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Gúþ-lác

(n.)
Grammar
Gúþ-lác, es; m.

The hermitsaint of Crowland died at the age of 41,in A. D. 714

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On ðone ændleftan dæg ðæs mónðes biþ sce gúþláces geleornes ðæs anceran onbrytone on the eleventh day of the month is the departure of St. Guthlac the anchorite in Britain, Shrn. 71, 2

Linked entry: Crúland

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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Ðæt trymeþ sió hálige ǽ, ðǽr hió cuæð, Past. 43 ; Swt. 309, 12. Wé trymmaþ adstipulabimur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 28. lc ðíne gewitnesse wordmn trymede servavi testimonia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 168. Ðæt trymede sanctus Paulus, ðá hé cuæð ðæt . . . Past.

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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LIFE [the opposite of death], mode of life, period during which a man lives Hwæt is ðæt líf elles ðysses middangeardes búton lytelu ylding deáþes, Blickl. Homl. 59, 27. Twá líf sind sóðlíce ... ðæt in líf is deádlíc, ðæt óðer undeádlíc, Homl.

hwurful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hwurful-ness, e; f.

Changeablenessmutability

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Changeableness, mutability Ða twigu ðære hwurfulnesse genimina mutabilitatis, Past. 42, 3; Swt. 308, 1. Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurffulnesse ðæt hió biþ swíðe wancol se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 34

sunna

(n.)
Grammar
sunna, an; m.
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Ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oðþe ðære mónan, 28, 10

Linked entry: sunne

wiþer-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-mód, adj.

Having the mind set againstadversehostilecontrary

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Having the mind set against something, adverse, hostile, contrary Ðæt wé hié wiðermóde ne gedón ús mid ðære tǽlinge that we may not set them against us with the blame, Past. 32; Swt. 212, 1

in-fyrde

(n.)
Grammar
in-fyrde, es; n.
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On ðá rǽwe; of ðǽre reáwe on Temese, on ðæt infyrde; andlang Temese, v. 275, 21

Linked entry: -fyrde

tó-hlídan

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On þám sixtan dæge æt þére sixtan tíde dæges þes heofon tóhlýt fram eástdǽle oþ þæne westðǽl, Verc. Först. 133, 2. Þá tóhlád se hróf þæs gebedhúses aperto tecto oratorii, Gr. D. 275, 16. Add

ge-þolian

(v.)
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Ðæt hié lustlíce ðæt geswinc ðǽra costunga forsión and geðolien, 407, 29. Flítera fácna hé geþolede scismaticorum strofas pertulerit, An. Ox. 2897.

tíþian

(v.)
Grammar
tíþian, tigþian; p. ode
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To grant, concede, with gen. of that which is granted Bed Beorn ðæt hé sceolde faran mid him tó ðam cynge . . . and hé ðæs tíðode, Chr. 1046; Erl. 174, 10. Treówe and hyldo tíðiaþ mé, Cd. Th. 152, 7; Gen. 2516.

Linked entry: tigþian

mann-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
mann-cwealm, es; m.

Death of menpestilencemortalityslaughter

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On ða tíd ðæs mancwealmes tempore mortalitatis, Bd. 3, 30, tit; S. 561, 31. Mec ongan hreówan ðæt moncynnes tuddor sceolde mancwealm seón, Exon. 28 b; Th. 86, 33; Cri. 1417.

wánung

(n.)
Grammar
wánung, e ; f.
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Se lǽce cyrfð oððe bærnð, and se untruma hrýmð, þeáhhwæðere ne miltsaþ hé ðæs óðres wánunge, Homl. Th. i. 472, 16. Uae getácnaþ hwílon wánunge, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 12. Gesaeh ðæt wánung (tumultum) and woepende and mǽni*-*ende, Mk. Skt.

fǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽtan, p. te; pp. fǽted, fǽtt.

packto adornornament

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to lay as a burden, pack Swá bið ðǽm ðe ðá gedónan yfelu hreówsiað, ðonne hí ðæt yfel mid ondetnesse him of áweorpað ðætte hira módes innað yfele and hefiglíce mid gefylled wæs, and ðonne eft fóð tó ðǽm ilcan and fǽtað in æfter ondetnesse ðæt ilce yfel

smeá-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
smeá-wrenc, es ; m.
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A crafty device, sharp trick Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan and mid his golde and seolfre eall dyrnunga, ðæt him gewearð se þridda pænig of ðære tolne on Sandwíc, Chart. Th. 339, 8

tabule

(n.)
Grammar
tabule, (-ele), an; f.: also tabula; m.

a tablea board which is struck to give a signal

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On ðære óðre tabelan wæs ðæt forme bebod: 'Ne hǽm ðú unrihtlíce,' Homl. Th. ii. 198, 5. Tabelan, 196, 34. Pilatus áwrát ðæs wítes intingan on ánre tabelan, 254, 24. Týn beboda áwrát se Ælmihtiga on ðám twám tabelum ...

weorold-sorh

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sorh, gen. -sorge; f.
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Ðæt gemearr ðære woruldsorga curarum secularium impedimentum, Past. 51; Swt. 401, 21. Bæd heó ðæt heó móste weoruldsorge and gýmenne forlǽtan postulans ut saeculi euros relinquere permitteretur, Bd. 4. 19 ; S. 587, 38

hátheort-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hátheort-nes, -ness, e; f.
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Ðonne wyrþ ðæt mód beswungen mid ðam welme ðære hátheortnesse then is the mind scourged with the heat of anger, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 21.

á-cólian

(v.)
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Ǽr ðæt fýr ðǽre willunge from ðám móde ácólie, Bd. 1, 27; M. 80, 31. Hí lǽtað ácólian ðá innecundan lufan, Past. 139, 8. Wearð se sóða geleáfa ácólad, Wlfst. 270, 2. Bið manna lufu ácólod, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 26.

un-ásecgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgendlíc, adj.

beyond the powers of language to describeunspeakableindescribableineffablenot proper to tellnot to be told

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Ðæt unásecgenlíce wræc, Blickl. Homl. 25, 24. Unásecggenlíce, 65, 21. Ðæt wæs unásecgendlíc ǽnigum men hú mycel ðæs folces wæs it was impossible for any man to say how much people there was, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 14.

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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Gif mon nime æfesne on swýnum; æt þrýfingrum ( three fingers thick in fat), ðæt þridde; æt twýfingrum, ðæt feórðe; æt þymelum, ðæt fífte, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 12-19. Gafolswán sylle ǽlce geáre . xv. swýn tó sticunge, L. R.

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun