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un-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-friþ, es; n.

absence of peacehostilitiesthe state of being out of the king's peace

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Hié ne dorston forþ bí ðære eá siglan for unfriþe; for ðæm ðæt land wæs eall gebún on óþre healfe ðære eás they durst not sail on past the river for fear of being attacked; for the land was all cultivated on the other side of the river, Ors. 1, 1; Swt

wyrt-wala

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-wala, an; m.: -walu, e; f.
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On heáfdbeorh; ðonne on wyrtwalan on ðæs hagan ende . . . ; andlang herpaðes tó ðære efise, ðonon eft on wyrtwalen, v. 300, 8-13

CÝF

(n.)
Grammar
CÝF, e; f:cýfe , an; f.

A vessel, vat, cask, bushel dolium, modius

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Stód ðǽr án æmtig cýf an empty cask stood there, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 34. Cýfe dolium, Wrt. Voc. 83, 25. 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

Ine

(n.)
Grammar
Ine, es ; m.
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Hér Ine férde tó Róme and ðǽr his feorh gesealde, 728 [726, MS E] ; Erl. 44, 33. Ine wæs Cénréding. pref; Ert. 4, 10. The laws of Ine are given in Thorpe's Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, vol. i. pp. 102-150

Linked entry: Cénréd

ge-warnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-warnian, p. ode; pp. od

To warn

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Ðá gewarnode man hí ðæt ðǽr wæs fyrd æt Lundene then they had notice that there was a force at London, Chr. 1009; Erl. 143, 12. Ðá wearþ Godwine gewarnod then was earl Godwin warned, 1052; Erl. 183, 2.

stæþ-hlípe

(adj.)
Grammar
stæþ-hlípe, adj.
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[wæs] dǽr hí gongan [sceoldon] ǽr ðon hié gerýmdon ðone upgang and geworhtan they could not pass the cave, so steep was it where they had to go, before they had cleared and constructed the ascent, Blickl. Homl. 201, 16. v. next word

Linked entries: swæð-hlýpe -hlípe

wæter-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-fæt, es; n.

A vessel for water, a water-pot

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Ðǽr wǽron áset six stǽnene wæterfatu (hydriae), 2, 6 : Homl. Th. ii. 56, 5, 21. Ðá six wæterfatu getácnodon six ylda ðyssere worulde, 58, 1. Ðá hira wæterfatu fulle wǽron impletis canalibus, Ex. 2, 16

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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Seó stów on ðære ðe ðu ðæt fægereste weorud on geóguþhádnesse gesáwe scínan and wynsumian locus iste in quo pulcherrimam hanc juventutem jocundari ac fulgere conspicis , 5, 12; S. 630, 15.

LÓCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÓCIAN, p. ode

To LOOKseegazeobserveregardtake heedlook (to)belongpertain

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Ealles ðæs ðe mé ðǽr tó lócaþ all that there belongs to me, Chart. Th. 542, 11. Ðás ii béc lóciaþ intó Ryppel, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 19, 22 : 256, 31.

Linked entries: lóc

án-lípig

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípig, -lýpig; adj. [án one; hlíp, hlýp]

Going alonesolitaryprivatesingularalonesolitariusprivatussingularissolustantus

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Going alone, solitary, private, singular, alone; solitarius, privatus, singularis, solus, tantus Se ðá ánlýpig [MS. ánlýpi] awunode on syndrige stówe fram ðære cyricean qui tum in remotiore ab ecclesia loco solitarius manebat, Bd. 4, 30; S. 609, 1.

CWELAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWELAN, ic cwele, ðú cwilst, he cwelþ, cwilþ, cwylþ, pl. cwelaþ; p. cwæl, pl. cwælon; pp. cwolen

To die mori

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L.] ǽlc eorþlíc líchama gyf he byþ ðære lyfte bedǽled as fishes die if they are out of water, so also every earthly body dies if it be deprived of the air, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl. science 17, 9-11; Lchdm. iii. 272, 25, and note 36

for-gifenlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
for-gifenlíc, -gifendlíc, -gyfendlíc, -gyfenlíc; comp. m. ra; f. n. re; sup. ost; adj.

givingdativegivingdătīvusforgivingpardonablebearableremissustolerābĭlis

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Gr. 7; Som. 6, 19. forgiving, pardonable, bearable; remissus, tolerābĭlis Ic eów secge, ðæt Sodom-warum, on ðam dæge, biþ forgifenlícre ðonne ðære ceastre dīco vōbis, quia Sŏdŏmis, in die illa, remissius ĕrit quam illi cīvĭtāti, Lk. Bos. 10, 12

Linked entry: for-gyfendlíc

medum-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
medum-líce, adv.

moderatelyin a small degreeimperfectlyworthilyfitlykindly

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Wé cunnon ðære leóde gereord, ná medemlíce ac fulfremedlíce, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 3. worthily, fitly, kindly Similar entries (cf. mǽþ-líce, medum-ness) Hí nemágon medomlíce (Cott.

sellend

(n.)
Grammar
sellend, es
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Hihton hí on God, ðæra góda syllend. Homl. Th. ii. 328, Hé lufaþ ðone glædan syllend, 212, 9. a betrayer Se sellend his traditor ejus, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 44

Linked entry: syllend

un-tódǽledlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tódǽledlíc, adj.

Indivisibleinseparable

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Ðære Hálgan Ðrynnysse weorc is ǽfre untódǽledlíc, 498, 35. Littera is se læsta dǽl on bócum and, untódǽledlíc ... beóð ða stafas unóödǽledlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Zup. 4, 19-5, 3.

un-sidu

(n.)
Grammar
un-sidu, a; m.

A bad habitvicious custommal-practice

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A bad habit, vicious custom, mal-practice Sóð is ðæt ic secge, árǽre man unlaga on lande oððe unsida lufige tó swíðe, ðæt cymð ðære þeóde tó unþearfe, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 8.

un-sprecende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sprecende, adj.

Not speakingunable to speakwithout speechspeechless

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Hé ( Christ in Simeon's arms ) ðá gyt on ðære menniscnysse unsprecende wǽre, Homl. Th. i. 142, 26. Fǽringa sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen, and þurhwunode swá unsprecende, Chr. 1053; Erl. 186, 23. Unsprecende forneán almost speechless, Homl.

Linked entry: sprecende

á-flówan

Grammar
á-flówan, Add: pp. -flówen (-flógen?)
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To flow away Ðonne áfléwð ðæt sár of ðǽre wunde mid ðý wormse, Past. 259, l. Seó wæterádl út áflóweð, Lch. i. 364, 20. ꝥ Ne áflówan ne effluant , Kent. Gl. 47. Eal his mód bioð áflówen (áflógen [or? -flogen from -fleón or -fleógan], Hatt.

ceás

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ceás, e; f.
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Hié oncúðon hiene for ðǽre ceáse, 355, 16. For úre ceáse ex nostra increpatione, 23

Linked entry: ceást

cyne-hláford

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Ærest his cynehláforde ǽnne beáh . . . and ðǽre hlǽdigan ǽnne beáh, ii. 380, 25. Him láð nǽre ꝥ hí ongeán heora cynehláford standan sceoldan, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 16. Se Pontisca Pilatus grét his cynehláford Claudium, Nic. 19, 36. Add