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word-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
word-fæst, adj.

Adhering to what one sayskeeping one's word

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Adhering to what one says, keeping one's word Se hláford sceal beón egesfull ðam dysegum, ðæt heora dysig álecge ; and sceal beón wordfæst and witan hwæt clypige (he seal beon weordfeste and wise lare lusten, III, 32), O. E.

Linked entry: word

a-rád

(v.)
Grammar
a-rád, p. of a-rídan.

rode

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rode He út arád he rode out, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 22;

geómor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
geómor-líce, adv.

Sadlylūgubre

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Sadly; lūgubre He gilleþ geómorlíce he yelleth sadly, Salm. Kmbl. 535; Sal. 267

Bryttisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Bryttisc, Brittisc; adj.

BritishBritannicus

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British; Britannicus He wæs Bryttisc he was British, Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 3

Linked entry: Brittisc

folc-lic

publicnationalcommongeneralpublicplebeiancommoncommonpopulous

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Án his þeówa his gesíða wæs. . . and samod gereordoden swá swá gelican. Þreo geár férde mid þám folclicum cempum, Hml.

mid-weg

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Þá þá wæs on midwege cum in medium iter venisset. Gr. D. 314, 11. Ǽr þám þe tó midwege cóme before he had gone halfway, Hml. S.31, 946. Add

wist

Grammar
wist, <b>. II a.</b>
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ne dorste geopenian ꝥ on Drihten gelýfde, ac dígellíce lufode þone biscop and mid wistum him þénode, Hml. S. 22, 126. v. beód-, híred-, mund-, samod-, unhíred-wist. Add

wearmness

(n.)
Grammar
wearmness, e; f.

Warmness, warmth

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Warmness, warmth wolde hine baðian on þam wlacum wætere, ac gewát sóna swá ðæt wæter hrepode, and wearð seó wearmnys him áwend tó deáðe, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 160

in-fær

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Gif bit þæt him mon infæres tíþige, 95, 4-8. noldon geðafian þám bisceope ꝥ infær hæfde his ǽrende tó ábeódenne, Hml. S. 31, 655.

ge-hálgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hálgian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To consecratededicateinitiateordainhallowmake holysanctifyconsecrārededĭcāresacrāreinĭtĭāreordĭnāresanctĭfĭcāre

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Ðis hús ðé gehálgod ys hæc dŏmus tibi dedĭcāta est, Hymn. Surt. 141, 18 : L. Ælf. C. 25; Th. ii. 352, 13. Sý ðín nama gehálgod hallowed be thy name, Homl. Th. ii. 596, 5 : Hy. 6, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 3 : 7, 18; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 18.

samnunga

(adv.)
Grammar
samnunga, sæmninga, semninga; adv.

All at once, on a sudden, suddenly, forthwith, immediately continuo, subito, repente

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Ðá ástód semninga exsurrexit repente, 2, 9 ; S. 511, 20. Ðá geseah semninga (subito) mon wið his gangan, 2, 12 ; S. 513, 34. Hit semninga (subito) on ús rǽsde, Nar. 15, 19, 11. Ðá cómon semninga twegen englas. Blickl. Homl. 221, 27:Exon.

wesan

Grammar
wesan, I a.
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wiston hit þǽr besúðan wæs, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 18. Hit wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ꝥ leód and lagu fór be geþincðum, Ll. Th. i. 190, ii. Add Him wæs bet sóna, Hml. S. 31, 571. Hwæt wæs þám men? quid profuit?, Gr. D. 326, 18. add: cf. .

ge-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeódan, he -þeót; p. -þeódde; pp. -þeóded, -þeód

To joinconnectuniteassociateapplyadjusttranslatejungĕreadjungĕreconjungĕrecōpŭlāresŏciāreaptāre

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He hét ðisne regul of læden-gereorde on englisc geþeódan he ordered to translate this rule from Latin into English, Lchdm. iii. 440, 28

orige

(adj.)

in the following passage

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in the following passage Se ðe þeóf geféhþ áh .x. scitt. . . . Gif ðonne óþierne and orige (orrige, MS. H. ) weorðe ðonne biþ wítes scyldig he who catches a thief shall have ten shillings . . .

íþ

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Add: — pæt hié iéð mehton þá burg áwéstan, Ors. 2, 7; S. 90, 13: 5, 7; S. 228, 20. past ðe iéð mehte winnan, 2, 3; S. 68, 14 : 3, l; S. 96, 16: Past. 211, 15: 459, 2

norþ-healf

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is bebyrged on ðá norðhealfe on Sc̃e Paulus postice, Chr. 976; P. 122, 14. gelógodon Sc̃e Ælfeáges líchaman on norðhealfe Xp̃e es weófodes, 1023; P. 156, 23. Add

réþ-ness

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Take here hréþ-ness, and <b>I a.</b> add Þǽra Langbeardna réðnes ( saevitia ) byð gemetegad þurh his gife, Gr. D. 234, 1. Sealde bysne his folgerum ꝥ móston forbúgan réðnysse, Hml. A. 72, 176

Linked entry: hréð-ness

tó-drǽfedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-drǽfedness, e; f.

Dispersion,expulsion

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Dispersion, expulsion worhte áne swipe of rápum and ealle út áscynde. Ðeós tódrǽfednys getácnode ða tóweardan tóworpennysse, Homl. Th. i. 406, 8. On ðeóda tódrǽfednysse in dispersionem gentium, Jn. Skt. 7, 35. Tódrǽfednesse dispersiones, Ps.

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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geseah ꝥ hálwænde tácen Crístes róde on myceles lióhtes brihtnesse ongeán him geset and gemearcod, H. R. 3, 23. Ic geann Eédríce ðæs swurdes ðe seó hand is on gemearcod, C. D. iii. 363, 21. to mark, seal Gemearcod signatus (fons), An.

a-lútan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lútan, anlútan; p. -leát, pl. -luton; pp. -loten [a, lútan to bend]

To bendinclinebend or bow downprocumbere

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To bend, incline, bend or bow down; procumbere Alútende he geseah procumbens vidit, Lk. Bos. 24, 12. He aleát to eorþan he bowed to the earth, Ælfc. T. 37, 8

Linked entries: a-leát a-loten