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heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Ðú scealt andettan yfeldǽda má, heán helle gǽst. Jul. 457: 615. Helm sceal cénum and á þæs heánan hyge hord unginnost, Gn. Ex. 206. Áhrede mé hearmcwidum heánra manna, Ps.

heofon-lic

chaste

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Mid heofonlicum þreáte háligra gásta, 95, 6. Ðone weg þe ðé gelǽt tó þǽre heofenlican byrig, Bt. 36, I; F. 172, 29. Nú míne fét gongað on heofenlicne weg (I am dying), Bl. H. 191, 21.

hwanan

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I. 1 Þú nást hwanon hé cymþ, ne hwider hé gǽþ, Jn. 3, 8. Frægn heó ... hwonan his cyme wǽre ... 'Ic eom ... tó þé sended of heáhðu,' Jul. 259.

múþ

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Ox. 100, Ne geunclǽnsað ðæt nó ðone mon ðæt on his múð gǽð, Past. 317, 14. the mouth considered as the receptacle of food or with reference to swallowing, devouring, tasting, &c. Gefriða mé of þæs león múðe, Ps. Th. 21, 19.

welig

(adj.)
Grammar
welig, weleg; adj.

Wealthyrichopulent

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Earfoðlíce se welega (-iga, Rush.) gǽð on Godes ríce Mt. Kmbl. 19, 23: Ps. Th. 71, 12: Blickl. Homl. 51, 2. Se welega man 197, 28. Weliga Exon. Th. 245, 1; Jul. 38. On ðæs rícan neáweste and ðæs welegan Blickl. Homl. 53, 5.

Linked entry: wealig

ge-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþ, es; m. [cf. ge-féra]

A companionfellowcompanion or follower of a chief or kingsociuscomes

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Hyre wæs hálig gǽst singal gesíþ to her the Holy Spirit was a constant companion, Exon. 69 a; Th. 257, 4; Jul. 242. To hám his gesíþes in dŏmo cŏmĭtis, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 43. He on ðæs gesíþes hús ineóde dŏmum cŏmĭtis intrāvit, 5, 4; S. 617, 16.

Linked entries: ge-sóð ge-síþman

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Be teóðunge se cyng and his witan habbaþ gecoren and gecweden, ðæt þridda dǽl ðare teóðunge þe tó circan gebyrige tó ciricbóte, and óðer dǽl ðám Godes þeówum, þridde Godes þearfum and earman (v. teoðung-sceatt) þeówetlingan, L.

Linked entry: tegðung

síþ

(n.)
Grammar
síþ, es ; m.
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I. 3. a time (cf. colloquial go, and Dan. gang), with ordinals Eft óðre síþe hé férde iterum secundo abiit, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 42 : Gen. 27, 36. Ðæt deófol hine genam þriddan síþe, Blickl.

Linked entries: síþemest síþmæst

EÁC

(con.)
Grammar
EÁC, conj.

EKE, also, likewise, moreover, and etiam, quoque, et Nevertheless, however nihilōmĭnusSo also, also, moreover, very like, even so, as if parimŏdo, tamquamQuin etSo also, even so, likewise

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Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 23 ; Rä. 1, 12. eác swilce, swylce eác So also, also, moreover, very like, even so, as if ; parimŏdo, tamquam Ða apostoli gesetton eác swilce lárspell to ðám leódscipum ðe to geleáfan bugon the apostles moreover gave instructions

plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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</b> to play (a game), exercise one's self in any way for the sake of amusement :-- Ða cild rídaþ on heora stafum, and manigfealdne plegan plegiaþ, Bt. 36, 5 ; Fox 180, 9. Samson plegode him ætforan ludens Samson, Jud. 16, 27.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian

þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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Ne gǽþ hé on þeóstro, Blickl. Homl.103, 31. In þýstro, Exon. Th. 432, 10; Rä. 48, 4. Mid þýstro, Cd. Th. 148, 1; Gen. 2450. Wið eágena þýstru and genipe, Lchdm. i. 366, 13. On þeóstre, Exon. Th. 87, 11; Cri. 1423: 94, 27; Cri. 1546.

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Ýða gelaac, wíd gang wætera, Ps. Th. 118, 136. Wíd is ðes wésten, wræcsetla fela, Exon. Th. 120, 5; Gú. 267. Wæs his ríce brád, wíd and weorðlíc, 243, 11; Jul. 9. Þenden ic wealde wídan ríces, Beo. Th. 3723 ; B. 1859. On andwlitan wídre eorðan, Cd.

ge-stíran

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Bt. 38, 2 ; F. 196, 33. to reprove, rebuke Gistiórende (-ande, L.) wæs ðǽm gáste comminatus est spiritui. Mk. R. 9, 25. Sý him ǽne gestýred and eft and þriddan síðe correptus semel et iterum atgue tertio, R. Ben. 46, 18.

heord

keepingcustodycareguard

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Similar entries v. gafol-heord. a spiritual flock Ðonne se hirde gǽð on frécne wegas sió hiord ðe unwærre bið gehríst, Past. 29, 23.

hyht

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Hí gehátað holdlíce, swá hyre hyht ne gǽð, Leás. 14. Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce, micel módes hiht tó ðǽre mǽran byrig, An. 287.

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>, mǽgeþ,</b> e; f.

A collection of mǽgasa familystockraceas a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied descendants of a common ancestor living at the same timea generationa tribesubdivision of a peoplea peoplenationprovincecountry

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Th. 166, 16. as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied seó mǽgþ him on borh let the family go bail for him (the thief ), L. Ath. i. 1; Th. i. 198, 24.

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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Uton gán út egrediamur foras, Gen. 5, 8: 27, 3: Cd. Th. 148, 24; Gen. 2461. Ðá eodon hig út án æfter ánum unum post unum exiebant, Jn. Skt. 8, 9.

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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Iethro cwæþ: ' on sybbe,'Ex. 4, 18. Hí ðá feówertig wintra wunodon on sibbe quievit terra per quadraginía annos, Jud. 5, 32. Beóþ on sibbe ða þing ðe hé áh, Lk. Skt. 11, 21.

BURH

(n.)
Grammar
BURH, burg; gen. burge; dat. byrig, byrg; acc. burh, burg; pl. nom. acc. burga; gen. burga; dat. burgum; f. [beorh, beorg = burh, burg the impert. of beorgan to defend] .
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.], ðe ǽr hét Medeshámstede the Abbot Kenulf first made the wall about the minster, and gave it then the name Burh = Burg [Petres burh Peter&#39;s burg = Peterborough] which before was called Meadow-home-stead, Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 27-34; Th. 221,

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es ; m.
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Ða men, ðe bearn habban, lǽran hié ðám rihtne þeódscipe, and him tǽcean lífes weg and rihtne gang tó heófonum, Blickl. Homl. 109, 17.