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of-lysted

(v.; part.)
Grammar
of-lysted, -lyst; part.

Possessed with a very strong desire, very desirous for

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Ðá wæs swýðe oflysted ðæt ðæs eádigan weres blód águte he was possessed with a very strong desire to shed the holy man's blood Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 44, 22. Ða ðe sind oflyste rihtwísnysse, Homl. Th. i. 204, 1: Exon. Th. 464, 3; . 81

Cridian tún

(n.)
Grammar
Cridian tún, es; m. [tún a town:
  • Flor.
Cridiatun]

CREDITONDevonshire oppidi nomen in agro Devoniensi

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bisceop, and he wilnode ðæt his lícræst sceolde beón æt Cridian túne, æt his bisceopstóle in this year [A.

á-spanan

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Wæs ásponen (-sponnen, -spannen, v. ll.) of Kent fram Willferðe invitatus de Cantia a Wilfrido, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 346, 1. ¶ without object út gewende and him þá tó áspeón þet heafde .xx. scipa, Chr. 1009;P. 138, 18. Add

lang-fǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-fǽre, adj.

Lastingenduringold

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On langfǽre ylde bet déþ at an advanced age he will do better, Lchdm. iii. 188, 26. Eác ða treówa ðe beóþ áheáwene on fullum mónan beóþ heardran wið wyrmǽtan and lengfǽrran [langferran, MS. L.], 268, 10.

Linked entries: leng-fǽrra -fǽre

ge-staðelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-staðelian, -staðolian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [staðelian to found, establish]

To foundestablishbuilderectplacesettlestrengthenconfirmfortifyrepairrestorefundārestăbĭlīreædĭfĭcārecollŏcārelŏcareconfortāreconfirmārerestaurāre

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Ðú ná gestaðolast non ædĭfĭcābis eos, Ps. Lamb. 27, 5: Mt. Bos. 18, 15. Meotud him ðæt mód gestaðelaþ the Creator strengthens his mind, Exon. 83 a; Th. 312, 11; Seef. 108.

Linked entry: ge-staðolian

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp. swicen.
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Nóhwæðere ælmihtig ealra wolde Adam and Euan árna ofteón ðeáh ðe him from swice although he had withdrawn his favour from them (perhaps = hié and swice is plural though they had turned from him, 58, 31; Gen. 954. to desist from (dat. or prep.),

Linked entry: be-swicenness

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Ðæt his mód wite, ðæt migtigra wíte wealdeþ, þonne him wið mæge ( one too mighty for him to prevail against ), Cd. Th. 249, 1; Dan. 523.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

for-ðí

(con.)
Grammar
for-ðí, for-ðí-ðe; conj.

For thatforbecausethereforequiaquŏniamĭtăque

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For that, for, because, therefore; quia, quŏniam, ĭtăque Ná forðíðe heó of Moyse sý non quia ex Moyse est, Jn. Bos. 7, 22: Ps. Lamb. 77, 22. Forðiðe he slóh stán quŏniam percussit petram, Ps. Lamb. 77, 20

pilece

(n.)
Grammar
pilece, an; f.
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Hwí worhte God pylcan Adame and Eve æfter ðam gylte? Ðæt geswutelode mid ðám deádum fellum ðæt wǽron ðá deádlíce, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 28

Linked entry: pylece

felasprecol-ness

(n.)
Grammar
felasprecol-ness, e; f.

Loquacity

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Hwanne besmát hine seó scyld þǽre fealasprecolnesse? oþþe sceþede hine seó synn þǽre swígunge?, Bl. H. 169, 5. Sé þe hatað felaspeculnysse, ácwencð yfelnysse, Scint. 79, 9

mynster-clúse

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-clúse, an; f.
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A cloister, monastery, convent His gemæccean mynecyna mynsterclúsan swá unearges mid gewunan hyrdes heó bewerude swýþe wǽrlíce (Edgar) bebeád coniugi suę sanctimonialium mandras [mandra monasterium, Migne] ut impauidi more custodis defenderet cautissime

Linked entry: clúse

hlét

(n.)
Grammar
hlét, hliét, es; m.

A lot;sors

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Be hléte, sorte Hpt. Gl. 426, hæfþ oferstigene mid ðam hliéte his anwaldes quos sorte potestatis excesserit, Past. 17, 3; Swt. 111, 16

Linked entries: efen-hleta hlot

weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
weorpan, (wurpan, wyrpan); p. wearp, pl. wurpon; pp. worpen.
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wearp lósép on cweartern, Gen. 39, 20: Cd. Th. 20, 7 ; Gen. 304. wearp hine on ðæt morðer innan, 22, 18; Gen. 342. wearp hine of ðan heán stóle, 19, 33; Gen. 300. wearp hineon wyrmes líc, 31, 26; Gen. 491.

Linked entries: worpian wurpan

éfestan

(v.)
Grammar
éfestan, to éfestanne; p. éfeste. pl. éfeston; impert. éfest. pl. éfestaþ; pp. éfested

To hasten, make haste, be quickpropĕrāre, concurrĕre, festīnāre

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He éfeste norþweard he hastened northward, Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 10. to ðam dweoligendum lǽcedómum deófolgylde éfeston and scyndon ad errātĭca idolatriæ medicāmĭna concurrēbant. Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 7.

from-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
from-weard, adj.

From-wardturned from or awaydepartingabout to departaversusabĭtūrusmorĭtūrus

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him, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 24.

Linked entries: fram-weard fram-weard

mægden-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-ǽw, e; f.

Marriage with a virgin

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he take a maiden to wife, and let him have her afterwards and no other while she lives, L.

drepan

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wearð drepen in þá sceare percussus in inguine, 324, 14. wæs in feorh dropen, B. 2981. On gemynd drepen stupefied, Gen. 1571. Add

ge-fleard

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Micle betere is ǽlcum crístenum men þæt náne wæccan æt cyrican næbbe, þonne þǽr wacyge mid ǽnigan geflearde, Wlfst. 279, 13. Beón ( bishops ) á ymbe wísdóm, and ǽghwylc gefleard unwyrð lǽtan, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 27.

mæsse-steall

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-steall, es; m.
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'þæt is mid clǽne ælmessan and mid leóhte tó úrum ciricean and tó úrum mæssesteallum, Nap, 43. pápa hét hine mæssian at S. Petres weófode, Ch. 995; P. 130, 28. stód æt ðám weófode swylce wolde mæssian, Hml. S. 21, 355

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, es; m.
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Gif man lǽt ǽnne þeóf tó slege . . . nolde syllan ealle his ǽhta . . . wið þan þe libban móste?, Hml. S. 12, 116. add: a stake Slegeas sudes, Lch. i. lxxi, 3