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un-myndlinga

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un-myndlinga, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Sume dæge þá þá heó swá wídgál swíde dwolode, heó becóm unmyndlinga tó þám scræfe . . . and heó þá þǽr wunode swá swá heó nyste quadam die dum vaga nimium erraret ad specum devenit, ibique nesciens ingressa mansit, Gr. D. 176, 21.

ge-métan

(v.)
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I. trans. to meet with, come upon or across, fall in with -Ðá eóde furþor, oþ gemétte ðá graman gydena, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 24. Se here ætbærst. . . and gemǽtte se here ðá scipu of Eást-Englum, Chr. 992; P. 127, 17.

weornian

(v.)
Grammar
weornian, p. ode
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Seó sáwul, gif heó næfð ða hálgan láre, heó bið weornigende and mægenleás, Homl. Th. i. 168, 33

á-firran

(v.)
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. , place whence not given Se deáþ hit áfirreþ (-ferreð, v. l.) . . . cymð . . . ꝥ ꝥ líf áfyrre (-ferre, v. l. ), Bt. 8 ; F. 26, 4-7. Heó hyt áfyrreð, Lch. i. 280, 2 : 284, 8. Dióblas áfirde ( eiciebat ), Mk. L. R. I. 34.

freólíce

(adv.)
Grammar
freólíce, friólíce; comp. freólícor; adv.

FREELYwithout hindrancewith impunitylībĕreimpūne

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FREELY, without hindrance, with impunity; lībĕre, impūne Ðæt he mihte freólíce Gode þeówian that he might freely serve God, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 31: Ps. Spl. 93, 1: Cd. 67; Th. 81, 8; Gen. 1342: Andr. Kmbl. 585; An. 293.

Linked entries: freólslíce friólíce

streáwian

(v.)
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streáwian, streówian; p. ode: stréwian; p. ede
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hét streówian geond ða flor fela byrnende gléda, 8, 168

Linked entries: streówian strewian

nebb

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Ðá fleáh, ðá tórýpte hine án bré(m)ber ofer ðæt nebb. Ðá ætsacan wolde, ðá sǽde him mon ðæt tó tácne, C. D. ii. 134, 28. Þú gesceáwast ðæs mannes neb, and God sceáwað his heortan, Hml. Th. i. 288, 6.

hord-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
hord-cófa, an; m.

A place for treasure, a retired chamber, closet, a place where the thoughts are stored, the breast, heart

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Ðæt his ferþlocan fæste binde healde [MS. healdne] his hordcófan that he close fast his mind's coffer and preserve the treasury of his thoughts, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 14 [cf. 22]; Wand. 14.

irfa

(n.)
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irfa, an; m.
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An heir Ðet ðis wel healde his dei and siððan forð bebeóde his erbum tó healdenne, C. D. i. 297, 5

ge-myndig

(adj.)
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ge-myndig, -mindig; adj.

Mindful, rememberingmémor

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Wæs heó þearle gemyndig, hú heó ðone atolan eáðost mihte ealdre benǽman she was very mindful how she might easiest deprive the fell one of life, Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 23; Jud. 74: Ps. Th. 73, 21: 82, 4.

Linked entries: myndig ge-mindig

staþol

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Cóm án ceorl mid láce of ðám ylcan staðole (ex eodem fundo ) þe heó ǽr onféng vi yntsan æt hire fæder, Gr. D. 222, 25-223, 5

CÝF

(n.)
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CÝF, e; f:cýfe , an; f.

A vessel, vat, cask, bushel dolium, modius

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Se hét afyllan áne cýfe mid ele he commanded a vat to be filled with oil, Homl. Th. i. 58, 25. Under cýfe sub modio, Mt. Bos. 5, 15

Linked entry: cýp

ge-cringan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cringan, p. -crang, -crong, pl. crungon; pp. crungen

To sinkfalldieoccumberemori

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Stíðmód gecrang firm of mind he died, Apstls. Kmbl. 144; Ap. 72

swǽrlíce

(adv.)
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swǽrlíce, (swár-); adv.
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of doing or bearing what is painful, heavily, grievously Nán man ne sceal his wífe geneálǽcan, siððan heó mid bearne swǽrlíce gebunden gǽþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 21. sceolde hit mid fæstene swárlíce gebétan, Homl.

Linked entry: swárlíce

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, l. bytlian,
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sárette ðætte hié sceoldon bytlan , Past. 153, 9. Hét Harold bytlian on Brytlande, Chr. 1065; P. 190, 26. On sumor geneát sceal bytlian and burh hegegian, Ll. Th. i. 432, 15: Angl. ix. 261, 10. Cf. botl, ge-bytlu

ge-hendnys

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Add: in a local sense. nearness, neighbourhood Gif hwá feorran cóme and wolde his lác Gode offrian, dæt on gehendnysse ( at hand ) tó bicgenne gearu hæfde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 23.

hyge-méþe

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Wedra helm lie meahte on þám feorhbanan fǽhðe gebétan, 2465), evilly done, with a breast filled with sad thoughts (i. e. the slayer was bitterly grieved for the dreadful act he had perpetrated?), B. 2442

récan

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Add: to expose to smoke or steam, fumigate: — Lege stór on þá gléda and réc hine mid ꝥ swǽte, Lch. ii. 348, 5.

rúm-mód

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</b> of things, liberal, abundant :-- Heó dǽlde þearfendum mannum manigfealde and rúmmóde gife ælmessan larga indigentibus eleemosynarum opera impendit, Gr. D. 279, 24

tóm

(adj.)
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tóm, adj.

Empty;figuratively,free from.

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Cf. leás Ðæt hý móstun mánweorca tóme lifgan and tíres blǽd écne ágan (cf. the man farid imu an giwald Godes tionono tómig, Hél. 2490), Exon. Th. 74, 26; Cri. 1212. Tome saule (animam inanem) he filled with fode, Ps. 106, 9.