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rówan

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Hí hreówan (reówon, v. l. ) tó Grantanceastre, 20, 78. ' Swá se hrefen þurh þá fennas upp áflígeð, swá þú him æfter rów'. . . Hé tó scipe eóde . . . Mid þý hé þurh þá fenland reów, Guth. Gr. 141, 12-16. Hé ágan rówan oð ꝥ hé becóm tó Antiochiam, Ap.

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorncontemnere, aspernereto be puffed up

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Wé hine mid swá micle máran unryhte oferhycgeaþ swá hé læs forhogaþ ðæt hé ús ðonne giet tó him spane, siððan wé hiene oferhycggeaþ tanto graviori improbitate contemnitur, quanto contemtus adhuc vocare non dedignatur, 52, 4; Swt. 407, 17-19.

holh

(n.)
Grammar
holh, holg, es; n.

A hollow, cavity, hole

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Forðam ðonne mon his mód geeáðmódgeþ ðæt he wiðerweardnesse and scande forbere ðonne geeácnaþ hé sum holh on his móde swá swá ðæt weobud hæfþ on him uppan.

Linked entry: hol

irnan

(v.)
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Hé blissode swá swá ent tó yrnenne weg, Ps. Spl. 18, 6

eáþ-módgian

(v.)
Grammar
eáþ-módgian, -módigian, -módi(g)an.
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.), 4, 41. to make humble, to humble Swǽ hwælc éðmódiges hine quicumque humiliaverit se, Mt. L. 18, 4. Eáþmódgiaþ eów sylfe under þǽre mihte Godes handa, Bl. H. 99, 2. [Grist eadmode hine seolfne, O. E. Hml. i. 17, 27.

Linked entry: ge-eáþmódgian

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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THORN;ás twelf tácna sind swá gehíwode on ðám heofenlicum roderum, and synd swá bráde ꝥ hí gefyllað twá tída mid hyra úpgange, Lch. iii. 246, 6.

Linked entry: ge-hiwad

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade ; f.

Shadow, shadeshadow (cast by an object) darknessshadow, protectiona shady place, shade, arbouran obscure image

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Dagas míne swá swá scadu áhyldon, Ps. Spl. 101, 12: 143, 5. Swá ðú on scimiendre sceade lócige sicut umbra, Ps. Th. 143, 5. Dagas míne swá swá sceaduwa áhyldon, Ps.

Linked entry: sceadu-genga

a-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lecgan, -lecgean; he -legeþ, -legþ, -lehþ, pl. -lecgaþ; p. -legde, -léde , pl. -legdon, -lédon; pp. -legd, -léd; v. trans. [a from, lecgan to lay] .

to placelay downthrow downsuppresslay asidecease fromponerecollocareprosterneredeponereabjicererelinquereomittereto imposeinflict uponimponereimmittereto diminishtake awayrefuseimminueredeprimerereprimere

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Ða alecgendlícan word getácniaþ dǽde deponentia verba significant actum, swá swá activa; ac hí ge-endiaþ on or, swá swá passiva, — ic wraxlige luctor, ic sprece loquor, hér is dǽd a deponent verb is so called in Latin, because while it keeps its passive

forþ

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ, adv. [faran to go]

FORTHthencehenceforwardsonwardshenceforthfurtherstillindehincprorsumporrodehincdeincepstămen

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Swá forþ swá he mihte as far as he could, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 16: 5, 21; S. 643, 5. Heald forþ tela niwe sibbe hold well henceforth our new kinship, Beo. Th. 1901; B. 948: Cd. 22; Th. 28, 17; Gen. 437.

MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKEdoact

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Ðæt is láþlíc líf ðæt hí swá maciaþ they never labour at any necessary matter, but do all for pleasure and ease . . It is a detestable life, that they act so, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 23-26.

gífre

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Th. 140, 2. greedy of prey or booty, rapacious, ravenous. of a person Ne bið nán heretoga swá gífre on fræmdra manna yrfe swá se unrihtwísa déma byþ on his hýremanna, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 18.

rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
rúh, adj.

rough, hairy, shaggy rough, untrimmed, uncultivatedrough, knottyrough, undressed

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Ðá gesáwe wé rúge (pilosos ) wífmen and wǽpnedmen, wǽron hié swá rúwe and swá gehǽre swá wildeór, Nar. 20,3-5. Ða rúwan ( pilosae ) handa wǽron swilce ðæs yldran bróður, Gen. 27, 23.

Linked entries: rýht rúg rupe

rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
rihte, adv.

right, due, directly, straight directly, straightway rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, dulycorrectly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly

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Ne ǽnig wið óðerne getrýwlíce ne þohte swá rihte swá hé scolde, Wulfst. 160, 2 : Cd. Th. 127, 32; Gen. 2119. Hú gód is God ðám ðe mid heortan rihte hycgeaþ quam bonus Deus his, qui recto sunt corde, Ps. Th. 72, 1 : 62, 6.

symbel-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
symbel-wérig, adj.

Weary with feasting

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Weary with feasting Wer (Noah ) wíne druncen swæf symbelwérig, Cd. Th. 94, 19; Gen. 1564. Him symbelwérig (Abimelech) synna brytta þurh slǽp oncwæð, 159, 26; Gen. 2640

ge-árian

(v.)
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v. árian)) Ðæt wé úre hiéremen swǽ geárigen, swǽ wé hié eft geegsian mægen ne dum praelatus quisque plus se quam decet dejicit, subditorum vitam stringere sub disciplinae vinculo non possit, Past, 118, 5. to shew mercy to (dat. ). to do kindness, help

for-wandian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wandian, -wandigan; p. ode; pp. od [wandian to fear] .

To reverencehave in honourvĕrĕrirevĕrĕriTo be afraidbe confoundedhesitateconfundicuntāri

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Hig forwandiaþ ðæt hig ne dón mínum suna swá they will be afraid to do so to my son, Mt. Bos. 21, 37.

heófian

(v.)
Grammar
heófian, p. ode

To lamentmournwailbewail

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Hieremias heófode miclum ðæs folces synna swá swá his bóc ús segþ Jeremiah lamented greatly the people's sins, as his book tells us, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 70, 440. Ðá weópon hig ealle and heófodon hí flebant autem omnes et plangebant illam, Lk.

mǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽrlíce, adv.

Magnificentlyexcellentlynoblysplendidlywith distinction

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Swá hé ús mǽrlícor gifeþ swá wé him mǽrlícor þancian scylon the more excellent his gifts are, the more excellent ought our thanks to be, Wulfst. 261, 20

mearc-land

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-land, es; n.

a border-landwaste land lying outside the cultivateda districtcountryterritory

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a border-land, waste land lying outside the cultivated Se mylenhám and se myln and ðæs mearclandes swá mycel swá tó þrím hídon gebyraþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 189, 11. v. Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 50.

meox

(n.)
Grammar
meox, mix, myx, es; n.

Muckdungorduredirt

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Licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox (Cott. MS. miox) under feltúne, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 11: Homl. Skt. 2, 241. Heó eall forseah on meoxes gelícnysse, 8, 38. Ða nýtenu forrotedon on heora meoxe, Homl. Th. i. 118, 15.

Linked entry: mix