réðness
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Fierceness, rage, cruelty; severity. It glosses the following Latin words, ferocitas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. 10, 65 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 11 : austeritas, 1, 19 : feritas, i. crudelitas, inclementia, duritia, 148, 2 : furor, 151, 69 : feria, insania, 151
ribbe
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The herb hounds-tongue; cynogiossum officinale Ribbe cinoglosa, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 23 : ii. 104, 2 : canes linga, 102, 51 : quinquenerbia, i. 68, 33. Ribbe. Ðás wyrte ðe man cynoglossam andóðrum naman ribbe nemneþ, and hý eác sume men linguam canis háteþ
rícsung
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Rule, dominion Rícsunges dominationis, Rtl. 174, 19
riht-ǽw
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legitimate matrimony Gehádedum mannum is beboden, ðæt hí cýþan sceolan folce hwæt on hálgum bócum áwriten is, and hí wísian, hú hí rihtǽwe healdan sceolan, Wulfst. 304, 18. a legitimate wife Be ðam men ðe hæfþ his rihtǽwe ( legitimam suam uxorem ),
riht-andswaru
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An answer that corrects, a reproof, rebuke Se mann ðe on his múþe næfþ náne rihtandsware homo non habens in ore suo increpationes, Ps. Th. 37, 14
riht-lagu
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Right or just law Oferhogan godcundra rihtlaga, Wulfst. 164, 12. Ða ðe godcunde láre and woruldcunde rihtlage wyrdan on ǽnige wísan, 168, 8
rihtness
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rightness, straightness, perpendicularity Perpendicula walþrǽd, ðæt is rihtnesse [þrǽd], Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 67. Cf. rihtung-þræð. rightness, justice, equity On rihtnesse in aequitate, Ps. Th. 97, 9 : 110, 5. Rehtnise, Rtl. 102, 17. in the following passage
riht-racu
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A correct account Ðá lýfde hé ðæt hé móste beón ryhtes wyrðe for mí[n]re forspǽce and ryhtrace, Chart. Th. 170, 4
riht-smeáung
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Right reasoning, argument Rehtsmeáwung argumentum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 11, 10
rihtwísness
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righteousness, justice Óðer mægen (ðære sáwle) is justitia, ðæt is rihtwísnys; þurh ða heó sceal God wurðigan and rihtlíce libban, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 159. On rihtwísnesse wege in via justitiae, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 32. Abram gelífde Gode and hit wæs him geteald
Rín
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The Rhine Sió eá ðe man hǽt Rín, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 23. Neáh Rínes ófre ðære ié, Swt. 14, 32. Beeástan Ríne, Swt. 14, 36. On ðæm Ionde beeástan Rín, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 7. On cyrican Colonie ðære ceastre bí Ríne, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 22. Ðá wurpon hí heora
rinelle
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A brook, stream Rinnellan rivos, Ps. Surt. 64, 11. Cf. rynel
ród
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a rod, pole. v. segl-ród. a measure of land Se haga is fram ðære eá eástwardes .xxviii. róda lang and súþwardes .xxiiii. róda brád and eft ðanon westwardes on sæferne .xix. róda long, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 150, 6-9. a cross, rood (as in Holy-rood) Ðeós
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rodor-líhtung
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The illumination of the heavens, the dawn Roderlíhtinge auroram, Ps. Lamb. 73, 16
slyppe
A viscous, slimy substance
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A viscous, slimy substance Wyrc slypan of wætere and of axsan, genim finol, wyl on ðære slyppan, Lchdm. iii. 38, 2
smalung
Diminishing ⬩ lessening
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Diminishing, lessening Lǽcedómas ða ðe þynnunge mægen habben and smalunge medecines that have the power of thinning and reducing, Lchdm. ii. 260, 23
smeágelegen
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A syllogism Smeágelegena syllogismos Hpt. Hpt. Gl. 503, 57
smeáþ
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Meditation Ǽ ðín smeáþ (meditotio ) mín is, Ps. Spl. 118, 77. Cf. smeágung
smeáþancolness
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Exactness, strictness Ðeáh wé witon hú fela gód oððe hú micele wé gefremodon nyte wé ðeáh mid hwylcere smeáþancelnysse se upplíca Déma ða áfandaþ. Homl. Th. ii. 80, 34
sopp-cuppe
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A sop-cup, a cup into which sops were put Ic ann mínæn cinæhláfordæ ánræ sopcuppan, Chart. Th. 553, 31: 554, 4. Ic ann Ælfwerdæ ánræ sopcuppan and Æþelwerde ánæs drincæhornæs, 555, 4. Ánæ soppcuppan an þrým pundum, 527, 7. Twá sopcuppan, 522, 22. See