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deád-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
deád-líc, def. se deád-líca, seó, ðæt deád-líce; adj.

DEADLY, mortal mortālis, morticīnus

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We onlybbaþ on ðisum deádlícum lífe we live in this deadly life, 30, 12. Deádlíce morticīnas, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 145, 23

for-pǽran

(v.)
Grammar
for-pǽran, p. de; pp. ed

To turn awaypervertruindestroypervertĕreperdĕre

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Gif we us sylfe ne forpǽraþ if we do not destroy ourselves, Homl. Th. i. 216, 9: ii. 50, 5. Adam us forpǽrde þurh ánes æpples þigene Adam ruined us by the eating of an apple, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 32.

Linked entry: a-pǽran

mæðtel-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
mæðtel-cwide, es; m.

Discourseconverse

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Ðonne on geflitum sǽton meðelcwidas mengdon when we sat in discussion, and now one, now another spoke, Salm. Kmbl. 865; Sal. 432

ge-beótian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beótian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, beotian, II. to boast, vow, promise]

To promise in a boastful mannerto vowglōriōse pollĭcēri

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Wit gebeótedon, ðæt wit on gársecg út aldrum néðdon we two vowed that we would venture our lives out on the ocean, Beo. Th. 1076; B. 536 : 964; B. 480

Linked entry: beótian

ge-emnettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-emnettan, -emnittan, -emnyttan; p. te; pp. ed

To make even or levelcompareæquāreexæquāre

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Gif we úre unþeáwas geemnettaþ be his hǽsum if we level our vices by his commands, Homl. Th. ii. 316, 1. Heó hí sylfe to hwelpum geemnette she compared herself to the whelps, 114, 10. Geemnittan exæquāre, Scint. 9.

Linked entries: ge-ymnyttan ge-efnettan

wóhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wóhlíce, adv.

Wronglyunjustlyperverselywickedly

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Nú dó swýðe wólíce, gif ne wurðiaþ God, 13, 180: 17, 233 : Wulfst. 105, 9 : Homl. Ass. 29, 264: 102, 6

bissextus

(n.)
Grammar
bissextus, gen. bissexte

leap-year

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Þá tída maciað ǽfre ymbe ꝥ feórðe geár þone dæg and þá niht þe hátað bissextum, Lch. iii. 246, 14

Linked entry: bises

firlen

(adj.)
Grammar
firlen, adj.

at a distance

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cómon of fyrlenum lande (de terra longinqua), Jos. 9, 6. wǽron swíðe fyrlyne, ǽgðer ge stðwlíce ge ðurh uncýððe, Hml. Th. i. 106, 21. Him onbugon þá fyrlenan norð-menn, Hml. S. 29, 177. Tó fyrlenum landum, Hml. A. 106, 132: Jos.

Linked entries: feorlen fyrlen

myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
myndgian, <b>. II.</b>
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magon beón suá nyttran æt him, gif hié myndgiað hira gódna weorca utilius apud illos proficimus, si et eorum bene gesta memoramus, Past. 211, 21.

gyrdel

(n.)
Grammar
gyrdel, es; m.

A GIRDLE, beltzonepursecingulum

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We hátaþ on léden quinque zonas ðæt synd fíf gyrdlas we call them in Latin quinque zonas, that is five girdles, Lchdm. iii. 260, 20. Him bebeád ðæt hí ne námon feoh on heora gyrdlum præcepit ne tollerent in zona æs, Mk. Skt. 6, 8

Linked entries: BELT gerdel gyrdels

ófostlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ófostlíce, adv.

Hastily, speedily, in haste

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Éfstende sceolon etan úre eásterlícan blisse, and ófstlíce sceolon Godes bebodu healdan, Anglia viii. 323, 36: Cd. Th. 150, 6; Gen. 2487. Ófostlícor, Exon. Th. 17, 18; Cri. 272

á-werian

(v.)

to defend against attackto protect from hurtsecure

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Hié þá ceastre áweredon, 885; P. 78, 12: Ors. 4, 13; S. 210, 33. to protect from hurt, secure áweriað ús mid þǽre segene, áweriað eów mid þǽre láre fremminge, Hml. Th. ii. 402, 26. willað áwerian ús, Ll.

Linked entries: werian eald-a-wered

blód

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Wer blóda vir sanguinum, Ps. L. 5, 8: Ps. Spl. 25, 9. Handa mid manna blódum befýlede, Angl. xi. 113, 36. Add

for-gangan

(v.)

to forgoabstain from

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Forgange ꝥ wíf hire wer abstineat se mulier a marito suo, 154, 2. Hé sceal fæstan tó nónes, and forgange (forgán, v. l.) flǽsc and wín jejunare debet ad nonam, et abstinere se a carne et vino, 134, 20

Linked entry: for-gán

ge-hirdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hirdan, p. de.
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in a physical sense, to harden, temper metal Hé ( the goldsmith ) gehyrdeð and gehyrsteð wel, Vy. 74. Gesmyrede and gehyrde lita (cf. átre gemǽled lita (veneno spicula), 96, 69, and see áhyrded, B. 1460), Wrt.

Linked entry: ge-hyrdan

on-tydran

(v.)

to nourish, support

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ðonne is wén, swá micle swíðor swá hé þencþ ðæt hé hit ádwæsce, ðæt hé hit swá micle swíðor ontydre pax ista an incentivum malorum fuit? stillicidium illud olei, in medium magnae flammae cadens exstinxit fomitem tanti ignis, an aluit?

fyrr

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrr, adv. [comp. of feor; adv. far, q.v.]

Fartherultĕriuslongius

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Farther; ultĕrius, longius We usse gesihþ fyrr upp ahófan longius vīsum lĕvāvĭmus, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 32: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 3, 11; Lchdm. iii. 236, 9: Cd. 122; Th. 156, 23; Gen. 2593

Linked entry: feor

níd-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þeów, es; m.

A slavethrall

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A slave, thrall ðé, Hǽlend, biddaþ ðæt ðú gehýre hæfta stefne ðínra niédþiówa, Exon. Th. 22, 33; Cri. 361. Ne derige se hláford his mannum, ne forðan his nýdþeówan, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 3

dál-mǽd

(n.)
Grammar
dál-mǽd, (w)e; f.
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Meadow-land held in common and divided into doles or shares among the holders Gebirað se fífta æcer ðǽre dálmǽd*-*we tó ðǽre híde, C. D. iii. 260, 3. [v. N. E. D. dole-meadow.] Cf. gedál-land

práfost-scír

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þá synderlíce práuost hátað þe under óðrum ealdrum þǽre práuostscýre gýmað (prioratus curam gerunt), Chrd. 52, 15. Add