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nán-wiht

(n.; adv.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nán-wiht, nán-uht.

nothingnothingnot at allno whit

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Hé nánwuht ealles ( nothing at all ) næbbe ymbe tó sorgienne, 11, 1; Fox 32, 12. Hié hiora nánwuht ongiotan ne meahton, Past. Swt. 5, 12. Ðone ðe ðú nánwiht yfles on nystest, Blickl. Homl. 85, 36.

Linked entries: nǽnig-wiht nǽniht

firding

Grammar
firding, (-ung).

military servicefightingmarchingan expeditionmilitiatroopsarmamentmilitary forces

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Eal seó fyrding tóhwearf all the troops dispersed, 1094; P. 229, 30. Sende se cyning heretogan mid mycelre fyrdinge, Hml. A. 103, 46: 104, 55. 'Hæbbe hé mid him tó þǽre fyrdincge Jóhannem and Paulum . . . ' Se heretoga férde mid þǽre fyrdiucge, Hml.

on-secgan

(v.)

to sacrifice, offerto deny, renounce, abjure

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Alf. pol. 14; Th. i. 70, 15

ǽ

(int.)

alas!

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alas! Ǽ, Hy. 1, 1. = eá, Lamb, MS. fol. 183b, line 11

blód-geótend

(n.)
Grammar
blód-geótend, es; m.
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A shedder of blood Álés mé of blódgeótendum, Ps. L. 50, 16

fǽr-stylt

(n.)

amazementstupor

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amazement, stupor Feerstylt forgráp alle stupor appraehendit omnes, Lk. L. 5, 26

Linked entry: stylt

heardlicness

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The Latin of the passage is: Alii asperitatem vitae ipsius disputabant. Add:

ge-lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícettan, p. te.
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to imitate Gelíccetton simulare (gestit simulare sui perpendicula patris, Ald. 158, 4), Wrt.

Linked entry: ge-liccettan

fóre-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-áþ, fór-áþ, es; m.

A fore-oathan oath first takenantejūrāmentumpræjūrāmentumpræjūrātio

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Alf. pol. 33; Th. i. 82, 7. Ofgá his spræce mid fóráþe let him begin his suit with a fore-oath, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 31: L. Ath. iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 16.

Linked entry: fór-áþ

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

daga

(n.)
Grammar
daga, an; m.

A day dies

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A day; dies,-found in the compound word án-daga, q. v; also

eów

(int.)
Grammar
eów, interj.

Wo! alas! væ! heu! — Eów me!heu mihi!

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alas! væ! heu! — Eów me! heu mihi! Ps. Spl. T. 119, 5

Linked entry: euwá

sulh-ælmesse

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-ælmesse, an; f.
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Plough-alms, a contribution of one penny to be paid for every sulh

Linked entry: ælmesse

a-cwellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cwellan, p. -cwealde; pp. -cweald

To killdestroyinterficerenecare

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Ðá ðe égor-here eorþan tuddor eall acwealde when the water-host destroyed all the progeny of earth. Cd. 69; Th. 84, 25; Gen. 1403. Wíges heard wyrm acwealde the bold one in battle slew the worm, the dragon, Beo. Th. 1777; B. 886.

Linked entries: a-cwalde a-cwealde

ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
ǽdre, ǽddre, édre, an; f; ǽdr, e; f.

An arterya veinfountainriverarteriavenafonsrivusa nervesinewkidneynervusren

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Ðá for ðam cýle him gescuncan ealle ǽdra then all his sinews shrank because of the cold, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 39

BEARD

(n.)
Grammar
BEARD, es; m.

a BEARDbarba

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Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 8

cancer

(n.)
Grammar
cancer, gen. cancres;
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Ealne ðone bíte ðæs cancres heó afeormaþ it clears away all the pain [bite] of the cancer, 167, 3; Lchdm. i. 296, 22. Wið cancre, nim gáte geallanand hunig against cancer, take goat's gall and honey, L.

cassuc

(n.)
Grammar
cassuc, cassoc, e; f. Hassock, hassock-grass, rushes, sedge or coarse grass; aira cæspitosa carex paniculata, Lin
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Dó in gléde finol and cassuc and récels: bærn eal tosomne put fennel and hassock and incense upon a fire: burn all together, iii. 56, 5: L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 30: 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 350, 6: 3, 64; Lchdm. ii. 353, 13. Weorc Cristes [MS.

Linked entry: cassoc

cyperen

(adj.)
Grammar
cyperen, adj.

Coppery, belonging to copper æreus

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Gemultan ealle ða anlícnessa togædere, ðe ðǽr binnan wǽrah, ge gyldene, ge sylfrene, ge ǽrene, ge cyperene all the statues, which were in it, of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of copper, were melted together, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 101, 22.

dæg-hwamlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-hwamlíc, dæg-hwomlíc; def. sedæg-líca, seó, ðæt dæg-líce; adj.

Daily diurnus, quotidianus

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Daily; diurnus, quotidianus Hit ealle beorhtnysse dæghwamlíces leóhtes ofer-swýðde it overshone all the brightness of the daily light, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 20. Syle us to-dæg úrne dæghwamlícan hláf panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, Lk.

Linked entry: dæg-hwomlíc