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CRÆFT

(n.)
Grammar
CRÆFT, es; m.

powermightstrength as of body or externals visroburpotentiaan artskillCRAFTtradework arsperitiaartificiumoccupatioopuscraft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtusa CRAFTany kind of ship navis qualiscunque

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Ðeáh Eue on deófles cræft bedroren wurde though Eve had been deceived by the devil's craft 38; Th. 51, 7; Gen. 823; Exon. 17b; Th. 43, 7; Cri. 685; Andr. Kmbl. 2590; An. 1296; Frag. Kmbl. 56; Leas. 30. Feóndes cræfte by a fiend's craft Andr.

DIHT

(n.)
Grammar
DIHT, es;

a setting in order, disposing, contriving, disposition, conduct, consultation, deliberation, purposedisposĭtio, excogitātio, consĭlium, propŏsĭtum a dictating, direction, order, commanddictātio, directio, jussum, mandātum

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Ealle ða þing ðe he dyde, he dyde be his dihte all the things which he did, he did by his [God's] command, Gen. 39. 3

Linked entry: dyht

lǽwede

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽwede, adj.

Laylaiclewd

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Rdr. 107, 78. þurh gelǽredra regolbryce and þurh lǽwedra lahbryce through breach of [monastic] rule by the learned and breach of law by the unlearned, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 111, 199

Linked entry: lǽwed

LYTEL

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LYTEL, adj.

LITTLE

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Lytlum by little, by degrees, in little pieces, a little at a time :-- Lytlum paulatim, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 30. Tóbrec hig lytlum divides eos minutatim, Lev. 2, 6. Sele ðæt lytlum súpan, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 270, 1.

Linked entries: lytlum litel

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wé, pron.

We. used of more than one person, dual plural used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors used of one person, by a writer or speaker by a prince

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Homl. 115, 28. by a prince Beówulf maþelode : ' Wé ðæt ellenweorc fremedon', Beo. Th. 1920; B. 958: 3308; B. 1652

Linked entry: ús

or-sorg

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Add Ne onhyre þám þe byð orsorh on his wege (qui prosperatur in via sua ), Ps. Th. 36, 7. Cum orsorg and ríxsa prospere procede et regna, 44, 5. Drihlen wæs hire forespeca, and heó sæt ðí orsorhgre, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 21. <b>I a.

Ælfríc

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfríc, es; m. [ælf, ríc]

ÆlfricÆlfricus

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Then went Ælfric to his archiepiscopal see, and when he came thither, he was received by those men in orders, who of all were most distasteful to him, that was, by clerks, Chr. 995; Th. ii. 106, 20-24.

CWECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWECCAN, part.cweccende ; ic cwecce, ðú cwecest, cwecst, he cweceþ, cwecþ. pl. cweccaþ ; p. cwehte, cweahte , pl. cwehton, cweahton ; pp. cweaht

To vibrate, movetorquēre, quatĕre, vibrāre, movēre

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Ða wegférendan cwehton heora heáfod the passers-by shook their heads, Mt. Bos. 27, 39: Mk. Bos. 15, 29

cýðere

(n.)
Grammar
cýðere, es; m.

a witness testis a witness

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Bos. 14, 63. a martyr, one who bears witness by his death; martyr = μάρτυς a witness Stephănus is se forma cýðere Stephen is the early martyr, Homl. Th. ii. 34, 13. Þurh ðæs hálgan cýðeres þingunge through the pleading of the holy martyr, 28, 33.

ellen-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-weorc, es; B.

A work of valour, valiant or powerful act fortitūdĭnis ŏpus, res fortĭter gesta

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Ellenweorcum by valiant acts, Andr. Kmbl. 2740; An. 1372

FYLL

(n.)
Grammar
FYLL, fill, fyllu, fyllo, e; f.

The FILLfulnessplentyplēnĭtūdosatŭrĭtas

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Fylle gefrægnod known by its plenteousness, Beo. Th. 2670, note; B. 1333. Fylle gefǽgon they rejoiced in the plenty, 2032; B. 1014. Næs hie ðære fylle gefeán hæfdon they had no joy of that plenty, 1128; B. 562.

Linked entries: fill fyllu

helle-hund

(n.)
Grammar
helle-hund, es; m.

A hell-hound

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hé Judas geféra Cristes belǽwendes and sý hé toren of hellehundes tóþum on ðám egeslícum hellewítum mid eallum deóflum bútan ǽlcum ende bútan hé hit ǽr his endedæge rihtlíce gebéte may he be the companion of Judas the betrayer of Christ, and be torn by

lepeþ

(v.)
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Ger. erlaffen languefacere, the passage would then mean that the hawk's fierceness and wildness were subdued by giving it little to eat.

þurh-wadan

(v.)

to pass throughto pierce throughpenetrate

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Th. 140, 31; By. 296. For ðám næglum ðe ðæs Nergendes fét þurhwódon, Elen. Kmbl. 2139; El. 1066. Swylce hit seaxes ecg þurhwóde, Exon. Th. 70, 21; Cri. 1142. Ða syngan flǽsc, scandum þurhwaden, 78, 32; Cri. 1283

þúr

(n.)
Grammar
þúr, es; m.

Thor

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Thor, the god who most nearly corresponded to Jupiter; hence Jupiter is translated by Þúr Þunor oððe Ðúr Joppiter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 33. Þúres módur Latona, 53, 4.

Linked entry: þúrs-dæg

be-wépan

Grammar
be-wépan, bewopen

woe-begone

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Synna bewépan, ii. 602, 22. disfigured by weeping, woe-begone þá iermingas út of þǽm holan crupon, swá bewópene swelce hié of óþerre worolde cóme, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 30. Add (cf. That he you nat biwopen thus ne finde, Ch. T. C. iv. 916):

full

(adv.)
Grammar
full, adv.
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The forms of adjectives and adverbs given in the Dictionary as compounds with full- (ful-) may be taken as adjectives and adverbs qualified by the adverb full (ful).

spédan

(v.)
Grammar
spédan, p. de

To speedhave successsucceed in doing somethingaccelerare

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Th. 132, 51; By. 34

Linked entry: fór-spédian

ge-spédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spédan, p. -spédde; pp. -spéded, -spédd

To speedprospersucceedprogrediprosperaresuccedere

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To speed, prosper, succeed; progredi, prosperare, succedere Ðæs ðe blódgyte, wæll-fyll weres, wæpnum gespédeþ because that bloodshedding, slaughter of man, speedeth by means of weapons, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 12; Gen. 1527.

for-druwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-druwian, p. ode; pp. od

To dry upwitherarescĕre

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To dry up, wither; arescĕre He byþ aworpen út swá twíg, and fordruwaþ mittētur fŏras sīcut palmes, et arescet, Jn. Bos. 15, 6