdm. ii. 244, 4

hlid

(n.)
Grammar
hlid, es; n.

A lid, ⬩ cover, ⬩ the opening which is closed by the cover

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Ðá lédon ða þegenas ðone Hǽlend ðǽron and mid hlide belucon úre ealra Álýsend then the thanes laid Jesus therein, and closed up with a cover the Redeemer of as all, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 4.

twigilde

(adv.)
Grammar
twigilde, adv.

With a double payment

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Alf. pol. 66; Th. i. 96, 31

ge-wlitegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wlitegian, p. ode; pp. ad, od

To form ⬩ adorn ⬩ make beautiful ⬩ formare ⬩ decorare ⬩ exornare ⬩ speciosum vel pulchriorem reddere

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He gewlitegap æalle gesceafta he adorns all creatures, Shrn. 198, 12: Salm. Kmbl. 793; Sal. 396. Hand his gewlitegodon manus ejus formaverunt, Ps. Spl. 94, 5. Wel gewlitegod formosus, Wrt. Voc. 72, 15.

hræd

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Ðá hradan perpeti praepeti volatu, Ald. 22, 6), Wt. Voc. ii. 77, 74. Hradum prepedibus (praefectibus catervis, Ald. 136, 27), 88, 78. <b>I a.

ælmes-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-gifu, e; f.

What is given as alms, alms

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What is given as alms, alms Ðæt ðæt heom góde men tó ælmesgife for Godes lufan sealdon, Wlfst. 159, 20

Linked entry: gifu

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assault ⬩ assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus ⬩ viæ obstructio ⬩ the fine for an assault ⬩ mulcta pro assultu

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See also Schmid Glos. forsteal

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

HWÝ

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
HWÝ, hwí; inst.of hwæt.

WHY.

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, should also be called the son of God, 16.

Linked entries: hwí hwig

word-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
word-cwide, es; m.

a saying ⬩ words ⬩ speech ⬩ language

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Ne lengde leóda aldor wítegena wordcwyde, 256, 27; Dan. 647. Ðý ðíne wordcwidas weorðan gefelde (ut jitstificeris in sermonibus tuis), ðæt ðú ne wilnast weora ǽniges deáð, ac ðú synfulle simle lǽrdes ðæt. . . . Ps. C. 53.

boga

an arch ⬩ a vault

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Ald. 8, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 3 : 37, 1. bow (as in saddle-bow): Boga antena, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 33: 6, 65. loc jugum, boga antena, iocsticca obicula, i. 16, 32. Boga postena, ii. 117, 52 : canda, 103, 26 : 14, 8.

hríþer

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Án ald hríðr, 312, 7. .i. eald hríðer, 297, 1. Tú hriéðeru, óðer sealt, óðer fersc, v. 164, 29. Hríðero armenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 16. Hríþeru, An. Ox. 2448. Hruþeru, 2, 86. Tú eald hríðeru (.ii. ealde hrýðeru, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 146, 18.