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bæc

(n.)
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On ðæt heówbec; andlang heówbeces, C. D. iii. 135, 16. On ðæt heówbæc; of ðám heówbæce, v. 358, 22. On ðæt bec; ðonne andlang ðæs becæs; of ðǽm bæce . . . tó ðám eástran bæce; ðonne andlang bæces, 207, 16-20.

þigen

(n.)
Grammar
þigen, e; f.

the taking of food ⬩ partaking, eating or drinking ⬩ what is taken, food, meat or drink

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Ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý and seó hǽte ðære þigene oferslegen ut digesti surgant, R. Ben. 32, 14. Ne sý him nánre óðere þigene getíðod let him have no other food given him, 69, 21. Werede ðigene nectareum edulium, Hpt. Gl. 413, 38.

Linked entry: þín

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge

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Ic Ælfréd West-Seaxna cyning eallum mínum witum ðás geeówde, and hié ðá cwǽdon, ðæt him ðæt lícode eallum tó healdenne, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 28.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Ðá cwæþ se cing ðæt hé nolde ðæt ðæt land mid ealle út aseald wǽre, ac ðæt ðæt land eft intó ðære hálgan stówe ágifen wǽre, 300, 13-33- Ofgán tó rihtan gafole to hold at a fair rent, 355, 23: 478, 21. Ofgán land wið gersumen, 587, 7.

Linked entry: of-eode

stǽr

(n.)
Grammar
stǽr, stér, steór, es; n.
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Ðæt getæl ðæs hálgan stǽres and spelles ... Song hé eall ðæt stǽr Genesis illum seriem sacrae historiae ... Canebat de tota Genesis historia, 4, 24; S. 598, 5-10. In ðyssum úrum stǽre, 4, 30; S. 609, 33.

wiþer-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-sæc, es; n.

striving ⬩ opposition ⬩ contradiction ⬩ denial ⬩ apostasy ⬩ recusancy

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Heó worda gehwæs wiðersæc fremedon, ðæt heó frignan ongan; cwǽdon ðæt heó on aldre áwiht swylces ne ǽr ne síð ǽfre hýrdon, Elen.

bleoh

Grammar
bleoh, (bleóh?).

colour ⬩ form

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Add: colour Ðæt bleoh ðæs iacintes . . . carbuncules blioh, Past. 411, 28, 32. Híwes, bleós coloris, An. Ox. 529. Ꝥ heó (Iris Illyrica) þone heofonlican bogan mid hyre bleoge efenlǽce, Lch. i. 284, 15.

scylf

(n.)
Grammar
scylf, scylp, es; m.

a peak ⬩ crag ⬩ tor ⬩ a turret ⬩ tower ⬩ pinnacle

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Gl. 421, 43. a turret, tower, pinnacle Se deófol gesette hine uppan ðam scylfe ðæs heágan temples, Homl. Th. i. 166, 17: 170, 1. Wé biddaþ ðæt ðú ástíge tó ðam sticelan scylfe . . .

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Having power ⬩ powerful ⬩ strong

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Ðæt ðæt gesceád beó wylldre ðonne seó yfele gewilnung, Basil admn. 3; Norm. 40, 3. Útancumene men beóð wildran ðonne gé and eów genyðriaþ advena ascendet super te eritque sublimior; tu autem descendes et eris inferior Deut. 28, 43.

ná

(adv.)
Grammar
ná, <b>, nó;</b> adv.

No ⬩ not ⬩ non

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Nó ðæt ðín aldor wolde Godes goldfatu in gylp beran, ne ðý hraðor hrémde ... ac ðæt oftor gecwæþ . . . ðæt hé wǽre ána Drihten, Cd. Th. 263. 34; Dan. 754. Nó seoððan ðæt hí mósten in ðone écan andwlítan, 288, 8; Sat. 377 : 304, 23; Sat. 634.

Linked entries: ne nó

mann-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
mann-sliht, -slieht, -slæht, -sleht, es; m.

Manslaughter ⬩ homicide ⬩ murder

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Ðǽr wǽron swá micle monslihtas on ǽgðere healfe ðæt hié mon bebyrgan ne mehte inhumatas strages reliquit, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 176, 30. Ungetíma ǽgder ge on monslehtum ge on hungre, 1, 11; Swt. 50, 19: Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 18

sype

(n.)
Grammar
sype, es; m.

Suction

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Suction Seó eorþe ðæt wæter helt and be sumum dǽle swilgþ, and for ðam sype heó biþ geleht, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 6: Met. 20, 97. Similar entries v. Cf. súpan, and next word

mǽr-heg

Grammar
mǽr-heg, l. -hege,
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Ollonc þæs gemǽreheges (cf. gemǽrheges, 1) onbútan Hreódlége; ðæt swá on þone mǽrhege ðe sceót tó ðǽre hálgan ǽc, vi. 234, 12 : v. 126, 26

un-writen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-writen, adj.

Unwritten

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Unwritten Ne lét ic ðæt unwriten, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 26. Hí for heora slǽwþe forléton unwriten ðara monna þeáwas and heora dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 34

Linked entry: un-gewriten

on-worpenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-worpenness, e; f.

An injection; fig. of a feeling which has been inspired

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An injection; fig. of a feeling which has been inspired Ðá ic getihtode bi ðære gítsunge onworpennesse and ðá wæs ic gesprecende ðone man and sécende wæs ðæs þinges cúðnesse æt him, Shrn. 36, 19

swíþmódness

(n.)
Grammar
swíþmódness, e; f.

Greatness of soul, magnanimity

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Greatness of soul, magnanimity Be sigerfestnisse and swíþmódnísse úses Drihtnes mid ðǽm hé ða hǽþnan ofercom, Anglia xi. 173, 12. Ne mágon hý ðære tungan gerecnisse ne hire mægnes swíðmódnisse áspyrian, Salm. Kmbl. 150, 4

Linked entry: swíþ-mód

scericge

(n.)
Grammar
scericge, an; f.

An actress

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An actress Sc̃a Pilagia wæs ǽryst mima in Antiochia ðære ceastre, ðæt is scericge (scéwicge (?) cf. sceáwere scurra; or scernicge (?), cf. O. H. Ger.scern scurrilitas, spectaculum; scernari scurra, histrio) on úrum geþeóde, Shrn. 140, 11

heóre

(adj.)
Grammar
heóre, hýre; adj.

Gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ pleasant

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Ðǽr se hýra gæst þíhþ an þeáwum where the gentle spirit thrives in morals, Exon. 38 a; Th. 126, 9; Gú. 368

wiþer-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cwide, es; m.

Resistance ⬩ opposition ⬩ contest

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Ðǽr hí wiðercwyde wæteres hæfdon ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Th. 105, 25. Ic on unriht lócade and wiðercwyda wearn gehýrde vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem, 54, 8

cyne-bearn

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Add: a prince Ðǽr sitte sum cynebearn, Sal. K. p. 85, 38: Lch. iii. 166, 28. Siððan ríxadon West-Seaxna cyne*-*barn (-béarn, v. l. ) of þám dæge, Chr. 519; P. 17, 3.