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stræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc-líc, adj.

Rigorous, strict, severe

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Rigorous, strict, severe Gif hié ne beóþ gebundne mid stræclíce láreówdóme si hanc districtionis severitas non coarctat, Past. 17, 9; Swt. 123, 17. Streclícere hǽse rigido imperio, Hpt. Gl. 437, 4

Linked entry: strec-líc

á-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwǽr, -hwár, -hwér, -wér; adv. [á always, ever, every; hwǽr where] .

everywhere ⬩ somewhere ⬩ anywhere ⬩ uspiam ⬩ alicubi ⬩ usquequaque ⬩ in any wise ⬩ quoquo modo

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everywhere, somewhere, anywhere; uspiam, alicubi, usquequaque Ne mæg ic hine áhwǽr [ uspiam ] befleón, Ps. Th. 61, 6. Ne forlǽt ðú me áhwǽr eorþan, oððe ǽghwanan non me derelinquas usquequaque, Ps. Lamb. 118, 8: Ps.

þrístlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þrístlíce, þrístelíce; adv.

Boldly ⬩ confidently

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MS.) ne eahtigen admonendi sunt subditi, ne praepositorum suorum vitam temere judicent, Past. 28; Swt. 196, 1. Oft þeóf þrístlíce sorgleáse hæleð forféhð, Exon. Th. 54, 21; Cri. 872.

unriht-hǽman

(v.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽman, p. de

To cohabit unlawfully ⬩ to commit adultery or fornication

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Skt. 10, 12, Ne unrihthǽm ðú non adulteris, l0, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 208, 15. Ne unrihthǽme ðú non moechaberis, Deut. 5, 18: Mt. Kmbl. 5, 27. Fram unrihthǽmendum mæssepreóste a fornicante presbytero, L. Ecg. C. 17, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 29

árfæstnes

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Ongeán þǽre árfæstnysse hé sylð árleásnysse, þæt hé ne árige his underþeóddum ne his gelícum, Wlfst. 59, 16

án-setla

(n.)
Grammar
án-setla, an; m.
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Feórþe cyn is þára þe hý under leásum híwe ánsetlan teliaþ . . . ne wyrþ nǽfre fulfremed sé þe on þus níwan anginne ánsetla beón wile . . . Nán man ne dear for árwyrðnesse þæs ánsetlan leahtras tǽlan, R. Ben. 134, 22 — 135, 18

ge-nípan

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Exod. 454' substitute Him ongén genáp atol ýða gewealc: ne þǽr ǽnig becwóm herges tó háme the horrid waves grew dark as they rolled on to meet them; not one of that host got back to his home, Exod. 454.

ge-stihtung

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Ðæt wille ic gecýþan, þæt þá rícu of nánes monnes mihtum swá gecræftgode ne wurdou, ne for nánre wyrde, buton from Godes gestihtunge ut omnia haec Dei judiciis disposita, non autem humanis viribus, aut incertis casibus accidisse perdoceam, Ors. 2, l ;

ge-þeówian

(v.)
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Ben. 111, 2. to reduce to servitude Ne ǽnig man óðerne on unriht ne geþeówige, Wlfst. 70, 6. Halwun freóde Hægelflǽde hire wimman ... Críst him wurðe wráð þe hí hǽfre geþýwie, Cht. E. 253, 17.

tó-sleán

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Add Ne þúhte þæs tweó ꝥ gif ꝥ stánclif feólle, ꝥ hit ne tóslóge ꝥ scræf ( specum destrueret ), Gr. D. 213, 21. Syndon hús tóslægene (-slag-) eversae domus, 134, 8. Add Hé tóslóh (tóbræc, v.l.) þá locu þǽre cyste claustra arcae comminuit, Gr.

ge-ǽbiligan

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Ic hálsige þé ꝥ þú ne beó geǽbylged ongén þíne þeówene, Hml. S. 30, 349. Add

swebban

(v.)
Grammar
swebban, p. swefde, swefede; pp. swefed.

to send to sleep, lull ⬩ of the sleep of death, to put to death, kill ⬩ o send to sleep, to cause to die ⬩ to lull, assuage.

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Ne móton wyt wrecan torn Godes, swebban synnig cynn, Cd. Th. 152, 35 ; Gen. 2531

Linked entry: swefan

lange

(adv.)
Grammar
lange, adv.

Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far

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Ná leng heó ne gebád ðonne hit dæg wás she waited only till it was day, Apol. Th. 19, 2. Ðone aldormon ðe him lengest wunode the alderman that stopped with him longest, Chr. 755; Erl, 48, 21

Linked entries: lencg leng

tyslian

(v.)
Grammar
tyslian, p. ode

To dress

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Voc. ii. 127, 13) neck and darkened (by hair falling over the eyes?) eyes.

Linked entry: tyslung

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To mean ⬩ to intend to convey a certain sense ⬩ to intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement ⬩ to mean ⬩ purpose ⬩ have as an object to which the mind is directed ⬩ intend ⬩ to signify ⬩ have a certain signification or purpose

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MS. mænþ) if he does none of these, then he does not know what he means, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 28. Ðá ongon hé sprecan swíðe feorran ymbútan swilce hé ná ða sprǽce ne mǽnde, 39, 5; Fox 218, 12.

Linked entries: ge-mǽnan ge-mǽnan

hrace

(n.)
Grammar
hrace, an; f: hraca, an; m.

The throat

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Ne hí on hracan áwiht hlúde ne cleopiaþ non clamabunt in gutture suo, Ps. Th. 134, 19. Ne him gást on hracan eardaþ neque est spiritus in ore eorum, 113, 16. Swille ða hracan let him swill the throat, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 27.

á-nídan

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Þú áníddest ús repulisti nos, Ps. Spl. 43, 11. Ne ánýd þú ne repellas, 26. with adverb Ic út ánýde elimino, foras ejicio, expello, Wrt. Voc. ii.143, 7. Heó út ánýdeþ þá untrumnysse, Lch. i. 202, 8: 248, 14.

Linked entry: á-nýdan

ece

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Nis þǽr ( in heaven ) ǽnig sár geméted, ne ádl, ne ece, Bl. H. 25, 30. Heora sina forscruncon . . . ꝥ hí hrýmdon for ece, Hml. S. 35, 318. Hé biþ ece hál, Lch. ii. 308, 2. Manig man hæfþ micelne ece on his eágum, Lch. ii. 32, 4. Wiþ bánece . . .

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, <b>.
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Ðæt hé hine selfne ne forlǽte, ðǽr hé óðerra freónda tilige ne proximos juvando se deserat, Past. 463, 4. add: to strive for Wá ðám mannum þe eorðlicum spédum tiliað and strýnað, Verc. Först. 120, 16. <b>VII 1.

ge-dwelian

(v.)

To go astray, err, make mistake with gen. of matter mistaken ⬩ To lead astray.

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Ne mæg nán man þæs gedwæligan aeque novi. Nom in utroque nihil fallor, Solil. H. 21, 11. trans.