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dígol

(adj.)
Grammar
dígol, dýgol, diógol; gen. m. n. dígles, f.dígolre ; def. nom. m. dígla; f. n. dígle; adj.

Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknownsecrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus

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He ána geset on dígolre stówe he sat alone in a secret place, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 2. Sóþlíce nis nán þing dígle, ðæt ne geswutelod non est enim occultum, quod non manifestētur, Lk. Bos. 8, 17.

rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdere, es; m.
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a reader, one who reads Rǽdere lector, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 6 : Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 40. Be ðære wucan rǽdere (rédere, 7, 23). Gebróðra gereorde ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge.

ge-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wiht, -wyht, -wihte, es; n.

Weightpondus

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Gl. 59; Som. 67, 114; Wrt. Voc. 38, 37: Th. Chart. 522, 22: Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 5. Gange án gemet and án gewihte let one measure and one weight pass, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 2.

Linked entries: ge-wyht wiht

scyfe

(n.)
Grammar
scyfe, es; m.
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P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 21. prompting, instigation in a bad sense, cf. scúfan, <b>VI </b>Se ðe þurh deófles scyfe on synna befealle, L. C. E. 23; Th. i. 374, 9. Befeallen þurh deófles scyfe on heálíce misdǽde, Wulfst. 103, 21

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, bléd, e; f.

A flower, blossom, fruitflos, olus, fructus

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Bos. 15, 2. Beorc biþ blǽda leás the birch-tree is fruitless [void of fruit], Runic pm. 18; Kmbl. 342, 27; Hick. Thes. i. 135. Hærfest bryngþ rípa bléda harvest brings ripe fruits, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 15: 34, 10; Fox 150, 5.

ge-fér-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fér-scipe, -scype, es; m.

Societyfellowshipbrotherhoodsŏciĕtascŏmĭtātusclērus

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Of geférscipe ðæs bisceopes Deosdedit de cléro Deusdedit episcŏpi, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 12 : 4, 1; S. 564, 18 : 5, 6; S. 618, 28 : 5, 19; S. 639, 3 : L. E. B. 12; Th. ii. 242, 18.

twelf-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-wintre, adj.
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Twelve years old Úre Hǽlend ðá wæs twelfwintre, Past. 49; Swt. 385, 20: Lk. Skt. 2, 42. Tuoelfwintro duodennis, p. 4, 4. Heó wæs twelfwintre erat annorum duodecim, Mk. Skt. 5, 42. Se wæs xii-wintre cniht, Shrn. 118, 13.

un-tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíce, adv.

without feeling doubtcertainlyunhesitatinglyso as not to cause doubtunequivocallyindubitably

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Hié untweógendlíce wéndon ðæt heora hláford wǽre on heora feónda gewealde, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 27. Ǽgðer ðara folca wénde untweógendlíce ðæt hié sceoldon on ða eorþan besincan, 4, 2; Swt. 160, 29; 4, 5; Swt. 166, 13.

un-gemetlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíce, adv.

immoderatelybeyond measureexcessivelytoo (much)immenselyexceedinglyvery greatly

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immoderately, beyond measure, excessively, too (much) Se ðe wile ungemetlíce gesceádwís beón, Past. 11; Swt. 67, 6. Tantalus ðe ungemetlíce gifre wæs, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 33. wilniaþ eówerne hlísan ungemetlíce gebrǽdanne, 18, 1; Fox 62, 18.

fillan

(v.)

throw downto felldestroy

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R. 18, 8. to cast into: ús on þæt fýr fylde, Gen. 747. to fell, destroy Þonne ic hiora fýnd fylde and hýnde ad nihilum inimicos eorum humiliassem. Ps. Th. 80, 13. Ic fylde mid folmum fæder Enoses, Gen. 1096.

Linked entries: fællan fyllan

ge-grétan

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Ꝥte ðú mec ne gegroeta ł ne pínia ne me torqueas, Lk. L. 8, 28. to address, accost, salute Wísdóm mín mód mid his wordum gegrétte, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 18: B. 1979. gegrétte hindeman síðe swǽse gesíðas, 2516: . 15.

ge-hleótan

(v.)
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B. i. 156, 4. to allot, assign as a person's share, give Hít wæs gehloten Jósepes bearna lande fuit in possessionem filiorum Joseph Jos. 24, 32. [Nas hit noht swá iloten, Laym. 7819. Þú art ilote to him, H. M. II. 13.] intrans. To be allotted.

hálian

(v.)
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Add: hálig(e)an. of physical health, to heal (intrans.). the subject a person, to recover from wounds or illness ongan trumian and háligean sanescere coepit, Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 456, 11. the subject a body or part of it Ðonne cólað se líchoma and hálað

hrace

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Vos. 5, 11: Ps. Rdr. Vos. 13, 3. Hraece, Ps. Srt. 5, 11. Hraecae, 13, 3. Hraca, Ps. Cam. 5, 11: 13, 3. Raca ł þrotu, Ps. L. 13, 3. Mín hraca guttur meum, Kent. Gl. 234. Ðínre hraca gutturi tuo, 29: 157. In hreacan his, Ps. Srt. 113, 7.

lyre

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Add: perdition, destruction Lyre, forwyrd perditio, An. Ox. 56, 35. God heóld hine wið his sáwle lyre. Hml. Th. ii. 454, 4. Þæt; ne on lyre forswolgen, R.

mæsse

Grammar
mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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Ðá cwæð his geféran hit betere wǽre hig þá mæssan hæfdon, Vis. Lfc. 63-67. &lt;b&gt;I b.&lt;/b&gt; the service held on a saint's or martyr's day, a (person's) mass :-- Sćĭ Rufi mæsse biþ geméted on þám yldran mæssebócum, Shrn. 121, 30.

mǽl

(n.)
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Þonne etað ánes mǽles on dæg quando in die una refectio fuerit, Chrd. 15, 7. Be hyre ( St.

six

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Add: as adjective with a subst. expressed Siex míla from ðǽre byrig. Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 25. Siex mónað, 2, 8; S. 94, 2. Sex weðras, sex gósfuglas, C. D. i. 312, 8. Fato sexo (sex, L.) hydriae sex, Jn. R. 2, 6. Æfter dagum sex, Mt. L. R. 17, 1.

strícan

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&lt;/b&gt; strícan of to rub of :-- Twængc þínne scytefinger mid þínum twám fingrum swylce þú of sumne dropan strícan wylle, Tech. ii. 125, 20. add: to strike Ic ofsleá and lifian ic , ic stríce and hǽle ego occidam et uiuere faciam, percutiam et ego

ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ, ǽ(w); g. d. ac. ǽ, ǽe, ǽwe (g. ǽs in N. Gospels); g. pl. ǽa; f. and n.
    (? in
  • Bd. 4, 5
  • ;
  • S. 573, 17
  • ).

law, &c.matrimony

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Add: law, &c. Ðis is seó ǽ lex ðe Moises foresette, Deut. 4, 44: Past. 5, 25. Ðætte ǽnigum folce his ǽgenu ǽ gelícade healdenne, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 19. Æew Dryhtnes, Ps. Srt. 18, 8. Ðǽre ǽ (ǽs, L.) láréow, Mt. 22, 35. Ǽwe juris, Wrt.