drypan
To drop, moisten ⬩ stillāre, humectāre
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To drop, moisten; stillāre, humectāre Nime ánne eles dropan, and drype on án mycel fýr take a drop of oil, and drop it on a large fire, Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 88, 11: L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 5, 7, 24, 28, 30.
in-stæpes
At once ⬩ immediately
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At once, immediately Se mon se ðe óðerne ácwelþ and instæpes hine sylfne ongyteþ ðæt hé mycel mán gedón hæbbe the man who kills another, and at once perceives himself to have done a great wrong, Blickl. Homl. 65, 5.
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þrym-líc
Magnificent ⬩ splendid ⬩ glorious
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Swíðe mycel cyrice and þrymlíc, 125, 20. Þrecwudu þrymlíc, Beo. Th. 2496; B. 1246. Lidweardas þrymlíce, Andr. Kmbl. 489; An. 245. Ðrymlíc swǽsendo, Judth. Thw. 21, 7; Jud. 8.
un-ásmeágendlíc
Unsearchable ⬩ past finding out ⬩ inscrutable
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Ðín myldheortnys is swíðe mycel and unásmǽgendlíc, 3, 548. Ðære sáwle brógan, unásmeágendlícu yrmðu ( misery beyond the power of man to explore ), Wulfst. 249, 19. He mé gefrætwode mid unásmeágendlícra wurðfulnesse, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 31.
Linked entry: á-smeágendlic
bócere
a bookman ⬩ an author ⬩ a scholar
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Add: a bookman, an author, a scholar Nán bócere ne mæg, þeáh hé mycel cunne, heora naman áwrítan, Hml. S. p. 6, 67.
cnoll
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Wæs se cnoll swá hit nú cúð is ꝥ se munt is mycel úteweard, Bl. H. 207, 26. Þæs muntes cnoll, 203, 8. On þǽm heán cnolle sumes muntes, 197, 18. Tó brynes cnolle, Cht. E. 267, 3. Tó Húnes cnolle, 381, 19. On cnolle in vertice, i. in summitate, An.
weallan
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Add Mycel wynsumnesse stenc þǽr upp weóll of þǽre byrgene de sepulcro fragrantia suavitatis emanavit, Gr. D. 338, 18. I. Add Binnan Róme weóll án wille ele ealne dæg fons olei per totum diem fluxit, Ors. 5, 14 ; S. 248, 10. 2.
on-grisla
Dread, horror
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Dread, horror Wæs se munt mid mycelum brógan and mid ongryslan eall oferlǽded, Blickl. Homl. 203, 7
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tó-geótan
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Wearð swá mycelu wynsumnes þæs æþelestan stences tóstrogden and tógoten ( aspersa ) geond eall ꝥ hús, 282, 19
ge-bígan
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To crown Hié þá swá sigebeorhte and swá gebégde mid mycelre blisse tó hám fóran, Bl. H. 203, 30
BELL
A BELL ⬩ campana ⬩ tintinnabulum ⬩ cymbalum
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Seó mycele belle the large bell; campana Lye
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mód-þwǽrness
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Se fæder wearð tó mycelre módþwǽrnysse (monþwǽrnysse, v.l.) gelǽded ( ad magnam mansuetudinem perductus), Gr. D. 22, 8: 48, 29. Add
teár-geótende
(ptcpl.) Tear-shedding, weeping
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Tear-shedding, weeping Adam myd teárg[e]ótendre hálsunge and myd mycelre stefne ðus cwæþ, Nicod. 30; Thw. 17, 27
hæcce
A crosier
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A crosier Ðis mycel is gegolden of ðære cyricean W. cyninge ... of ðam candelstæfe x pund and of dære hæcce xxxiii marca this much has been paid by the church [of Worcester] to king William ... from the candlestick x pounds, and from the crosier xxxiii
ceahhetung
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Substitute for first citation Gehýrde ic mycel gehlýd and ceahhetunge (-ttung, ceahetunge, v. ll.) swá swá ungelǽrdes folces and bysmriendes genæftum heora feóndum audio cachinnum crepitantem quasi uulgi indocti captis hostibus insultantis, Bd. 5, 12
ofer-lǽdan
to oppress ⬩ opprimo ⬩ oppressor ⬩ oppressio
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to oppress Ðá wæs se munt mid mycelum brógan eall oferlǽded; and unhiérlíc storm of ðæm munte ástág, Blickl. Homl. 203, 7
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tó-stregdan
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Swá mycelu wynsumnes þæs æþelestan stences tóstrogden and tógoten wearð geond eall ꝥ hús tanta illic fragrantia odoris aspersa est, Gr. D. 282, 19. Þá tóstrýddan gebricu dispersa fragmina. An. Ox. 11. 139
samnunga
All at once, on a sudden, suddenly, forthwith, immediately ⬩ continuo, subito, repente
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Ðá wæs semninga geworden mycel þunorrád, Blickl. Homl. 145, 28: Exon. Th. 31, 5; Cri. 491. Mec semninga slǽp ofergongeþ, 422, 22 ; Rä. 41, 10 : Andr. Kmbl. 927; An. 464: 1639; An. 821
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un-gewitness
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Þám fét hé wiðbrægd þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hwæt unrihtes hine gehrine of his ágenum geþóhte and ungewitnesse, and hé þonne sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (the original Latin, which has been misunderstood, is: Retraxit pedem; ne si quid
un-cúþness
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Strangeness, novelty Ne mihte se cniht ádreógan þá neównesse and uncúþnesse swá mycelre gesihðe tantae visionis novitatem non ferens, Gr. D. 278, 15