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efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now ⬩ plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now; plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem He wintra hæfde efne hund-seofontig ǽr him sunu wóce he had just seventy winters ere a son was born to him, Cd. 57; Th. 70, 24; Gen. 1158.

þurh-swógan

(v.)

to press through ⬩ penetrate ⬩ pervade

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to press through, penetrate, pervade Ealle ða fúllnessa ðæs ðýstran ofnes ðe mé ǽr ðurhsweógh(-swég, Bd. M. 430, 6 note) omnem foetorem tenebrosae fornacis, qui me pervaserat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 21

ge-hédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hédan, p. de; pp. ed.

to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to acquire ⬩ obtain ⬩ seize ⬩ obtĭnēre ⬩ deprehendĕre

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Fox 20, 302; Met. 20, 151. to acquire, obtain, seize; obtĭnēre, deprehendĕre Ǽr he gehéde ðæt he ǽr æfter spyrede until he seizes that which he before sought after, Bt. Met. Fox 27, 29; Met. 27, 15.

brid

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Fugla briddas, gif hié ǽr wilniað tó fleóganne ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sín, Past. 383, 29. Sellan wel meltende mettas, culfrena briddas, hænne flǽsc, Lch. ii. 196, 22. Swá earn his briddas (pullos) spænð tó flihte, Deut. 32, II: Ps.

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Sceóte man ælmessan.. swá æt heáfde peninc, swá æt sylh (one MS. has æt sulhgange. v. sulh-gang) peninc (cf. detur de omni caruca denarius vel denarium valens, et omnis, qui familiam habet, efficiat, ut omnis hirmannus suus det unum denarium, L.

cearig

(adj.)
Grammar
cearig, ceareg, ceari; adj. [cearu = care, sorrow]

Careful, sorrowful, pensive, wary, CHARY, anxious, grieving, dire ⬩ sollicitus, cautus, querens, mente turbatus, dirus

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Ne þurfon wyt beón cearie æt cyme Dryhtnes we need not be anxious at the Lord's coming, Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 29; Seel. 162

Linked entries: carig ceareg ceari

nyt

(n.)
Grammar
nyt, nytt, e; f.

use ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ office ⬩ duty

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Nebb biþ hyre æt nytte it has a face for use, 416, 23; Rä. 35, 3. Tó nyttum ad pensas, Wrt. ii. 4, 40 : ad expensas, 7, 30 : ad penses, 99, 23. office, duty Ðegn nytte beheóld, se ðe on handa bær hroden ealowǽge, Beo. Th. 993; B.494 : 6228; B. 3118

Linked entries: notu un-nyt

un-mǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽle, adj.

Spotless ⬩ without marks or spots ⬩ immaculate ⬩ virgin

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Spotless, in a physical sense, without marks or spots Æt ánes heówes cý, ðæt heó sý eall reád oððe hwít and unmǽle, Lchdm. iii. 24, 14. in a moral sense, immaculate, virgin Unmaelo virgo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 75.

Linked entries: mǽle mǽle

fore-genga

an attendant ⬩ a predecessor ⬩ a leader ⬩ ruler

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Mid ðǽre láre ðe ic leornode æt ðám hálgum fæderum ðe wǽron úre foregengan, Hex. 34, 7. Hí gesáwon heora foregengan swá dón, Hml.

Linked entries: fore-genge for-genga

hlípe

(n.)
Grammar
hlípe, an; f.
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On ðone holan weg æt hindehlýpan; þonne of hindehlýpan, ii. 249, 35. Hyndehlýpan, 421, 19. a precipitous fall in a river (?) Andlang slades tó Wulláfes hlýpan, C. D. iii. 431, 17. Tó preóstan lýpan, C. D. B. ii. 310, 25.

Linked entries: hlíp hlýpa

incer

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ac wǽron æt þisse wydewan háme and þǽr þus incer líf leofodon, Guth. 64, 7. ¶ plural and dual forms used of the same persons :-- Ic geseó þæt eówer mód is áwend, for ðan ðe gé eówre spéda þearfum dǽldon: gáð nú tó wuda, and heáwað incre byrðene gyrda

wácian

(v.)
Grammar
wácian, p. ode.

to be or become weak ⬩ want resolution or courage. ⬩ to be or become weak ⬩ not able to endure ⬩ to fail ⬩ to become poor or mean.

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Be ðam mihte man oncnáwan, ðæt se cniht nolde wácian æt ðam wíge, Byrht. Th. 132, 2; By. 10. of things, to be or become weak, not able to endure, to fail Ne wáciaþ ðás geweorc, Exon, Th. 351, 26; Sch. 86.

Linked entry: ge-wácian

feórþling

(n.)
Grammar
feórþling, es; m: feórþung, e; f. in Anglo-Saxon; but m. in Northumb. v.

A fourth part of a thing ⬩ FARTHING ⬩ quadrans

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Ǽr ðú agylde ðone ýtemestan feórþling [MS. feórþlingc] dōnec reddas nŏvissĭmum quadrantem, Mt. Bos. 5, 26: Lk. Bos. 12, 59. Geseah he sume earme wudewan bringan twegen feórþlingas vīdit quandam vĭduam paupercŭlam mittentem æra mĭnūta duo, Lk.

éhtan

(v.)
Grammar
éhtan, he éht, pl. éhtaþ; p. éhte, pl. éhton; pp. ehted

To follow after, chase, pursue, persecute, annoy, afflict ⬩ persĕqui, trībŭlāre, afflīgĕre

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Ðú us ahreddest æt ðám ðe úre éhton libĕrasti nos ex affligentĭbus nos, Ps. Th. 43, 9

Linked entries: ǽhtian óhtan éhtian

HÝR

(n.)
Grammar
HÝR, e; f.

HIRE ⬩ interest

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HIRE, payment for service done or money lent, interest Ne nim ðú ná máre æt him tó hýre ðonne ðú sealdest. Ne syle ðú ðín feoh tó hýre computabuntur fructus ex tempore, quo vendidit, et quod reliquum est, reddet emptori.

Linked entries: hýre hír

in-fær

(n.)
Grammar
in-fær, es; n.

An entrance ⬩ ingress

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An entrance, ingress Ðá gesette God æt ðam infære engla hyrdrǽdene then God set a guard of angels at the entrance, Gen. 3, 24. Mid ðam innfære mid ðam ðe hé inn áfaren wæs by the entrance at which he had entered, Homl; Th. i. 178, 2.

land-seten

(n.)
Grammar
land-seten, e; f.

an estate ⬩ occupation of land

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Land in possession or occupation, an estate Ðis his sió landseten æt Stántúne ðe Cénwold hæfde [then follow the boundaries], Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 403, 24.

Linked entries: feld-seten seten

tíder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíder-líc, adj.
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Weak, frail Se ðe gehielt his unsceadfulnesse and his gódan willan ðeáh hé hwæt tiéderlíces oððe yfelra weorca útan doo hé mæg ðæt æt sumum cierre bétan si mentis innocentia custodilur, etiam si qua foris infirma sunt, quandoque roborantur, Past. 34;

Linked entry: téder-

beó-breád

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Hé æt huniges beóbreád, Shrn. 68, 31. Biábreád, Ps. Srt. 118, 103. Bióbreád, Rtl. 3, 34: Lk. p. II, 14. [O. L. Ger. bí-bród: O. H. Ger. bí-brót.]. v. beón-breád in Dict

bissextus

(n.)
Grammar
bissextus, gen. bissexte

leap-year

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The intercalary day of leap-year; also leap-year Sume preóstas secgað ꝥ bissextus cume þurh ꝥ,ꝥ Iosue ábæd æt Gode ꝥ seó sunne stód stille . . . Nis nǽfre þurh ꝥ bissextus . . .

Linked entry: bises