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open-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
open-líce, adv.

Openly ⬩ publicly, in a way by which not a few only are affected ⬩ without concealment, without reserve, freely ⬩ plainly, evidently, clearly, manifestly ⬩ without obstruction, at large

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Wæs ðis ðara wundra ǽrest ðe ðes eádiga wer openlíce beforan óðrum mannum geworhte, 219, 3 : Homl. Th. i. 58, 15. Hé funde áne tabulan eall áwritene and hí openlíce rǽdde ( read it out to the bystanders). Homl.

tó-dál

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dál, -dǽl, es; n.

Division. ⬩ a dividing into parts, ⬩ partition ⬩ separation ⬩ a part of a whole, ⬩ separate portion, ⬩ section ⬩ a mark which divides, ⬩ dividing-point ⬩ distinction, ⬩ difference ⬩ distribution ⬩ scattering, ⬩ dispersing ⬩ dissension, ⬩ want of union or peace, ⬩ discretion

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Micel tódál is betwux ðám gecyrredum mannum, Homl. Th. i. 398, 20: 48, 35. Tódáles differentiae, distantiae, Hpt. Gl. 439, l. Tódál distantiam, 438, 28. distribution, v. tó-dǽlan, VI. On rápincle tódáles (-dǽles, Ps.

Linked entry: tó-dǽl

hám

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.) :-- Fela sceal tó holdan hámes geréfan and tó gemetfæstan manna hyrde, Angl. ix. 265, 10. Þone hám æt Beccanleá . . . and æt Felhhamme and þá land þe þǽrtó hýran, Cht. Th. 489, 12-18 : 2: 9: 19.

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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Th. 138, 15. of physical health or strength, to give strength to, strengthen, v. trum, II a Hláf trymeþ heortan mannes panis cor hominis confirmat, Ps. Th. 103, 15.

Linked entries: trumme trymian trymmian fore-trymman tremian

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, ol, ul, sáwl, sául, sówhul, ¨ e; f.

The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature

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Ðæs mannes sáwl hæfþ on hire þreó þing, ðæt is, gemynd and andgit aad willa . . . Án sáwul is, and án líf and án edwist seó ðe hæfþ ðás þreó þing . . .

Linked entry: sáwel-leás

god-spell

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Acolitus candele byrð þonne mann godspell rǽt ... Diaconus godspell rǽt æt Godes þénungum, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 4-14: Vis. Lfc. 13. <b>III a.

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
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Kmbl. 2306 ; El. 1154. to narrate in verse, write Se scop sang, ðæt má manna fægnodon . . ., Bt. 30, tit. ; Fox xvi. 4. Sealmsceopas sungon and sægdon, ðæt se wolde cuman, Blickl. Homl. 105, 10.

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.
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Ðæt gáte hǽr getácnode ða stíþan dǽdbóte ðæra manna ðe heora sinna behreówsiaþ, Ælfc. Thw. 3, 36. Ðá ðá hí áxodon hú hé mihte swá stearce forhæfed*-*nysse healdan, hé andwyrde : 'Stíðran and wyrsan ic geseah,' Homl.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

ge-openian

(v.)
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Sié þára manna gehwám geopenad engla ríce, El. 1231. Hé betýnde his eágan þe lǽs þá cwelleras gesáwon ꝥ his eágan geopenode wǽron, Bl. H. 231, 13. <b>II a.

ge-endian

(v.)
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. ¶ líf geendian to die :-- Ǽghwylc þára manna þe his líf geendaþ on þyssum, Bl. H. 37, 4: 61, 2. Ðá ðe hira líf on firenluste geendigað (-endiað, v. l. ). Past. 251, 7.

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man

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Twelfhyndes mannes áþ forstent vi ceorla áþ a twelve hundred man's oath stands for six churls' oaths, L. O. 13; Th. i. 182, 19. Be ceorlesgærstúne of a husbandman's meadow, L. In. 42; Th. i. 128, 4, 5. Landes [MS. londes] ceorl a land's man, Bt.

Linked entry: ciorl

fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten, es; n. [fæstan II. to fast] .

a fast, fasting ⬩ jējūnium ⬩ a fastness, fortress, bulwark, place of strength, a castle, wall ⬩ mūnīmentum, arx, castellum ⬩ an inclosed place, cloister ⬩ claustrum

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Nis ðæs mannes fæsten náht, ðe hine sylfne on forhæfednysse dagum fordrencþ the man's fasting is naught, who inebriates himself on days of abstinence, 608, 23: Homl. Blick. 37, 31.

Linked entries: fæstn fæstn feasten festen fæstennes fæstern fæstnung

hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel, hrægl, es; n.

A garment ⬩ dress ⬩ robe ⬩ rail ⬩ clothing

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Sylle earmum mannum his ealde hrægl let him give his old clothes to the poor, 53, 13. Hie hæfdon manige glengas deórwyrþra hrægla they had many ornaments of costly garments, 99, 19. Beaduscrúda betst hrægla sélest, Beo. Th. 912; B. 454.

Linked entry: hrægl

hraðe

(adv.)
Grammar
hraðe, hræðe, hreðe; adv.

Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ soon ⬩ forthwith ⬩ straightway

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He wæs Godes bearn swá hraðe swá he mannes bearn wearþ he was the Son of God so soon as he became the Son of man, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 1. Swíðe hræðe repente, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 166, 14.

Linked entry: hræde

hryre

(n.)
Grammar
hryre, es; m.

Fall ⬩ downfall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ decay ⬩ decline ⬩ death

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Ðis cild is gesett manegum mannum tó hryre positus est in ruinam multorum, 144, 18: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 8; Met. 9, 4. Ða twá forman gesceapennyssa feóllon on hryre and seó þridde wæs on hryre ácenned, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 31.

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.
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Óþ mannes swuran, Blickl. Homl. 245, 33: Gen. 41, 42: Deut. 28, 48. Swiran (swioran) cladam, Lchdm. i. lxx, 1 (see note). On ða swyran sínra þegena Met. 9, 56. of land, a hause (as in Esk Hause), a col; cf. ge-sweoru Dúna swioran juga, Wrt.

Linked entries: swira swyra

un-wær

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wær, adj.

not on one's guard ⬩ unaware ⬩ unprepared ⬩ unwary ⬩ heedless ⬩ incautious ⬩ inconsiderate

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C.) mannum, Wulfst. 54, 17. Deófol déð swýðe lytelíce, ðǽr hé ongyt unwære (-ware, MS. C.) menn, 11, 16. Unware inexpertos, incautos, Hpt. Gl. 498, 61. Ða ðe galdorcræftas begangaþ and unwære men beswícaþ, Blickl. Homl. 61, 24. Unware, 185, 2.

Linked entries: un-gewær un-wæres

binnan

(adv.)
Grammar
binnan, be-innan.
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Binnan eahta mannum béte man ꝥ fullum were, Ll. Th. i. 286, 27. temporal, within a period Binnan þǽm (geárum), Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 23. Binnan six dagum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 30: Lch. i. 278, 10. Bynnan healfon geáre, 204, 3.

ge-mittan

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Þá gemittan hié on þǽm marmanstáne swylce mannes swaðu, Bl. H. 203, 34. (b β) with obj. and complement :-- Mið ðý cymeð gimittes (gemitteð, L.) iówih slépende, Mk. R. 13, 36. Gimitte ł fand ꝥ mægden licgende, 7, 30. Gemittæ, Mk. L. 14, 37.

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