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sceard

(n.)
Grammar
sceard, es ; n.

A gap,notch

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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic

ǽ-bylgness

Grammar
ǽ-bylgness, ǽ-byligness.
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Ðæt heó ðá ǽbylignysse gebéte ðe heó Gode ábylgð iram Dei quam excitaverit placare, Ll. Th. ii. 188, 4. Add

Linked entry: a-bylgnes

lyffetung

(n.)
Grammar
lyffetung, e; f.

Flatteryadulation

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Ða sméðan lyffetunga, Homl. Th. ii. 572, 1. Lyffetungum befangen, i. 492, 32

wánian

(v.)
Grammar
wánian, p. ode
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To lament, deplore, absolute Ðæt synfulle mancynn wépaþ and wániaþ, Wulfst. 183, 2. Ðonne grániaþ and wániaþ ða ðe hér blissedon and fægnedon, 245, 3 : Anglia viii. 336, 41. Beornas grétaþ, wépaþ wánende, Exon. Th. 61, 31 ; Cri. 993.

tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, brancha stakea twig used in casting lotsa lot; also a share that is determined by lot

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Ðá wæs eall geador tó ðam þingstede þeód gesamnod; léton him ðá betweónum tán wísian hwylcne hira ǽrest óðrum sceolde tó foddorþege feores ongildan, hluton hellcræftum ... Ðá se tán gehwearf ofer ǽnne ealdgesíða, Andr.

mynian

(v.)
Grammar
mynian, p. ede (cf. myne, II)

To have as the object of desire or purposeto intenddirect one's course to an object

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Ic lǽre ǽlcne ðara ðe maga sí and manigne wǽn hæbbe ðæt hé menige tó ðam ilcan wuda I advise every one that is able and has many a waggon, to direct his steps to that same wood. Shrn. 163, 13

Linked entry: menian

réceleást

(n.)
Grammar
réceleást, e; f.
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Hí for heora slǽwþe and for gímeléste and for récceléste forléton unwriten ðara monna þeáwas ðe on heora dagum foremǽroste wǽron, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 34.

wiþ-seón

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-seón, p. -seah, pl. -sáwon

To plot against

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Ðá ofþúhte heora ceorlum ðæt mon ða þeówas freóde, and hí nolde.

emne

(adv.)
Grammar
emne, comp. emnor, emnar; adv.

Equally, even, exactly, precisely, just æquālĭter, æque, omnīno

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Equally, even, exactly, precisely, just; æquālĭter, æque, omnīno Sió sunne and se móna habbaþ todǽled betwuht him ðone dæg and ða niht swíðe emne the sun and the moon have divided the day and the night very equally between them, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234,

spearca

(n.)
Grammar
spearca, an; m.

A spark

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Ðæt manega menn geseóþ feallan of ðære heofene, swylce hit sýn steorran, hit beóþ spearcan of ðam rodere, Anglia viii. 320, 33. His eágan wǽron fýrene spearcan sprengende, Homl.

Linked entry: spærca

wítnian

(v.)
Grammar
wítnian, p. ode

To punishtormentplague

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Grammar wítnian, with acc. of person Hé wítnaþ ða scyldigan injusti punientur, Ps. Th. 36, 28. Ðæt ða bióþ gesǽlegran ðe mon wítnaþ ðonne ða bión ðe hí wítniaþ infeliciores eos esse, qui faciunt, quam qui patiuntur injuriam, Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 6.

swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
swæþ, es; n.
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Ðonne stæpþ se sacerd on ðone weg, ðonne hé on ðæt swæð ðara háligra winnaþ tó spyriganne, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 20: pref.; Swt. 5, 16. Deáþ ne forlǽt nán swæþ ǽr hé geféhþ ðæt ðæt hé æfter spyreþ. Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 1: Met. 27, 14.

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Wonhýdig wer ðæs wiht ne cunnon vir insipiens non cognoscet Ps. Th. 91, 5. Hí náne wuht ongitan ne cunnon ðara gǽstlecena beboda.

swétness

(n.)
Grammar
swétness, e; f.
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Be swétnesse ðæs heofonlícan ríces, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 16. Ða woruldsǽlþa mid swíþe manigre swétnesse óleccaþ ðǽm módum, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 10. Beswícan þurh ða swétnesse ðara worda . . . þurh ða swétnesse ðara synna, Blickl. Homl. 55, 22, 24.

Linked entry: swótness

and-werd

(adj.)
Grammar
and-werd, adj.

Presentpræsens

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Present; præsens On ðisum andwerdan dæge on this present day, Homl. Th. ii. 284, 5

fæstn

(n.)

a fortificationmūnīmentum

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a fortification; mūnīmentum Ðara fæstna of those fortifcations, Cd. 209; Th. 259, 15; Dan. 692

un-sceamlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sceamlíce, adv.

Shamelessly

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Shamelessly Ðæt [hié] mid ðám hæleðum hǽman wolden unscomlíce, Cd. Th. 148, 19; Gen. 2459

Linked entry: sceamlíce

iacinð

(n.)
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On gimma gecynde carbunculus bið diórra ðonne iacinctus, and swáðeáh ðæt bleoh ðæs iacintes bið betera ðonne ðæs carbuncules; for ðǽm ðæs ðe ðæt gecynd forwiernð ðǽm iacinte se wlite his beorhtnesse hit eft geiécð, 411, 27-30.

wicu

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Add: where the reference is to any day but Sunday, week as in week-day Gyf se terminus becymð on ðone Sunnandæg . . . Gyf se terminus gescýt on sumon dæge þǽre wucan, Lch. iii. 244, 17

un-þeáwfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þeáwfæst, adj.

Of bad habitsviciousill-manneredill-conditioned

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Of bad habits, vicious, ill-mannered, ill-conditioned Hit is bysmorlíc dǽd, ðæt ǽnig man ǽfre swá unþeáwfæst beón sceole, ðæt hé ðone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gauge ðæt meox út, Engl. Stud. viii. 62, 15.